2019–20 SK Slavia Prague season explained

The 2019–20 season was SK Slavia Prague's 27th season in the Czech First League. Slavia successfully defended their domestic title, winning the Czech First League for the sixth time, whilst in the Czech Cup they were knocked out in the Fourth Round by Baník Ostrava. In the UEFA Champions League, Slavia finished bottom of their group, which included Internazionale, Borussia Dortmund and Barcelona, with 2 points.

Season events

On 11 March it was announced that Slavia would play their next two matches, away to Mladá Boleslav on Saturday 14 March and at home to Jablonec on Saturday 21 March, without fans, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]

On 12 March 2020, the League Football Association announced that all Fortuna liga games had been postponed for the foreseeable future due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

After 2 months, on 12 May, the League Football Association announced that the Fortuna liga would resume on 25 May.^[3]

On 19 May, Slavia announced that one of their players had tested positive for COVID-19, with their friendly match later in the day against Vysočina Jihlava being cancelled as a result.^[4]

On 7 June, Slavia gathered a point against Plzeň (match-week 28), which was sufficient to be mathematically assured that the team will finish ahead of Sparta in the league table.

Transfers

On 17 June, Slavia announced the signing of Tomáš Holeš and David Hovorka from Jablonec on a contracts until the summer of 2023.^{[5] [6]}

On 4 July, Slavia announced the signing of Nicolae Stanciu on a four-year contract from Al-Ahli.^[7]

On 11 August, Slavia announced the signing of Oscar Dorley on a four-year contract from Slovan Liberec, with the midfielder staying in Liberec until the end of 2019.^[8]

On 2 September, Slavia announced the signing of Lukáš Provod on loan from Viktoria Plzeň, with the transfer becoming permanent in the winter with Provod signing a contract until the summer of 2024.^[9]

On 6 September, Slavia announced the signing of João Felipe on a four-year contract from Palmeiras.^[10]

New contracts

On 17 June, Tomáš Souček signed a new contract with Slavia, until the summer of 2024.^[11]

On 13 February, Ondřej Kolář signed a new contract with Slavia until the summer of 2024.^[12]

Squad

^[13]

Out on loan

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
17 June 2019	DF		Tomáš Holeš	Jablonec	Undisclosed
17 June 2019	DF		David Hovorka	Jablonec	Undisclosed
4 July 2019	MF		Nicolae Stanciu	Al-Ahli	Undisclosed
11 August 2019	MF		Oscar Dorley	Slovan Liberec	Undisclosed
2 September 2019	FW		Lukáš Provod	Viktoria Plzeň	Undisclosed
6 September 2019	FW		João Felipe	Palmeiras	Undisclosed
20 December 2019	DF		Laco Takács	Mladá Boleslav	Undisclosed	[14]
5 January 2020	MF		Patrik Hellebrand	1. FC Slovácko	Undisclosed	[15]

Provod's moves were announced on the above date, but becoming official on 1 January 2020.

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
2 September 2019	FW		Lukáš Provod	Viktoria Plzeň	31 December 2019
2 September 2019	DF		Laco Takács	Mladá Boleslav	20 December 2019	[16]
2 September 2019	FW		Jakub Hora	Teplice	31 December 2019	[17]
1 February 2020	DF		David Zima	Sigma Olomouc	End of Season	[18]
10 February 2020	DF		Mohamed Tijani	Vysočina Jihlava	End of Season	[19]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
29 June 2019	MF		Miroslav Stoch	PAOK	Undisclosed	[20]
9 July 2019	DF		Matěj Chaluš	Slovan Liberec	Undisclosed	[21]
10 July 2019	DF		Simon Deli	Club Brugge	Undisclosed	[22]
15 July 2019	MF		Jonas Auer	Mladá Boleslav	Undisclosed	[23]
20 July 2019	DF		Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui	KAA Gent	Undisclosed	[24]
6 August 2019	MF		Jaromír Zmrhal	Brescia	Undisclosed	[25]
29 August 2019	MF		Alex Král	Spartak Moscow	Undisclosed	[26]
1 January 2020	MF		Marko Alvir	Viktoria Plzeň	Undisclsoed	[27]
11 January 2020	FW		Milan Škoda	Çaykur Rizespor	Undisclsoed	[28]
17 January 2020	FW		Imad Rondić	Slovan Liberec	Undisclsoed
27 January 2020	MF		Ondřej Žežulka	Viktoria Žižkov	Undisclosed
27 February 2020	DF		Václav Pardubský	Sokol Brozany	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
Summer 2019	GK		Martin Otáhal	Slavoj Vyšehrad	End of Season
Summer 2019	DF		Libor Drozda	Slavoj Vyšehrad	End of Season
Summer 2019	DF		Vojtěch Mareš	Slavoj Vyšehrad	End of Season
Summer 2019	DF		Václav Pardubský	Slavoj Vyšehrad	31 December 2019
Summer 2019	DF		Tomáš Vlček	Ústí nad Labem	End of Season
Summer 2019	MF		Marko Alvir	1. FK Příbram	31 December 2019
Summer 2019	MF		Tomáš Freit	Slavoj Vyšehrad	31 December 2019
Summer 2019	MF		Matěj Valenta	Ústí nad Labem	End of Season
Summer 2019	MF		Jan Vejvar	Slavoj Vyšehrad	End of Season
Summer 2019	MF		Lukáš Veselý	Slavoj Vyšehrad	End of Season
Summer 2019	MF		Ondřej Žežulka	Slavoj Vyšehrad	31 December 2019
Summer 2019	MF		Petar Musa	Slovan Liberec	End of Season
18 June 2019	DF		Jakub Jugas	Jablonec	End of Season
18 June 2019	MF		Jan Matoušek	Jablonec	End of Season
18 June 2019	MF		Jan Sýkora	Jablonec	End of Season	[29]
9 July 2019	FW		Jan Kuchta	Slovan Liberec	End of Season
30 July 2019	GK		Martin Vantruba	Pohronie	17 January 2020	[30]
30 July 2019	DF		Lukáš Pokorný	Bohemians 1905	End of Season
11 August 2019	MF		Oscar Dorley	Slovan Liberec	31 December 2019
5 September 2019	MF		Alexandru Băluță	Slovan Liberec	End of Season	[31]
4 January 2020	MF		Jakub Hromada	Slovan Liberec	End of Season	[32]
12 January 2020	FW		Mick van Buren	ADO Den Haag	End of Season	[33]
14 January 2020	MF		Josef Hušbauer	Dynamo Dresden	End of Season	[34]
17 January 2020	GK		Martin Vantruba	1. FK Příbram	End of Season	[35]
29 January 2020	MF		Tomáš Souček	West Ham United	End of Season	[36]
14 February 2020	DF		Jaroslav Zelený	Mladá Boleslav	End of Season	[37]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
Summer 2019	MF		Ruslan Mingazow	Irtysh Pavlodar	23 July 2019[38]
31 December 2019	MF		Tomáš Freit

Competitions

Czech First League

See main article: 2019–20 Czech First League.

Regular stage

Matches

Championship group

Matches

Czech Cup

See main article: 2019–20 Czech Cup.

UEFA Champions League

See main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round.

Play-off round

Group stage

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

|-|colspan="14"|Players away from Slavia Prague on loan:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Slavia Prague during the season:|}

Goal scorers

width=60	Place	width=60	Position	width=60	Nation	width=60	Number	width=180	Name	width=120	HET liga	width=120	MOL Cup	width=180	Champions League	width=80	Total
1	MF		22	Tomáš Souček	8	0	2	10
2	FW		21	Milan Škoda	5	4	0	9
3	FW		33	Petar Musa	7	0	0	7
	MF		28	Lukáš Masopust	6	0	1	7
5	MF		23	Petr Ševčík	6	0	0	6
6	MF		10	Josef Hušbauer	5	0	0	5
	MF		9	Peter Olayinka	4	0	1	5
8	MF		7	Nicolae Stanciu	4	0	0	4
9	DF		5	Vladimír Coufal	3	0	0	3
	FW		11	Stanislav Tecl	3	0	0	3
	MF		27	Ibrahim Traoré	3	0	0	3
	DF		18	Jan Bořil	1	0	2	3
13	DF		15	Ondřej Kúdela	2	0	0	2
	FW		17	Lukáš Provod	2	0	0	2
	FW		29	Abdulla Yusuf Helal	2	0	0	2
	FW		14	Mick van Buren	1	1	0	2
	DF		25	Michal Frydrych	1	1	0	2
				Own goal	2	0	0	2
19	MF		8	Jaromír Zmrhal	1	0	0	1
	MF		24	Laco Takács	1	0	0	1
	DF		3	Tomáš Holeš	1	0	0	1
	DF		6	David Zima	1	0	0	1
	DF		12	Jaroslav Zelený	0	1	0	1
	FW		18	João Felipe	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	69	8	6	83

Clean sheets

width=60	Place	width=60	Position	width=60	Nation	width=60	Number	width=180	Name	width=120	HET liga	width=120	MOL Cup	width=180	Champions League	width=80	Total
1	GK		1	Ondřej Kolář	23	0	3	26
2	GK		30	Jakub Markovič	2	1	0	3
3	GK		31	Přemysl Kovář	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	26	1	3	30

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	HET liga		MOL Cup		Champions League		Total
1		GK	Ondřej Kolář	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
2		DF	David Hovorka	5	0	0	0	2	0	7	0
3		DF	Tomáš Holeš	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4		DF	Mohamed Tijani	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Vladimír Coufal	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
6		DF	David Zima	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Nicolae Stanciu	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
9		MF	Peter Olayinka	4	0	0	0	2	0	6	0
11		FW	Stanislav Tecl	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
13		MF	Patrik Hellebrand	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		DF	Ondřej Kúdela	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0
17		MF	Lukáš Provod	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19		MF	Oscar Dorley	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		DF	Jan Bořil	9	0	0	0	2	0	11	0
23		MF	Petr Ševčík	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0
24		MF	Laco Takács	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
25		DF	Michal Frydrych	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
27		MF	Ibrahim Traoré	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
28		MF	Lukáš Masopust	2	1	0	0	2	0	4	1
29		FW	Abdulla Yusuf Helal	4	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
33		FW	Petar Musa	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Players away on loan:
10		MF	Josef Hušbauer	5	1	0	0	1	0	6	1
12		DF	Jaroslav Zelený	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		FW	Mick van Buren	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		MF	Alexandru Băluță	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
22		MF	Tomáš Souček	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
Players who left Slavia Prague during the season:
21		FW	Milan Škoda	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
			TOTALS	70	3	3	0	21	0	94	3

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Next two league fixtures behind closed doors . slavia.cz . Slavia Prague . 11 March 2020 . 11 March 2020.
2. Web site: LFA odkládá profesionální soutěže do odvolání . fortunaliga.cz/ . Fortuna Liga . 13 March 2020 . Czech . 12 March 2020.
3. Web site: Restart profesionálních soutěží schválen! Sezóna se znovu rozeběhne dohrávkou v Teplicích . fortunaliga.cz/ . Fortuna Liga . 14 May 2020 . Czech . 12 May 2020.
4. Web site: Testy na koronavirus odhalily jeden pozitivní výsledek . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 19 May 2020 . Czech . 19 May 2020.
5. Web site: POSILA: Tomáš Holeš . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 18 June 2019 . Czech . 17 June 2019.
6. Web site: POSILA: David Hovorka . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 18 June 2019 . Czech . 17 June 2019.
7. Web site: SUPERPOSILA: Nicolae Stanciu! . slavia.cz . SK Slavia Prague . 4 July 2019 . Czech . 4 July 2019.
8. Web site: Slavia získala talentovaného Oscara . slavia.cz . SK Slavia Prague . 12 August 2019 . Czech . 11 August 2019.
9. Web site: Do Slavie přichází Lukáš Provod! . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 2 September 2019 . Czech . 2 September 2019.
10. Web site: Do Slavie přestupuje mladý Brazilec João Felipe . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 12 September 2019 . Czech . 6 September 2019.
11. Web site: Tomáš Souček prodloužil smlouvu . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 18 June 2019 . Czech . 17 June 2019.
12. Web site: Ondřej Kolář prodloužil smlouvu do června 2024 . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 14 February 2020 . Czech . 13 February 2020.
13. Web site: Soupiska A-tým.
14. Web site: Trvalý přestup byl můj hlavní cíl, má radost Ladislav Takács . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 14 February 2020 . Czech . 20 September 2020.
15. Web site: Slavii posílí Patrik Hellebrand . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 29 January 2020 . Czech . 5 January 2020.
16. Web site: Na hostování přichází Ladislav Takács . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 3 September 2019 . Czech . 3 September 2019.
17. Web site: Ve Slavii bude hostovat také Jakub Hora . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 3 September 2019 . Czech . 3 September 2019.
18. Web site: Za Slavií do Portugalska přicestoval David Zima . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 25 June 2020 . Czech . 1 February 2020.
19. Web site: Na hostování přichází Mohamed Tijani . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 14 February 2020 . Czech . 10 February 2020.
20. Web site: Miroslav Stoch přestupuje do Řecka . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 30 June 2019 . Czech . 29 June 2019.
21. Web site: Matěj Chaluš odchází do Liberce . slavia.cz . SK Slavia Prague . 9 July 2019 . Czech . 9 July 2019.
22. Web site: Simon Deli přestupuje do Brug . slavia.cz . SK Slavia Prague . 11 July 2019 . Czech . 10 July 2019.
23. Web site: 18-year old Austrian forward Jonas Auer transfers to @fkmladaboleslav . twitter.com . SK Slavia Prague Twitter . 15 July 2019 . Czech . 15 July 2019.
24. Web site: Michael Ngadeu přestupuje do Gentu . slavia.cz . SK Slavia Prague . 21 July 2019 . Czech . 20 July 2019.
25. Web site: Jaromír Zmrhal joins Brescia Calcio . slavia.cz . SK Slavia Prague . 6 August 2019 . English. 6 August 2019.
26. Web site: Alex Král moves to Spartak Moscow . slavia.cz . SK Slavia Prague . 1 September 2019 . English. 29 August 2019.
27. Web site: VIKTORII PLZEŇ POSÍLÍ OD LEDNA CHORVATSKÝ ZÁLOŽNÍK MARKO ALVIR . fcviktoria.cz/ . FC Viktoria Plzeň . 19 September 2020 . Czech . 21 October 2019.
28. Web site: Milan Škoda přestupuje do Rizesporu . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 29 January 2020 . Czech . 11 January 2020.
29. Web site: Jan Sýkora se vrací na hostování do Jablonce . slavia.cz . Slavia Prague . 23 January 2020 . Czech . 22 January 2020.
30. Web site: Pokorný do Bohemians, Vantruba na Slovensko . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 30 July 2019 . Czech . 30 July 2019.
31. Web site: Alexandu Baluta bude hostovat v Liberci . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 12 September 2019 . Czech . 5 September 2019.
32. Web site: Jakub Hromada míří na hostování do Liberce . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 29 January 2020 . Czech . 4 January 2020.
33. Web site: Mick van Buren odchází hostovat do Haagu . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 29 January 2020. Czech . 12 January 2020.
34. Web site: Josef Hušbauer Joins Dynamo Dresden . en.slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 14 January 2020 . 14 January 2020.
35. Web site: Rondić odchází do Liberce, Vantruba míří do Příbrami . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 23 January 2020. Czech . 17 January 2020.
36. Web site: Tomáš Souček is leaving for West Ham . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 29 January 2020 . Czech . 29 January 2020.
37. Web site: Jaroslav Zelený bude hostovat v Boleslavi . slavia.cz/ . SK Slavia Prague . 14 February 2020 . Czech . 14 February 2020.
38. Web site: ОФИЦИАЛЬНО: РУСЛАН МИНГАЗОВ ИГРОК ФК ERTIS . fcirtysh.kz/ . FC Irtysh Pavlodar . 24 July 2019 . Russian . 23 July 2019.