# 1998–99 Czech First League

The 1998–99 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the sixth season of top-tier football in the Czech Republic. The season started on 2 August 1998.

## League changes

Relegated to the 1998–99 Czech 2. Liga
* České Budějovice (15th)
* Lázně Bohdaneč (16th)
Promoted from the 1997–98 Czech 2. Liga
* Blšany (1st)
* Karviná (2nd)

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Sparta Prague (C) | 30 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 62 | 23 | +39 | 60 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Teplice | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 55 | 30 | +25 | 55 | Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Slavia Prague | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 55 | Qualification for UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Sigma Olomouc | 30 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 47 | Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Baník Ostrava | 30 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 45 | |
| 6 | Blšany | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 42 | |
| 7 | Boby Brno | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 41 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round |
| 8 | Hradec Králové | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 39 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round |
| 9 | Slovan Liberec | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 38 | |
| 10 | Viktoria Žižkov | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 38 | |
| 11 | Drnovice | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 37 | |
| 12 | Jablonec | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 35 | |
| 13 | Dukla Příbram | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 33 | |
| 14 | Opava | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 54 | −14 | 32 | |
| 15 | Viktoria Plzeň (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 43 | −17 | 32 | Relegation to Czech 2. Liga |
| 16 | Karviná (R) | 30 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 28 | 55 | −27 | 23 | Relegation to Czech 2. Liga |
* ↑ Slavia Prague won the 1998–99 Czech Cup and qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

## Results

| Home \ Away | OST | BLŠ | BRN | DRN | PŘÍ | HRK | JAB | KAR | OPA | OLO | SLA | LIB | SPA | TEP | PLZ | VŽI |
| Baník Ostrava | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Blšany | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Boby Brno | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Drnovice | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 |
| Dukla Příbram | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Hradec Králové | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Jablonec | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Karviná | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Opava | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Sigma Olomouc | 3–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Slavia Prague | 0–0 | 5–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Slovan Liberec | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Sparta Prague | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
| Teplice | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 4–2 | 2–0 |
| Viktoria Plzeň | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 |
| Viktoria Žižkov | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 2–0 | 3–0 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Horst Siegl | Sparta Prague | 18 |
| 2 | Pavel Verbíř | Teplice | 13 |
| 3 | Robert Vágner | Slavia Prague | 12 |
| 4 | František Koubek | Hradec Králové | 11 |
| 4 | Vratislav Lokvenc | Sparta Prague | 11 |
| 4 | Vítězslav Tuma | Drnovice | 11 |
| 7 | Luděk Zelenka | Viktoria Žižkov / Slavia Prague | 10 |