2008–09 Slovenian PrvaLiga

The 2008–09 Slovenian PrvaLiga 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.

Slovenian PrvaLiga

Season	2008–09
Champions	Maribor (8th title)
Relegated	Primorje
Champions League	Maribor
Europa League	Gorica Rudar Interblock (cup winners)
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
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
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

Clubs

Celje

Domžale

Drava

Gorica

Interblock

Koper

Maribor

Nafta

Primorje

Rudar

Location of teams in the Slovenian PrvaLiga 2008-09

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Celje	Celje	Arena Petrol	13,059
Domžale	Domžale	Sports Park	3,100
Drava Ptuj	Ptuj	City Stadium	2,200
Gorica	Nova Gorica	Sports Park	3,100
Interblock	Ljubljana	ŽŠD Ljubljana Stadium	3,986
Koper	Koper	Bonifika Stadium	4,500
Maribor	Maribor	Ljudski vrt	12,435
Nafta Lendava	Lendava	Sports Park	2,030
Primorje	Ajdovščina	Ajdovščina Stadium	3,000
Rudar Velenje	Velenje	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
1	Maribor (C)	36	17	12	7	62	44	+18	63	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Gorica	36	17	5	14	60	55	+5	56	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
3	Rudar	36	16	7	13	44	39	+5	55	Qualification to 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	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7	Nafta	36	11	10	15	36	52	−16	43
8	Koper	36	10	12	14	39	47	−8	42[lower-alpha 2]
9	Drava Ptuj (O)	36	12	6	18	47	53	−6	42[lower-alpha 2]	Qualification to relegation play-offs
10	Primorje (R)	36	9	14	13	36	48	−12	41	Relegation to Slovenian Second League

Source: PrvaLiga (in 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.
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. Interblock Ljubljana won the 2008–09 Slovenian Cup and qualified for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
2. KOP: 6 pts, 7–6; DRA: 6 pts, 6–7

Relegation play-offs

The 9th placed team played a two-legged relegation play-off against the runners-up of 2008–09 Slovenian Second League, 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 (in Slovene)	da Silva  63'  82'

Aluminij Sports Park, Kidričevo

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7 June 2009

17:00 CEST

Drava	7–0	Aluminij
Kronaveter  16'  27'  74' Zilić  31'  58' Čeh  68' Drevenšek  80'	Report (in Slovene)	Krajcer  15' Dugolin  54'

City Stadium, Ptuj

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 DRA GOR INT KOP MAR NAF PRI RUD Celje 0–0 1–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 3–3 2–1 2–2 2–0 Domžale 1–2 0–0 2–3 4–0 3–1 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 Drava Ptuj 0–2 3–0 5–1 1–2 2–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 0–1 Gorica 2–1 0–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 Interblock 1–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 2–1 Koper 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 Maribor 2–1 3–0 1–1 4–3 4–1 3–2 4–1 3–3 2–1 Nafta 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 Primorje 1–4 3–3 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 Rudar 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 5–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 Source: NZS (in Slovene) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season Home \ Away CEL DOM DRA GOR INT KOP MAR NAF PRI RUD Celje 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 Domžale 0–3 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–3 2–2 0–0 0–1 Drava Ptuj 0–2 0–2 2–2 2–1 1–2 2–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 Gorica 1–0 2–3 3–5 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–3 0–1 Interblock 2–0 0–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 4–1 5–0 3–1 0–1 Koper 3–2 0–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 Maribor 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 2–0 4–1 Nafta 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–4 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 Primorje 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 Rudar 0–1 2–2 3–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 Source: NZS (in Slovene) Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Etien Velikonja	Gorica	17
2	Marcos Tavares	Maribor	15
3	Edin Junuzović	Rudar Velenje	13
	Dario Zahora	Interblock
5	Darijo Biščan	Celje	11
	Jože Benko	Domžale
7	Dalibor Volaš	Maribor	10
	Milan Osterc	Gorica
9	Nedzbedin Selimi	Primorje	9
	Josip Iličić	Interblock

Source: NZS (in Slovene)

See also

• 2008 Slovenian Supercup
• 2008–09 Slovenian Cup
• 2008–09 Slovenian Second League

References

General

• "PrvaLiga Archives". Association of 1. SNL official website. Retrieved 17 May 2012.

Specific

1. 2008–09

External links

• Official website of the PrvaLiga (in Slovene)