2011–12 Czech First League

Czech First League

Season	2011–12
Champions	Liberec
Relegated	Bohemians 1905 Viktoria Žižkov
Champions League	Liberec
Europa League	Sparta Prague Viktoria Plzeň Mladá Boleslav
Matches played	240
Goals scored	635 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Lafata (25 goals)
Biggest home win	Jablonec 5–0 Bohemians 1905 Plzeň 5–0 Hradec Králové Slavia Prague 5–0 Hradec Králové
Biggest away win	Č.Budějovice 1–5 Jablonec Bohemians 1905 0–4 Sparta Prague Plzeň 0–4 Olomouc Č.Budějovice 0-4 Liberec
Highest scoring	Olomouc 4–4 Příbram
Highest attendance	18,299[1] Sparta Prague 3–0 Slavia Prague (26 September 2011)
Lowest attendance	0[2] Slavia Prague 3–1 Příbram (14 August 2011)
Average attendance	4,710[1]
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 19th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. It began on 29 July 2011 and was originally due to end on 26 May 2012,^[3][4] although due to the Czech Republic's qualification for UEFA Euro 2012, the end of the season was brought forward to 12 May 2012.^[5] Viktoria Plzeň were the defending champions, having won their first Czech Republic championship the previous season.

Sparta Prague started the season with eight consecutive wins, the first such occurrence in league history.^[6] Sparta broke their own record when they won their ninth straight league match and opened up a 10-point lead at the top of the table.^[7]

Teams

Ústí nad Labem and Zbrojovka Brno were relegated to the 2011–12 Czech 2. Liga after finishing last and second to last, respectively, in the 2010–11 season. Ústi nad Labem therefore immediately returned to the second tier, while Brno completed a nineteen-year tenure in the top flight.

The relegated terms were replaced by 2010–11 2. Liga champions Dukla Prague and Viktoria Žižkov. Viktoria Žižkov returned after a two-year absence, while Dukla Prague made their debut in the league; however, the Dukla Prague name returned to the league after seventeen seasons, with a club of the same name having played in the top Czech football division until then. The newly promoted clubs were granted licenses to play top-division football on 13 June 2011.^[8]

Viktoria Žižkov became the first team to be relegated on 5 May 2012 after Ostrava beat Příbram.^[9]

Stadia and locations

Boh. 1905
Dukla
Slavia
Sparta
Žižkov

Česke Budějovice

Hradec Králové

Jablonec

Liberec

Ml. Boleslav

Olomouc

Ostrava

Příbram

Slovácko

Teplice

Plzeň

Locations of clubs in the 2011–12 Czech First League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2010–11 position
Baník Ostrava	Ostrava	Bazaly	17,372	14th
Bohemians 1905	Prague	Synot Tip Arena ^Note 1	21,000	6th
Dukla Prague	Prague	Stadion Juliska ^Note 2	4,560	2L, 1st
Dynamo České Budějovice	České Budějovice	E-On Stadion	6,681	11th
FC Hradec Králové	Hradec Králové	Všesportovní stadion	7,220	8th
FK Jablonec	Jablonec	Stadion Střelnice	6,280	3rd
FK Mladá Boleslav	Mladá Boleslav	Městský stadion (Mladá Boleslav)	5,000	5th
1. FK Příbram	Příbram	Na Litavce	9,100	12th
Sigma Olomouc	Olomouc	Andrův stadion	12,566	4th
Slavia Prague	Prague	Synot Tip Arena	21,000	9th
1. FC Slovácko	Uherské Hradiště	Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty	8,121	13th
Slovan Liberec	Liberec	Stadion u Nisy	9,900	7th
Sparta Prague	Prague	Generali Arena	20,558	2nd
FK Teplice	Teplice	Na Stínadlech	18,221	10th
Viktoria Plzeň	Plzeň	Stadion města Plzně	13,000	1st
Viktoria Žižkov	Prague	FK Viktoria Stadion	5,600	2L, 2nd

Notes:

1. Ďolíček stadion does not meet the football association criteria, therefore Bohemians are forced to play at Synot Tip Arena.^[10]
2. FK Dukla Prague played one home match at Stadion Evžena Rošického due to the implementation of under-soil heating at Juliska.^[11]

Personnel and kits

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team	Manager^1	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Baník Ostrava	Malura, PavelPavel Malura	Lukes, MartinMartin Lukeš	Nike	Fortuna
Bohemians 1905	Weber, JozefJozef Weber	Snozik, RadekRadek Sňozík	adidas	Fortuna
Dukla Prague	Kozel, LubosLuboš Kozel	Vorel, JanJan Vorel	adidas	Bwin then Staeg
Dynamo České Budějovice	Cipro, FrantisekFrantišek Cipro	Horejs, DavidDavid Horejš	adidas	AVE
Hradec Králové	Kotal, VaclavVáclav Kotal	Fischer, RomanRoman Fischer	Jako	City of Hradec Králové
Jablonec	Komnacky, FrantisekFrantišek Komňacký	Pavlik, PetrPetr Pavlík	Umbro	Baumit
Mladá Boleslav	Koubek, MiroslavMiroslav Koubek	Kulic, MarekMarek Kulič	Nike	Škoda
Příbram	Vavruska, DavidDavid Vavruška	Hruska, AlesAleš Hruška	adidas	Startip
Sigma Olomouc	Ulicny, PetrPetr Uličný	Kucera, RadimRadim Kučera	adidas	Tipsport
Slavia Prague	Poustka, MartinMartin Poustka	Jarolim, LukasLukáš Jarolím	Umbro	Synot Tip
Slovácko	Soukup, MiroslavMiroslav Soukup	Valenta, VitVít Valenta	Kappa	Z-GROUP Steel holding
Slovan Liberec	Silhavy, JaroslavJaroslav Šilhavý	Janů, TomášTomáš Janů	Nike	Fortuna
Sparta Prague	Chovanec, JozefJozef Chovanec	Matejovsky, MarekMarek Matějovský	Nike	Fortuna
Teplice	Rada, PetrPetr Rada	Lukas, PetrPetr Lukáš	Umbro	AGC
Viktoria Plzeň	Vrba, PavelPavel Vrba	Horvath, PavelPavel Horváth	Puma	Doosan Group
Viktoria Žižkov	Nadvornik, RomanRoman Nádvorník	Prochazka, TomasTomáš Procházka	adidas	None

• ¹ According to current revision of List of Czech Football League managers

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Baník Ostrava	Karol Marko	Sacked	30 July 2011[12]	14th (10–11)	Pavel Malura	31 July 2011[12]
České Budějovice	Jiří Kotrba	Removed from position	7 September 2011[13]	15th	František Cipro	7 September 2011[13]
Slavia Prague	Michal Petrouš	Sacked	2 October 2011[14]	13th	František Straka	2 October 2011[14]
Viktoria Žižkov	Martin Pulpit	Sacked	23 November 2011[15]	15th	Roman Nádvorník	23 November 2011[15]
Sigma Olomouc	Zdeněk Psotka	Sacked	27 November 2011[16]	16th	Petr Uličný	8 December 2011[17]
Bohemians 1905	Pavel Medynský	Sacked	6 March 2012[18]	12th	Jozef Weber	7 March 2012[19]
Slavia Prague	František Straka	Resigned	8 March 2012[20]	11th	Martin Poustka	14 March 2012
Baník Ostrava	Pavel Malura	Sacked	26 March 2012[21]	15th	Radoslav Látal	26 March 2012[21]

• ^1 Slavia manager František Straka resigned on 8 March. Assistant manager Martin Poustka was appointed to serve as caretaker manager for the next match against Jablonec, which was just three days later.^[20]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Slovan Liberec (C)	30	20	6	4	68	29	+39	66	2012–13 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Sparta Prague	30	20	4	6	51	25	+26	64	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round ^1
3	Viktoria Plzeň	30	19	6	5	66	33	+33	63	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
4	Mladá Boleslav	30	15	5	10	49	34	+15	50	2012–13 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ^1
5	Teplice	30	12	10	8	36	30	+6	46
6	Dukla Prague	30	11	9	10	42	35	+7	42
7	Slovácko	30	12	5	13	29	32	−3	41
8	Jablonec	30	11	7	12	54	43	+11	40
9	Příbram	30	11	6	13	44	56	−12	39
10	Dynamo České Budějovice	30	9	8	13	30	51	−21	35
11	Sigma Olomouc	30	11	10	9	42	38	+4	034^†	Banned from 2012–13 European competitions ^1
12	Slavia Prague	30	8	10	12	28	34	−6	34
13	Hradec Králové	30	8	7	15	22	38	−16	31
14	Baník Ostrava	30	7	7	16	31	48	−17	28
15	Bohemians 1905 (R)	30	6	6	18	20	54	−34	24	Relegation to 2012–13 Czech 2. Liga
16	Viktoria Žižkov (R)	30	5	4	21	23	55	−32	19

Updated to games played on 12 May 2012.
Source: http://www.gambrinusliga.cz/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
^†Sigma Olomouc were deducted 9 points following a disciplinary commission judgement regarding their 2009 corruption case.^[22]
1Sigma Olomouc, the 2011–12 Czech Cup winner, were initially to enter the third qualifying round of the Europa League. However, UEFA banned them from participating in Europa League over the club’s involvement in a corruption scandal.^[23] As a result, Sparta Prague, the second-placed team of the league, will enter the Europa League third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round, and Mladá Boleslav, the fourth-placed team of the league, will take one of Czech Republic's Europa League places in the second qualifying round.
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away

OST

B05

DUK

ČBU

HRK

JAB

MLA

PŘI

SIG

SLA

SLO

LIB

SPA

TEP

VPL

VŽI

Baník Ostrava

0–1

1–2

1–1

1–0

2–2

1–4

0–2

0–0

3–0

0–1

1–3

0–2

3–4

2–3

3–1

Bohemians 1905

0–1

0–0

2–1

0–0

1–2

0–3

2–0

1–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

0–4

0–0

2–1

1–2

Dukla Prague

4–1

2–0

4–2

4–0

1–3

1–2

2–1

0–0

0–0

2–0

1–2

1–1

0–0

2–4

3–0

Dynamo České Budějovice

0–0

3–1

3–2

1–0

1–5

1–0

4–1

1–2

1–0

2–2

0–4

2–4

1–1

0–0

1–0

Hradec Králové

0–1

2–0

0–2

0–0

0–0

2–0

0–1

1–2

1–1

0–1

0–3

1–0

3–2

0–1

1–0

Jablonec

4–0

5–0

0–2

1–1

2–0

0–0

5–1

2–0

4–0

1–0

0–2

2–4

0–1

0–2

3–1

Mladá Boleslav

2–1

2–0

3–1

3–1

1–1

3–0

2–2

2–3

3–2

1–0

1–4

2–0

0–1

0–1

2–0

Příbram

1–2

3–0

2–2

1–2

0–0

4–3

2–0

4–1

0–0

0–4

2–3

0–3

0–0

2–1

2–1

Sigma Olomouc

3–0

4–0

2–1

0–0

0–2

1–1

1–1

4–4

1–0

1–1

2–4

0–1

1–0

2–3

2–1

Slavia Prague

0–0

3–1

0–0

2–0

5–0

0–0

1–1

3–1

1–0

0–1

1–3

1–1

0–0

2–1

2–0

Slovácko

1–0

3–2

1–0

2–0

0–3

1–0

1–0

2–3

0–1

1–3

1–2

0–2

0–0

1–3

2–1

Slovan Liberec

3–2

3–0

1–2

4–0

3–1

2–2

2–1

2–0

1–1

2–1

0–0

1–3

0–2

0–0

4–0

Sparta Prague

2–0

1–0

0–0

3–0

1–0

2–1

0–3

0–2

1–0

3–0

1–0

0–3

2–2

1–3

4–1

Teplice

1–1

2–0

4–0

0–1

0–3

3–2

1–3

2–1

3–1

0–0

2–1

1–0

0–1

3–4

0–0

Viktoria Plzeň

1–1

4–1

1–1

4–0

5–0

4–2

3–2

5–0

0–4

3–0

1–0

2–2

0–2

2–0

4–1

Viktoria Žižkov

0–3

0–1

1–0

2–0

1–1

4–2

1–2

1–2

2–2

1–0

0–1

1–4

0–2

0–1

0–0

Updated to games played on 12 May 2012.
Source: gambrinusliga.cz (Czech)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Top goalscorers

As of 10 May 2012^[24]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	David Lafata	Jablonec	25
2	Marek Bakoš	Plzeň	16
3	Jiří Štajner	Liberec	15
4	Michal Breznaník	Liberec	12
5	Léonard Kweuke	Sparta Prague	11
	Ivan Lietava	Dukla Prague	11
	Michael Rabušic	Liberec	11

See also

• 2011–12 Czech Cup
• 2011–12 Czech 2. Liga

References

1. "Divácké statistiky Gambrinus liga 2011/2012" (in Czech). idnes.cz. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
2. "Slavia - Příbram 3:1, první výhru slavili domácí před prázdnými ochozy" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 14 August 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2011.
3. "Dukla - Olomouc 0:0, domácí velkému tlaku po přestávce odolali" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 29 July 2011. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
4. "Fotbalová liga už zná program, derby Sparta - Slavia se hraje v září" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 24 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
5. Novák, Miloslav (3 January 2012). "Fotbalové termíny v roce 2012: na jaře se v Česku hraje dvakrát týdně". idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 8 May 2012.
6. "Sparta - Slavia 3:0, osmý duel, osmá výhra, rival vzdoroval jen chvíli" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 26 September 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
7. "Sparta vylepšila svůj rekord, na druhé Bohemians má náskok deset bodů" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 1 October 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
8. "Fotbaloví prvoligoví nováčci Dukla a Žižkov mají profesionální licenci" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 13 June 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
9. "Příbram - Ostrava 1:2, výhra hostů poslala do druhé ligy Žižkov" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 5 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
10. "Bohemians 1905 se přestěhují do Edenu, podepsali pětiletou smlouvu" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 3 May 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
11. "Pohár s Jabloncem hraje Dukla na Julisce, na ligu už musí na Strahov" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
12. "Jediný zápas a už padl trenér: fotbalová Ostrava odvolala Marka". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 30 July 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
13. "Na českobudějovickou lavičku se po čtyřech letech vrací trenér Cipro" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 7 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
14. "Novým trenérem Slavie se stal Straka, Petrouš váhá, jestli vzít béčko" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 2 October 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
15. "Trenér Pulpit na Žižkově končí, zatím ho střídá Nádvorník". idnes.cz (in Czech). 23 November 2011. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
16. "Trenér Psotka v Olomouci skončil, klub ho odvolal po porážce s Hradcem". idnes.cz (in Czech). 27 November 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
17. "Olomouc bude v lize zachraňovat trenér Uličný, vrací se po pěti letech". idnes.cz (in Czech). 8 December 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-09.
18. "Trenér Medynský byl odvolán, na lavičku Bohemians 1905 míří Weber". idnes.cz (in Czech). 6 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
19. "Novým trenérem Bohemians 1905 se stal Weber, nahradil Medynského". idnes.cz (in Czech). 7 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
20. "Trenéra Straku proti Jablonci nahradí dosavadní asistent Poustka" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 9 March 2012. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
21. "Ostrava mění trenéra, Maluru nahradil bývalý reprezentant Látal". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 26 March 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2012.
22. "Disciplinárka potvrdila: Olomouc minus 9 bodů, Drobisz nesmí chytat" (in Czech). idnes.cz. 6 October 2011. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
23. "UEFA sperrt Sigma Olomouc". Financial Times Deutschland (in German). 20 June 2012.
24. http://www.gambrinusliga.cz/pages/statistiky_soutez_strelci.asp

External links

• Official website (Czech)