2008–09 Primera Divisió

Primera Divisió
Season 2008–09
Champions UE Sant Julià
2nd Andorran title
Relegated FC Rànger's
UEFA Champions League UE Sant Julià
UEFA Europa League FC Santa Coloma (via domestic cup)
Goals scored 391
Average goals/game 4.89
Biggest home win Sant Julià 18–0 Engordany
Biggest away win Rànger's 0–12 FC Santa Coloma
Highest scoring Sant Julià 18–0 Engordany

Primera Divisió 2008–09 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

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
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 CE 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 7554 9
7 Inter Club d'Escaldes 14 2 1 11 12 4836 7
8 FC Rànger's 14 1 0 13 22 7149 3

Source: fedandfut.com (Catalan) (English)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Results

Home ╲ Away ENG INT LUSPRIRANSFCSUESJU
Engordany 32 04 23 54 07 14 17
Inter Club d'Escaldes 24 04 01 31 06 22 15
Lusitanos 41 20 21 52 02 51 01
CE Principat 41 20 23 54 07 50 06
FC Rànger's 41 12 13 07 012 03 26
FC Santa Coloma 60 80 02 00 41 00 10
UE Santa Coloma 62 40 32 01 91 14 22
Sant Julià 180 50 30 61 61 11 30

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

Second round

League tables of both rounds

Championship Round

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Sant Julià (C) 20 16 2 2 84 15+69 50 2009–10 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2 FC Santa Coloma 20 15 3 2 75 12+63 48 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
3 CE Principat 20 10 1 9 38 479 31
4 Lusitanos 20 10 0 10 39 30+9 30

Source: fedandfut.com (Catalan) (English)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1FC Santa Coloma won Copa Constitució 2009 and therefore qualified for the second 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.

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 8849 21
7 Inter Club d'Escaldes (O) 20 4 1 15 25 6843 13 Qualification to relegation play-offs
8 FC Rànger's (R) 20 1 0 19 26 10074 3 Relegation to Segona Divisió 2009-10

Source: fedandfut.com (Catalan) (English)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(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.

Results of both rounds

Championship Round

Home ╲ Away LUS PRI SFCSJU
Lusitanos 12 02 01
CE Principat 21 14 02
FC Santa Coloma 31 31 31
Sant Julià 30 50 32

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

Relegation Round

Home ╲ Away ENG INT RANSUE
Engordany 42 40 23
Inter Club d'Escaldes 24 42 15
FC Rànger's 04 24 05
UE Santa Coloma 60 30 80

Source: fedandfut.com (Catalan) (English)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: 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 Primera Divisió 2009–10. Inter successfully retained their Primera Divisió spot after winning on penalties 10–9.


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