2008–09 Syrian Cup

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
Country	Syria
Final positions
Champions	Al-Karamah
Runner-up	Al-Majd

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