1973–74 Czechoslovak First League

Czechoslovak First League
Season	1973–74
Champions	Slovan Bratislava
Relegated	Lokomotíva Košice; Tatran Prešov
European Cup	Slovan Bratislava
Cup Winners' Cup	Slavia Prague
UEFA Cup	Dukla Prague; Baník Ostrava
Top goalscorer	Ladislav Józsa; Přemysl Bičovský; (17 goals each)
	← 1972–73 1974–75 →

Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1973–74 season.

Overview

It was contested by 16 teams, and ŠK Slovan Bratislava won the championship. Ladislav Józsa and Přemysl Bičovský were the league's top scorers with 17 goals each.^[1]

Location of clubs in the 1973–74 Czechoslovak First League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slovan Bratislava (C)	30	15	7	8	58	39	+19	37	Qualification for European Cup first round
2	Dukla Prague	30	14	7	9	42	34	+8	35	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
3	Slavia Prague	30	16	2	12	47	38	+9	34	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round
4	Baník Ostrava	30	14	6	10	40	42	−2	34	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
5	ZVL Žilina	30	14	2	14	39	42	−3	30
6	Sklo Union Teplice	30	11	7	12	42	39	+3	29
7	Spartak Trnava	30	8	13	9	32	31	+1	29
8	Sparta Prague	30	11	7	12	37	39	−2	29
9	VSS Košice	30	11	7	12	41	45	−4	29
10	Zbrojovka Brno	30	12	5	13	33	37	−4	29
11	Nitra	30	10	9	11	38	50	−12	29
12	Bohemians Prague	30	10	8	12	43	42	+1	28
13	Inter Bratislava	30	11	6	13	45	46	−1	28
14	Škoda Plzeň	30	10	8	12	38	46	−8	28
15	Lokomotíva Košice (R)	30	10	7	13	50	47	+3	27	Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League
16	Tatran Prešov (R)	30	8	9	13	35	43	−8	25	Relegation to Czechoslovak Second League

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

Home \ Away	OST	BOH	DUK	INT	LOK	NIT	TEP	PLZ	SLA	SLO	SPA	TRN	PRE	KOŠ	BRN	ŽIL
Baník Ostrava		3–2	2–2	4–2	2–1	4–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	3–1	1–0
Bohemians Prague	5–0		3–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	3–2	3–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–1	1–1	2–0	4–0
Dukla Prague	0–1	1–0		4–0	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	3–1
Inter Bratislava	2–1	1–0	3–1		4–2	2–0	4–0	6–1	1–3	2–3	1–0	1–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	0–1
Lokomotíva Košice	5–1	3–1	0–2	3–0		5–1	4–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	3–0	0–0	1–1	3–2	3–2	1–2
Nitra	3–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	3–0		2–0	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–2	1–2	1–0	2–2
Sklo Union Teplice	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–2	3–0		2–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	4–0	2–0	3–0	4–0
Škoda Plzeň	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–1		1–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	5–3	4–3	1–0
Slavia Prague	0–1	3–0	2–1	3–1	3–2	0–1	1–0	5–0		5–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0
Slovan Bratislava	2–3	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–0	4–2	2–0	1–1	5–1		2–0	2–0	5–1	3–0	3–1	2–0
Sparta Prague	0–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	3–1	3–1	1–0	4–1	1–1		0–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	3–2
Spartak Trnava	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–2	1–1		3–0	1–0	0–1	3–0
Tatran Prešov	2–0	1–1	2–4	1–0	5–1	7–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–1		0–0	0–1	2–1
VSS Košice	0–0	5–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	3–1	2–3	3–1	1–0	1–2		0–0	1–1
Zbrojovka Brno	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–0	3–1		1–0
ZVL Žilina	3–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	3–1

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

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Ladislav Józsa	Lokomotíva Košice	17
1	Přemysl Bičovský	Sklo Union Teplice	17
3	Dušan Herda	Slavia Prague	15
4	Jozef Čapkovič	Slovan Bratislava	14
4	Jiří Klement	Baník Ostrava	14
6	Ivan Bican	Škoda Plzeň	13
6	Štefan Slezák	ZVL Žilina	13
8	Jozef Levický	Inter Bratislava	11
	Zdeněk Nehoda	Dukla Prague
	Ján Švehlík	Slovan Bratislava

^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal - lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 232. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.