2008–09 Czech First League

Czech First League
Season	2008–09
Champions	Slavia Prague
Relegated	Zlín Viktoria Žižkov
Champions League	Slavia Prague Sparta Prague
Europa League	Liberec Olomouc Teplice (via Domestic Cup)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	582 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer	Andrej Kerić (15)
Biggest home win	Jablonec 6–1 Zlín Slavia Prague 5–0 Bohemians Slavia Prague 5–0 Kladno Sparta Prague 5–0 Kladno Viktoria Plzeň 5–0 Zlín
Biggest away win	Zlín 2–5 Ostrava Ostrava 1–4 Viktoria Plzeň České Budějovice 1–4 Sparta Prague Mladá Boleslav 1–4 Liberec Sparta Prague 1–4 Slavia Prague Mladá Boleslav 0–3 Sparta Prague Příbram 0–3 Teplice Zlín 0–3 Slavia Prague Viktoria Žižkov 0–3 Ostrava
Highest scoring	Ostrava 5–4 Bohemians
Highest attendance	20,500^[1] Sparta Prague 1–4 Slavia Prague (6 October 2008)
Lowest attendance	853^[1] Viktoria Žižkov 0–2 Viktoria Plzeň (30 May 2009)
Average attendance	4,664^[1]
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

The 2008–09 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the sixteenth season of Czech Republic's top-tier of football. It began on 2 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009. Slavia Prague were the defending champions. Slavia secured their 17th title overall after a 3–1 win away against Viktoria Žižkov in 28th round. They were the first club to defend Czech title since the 2000–01 season.

Promotion and relegation

Most and Bohemians 1905 were relegated to the second division after finishing last and second to last, respectively, in the previous season.

FK Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) (as champions) and 1. FK Příbram (as runners-up) were promoted from the second division.

Stadia and locations

Ostrava

Bohemians
Slavia
Sparta
Viktoria Žižkov

Location of clubs in the 2008–09 Czech First League

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Český Budějovice	Jan Kmoch	Sacked	26 August 2008^[2]	Pavel Tobiáš	27 August 2008^[3]
Viktoria Žižkov	Stanislav Griga	Sacked	4 September 2008^[4]	Josef Csaplár
Zlín	Josef Mazura	Sacked		Stanislav Levý
Plzen	Jaroslav Šilhavý	Sacked	6 October 2008^[5]	Pavel Vrba	8 October 2008^[6]
Sparta Prague	Vítězslav Lavička	Sacked		Jozef Chovanec
Brno	Petr Uličný	Sacked	29 October 2008^[7]	Miroslav Beránek	10 December 2008
Viktoria Žižkov	Josef Csaplár	Sacked		Zdeněk Ščasný
Zlín	Stanislav Levý	Sacked		Ladislav Minář	29 December 2008
Ostrava	Karel Večera	Sacked	20 April 2009^[8]	Verner Lička	20 April 2009^[8]
Pribram	Massimo Morales	Sacked	4 May 2009^[9]	Petr Čuhel	4 May 2009

^1 Zlin manager Josef Mazura was relieved of his duties after the 7th round of matches; Ladislav Minář took over as caretaker manager until the appointment of Stanislav Levý before the 12th round.^[10]
^2 Brno appointed Aleš Křeček to the position of caretaker manager after the 11th round of matches until Miroslav Beránek took over in the winter break.^[10]

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Slavia Prague !Slavia Prague (C)	30	18	8	4	57	25	+32	62	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	Sparta Prague !Sparta Prague	30	16	8	6	48	25	+23	56	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Slovan Liberec !Slovan Liberec	30	14	10	6	41	28	+13	52	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4	Sigma Olomouc !Sigma Olomouc	30	13	9	8	39	36	+3	48	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
5	Jablonec !Jablonec	30	14	4	12	43	37	+6	46		JAB 1–1 MLA MLA 1–2 JAB
6	Mladá Boleslav !Mladá Boleslav	30	12	10	8	39	38	+1	46		JAB 1–1 MLA MLA 1–2 JAB
7	Teplice !Teplice	30	12	7	11	33	25	+8	43	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round ¹	TEP 3–0 VPL VPL 1–1 TEP
8	Viktoria Plzeň !Viktoria Plzeň	30	11	10	9	45	38	+7	43		TEP 3–0 VPL VPL 1–1 TEP
9	Baník Ostrava !Baník Ostrava	30	11	6	13	38	36	+2	39
10	Dynamo České Budějovice !Dynamo České Budějovice	30	7	15	8	30	37	−7	36
11	Brno !Brno	30	9	8	13	32	36	−4	35
12	Příbram !Příbram	30	9	7	14	30	40	−10	34		PŘI 2–1 BOH BOH 1–0 PŘI
13	Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) !Bohemians Prague (Střížkov)	30	10	4	16	33	46	−13	34		PŘI 2–1 BOH BOH 1–0 PŘI
14	Kladno !Kladno	30	8	7	15	21	41	−20	31
15	Tescoma Zlín !Tescoma Zlín (R)	30	7	8	15	26	49	−23	29	Relegation to 2009–10 Czech 2. Liga
16	Viktoria Žižkov !Viktoria Žižkov (R)	30	5	7	18	27	45	−18	22	Relegation to 2009–10 Czech 2. Liga

Source: fotbal.idnes.cz (Czech)
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) number of goals scored
¹Teplice won the 2008–09 Czech Cup and qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Baník Ostrava !OST	Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) !BOH	Brno !BRN	Dynamo České Budějovice !ČBU	Jablonec !JAB	Kladno !KLA	Mladá Boleslav !MLA	Příbram !PŘI	Sigma Olomouc !SIG	Slavia Prague !SLA	Slovan Liberec !LIB	Sparta Prague !SPA	Teplice !TEP	Tescoma Zlín !ZLI	Viktoria Plzeň !VPL	Viktoria Žižkov !VŽI
Baník Ostrava !Baník Ostrava		5–4	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–3	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–3	1–4	0–0
Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) !Bohemians Prague (Střížkov)	1–0		1–2	2–0	4–3	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	4–3	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0
Brno !Brno	2–0	0–0		1–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	4–1	0–2	1–1	3–0	1–2	0–2
Dynamo České Budějovice !Dynamo České Budějovice	3–2	0–0	1–1		2–1	3–0	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	1–4	3–0	1–0	1–1	3–2
Jablonec !Jablonec	2–1	2–1	2–0	2–0		1–1	1–1	4–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–0	0–2	6–1	3–0	2–0
Kladno !Kladno	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–2		0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Mladá Boleslav !Mladá Boleslav	0–2	1–0	2–4	0–0	1–2	2–1		3–1	2–1	0–0	1–4	0–3	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0
Příbram !Příbram	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1		2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	0–3	3–0	2–2	3–0
Sigma Olomouc !Sigma Olomouc	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	4–1		1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0
Slavia Prague !Slavia Prague	1–0	5–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	5–0	3–3	1–0	3–0		2–2	1–1	3–1	1–0	3–2	2–1
Slovan Liberec !Slovan Liberec	0–0	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–3	1–0	0–1	2–1		3–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	2–1
Sparta Prague !Sparta Prague	1–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	3–2	5–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	1–4	1–1		0–0	2–0	2–0	2–0
Teplice !Teplice	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	2–3	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0		2–0	3–0	2–0
Tescoma Zlín !Tescoma Zlín	2–5	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	2–0	1–1	0–3	3–3	2–1	1–1		2–0	1–0
Viktoria Plzeň !Viktoria Plzeň	1–3	3–1	3–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	5–0		3–2
Viktoria Žižkov !Viktoria Žižkov	0–3	4–2	1–1	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–3	0–0	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–2

Source: fotbal.idnes.cz (Czech)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Source: fotbal.idnes.cz (Czech)

15 goals

Andrej Kerić (Slovan Liberec)

11 goals

Daniel Huňa (Příbram)
Tomáš Necid (Slavia Prague)

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

References

1 2 3 "Divácké statistiky Gambrinus liga 2008/2009" (in Czech). idnes.cz. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
↑ "Skončil první ligový fotbalový kouč, padáka dostal budějovický Kmoch". idnes.cz (in Czech). 26 August 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
↑ "Fotbalové Budějovice hlásí: Trenér Pavel Tobiáš počtvrté!". idnes.cz (in Czech). 27 August 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
↑ "Žižkovský trenér Griga dostal po výbuchu na Vyšehradě padáka". idnes.cz (in Czech). 4 September 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
↑ "Nahradí v Plzni odvolaného kouče Šilhavého trenér Vrba?". idnes.cz (in Czech). 6 October 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
↑ "Fotbalové Plzně se ujal kouč Vrba, slibují mu čas na koncepční práci". idnes.cz (in Czech). 8 October 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
↑ "Kouč Uličný v Brně skončil, nahradit by ho mohl Lavička". idnes.cz (in Czech). 29 October 2008. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
1 2 "Kouč Večeřa v Ostravě skončil, dočasně ho nahradil manažer Lička". idnes.cz (in Czech). 20 April 2009. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
↑ "V Příbrami skončil italský kouč Morales". idnes.cz (in Czech). 4 May 2009. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
1 2 "Večeřa je devátým odvolaným koučem. Jak šly změny trenérů". idnes.cz (in Czech). 20 April 2009. Retrieved 1 February 2013.

Statistics of the 2008-2009 season at iDNES.cz

Czech First League

Seasons

Clubs

2016–17	Bohemians 1905 FK Dukla Prague Hradec Králové Jablonec Karviná Jihlava Mladá Boleslav Příbram Slavia Prague Slovácko Slovan Liberec Sparta Prague Teplice Viktoria Plzeň Zbrojovka Brno Zlín

Former	Baník Ostrava Benešov Blšany Bohemians (Střížkov) Cheb Drnovice Dukla Prague Dynamo České Budějovice Kladno Lázně Bohdaneč Most Opava Sigma Olomouc Uherské Hradiště Ústí nad Labem Vítkovice Viktoria Žižkov Znojmo

Associated competitions

Category

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UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout phase, Final) UEFA Cup (Group stage, final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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