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
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointmentČeský Budějovice Jan KmochSacked26 August 2008 Pavel Tobiáš27 August 2008Viktoria Žižkov Stanislav GrigaSacked4 September 2008 Josef CsaplárZlín Josef MazuraSacked Stanislav Levý Plzen Jaroslav ŠilhavýSacked6 October 2008 Pavel Vrba8 October 2008Sparta Prague Vítězslav LavičkaSacked Jozef ChovanecBrno Petr UličnýSacked29 October 2008 Miroslav Beránek 10 December 2008Viktoria Žižkov Josef CsaplárSacked Zdeněk ŠčasnýZlín Stanislav LevýSacked Ladislav Minář29 December 2008Ostrava Karel VečeřaSacked20 April 2009 Verner Lička20 April 2009Pribram Massimo MoralesSacked4 May 2009 Petr Čuhel4 May 2009
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. 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.
League table
Results
Top goalscorers Final standing
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Andrej KerićSlovan Liberec152 Daniel HuňaPříbram11 Tomáš NecidSlavia Prague4 David LafataJablonec10 Riste NaumovViktoria Žižkov Michal PapadopulosMladá Boleslav7 Tijani BelaïdSlavia Prague9 Michal OrdošSigma Olomouc Tomáš SedláčekČeské Budějovice10 Roman DobešBohemians Prague (Střížkov)8 Pavel HorváthViktoria Plzeň Marek KinclBohemians Prague (Střížkov)
Attendances
# Club Average 1 Slavia Praha 11,971 2 Sparta Praha 8,642 3 Baník Ostrava 7,822 4 Sigma Olomouc 4,903 5 Slovan Liberec 4,633 6 Mladá Boleslav 4,072 7 Viktoria Plzeň 4,005 8 Teplice 3,847 9 Zbrojovka Brno 3,842 10 Příbram 3,684 11 Viktoria Žižkov 3,398 12 České Budějovice 3,314 13 Jablonec 3,229 14 Tescoma Zlín 3,011 15 Kladno 2,419 16 Bohemians 1,903Source:
See also 2008–09 Czech Cup 2008–09 Czech 2. Liga
References
External links Statistics of the 2008-2009 season at iDNES.cz