2017–18 Syrian Premier League

Syrian Premier League

Season	2017–18
Champions	Al-Jaish
Relegated	Al-Muhafaza Al-Jihad
AFC Cup	Al-Jaish Al-Ittihad
Matches played	182
Goals scored	422 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorer	Basel Mustafa (15)
Biggest home win	Al-Wahda 6–2 Al-Nawair Tishreen 5–1 Al-Jihad Al-Ittihad 4–0 Al-Muhafaza Al-Jaish 5–1 Hutteen
Biggest away win	Al-Karamah 0–4 Al-Ittihad Al-Herafyeen 0–4 Tishreen
Highest scoring	Al-Wahda 6–2 Al-Nawair
Longest winning run	6 games Al-Ittihad
Longest unbeaten run	12 games Al-Ittihad
Longest winless run	14 games Al-Herafyeen
Longest losing run	6 games Al-Jihad
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Syrian Premier League season is the 47th since its establishment. This season's league featured one stage. It pitted one group of 14 teams and kicked off on 20 October 2017. Al-Jaish are the defending champions, having won the previous season championship.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Al-Karamah
Al-Wathba

Al-Wahda
Al-Jaish
Al-Majd
Al-Shurta
Al-Muhafaza

Tishreen
Hutteen

Al-Taliya
Al-Nawair

Al-Ittihad
Al-Herafyeen

Al-Jihad

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Locations of teams in the Syrian Premier League 2017-18

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Al-Ittihad	Aleppo	Ri'ayet al-Shabab Stadium	10,000
Al-Jaish	Damascus	Al-Fayhaa Stadium	12,000
Al-Jihad	Hasakah	Qamishli 7 April Stadium	10,000
Al-Karamah	Homs	Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium	32,000
Al-Majd	Damascus	Tishreen Stadium	12,000
Al-Muhafaza	Damascus	Al-Muhafaza Stadium	1,000
Al-Nawair	Hama	Hama Municipal Stadium	22,000
Al-Shorta	Damascus	Tishreen Stadium	12,000
Al-Taliya	Hama	Hama Municipal Stadium	22,000
Al-Wahda	Damascus	Al-Fayhaa Stadium	12,000
Al-Wathba	Homs	Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium	32,000
Al-Herafyeen	Aleppo	Ri'ayet al-Shabab Stadium	10,000
Hutteen	Latakia	Al-Assad Stadium	28,000
Tishreen SC	Latakia	Al-Assad Stadium	28,000

League table

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Al-Jaish	26	16	8	2	42	16	+26	56	2019 AFC Champions League preliminary round 1
2	Al-Ittihad	26	16	8	2	44	15	+29	56
3	Al-Wahda	26	16	3	7	48	28	+20	51
4	Tishreen	26	11	8	7	28	17	+11	41
5	Al-Shorta	26	10	9	7	30	29	+1	39
6	Al-Taliya	26	11	5	10	23	25	−2	38
7	Al-Nawair	26	9	7	10	32	36	−4	34
8	Al-Karamah	26	8	9	9	29	27	+2	33
9	Al-Wathba	26	7	10	9	26	29	−3	31
10	Al-Majd	26	8	6	12	26	29	−3	30
11	Al-Herafyeen	26	6	10	10	22	33	−11	28
12	Hutteen	26	6	9	11	25	34	−9	27
13	Al-Muhafaza	26	6	5	15	27	47	−20	23	Relegation to Syrian League 1st Division
14	Al-Jihad	26	2	3	21	21	56	−35	9

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2018. Source: Syrian Premier League FIFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw

Results

Home \ Away	HER	JSH	JIH	KAR	MJD	MUH	TAL	ITT	NAW	SHR	WAH	WTH	HUT	TIS
Al-Herafyeen	—	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	0–0	0–3	2–2	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–4
Al-Jaish	1–1	—	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	5–1	0–0
Al-Jihad	1–1	1–3	—	0–3	0–3	2–3	1–2	2–3	0–1	2–1	1–4	1–0	1–3	0–1
Al-Karamah	1–2	0–1	4–2	—	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	3–1	0–0
Al-Majd	2–2	0–2	1–0	1–0	—	0–1	1–2	1–3	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1
Al-Muhafaza	0–1	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	—	2–3	1–4	0–1	1–2	4–1	2–5	1–1	0–2
Al-Taliya	1–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	—	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–1	1–0	0–0
Al-Ittihad	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	4–0	2–1	—	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–0
Al-Nawair	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	—	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	0–1
Al-Shorta	1–0	3–3	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–1	—	0–3	2–1	0–0	1–1
Al-Wahda	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	6–2	3–0	—	1–2	2–1	1–0
Al-Wathba	2–1	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	2–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	—	0–0	0–0
Hutteen	2–0	0–2	3–0	0–0	0–0	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–4	3–2	2–4	0–0	—	1–3
Tishreen	0–1	0–0	5–1	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 16 May 2018. Source: Syrian Premier League FIFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 16 May 2018

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Basel Mustafa	Al-Wahda	15
2	Ali Ghoson	Al-Wathba	12
3	Mohammad Abadi	Al-Shorta	10
	Mahmoud Al Baher	Tishreen
5	Osama Omari	Al-Wahda	9
6	Rami Amer	Al-Majd	8
	Ali Khalil	Al-Karamah
	Hasan Owaid	Al-Jaish
	Hosam Samman	Al-Muhafaza
10	Mohammad Akkad	Hutteen	7
	Izzeddin Al Awad	Al-Jaish
	Alaa Al Dali	Al-Nawair
	Molham Babouli	Al-Ittihad
	Ahmed Kadmani	Al-Majd
	Ahmad Klzi	Al-Herafyeen