Season 2008–2009 Dates 13 Sep 2008 – 12 Apr 2009 Location Saudi Arabia Matches played 134 | Champions Al-Ittihad (8th title) Champion Ittihad FC Goals scored 371 Relegated Al-Watani, Abha Club | |
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Champions League Al-Ittihad
Al-Hilal
Al-Ahli
Al-Shabab Top goalscorer Hicham Aboucherouane
Nasser Al-Shamrani
(12 goals each) Biggest home win Al-Hilal 7–0 Najran
(20 December 2008) Biggest away win Al-Shabab 0–4 Al-Ittihad
(28 January 2009)
Al-Raed 0–4 Al-Shabab
(30 November 2008) People also search for 2007–08 Saudi Premier League | ||
The 2008–09 Saudi Professional League was the 33rd season of Saudi Professional League since its establishment in 1976.
Contents
Al-Hilal were the defending champions for this season, having won the previous 2007–08 season. The season featured 10 teams from the 2007–08 and two new teams promoted from the 2007–08 First Division: Al-Raed and Abha who replace relegated Al-Qadisiya and Al-Tai.
On 12 April 2009, the final round of the season, Al-Ittihad won the title after a 2–1 victory over Al-Hilal. It was their eighth league title overall. Al-Watani and Abha were relegated.
Qualification and Prize money
The Top three of the league and the winner of Champions Cup qualified to the Champions League.
The Top eight qualified to Champions Cup.
Prize money:
League table
Source: slstat.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Fixtures and results
Source: Goalzz.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
Relegation play-offs
Al-Raed, who finished 10th, faced Abha, who finished 11th for a two-legged play-off. The winner on aggregate score after both matches earned entry into the 2009–10 Professional League. Al-Raed won 4–3 on aggregate and retained their place in the next edition.
Al-Raed won 4–3 on aggregate.