Syria 1979/80

Syrian League 1979/80

NB: Al-Jaish (Damascus) did not enter; contested between 15 clubs divided into
    two groups; the top-2 of both qualified for the championship playoff 

Group Stage

Group A

Final Table:

 1.Al-Shorta (Damascus)       12  12  0  0  33- 0  24  Qualified
 2.Al-Wathba (Homs)           12   6  2  4  17-14  14  Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Al-Majd (Damascus)         12   4  5  3  16-15  13
 4.Al-Wahda (Damascus)        12   2  8  2   8-11  12
 5.Al-Karama (Homs)           12   3  4  5  12-14  10
 6.Al-Taliya (Hama)           12   2  2  8   8-26   6
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 7.Al-Nasr                    12   1  3  8   4-18   5  Relegated

Results Al-Shorta:

Al-Wahda      4-0  3-0
Al-Majd       3-0  3-0
Al-Nasr       4-0  2-0
Al-Wathba     5-0  1-0
Al-Karama     2-0  1-0
Al-Taliya     3-0  2-0

Group B

Final Table:

 1.Al-Horriya (Aleppo)        14   7  4  3  13- 9  18  Qualified
 2.Al-Foutoua (Deir ez-Zor)   14   7  2  5  14-15  16  Qualified
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 3.Al-Yarmouk (Aleppo)        14   6  3  5  18- 9  15
 4.Al-Ittihad (Aleppo)        14   7  1  6  20-13  15
 5.Hottin (Latakia)           14   5  5  4  11-14  15
 6.Teshrin (Latakia)          14   5  4  5  14-15  14
 7.Al-Jihad (Qameshli)        14   4  6  4  11-13  14
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 8.Al-Jazeera (Hasaka)        14   1  3 10   5-18   5  Relegated

Championship Playoff

Final Table:

 1.Al-Shorta (Damascus)        6   5  1  0  12- 2  11  Champions
 2.Al-Horriya (Aleppo)         6   2  2  2   6- 5   8
 3.Al-Wathba (Homs)            6   2  0  4   3-12   4  [*]
 4.Al-Foutoua (Deir ez-Zor)    6   1  1  4   3- 5   3  [*]
[*] the reported final table lists Wathba with a 4-12 goal record and
    Foutoua with a 3-6 goal record, but that does not agree with the
    reported results as summarised in the following cross-table.

Cross-Table:
            Sho Hor Wat Fou
Shorta      xxx 3-1 5-0 1-0
Horriya     0-0 xxx 3-0 0-0
Wathba      0-1 2-1 xxx 1-0
Foutoua     1-2 0-1 2-0 xxx

1978/79

1979 (cup)

1980 (cup)

1981/82

list of champions

list of cup winners

About this document

Source: Almooftah

Prepared and maintained by Davide Angelini for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Davide Angelini
Last updated: 19 Aug 2020