2008–09 Czech First League


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

and Bohemians 1905 were relegated to the second division after finishing last and second to last, respectively, in the previous season.
FK Bohemians Prague and 1. FK Příbram were promoted from the second division.

Stadia and locations

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyIncoming managerDate of appointment
Český Budějovice Jan KmochSacked26 August 2008 Pavel Tobiáš27 August 2008
Viktoria Žižkov Stanislav GrigaSacked4 September 2008 Josef Csaplár
Zlín Josef MazuraSacked Stanislav Levý
Plzen Jaroslav ŠilhavýSacked6 October 2008 Pavel Vrba8 October 2008
Sparta Prague Vítězslav LavičkaSacked Jozef Chovanec
Brno Petr UličnýSacked29 October 2008 Miroslav Beránek 10 December 2008
Viktoria Žižkov Josef CsaplárSacked Zdeněk Ščasný
Zlín Stanislav LevýSacked Ladislav Minář29 December 2008
Ostrava Karel VečeřaSacked20 April 2009 Verner Lička20 April 2009
Pribram Massimo MoralesSacked4 May 2009 Petr Čuhel4 May 2009

Results

Top goalscorers

Source:
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Andrej KerićSlovan Liberec15
2 Daniel HuňaPříbram11
2 Tomáš NecidSlavia Prague11
4 David LafataJablonec10
4 Riste NaumovViktoria Žižkov10
4 Michal PapadopulosMladá Boleslav10
7 Tijani BelaidSlavia Prague9
7 Michal OrdošSigma Olomouc9
7 Tomáš SedláčekČeské Budějovice9
10 Roman DobešBohemians Prague 8
10 Pavel HorváthViktoria Plzeň8
10 Marek KinclBohemians Prague 8