| Season | 2008–09 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Slavia Prague |
| Relegated | Zlín Viktoria Žižkov |
| Champions League | Slavia Prague Sparta Prague |
| Europa League | Liberec Olomouc Teplice(viaDomestic Cup) |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 582 (2.43 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Andrej Kerić (15) |
| Biggest home win | Jablonec 6–1Zlín Slavia Prague 5–0Bohemians Slavia Prague 5–0Kladno Sparta Prague 5–0Kladno Viktoria Plzeň 5–0Zlín |
| Biggest away win | |
| Highest scoring | Ostrava 5–4Bohemians |
| Highest attendance | 20,500[1] Sparta Prague 1–4Slavia Prague (6 October 2008) |
| Lowest attendance | 853[1] Viktoria Žižkov 0–2Viktoria Plzeň (30 May 2009) |
| Average attendance | 4,664[1] |
2009–10 → | |
The2008–09 Czech First League, known as theGambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the sixteenth season ofCzech Republic's top-tier offootball. 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 againstViktoria Žižkov in 28th round. They were the first club to defend Czech title since the2000–01 season.
Most andBohemians 1905 were relegated to thesecond division after finishing last and second to last, respectively, in theprevious season.
FK Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) (as champions) and1. FK Příbram (as runners-up) were promoted from thesecond division.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Český Budějovice | Sacked | 26 August 2008[2] | 27 August 2008[3] | ||
| Viktoria Žižkov | Sacked | 4 September 2008[4] | |||
| Zlín | Sacked | ||||
| Plzen | Sacked | 6 October 2008[5] | 8 October 2008[6] | ||
| Sparta Prague | Sacked | ||||
| Brno | Sacked | 29 October 2008[7] | 10 December 2008 | ||
| Viktoria Žižkov | Sacked | ||||
| Zlín | Sacked | 29 December 2008 | |||
| Ostrava | Sacked | 20 April 2009[8] | 20 April 2009[8] | ||
| Pribram | Sacked | 4 May 2009[9] | 4 May 2009 |
| 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 forChampions 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 forEuropa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 48 | Qualification forEuropa 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 forEuropa 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 toCzech 2. Liga |
| 16 | Viktoria Žižkov(R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 22 |
| 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 |
Final standing[11]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovan Liberec | 15 | |
| 2 | Příbram | 11 | |
| Slavia Prague | |||
| 4 | Jablonec | 10 | |
| Viktoria Žižkov | |||
| Mladá Boleslav | |||
| 7 | Slavia Prague | 9 | |
| Sigma Olomouc | |||
| České Budějovice | |||
| 10 | Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) | 8 | |
| Viktoria Plzeň | |||
| Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) |