2019–20 Syrian Premier League

Syrian Premier League
Season2019–20
ChampionsTishreen
RelegatedAl-Nawair
Al-Jazeera
Matches played182
Goals scored417 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorerMohammad Al Wakid (20)
Biggest home winAl-Nawair 4–0 Al-Sahel
Biggest away winAl-Jazeera 0–5 Al-Jaish
Al-Fotuwa 1–6 Al-Jaish
Highest scoringAl-Jazeera 2–5 Al-Wahda
Al-Fotuwa 1–6 Al-Jaish
Longest winning run5 games
Al-Wathba
Al-Jaish
Hutteen
Longest unbeaten run12 games
Tishreen
Longest winless run15 games
Al-Nawair
Longest losing run8 games
Al-Jazeera

The 2019–20 Syrian Premier League season is the 48th since its establishment. This season's league featured one stage. It pitted one group of 14 teams and kicked off on 20 October 2019.[1][2][3][4] Al-Jaish are the defending champions, having won the previous season championship.

The season was suspended in March 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic in Syria, then resumed in May 2020.[5]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of teams in the Syrian Premier League 2019–20
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Al-Fotuwa Deir ez-Zor Deir ez-Zor Municipal Stadium 13,000
Al-Ittihad Aleppo 7 April Stadium (Aleppo) 12,000
Al-Jaish Damascus Al-Fayhaa Stadium 15,000
Al-Jazeera Al-Hasakah Bassel al-Assad Stadium (al-Hasakah) 25,000
Al-Karamah Homs Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium 32,000
Al-Nawair Hama Hama Municipal Stadium 22,000
Al-Sahel Tartus Tartus Sports Arena Stadium 8,000
Al-Shorta Damascus Tishreen Stadium 12,000
Al-Taliya Hama Hama Municipal Stadium 22,000
Al-Wahda Damascus Al-Fayhaa Stadium 15,000
Al-Wathba Homs Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium 32,000
Hutteen Latakia Al-Assad Stadium 28,000
Jableh Jableh Al-Baath Stadium 10,000
Tishreen Latakia Al-Assad Stadium 28,000

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Tishreen (C) 26 18 5 3 44 15 +29 59 Qualification for AFC Cup Group stage[a]
2 Al-Wathba 26 17 5 4 45 13 +32 56
3 Hutteen 26 15 8 3 40 17 +23 53
4 Al-Jaish 26 14 7 5 48 22 +26 49
5 Al-Wahda 26 11 11 4 30 18 +12 44 Standby team of the 2021 AFC Cup group stage
6 Al-Ittihad 26 11 10 5 34 22 +12 43
7 Al-Shorta 26 10 5 11 26 27 −1 35
8 Al-Karamah 26 8 9 9 20 19 +1 33
9 Al-Taliya 26 7 8 11 24 29 −5 29
10 Al-Fotuwa 26 5 8 13 20 49 −29 23
11 Jableh 26 4 10 12 19 37 −18 22[b]
12 Al-Sahel 26 5 7 14 20 42 −22 22[b]
13 Al-Nawair (R) 26 4 7 15 22 40 −18 19 Relegation to Syrian League 1st Division
14 Al-Jazeera (R) 26 1 4 21 15 57 −42 7
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Al-Sahel 2–2 Jableh, Jableh 1–0 Al-Sahel

Results

Home \ Away ITT FOT JSH JAZ KAR NAW SAH SHR TAL WAH WTH HUT JAB TIS
Al-Ittihad — 0–0 0–0 3–0[a] 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–0
Al-Fotuwa 0–4 — 1–6 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 0–0 1–4 1–3 1–1 1–6
Al-Jaish 2–3 1–0 — 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 5–1 0–1
Al-Jazeera 1–0 0–0 0–5 — 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–4 2–5 0–2 0–3[b] 0–1 1–3
Al-Karamah 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 — 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–1
Al-Nawair 3–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 — 4–0 2–0 0–1 0–4 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–0
Al-Sahel 1–0 0–0 0–4 3–0 1–1 1–0 — 1–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–3
Al-Shorta 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 0–2 3–2 0–0 — 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–2
Al-Taliya 0–0 2–0 2–3 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 — 2–2 0–4 0–1 0–0 0–2
Al-Wahda 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 — 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1
Al-Wathba 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–0[c] 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 — 1–1 1–0 2–0
Hutteen 1–1 4–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 — 3–0 0–0
Jableh 0–4 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–4 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 — 1–1
Tishreen 2–0 4–1 2–2 4–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 0–1 2–1 —
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes
  1. ^ On the last matchday, Al-Ittihad awarded 3–0 win over Al-Jazeera.
  2. ^ Al-Jazeera did not show up for the match, and asked that the match to be postponed, due to issues with travel from Al-Hasakah to Damascus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Syria.[6] Later on, Hutteen was awarded a 3–0 win.
  3. ^ The original match was 1–1 during the second half. Later on, Al-Wathba were awarded a 3–0 win after Al-Jazeera did not continue the match, protesting referee's decisions.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Syria - Premier - Results, fixtures, tables, statistics". www.futbol24.com.
  2. ^ "Syria - Premier - Results, fixtures, tables, statistics - Goalzz".
  3. ^ "Syria - Premier - Results, fixtures, tables, statistics - Scorespro".
  4. ^ "Syria - Premier - Results, fixtures, tables, statistics - Soccer24".
  5. ^ "Syrian Premier League to resume on May 29". AFC. 28 April 2020.
  6. ^ "الجزيرة يطلب تأجيل مواجهة حطين". Kooora (in Arabic). 23 July 2020.
  7. ^ "في مباراة مثيرة للجدل، الجزيرة يُعرقل الوثبة في صراعه على لقب الدوري السوري". mercatoday.com (in Arabic). 13 June 2020.
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