GAMBRINUS LIGA 2008/09
16TH ROUND
The “autumn” section of the 2008/09 Gambrinus Liga season comes to an end today (Monday) when Ostrava take on Jablonec in the last league game before the winter break.

The Gambrinus Liga restarts on the weekend of February 21st, 2009. The Druha Liga (Second Division), which is already on a winter break, restarts on the weekend of March 7th, 2009.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, 2008
Slovan Liberec 0, Brno 0
Sent Off: 15th Keric (Liberec)
Attendance: 2,500

Tescoma Zlin 0, Mlada Boleslav 2
Half Time: 0-0
Goals: 54th Papadopulos, 84th Reznicek
Attendance: 2,458

Viktoria Plzen 4, Mlada Boleslav 0
Half Time: 1-0
Goals: 33rd Rezek, 50th Trapp, 54th Petrzela, 76th Kolar
Attendance: 2,538

Sparta Praha 5, Kladno 0
Half Time: 1-0
Goals: 26th Berger, 52nd Wilfried, 59th Berger, 62nd Kulic, 90th(+1) Berger
Attendance: 5,435

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, 2008
Teplice 2, Viktoria Zizkov 0
Half Time: 2-0
Goals: 37th Vachousek, 39th Mahmutovic
Attendance: 2,020

Bohemians Praha (Strizkov) 2, Dynamo Ceske Budejovice 0
Half Time: 2-0
Goals: 11th Kincl, 44th Zoubek
Attendance: 1,046

Pribram 0, Slavia Praha 0
Attendance: 3,752
• Slavia’s Tomas Necid had a 52nd-minute penalty saved

MONDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2008
Banik Ostrava vs. Baumit Jablonec (5:15pm)
Czech TV Coverage: Live on CT2
Sam’s Prediction: Ostrava Win

GAMBRINUS LIGA STANDINGS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, 2008
1st Slavia Praha, 16 games, 37 points
2nd Mlada Boleslav, 16 games, 31 points
3rd Ostrava, 15 games, 27 points
4th Sparta Praha, 16 games, 27 points
5th Liberec, 16 games, 26 points
6th Sigma Olomouc, 16 games, 26 points
7th Plzen, 16 games, 22 points
8th Teplice, 16 games, 22 points
9th Jablonec, 15 games, 22 points
10th Brno, 16 games, 20 points
11th Bohemians Praha (Strizkov), 16 games, 19 points
12th Pribram, 16 games, 18 points
13th Ceske Budejovice, 16 games, 18 points
14th Kladno, 16 games, 13 points
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15th Zizkov, 16 games, 11 points
16th Zlin, 16 games, 9 points

2008/09 Gambrinus Liga Schedule

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Sources: CT Teletext, Fotbal.cz

GAMBRINUS LIGA 2008/09
16TH ROUND
The “autumn” section of the 2008/09 Gambrinus Liga season comes to an end this weekend. After a winter break of nearly three months, the season restarts on the weekend of February 21st, 2009.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH, 2008
Slovan Liberec vs. Brno (3pm)
Sam’s Prediction: Liberec Win

Tescoma Zlin vs. Mlada Boleslav (5pm)
Sam’s Prediction: Mlada Boleslav Win

Viktoria Plzen vs. Sigma Olomouc (5pm)
Sam’s Prediction: Olomouc Win

Sparta Praha vs. Kladno (5pm)
Sam’s Prediction: Sparta Win

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, 2008
Teplice vs. Viktoria Zizkov (3pm)
Sam’s Prediction: Teplice Win

Bohemians Praha (Strizkov) vs. Dynamo Ceske Budejovice (5pm)
Sam’s Prediction: Draw

Pribram vs. Slavia Praha (8pm)
Czech TV Coverage: Live on CT4 Sport
Sam’s Prediction: Slavia Win

MONDAY, DECEMBER 1ST, 2008
Banik Ostrava vs. Baumit Jablonec (5:15pm)
Czech TV Coverage: Live on CT2
Sam’s Prediction: Ostrava Win

GAMBRINUS LIGA STANDINGS
AFTER 15 OF 30 ROUNDS
1st Slavia Praha, 36 points
2nd Mlada Boleslav, 28
3rd Ostrava, 27
4th Sigma Olomouc, 26
5th Liberec, 25
6th Sparta Praha, 24
7th Jablonec, 22
8th Brno, 19
9th Teplice, 19
10th Plzen, 19
11th Ceske Budejovice, 18
12th Pribram, 17
13th Bohemians Praha (Strizkov), 16
14th Kladno, 13
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15th Zizkov, 11
16th Zlin, 9

2008/09 Gambrinus Liga Schedule

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Sources: CT Teletext, Fotbal.cz

UEFA CUP 2008/09
GROUP STAGE - MATCHDAY 3 - GROUP F
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH, 2008
MSK Zilina (Slovakia) 0, Slavia Praha 0
Attendance: 8,789

Although it did neither team any favours, last night’s goalless draw was a fair result, Slavia coach Karel Jarolim told reporters last night.

According to the Jarolim, his team defended too deep in the first half and failed to take the initiative, but he thought that apart from set-pieces, Zilina didn’t create any dangerous situations.

Jarolim also felt that Milan Ivana had two good chances to put Slavia ahead, at the end of the first half and at the beginning of the second half.

Uefa.com Coverage

Slavia Team: Vaniak — Krajcik, Suchy, Brabec, Hubacek — Belaid, Latka, M. Jarolim (72nd Janda), Svento (83rd Volesak) — Ivana, Necid

ALSO IN GROUP F
Hamburg (Germany) 0, Ajax (Netherlands) 1
Rest Day: Aston Villa (England)

GROUP F STANDINGS
AFTER THREE MATCHDAYS
1st Aston Villa, 2 games, 6 points
2nd Ajax, 3 games, 6 points
3rd Hamburg, 2 games, 3 points
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4th Slavia Praha, 2 games, 1 point
5th Zilina, 3 games, 1 point

Group F Results & Schedule

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Sources: CT Teletext, Uefa.com, SportovniNoviny.cz

UEFA CUP 2008/09
GROUP STAGE - MATCHDAY 3 - GROUP F
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH, 2008
MSK Zilina (Slovakia) vs. Slavia Praha (6:30pm Czech Time)
Venue: Stadium Pod Dubnom, Zilina, Slovakia (Capacity: 11,000)
Czech TV Coverage: Live on CT4 Sport

Slavia take on last season’s Corgon Liga runners-up this evening with both teams badly needing points to keep their qualification hopes alive.

Because of injury, Slavia will be without three important midfielders: Mickael Tavares, Vladimir Smicer and Jaroslav Cerny. Former Slavia forward Adauto is expected to be included in Zilina’s starting line-up.

Uefa.com Coverage

Predicted Slavia Starting Line-Up: Vaniak — Krajcik, Suchy, Brabec, Hubacek — Belaid, Latka, M. Jarolim, Svento — Necid, Ivana

GROUP F STANDINGS
AFTER TWO MATCHDAYS
1st Aston Villa, 2 games, 6 points
2nd Hamburg, 1 game, 3 points
3rd Ajax, 2 games, 3 points
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4th Slavia Praha, 1 game, 0 points
5th MSK Zilina, 2 games, 0 points

ALSO IN GROUP F
Hamburg (Germany) vs. Ajax (Netherlands)
Rest Day: Aston Villa (England)

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Sources: CT Teletext, UEFA.com, Wikipedia

The Gambrinus Liga team of the round, as chosen by 11 Czech media outlets:

GOALKEEPER
Petr Drobisz (Sigma Olomouc), 7 nominations

DEFENDERS
Matej Krajcik (Slavia Praha), 8 nominations
Petr Gabriel (Viktoria Zizkov), 6 nominations
Martin Komarek (Sigma Olomouc), 5 nominations

MIDFIELDERS
Tijani Belaid (Slavia Praha), 4 nominations
Petr Benat (Dynamo Ceske Budejovice), 10 nominations
Marek Jarolim (Slavia Praha), 8 nominations
Tomas Michalek (Baumit Jablonec), 4 nominations

FORWARDS
Petr Svancara (Viktoria Zizkov), 8 nominations
Tomas Necid (Slavia Praha), 11 nominations
Tomas Dosek (Brno), 10 nominations

All Stars Media Archive

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Source: eFotbal.cz

GAMBRINUS LIGA 2008/09
15TH ROUND
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH, 2008
Baumit Jablonec 1, Sparta Praha 0
Half Time: 1-0
Goal: 41st Lafata
Attendance: 2,022

GAMBRINUS LIGA STANDINGS
AFTER 15 OF 30 ROUNDS
1st Slavia Praha, 36 points
2nd Mlada Boleslav, 28
3rd Ostrava, 27
4th Sigma Olomouc, 26
5th Liberec, 25
6th Sparta Praha, 24
7th Jablonec, 22
8th Brno, 19
9th Teplice, 19
10th Plzen, 19
11th Ceske Budejovice, 18
12th Pribram, 17
13th Bohemians Praha (Strizkov), 16
14th Kladno, 13
——————–
15th Zizkov, 11
16th Zlin, 9

2008/09 Gambrinus Liga Schedule

LEADING SCORERS
1st Tomas Necid (Slavia Praha), 11 goals
2nd Daniel Huna (Pribram), 10
3rd Tijani Belaid (Slavia Praha), 8
=4th Vaclav Sverkos (Banik Ostrava), 6
=4th Andrej Keric (Slovan Liberec), 6
=4th Marek Kincl (Bohemians Praha (Strizkov)), 6

MOST CLEAN SHEETS
=1st Tomas Belic (Teplice), 7 games
=1st Martin Vaniak (Slavia Praha), 7
3rd Petr Vasek (Banik Ostrava), 6
=4th Matus Kozacik (Sparta Praha), 5
=4th Pavel Kucera (Dynamo Ceske Budejovice), 5

• The Druha liga (second division) is on winter break until the weekend of March 7th, 2009

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Sources: CT Teletext, Fotbal.cz

GAMBRINUS LIGA 2008/09
15TH ROUND
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD, 2008
Viktoria Zizkov 2, Pribram 0
Half Time: 1-0
Goals: 25th Svancara, 62nd Kalod
Attendance: 2,420

Kladno 1, Viktoria Plzen 0
Half Time: 0-0
Goal: 62nd Sisler
Attendance: 1,680

Brno 3, Tescoma Zlin 0
Half Time: 1-0
Goals: 23rd T. Dosek, 52nd T. Dosek, 81st Strestik
Attendance: 1,150

Dynamo Ceske Budejovice 2, Slovan Liberec 0
Half Time: 0-0
Goals: 49th Benat, 57th Benat (penalty)
Attendance: 3,139

Mlada Boleslav 1, Bohemians Praha (Strizkov) 0
Half Time: 0-0
Goals: 86th Reznicek
Attendance: 3,160

Sigma Olomouc 2, Banik Ostrava 1
Half Time: 1-1
Goals: 13th Bolf (own goal), 68th Komarek — 26th Sverkos
Attendance: 9,156

Slavia Praha 3, Teplice 1
Half Time: 0-1
Goals: 53rd Necid, 71st Belaid, 77th Necid (penalty) — 10th Vachousek
Attendance: 8,212

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH, 2008
Baumit Jablonec vs. Sparta Praha (5:15pm)
Czech TV Coverage: Live on CT2
Sam’s Prediction: Sparta Win

GAMBRINUS LIGA STANDINGS
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD, 2008
1st Slavia Praha, 15 games, 36 points
2nd Mlada Boleslav, 15 games, 28 points
3rd Ostrava, 15 games, 27 points
4th Sigma Olomouc, 15 games, 26 points
5th Liberec, 15 games, 25 points
6th Sparta Praha, 14 games, 24 points
7th Brno, 15 games, 19 points
8th Teplice, 15 games, 19 points
9th Plzen, 15 games, 19 points
10th Jablonec, 14 games, 19 points
11th Ceske Budejovice, 15 games, 18 points
12th Pribram, 15 games, 17 points
13th Bohemians Praha (Strizkov), 15 games, 16 points
14th Kladno, 15 games, 13 points
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15th Zizkov, 15 games, 11 points
16th Zlin, 15 games, 9 points

2008/09 Gambrinus Liga Schedule

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Sources: CT Teletext, Fotbal.cz

GAMBRINUS LIGA 2008/09
15TH ROUND
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23RD, 2008
Viktoria Zizkov vs. Pribram (10:15am)
Sam’s Prediction: Draw

Kladno vs. Viktoria Plzen (2:30pm)
Sam’s Prediction: Plzen Win

Dynamo Ceske Budejovice vs. Slovan Liberec (2:30pm)
Sam’s Prediction: Liberec Win

Brno vs. Tescoma Zlin (3pm)
Sam’s Prediction: Brno Win

Mlada Boleslav vs. Bohemians Praha (Strizkov) (4pm)
Sam’s Prediction: Boleslav Win

Sigma Olomouc vs. Banik Ostrava (5pm)
Sam’s Prediction: Draw

Slavia Praha vs. Teplice (8pm)
Czech TV Coverage: Live on CT4 Sport
Sam’s Prediction: Slavia Win

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH, 2008
Baumit Jablonec vs. Sparta Praha (5:15pm)
Czech TV Coverage: Live on CT2
Sam’s Prediction: Sparta Win

GAMBRINUS LIGA STANDINGS
AFTER 14 OF 30 ROUNDS
1st Slavia Praha, 33 points
2nd Ostrava, 27
3rd Liberec, 25
4th Mlada Boleslav, 25
5th Sparta Praha, 24
6th Sigma Olomouc, 23
7th Teplice, 19
8th Plzen, 19
9th Jablonec, 19
10th Pribram, 17
11th Brno, 16
12th Bohemians Praha (Strizkov), 16
13th Ceske Budejovice, 15
14th Kladno, 10
15th Zlin, 9
16th Zizkov, 8

2008/09 Gambrinus Liga Schedule

• The Druha liga (second division) is on winter break until the weekend of March 7th, 2009

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Sources: CT Teletext, Fotbal.cz

WORLD CUP 2010 QUALIFIERS
EUROPE - GROUP 3
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, 2008
San Marino 0, Czech Republic 3
Half Time: 0-0
Goals: 47th Kovac, 53rd Pospech, 83rd Necid
Attendance: 1,500

The Czech Republic move up to second place in Group 3 after beating San Marino by three goals in Serravalle last night.

Petr Rada praised his team’s patience and concentration but felt they wasted chances to take the lead in the game’s first 15 minutes.

While admitting that the victory could have been more emphatic, the Czech coach described the result as a “good step” before the winter break.

Rada also reminded journalists that his squad had been depleted by injuries. The most recent casualty is Zdenek Grygera, who suffered a minor muscle pull on the morning of the game.

Uefa.com Coverage

CZECH TEAM + DENIK SPORT PLAYER RATINGS
Daniel Zitka (5 out of 10)
—
Zdenek Pospech (4 out of 10)
David Rozehnal (5 out of 10)
Tomas Ujfalusi (5 out of 10)
Marek Jankulovski (4 out of 10)
—
Libor Sionko (5 out of 10)
Radoslav Kovac (4 out of 10)
Jan Polak (4 out of 10) (70th David Jarolim, unrated)
Radek Sirl (5 out of 10)
—
Milan Baros (4 out of 10) (81st Roman Bednar, unrated)
Martin Fenin (3 out of 10) (66th Tomas Necid, unrated)

GROUP 3 STANDINGS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH, 2008
1st Slovakia, 4 games, 9 points
2nd Czech Republic, 4 games, 7 points
3rd Poland, 4 games, 7 points
4th Slovenia, 4 games, 7 points
5th Northern Ireland, 4 games, 4 points
6th San Marino, 4 games, 0 points
• The competition’s nine group-winners qualify for World Cup 2010; the eight best runners-up will play off for the four remaining slots

Group 3 Schedule

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Sources: CT Teletext, SportovniNoviny.cz, Uefa.com, Denik Sport [print edition], FIFA.com

The Gambrinus Liga team of the round, as chosen by 11 Czech media outlets:

GOALKEEPER
Pavel Kucera (Dynamo Ceske Budejovice), 5 nominations

DEFENDERS
Matej Krajcik (Slavia Praha), 5 nominations
Tomas Hunal (Dynamo Ceske Budejovice), 9 nominations
Ivo Zbozinek (Tescoma Zlin), 3 nominations
Pavel Machacek (Bohemians Praha (Strizkov)), 9 nominations

MIDFIELDERS
Petr Papousek (Slovan Liberec), 9 nominations
Pavel Horvath (Viktoria Plzen), 5 nominations
Jiri Jeslinek (Bohemians Praha (Strizkov)), 6 nominations
Daniel Kolar (Viktoria Plzen), 9 nominations

FORWARDS
Marek Kincl (Bohemians Praha (Strizkov)), 9 nominations
Daniel Huna (Pribram), 11 nominations

All Stars Media Archive

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Source: eFotbal.cz