2012–13 Czech First League

The 2012–13 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 20th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. The defending champions were Liberec, who won their third Czech First League title the previous season.

Czech First League

Season	2012–13
Champions	Viktoria Plzeň
Relegated	Dynamo České Budějovice Hradec Králové
Champions League	Viktoria Plzeň
Europa League	Sparta Prague Liberec Baumit Jablonec
Matches played	240
Goals scored	620 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Lafata (20 goals)
Biggest home win	Slavia 5–0 Brno Olomouc 6–1 Příbram
Biggest away win	Příbram 0–4 Liberec Teplice 0–4 Jablonec Teplice 0–4 Slovácko
Highest scoring	Olomouc 6–1 Příbram
Highest attendance	19,410[1] Sparta 3-1 Slavia (13 April 2013)
Lowest attendance	0[2] Sparta Prague 3–1 České Budějovice (19 August 2012)
Average attendance	4,797
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

A number of games were postponed due to adverse weather conditions. On 18 March the game between Jihlava and Mladá Boleslav was postponed due to heavy snow.^[3] A second game was postponed, before, on 10 May 2013, the match between Dukla Prague and Brno became the third match to be postponed, this time due to a waterlogged pitch.^[4]

Title sponsor Gambrinus introduced Pivo za bůra, an initiative when after a team scored five goals in a league game, fans at the game received a voucher to buy a Gambrinus beer for the symbolic price of 5 Czech koruna before their next home match.^[5][6] During the course of the season, Slavia Prague (twice),^[7][8] Zbrojovka Brno,^[9] Sigma Olomouc^[10] and Dukla Prague^[11] all managed to score five or more goals in a single game to qualify fans in attendance for the offer. Gambrinus also awarded the millionth spectator of the season, a fan of Viktoria Plzeň, a voucher for 100 beers.^[6]

Teams

Viktoria Žižkov and Bohemians 1905 were relegated to the 2012–13 Czech 2. Liga after finishing last and second to last, respectively, in the 2011–12 season. Žižkov therefore immediately returned to the second tier, while Bohemians left after a three-year spell in the top flight.

The relegated teams were replaced by 2011–12 2. Liga runners-up Jihlava and fourth placed Zbrojovka Brno, who were promoted in place of 2. Liga winners FK Ústí nad Labem, whose stadium did not satisfy league requirements.^[12] Brno thus returned to the top flight after a one-year absence. Jihlava, having last played in the top flight in the 2005–06 season, returned after a six-season absence.

Stadia and locations

Dukla
Slavia
Sparta

Brno

České Budějovice

Hradec Králové

Jablonec

Jihlava

Liberec

Ml. Boleslav

Olomouc

Ostrava

Příbram

Slovácko

Teplice

Plzeň

Locations of clubs in the 2012–13 Czech First League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2011–12 position
Baník Ostrava	Ostrava	Bazaly	17,372	14th
Dukla Prague	Prague	Stadion Juliska	8,150	6th
Dynamo České Budějovice	České Budějovice	E-On Stadion	6,681	10th
FC Hradec Králové	Hradec Králové	Všesportovní stadion	7,220	13th
FK Jablonec	Jablonec	Stadion Střelnice	6,280	8th
FK Mladá Boleslav	Mladá Boleslav	Městský stadion (Mladá Boleslav)	5,000	4th
1. FK Příbram	Příbram	Na Litavce	9,100	9th
Sigma Olomouc	Olomouc	Andrův stadion	12,566	11th
Slavia Prague	Prague	Eden Arena	21,000	12th
1. FC Slovácko	Uherské Hradiště	Městský fotbalový stadion Miroslava Valenty	8,121	7th
Slovan Liberec	Liberec	Stadion u Nisy	9,900	1st
Sparta Prague	Prague	Generali Arena	20,558	2nd
FK Teplice	Teplice	Na Stínadlech	18,221	5th
Viktoria Plzeň	Plzeň	Stadion města Plzně	11,700	3rd
Vysočina Jihlava	Jihlava	Stadion v Jiráskově ulici	4,075	2L, 2nd
Zbrojovka Brno	Brno	Městský stadion (Brno)	12,550	2L, 4th

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	TBD To be determined	Martin Lukeš	Joma	Vítkovice Machinery Group
Dukla Prague	Luboš Kozel	Patrik Gedeon	adidas	Staeg
Dynamo České Budějovice	TBD To be determined	David Horejš	adidas	AVE
Hradec Králové	Luboš Prokopec	Roman Fischer	Jako	City of Hradec Králové
Jablonec	Václav Kotal	Petr Pavlík	Nike	Baumit
Mladá Boleslav	Ladislav Minář	Marek Kulič	Nike	Škoda
Příbram	František Straka	Aleš Hruška	adidas	Startip
Sigma Olomouc	Roman Pivarník	Radim Kučera	adidas	Tipsport
Slavia Prague	Michal Petrouš	Lukáš Jarolím	Umbro	Synot Tip
Slovácko	Svatopluk Habanec	Vít Valenta	Kappa	Z-GROUP Steel holding
Slovan Liberec	Jaroslav Šilhavý	Tomáš Janů	Nike	Fortuna
Sparta Prague	Vítězslav Lavička	Marek Matějovský	Nike	Fortuna
Teplice	Zdeněk Ščasný	Petr Lukáš	Umbro	AGC
Viktoria Plzeň	Pavel Vrba	Pavel Horváth	Puma	Doosan Group
Vysočina Jihlava	František Komňacký	Stanislav Tecl	hummel	PSJ
Zbrojovka Brno	Ludevít Grmela	Petr Švancara	Umbro	E-Motion

• 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
Slovácko	Miroslav Soukup	Sacked	14 August 2012[13]	11th	Svatopluk Habanec[A]	20 August 2012[14]
Příbram	David Vavruška	Sacked	29 August 2012[15]	16th	Karol Marko	29 August 2012[15]
České Budějovice	František Cipro	Sacked	3 September 2012[16]	16th	Miroslav Soukup	3 September 2012[16]
Mladá Boleslav	Miroslav Koubek	Resigned	15 September 2012[17]	12th	Ladislav Minář	17 September 2012[18]
Teplice	Lukáš Přerost	Resigned	29 September 2012[19]	12th	Zdeněk Ščasný	2 October 2012[20]
Baník Ostrava	Radoslav Látal	Sacked	30 October 2012[21]	16th	Martin Pulpit	30 October 2012[21]
České Budějovice	Miroslav Soukup	Sacked	19 February 2013[22]	15th	[B]
Příbram	Karol Marko	Sacked	10 March 2013[23]	16th	František Straka	10 March 2013[23]
Brno	Petr Čuhel	Sacked	9 April 2013[24]	13th	Ludevít Grmela	9 April 2013[24]
Hradec Králové	Jiří Plíšek	Sacked	21 April 2013[25]	15th	Luboš Prokopec	21 April 2013[25]
Slavia Prague	Petr Rada	Mutual consent	30 April 2013[26]	8th	Michal Petrouš	[C]
Jablonec	Václav Kotal	Sacked	5 May 2013[27]	5th	[D]
Olomouc	Roman Pivarník	Sacked	6 May 2013[28]	4th	[E]

Notes

1. Slovácko manager Miroslav Soukup was sacked on 14 August. Assistant manager Jíří Dekař took charge of the team's next match, against Dukla, which was just three days later, before the arrival of new boss Svatopluk Habanec.^[14]
2. České Budějovice manager Miroslav Soukup was sacked on 19 February. Coaches Martin Vozábal and Pavol Švantner took over on a caretaker basis until a permanent replacement could be selected.^[22]
3. Slavia manager Petr Rada was sacked on 30 April. Youth coach Michal Petrouš was announced as in temporary charge for the remaining five games of the season.^[26]
4. Jablonec manager Václav Kotal was sacked on 5 May. Youth coaches Roman Skuhravý and Pavel Drsek were announced as in temporary charge for the last four games of the season.^[27]
5. Olomouc manager Roman Pivarník was sacked on 6 May. Assistant manager Martin Kotůlek was appointed as caretaker manager for the last four games of the season.^[28]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Viktoria Plzeň (C)	30	20	5	5	54	21	+33	65	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Sparta Prague	30	19	6	5	55	23	+32	63	Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round
3	Slovan Liberec	30	16	6	8	46	34	+12	54
4	Jablonec	30	13	10	7	49	41	+8	49	Qualification for Europa League third qualifying round[a]
5	Sigma Olomouc	30	13	8	9	38	29	+9	47
6	Dukla Prague	30	11	13	6	48	37	+11	46
7	Slavia Prague	30	11	9	10	41	33	+8	42
8	Mladá Boleslav	30	10	8	12	34	43	−9	38
9	Slovácko	30	10	7	13	37	41	−4	37
10	Vysočina Jihlava	30	7	15	8	36	42	−6	36
11	Příbram	30	7	11	12	27	39	−12	32[b]
12	Teplice	30	8	8	14	36	47	−11	32[b]
13	Zbrojovka Brno	30	9	5	16	34	53	−19	32[b]
14	Baník Ostrava	30	7	8	15	34	44	−10	29
15	Dynamo České Budějovice (R)	30	7	5	18	24	49	−25	26	Relegation to FNL
16	Hradec Králové (R)	30	5	10	15	27	44	−17	25

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. Jablonec won the 2012–13 Czech Cup and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
2. Příbram ahead of Teplice and Zbrojovka Brno on head-to-head record; Příbram 7 pts, Teplice 5 pts, Zbrojovka Brno 4 pts.

Results

Home \ Away	OST	DUK	ČBU	HRK	JAB	MLA	PŘI	SIG	SLA	SLO	LIB	SPA	TEP	VPL	JIH	ZBR
Baník Ostrava		2–2	0–0	3–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	3–2	1–3	1–0	1–1
Dukla Prague	2–0		4–0	1–0	5–1	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	4–0	1–4	2–2	3–2
Dynamo České Budějovice	1–2	1–1		1–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–2	3–2	0–1	2–1	1–1
Hradec Králové	1–1	0–3	0–1		2–2	2–2	0–0	0–2	3–2	2–3	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–3	1–1	2–0
Jablonec	2–0	2–2	2–1	3–2		2–3	2–2	2–1	0–0	4–1	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–3	1–1	2–0
Mladá Boleslav	2–0	3–0	3–2	1–0	1–1		1–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–3	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–3	1–0
Příbram	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	3–3	1–1		0–2	2–0	0–1	0–4	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	2–0
Sigma Olomouc	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–2	6–1		2–1	2–0	3–0	0–3	0–2	0–1	3–0	1–1
Slavia Prague	0–2	0–0	3–0	3–0	5–1	1–1	2–1	1–1		1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	3–3	5–0
Slovácko	2–0	0–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	3–0		0–3	1–4	2–1	0–2	3–0	0–1
Slovan Liberec	2–2	3–2	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	3–2		2–0	3–1	1–2	1–1	2–0
Sparta Prague	2–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–2	4–0	2–1	1–2	3–1	4–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	2–2	2–0
Teplice	3–2	1–1	4–0	0–2	0–4	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–4	3–0	0–3		1–1	3–1	2–0
Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	4–0	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1		1–0	2–3
Vysočina Jihlava	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1		2–0
Zbrojovka Brno	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	1–4	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–3	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–3	5–1

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

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[29]
1	David Lafata	Sparta Prague[note 1]	20
2	Václav Kadlec	Sparta Prague	14
	Michal Ordoš	Sigma Olomouc
4	Libor Došek	Slovácko	13
5	Aidin Mahmutović	Teplice	12
6	Marek Bakoš	Viktoria Plzeň	10
	Stanislav Tecl	Viktoria Plzeň[note 2]
8	Zbyněk Pospěch	Dukla Prague	9
9	Tomáš Borek	Dukla Prague	8
	Tomáš Čížek	Jablonec
	Karol Kisel	Slavia Prague
	Michael Rabušic	Slovan Liberec
	Jiří Štajner	Slovan Liberec

1. includes 13 goals for Jablonec
2. includes 10 goals for Vysočina Jihlava

See also

• 2012–13 Czech Cup
• 2012–13 Czech 2. Liga