2014 Syrian Premier League

The 2014 Syrian Premier League season is the 43rd since its establishment. This seasons league featured two stages. Stage one pitted two groups of nine teams and kicked off on 2 February 2014. The top three of each group advanced to the Championship Playoff to determine the overall league champions. The bottom two of each group relegated to the second division.[1][2][3]

Syrian Premier League
Season2014
ChampionsAl-Wahda
AFC CupAl-Wahda, Al-Jaish
Matches played160
Goals scored322 (2.01 per match)
Top goalscorerMajed Al Haj (11)
Highest scoringAl-Wahda 7–2 Al-Jazeera
2013

All matches were played in Damascus and Latakia due to security concerns.

Teams

edit

Stadiums and locations

edit
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Al-Ittihad Aleppo Aleppo International Stadium 75,000
Al-Jaish Damascus Abbasiyyin Stadium 30,000
Al-Jazeera Hasakah Al-Basil Stadium Al-Hasakah 20,000
Al-Karamah SC Homs Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium 32,000
Al-Majd Damascus Abbasiyyin Stadium 30,000
Nawair SC Hama Hama Municipal Stadium 20,000
Al-Shurta Damascus Al-Jalaa Stadium 10,000
Taliya SC Hama Hama Municipal Stadium 20,000
Al-Wahda Damascus Abbasiyyin Stadium 30,000
Al-Wathba SC Homs Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium 32,000
Omayya Idlib Idlib Municipal Stadium 12,000
Al-Futowa Deir ez-Zor Al Baladi Stadium Deir ez-Zor 10,000
Hutteen SC Latakia Al-Assad Stadium 20,000
Tishreen Latakia Al-Assad Stadium 20,000
Hurriya SC Aleppo Al-Hamadaniah Stadium 20,000
Baniyas Refinery SC Baniyas Baniyas Refinery Stadium 20,000
Al-Jehad SC Qamishli Qamishli Qamishli 7 April Stadium 9,000
Al-Muhafaza Damascus Al-Muhafaza Stadium 10,000

First stage

edit

Each team plays each other once, top three advanced to the championship playoff, bottom two relegate.

Group A

edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Al-Wahda 16 9 5 2 35 14 +21 32 Advance to Championship Playoff
2 Al-Jaish 16 8 6 2 15 7 +8 30
3 Al-Muhafaza 16 7 5 4 17 12 +5 26
4 Al-Karamah 16 6 6 4 19 17 +2 24
5 Hutteen 16 6 5 5 20 21 −1 23
6 Al-Taliya 16 6 4 6 16 15 +1 22
7 Al-Jazeera 16 2 8 6 9 17 −8 14
8 Al-Ittihad (R) 16 3 4 9 15 21 −6 13 Relegation
9 Al-Futowa (R) 16 1 5 10 12 34 −22 8
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated

Group B

edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Musfat Baniyas 16 6 8 2 21 14 +7 26 Advance to Championship Playoff
2 Al-Shorta 16 6 7 3 19 15 +4 25
3 Al-Wathba 16 6 5 5 18 14 +4 23
4 Al-Jihad 16 5 7 4 14 11 +3 22
5 Al-Majd 16 6 4 6 14 13 +1 22
6 Tishreen 16 4 8 4 13 16 −3 20
7 Al-Hurriya 16 5 4 7 15 18 −3 19
8 Al-Nawair (R) 16 4 7 5 12 15 −3 19 Relegation
9 Omayya (R) 16 2 6 8 10 20 −10 12
Source: [citation needed]
(R) Relegated

Championship playoff

edit

Each team plays each other once, the first place teams is the first stage get three points plus, the second place get two points and the third place get one point.

As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Al Wahda 3 points, Musfat Baniyas 3, Al Jaish 2, Al Shorta 2, Al Muhafaza 1 and Al Wathba 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Al-Jaish 5 3 1 1 10 4 +6 12 Advance to Championship Match
1 Al-Wahda 5 2 3 0 4 2 +2 12
3 Al-Muhafaza 5 3 0 2 6 6 0 10
4 Al-Shorta 5 1 3 1 3 3 0 8
5 Musfat Baniyas 5 0 3 2 2 4 −2 6
6 Al-Wathba 5 0 2 3 2 8 −6 3
Source: [citation needed]

Championship Match

edit

Al-Wahda, wins Syrian Premier League Championship 2013–2014.

Al-Jaish0–1Al-Wahda
Majed Al Haj   83'

References

edit
  1. ^ "موقع الاتحاد الرياضي العام |".
  2. ^ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول".
  3. ^ "كووورة: الموقع العربي الرياضي الأول".