title: 1977–78 Czechoslovak First League
text: # 1977–78 Czechoslovak First League
  
  Statistics of Czechoslovak First League in the 1977–78 season.
  
  ## Overview
  
  It was contested by 16 teams, and Zbrojovka Brno won the championship. Karel Kroupa was the league's top scorer with 20 goals.
  
  ## League standings
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Zbrojovka Brno (C) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 64 | 25 | +39 | 43 | Qualification for European Cup first round |
  | 2 | Dukla Prague | 30 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 73 | 33 | +40 | 41 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
  | 3 | Lokomotíva Košice | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 53 | 34 | +19 | 39 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
  | 4 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 34 | |
  | 5 | Sklo Union Teplice | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 33 | |
  | 6 | Bohemians Prague | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 32 | +4 | 32 | |
  | 7 | Tatran Prešov | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 45 | 40 | +5 | 30 | |
  | 8 | Slovan Bratislava | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 46 | +7 | 29 | |
  | 9 | Spartak Trnava | 30 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 26 | 31 | −5 | 28 | |
  | 10 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 28 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup first round |
  | 11 | Jednota Trenčín | 30 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 28 | |
  | 12 | Škoda Plzeň | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 26 | |
  | 13 | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 46 | −14 | 26 | |
  | 14 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 25 | |
  | 15 | Inter Bratislava | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 46 | −16 | 22 | |
  | 16 | ZVL Žilina (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 29 | 58 | −29 | 16 | Relegation to Slovak National Football League |
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | OST | BOH | BB | DUK | INT | TRE | LOK | TEP | PLZ | SLA | SLO | SPA | TRN | PRE | BRN | ŽIL |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Baník Ostrava | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 3–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
  | Bohemians Prague | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 |
  | Dukla Banská Bystrica | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 0–5 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
  | Dukla Prague | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 8–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 |
  | Inter Bratislava | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
  | Jednota Trenčín | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
  | Lokomotiva Košice | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
  | Sklo Union Teplice | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
  | Škoda Plzeň | 0–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 |
  | Slavia Prague | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
  | Slovan Bratislava | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 6–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
  | Sparta Prague | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
  | Spartak Trnava | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
  | Tatran Prešov | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 3–0 |
  | Zbrojovka Brno | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | | 1–0 |
  | ZVL Žilina | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | |
  
  ## Top goalscorers
  
  | Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Karel Kroupa | Zbrojovka Brno | 20 |
  | 2 | Ladislav Józsa | Lokomotiva Košice | 19 |
  | 3 | Stanislav Pelc | Dukla Prague | 18 |
  | 4 | Dušan Galis | Slovan Bratislava | 15 |
  | 5 | Petr Janečka | Zbrojovka Brno | 13 |
  | 6 | Jozef Bubenko | Tatran Prešov | 11 |
  | 6 | Antonín Panenka | Bohemians Prague | 11 |
  | 6 | Ladislav Vízek | Dukla Prague | 11 |
  