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 for 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 for Relegation Round
6 Engordany 14 3 0 11 21 75 −54 9
7 Inter Club d'Escaldes 14 2 1 11 12 48 −36 7
8 FC Rànger's 14 1 0 13 22 71 −49 3

Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan) (in 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[1] ENG INT LUSPRIRANSFCSUESJU
Engordany 3–2 0–4 2–3 5–4 0–7 1–4 1–7
Inter Club d'Escaldes 2–4 0–4 0–1 3–1 0–6 2–2 1–5
Lusitanos 4–1 2–0 2–1 5–2 0–2 5–1 0–1
CE Principat 4–1 2–0 2–3 5–4 0–7 5–0 0–6
FC Rànger's 4–1 1–2 1–3 0–7 0–12 0–3 2–6
FC Santa Coloma 6–0 8–0 0–2 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0
UE Santa Coloma 6–2 4–0 3–2 0–1 9–1 1–4 2–2
Sant Julià 18–0 5–0 3–0 6–1 6–1 1–1 3–0

Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan) (in 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 47 −9 31
4 Lusitanos 20 10 0 10 39 30 +9 30

Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan) (in 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 88 −49 21
7 Inter Club d'Escaldes (O) 20 4 1 15 25 68 −43 13 Qualification for relegation play-offs
8 FC Rànger's (R) 20 1 0 19 26 100 −74 3 Relegation to Segona Divisió 2009-10

Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan) (in 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

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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