Football and ice hockey are the two most popular sports in the Czech Republic. Make football bets on our online betting platform.

The 1. Liga is the elite league in the Czech Republic. With 16 teams in the Czech Republic football league now, there are at least 240 matches to bet on each season.

The 1. Liga is divided into three categories

The Czech league season is divided into three groups after the regular season: the best teams play for the title, the mid-table teams participate in playoffs, and the worst teams play a mini-tournament to avoid relegation.

The defending champions qualify for the third round of the Champions League. The champions will put their skills to the limit in the most sought-after cup in Europe, while the other two teams will complete the other major European competition - the Conference League — a competition sponsored by bwin. Place your bets on the Conference League on our online betting platform.

The last team in the standings at the end of the season is automatically relegated to the FNL, the Czech second division of football. The fourteenth and fifteenth place teams enter a playoff competition against the teams finishing second and third in the Czech National Football League in order to try and avoid relegation.

Betting on football in the Czech Republic

At the end of the season, it is often Slavia Prague or Viktoria Plzen who finish on top in the Fortuna Liga. They have done so over the past 10 years.

The Czechoslovakia national football team is considered one of the best football teams on the international football scene. Besides the Netherlands and Portugal, they are among the best teams never to have won the World Cup. The Czech Republic is also playing for a share of the spoils in the Nations League. Place your bets on the Nations League.

Recommended bets on 1. Liga

There is a strong advantage for teams that play at home. With a 51% win ratio at home, teams that play on their home turf have particularly strong support. This is especially true for the top three (Slavia, Sparta and Plzen), who have a near-perfect record on their home turf.

When bettors see the best teams in the league are scheduled to play at home, an excellent recommended bet is a home win as there is such a high probability that that will be the result.

Moreover, for the recent seasons, the average goal count per game is 3.01 — a high average. There are also 39% of games that end with more than 3.5 goals, so betting on games with multiple goals is another recommendation.