2008–09 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] |
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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
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 |
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| Zlín | Josef Mazura |
Sacked | Stanislav Levý |
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| Plzen | Jaroslav Šilhavý |
Sacked | 6 October 2008[5] | Pavel Vrba |
8 October 2008[6] |
| Sparta Prague | Vítězslav Lavička |
Sacked | Jozef Chovanec |
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| Brno | Petr Uličný |
Sacked | 29 October 2008[7] | Miroslav Beránek |
10 December 2008 |
| Viktoria Žižkov | Josef Csaplár |
Sacked | Zdeněk Ščasný |
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| 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 (C) | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 57 | 25 | +32 | 62 | 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round | |
| 2 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 56 | 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round | |
| 3 | Slovan Liberec | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 52 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round | |
| 4 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 48 | 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round | |
| 5 | Jablonec | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 46 | JAB 1–1 MLA MLA 1–2 JAB | |
| 6 | Mladá Boleslav | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 46 | ||
| 7 | 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 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 43 | ||
| 9 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 39 | ||
| 10 | Dynamo České Budějovice | 30 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 36 | ||
| 11 | Brno | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 35 | ||
| 12 | Příbram | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 34 | PŘI 2–1 BOH BOH 1–0 PŘI | |
| 13 | Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) | 30 | 10 | 4 | 16 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 34 | ||
| 14 | Kladno | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 21 | 41 | −20 | 31 | ||
| 15 | Tescoma Zlín (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 29 | Relegation to 2009–10 Czech 2. Liga | |
| 16 | Viktoria Žižkov (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 22 |
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 | OST | BOH | BRN | ČBU | JAB | KLA | MLA | PŘI | SIG | SLA | LIB | SPA | TEP | ZLI | VPL | VŽI |
| 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) | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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
- 11 goals
- 10 goals
- 9 goals
- 8 goals
See also
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.
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