2008–09 Primera Divisió

Primera Divisió
Season2008–09
ChampionsUE Sant Julià
2nd Andorran title
RelegatedFC Rànger's
Champions LeagueUE Sant Julià
Europa LeagueFC Santa Coloma (via domestic cup)
Matches played80
Goals scored391 (4.89 per match)
Biggest home winSant Julià 18–0 Engordany
Biggest away winRànger's 0–12 FC Santa Coloma
Highest scoringSant Julià 18–0 Engordany

The 2008–09 Primera Divisió was the fourteenth season of top-tier football in Andorra. It began on 21 September 2008 and ended on 7 May 2009. FC Santa Coloma were the defending champions.

Competition format

The participating teams first played a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once home and once away for a total of 14 games. The league was then split up in two groups of four teams with each of them playing teams within their group a home-and-away cycle of games. The top four teams competed for the championship. The bottom four clubs played out one direct relegation spot and one relegation play-off spot. Records earned in the first round were taken over to the respective second rounds.

Promotion and relegation

Casa Estrella del Benfica were relegated after the last season due to finishing in 8th place. They were replaced by Segona Divisió champions UE Santa Coloma.

Further, UE Engordany and Segona Divisió runners-up UE Extremenya played a two-legged relegation play-off. Engordany kept their spot in Primera Divisió by winning 5–3 on aggregate.

First round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sant Julià 14 11 2 1 69 10 +59 35 Qualification to Championship round
2 FC Santa Coloma 14 10 3 1 58 5 +53 33
3 Lusitanos 14 10 0 4 36 17 +19 30
4 Principat 14 8 1 5 32 31 +1 25
5 UE Santa Coloma 14 6 3 5 35 28 +7 21 Qualification to Relegation round
6 Engordany 14 3 0 11 21 75 −54 9
7 Inter Club d'Escaldes 14 2 1 11 12 48 −36 7
8 Rànger's 14 1 0 13 22 71 −49 3
Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan and English)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Home \ Away ENG INT LUS PRI RAN SFC SUE SJU
Engordany 3–2 0–4 2–3 5–4 0–7 1–4 1–7
Inter Club d'Escaldes 2–4 0–4 0–1 3–1 0–6 2–2 1–5
Lusitanos 4–1 2–0 2–1 5–2 0–2 5–1 0–1
Principat 4–1 2–0 2–3 5–4 0–7 5–0 0–6
Rànger's 4–1 1–2 1–3 0–7 0–12 0–3 2–6
FC Santa Coloma 6–0 8–0 0–2 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0
UE Santa Coloma 6–2 4–0 3–2 0–1 9–1 1–4 2–2
Sant Julià 18–0 5–0 3–0 6–1 6–1 1–1 3–0
Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan and English)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Championship round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Sant Julià (C) 20 16 2 2 84 15 +69 50 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 FC Santa Coloma 20 15 3 2 75 12 +63 48 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[a]
3 Principat 20 10 1 9 38 47 −9 31
4 Lusitanos 20 10 0 10 39 30 +9 30
Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan and English)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. ^ FC Santa Coloma won 2009 Copa Constitució and therefore qualified for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
Home \ Away LUS PRI SFC SJU
Lusitanos 1–2 0–2 0–1
Principat 2–1 1–4 0–2
FC Santa Coloma 3–1 3–1 3–1
Sant Julià 3–0 5–0 3–2
Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan and English)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 UE Santa Coloma 20 12 3 5 65 31 +34 39
6 Engordany 20 7 0 13 39 88 −49 21
7 Inter Club d'Escaldes (O) 20 4 1 15 25 68 −43 13 Qualification to relegation play-offs
8 Rànger's (R) 20 1 0 19 26 100 −74 3 Relegation to Segona Divisió
Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan and English)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Home \ Away ENG INT RAN SUE
Engordany 4–2 4–0 2–3
Inter Club d'Escaldes 2–4 4–2 1–5
Rànger's 0–4 2–4 0–5
UE Santa Coloma 6–0 3–0 8–0
Source: fedandfut.com[permanent dead link] (in Catalan and English)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Inter Club d'Escaldes competed in a two-legged relegation play-off against Atlètic Club d'Escaldes, runners-up from Segona Divisió, for one spot in 2009–10 Primera Divisió. Inter successfully retained their Primera Divisió spot after winning on penalties 10–9.

Inter Club d'Escaldes2 – 1Atlètic Club d'Escaldes
Atlètic Club d'Escaldes2 – 1Inter Club d'Escaldes
Penalties
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