2019–20 Syrian Premier League
# 2019–20 Syrian Premier League

The 2019–20 Syrian Premier League season is the 48th since its establishment. This season's league featured one stage. It pitted one group of 14 teams and kicked off on 20 October 2019. Al-Jaish are the defending champions, having won the previous season championship.

The season was suspended in March 2020, due to COVID-19 pandemic in Syria, then resumed in May 2020.

## Teams

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Al-Fotuwa | Deir ez-Zor | Deir ez-Zor Municipal Stadium | 13,000 |
| Al-Ittihad | Aleppo | 7 April Stadium (Aleppo) | 12,000 |
| Al-Jaish | Damascus | Al-Fayhaa Stadium | 15,000 |
| Al-Jazeera | Al-Hasakah | Bassel al-Assad Stadium (al-Hasakah) | 25,000 |
| Al-Karamah | Homs | Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium | 32,000 |
| Al-Nawair | Hama | Hama Municipal Stadium | 22,000 |
| Al-Sahel | Tartus | Tartus Sports Arena Stadium | 8,000 |
| Al-Shorta | Damascus | Tishreen Stadium | 12,000 |
| Al-Taliya | Hama | Hama Municipal Stadium | 22,000 |
| Al-Wahda | Damascus | Al-Fayhaa Stadium | 15,000 |
| Al-Wathba | Homs | Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium | 32,000 |
| Hutteen | Latakia | Al-Assad Stadium | 28,000 |
| Jableh | Jableh | Al-Baath Stadium | 10,000 |
| Tishreen | Latakia | Al-Assad Stadium | 28,000 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tishreen (C) | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 15 | +29 | 59 | Qualification for AFC Cup Group stage |
| 2 | Al-Wathba | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 13 | +32 | 56 | |
| 3 | Hutteen | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 17 | +23 | 53 | |
| 4 | Al-Jaish | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 48 | 22 | +26 | 49 | |
| 5 | Al-Wahda | 26 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 30 | 18 | +12 | 44 | Standby team of the 2021 AFC Cup group stage |
| 6 | Al-Ittihad | 26 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 34 | 22 | +12 | 43 | |
| 7 | Al-Shorta | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 35 | |
| 8 | Al-Karamah | 26 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 33 | |
| 9 | Al-Taliya | 26 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 24 | 29 | −5 | 29 | |
| 10 | Al-Fotuwa | 26 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 49 | −29 | 23 | |
| 11 | Jableh | 26 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 19 | 37 | −18 | 22 | |
| 12 | Al-Sahel | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 42 | −22 | 22 | |
| 13 | Al-Nawair (R) | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 40 | −18 | 19 | Relegation to Syrian League 1st Division |
| 14 | Al-Jazeera (R) | 26 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 57 | −42 | 7 | Relegation to Syrian League 1st Division |

* ↑ If the league champions cannot qualify for the AFC Champions League group stage, they will enter the AFC Cup group stage.
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Al-Sahel 2–2 Jableh, Jableh 1–0 Al-Sahel

## Results

| Home \ Away | ITT | FOT | JSH | JAZ | KAR | NAW | SAH | SHR | TAL | WAH | WTH | HUT | JAB | TIS |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Al-Ittihad | — | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Fotuwa | 0–4 | — | 1–6 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–6 |
| Al-Jaish | 2–3 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Jazeera | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | — | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 2–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Al-Karamah | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Al-Nawair | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Al-Sahel | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 |
| Al-Shorta | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Al-Taliya | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Al-Wahda | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Al-Wathba | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Hutteen | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Jableh | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 |
| Tishreen | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — |

### Notes

* ↑ On the last matchday, Al-Ittihad awarded 3–0 win over Al-Jazeera.
* ↑ Al-Jazeera did not show up for the match, and asked that the match to be postponed, due to issues with travel from Al-Hasakah to Damascus during the COVID-19 pandemic in Syria. Later on, Hutteen was awarded a 3–0 win.
* ↑ The original match was 1–1 during the second half. Later on, Al-Wathba were awarded a 3–0 win after Al-Jazeera did not continue the match, protesting referee's decisions.
