The 2008–09 Syrian Premier League is the 38th season of the

Syrian Premier League The Syrian Premier League ( ar, الدوري السوري الممتاز) is a professional association football league in Syria and the top division in of the Syrian football league system. The league comprises 12 teams and operates on a system ...

, Syria's premier football league. The season began on 10 October 2008 and finished on 12 June 2009. Afrin and

Al-Horriya Al-Hurriya Sports Club () is a Syrian football club based in Aleppo. It was founded in 1952. They play their home games at the al-Hamadaniah Stadium Al-Hamadaniah Stadium ( ar, ملعب الحمدانية) is an all-seater multi-purpose stadium ...

were relegated from the previous season.

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and Omyyah moved up from the

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. At the end of the campaign, defending champions Al-Karamah were level on 52 points with

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and therefore were required to have a one off playoff match to determine the league champions.Ittihad, Karamah in league climax
/ref> Al-Futowa and Hutteen were relegated and would be replaced by Afrin and Al-Jazeera for the

2009–10 Syrian Premier League The 2009–10 Syrian Premier League was the 39th season of the Syrian Premier League. The season began on 9 October 2009 and ended on May 7, 2010. * Al-Futowa and Hutteen were relegated from the previous season. * Afrin and Al-Jazeera moved ...

campaign. Syrian international

Mohamed Al Zeno Mohamed Al-Zeno ( ar, محمد زينو; born 5 February 1983) is a Syrian professional footballer who plays for Taliya in the Syrian Premier League. Club career Early career Mohamed Al-Zeno's career began with the Al-Ittihad Aleppo youth squa ...

finished the campaign as leading goalscorer with 17 goals.

Continental Cups

AFC Cup

Al-Karamah and Al-Majd entered the

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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

and

Al-Taliya Taliya Sports Club ( ar, نادي الطليعة الرياضي) is a Syrian professional football club based in Hama. History The Taliya Sports Club was founded in 1941 in the Syrian city of Hama under the name of Al-Waqah Club. In 1971 the ...

entered the

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but

found the going tough, being thumped by

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in the first round.

went one round better but got beat by Wydad Casablanca, also of Morocco.

Premier League teams (2008–2009)

Final league standings

Playoffs

5th and 6th placed teams

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.

won the tie 3–2 to claim 5th position in the final standings.

Championship match

MATCH OFFICIALS * Assistant referees: ** Fayez Al Basha ( Syria) ** Hamdi Al Kadrie ( Syria) * Fourth official: ** Mohamad Baderaldin ( Syria) MATCH RULES * 90 minutes. * 30 minutes of

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if necessary. *

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if scores still level. * Seven named substitutes. * Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Winner

Top goalscorers

;17 goals *

''( Al-Majd)'' ;14 goals * Abdul Fattah Al Agha ''(

)'' ;12 goals *

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''( Al-Futowa)'' ;11 goals *

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''( Al-Wahda)'' *

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''(

)'' * Samer Yazji ''( Omayya)'' * Obode Efe ''(

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)'' ;10 goals *

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''( Al-Jaish)'' *

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)'' * Oday Al-Jafal ''( Al-Futowa)'' *

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''( Omayya)''

Managerial changes

References

External links

Details at fifa.com

Details at goalzz.com

Details at soccerway.com
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