2023–24 FC Slovan Liberec season

Slovan Liberec
2023–24 season
Manager	Luboš Kozel
Stadium	Stadion u Nisy
Czech First League	7th
Czech Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Luka Kulenović (7); All: ; Luka Kulenović; Ľubomír Tupta; (7 each)
Average home league attendance	3,091
colours	colours
	← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 season is FC Slovan Liberec's 66th season in existence and 31st consecutive in the Czech First League. They will also compete in the Czech Cup.

Players

First-team squad

As of 6 September 2023^[1]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	BEL	Olivier Vliegen
2	DF	CZE	Dominik Plechatý (on loan from Sparta Prague)
3	DF	CZE	Jan Mikula
4	DF	BEL	Milan Govaers
5	MF	CZE	Denis Višinský
6	MF	UKR	Ivan Varfolomeyev
7	FW	CZE	Michael Rabušic
8	MF	CZE	Lukáš Červ
9	MF	CZE	Jakub Hudák
10	FW	SVK	Ľubomír Tupta
11	MF	CZE	Christián Frýdek
14	FW	CZE	Filip Horský (on loan from Slavia Prague)
15	MF	CIV	Mohamed Doumbia
17	DF	CZE	Ondřej Lehoczki


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	CZE	Michal Lexa
19	MF	CZE	Nicolas Penner
20	DF	CZE	Dominik Preisler
21	FW	NGA	Chidera Okoh (on loan from Mosta)
22	MF	CZE	Tomáš Polyák
24	DF	CZE	Michal Fukala
25	MF	NGA	Ahmad Ghali
26	FW	BIH	Luka Kulenović
28	MF	CZE	Jan Žambůrek (on loan from Viborg)
30	DF	CZE	Filip Prebsl (on loan from Slavia Prague)
31	GK	CZE	Hugo Jan Bačkovský
32	GK	CZE	Lukáš Hasalík
33	DF	GRE	Marios Pourzitidis
37	DF	CZE	Matěj Chaluš (on loan from Malmö)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	CZE	Lukáš Pešl (at Varnsdorf)
—	MF	CZE	Kristian Michal (at Varnsdorf)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	CZE	Dominik Gembický (at Varnsdorf)

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	Transferred from	Fee	Date	Source

Out

Pos.	Player	Transferred to	Fee	Date	Source

Pre-season and friendlies

Win Draw Loss Fixtures

23 June 2023 Friendly	Slovan Liberec	2–0	Příbram	Benátky nad Jizerou
15:30				Stadium: Městský stadion

24 June 2023 Friendly	Slovan Liberec	0–2	Mladá Boleslav
13:30

1 July 2023 Friendly	Lech Poznań	1–3	Slovan Liberec	Poznań, Poland
17:00				Stadium: Boisko Treningowe przy Bułgarskiej

5 July 2023 Friendly	Slovan Liberec	4–0	FK Varnsdorf	Raspenava
11:00				Stadium: Hřiště Raspenava

7 July 2023 Friendly	Slovan Liberec	0–2	Jihlava	Nymburk
11:00				Stadium: Sportovní Areál Nymburk

12 July 2023 Friendly	Slovan Liberec	4–1	Puskás Akadémia
17:00

14 July 2023 Friendly	Fortuna Düsseldorf	2–1	Slovan Liberec	Bad Wimsbach, Austria
17:00				Stadium: HF-Stadion Bad Wimsbach

13 October 2023 Friendly	Chrobry Głogów	0–4	Slovan Liberec	Żagań, Poland
12:15				Stadium: Arena Żagań

13 January 2024 Friendly	Slovan Liberec	3–0	Miedź Legnica	Liberec
12:00				Stadium: UMT Doubí

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Czech First League	23 July 2023	28 April 2024	Matchday 1	7th	30	10	10	10	46	46	+0	033.33
Czech First League play-off	5 May 2024	12 May 2024	First round	First round	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	000.00
Czech Cup	30 August 2023	28 February 2024	Second round	Quarter-finals	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	066.67
Total					35	12	10	13	51	52	−1	034.29

Source: Soccerway

Czech First League

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	10	10	10	46	46	0	40	9	3	3	30	18	+12	1	7	7	16	28	−12

Source: Fortuna Liga

Regular season

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Mladá Boleslav	30	12	8	10	50	46	+4	44	Qualification for the Championship group
6	Slovácko	30	11	8	11	39	40	−1	41	Qualification for the Championship group
7	Slovan Liberec	30	10	10	10	46	46	0	40	Qualification for the Play-off
8	Sigma Olomouc	30	10	7	13	40	45	−5	37
9	Hradec Králové	30	9	10	11	32	38	−6	37

Source: Fortuna Liga
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Fair-play ranking; 8) Draw.^[2]

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	L	D	L	W	L	W	W	L	D	D
Position	4	6	8	9	6	8	10	10	10	11	11	9	9	8	10	8	8	8	8	6	8	7	9	8	9	7	7	7	7	7
Points	3	4	4	5	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	13	14	17	18	21	22	25	25	28	28	29	29	32	32	35	38	38	39	40

Source: Fortuna Liga
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

The league fixtures were unveiled on 21 June 2023.^[3]

23 July 2023 1	Slovan Liberec	3–1	Baník Ostrava	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kpozo 19' (o.g.) Červ 41', 60' Pourzitidis 49' Doumbia 64' Ghali 73'	Report	Almási 25' Tetour 29', 47' (pen.) Ewerton 73'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 3,338 Referee: Jan Petřík

30 July 2023 2	Mladá Boleslav	2–2	Slovan Liberec	Mladá Boleslav
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kušej 9' Suchomel 18' Suchý 25', 88' Kostka 36' Karafiát 54' Pulkrab 78', 79' Ladra 82'	Report	Plechatý 5' Chaluš 8' Kulenović 42' Červ 82' Prebsl 88' Mikula 90'	Stadium: Lokotrans Aréna Attendance: 4,112 Referee: Daniel Vokoun

6 August 2023 3	Slovan Liberec	0–1	Bohemians 1905	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Doumbia 44' Ghali 54'	Report	Matoušek 29' Hůlka 39' Beran 66' Kozák 90+1'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 2,958 Referee: Ladislav Szikszay

12 August 2023 4	Zlín	1–1	Slovan Liberec	Zlín
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Janetzký 35' Tkáč 45+2' Kovinič 90+2'	Report	Frýdek 15' Pourzitidis 30' Kozel (coach) 74' Rabušic 87'	Stadium: Letná Stadion Attendance: 2,738 Referee: Karel Rouček

19 August 2023 5	Slovan Liberec	1–0	Pardubice	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Frýdek 13' Prebsl 90+1'	Report	Hlavatý 90+5'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 1,858 Referee: Dalibor Černý

27 August 2023 6	Sigma Olomouc	2–0	Slovan Liberec	Olomouc
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Breite 45+2' Juliš 54' (pen.) Pokorný 65' Pospíšil 74' Muritala 82'	Report	Doumbia 38'	Stadium: Andrův stadion Attendance: 3,594 Referee: Petr Hocek

3 September 2023 7	Slovan Liberec	0–2	Sparta Prague	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Červ 44' Prebsl 61' Pourzitidis 66' 87' Kozel (coach) 67'	Report	Zelený 44' Olatunji 50' Haraslín 69', 77'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 7,627 Referee: Ladislav Szikszay

17 September 2023 8	Jablonec	1–1	Slovan Liberec	Jablonec nad Nisou
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tekijaški 8', 53' Jovović 31'	Report	Chaluš 8' Tupta 8' (pen.) Červ 61' Žambůrek 85' Hudák 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion Střelnice Attendance: 3,650 Referee: Ondřej Berka

23 September 2023 9	Slovan Liberec	3–3	Teplice	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Chaloupek 19' (o.g.) Doumbia 27', 85' Varfolomeyev 39'	Report	Knapík 9' Havelka 11' Mareček 12' Hronek 45+1' 73' Fila 51' (pen.) Jukl 67' Yasser 89'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 2,327 Referee: Filip Kotala

30 September 2023 10	Karviná	5–2	Slovan Liberec	Karviná
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Čurma 2' Iván 11' Moses 27' Budínský 38' Akinyemi 41' Memić 70', 90+3' Traoré 83'	Report	Mikula 14' Tupta 47' Červ 68'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 2,212 Referee: Tomáš Klíma

8 October 2023 11	Slovan Liberec	2–3	Slavia Prague	Liberec
18:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kulenović 5' Preisler 8' Červ 72' Fukala 76' Okoh 90+2' Varfolomeyev 90+6'	Report	Schranz 16', 78' van Buren 53' (pen.), 83' Ogbu 57' Zafeiris 58', 87' Provod 75'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 5,927 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

21 October 2023 12	Slovan Liberec	3–0	Viktoria Plzeň	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Tupta 17' Kulenović 67' Višinský 84' Červ 86' Bačkovský 90+2'	Report	Kopic 19' Kalvach 72'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 3,127 Referee: Marek Radina

28 October 2023 13	Slovácko	1–1	Slovan Liberec	Uherské Hradiště
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Petržela 10' Valenta 29' Juroška 76'	Report	Tupta 16', 53' Žambůrek 35' Frýdek 59' Horský 86' Pourzitidis 87'	Stadium: Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty Attendance: 4,528 Referee: Ondřej Berka

5 November 2023 14	Slovan Liberec	1–0	České Budějovice	Liberec
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pourzitidis 7' Kulenović 59' Višinský 71'	Report	Suchan 10' Nikl 30'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 1,827 Referee: Jan Machálek

11 November 2023 15	Hradec Králové	1–1	Slovan Liberec	Hradec Králové
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Vašulín 27' Kučera 48' Čihák 63' Pilař 73' Pudhorocký 73' Sabou (sporting Director) 84'	Report	Frýdek 30' Fukala 73' Bačkovský 90+5'	Stadium: Malšovická aréna Attendance: 6,318 Referee: Ladislav Szikszay

25 November 2023 16	Slovan Liberec	2–1	Mladá Boleslav	Liberec
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Ghali 7', 70' Prebsl 14' Mikula 21'	Report	Pulkrab 10' Sakala 56' V. Štěpán (custodian) 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 1,415 Referee: Karel Rouček

9 December 2023 18	Slovan Liberec	5–3	Zlín	Liberec
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Žambůrek 7' Frýdek 27' (pen.) Pourzitidis 63' Červ 78' Rabušic 90'	Report	Slončík 31' Tkáč 36' Janetzký 40' Cedidla 60' Černín 62' Didiba 87', 90+1' Vukadinović 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 1,052 Referee: Vít Zaoral

13 December 2023 17	Bohemians 1905	0–0	Slovan Liberec	Prague
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hrubý 53' Hůlka 68' Vondra 82'	Report	Ghali 44' 58' P. Čvančara (fitness coach) 58' Frýdek 70' Bačkovský 90+3'	Stadium: Ďolíček Attendance: 2,579 Referee: Stanislav Volek
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 5 December 2023, but was postponed due to snow.^[4]

16 December 2023 19	Pardubice	2–0	Slovan Liberec	Pardubice
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Zlatohlávek 12' Patrák 37' Daněk 67', 88' Kinský 90' Mukwelle 90'	Report	Žambůrek 34' Červ 63' Mikula 75' Rabušic 90+3'	Stadium: CFIG Arena Attendance: 2,189 Referee: Marek Radina

10 February 2024 20	Slovan Liberec	2–0	Sigma Olomouc	Liberec
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Penner 49' Horský 80'	Report	Sláma 40' Pospíšil 45+1' Juliš 51' Singhateh 84'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 2,427 Referee: Ondřej Berka

18 February 2024 21	Sparta Prague	2–1	Slovan Liberec	Prague
18:00 CET (UTC+1)	Pešek 24' Haraslín 47' Olatunji 49' F. Hrdlička (physician) 75' Wiesner 84'	Report	Horský 68', 79'	Stadium: epet ARENA Attendance: 16,829 Referee: Jan Všetečka

24 February 2024 22	Slovan Liberec	3–3	Jablonec	Liberec
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Mikula 31' Žambůrek 45+2' Tupta 48' Rabušic 72' (pen.) Preisler 85' Chaluš 90+1'	Report	Chramosta 13' (pen.) Kratochvíl 23' Hollý 28' Mikula 58' (o.g.) Chanturishvili 73' Štěpánek 90+6'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 4,427 Referee: Ondřej Pechanec

3 March 2024 23	Teplice	2–0	Slovan Liberec	Teplice
14:00 CET (UTC+1)	Yasser 34' Fila 41', 75'	Report	Pourzitidis 18' Ghali 22' Varfolomeyev 37' Tupta 45'	Stadium: Na Stínadlech Attendance: 4,067 Referee: Dominik Starý

9 March 2024 24	Slovan Liberec	1–0	Karviná	Liberec
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Prebsl 76' Rabušic 84' (pen.) Vliegen 90+1'	Report	Svozil 30' Bergqvist 59' Memić 61' Fleišman 84' Vlk (assistant coach) 90+3'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 1,831 Referee: Stanislav Volek

17 March 2024 25	Slavia Prague	3–0	Slovan Liberec	Prague
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Jurečka 15' (pen.), 90+1' Chytil 83'	Report	Pourzitidis 44' Chaluš 77'	Stadium: Fortuna Arena Attendance: 17,513 Referee: Dalibor Černý

30 March 2024 26	Viktoria Plzeň	1–3	Slovan Liberec	Plzeň
15:00 CET (UTC+1)	Hejda 2' Koubek (coach) 34' Metsoko 67' Cadu 72'	Report	Pourzitidis 30' Ghali 56' Chaluš 64' Kulenović 69', 79' Kozel (coach) 77' Žambůrek 90+2'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 9,718 Referee: Jan Všetečka

6 April 2024 27	Slovan Liberec	4–1	Slovácko	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Kulenović 6' Tupta 23' Prebsl 56' Fukala 85' Varfolomeyev 90+1'	Report	Pourzitidis 53' (o.g.) Kalabiška 59'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 3,451 Referee: Jan Petřík

13 April 2024 28	České Budějovice	3–2	Slovan Liberec	České Budějovice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Hellebrand 45', 75' Ondrášek 67', 71' Čermák 78' Suchan 90+6' Šigut 90+8'	Report	Žambůrek 6', 47' Mikula 23' Kulenović 54' Ghali 87' Poulolo 90+3' (o.g.)	Stadium: Stadion Střelecký ostrov Attendance: 2,398 Referee: Vít Zaoral

21 April 2024 29	Slovan Liberec	0–0	Hradec Králové	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Pourzitidis 49' Bačkovský 55' Kozel (coach) 56' Čech (goalkeeper coach) 59' Prebsl 60'	Report	Vašulín 46'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 2,611 Referee: Ondřej Berka

28 April 2024 30	Baník Ostrava	2–2	Slovan Liberec	Ostrava
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Ewerton 20' (pen.) Kpozo 46' Adediran 85' Tanko 88'	Report	Preisler 34' Tupta 55' Prebsl 68' Tetour 68' Čech (goalkeeper coach) 88'	Stadium: Městský stadion Attendance: 10,011 Referee: Karel Rouček

Play-off

First round

5 May 2024 First leg	Teplice	2–0	Slovan Liberec	Teplice
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Gning 26' Kričfaluši 45+3' Fila 56' Havelka 90+2'	Report	Mikula 32' Doumbia 88'	Stadium: Na Stínadlech Attendance: 4,954 Referee: Jan Všetečka

12 May 2024 Second leg	Slovan Liberec	1–2 (1–4 agg.)	Teplice	Liberec
15:00 CEST (UTC+2)	Višinský 12' Prebsl 33' Tetour 78' Pourzitidis 81', 81'	Report	Fila 6' Mićević 28', 58' Trubač 49' Chaloupek 55'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Attendance: 3,266 Referee: Vít Zaoral
Note: Teplice won 4–1 on aggregate.

Czech Cup

26 September 2023 Third round	Kladno	0–2	Slovan Liberec	Kladno
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)		Report	Horský 80' Tupta 84'	Stadium: Stadion Františka Kloze Referee: Tomáš Klíma

1 November 2023 Fourth round	Slovan Liberec	1–0	Mladá Boleslav	Liberec
16:30 CET (UTC+1)	Okoh 87' Horský 90+1'	Report	Suchomel 82' Sakala 90'	Stadium: Stadion u Nisy Referee: Stanislav Volek

28 February 2024 Quarter-finals	Zlín	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Slovan Liberec	Zlín
17:00 CET (UTC+1)	Schánělec 11', 59' Nombil 55' Simerský 90' 95' Janetzký 91' Vukadinović 109' Pidro 115'	Report	Žambůrek 37' Doumbia 45' Pourzitidis 83' Chaluš 105'	Stadium: Letná Stadion Referee: Vít Zaoral