1946–47 Czechoslovak First League

Czechoslovak First League

Season	1946–47
Dates	23 August 1946 – 28 June 1947
Champions	Slavia Prague
Relegated	SK Kladno Baťa Zlín SK Židenice SK Olomouc ASO FK Viktoria Žižkov SK Libeň
Top goalscorer	Josef Bican (43 goals)
← 1945–46 1947–48 →

Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1946–47 season.

Overview

It was contested by 14 teams, and Slavia Prague won the championship. Josef Bican was the league's top scorer with 43 goals.[1]

AC Sparta toured Great Britain opening with a 2 – 2 draw against Arsenal on 2 October 1946.[2]

Stadia and locations

Ostrava

Bohemians
Libeň
Slavia
Sparta
Žižkov

Židenice

ŠK Bratislava

Kladno

Jednota

SK Olomouc

Plzeň

Zlín

Žilina

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Location of clubs in the 1946–47 Czechoslovak First League

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GR	Pts
1	Slavia Prague (C)	26	19	2	5	110	54	2.037	40
2	Sparta Prague	26	18	3	5	101	35	2.886	39
3	SK Kladno (E)	26	15	2	9	68	56	1.214	32
4	ŠK Žilina	26	13	5	8	62	50	1.240	31
5	Bohemians Prague	26	13	3	10	77	61	1.262	29
6	ŠK Bratislava	26	13	2	11	78	48	1.625	28
7	Slezská Ostrava	26	12	3	11	62	57	1.088	27
8	Jednota Košice	26	12	3	11	63	60	1.050	27
9	Viktoria Plzeň	26	11	5	10	67	83	0.807	27
10	Baťa Zlín (E)	26	9	4	13	63	66	0.955	22
11	SK Židenice (R)	26	10	2	14	64	78	0.821	22
12	SK Olomouc ASO (R)	26	10	2	14	44	57	0.772	22
13	Viktoria Žižkov (R)	26	5	2	19	45	108	0.417	12
14	SK Libeň (R)	26	3	0	23	25	116	0.216	6

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ZLÍ	BOH	KOŠ	SKB	KLA	LIB	OLO	ŽID	ŽIL	SLA	OST	SPA	PLZ	VŽI
Baťa Zlín		2–3	4–0	1–4	4–4	7–0	4–2	4–0	0–2	3–5	1–1	2–5	2–2	4–0
Bohemians Prague	5–1		2–2	3–1	0–1	6–0	3–1	3–4	2–2	1–8	4–2	1–5	5–1	9–0
Jednota Košice	2–2	5–1		3–2	5–0	4–1	3–0	3–0	4–0	0–1	3–1	1–4	2–0	5–2
ŠK Bratislava	7–1	1–1	3–2		1–2	4–0	3–0	4–0	0–1	3–2	4–1	1–3	7–2	6–1
SK Kladno	2–4	2–5	8–2	5–2		3–1	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–4	3–1	4–2	3–1	6–1
SK Libeň	3–0	1–4	2–4	1–6	2–1		3–0	1–4	0–3	1–10	1–6	1–6	3–4	2–4
SK Olomouc ASO	1–0	1–4	3–2	2–0	3–0	2–0		4–3	0–2	2–4	3–1	2–0	6–2	4–1
SK Židenice	2–0	3–5	6–3	1–6	2–0	5–0	2–1		7–2	3–3	1–2	1–2	4–6	0–3
ŠK Žilina	4–3	5–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	9–0	2–2	0–3		1–4	3–2	1–1	6–1	4–2
Slavia Prague	4–2	2–1	6–4	3–2	3–2	6–2	4–1	5–2	3–0		1–1	3–5	3–4	10–1
Slezská Ostrava	1–4	2–1	3–0	4–1	2–5	2–0	4–2	1–1	1–3	2–5		4–1	6–2	4–3
Sparta Prague	2–3	4–1	4–0	3–1	4–0	10–0	5–0	8–0	1–1	4–0	1–2		8–1	8–1
Viktoria Plzeň	4–2	3–2	1–2	3–3	1–5	1–0	2–0	8–2	6–2	4–3	2–1	2–2		1–1
Viktoria Žižkov	1–3	2–3	3–1	0–6	1–3	5–0	1–0	1–6	2–4	2–8	2–5	2–3	3–3

Source: ^[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Josef Bican	Slavia Prague	43
2	Vladimír Hönig	Baťa Zlín	26
3	Jaroslav Cejp	Sparta Prague	25
4	Ladislav Kareš	Viktoria Plzeň	19
5	Ján Arpáš	ŠK Bratislava	18
	Zdeněk Sobotka	SK Židenice
	Vojtech Zachar	ŠK Žilina
	Jiří Zmatlík	Sparta Prague

References

1. Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 231. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
2. The Times, 3 October 1946; Association Football Sparta Draw With Arsenal

• Czechoslovakia - List of final tables (RSSSF)