2011–12 Czech First League

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.

Czech First League
Season2011–12
ChampionsLiberec
RelegatedBohemians 1905
Viktoria Žižkov
Champions LeagueLiberec
Europa LeagueSparta Prague
Viktoria Plzeň
Mladá Boleslav
Matches played240
Goals scored635 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerDavid Lafata (25 goals)
Biggest home winJablonec 5–0 Bohemians 1905
Plzeň 5–0 Hradec Králové
Slavia Prague 5–0 Hradec Králové
Biggest away winČ.Budějovice 1–5 Jablonec
Bohemians 1905 0–4 Sparta Prague
Plzeň 0–4 Olomouc
Č.Budějovice 0-4 Liberec
Highest scoringOlomouc 4–4 Příbram
Highest attendance18,299[1]
Sparta Prague 3–0 Slavia Prague
(26 September 2011)
Lowest attendance0[2]
Slavia Prague 3–1 Příbram
(14 August 2011)
Average attendance4,710[1]

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]

The title was decided on the last day of the season, with Liberec hosting Viktoria Plzeň in the knowledge that a win for either team would seal the title, with a draw being enough for Liberec to retain first place.[8] In front of a sold-out stadium at Stadion u Nisy, Liberec held the visitors to a goalless draw, winning the league for the third time since 2002.[9]

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.[10]

Viktoria Žižkov became the first team to be relegated on 5 May 2012 after Ostrava beat Příbram.[11]

Stadia and locations
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.[12]
  2. FK Dukla Prague played one home match at Stadion Evžena Rošického due to the implementation of under-soil heating at Juliska.[13]

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 Manager1 Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Baník Ostrava Pavel Malura Martin Lukeš Nike Fortuna
Bohemians 1905 Jozef Weber Radek Sňozík adidas Fortuna
Dukla Prague Luboš Kozel Jan Vorel adidas Bwin then Staeg
Dynamo České Budějovice František Cipro David Horejš adidas AVE
Hradec Králové Václav Kotal Roman Fischer Jako City of Hradec Králové
Jablonec František Komňacký Petr Pavlík Umbro Baumit
Mladá Boleslav Miroslav Koubek Marek Kulič Nike Škoda
Příbram David Vavruška Aleš Hruška adidas Startip
Sigma Olomouc Petr Uličný Radim Kučera adidas Tipsport
Slavia Prague Martin Poustka Lukáš Jarolím Umbro Synot Tip
Slovácko Miroslav Soukup Vít Valenta Kappa Z-GROUP Steel holding
Slovan Liberec Jaroslav Šilhavý Tomáš Janů Nike Fortuna
Sparta Prague Jozef Chovanec Marek Matějovský Nike Fortuna
Teplice Petr Rada Petr Lukáš Umbro AGC
Viktoria Plzeň Pavel Vrba Pavel Horváth Puma Doosan Group
Viktoria Žižkov Roman Nádvorník Tomáš Procházka adidas None

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[14] 14th (10–11) Pavel Malura 31 July 2011[14]
České Budějovice Jiří Kotrba Removed from position 7 September 2011[15] 15th František Cipro 7 September 2011[15]
Slavia Prague Michal Petrouš Sacked 2 October 2011[16] 13th František Straka 2 October 2011[16]
Viktoria Žižkov Martin Pulpit Sacked 23 November 2011[17] 15th Roman Nádvorník 23 November 2011[17]
Sigma Olomouc Zdeněk Psotka Sacked 27 November 2011[18] 16th Petr Uličný 8 December 2011[19]
Bohemians 1905 Pavel Medynský Sacked 6 March 2012[20] 12th Jozef Weber 7 March 2012[21]
Slavia Prague František Straka Resigned 8 March 2012[22] 11th Martin Poustka 14 March 2012
Baník Ostrava Pavel Malura Sacked 26 March 2012[23] 15th Radoslav Látal 26 March 2012[23]
  • ^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.[22]

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 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2 Sparta Prague 30 20 4 6 51 25 +26 64 Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3 Viktoria Plzeň 30 19 6 5 66 33 +33 63 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
4 Mladá Boleslav 30 15 5 10 49 34 +15 50 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 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 34[lower-alpha 2] Banned from 2012–13 European competitions[lower-alpha 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 Czech 2. Liga
16 Viktoria Žižkov (R) 30 5 4 21 23 55 −32 19
Source: gambrinusliga.cz (in Czech)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Sigma 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.[24] 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.
  2. Sigma Olomouc were deducted 9 points following a disciplinary commission judgement regarding their 2009 corruption case.[25]

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
Source: gambrinusliga.cz (in Czech)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers
As of 10 May 2012[26]
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
Michael Rabušic Liberec

See also

References
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