Season 2011–12 Champions League Liberec Champion FC Slovan Liberec Goals scored 635 | Champions Liberec Dates 29 Jul 2011 – 12 May 2012 Location Czech Republic Matches played 240 | |
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Europa League Sparta Prague
Viktoria Plzeň
Mladá Boleslav Top goalscorer David Lafata (25 goals) Biggest home win Jablonec 5–0 Bohemians 1905
Plzeň 5–0 Hradec Králové
Slavia Prague 5–0 Hradec Králové Relegated Bohemians 1905, FK Viktoria Žižkov People also search for 2012–13 Czech First League | ||
The 2011–12 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the 19th season of the Czech Republic's top-tier football league. It began on 29 July 2011 and was originally due to end on 26 May 2012, although due to the Czech Republic's qualification for UEFA Euro 2012, the end of the season was brought forward to 12 May 2012. Viktoria Plzeň were the defending champions, having won their first Czech Republic championship the previous season.
Contents
- Teams
- Stadia and locations
- Personnel and kits
- Managerial changes
- League table
- Results
- Top goalscorers
- References
Sparta Prague started the season with eight consecutive wins, the first such occurrence in league history. Sparta broke their own record when they won their ninth straight league match and opened up a 10-point lead at the top of the table.
Teams
Ústí nad Labem and Zbrojovka Brno were relegated to the 2011–12 Czech 2. Liga after finishing last and second to last, respectively, in the 2010–11 season. Ústi nad Labem therefore immediately returned to the second tier, while Brno completed a nineteen-year tenure in the top flight.
The relegated terms were replaced by 2010–11 2. Liga champions Dukla Prague and Viktoria Žižkov. Viktoria Žižkov returned after a two-year absence, while Dukla Prague made their debut in the league; however, the Dukla Prague name returned to the league after seventeen seasons, with a club of the same name having played in the top Czech football division until then. The newly promoted clubs were granted licenses to play top-division football on 13 June 2011.
Viktoria Žižkov became the first team to be relegated on 5 May 2012 after Ostrava beat Příbram.
Stadia and locations
Notes:
- Ďolíček stadion does not meet the football association criteria, therefore Bohemians are forced to play at Synot Tip Arena.
- FK Dukla Prague played one home match at Stadion Evžena Rošického due to the implementation of under-soil heating at Juliska.
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.
Managerial changes
League table
Updated to games played on 12 May 2012.
Source: http://www.gambrinusliga.cz/
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
†Sigma Olomouc were deducted 9 points following a disciplinary commission judgement regarding their 2009 corruption case.
1Sigma Olomouc, the 2011–12 Czech Cup winner, were initially to enter the third qualifying round of the Europa League. However, UEFA banned them from participating in Europa League over the club’s involvement in a corruption scandal. As a result, Sparta Prague, the second-placed team of the league, will enter the Europa League third qualifying round instead of the second qualifying round, and Mladá Boleslav, the fourth-placed team of the league, will take one of Czech Republic's Europa League places in the second qualifying round.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Results
Updated to games played on 12 May 2012.
Source: gambrinusliga.cz (Czech)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.