2002–03 Czech First League

The 2002–03 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the tenth season of top-tier football in the Czech Republic.

Czech First League

Season	2002–03
Champions	Sparta Prague
Relegated	Bohemians Prague Hradec Králové
Champions League	Sparta Prague Slavia Prague
UEFA Cup	Viktoria Žižkov Teplice (via Domestic Cup)
Intertoto Cup	Liberec Brno Synot
Matches played	240
Goals scored	592 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jiří Kowalík (16)
Biggest home win	Slavia Prague 7–0 Ostrava
Biggest away win	Žižkov 0–4 Slavia Prague
Highest scoring	Blšany 4–3 Příbram Slavia Prague 6–1 Č. Budějovice Slavia Prague 7–0 Ostrava
Highest attendance	18,228[1] Sparta Prague 2–0 Slavia Prague
Lowest attendance	320[1] Bohemians Prague 1–2 Synot
Average attendance	3,899[1]
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Stadia and locations

Ostrava

Blšany

České Budějovice

Bohemians
Slavia
Sparta
Žižkov

Brno

Hradec Králové

Jablonec

Příbram

Olomouc

Synot

Liberec

Teplice

Zlín

Location of clubs in the 2002–03 Czech First League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sparta Prague (C)	30	20	5	5	51	17	+34	65	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
2	Slavia Prague	30	18	10	2	65	19	+46	64	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
3	Viktoria Žižkov	30	14	8	8	38	33	+5	50	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Slovan Liberec	30	14	8	8	43	36	+7	50	Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round
5	Baník Ostrava	30	13	6	11	41	38	+3	45
6	Teplice	30	13	6	11	33	32	+1	45	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round[a]
7	Tescoma Zlín	30	11	9	10	34	41	−7	42
8	Synot	30	11	7	12	39	40	−1	40	Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round
9	Brno	30	10	9	11	35	31	+4	39	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
10	Marila Příbram	30	9	12	9	34	30	+4	39
11	Sigma Olomouc	30	8	10	12	29	33	−4	34
12	Jablonec	30	7	13	10	29	39	−10	34
13	České Budějovice	30	8	6	16	36	54	−18	30
14	Blšany	30	7	7	16	28	39	−11	28
15	Bohemians Prague (R)	30	5	9	16	34	56	−22	24	Relegation to Czech 2. Liga
16	Hradec Králové (R)	30	3	13	14	23	54	−31	22

Source: Fortuna liga
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.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Teplice won the 2002–03 Czech Cup and qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	OST	BLŠ	BOH	BRN	ČBU	HRK	JAB	PŘÍ	OLO	SLA	LIB	SPA	SSM	TEP	ZLÍ	VŽI
Baník Ostrava		3–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	1–0	5–1	2–2	0–1
Blšany	1–0		1–3	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–0	4–3	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	1–1
Bohemians Prague	2–1	0–0		2–3	2–3	3–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–3[a]	1–2	2–3	1–1	3–2
Brno	1–0	1–0	1–1		0–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	4–1	1–2	5–0	4–1
České Budějovice	2–1	0–0	3–3	2–1		2–1	4–1	1–1	3–1	1–3	3–3	1–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–1
Hradec Králové	1–1	1–3	1–1	0–1	2–1		0–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–3
Jablonec	2–2	2–1	3–1	4–1	1–0	0–0		1–0	0–0	1–1	3–3	0–2	2–1	0–0	2–2	2–1
Marila Příbram	2–1	1–2	4–1	0–0	2–0	5–0	1–1		1–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–0
Sigma Olomouc	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–2	4–2	1–1	3–0	0–0		0–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	1–0	0–0
Slavia Prague	7–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	6–1	4–0	1–1	3–1	1–0		1–0	0–0	3–1	3–1	5–1	3–0
Slovan Liberec	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–0	5–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–0		1–2	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–0
Sparta Prague	3–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	2–0	5–0		3–0	1–0	0–1	2–0
Synot	3–1	2–2	3–1	3–2	2–0	5–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–1		1–1	3–1	1–2
Teplice	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	0–0		1–2	2–1
Tescoma Zlín	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–0		0–2
Viktoria Žižkov	1–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–4	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–0

Source: Fortuna liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The match Bohemians Prague - Sparta Prague was abandoned when the score was 1–2 due to crowd riots and scored 0–3.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jiří Kowalík	Synot	16
2	Václav Svěrkoš	Baník Ostrava	14
3	Aleš Pikl	Viktoria Žižkov	11
4	Libor Došek	Brno	10
	Tomáš Došek	Slavia Prague

See also

• 2002–03 Czech Cup
• 2002–03 Czech 2. Liga