2007–08 Czech First League

Czech First League
Season	2007–08
Champions	Slavia Prague
Relegated	Bohemians 1905 Most
Champions League	Slavia Prague Sparta Prague
UEFA Cup	Baník Ostrava Liberec (via Domestic Cup)
Intertoto Cup	Teplice
Matches played	240
Goals scored	556 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Václav Svěrkoš (15)
Biggest home win	Slavia Prague 7–1 Zlín
Biggest away win	Most 0–5 Sparta Prague
Highest scoring	Slavia Prague 7–1 Zlín Plzeň 6–2 Most
Highest attendance	20,698^[1] Slavia Prague 2–2 Jablonec (17 May 2008)
Lowest attendance	1,050^[1] Jablonec 1–0 Teplice (9 December 2007)
Average attendance	5,156^[1]
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the fifteenth season of Czech Republic's top-tier of football. The season started on August 4, 2007 and concluded on May 17, 2008.

Teams

Příbram and Slovácko were relegated to the second division after finishing last and second to last, respectively, in the 2006–07 season.

Viktoria Žižkov (as champions) and Bohemians 1905 (as runners-up) were promoted from the second division.

Stadia and locations

Ostrava

Bohemians
Slavia
Sparta
Viktoria Žižkov

Location of clubs in the 2007–08 Czech First League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
SK Slavia Prague	Prague	Synot Tip Arena	21,000
AC Sparta Prague	Prague	AXA Arena	20,374
FK Teplice	Teplice	Na Stínadlech	18,221
FC Baník Ostrava	Ostrava	Bazaly	17,372
1. FC Brno	Brno	Městský fotbalový stadion Srbská	12,550
SK Sigma Olomouc	Olomouc	Andrův stadion	12,014
FC Slovan Liberec	Liberec	Stadion U Nisy	9,900
FC Viktoria Plzeň	Pilsen	Struncovy Sady Stadion	7,842
FK SIAD Most	Most	Fotbalový stadion Josefa Masopusta	7,500
FC Bohemians 1905	Prague	Ďolíček Stadion	6,836
SK Dynamo České Budějovice	České Budějovice	E-On Stadion	6,746
FC Tescoma Zlín	Zlín	Letná Stadion	6,375
FK Jablonec 97	Jablonec nad Nisou	Stadion Střelnice	6,280
FK Viktoria Žižkov	Prague	FK Viktoria Stadion	5,600
FK Mladá Boleslav	Mladá Boleslav	Městský Stadion	5,000
SK Kladno	Kladno	Stadion Františka Kloze	4,000

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
České Budějovice	František Cipro	Mutual consent	29 August 2007^[2]	František Straka	30 August 2007^[3]
Mladá Boleslav	Luděk Zajíc	Sacked	4 September 2007^[4]	Zdeněk Ščasný	4 September 2007^[4]
Slovan Liberec	Michal Zach	Sacked	7 October 2007^[5]	Ladislav Škorpil	15 October 2007^[6]
Jablonec 97	Luboš Kozel	Sacked	8 October 2007^[7]	František Komňacký	11 October 2007^[8]
Bohemians 1905	Zbyněk Busta	Resigned	10 April 2008^[9]	Pavel Hoftych	30 May 2008^[10]
Sparta Prague	Michal Bílek	Resigned	11 May 2008^[11]	Vítězslav Lavička	4 June 2008^[12]

^1 Bohemians 1905 appointed assistant manager Michal Zach to the position of caretaker manager for the six remaining matches of the season.^[9] Following the end of the season, Pavel Hoftych took over.
^2 Sparta Prague appointed club president Jozef Chovanec to the position of caretaker manager for the two remaining matches of the season.^[11] Following the end of the season, Vítězslav Lavička took over.

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation	Head-to-head
1	Slavia Prague !Slavia Prague (C)	30	17	9	4	45	24	+21	60	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	Sparta Prague !Sparta Prague	30	17	6	7	53	26	+27	57	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Baník Ostrava !Baník Ostrava	30	15	10	5	51	28	+23	55	2008–09 UEFA Cup First round	OST 2–1 BRN BRN 0–0 OST
4	Brno !Brno	30	16	7	7	43	32	+11	55		OST 2–1 BRN BRN 0–0 OST
5	Teplice !Teplice	30	16	5	9	40	27	+13	53	2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
6	Slovan Liberec !Slovan Liberec	30	12	8	10	35	31	+4	44	2008–09 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round ¹
7	Mladá Boleslav !Mladá Boleslav	30	11	9	10	37	36	+1	42
8	Tescoma Zlín !Tescoma Zlín	30	10	8	12	28	31	−3	38		ZLI 3–1 VPL VPL 1–1 ZLI
9	Viktoria Plzeň !Viktoria Plzeň	30	10	8	12	32	37	−5	38		ZLI 3–1 VPL VPL 1–1 ZLI
10	Viktoria Žižkov !Viktoria Žižkov	30	10	7	13	35	48	−13	37
11	Sigma Olomouc !Sigma Olomouc	30	8	12	10	20	26	−6	36
12	Jablonec !Jablonec	30	8	9	13	24	32	−8	33
13	Dynamo České Budějovice !Dynamo České Budějovice	30	8	8	14	27	35	−8	32
14	Kladno !Kladno	30	6	9	15	31	45	−14	27
15	Bohemians 1905 !Bohemians 1905 (R)	30	5	11	14	24	40	−16	26	Relegation to 2008–09 Czech 2. Liga
16	Most !Most (R)	30	4	8	18	31	58	−27	20	Relegation to 2008–09 Czech 2. Liga

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
¹via the 2007–08 Czech Cup.
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Baník Ostrava !OST	Bohemians 1905 !B05	Brno !BRN	Dynamo České Budějovice !ČBU	Jablonec !JAB	Kladno !KLA	Mladá Boleslav !MLA	Most !MOS	Sigma Olomouc !SIG	Slavia Prague !SLA	Slovan Liberec !LIB	Sparta Prague !SPA	Teplice !TEP	Tescoma Zlín !ZLI	Viktoria Plzeň !VPL	Viktoria Žižkov !VŽI
Baník Ostrava !Baník Ostrava		2–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	4–1	3–3	5–2	0–1	2–2	3–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	3–0
Bohemians 1905 !Bohemians 1905	0–2		3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	2–2	2–2
Brno !Brno	0–0	2–0		2–1	2–1	0–0	0–3	2–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	4–2	2–2	0–0	0–1	3–1
Dynamo České Budějovice !Dynamo České Budějovice	3–0	2–0	0–2		0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–1
Jablonec !Jablonec	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–3	0–1	3–0
Kladno !Kladno	3–0	2–1	1–2	5–1	1–1		0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	3–2
Mladá Boleslav !Mladá Boleslav	3–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–1		1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–4	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1
Most !Most	0–2	2–4	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–1		1–1	2–3	0–1	0–5	2–3	0–1	1–1	1–0
Sigma Olomouc !Sigma Olomouc	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2		1–3	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0
Slavia Prague !Slavia Prague	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–0		1–0	1–1	1–0	7–1	3–0	0–3
Slovan Liberec !Slovan Liberec	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1		4–3	4–0	0–1	2–0	2–2
Sparta Prague !Sparta Prague	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	4–1	0–1	3–0	1–0	0–2	1–0		1–0	2–1	3–1	6–1
Teplice !Teplice	1–1	2–0	0–1	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–1		2–1	1–0	4–1
Tescoma Zlín !Tescoma Zlín	2–2	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–0		3–1	0–0
Viktoria Plzeň !Viktoria Plzeň	0–4	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–0	6–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1		3–1
Viktoria Žižkov !Viktoria Žižkov	0–2	2–1	3–4	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–4	1–2	2–0	0–0

Source: fotbal.idnes.cz (Czech)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Václav Svěrkoš	15	FC Baník Ostrava
Miroslav Slepička	12	AC Sparta Prague
Jan Rajnoch	11	Mladá Boleslav
Goce Toleski	11	SK Slavia Prague / FK SIAD Most
Lukáš Magera	9	FC Baník Ostrava
Libor Došek	8	AC Sparta Prague
Róbert Zeher		FC Baník Ostrava
Libor Žůrek		FC Tescoma Zlín
Aleš Besta	7	1. FC Brno
Martin Fenin*		FK Teplice
Stanislav Vlček*		SK Slavia Prague

*play abroad after winter transfer

Czech teams in European competitions

Sparta Prague – UEFA Champions League (eliminated in third qualifying round) & UEFA Cup (eliminated in group stage)
Slavia Prague – UEFA Champions League (eliminated in group stage) & UEFA Cup (round of 32)
FK Mladá Boleslav – UEFA Cup (eliminated in group stage)
FK Jablonec 97 – UEFA Cup (eliminated in second qualifying round)
Slovan Liberec – UEFA Intertoto Cup (eliminated in second round)

References

1 2 3 "Divácké statistiky Gambrinus liga 2007/2008" (in Czech). idnes.cz. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
↑ "Cipro v Budějovicích skončil, přijde Straka?" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
↑ "Straka je zpátky, stal se koučem Budějovic" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 30 August 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
1 2 "Kouč Ščasný povede tým Mladé Boleslavi" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 4 September 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
↑ "Fotbalový trenér Zach v Liberci skončil" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 7 October 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
↑ "Liberec povedou Škorpil s Kozlem" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 15 October 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
↑ "Jablonec odvolal trenéra Kozla" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 8 October 2007. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
↑ "Komňacký už je trenérem fotbalistů Jablonce" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 11 October 2007. Retrieved 4 February 2012.
1 2 "Trenér Busta skončil v Bohemians 1905" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 10 April 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-02-21. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
↑ "Nový trenér Bohemians Hoftych: Fotbalem chci lidi bavit" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 30 May 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
1 2 "Bílek ve Spartě skončil hned, nahradil ho Chovanec" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 11 May 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
↑ "Lavička se Spartě upsal na dva roky, Chovanec je generálním manažerem" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 4 June 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2012.

Statistics of the 2007-2008 season at iDNES.cz

Czech First League

Seasons

Clubs

2016–17	Bohemians 1905 FK Dukla Prague Hradec Králové Jablonec Karviná Jihlava Mladá Boleslav Příbram Slavia Prague Slovácko Slovan Liberec Sparta Prague Teplice Viktoria Plzeň Zbrojovka Brno Zlín

Former	Baník Ostrava Benešov Blšany Bohemians (Střížkov) Cheb Drnovice Dukla Prague Dynamo České Budějovice Kladno Lázně Bohdaneč Most Opava Sigma Olomouc Uherské Hradiště Ústí nad Labem Vítkovice Viktoria Žižkov Znojmo

Associated competitions

Category

2007–08 in European football (UEFA)

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