2008-2009 football season gets underway in Czech league

The 2008-2009 season in Czech football’s Gambrinus League got underway on Saturday. Among the results on day one, title favourites Sparta Prague, captained by new signing Patrik Berger, beat Mladá Boleslav 1:0, while last season’s top scorer Václav Svěrkoš got the only goal in Baník Ostrava’s victory over Kladno.