Syrian Premier League 2008–09
| Season | 2008–09 |
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| Champions | Al-Karamah |
| Relegated |
Al-Futowa Hutteen |
| AFC Cup |
Al-Karamah Al-Ittihad |
| Arab Champions League |
Al-Jaish Al-Nawair |
| Top goalscorer |
 Mohamed Al Zeno (17)
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The 2008–09 Syrian Premier League is the 38th season of the Syrian Premier League, Syria's premier football league. The season began on 10 October 2008 and finished on 12 June 2009.
Afrin and Al-Horriya were relegated from the previous season. Al-Wathba and Omyyah moved up from the 2. Syrian League.
At the end of the campaign, defending champions Al-Karamah were level on 52 points with Al-Ittihad and therefore were required to have a one off playoff match to determine the league champions.
Al-Futowa and Hutteen were relegated and would be replaced by Afrin and Al-Jazeera for the Syrian Premier League 2009–10 campaign.
Syrian international Mohamed Al Zeno finished the campaign as leading goalscorer with 17 goals.
Al-Karamah and Al-Majd entered the AFC Cup 2009 tournament. A tournament for second ranked Asian nations.
During the domestic Syrian league season, only the group phases of this prestigious tournament is played until the knockout rounds which will take place in the next Syrian season.
Al-Majd comfortably qualified with one game to spare to reach the knockout rounds whilst Al-Karamah had somewhat of a shaky start and after 5 games find themselves in 3rd position.
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