# 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

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

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Český Budějovice | Jan Kmoch | Sacked | 26 August 2008 | Pavel Tobiáš | 27 August 2008 |
| Viktoria Žižkov | Stanislav Griga | Sacked | 4 September 2008 | Josef Csaplár | |
| Zlín | Josef Mazura | Sacked | | Stanislav Levý | |
| Plzen | Jaroslav Šilhavý | Sacked | 6 October 2008 | Pavel Vrba | 8 October 2008 |
| Sparta Prague | Vítězslav Lavička | Sacked | | Jozef Chovanec | |
| Brno | Petr Uličný | Sacked | 29 October 2008 | Miroslav Beránek | 10 December 2008 |
| Viktoria Žižkov | Josef Csaplár | Sacked | | Zdeněk Ščasný | |
| Zlín | Stanislav Levý | Sacked | | Ladislav Minář | 29 December 2008 |
| Ostrava | Karel Večeřa | Sacked | 20 April 2009 | Verner Lička | 20 April 2009 |
| Pribram | Massimo Morales | Sacked | 4 May 2009 | Petr Čuhel | 4 May 2009 |
* ^1 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.
* ^2 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

| 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 for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Sparta Prague | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 48 | 25 | +23 | 56 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Slovan Liberec | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 41 | 28 | +13 | 52 | Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 48 | Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Jablonec | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 43 | 37 | +6 | 46 | |
| 6 | Mladá Boleslav | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 46 | |
| 7 | Teplice | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 43 | Qualification for Europa League play-off round |
| 8 | Viktoria Plzeň | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 38 | +7 | 43 | |
| 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 to Czech 2. Liga |
| 16 | Viktoria Žižkov (R) | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 22 | Relegation to Czech 2. Liga |
* 1 2 Jablonec ahead of Mladá Boleslav on head-to-head record; Jablonec–Mladá Boleslav 1–1, Mladá Boleslav–Jablonec 1–2.
* 1 2 Teplice ahead of Viktoria Plzeň on head-to-head record; Teplice–Viktoria Plzeň 3–0, Viktoria Plzeň–Teplice 1–1.
* ↑ Teplice won the 2008–09 Czech Cup and qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.

## Results

| 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 | |

## Top goalscorers

Final standing
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Andrej Kerić | Slovan Liberec | 15 |
| 2 | Daniel Huňa | Příbram | 11 |
| 2 | Tomáš Necid | Slavia Prague | 11 |
| 4 | David Lafata | Jablonec | 10 |
| 4 | Riste Naumov | Viktoria Žižkov | 10 |
| 4 | Michal Papadopulos | Mladá Boleslav | 10 |
| 7 | Tijani Belaïd | Slavia Prague | 9 |
| 7 | Michal Ordoš | Sigma Olomouc | 9 |
| 7 | Tomáš Sedláček | České Budějovice | 9 |
| 10 | Roman Dobeš | Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) | 8 |
| 10 | Pavel Horváth | Viktoria Plzeň | 8 |
| 10 | Marek Kincl | Bohemians Prague (Střížkov) | 8 |