Season 2008–09 Dates 19 Jul 2008 – 7 Jun 2009 Location Slovenia Matches played 180 | Best goalkeeper Dejan Nemec Champion NK Maribor Goals scored 468 | |
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Europa League GoricaRudarInterblock Top goalscorer Etien Velikonja(17 goals) | ||
The 2008–09 Slovenian PrvaLiga (also known as the 1. SNL, English: Slovenian First League) was the 18th season of top-tier football league in Slovenia. The competition is officially called PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije for sponsorship reasons. The season started on 19 July 2008 and ended on 23 May 2009.
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Promotion and relegation
Livar were relegated to the Slovenian Second League after just one year in the PrvaLiga, finishing last with only 17 points. Drava Ptuj successfully avoided relegation by beating Bonifika in the relegation play-offs.
Promoted to Slovenia's top football league were Second League champions Rudar Velenje, returning to Prva Liga after a two-year absence.
League table
Source: PrvaLiga (Slovene)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
1Interblock Ljubljana won the Slovenian Cup 2008–09 and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(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.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.
Relegation play-offs
The 9th placed team played a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of Slovenian Second League 2008–09, played on 31 May and 7 June 2009. Drava won 9–3 on aggregate and thereby secured a spot in the 2009–10 season of Slovenian PrvaLiga.
Results
Every team plays four times against their opponents, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 matches.
First half of the season
Source: NZS (Slovene)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second half of the season
Source: NZS (Slovene)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
Last updated: 20 May 2009
Source: NZS (Slovene)