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2008–09 Czech First League

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Czech First League
Season2008–09
ChampionsSlavia Prague
RelegatedZlín
Viktoria Žižkov
Champions LeagueSlavia Prague
Sparta Prague
Europa LeagueLiberec
Olomouc
Teplice (via Domestic Cup)
Matches played240
Goals scored582 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorerAndrej Kerić (15)
Biggest home winJablonec 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
9 matches
Highest scoringOstrava 5–4 Bohemians
Highest attendance20,500[1]
Sparta Prague 1–4 Slavia Prague
(6 October 2008)
Lowest attendance853[1]
Viktoria Žižkov 0–2 Viktoria Plzeň
(30 May 2009)
Average attendance4,664[1]

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

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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

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Location of clubs in the 2008–09 Czech First League

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Incoming manager Date of appointment
Český Budějovice Czech Republic Jan Kmoch Sacked 26 August 2008[2] Czech Republic Pavel Tobiáš 27 August 2008[3]
Viktoria Žižkov Slovakia Stanislav Griga Sacked 4 September 2008[4] Czech Republic Josef Csaplár
Zlín Czech Republic Josef Mazura Sacked Czech Republic Stanislav Levý [1]
Plzen Czech Republic Jaroslav Šilhavý Sacked 6 October 2008[5] Czech Republic Pavel Vrba 8 October 2008[6]
Sparta Prague Czech Republic Vítězslav Lavička Sacked Czech Republic Jozef Chovanec
Brno Czech Republic Petr Uličný Sacked 29 October 2008[7] Czech Republic Miroslav Beránek [2] 10 December 2008
Viktoria Žižkov Czech Republic Josef Csaplár Sacked Czech Republic Zdeněk Ščasný
Zlín Czech Republic Stanislav Levý Sacked Czech Republic Ladislav Minář 29 December 2008
Ostrava Czech Republic Karel Večeřa Sacked 20 April 2009[8] Czech Republic Verner Lička 20 April 2009[8]
Pribram Italy Massimo Morales Sacked 4 May 2009[9] Czech Republic 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Slavia Prague (C) 30 18 8 4 57 25 +32 62 Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
2 Sparta Prague 30 16 8 6 48 25 +23 56
3 Slovan Liberec 30 14 10 6 41 28 +13 52 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round
4 Sigma Olomouc 30 13 9 8 39 36 +3 48 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
5 Jablonec 30 14 4 12 43 37 +6 46[a]
6 Mladá Boleslav 30 12 10 8 39 38 +1 46[a]
7 Teplice 30 12 7 11 33 25 +8 43[b] Qualification for Europa League play-off round[c]
8 Viktoria Plzeň 30 11 10 9 45 38 +7 43[b]
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
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 Czech 2. Liga
16 Viktoria Žižkov (R) 30 5 7 18 27 45 −18 22
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) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Jablonec ahead of Mladá Boleslav on head-to-head record; Jablonec–Mladá Boleslav 1–1, Mladá Boleslav–Jablonec 1–2.
  2. ^ a b Teplice ahead of Viktoria Plzeň on head-to-head record; Teplice–Viktoria Plzeň 3–0, Viktoria Plzeň–Teplice 1–1.
  3. ^ Teplice won the 2008–09 Czech Cup and qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results

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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: Fortuna liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Final standing[11]

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Croatia Andrej Kerić Slovan Liberec 15
2 Czech Republic Daniel Huňa Příbram 11
Czech Republic Tomáš Necid Slavia Prague
4 Czech Republic David Lafata Jablonec 10
North Macedonia Riste Naumov Viktoria Žižkov
Czech Republic Michal Papadopulos Mladá Boleslav
7 Tunisia Tijani Belaïd Slavia Prague 9
Czech Republic Michal Ordoš Sigma Olomouc
Czech Republic Tomáš Sedláček České Budějovice
10 Czech Republic Roman Dobeš Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) 8
Czech Republic Pavel Horváth Viktoria Plzeň
Czech Republic Marek Kincl Bohemians Prague (Střížkov)

See also

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References

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