1998–99 Czech First League

The 1998–99 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the sixth season of top-tier football in the Czech Republic. The season started on 2 August 1998.

Czech First League

Season	1998–99
Champions	Sparta Prague
Relegated	Viktoria Plzeň Karviná
Champions League	Sparta Prague Teplice
UEFA Cup	Slavia Prague Sigma Olomouc
Intertoto Cup	Boby Brno Hradec Králové
Matches played	240
Goals scored	625 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Horst Siegl (18)
Biggest home win	Ostrava 5–0 Slavia Prague Sparta Prague 5–0 Karviná Sparta Prague 5–0 Žižkov
Biggest away win	Žižkov 1–6 Sparta Prague
Highest scoring	Drnovice 4–4 Sparta Prague
Highest attendance	24,400 Brno 0–0 Olomouc
Lowest attendance	22 Drnovice 0–2 Teplice
Average attendance	6,033
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

League changes

Relegated to the 1998–99 Czech 2. Liga

• České Budějovice (15th)
• Lázně Bohdaneč (16th)

Promoted from the 1997–98 Czech 2. Liga

• Blšany (1st)
• Karviná (2nd)

Stadia and locations

Ostrava

Blšany

Drnovice

Slavia
Sparta
Žižkov

Brno

Hradec Králové

Jablonec

Karviná

Příbram

Olomouc

Opava

Liberec

Teplice

Plzeň

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Location of clubs in the 1998–99 Czech First League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sparta Prague (C)	30	17	9	4	62	23	+39	60	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	Teplice	30	16	7	7	55	30	+25	55	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3	Slavia Prague	30	15	10	5	51	31	+20	55	Qualification for UEFA Cup first round
4	Sigma Olomouc	30	12	11	7	42	34	+8	47	Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	Baník Ostrava	30	10	15	5	39	26	+13	45
6	Blšany	30	12	6	12	48	44	+4	42
7	Boby Brno	30	11	8	11	37	33	+4	41	Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round
8	Hradec Králové	30	11	6	13	33	40	−7	39	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
9	Slovan Liberec	30	9	11	10	33	34	−1	38
10	Viktoria Žižkov	30	11	5	14	31	47	−16	38
11	Drnovice	30	9	10	11	35	44	−9	37
12	Jablonec	30	9	8	13	37	46	−9	35
13	Dukla Příbram	30	8	9	13	28	41	−13	33
14	Opava	30	8	8	14	40	54	−14	32
15	Viktoria Plzeň (R)	30	8	8	14	26	43	−17	32	Relegation to Czech 2. Liga
16	Karviná (R)	30	6	5	19	28	55	−27	23

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:

Results

Home \ Away	OST	BLŠ	BRN	DRN	PŘÍ	HRK	JAB	KAR	OPA	OLO	SLA	LIB	SPA	TEP	PLZ	VŽI
Baník Ostrava		2–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	4–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	5–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1
Blšany	1–2		3–1	3–1	1–0	3–0	3–0	3–2	2–0	3–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–1	2–0
Boby Brno	3–0	1–0		3–2	1–1	0–1	3–0	4–2	4–1	0–0	1–0	0–2	0–1	0–3	3–0	1–0
Drnovice	0–0	2–0	0–0		1–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	4–4	0–2	1–0	4–2
Dukla Příbram	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–2		0–0	1–1	3–1	3–1	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–0	2–3	2–0	0–1
Hradec Králové	0–2	0–4	1–0	3–1	3–0		2–2	3–0	1–0	1–3	0–2	2–2	2–1	0–3	3–0	0–1
Jablonec	2–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–2		1–1	1–0	3–2	5–2	1–0	0–3	1–2	2–0	0–1
Karviná	1–3	2–0	1–3	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–0		2–1	1–2	1–2	2–0	0–3	0–2	2–0	1–1
Opava	0–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	2–2	3–1	2–1	2–1		2–2	0–4	2–0	2–1	3–3	1–1	2–0
Sigma Olomouc	3–2	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	3–1		1–1	3–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1
Slavia Prague	0–0	5–2	1–1	4–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	4–0		1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	4–1
Slovan Liberec	2–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	4–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–1	1–1		1–1	0–1	1–0	2–2
Sparta Prague	1–1	3–0	4–1	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–0	5–0	4–2	2–2	0–0	1–0		2–0	2–0	5–0
Teplice	0–0	1–3	2–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–0	4–0	1–0	3–1	4–0	1–1		4–2	2–0
Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	0–3	2–3	3–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1	0–0		1–0
Viktoria Žižkov	1–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	0–3	1–6	2–0	3–0

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Horst Siegl	Sparta Prague	18
2	Pavel Verbíř	Teplice	13
3	Robert Vágner	Slavia Prague	12
4	František Koubek	Hradec Králové	11
	Vratislav Lokvenc	Sparta Prague
	Vítězslav Tuma	Drnovice
7	Luděk Zelenka	Viktoria Žižkov / Slavia Prague	10

See also

• 1998–99 Czech Cup
• 1998–99 Czech 2. Liga

References

• (in Czech) ČMFS statistics