2022–23 Syrian Premier League

Syrian Premier League

Season	2022–23
Dates	9 September 2022 – 31 May 2023
Champions	Al-Fotuwa
Relegated	Al-Majd Al-Jazeera
Matches played	115
Goals scored	223 (1.94 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mahmoud Al Baher (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Al-Fotuwa 3–0 Hutteen 8 October 2022 Al-Wathba 4–1 Al-Majd 14 October 2022 Al-Jaish 3–0 Al-Karamah 21 October 2022 Al-Jaish 3–0 Hutteen 13 January 2023 Jableh 3–0 Al-Wahda 3 February 2023 Al-Wathba 3–0 Al-Taliya 2 April 2023 Al-Fotuwa 4–1 Al-Majd 30 May 2023
Biggest away win	Hutteen 0–5 Al-Karamah 2 May 2023
Highest scoring	Al-Majd 2–5 Jableh 22 October 2022
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 31 May 2023.

The 2022–23 Syrian Premier League season is the 51st since its establishment in 1966. This season's league featured one stage. It pitted one group of 12 teams and kicked off on 9 September 2022.^[1][2][3][4] Tishreen are the defending champions, having won the previous season championship.^[5] The league is operated by the SFA.

The regular season is being played as a round-robin tournament. A total of 12 teams participate, 10 of which competed in the league campaign during the previous 2021–2022 season. The league started a week later because on 1 September 2022, mourning was declared for the late president of Tishreen SC, Tarek Zainy, who died in a car accident. Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the last round before stoppage was held on 21–22 October. The league resumed games on 9 December.

Teams

Team changes

Twelve teams competed in the league for the first time since 1994. Ten teams from the previous season and two teams promoted from the Syrian League 1st Division.

Al-Majd SC and Al-Jazeera SC (promoted to the top flight for the fourth time) earned an automatic promotion thanks to the victory of the 1st Division, replacing Al-Shorta (relegated after sixteen years in the top flight) and Al-Horgelah SC, who finished last in the 2021–22 Syrian Premier League.^[6]

Promoted from Syrian League 1st Division	Relegated from Syrian Premier League
Al-Majd SC (1st) Al-Jazeera SC (1st)	Al-Shorta SC (11th) Al-Horgelah SC (12th) Nawair SC (13th) Afrin SC (14th)

Stadiums and locations

Al-Karamah
Al-Wathba

Al-Jaish
Al-Wahda
Al-Majd

Al-Jazeera

Hutteen
Tishreen

Al-Taliya

Al-Ittihad

Jableh

Al-Fotuwa

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Locations of teams in the Syrian Premier League 2022–23

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Al-Fotuwa	Deir ez-Zor	Deir ez-Zor Municipal Stadium	13,000
Hutteen	Latakia	Al-Assad Stadium	28,000
Al-Ittihad	Aleppo	Al-Hamadaniah Stadium	15,000
Jableh	Jableh	Al-Baath Stadium	10,000
Al-Jaish	Damascus	Al-Fayhaa Stadium	15,000
Al-Jazeera	Al-Hasakah	Bassel al-Assad Stadium	25,000
Al-Karamah	Homs	Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium^[1]	32,000
Al-Majd	Damascus	Al-Jalaa Stadium	10,000
Al-Taliya	Hama	Hama Municipal Stadium	22,000
Tishreen	Latakia	Al-Assad Stadium	28,000
Al-Wahda	Damascus	Al-Jalaa Stadium	10,000
Al-Wathba	Homs	Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium^[2]	32,000

1: ^ Al-Karamah and Al-Wathba also use Bassel al-Assad Stadium (25,000 seats) as a home stadium.

Al-Ittihad	Al-Jaish	Al-Wahda	Tishreen	Al-Karamah	Al-Majd
Al-Hamadaniah Stadium	Al-Fayhaa Stadium	Al-Jalaa Stadium	Al-Assad Stadium	Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium	Al-Jalaa Stadium
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 28,000	Capacity: 32,000	Capacity: 10,000
Al-Wathba	Al-Taliya	Al-Jazeera	Hutteen	Jableh	Al-Fotuwa
Bassel al-Assad Stadium	Hama Municipal Stadium	Bassel al-Assad Stadium	Al-Assad Stadium	Al-Baath Stadium	Deir ez-Zor Municipal Stadium
Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 22,000	Capacity: 25,000	Capacity: 28,000	Capacity: 10,000	Capacity: 13,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Al-Fotuwa (C)	20	13	4	3	31	13	+18	43	Qualification for AFC Cup Playoff
2	Al-Ittihad	20	12	6	2	21	9	+12	42
3	Jableh	20	9	8	3	31	16	+15	35
4	Tishreen	20	8	9	3	14	8	+6	33
5	Al-Wathba	20	8	7	5	23	15	+8	31
6	Al-Jaish	20	7	8	5	26	18	+8	29
7	Al-Karamah	20	4	8	8	13	19	−6	20
8	Al-Wahda	20	3	7	10	12	23	−11	16
9	Al-Taliya	20	1	12	7	11	21	−10	15
10	Hutteen	20	2	8	10	13	31	−18	14
11	Al-Majd (R)	20	3	3	14	18	40	−22	12	Relegation to Syrian League 1st Division[a]
12	Al-Jazeera (R)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2023. Source: flashscore.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Al-Jazeera withdrew from the tournament.

Results

Home \ Away	MAJ	FOT	ITT	JAZ	JSH	KAR	TAL	WAH	WTH	HUT	JAB	TIS
Majd	—	0–2	0–1	2–1	1–4	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–3	2–5	0–2
Al-Fotuwa	4–1	—	1–0	–	1–2	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0
Al-Ittihad	1–0	1–1	—	–	0–0	1–0	3–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	2–0
Al-Jazeera	–	1–2	0–3[a]	—	0–1	–	0–1	–	0–1	–	–	–
Al-Jaish	2–1	1–3	0–1	–	—	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–0	1–1	0–0
Al-Karamah	1–2	0–2	0–1	–	2–1	—	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–3[b]	0–0
Al-Taliya	1–1	0–1	0–0	–	0–0	0–0	—	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	0–0
Al-Wahda	2–3	0–0	1–2	3–0[c]	1–1	0–0	1–1	—	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–2
Al-Wathba	4–1	1–2	1–2	–	1–0	0–0	3–0	2–0	—	0–0	1–1	1–1
Hutteen	3–3	0–1	0–2	2–0	1–2	0–5	1–1	1–1	0–2	—	0–3	0–0
Jableh	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	—	0–1
Tishreen	1–0	1–0	2–1	–	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	—

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2023. Source: flashscore.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes

1. Al-Ittihad awarded 3–0 win over Al-Jazeera.
2. Jableh awarded 3–0 win over Al-Karamah.
3. Al-Wahda awarded 3–0 win over Al-Jazeera.

Results by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Al-Ittihad	W	D	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	W	L	W	W	D	D	–	W	W	W	W
Al-Jaish	W	W	D	D	W	W	D	W	D	W	L	W	–	D	L	L	L	D	W	D	D	L
Al-Karamah	L	W	L	D	L	D	D	W	D	L	–	L	L	L	D	W	W	D	D	D	L	–
Tishreen	L	L	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	–	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	–	L
Majd	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	W	L	L	–	L	L	L
Al-Fotuwa	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	L	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	–	W	W
Al-Jazeera	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Al-Taliya	L	L	D	W	D	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	D	–	D	D	D	L	D	D	D
Al-Wahda	W	L	L	W	D	L	D	L	W	D	L	–	L	L	L	L	L	D	D	D	D	W
Al-Wathba	W	W	W	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	W	W	D	L	L	–	L	L	D	L	W
Hutteen	L	W	L	L	W	D	D	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	–	L	W	L	L	D	D
Jableh	W	W	W	D	D	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	D	–	W	D	W	D	L	D	W	L

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2023. Source: flashscore.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated as of 31 May 2023.^[7][8]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mahmoud Al Baher	Jableh	14
2	Alaa Al Dali	Al-Fotuwa	12
	Mohammed Al Wakid	Al-Jaish
4	Ali Ghosn	Al-Karamah	7
	Mohamed Qalfat	Al-Wathba
6	Suleiman Sultan	Jableh	5
7	Okiki Afolabi	Al-Ittihad	4
	Mohammed Sharefa	Al-Jaish
	Samer Khankan	Majd

See also

• 2022–23 Syrian Cup
• Syrian League 1st Division
• 2023–24 AFC Champions League
• 2023–24 AFC Cup

References

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