2010–11 Czech First League

The 2010–11 Czech First League season, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 18th edition of the top flight Czech First League annual football tournament. It began on 16 July 2010 and finished on 28 May 2011. Sparta Prague were the 2010 champions, their 11th Czech Republic championship.

Czech First League

Season	2010–11
Champions	Viktoria Plzeň 1st title
Relegated	Zbrojovka Brno Ústí nad Labem
Champions League	Viktoria Plzeň
Europa League	Sparta Prague Jablonec Mladá Boleslav (via Domestic Cup)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	634 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Lafata (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Brno 7–0 Slovácko Plzeň 7–0 Ústí n. L. Jablonec 7–0 Hradec Králové
Biggest away win	Ústí n. L. 0–5 Plzeň Brno 0–5 Sparta
Highest scoring	Liberec 6–2 Teplice
Highest attendance	18,873[1] Sparta Prague 2–0 Slavia Prague (11 April 2011)
Lowest attendance	0[2] Slavia Prague 3–2 Příbram (16 May 2011) 0[3] Slavia Prague 3–0 Bohemians 1905 (28 May 2011)
Average attendance	4,473[1]
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Teams

FK Bohemians and SK Kladno were relegated to the 2010–11 Czech 2. Liga after finishing last and second to last, respectively, in the 2009–10 season; Bohemians were denied a license to play professional football the following season and were thus further demoted to the Bohemian Football League (third division) in June 2010.^[4] The relegated teams were replaced by 2009–10 2. Liga champions FC Hradec Králové and runners-up FK Ústí nad Labem.^{[citation needed]}

Furthermore, 1. FC Brno was renamed FC Zbrojovka Brno effective to the beginning of this season.^[5] Following trouble at their Czech Cup semi-final match, which was abandoned at half time and awarded 3–0 to the visiting team, SK Slavia Prague were fined 750,000 CZK and ordered to play three home games behind closed doors.^[6] Since there were only two home matches left in the season, one was suspended until the next season.^[7]

Stadia and locations

Boh. 1905
Slavia
Sparta

Ostrava

Zbrojovka

Česke Budějovice

Hradec Králové

Jablonec

Ml. Boleslav

Příbram

Olomouc

Slovácko

Liberec

Teplice
Ústí nad Labem

Plzeň

Locations of clubs in the 2010–11 Czech First League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2009–10 position
Baník Ostrava	Ostrava	Bazaly	17,372	3rd
Bohemians 1905	Prague	Synot Tip Arena Note 1	21,000	12th
Dynamo České Budějovice	České Budějovice	E-On Stadion	6,746	13th
FC Hradec Králové	Hradec Králové	Všesportovní stadion	6,000	2. Liga, 1st
FK Jablonec	Jablonec	Stadion Střelnice	6,280	2nd
FK Mladá Boleslav	Mladá Boleslav	Městský stadion (Mladá Boleslav)	5,000	8th
1. FK Příbram	Příbram	Na Litavce	9,100	10th
Sigma Olomouc	Olomouc	Andrův stadion	12,072	6th
Slavia Prague	Prague	Synot Tip Arena	21,000	7th
1. FC Slovácko	Uherské Hradiště	Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty	8,121	14th
Slovan Liberec	Liberec	Stadion u Nisy	9,900	9th
Sparta Prague	Prague	Generali Arena	20,558	1st
FK Teplice	Teplice	Na Stínadlech	18,221	4th
FK Ústí nad Labem	Ústí nad Labem	Na Stínadlech Note 2	18,221	2. Liga, 2nd
Viktoria Plzeň	Plzeň	Stadion města Plzně	7,842	5th
Zbrojovka Brno	Brno	Městský stadion (Brno)	8,065	11th

Notes:

1. Ďolíček stadion did not meet the football association criteria, therefore Bohemians were forced to play at Synot Tip Arena.^[8]
2. Městský stadion did not meet the football association criteria, therefore Ústí nad Labem was forced to play at the stadium of FK Teplice.^[9]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Příbram	Martin Hřídel	Sacked	28 September 2010[10]	14th	Roman Nádvorník	4 October 2010[11]
Slavia Prague	Karel Jarolím	Mutual consent	29 September 2010[12]	12th	Michal Petrouš	29 September 2010[12]
Baník Ostrava	Miroslav Koubek	Sacked	25 October 2010[13]	14th	Karol Marko	8 November 2010[14]
Slovan Liberec	Josef Petřík	Resigned	26 October 2010[15]	11th	Petr Rada	26 October 2010[15]
Brno	Karel Večeřa	Sacked	14 April 2011[16]	15th	René Wagner	14 April 2011[16]
Příbram	Roman Nádvorník	Sacked	26 April 2011[17]	14th	David Vavruška	26 May 2011[18]
Mladá Boleslav	Karel Stanner	Resigned	18 May 2011[19]	14th	Miroslav Koubek	28 May 2011[20]

• ^1 Příbram coach Roman Nádvorník was sacked on 26 April 2011. Two members of staff at the club, David Vavruška and František Kopač, were appointed to serve as caretaker managers until the end of the season.^[21] Exactly one month later, on 26 May, David Vavruška was appointed manager of the club on a permanent basis.
• ^2 Mladá Boleslav appointed sporting director Ladislav Minář to the position of caretaker manager until the end of the season.^[19] Following the end of the season, Miroslav Koubek took over.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viktoria Plzeň (C)	30	21	6	3	70	28	+42	69	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Sparta Prague	30	22	2	6	54	21	+33	68	Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round
3	Jablonec	30	17	7	6	65	34	+31	58	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
4	Sigma Olomouc	30	14	5	11	47	29	+18	47
5	Mladá Boleslav	30	13	7	10	49	40	+9	46	Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[a]
6	Bohemians 1905	30	12	7	11	33	33	0	43[b]
7	Slovan Liberec	30	12	7	11	45	36	+9	43[b]
8	Hradec Králové	30	11	8	11	26	36	−10	41
9	Slavia Prague	30	9	13	8	41	36	+5	40
10	Teplice	30	10	9	11	39	46	−7	39
11	Dynamo České Budějovice	30	7	12	11	30	48	−18	33
12	Slovácko	30	8	7	15	27	43	−16	31[c]
13	Příbram	30	8	7	15	22	36	−14	31[c]
14	Baník Ostrava	30	7	9	14	31	46	−15	30
15	Zbrojovka Brno (R)	30	7	3	20	33	55	−22	24	Relegation to Czech 2. Liga
16	Ústí nad Labem (R)	30	4	7	19	22	67	−45	19

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. Mladá Boleslav won the 2010–11 Czech Cup and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
2. Bohemians 1905 ahead of Slovan Liberec on head-to-head record; Bohemians 1905–Slovan Liberec 3–1, Slovan Liberec–Bohemians 1905 1–0.
3. Slovácko ahead of Příbram on head-to-head record; Slovácko–Příbram 2–0, Příbram–Slovácko 0–1.

Results

Home \ Away	OST	B05	ČBU	HRK	JAB	MLA	PŘI	SIG	SLA	SLO	LIB	SPA	TEP	ÚST	VPL	ZBR
Baník Ostrava		0–0	3–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	3–3	0–2	3–0
Bohemians 1905	1–1		2–2	1–0	0–1	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	2–1
Dynamo České Budějovice	2–1	1–1		0–0	2–1	1–3	3–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	0–3	1–0
Hradec Králové	2–1	1–1	2–0		1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–3	0–3	1–0
Jablonec	3–3	3–1	5–0	7–0		1–1	5–1	3–2	2–2	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0
Mladá Boleslav	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	1–2		3–0	2–0	3–1	2–3	3–1	1–2	3–3	2–0	4–3	5–0
Příbram	0–0	0–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–0		0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–0
Sigma Olomouc	2–0	3–1	5–1	2–0	4–1	0–0	3–1		0–0	0–2	4–0	0–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	3–0
Slavia Prague	1–1	3–0	4–0	0–0	0–3	1–0	3–2	1–1		2–0	1–3	1–2	4–1	3–0	0–1	1–1
Slovácko	0–0	1–3	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	0–2	3–0		0–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	2–2	0–2
Slovan Liberec	4–1	1–0	3–3	3–0	1–1	4–0	0–0	3–0	0–2	1–0		1–2	6–2	3–0	2–3	3–1
Sparta Prague	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–2		0–2	4–1	0–1	2–0
Teplice	4–0	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–2		2–1	0–1	1–2
Ústí nad Labem	0–4	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–3	0–3	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–3	0–2		0–5	2–3
Viktoria Plzeň	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–0	4–2	7–0		4–1
Zbrojovka Brno	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–4	3–1	0–1	2–0	2–3	7–0	0–1	0–5	0–1	1–3	1–1

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

Top goalscorers

Final standings; Source: iDNES.cz

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	David Lafata	FK Jablonec	19
2	Tomáš Pekhart	Sparta Prague	18
3	Léonard Kweuke	Sparta Prague	14
4	Daniel Kolář	Viktoria Plzeň	13
5	Michal Hubník	Sigma Olomouc	12
6	Jan Rezek	Viktoria Plzeň	11
7	Bony Wilfried	Sparta Prague	10
	Jan Nezmar	Slovan Liberec
	Ajdin Mahmutović	Teplice
	Zdeněk Ondrášek	České Budějovice

European competitions

2010–11 UEFA Champions League

Sparta Prague started in the second qualifying round of this season's Champions League. After defeating Latvian club FK Liepājas Metalurgs by a 5–0 aggregate scoreline, they qualified for the next round. Sparta defeated Polish club Lech Poznań in the third qualifying round, winning both matches by a score of 1–0. Losing 2–0 and 1–0 to Slovak club Žilina in the play-off round ended Sparta's involvement in the competition for this season.

2010–11 Europa League

Baník Ostrava was the only Czech team involved in the second qualifying round of the Europa League. They got past Georgian club WIT Georgia with a goalless second leg result, having won the first match 6–0. In the third round, Viktoria Plzeň and Jablonec also entered the competition. However, all three Czech teams lost: Baník Ostrava 3–1 on aggregate to Belarusian club Dnepr Mogilev; Viktoria Plzeň and Jablonec 4–1 on aggregate, respectively to Turkish club Beşiktaş and Cypriot club APOEL.

Sparta Prague qualified for the group stage of the Europa League due to their performance in the Champions League. With results of two wins, three draws, and one loss, they finished second in Group F – behind CSKA Moscow (Russia) but ahead of Palermo (Italy) and Lausanne-Sport (Switzerland). As a result, they advanced to the knockout phase of the competition. English club Liverpool provided the opposition after a goalless first game in Prague. A single goal from striker Dirk Kuyt eliminated Sparta from the Europa League, 1–0 in the match and on aggregate.

See also

• 2010–11 Czech Cup
• 2010–11 Czech 2. Liga