Syrian Premier League

Syrian Premier League
Founded	1966
Country	Syria
Confederation	AFC
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Syrian League 1st Division
Domestic cup(s)	Syrian Cup; Syrian Super Cup
International cup(s)	AFC Cup; Arab Club Champions Cup
Current champions	Tishreen (3rd title) ; (2019–20)
Most championships	Al-Jaish (17 titles)
	Current: 2020–21 Syrian Premier League

The Syrian Premier League (Arabic: الدوري السوري الممتاز‎) is the highest division in football in Syria. The league began to play in 1966.

Current clubs (2020–21)

Al-Karamah
Al-Wathba

Al-Jaish
Al-Wahda
Al-Shorta

Hutteen
Tishreen

Al-Taliya

Al-Hurriya
Al-Ittihad

Jableh

Al-Sahel

Al-Fotuwa

Al-Horgelah

Locations of teams in the Syrian Premier League 2020–21

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Al-Fotuwa	Deir ez-Zor	Deir ez-Zor Municipal Stadium	13,000
Al-Horgelah	Al-Horjelah	Al-Jalaa Stadium (Damascus)	10,000
Al-Hurriya	Aleppo	Al-Hamadaniah Stadium	18,000
Al-Ittihad	Aleppo	7 April Stadium (Aleppo)	12,000
Al-Jaish	Damascus	Abbasiyyin Stadium	30,000
Al-Karamah	Homs	Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium	32,000
Al-Sahel	Tartus	Bassel al-Assad Stadium	8,000
Al-Shorta	Damascus	Tishreen Stadium	12,000
Al-Taliya	Hama	Hama Municipal Stadium	22,000
Al-Wahda	Damascus	Abbasiyyin Stadium	30,000
Al-Wathba	Homs	Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium	32,000
Hutteen	Latakia	Latakia Sports City Stadium	45,000
Jableh	Jableh	Al-Baath Stadium	10,000
Tishreen	Latakia	Al-Assad Stadium	28,000

List of champions

Champions so far are:^[1]

Season	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place
1966–67	Al-Ittihad	Al-Futowa	Barada
1967–68	Al-Ittihad	Al-Futowa	Barada
1968–69	Barada	Al-Futowa	Al-Ittihad
1969–70	Barada	Al-Futowa	Al-Ittihad
1970–71	No Championship
1971–72	No Championship
1972–73	Al-Jaish	Al-Shorta	Al-Karamah
1973–74	No Championship
1974–75	Al-Karamah	Al-Futowa	Al-Ittihad
1975–76	Al-Jaish	Al-Shorta	Al-Karamah
1976–77	Al-Ittihad	Al-Karamah	Al-Hurriya
1977–78	No Championship
1978–79	Al-Jaish	Al-Shorta	Al-Ittihad
1979–80	Al-Shorta	Al-Hurriya	Al-Ittihad
1980–81	No Championship
1981–82	Tishreen	Al-Wathba	Al-Ittihad
1982–83	Al-Karamah	Al-Ittihad	Al-Futowa
1983–84	Al-Karamah	Jableh	Al-Ittihad
1984–85	Al-Jaish	Al-Karamah	Jableh
1985–86	Al-Jaish	Jableh	Al-Futowa
1986–87	Jableh	Al-Karamah	Al-Shorta
1987–88	Jableh	Al-Ittihad	Al-Futowa
1988–89	Jableh	Al-Shorta	Al-Ittihad
1989–90	Al-Futowa	Al-Karamah	Al-Wathba
1990–91	Al-Futowa	Jableh	Al-Shorta
1991–92	Al-Hurriya	Jableh	Al-Ittihad
1992–93	Al-Ittihad	Al-Karamah	Al-Hurriya
1993–94	Al-Hurriya	Jableh	Al-Ittihad
1994–95	Al-Ittihad	Al-Karamah	Jableh
1995–96	Al-Karamah	Hutteen	Al-Hurriya
1996–97	Tishreen	Al-Jaish	Al-Karamah
1997–98	Al-Jaish	Al-Karamah	Hutteen
1998–99	Al-Jaish	Al-Karamah	Al-Wahda
1999–2000	Jableh	Hutteen	Tishreen
2000–01	Al-Jaish	Al-Karamah	Al-Jihad
2001–02	Al-Jaish	Al-Ittihad	Al-Wahda
2002–03	Al-Jaish	Al-Ittihad	Qardaha
2003–04	Al-Wahda	Al-Karamah	Tishreen
2004–05	Al-Ittihad	Al-Karamah	Al-Wahda
2005–06	Al-Karamah	Al-Jaish	Al-Wahda
2006–07	Al-Karamah	Al-Ittihad	Taliya
2007–08	Al-Karamah	Al-Majd	Al-Ittihad
2008–09	Al-Karamah	Al-Ittihad	Al-Jaish
2009–10	Al-Jaish	Al-Karamah	Tishreen
2010–11	Suspended
2011–12	Al-Shorta	Al-Jaish	Al-Wahda
2012–13	Al-Jaish	Al-Shorta	Al-Hurriya
2013–14	Al-Wahda	Al-Jaish	Al-Muhafaza
2014–15	Al-Jaish	Al-Wahda	Al-Shorta
2015–16	Al-Jaish	Al-Wahda	Al-Ittihad
2016–17	Al-Jaish	Tishreen	Al-Wahda
2017–18	Al-Jaish	Al-Ittihad	Al-Wahda
2018–19	Al-Jaish	Tishreen	Al-Wahda
2019–20	Tishreen	Al-Wathba	Hutteen

Performances

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Winning years
Al-Jaish	17	4	1	1972–1973, 1975–1976, 1978–1979, 1984–1985, 1985–1986, 1997–1998, 1998–1999, 2000–2001, 2001–2002, 2002–2003, 2009–2010, 2012–2013, 2014–2015, 2015–2016, 2016–2017, 2017–2018, 2018–2019
Al-Karamah	8	12	3	1974–1975, 1982–1983, 1983–1984, 1995–1996, 2005–2006, 2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2008–2009
Al-Ittihad	6	7	12	1966–1967, 1967–1968, 1976–1977, 1992–1993, 1994–1995, 2004–2005
Jableh	4	5	2	1986–1987, 1987–1988, 1988–1989, 1999–2000
Tishreen	3	2	3	1981–1982, 1996–1997, 2019–2020
Al-Futowa	2	5	3	1989–1990, 1990–1991
Al-Shorta	2	5	3	1979–1980, 2011–2012
Al-Wahda	2	3	9	2003–2004, 2013–2014
Al-Hurriya	2	1	4	1991–1992, 1993–1994
Barada	2	—	2	1968–1969, 1969–1970

Performance by city

City	Winners	Club(s)
Damascus	23	Al-Jaish, Al-Shorta, Al-Wahda, Barada
Aleppo	8	Al-Ittihad, Al-Hurriya
Homs	8	Al-Karamah
Jableh	4	Jableh
Latakia	3	Tishreen
Deir ez-Zor	2	Al-Futowa

References

^ "Syria - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

External links

League at FIFA
League at soccerway.com
Syrian Premier League - Hailoosport.com (Arabic)
Syrian Premier League - Hailoosport.com

[1] "Syria - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

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