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2008–09 Czech First League

Czech First League
Season 2008–09
Champions Slavia Prague
Relegated Zlín
Viktoria Žižkov
Champions League Slavia Prague
Sparta Prague
Europa League Liberec
Olomouc
Teplice (via Domestic Cup)
Matches played 240
Goals scored 582 (2.43 per match)
Top goalscorer Andrej Kerić (15)
Biggest home win Jablonec 6–1 Zlín
Slavia Prague 5–0 Bohemians
Slavia Prague 5–0 Kladno
Sparta Prague 5–0 Kladno
Viktoria Plzeň 5–0 Zlín
Biggest away win Zlín 2–5 Ostrava
Ostrava 1–4 Viktoria Plzeň
České Budějovice 1–4 Sparta Prague
Mladá Boleslav 1–4 Liberec
Sparta Prague 1–4 Slavia Prague
Mladá Boleslav 0–3 Sparta Prague
Příbram 0–3 Teplice
Zlín 0–3 Slavia Prague
Viktoria Žižkov 0–3 Ostrava
Highest scoring Ostrava 5–4 Bohemians
Highest attendance 20,500
Sparta Prague 1–4 Slavia Prague
(6 October 2008)
Lowest attendance 853
Viktoria Žižkov 0–2 Viktoria Plzeň
(30 May 2009)
Average attendance 4,664

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.

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.

Source: fotbal.idnes.cz (Czech)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
1Teplice won the 2008–09 Czech Cup and qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.


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