Gambrinus liga 2008–09 was the sixteenth season of Czech Republic's top-tier 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.
Location of clubs in Gambrinus liga 2008–09
[edit] Promotion and relegation
FK Most and Bohemians 1905 were relegated to the second division after finishing last and second to last, respectively, in the 2007–08 Gambrinus Liga.
Bohemians Praha (Střížkov) (as champions) and 1. FK Příbram (as runners-up) were promoted from the second division.
[edit] League table
Source: fotbal.idnes.cz (Czech)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored.
1Teplice won the Czech Republic Football Cup 2008–09 and qualified for the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Head-to-Head: used when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.
[edit] Results
| Home \ Away1 | BAN | BOH | BRN | ČBU | JAB | KLA | MLA | PŘI | SIG | SLA | LIB | SPA | TEP | TES | 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 Praha | 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 |
| 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 | |
Source: fotbal.idnes.cz (Czech)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
[edit] Top goalscorers
Source: fotbal.idnes.cz (Czech)
- 15 goals
- 11 goals
- 10 goals
- 9 goals
- 8 goals
[edit] European competitions
[edit] UEFA Champions League 2008–09
Sheriff Tiraspol – Sparta Prague W (0–1, 0–2) 0–3 on aggregate
Fiorentina – Slavia Prague L (2–0, 0–0) 2–0 on aggregate
Panathinaikos – Sparta Prague L (2–1, 1–0) 3–1 on aggregate
[edit] UEFA Cup 2008–09
MŠK Žilina – Slovan Liberec L (2–1, 2–1) 4–2 on aggregate
Spartak Moscow – Baník Ostrava L (1–0, 1–1) 2–1 on aggregate
Vaslui – Slavia Prague W (0–0, 1–1) 1–1 on aggregate, Slavia won on away goals
Dinamo Zagreb – Sparta Prague L (0–0, 3–3) 3–3 on aggregate, Dinamo won on away goals
- Slavia Prague –
Aston Villa L 0–1 - MŠK Žilina – Slavia Prague D 0–0
- Slavia Prague –
Hamburg L 0–2 
Ajax – Slavia Prague D 2–2
[edit] UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008
Budapest Honvéd – Teplice L (1–3, 2–0) 3–3 on aggregate, Budapest Honvéd won on away goals
[edit] External links
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