2008–09 Czech First League

Template:Short description Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 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.

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Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Český Budějovice	Template:Flagicon Jan Kmoch	Sacked	26 August 2008^[1]	Template:Flagicon Pavel Tobiáš	27 August 2008^[2]
Viktoria Žižkov	Template:Flagicon Stanislav Griga	Sacked	4 September 2008^[3]	Template:Flagicon Josef Csaplár
Zlín	Template:Flagicon Josef Mazura	Sacked		Template:Flagicon Stanislav Levý ^[1]
Plzen	Template:Flagicon Jaroslav Šilhavý	Sacked	6 October 2008^[4]	Template:Flagicon Pavel Vrba	8 October 2008^[5]
Sparta Prague	Template:Flagicon Vítězslav Lavička	Sacked		Template:Flagicon Jozef Chovanec
Brno	Template:Flagicon Petr Uličný	Sacked	29 October 2008^[6]	Template:Flagicon Miroslav Beránek ^[2]	10 December 2008
Viktoria Žižkov	Template:Flagicon Josef Csaplár	Sacked		Template:Flagicon Zdeněk Ščasný
Zlín	Template:Flagicon Stanislav Levý	Sacked		Template:Flagicon Ladislav Minář	29 December 2008
Ostrava	Template:Flagicon Karel Večeřa	Sacked	20 April 2009^[7]	Template:Flagicon Verner Lička	20 April 2009^[7]
Pribram	Template:Flagicon Massimo Morales	Sacked	4 May 2009^[8]	Template:Flagicon Petr Čuhel	4 May 2009

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<templatestyles src="Citation/styles.css"/>^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.^[9]

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Final standing^[10]

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

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