The 2008-09 version of the Syrian Cup is the 39th edition to be played. It is the premier knockout tournament for football teams in Syria.

2008–09 Syrian Cup
Tournament details
CountrySyria
Final positions
ChampionsAl-Karamah
Runner-upAl-Majd

Al-Karamah went into this edition as the holders.

Calendar edit

Round Date Matches Clubs
First qualifying round 26 December 2008
27 December 2008
30 December 2008
31 December 2008
1 January 2009
5 January 2009
11 22
Second qualifying round 20 January 2009
21 January 2009
26 January 2009
27 January 2009
3 February 2009
4 February 2009
20 40
Round One 16 32
Round of 16 27 March 2009
28 March 2009
13 April 2009
28 April 2009
1 May 2009
8 16
Quarter-finals 22 May 2009
29 May 2009
30 May 2009
31 May 2009
7 June 2009
4 8
Semi-finals 17 June 2009
20 June 2009
2 4
Final 17 July 2009 1 2

First qualifying round edit

22 teams play a knockout tie. 11 clubs advance to the next round. Games played over two legs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ras Al-Ayn 1-6 Al-Jihad 0-5 1-1
Salamiyah 3-3 (a) Al-Mukharram 1-1 2-2
Al-Nabk 7-3 Arbeen 1-1 6-2
Duma 1-2 Barada 0-1 1-1
Ommal Rmelan 3-3 (?-?) Ommal Aleppo 2-1 1-2
Safita 5-5 (4-3) Khaled bin Walid 4-1 1-4
Al-Eys 1-4 Al-Herafyeen 1-2 0-2
Gudedat Al-Chaas 3-7 Al-Qusayr 1-3 2-4
Al-Shahbaa 2-11 Jisr Al-Shugur 1-4 1-7
Al-Gezlanya 4-4 (a) Shaqa 2-1 2-3
Al-Mleha 5-4 Ommal Hama 3-3 2-1

Second qualifying round edit

40 teams play a knockout tie. 20 clubs advance to the next round. Games played over two legs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Nidal 2-1 Al-Keswah 1-1 1-0
Shahba 9-0 Jisr Al-Shugur 4-0 5-0
Salamiyah 3-8 Al-Yarmouk 3-5 0-3
Al-Nabk 1-5 Ommal Al-Quneitra 1-2 0-3
Al-Muhafaza 2-4 Al-Horriya 1-4 1-0
Moaret Al-Noaman 3-1 Al-Herafyeen 2-1 1-0
Al-Forat 2-8 Al-Mleha 2-2 0-6
Al-Gezlanya 1-4 Al-Shorta Hama 1-1 0-3
Ommal Aleppo 2-5 Daraya 1-3 1-2
Safita 3-3 (a) Jeroud 1-1 2-2
Saraqib 4-1 Mourk 3-0 1-1
Mayadin 2-4 Baniyas Refinery 2-1 0-3
Qardaha 0-6 Al-Yaqdhah 0-3 0-3
Areeha 6-0 Abu Hardoub 3-0 3-0
Al-Shouleh 2-1 Al-Qusayr 2-1 0-0
Palmyra 1-9 Afrin 0-2 1-7
Al-Hrak 3-5 Moadameet Al-Sham 2-1 1-4
Al-Shabab 1-7 Al-Jihad 0-2 1-5
Al-Sahel 2-1 Abu Kamal 1-0 1-1
Al-Jazeera 4-1 Barada 2-0 2-1

First round edit

32 teams play a knockout tie. 16 clubs advance to the next round. Games played over two legs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Moaret Al-Noaman 3-7 Al-Taliya 2-2 1-5
Al-Jihad 0-6 Al-Futowa 0-2 0-4
Al-Shorta 8-1 Shahba 1-0 7-1
Al-Majd 9-1 Ommal Al-Quneitra 3-0 6-1
Daraya 2-4 Teshrin 1-3 1-1
Al-Mleha 3-4 Afrin 1-3 2-1
Al-Shouleh 9-0 Areeha 6-0 3-0 ¹
Al-Karamah 2-0 Baniyas Refinery 1-0 1-0
Al-Nawair 9-0 Moadameet Al-Sham 4-0 5-0
Al-Sahel 0-2 Nidal 0-1 0-1
Jableh 5-2 Al-Shorta Hama 1-2 4-0
Omayya 15-0 Safita 1-0 14-0
Al-Horriya 3-7 Al-Wathba 1-5 2-2
Al-Yarmouk 1-10 Al-Ittihad 0-3 1-7
Al-Yaqdhah 3-1 Saraqib 0-1 3-0 ²
Al-Jazeera 0-6 Al-Jaish 0-3 0-3 ¹

¹ Areeha failed to the 2nd leg, match awarded 3-0 to Al-Sholla.

² Saraqib failed to the 2nd leg, match awarded 3-0 to Al-Yaqaza.

3 Al-Jazeera failed to the 2nd leg, match awarded 3-0 to Al-Jaish.

Round of 16 edit

16 teams play a knockout tie. 8 clubs advance to the next round. Games played over two legs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ittihad 2-1 Teshrin 2-0 0-1
Al-Jaish 7-2 Al-Nawair 3-0 4-2
Al-Wathba 4-3 Al-Futowa 2-1 2-2
Jableh 1-3 Al-Majd 0-0 1-3
Omayya 0-4 Al-Karamah 0-2 0-2
Afrin 0-0 (4-3) Nidal 0-0 0-0
Al-Taliya 6-0 Al-Shouleh 3-0 ¹ 3-0 ¹
Al-Shorta 9-0 Al-Yaqdhah 6-0 3-0

¹ Al-Sholla failed to the Round of 16, matches awarded 3-0 to Al-Taliya.

Quarter-finals edit

8 teams play a knockout tie. 4 clubs advance to the next round. Games played over two legs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Shorta 4–4 (a) Al-Wathba 4–2 0–2
Al-Jaish 1–2 Al-Ittihad 0–0 1–2
Al-Majd 4–3 Afrin 4–1 0–2
Al-Taliya 2–3 Al-Karamah 2–1 0–2

First leg edit

Al-Shorta4 – 2Al-Wathba
Hassan Ibrahim   20'
Raed Kurdi   34' (pen.)
Khaled Aqla   40'
Emanuel Ince   90'
Mahamid   22', 25'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Shadi Asfourah (Syria)

Al-Jaish0 – 0Al-Ittihad
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Abdulrhman Racho (Syria)

Al-Majd4 – 1Afrin
Mohamad Abdulkader   9'
Al Zeno   49'
Rafe   68'   88'
Mahmoud Al Yousef   37'
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Firas Al Tawil (Syria)

Al-Taliya2 – 1Al-Karamah
Ahmad Omaier   15'
Jomard Moussa   86'
Al Hamawi   90+3' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Zakariya Aloush (Syria)

Second leg edit


Al-Wathba2 – 0Al-Shorta
Ali Ghalium   12' (pen.)
Abdulkader Mjarmash   49'
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Omar Dhnin (Syria)

Al-Ittihad2 – 1Al-Jaish
Otto   39'
Al Amenah   83'
Al Haj   62'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Safwan Othman (Syria)

Afrin2 – 0Al-Majd
Mahmoud Al Beef   52'
Hussam Saman   88'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mohamad Al Abdullah (Syria)

Al-Karamah2 – 0Al-Taliya
Aodi   25'
Al Taiar   64'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Shadi Asfourah (Syria)

Semi-finals edit

4 teams play a knockout tie. 2 clubs advance to the final. Games played over two legs

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Al-Ittihad 3–4 Al-Majd 2–1 1–3
Al-Karamah 4–2 Al-Wathba 2–1 2–1

First leg edit

Al-Ittihad2 – 1Al-Majd
Fares   31', 84' Rafe   4'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Shadi Asfourah (Syria)

Al-Karamah2 – 1Al-Wathba
Mando   69', 85' Ali Ghalium   62'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Khaled Al Agah (Syria)

Second leg edit

Al-Majd3 – 1Al-Ittihad
Al Zeno   41'   76'
Mohannad Asaad   61'
Salah Shahrour   90+3'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Abdulrhman Racho (Syria)

Al-Wathba1 – 2Al-Karamah
Ali Ghalium   27' Aodi   45+1'
Sayedeh   74'
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Final edit

Al-Karamah3 – 1Al-Majd
Ibrahim   35'
Al Hamawi   59'
Aodi   88'
Rafe   85'
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)
 
 
 
 
 
Al-Karamah
 
 
 
 
 
Al-Majd
Al-Karamah:
GK 1   Mosab Balhous
DF 13   Belal Abduldaim   90+3'
DF 24   Richard   41'
DF 14   Anas Al Khouja
MF 4   Hassan Abbas (c)
MF 25   Feras Esmaeel
MF 21   Aatef Jenyat   89'
MF 15   Alaa Al Shbli   84'
MF 11   Fahd Aodi   90+3'
FW 8   Mohannad Ibrahim   80'
FW 9   Mohamad Al Hamawi
Substitutes:
FW 26   Hani Al Taiar   80'
DF 3   Yasser Shahen   89'
DF 23   Tawfek Taearah   90+3'
Manager:
  Mohammad Kwid
Al-Majd:
GK 1   Samer Saeed
DF 2   Ali Diab
DF 15   Oko Bota
DF 5   Hamzeh Al Aitoni   61'
MF 3   Samer Awad (c)
MF 18   Ali Al Rifai   69'
MF 21   Junior   45+1'   80'
MF 23   Zaher Midani
MF 9   Bashar Kaddour   68'
FW 10   Mohamed Al Zeno
FW 24   Raja Rafe
Substitutes:
MF 7   Firas Masaes   68'
MF 17   Iyad Awead   69'
FW 11   Abdulhadi Al Hariri   80'
Manager:
  Mohannad Al Fakir

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
  • Fourth official:

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes.
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Syrian Cup Winner edit

Syrian Cup
2008-09 Winners

Al-Karamah
7th Title
3rd in a row

External links edit