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.[3]

Czech First League
Season1998–99
ChampionsSparta Prague
RelegatedViktoria Plzeň
Karviná
Champions LeagueSparta Prague
Teplice
UEFA CupSlavia Prague
Sigma Olomouc
Intertoto CupBoby Brno
Hradec Králové
Matches played240
Goals scored625 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerHorst Siegl (18)
Biggest home winOstrava 5–0 Slavia Prague
Sparta Prague 5–0 Karviná
Sparta Prague 5–0 Žižkov
Biggest away winŽižkov 1–6 Sparta Prague
Highest scoringDrnovice 4–4 Sparta Prague
Highest attendance24,400[1]
Brno 0–0 Olomouc
Lowest attendance22[1]
Drnovice 0–2 Teplice
Average attendance6,033[2]

League changes

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Relegated to the 1998–99 Czech 2. Liga

Promoted from the 1997–98 Czech 2. Liga

Stadia and locations

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League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Sparta Prague (C)3017946223+3960Qualification for Champions League group stage
2Teplice3016775530+2555Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
3Slavia Prague30151055131+2055Qualification for UEFA Cup first round[a]
4Sigma Olomouc30121174234+847Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
5Baník Ostrava30101553926+1345
6Blšany30126124844+442
7Boby Brno30118113733+441Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round
8Hradec Králové30116133340−739Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
9Slovan Liberec30911103334−138
10Viktoria Žižkov30115143147−1638
11Drnovice30910113544−937
12Jablonec3098133746−935
13Dukla Příbram3089132841−1333
14Opava3088144054−1432
15Viktoria Plzeň (R)3088142643−1732Relegation to Czech 2. Liga
16Karviná (R)3065192855−2723
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. ^ Slavia Prague won the 1998–99 Czech Cup and qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

Results

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Home \ AwayOSTBLŠBRNDRNPŘÍHRKJABKAROPAOLOSLALIBSPATEPPLZVŽI
Baník Ostrava2–21–02–11–20–04–10–01–11–15–02–02–00–00–12–1
Blšany1–23–13–11–03–03–03–22–03–22–22–21–13–21–12–0
Boby Brno3–01–03–21–10–13–04–24–10–01–00–20–10–33–01–0
Drnovice0–02–00–01–20–21–11–13–20–01–11–14–40–21–04–2
Dukla Příbram1–02–01–10–20–01–13–13–11–21–21–00–02–32–00–1
Hradec Králové0–20–41–03–13–02–23–01–01–30–22–22–10–33–00–1
Jablonec2–21–01–11–23–01–21–11–03–25–21–00–31–22–00–1
Karviná1–32–01–30–22–01–11–02–11–21–22–00–30–22–01–1
Opava0–01–12–14–02–23–12–12–12–20–42–02–13–31–12–0
Sigma Olomouc3–22–11–10–10–01–03–12–03–11–13–01–12–01–12–1
Slavia Prague0–05–21–14–02–01–01–11–03–04–01–01–02–11–14–1
Slovan Liberec2–22–00–01–14–01–11–03–11–01–11–11–10–11–02–2
Sparta Prague1–13–04–11–03–03–12–05–04–22–20–01–02–02–05–0
Teplice0–01–32–12–21–14–01–23–04–01–03–14–01–14–22–0
Viktoria Plzeň1–12–12–02–02–10–32–33–21–11–01–11–20–10–01–0
Viktoria Žižkov1–12–10–20–11–11–01–11–03–22–02–10–31–62–03–0
Source: Fortuna liga
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Horst SieglSparta Prague18
2 Pavel VerbířTeplice13
3 Robert VágnerSlavia Prague12
4 František KoubekHradec Králové11
Vratislav LokvencSparta Prague
Vítězslav TumaDrnovice
7 Luděk ZelenkaViktoria Žižkov /
Slavia Prague
10

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Detailed attendance stats". Fortuna liga. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Average attendance stats". Fortuna liga. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Crosstown rivals await big kickoff". Prague Post. 29 July 1998. Archived from the original on 30 June 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2013.