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2008–09 Syrian Premier League
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Syrian Premier League |
| season | 2008–09 |
| winners | Al-Karamah |
| relegated | Al-Futowa |
| Hutteen | |
| continentalcup1 | AFC Cup |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Al-Karamah |
| Al-Ittihad | |
| continentalcup2 | Arab Champions League |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Al-Jaish |
| Al-Nawair | |
| league topscorer | SYR Mohamed Al Zeno (17) |
| prevseason | 2007–08 |
| nextseason | 2009–10 |
Hutteen Al-Ittihad Al-Nawair
The 2008–09 Syrian Premier League is the 38th season of the Syrian Premier League, Syria's premier football league. The season began on 10 October 2008 and finished on 12 June 2009.
Afrin and Al-Horriya were relegated from the previous season. Al-Wathba and Omyyah moved up from the Syrian League 1st Division.
At the end of the campaign, defending champions Al-Karamah were level on 52 points with Al-Ittihad and therefore were required to have a one off playoff match to determine the league champions.
Al-Futowa and Hutteen were relegated and would be replaced by Afrin and Al-Jazeera for the 2009–10 Syrian Premier League campaign.
Syrian international Mohamed Al Zeno finished the campaign as leading goalscorer with 17 goals.
Continental Cups
AFC Cup
Al-Karamah and Al-Majd entered the AFC Cup 2009 tournament. A tournament for second ranked Asian nations.
During the domestic Syrian league season, only the group phases of this prestigious tournament is played until the knockout rounds which will take place in the next Syrian season.
Al-Majd comfortably qualified with one game to spare to reach the knockout rounds whilst Al-Karamah had somewhat of a shaky start and after 5 games find themselves in 3rd position.
Arab Champions League
Al-Ittihad and Al-Taliya entered the Arab Champions League but Al-Taliya found the going tough, being thumped by Raja Casablanca of Morocco in the first round.
Al-Ittihad went one round better but got beat by Wydad Casablanca, also of Morocco.
Premier League teams (2008–2009)
| Club | City | Stadium | 2007–2008 season | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Karamah | Homs | Khaled bin Walid Stadium | Syrian Premier League Champions | AFC Cup 2009 representative |
| Al-Majd | Damascus | Abbasiyyin Stadium | 2nd in Syrian Premier League | AFC Cup 2009 representative |
| Al-Ittihad | Aleppo | Aleppo International Stadium | 3rd in Syrian Premier League | 2008–09 Arab Champions League representative |
| Al-Taliya | Hamah | Al Baladi Stadium Hama | 4th in Syrian Premier League | 2008–09 Arab Champions League representative |
| Al-Jaish | Damascus | Abbasiyyin Stadium | 5th in Syrian Premier League | |
| Al-Futowa | Deir ez-Zor | Al Baladi Stadium Deir ez-Zor | 6th in Syrian Premier League | |
| Teshrin | Latakia | Al Basil Stadium | 7th in Syrian Premier League | |
| Hutteen | Latakia | Al Basil Stadium | 8th in Syrian Premier League | |
| Al-Wahda | Damascus | Abbasiyyin Stadium | 9th in Syrian Premier League | |
| Jableh | Jableh | Al-Baath Stadium | 10th in Syrian Premier League | |
| Al-Shorta | Damascus | Abbasiyyin Stadium | 11th in Syrian Premier League | |
| Al-Nawair | Hamah | Al Baladi Stadium Hama | 12th in Syrian Premier League | |
| Al-Wathba | Homs | Khaled bin Walid Stadium | 1st Division / North Champions | |
| Omayya | Idlib | Al Baladi Stadium Idlib | 1st Division / South Champions |
Final league standings
Playoffs
5th and 6th placed teams Al-Wathba and Al-Majd had a one match playoff at the end of the season due to both clubs finishing the regular season on 37 points. Al-Wathba won the tie 3–2 to claim 5th position in the final standings.
Championship match
Mando
| Syria Hussain Afash |
|---|
| Syria Mohammad Kwid |
|---|
MATCH OFFICIALS
- Assistant referees:
- Fayez Al Basha (Syria)
- Hamdi Al Kadrie (Syria)
- Fourth official:
- Mohamad Baderaldin (Syria) MATCH RULES
- 90 minutes.
- 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
- Penalty shootout if scores still level.
- Seven named substitutes.
- Maximum of 3 substitutions.
Winner
Top goalscorers
;17 goals
- SYR Mohamed Al Zeno (Al-Majd)
;14 goals
- SYR Abdul Fattah Al Agha (Al-Ittihad)
;12 goals
- SYR Ibrahim Al Hasan (Jableh)
- SYR Omar Al Soma (Al-Futowa)
;11 goals
- SYR Maher Al Sayed (Al-Wahda)
- SYR Ali Ghalium (Al-Wathba)
- SYR Samer Yazji (Omayya)
- NGR Obode Efe (Teshrin)
;10 goals
- SYR Majed Al Haj (Al-Jaish)
- SYR Anas Sari (Al-Ittihad)
- SYR Oday Al-Jafal (Al-Futowa)
- SYR Amar Zakour (Omayya)
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Date Outgoing | Reason of departure | Replaced by | Date of Replacement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Wahda Damascus | Syria Emad Shouman | August 26, 2008 | Change of manager for new season | Syria Nizar Mahrous | August 26, 2008 |
| Al-Wahda Damascus | Syria Nizar Mahrous | February 4, 2009 | Left to go to Al-Faisaly | Syria Assaf Khalefah |
References
References
- [http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168691292.html Ittihad, Karamah in league climax]
- [http://www.the-afc.com/eng/articles/viewArticle.jsp_168526208.html Mahrous takes up Al Faisaly job]
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