2008–09 Slovenian PrvaLiga

Slovenian PrvaLiga
Season 2008–09
Champions Maribor
(8th title)
Relegated Primorje
Champions League Maribor
Europa League Gorica
Rudar
Interblock
Matches played 180
Goals scored 468 (2.6 per match)
Best Player Marcos Tavares[1]
Top goalscorer Etien Velikonja
(17 goals)
Best goalkeeper Dejan Nemec[1]
Biggest home win Interblock 5–0 Nafta
Biggest away win Drava 0–4 Maribor
Highest scoring Gorica 3–5 Drava
(8 goals)
Longest winning run 7 games
Drava
Longest unbeaten run 12 games
Maribor
Longest winless run 17 games
Drava
Longest losing run 6 games
Drava
Highest attendance 9,000
Maribor 1–0 Celje
Lowest attendance 150
Koper 3–2 Celje
Total attendance 215,830
Average attendance 1,199

The 2008–09 Slovenian PrvaLiga (also known as the 1. SNL, English: Slovenian First League) was the 18th season of top-tier football league in Slovenia. The competition is officially called PrvaLiga Telekom Slovenije for sponsorship reasons. The season started on 19 July 2008 and ended on 23 May 2009.

Clubs

Location of teams in the Slovenian PrvaLiga 2008-09
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Celje Celje Arena Petrol 13,059
DomžaleDomžale Sports Park 2,813
Drava PtujPtuj City Stadium 2,200
GoricaNova Gorica Sports Park 3,066
InterblockLjubljana ŽŠD Ljubljana Stadium 3,986
KoperKoper Bonifika Stadium 4,500
MariborMaribor Ljudski vrt 12,435
Nafta LendavaLendava Sports Park 2,030
PrimorjeAjdovščina Ajdovščina Stadium 3,000
Rudar VelenjeVelenje Ob Jezeru 2,500

Promotion and relegation

Livar were relegated to the Slovenian Second League after just one year in the PrvaLiga, finishing last with only 17 points. Drava Ptuj successfully avoided relegation by beating Bonifika in the relegation play-offs.

Promoted to Slovenia's top football league were Second League champions Rudar Velenje, returning to Prva Liga after a two-year absence.

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
Head-to-head
1 Maribor (C) 36 17 12 7 62 44+18 63 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Gorica 36 17 5 14 60 55+5 56 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 Rudar 36 16 7 13 44 39+5 55 2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4 Celje 36 15 8 13 48 39+9 53
5 Domžale 36 12 14 10 44 40+4 50
6 Interblock 36 13 8 15 52 51+1 47 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round 1
7 Nafta 36 11 10 15 36 5216 43
8 Koper 36 10 12 14 39 478 42 KOP: 6 pts, 7–6
DRA: 6 pts, 6–7
9 Drava Ptuj (O) 36 12 6 18 47 536 42 Qualification to relegation play-offs
10 Primorje (R) 36 9 14 13 36 4812 41 Relegation to Slovenian Second League 2009-10

Source: PrvaLiga (Slovene)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
1Interblock Ljubljana won the Slovenian Cup 2008–09 and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Relegation play-offs

The 9th placed team played a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of Slovenian Second League 2008–09, played on 31 May and 7 June 2009. Drava won 9–3 on aggregate and thereby secured a spot in the 2009–10 season of Slovenian PrvaLiga.

31 May 2009
17:00 CEST
Aluminij 3–2 Drava
Dugolin  22'
Šimenko  45'
Milec  73'
Report (Slovene) da Silva  63'  82'

7 June 2009
17:00 CEST
Drava 7–0 Aluminij
Kronaveter  16'  27'  74'
Zilić  31'  58'
Čeh  68'
Drevenšek  80'
Report (Slovene) Krajcer Red card 15'
Dugolin Red card 54'

Results

Every team plays four times against their opponents, twice at home and twice on the road, for a total of 36 matches.

First half of the season

Home ╲ Away CEL DOM DRAGORINTKOPMARNAFPRIRUD
Celje 00 10 32 00 21 33 21 22 20
Domžale 12 00 23 40 31 10 22 20 21
Drava Ptuj 02 30 51 12 21 04 10 11 01
Gorica 21 02 10 22 20 20 31 21 02
Interblock 11 00 12 20 12 12 31 20 21
Koper 10 11 31 13 14 11 11 11 11
Maribor 21 30 11 43 41 32 41 33 21
Nafta 10 10 20 10 30 20 11 10 11
Primorje 14 33 00 13 11 20 00 12 31
Rudar 22 10 30 21 20 51 12 00 01

Source: NZS (Slovene)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

Home ╲ Away CEL DOM DRAGORINTKOPMARNAFPRIRUD
Celje 01 13 12 10 12 11 20 30 21
Domžale 03 22 02 20 10 33 22 00 01
Drava Ptuj 02 02 22 21 12 21 41 01 20
Gorica 10 23 35 11 10 30 21 33 01
Interblock 20 02 32 12 11 41 50 31 01
Koper 32 00 12 31 30 00 30 10 01
Maribor 10 21 21 00 01 00 31 20 41
Nafta 00 00 10 14 33 11 10 20 01
Primorje 20 00 10 21 03 00 11 10 20
Rudar 01 22 32 10 21 00 12 20 11

Source: NZS (Slovene)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

17 goals
15 goals
13 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

Last updated: 20 May 2009
Source: NZS (Slovene)

See also

References

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