The 2007–08 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the fifteenth season of Czech Republic's top-tier of football. The season started on 4 August 2007 and concluded on 17 May 2008.
Teams Příbram and Slovácko were relegated to the second division after finishing last and second to last, respectively, in the 2006–07 season.
Viktoria Žižkov (as champions) and Bohemians 1905 (as runners-up) were promoted from the second division.
Stadia and locations
Club Location Stadium Capacity SK Slavia Prague Prague Stadion Evžena Rošického 19,032 AC Sparta Prague Prague AXA Arena 20,374 FK Teplice Teplice Na Stínadlech 18,221 FC Baník Ostrava Ostrava Bazaly 17,372 1. FC Brno Brno Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská 12,550 SK Sigma Olomouc Olomouc Andrův stadion 12,014 FC Slovan Liberec Liberec Stadion U Nisy 9,900 FC Viktoria Plzeň Plzeň Struncovy Sady Stadion 7,842 FK SIAD Most Most Fotbalový stadion Josefa Masopusta 7,500 FC Bohemians 1905 Prague Ďolíček Stadion 6,836 SK Dynamo České Budějovice České Budějovice E-On Stadion 6,746 FC Tescoma Zlín Zlín Letná Stadion 6,375 FK Jablonec 97 Jablonec nad Nisou Stadion Střelnice 6,280 FK Viktoria Žižkov Prague FK Viktoria Stadion 5,600 FK Mladá Boleslav Mladá Boleslav Městský Stadion 5,000 SK Kladno Kladno Stadion Františka Kloze 4,000
Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentČeské Budějovice František CiproMutual consent29 August 2007 František Straka30 August 2007Mladá Boleslav Luděk ZajícSacked4 September 2007 Zdeněk Ščasný4 September 2007Slovan Liberec Michal ZachSacked7 October 2007 Ladislav Škorpil15 October 2007Jablonec 97 Luboš KozelSacked8 October 2007 František Komňacký11 October 2007Bohemians 1905 Zbyněk BustaResigned10 April 2008 Pavel Hoftych 30 May 2008Sparta Prague Michal BílekResigned11 May 2008 Vítězslav Lavička 4 June 2008
Bohemians 1905 appointed assistant manager Michal Zach to the position of caretaker manager for the six remaining matches of the season. Following the end of the season, Pavel Hoftych took over. Sparta Prague appointed club president Jozef Chovanec to the position of caretaker manager for the two remaining matches of the season. Following the end of the season, Vítězslav Lavička took over.
League table
Results
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Václav SvěrkošBaník Ostrava152 Miroslav SlepičkaSparta Prague123 Jan RajnochMladá Boleslav11 Goce ToleskiSlavia Prague / Most5 Lukáš MageraBaník Ostrava96 Libor DošekSparta Prague8 Róbert ZeherBaník Ostrava Libor ŽůrekTescoma Zlín9 Aleš BestaBrno7 Martin Fenin*Teplice Stanislav Vlček*Slavia Prague
*play abroad after winter transfer
Czech teams in European competitions Sparta Prague – UEFA Champions League (eliminated in third qualifying round) & UEFA Cup (eliminated in group stage) Slavia Prague – UEFA Champions League (eliminated in group stage) & UEFA Cup (round of 32) FK Mladá Boleslav – UEFA Cup (eliminated in group stage) FK Jablonec 97 – UEFA Cup (eliminated in second qualifying round) Slovan Liberec – UEFA Intertoto Cup (eliminated in second round)
Attendances
Rank Club Average Highest 1 Baník Ostrava 11,022 17,372 2 Sparta Praha 9,378 20,565 3 Bohemians 6,627 7,500 4 Slavia Praha 6,457 20,698 5 Slovan Liberec 5,185 7,615 6 Teplice 5,070 14,700 7 Brno 4,968 9,550 8 Sigma Olomouc 4,846 11,085 9 Mladá Boleslav 4,125 5,000 10 Baník Most 4,104 7,500 11 Viktoria Plzeň 3,828 7,887 12 Jablonec 3,707 6,105 13 Viktoria Žižkov 3,649 5,540 14 České Budějovice 3,484 5,978 15 Zlín 3,457 6,058 16 Kladno 2,446 4,000
Source:
See also 2007–08 Czech Cup 2007–08 Czech 2. Liga
References
Statistics of the 2007-2008 season at iDNES.cz