2003–04 Czech First League

Czech First League

Season	2003–04
Champions	Baník Ostrava
Relegated	Viktoria Žižkov Viktoria Plzeň
Champions League	Baník Ostrava Sparta Prague
UEFA Cup	Olomouc Slavia Prague
Intertoto Cup	Liberec Zlín Teplice
Matches played	240
Goals scored	578 (2.41 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marek Heinz (19)
Biggest home win	Sparta Prague 4–0 Opava Synot 4–0 Žižkov Ostrava 4–0 Opava Opava 4–0 Brno Brno 4–0 Plzeň Ostrava 6–2 Synot Ostrava 5–1 Brno
Biggest away win	Blšany 0–4 Sparta Prague Plzeň 0–4 Příbram
Highest scoring	Ostrava 6–2 Synot
Highest attendance	20,032[1] Sparta Prague 1–1 Ostrava
Lowest attendance	51[1] Blšany 3–1 Jablonec
Average attendance	4,827[1]
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The 2003–04 Czech First League, known as the Gambrinus liga for sponsorship reasons, was the eleventh season of top-tier football in the Czech Republic.

Stadia and locations

Ostrava

Blšany

České Budějovice

Slavia
Sparta
Žižkov

Brno

Jablonec

Příbram

Opava

Olomouc

Synot

Liberec

Teplice

Plzeň

Zlín

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Location of clubs in the 2003–04 Czech First League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Baník Ostrava (C)	30	18	9	3	60	25	+35	63	Qualification for Champions League third qualifying round
2	Sparta Prague	30	16	10	4	48	24	+24	58	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
3	Sigma Olomouc	30	16	7	7	43	24	+19	55	Qualification for UEFA Cup second qualifying round[a]
4	Slavia Prague	30	15	7	8	43	24	+19	52
5	Synot	30	14	6	10	43	37	+6	48
6	Slovan Liberec	30	12	10	8	38	27	+11	46	Qualification for Intertoto Cup second round
7	Tescoma Zlín	30	12	5	13	31	39	−8	41	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
8	České Budějovice	30	11	7	12	38	38	0	40
9	Teplice	30	9	12	9	32	32	0	39	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
10	Jablonec	30	8	14	8	27	32	−5	38
11	Marila Příbram	30	10	7	13	33	37	−4	37
12	Opava	30	8	7	15	34	55	−21	31
13	Blšany	30	8	6	16	34	54	−20	30
14	Brno	30	7	9	14	33	43	−10	30
15	Viktoria Žižkov (R)	30	6	9	15	18	34	−16	27	Relegation to Czech 2. Liga
16	Viktoria Plzeň (R)	30	4	7	19	23	53	−30	19

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. Since the finalists of the 2003–04 Czech Cup, Baník Ostrava and Sparta Prague, were qualified for Champions League based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed to the third-placed team, and the spot awarded to the third-placed team was passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results

Home \ Away	OST	BLŠ	BRN	ČBU	JAB	PŘÍ	OPA	OLO	SLA	LIB	SPA	SSM	TEP	ZLÍ	PLZ	VŽI
Baník Ostrava		5–2	5–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	4–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	6–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–0
Blšany	2–1		2–1	2–2	3–1	1–0	4–3	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–4	1–3	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–0
Brno	0–0	1–1		0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	4–0	2–1
České Budějovice	1–1	1–1	0–2		3–0	0–0	4–1	2–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	1–1	3–0	1–0	2–0
Jablonec	1–1	2–1	1–0	3–2		0–2	2–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	4–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1
Marila Příbram	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–2	4–1		2–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	2–4	2–1	1–1
Opava	2–4	2–1	4–0	1–0	1–1	3–2		1–2	0–0	1–3	3–4	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1
Sigma Olomouc	0–1	3–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	3–0		2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–3	2–0	1–0	3–0
Slavia Prague	1–2	2–0	4–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	4–1	3–1		1–2	0–2	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–0	2–0
Slovan Liberec	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	4–1	3–1	1–1	0–1		2–0	3–3	1–1	3–0	3–1	3–0
Sparta Prague	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	0–0	0–0	0–0		3–1	3–0	3–1	3–1	3–1
Synot	0–2	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–2	4–2	2–1	2–0		2–0	0–0	2–2	4–0
Teplice	1–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–1		3–0	2–1	1–1
Tescoma Zlín	1–1	3–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0		3–1	3–0
Viktoria Plzeň	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–4	0–1	1–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–0	0–0		0–2
Viktoria Žižkov	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–0	0–0

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

Squad of the champions Baník Ostrava

Goalkeepers

• Michal Daněk, Jan Laštůvka, Martin Raška

Defenders

• Pavel Besta, René Bolf, Peter Drozd, Josef Dvorník, Josef Hoffmann, Aleš Neuwirth, Zdeněk Pospěch

Midfielders

• David Bystroň, Martin Čížek, Rostislav Kiša, Radoslav Látal, Mario Lička, Miroslav Matušovič, Radek Slončík

Forwards

• Marek Heinz, Přemysl Krpec, Lukáš Magera, Martin Prohászka,^[2] Adam Varadi, Libor Žůrek

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Marek Heinz	Baník Ostrava	19
2	Lubomír Reiter	Sigma Olomouc	15
3	David Lafata	České Budějovice	14
4	Milan Pacanda	Brno	12
5	Filip Dort	Opava	11
	Karel Poborský	Sparta Prague
7	Libor Došek	Slovan Liberec	10
	Miroslav Matušovič	Baník Ostrava
9	Zdeněk Pospěch	Baník Ostrava	9

See also

• 2003–04 Czech Cup
• 2003–04 Czech 2. Liga

Footnotes

1. "Divácké statistiky Gambrinus liga 2003/2004" (in Czech). idnes.cz. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
2. After the first half of the season, Prohászka moved to FK Viktoria Žižkov.

References

• (in Czech) ČMFS statistics