2008–09 Syrian Premier League

Syrian Premier League 2008–09 Al-Karamah Al-Futowa Hutteen AFC Cup Al-Karamah Al-Ittihad Arab Champions League Al-Jaish Al-Nawair SYR Mohamed Al Zeno (17) 2007–08 2009–10 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.Ittihad, Karamah in league climax 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 main WDL QR y ITT Al-Ittihad KAR Al-Karamah JAI Al-Jaish NAW Al-Nawair WAT Al-Wathba MAJ Al-Majd OMA Omayya TES Teshrin TAL Al-Taliya WAH Al-Wahda JAB Jableh SHO Al-Shorta FUT Al-Futowa HUT Hutteen 16 4 6 48 24 16 4 6 34 22 14 9 3 36 15 12 2 12 32 29 9 10 7 36 32 10 7 9 40 39 9 8 9 32 32 7 9 10 27 30 8 6 12 31 36 8 6 12 26 33 7 8 11 28 34 7 7 12 20 36 6 8 12 31 42 6 6 14 29 46 #97DEFF 2010 AFC Cup AC AC #ACE1AF 2010 AFC Champions League play-off (as 2009 AFC Cup Finalist) ACLPR #FFCCCC Relegate to Syrian League 1st Division R R complete 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 12 June 2009 20:00 UTC+3 Al-Ittihad 1–2 Al-Karamah Otto 21 pen. Hamwi 71 Mando 90+5 Al-Assad Stadium, Latakia 30,000 Muhsen Basma (Syria) FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 FF0000 Al-Ittihad FC6916 333399 FC6916 333399 333399 Al-Karamah Al-Ittihad: GK 1 Syria 1980 Mahmoud KarkarDF 5 Syria 1980 Omar HemidiDF 6 Syria 1980 Majd Homsi6062DF 30 Syria 1980 Abdulkader DakkaDF 32 Syria 1980 Bakri TarrabMF 14 Syria 1980 Wael Ayan65MF 17 Syria 1980 Mahmoud Al AmenahMF 19 Syria 1980 Yehya Al Rashed81MF 99 Syria 1980 Adel AbdullahFW 12 Cameroon OttoFW 18 Syria 1980 Anas Sari (c)53Substitutes:FW 10 Syria 1980 Abdul Fattah Al Agha53DF 21 Syria 1980 Yousef Sheikh Al-Eshreh62MF 4 Syria 1980 Khaled Al Zaher81Manager:Syria 1980 Hussain Afash Al-Karamah: GK 1 Syria 1980 Mosab Balhous90+7DF 4 Syria 1980 Hassan Abbas (c)DF 13 Syria 1980 Belal AbduldaimDF 14 Syria 1980 Anas Al KhoujaMF 25 Syria 1980 Feras Esmaeel55MF 16 Syria 1980 Tamer Haj Mohamad26MF 21 Syria 1980 Aatef Jenyat55MF 15 Syria 1980 Alaa Al Shbli44MF 11 Syria 1980 Fahd AodiFW 9 Syria 1980 Mohamad HamwiFW 26 Syria 1980 Hani Al TaiarSubstitutes:MF 10 Syria 1980 Iyad Mando90+555MF 3 Syria 1980 Yasser Shahen55Manager:Syria 1980 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 Syrian Premier League 2008–09 winners Al-Karamah8th Title 4th in a row Top goalscorers 17 goals SYR 1980 Mohamed Al Zeno (Al-Majd) 14 goals SYR 1980 Abdul Fattah Al Agha (Al-Ittihad) 12 goals SYR 1980 Ibrahim Al Hasan (Jableh) SYR 1980 Omar Al Soma (Al-Futowa) 11 goals SYR 1980 Maher Al Sayed (Al-Wahda) SYR 1980 Ali Ghalium (Al-Wathba) SYR 1980 Samer Yazji (Omayya) NGR Obode Efe (Teshrin) 10 goals SYR 1980 Majed Al Haj (Al-Jaish) SYR 1980 Anas Sari (Al-Ittihad) SYR 1980 Oday Al-Jafal (Al-Futowa) SYR 1980 Amar Zakour (Omayya) Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Date Outgoing Reason of departure Replaced by Date of Replacement Al-Wahda DamascusSyria 1980 Emad Shouman August 26, 2008 Change of manager for new seasonSyria 1980 Nizar Mahrous August 26, 2008 Al-Wahda DamascusSyria 1980 Nizar Mahrous February 4, 2009 Left to go to Al-FaisalyMahrous takes up Al Faisaly jobSyria 1980 Assaf Khalefah References External links Details at fifa.com Details at goalzz.com Details at rsssf.com Details at soccerway.com 2008–09 1 Syria