2008–09 Syrian Cup

2008–09 Syrian Cup

Tournament details
Country	Syria
Final positions
Champions	Al-Karamah
Runner-up	Al-Majd
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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.

Al-Karamah went into this edition as the holders.

Calendar

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

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

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

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

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

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

2008-05-22

16:00 UTC+3

Al-Shorta	4 – 2	Al-Wathba
Hassan Ibrahim 20' Raed Kurdi 34' (pen.) Khaled Aqla 40' Emanuel Ince 90'		Mahamid 22', 25'

Al-Fayhaa Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 300

Referee: Shadi Asfourah (Syria)

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2008-05-22

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Jaish	0 – 0	Al-Ittihad

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Abdulrhman Racho (Syria)

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2008-05-30

19:00 UTC+3

Al-Majd	4 – 1	Afrin
Mohamad Abdulkader 9' Al Zeno 49' Rafe 68'88'		Mahmoud Al Yousef 37'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Firas Al Tawil (Syria)

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2008-05-31

16:00 UTC+3

Al-Taliya	2 – 1	Al-Karamah
Ahmad Omaier 15' Jomard Moussa 86'		Al Hamawi 90+3' (pen.)

Al Baladi Stadium

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Zakariya Aloush (Syria)

Second leg

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2008-05-29

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Wathba	2 – 0	Al-Shorta
Ali Ghalium 12' (pen.) Abdulkader Mjarmash 49'

Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Omar Dhnin (Syria)

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2008-05-29

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Ittihad	2 – 1	Al-Jaish
Otto 39' Al Amenah 83'		Al Haj 62'

Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Safwan Othman (Syria)

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2008-06-07

20:00 UTC+3

Afrin	2 – 0	Al-Majd
Mahmoud Al Beef 52' Hussam Saman 88'

Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Mohamad Al Abdullah (Syria)

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2008-06-07

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Karamah	2 – 0	Al-Taliya
Aodi 25' Al Taiar 64'

Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Shadi Asfourah (Syria)

Semi-finals

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

2008-05-17

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Ittihad	2 – 1	Al-Majd
Fares 31', 84'		Rafe 4'

Al-Hamadaniah Stadium, Aleppo

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Shadi Asfourah (Syria)

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2008-05-17

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Karamah	2 – 1	Al-Wathba
Mando 69', 85'		Ali Ghalium 62'

Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Khaled Al Agah (Syria)

Second leg

2008-05-20

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Majd	3 – 1	Al-Ittihad
Al Zeno 41'76' Mohannad Asaad 61'		Salah Shahrour 90+3'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Abdulrhman Racho (Syria)

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2008-05-20

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Wathba	1 – 2	Al-Karamah
Ali Ghalium 27'		Aodi 45+1' Sayedeh 74'

Khaled bin Walid Stadium, Homs

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Muhsen Basma (Syria)

Final

17 July 2009

20:00 UTC+3

Al-Karamah	3 – 1	Al-Majd
Ibrahim 35' Al Hamawi 59' Aodi 88'		Rafe 85'

Abbasiyyin Stadium, Damascus

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: Shaker Hemidi (Syria) Ahmad Kazaz (Syria) Fourth official: Ahmad Dilo (Syria)

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

Syrian Cup 2008-09 Winners
Al-Karamah 7th Title 3rd in a row

External links

• Details on goalzz.com