1998–99 Czech First League

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]

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]

League changes

Relegated to the 1998–99 Czech 2. Liga

Promoted from the 1997–98 Czech 2. Liga

Stadia and locations

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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[a]
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:
  1. ^ Slavia Prague won the 1998–99 Czech Cup and qualified for the first round of the UEFA Cup.

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

See also

References

  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.