The 2008–09 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the sixteenth season of

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's top-tier of football. It began on 2 August 2008 and ended on 30 May 2009.

Slavia Prague Sportovní klub Slavia Praha – fotbal (Sports Club Slavia Prague – Football, ), commonly known as Slavia Praha or Slavia Prague, is a Czech professional football club in Prague. Founded in 1892, they are the second most successful club in t ...

were the defending champions. Slavia secured their 17th title overall after a 3–1 win away against

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in 28th round. They were the first club to defend Czech title since the 2000–01 season.

Promotion and relegation

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and

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were relegated to the second division after finishing last and second to last, respectively, in the previous season.

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(as champions) and 1. FK Příbram (as runners-up) were promoted from the second division.

Stadia and locations

Managerial changes

* Zlin manager Josef Mazura was relieved of his duties after the 7th round of matches; Ladislav Minář took over as caretaker manager until the appointment of Stanislav Levý before the 12th round. * 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.

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

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fotbal.idnes.cz
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References

Statistics of the 2008-2009 season at iDNES.cz
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