Viktoria Plzeň commenced the 2016/17 season by the 3rd qualifying round of UEFA Champions League match against Azerbaijanian team Qarabag FK. The match was played at the Doosan Arena in Plzeň.

3rd QR – Champions League, Tue 26th July 2016, 20:15

Plzeň: Kozáčik - Matějů, Baránek, Hubník, Limberský - Hrošovský, Hořava - Petržela, Kolář (78. Hejda), Kovařík (72. Kopic) - Ďuriš (62. Krmenčík)

Karabach Agdam: Sehič - Medveděv, Hüsejnov, Sadygov, Agolli (79. Gurbanov) - Míchel, Garajev - Dani Quintana (67. Ismailov), Richard Almeida, Reynaldo - Madatov (46. Muarem)

YC: Baránek - Madatov RD: Baránek Referees: Stavrev - Kirovski, Kostadinov (all Macedonia)

Roman Pivarník´s team tried to set the pace of the game from the very beginning, to possess the ball as much as possible and to give no space to their opponent. On 13 minutes Daniel Kolář had an effort on goal. The goalkeeper Šehić rebounded his sharp attempt off the target. Viktoria´s goalkeeper Kozáčik touched the bal for the first time on 17 minutes when he had to destroy a mid-distance shot. On 22 minutes Kolář appeared alone in the 18-yard box and instead of a shot he chose to pass the ball in front of the gate but nobody placed it behind the goal line. 8 minutes later Kolář shot on goal already but missed. 3 minutes before the end of the half Michal Ďuriš attempted to score but he was not successful, too. The 1st half finished goalless.

The 2nd half was opened by Petržela´s shot and Michal Ďuriš´s action by none of the situations threatened the goal. Plzeň seemed more active on the pitch than their opponent but when being close to the gate they were not able to be more dangerous. On 56 minutes Hrošovský had an effort on goal but his mid-distance attempt flew above the crossbar. 7 minutes later Roman Pivarník made the first substitution. Michal Ďuriš was replaced by Michael Krmenčík who participated in the game immediately. After a corner the ball ended up on the upright only. On 75 minutes Jan Baránek was shown the second yellow card so Viktoria had to finish the match in 10. Plzeň focused more on the precise defence with the end approaching but Krmenčík made some quick breaks. None of the team scored a goal so Viktoria enter the Europe by a scoreless draw.