# 2009–10 Czech First League

The 2009–10 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the seventeenth season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football. It started on 24 July 2009 and ended on 15 May 2010. Defending champions Slavia Prague could only finish seventh in the league, 21 points behind eventual winners Sparta Prague.

## Team changes from last season

FK Viktoria Žižkov and FC Tescoma Zlín were relegated to the second division after finishing last and second to last, respectively, in the 2008–09 Czech First League.
Bohemians 1905 were promoted from the second division as champions. Second division runners-up FC Zenit Čáslav decided not to enter the Czech First League and sold the rights to 1. FC Slovácko, who were promoted in their place.

## Team overview

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Baník Ostrava | Ostrava | Bazaly | 17,372 |
| Bohemians 1905 | Prague | Ďolíček Stadion $^{Note2}$ | 7,500 |
| FC Bohemians | Prague | Stadion Evžena Rošického $^{Note1}$ | 19,032 |
| 1. FC Brno | Brno | Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská | 12,550 |
| Dynamo České Budějovice | České Budějovice | E-On Stadion | 6,708 |
| FK Jablonec 97 | Jablonec | Stadion Střelnice | 6,280 |
| SK Kladno | Kladno | Stadion Františka Kloze $^{Note2}$ | 4,000 |
| FK Mladá Boleslav | Mladá Boleslav | Městský stadion | 5,000 |
| 1. FK Příbram | Příbram | Na Litavce | 9,100 |
| Sigma Olomouc | Olomouc | Andrův stadion | 12,072 |
| Slavia Prague | Prague | Synot Tip Arena | 21,000 |
| 1. FC Slovácko | Uherské Hradiště | Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty | 8,121 |
| Slovan Liberec | Liberec | Stadion u Nisy | 9,900 |
| Sparta Prague | Prague | Generali Arena | 20,852 |
| FK Teplice | Teplice | Na Stínadlech | 18,221 |
| Viktoria Plzeň | Plzeň | Štruncovy Sady Stadion | 7,842 |
Notes:
* Bohemians Prague were previously playing at FK Viktoria Stadion, but were not allowed to continue due to league rules regarding under-soil heating. Therefore, Bohemians played their home matches in the 2009–10 season at Stadion Evžena Rošického.
* Bohemians 1905 and Kladno played one home match each at Stadion Evžena Rošického after the winter break due to under-soil heating requirements.

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| FC Bohemians | Robert Žák | Sacked | 17 August 2009 | Jaromír Jindráček | 22 August 2009 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sparta Prague (C) | 30 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 42 | 14 | +28 | 62 | Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Jablonec | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 42 | 24 | +18 | 61 | Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 47 | 25 | +22 | 60 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Teplice | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 55 | |
| 5 | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 48 | Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 47 | |
| 7 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 41 | |
| 8 | Mladá Boleslav | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 47 | 41 | +6 | 39 | |
| 9 | Slovan Liberec | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 37 | |
| 10 | Příbram | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 36 | |
| 11 | Brno | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 35 | |
| 12 | Bohemians 1905 | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 34 | |
| 13 | Dynamo České Budějovice | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 31 | |
| 14 | Slovácko | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 42 | −14 | 30 | |
| 15 | Kladno (R) | 30 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 24 | 50 | −26 | 25 | Relegation to Czech 2. Liga |
| 16 | Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) (R) | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 27 | 65 | −38 | 1 | Relegation to ČFL |
* ↑ Viktoria Plzeň won the 2009–10 Czech Cup and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
* ↑ Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) were docked 20 points and fined 6 million koruna because they refused to play against Bohemians 1905 and accused Sigma Olomouc of bribery without presenting evidence. The points deduction was later reduced to 15 points.
* ↑ Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) were not awarded a license for the following season's Czech 2. Liga and were therefore automatically relegated to the third-tier ČFL.

## Results

| Home \ Away | OST | B05 | BOH | BRN | ČBU | JAB | KLA | LIB | MLA | PŘI | SIG | SLA | SLO | SPA | TEP | VPL |
| Baník Ostrava | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Bohemians 1905 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) | 0–3 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Brno | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Dynamo České Budějovice | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Jablonec | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Kladno | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Slovan Liberec | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Mladá Boleslav | 3–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| Příbram | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Sigma Olomouc | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1–0 |
| Slavia Prague | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Slovácko | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
| Sparta Prague | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Teplice | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 |
| Viktoria Plzeň | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | |
* ↑ The match was awarded to Bohemians 1905 by a score of 3–0 after the visiting team refused to take the pitch.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Michal Ordoš | Sigma Olomouc | 12 |
| 2 | David Lafata | FK Jablonec | 11 |
| 2 | Marek Kulič | Mladá Boleslav | 11 |
| 4 | Pavel Šultes | Sigma Olomouc | 9 |
| 4 | Bony Wilfried | Sparta Prague | 9 |
| 6 | Mario Lička | Baník Ostrava | 8 |
| 6 | Daniel Huňa | 1. FK Příbram | 8 |