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2008–09 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Season 2008–09
Champions Maribor
(8th title)
Relegated Primorje
Champions League Maribor
Europa League Gorica
Rudar
Interblock
Matches played 180
Goals scored 468 (2.6 per match)
Best Player Marcos Tavares
Top goalscorer Etien Velikonja
(17 goals)
Best goalkeeper Dejan Nemec
Biggest home win Interblock 5–0 Nafta
Biggest away win Drava 0–4 Maribor
Highest scoring Gorica 3–5 Drava
(8 goals)
Longest winning run 7 games
Drava
Longest unbeaten run 12 games
Maribor
Longest winless run 17 games
Drava
Longest losing run 6 games
Drava
Highest attendance 9,000
Maribor 1–0 Celje
Lowest attendance 150
Koper 3–2 Celje
Total attendance 215,830
Average attendance 1,199

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.

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.

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.

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.


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