2008–09 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League
| Season | 2008–09 |
|---|---|
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← 2007–08 2009–10 → | |
The 2008–09 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League season was the third edition of this competition.
Format
Eight teams played in the league. For the first stage, they play each other twice. At the end of the first stage the top four teams advance to a knockout competition, the finalists of which qualify for the 2009–10 OFC Champions League.
First stage
| Pos |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hekari United (C) | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 7 | +25 | 37 | Qualified for the 2009–10 OFC Champions League Group Stage |
| 2 | University Inter | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 28 | |
| 3 | Welgris Highlanders | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 23 | |
| 4 | Rapatona Tigers | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 22 | |
| 5 | Eastern Stars FC | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 24 | −5 | 21 | |
| 6 | Gigira Laitepo Morobe | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 15 | |
| 7 | Sepik FC (R) | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 16 | 34 | −18 | 9 | Relegated to the 2010 PNG Club Championship |
| 8 | Nabasa United | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 39 | −27 | 5 |
Source: RSSSF
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.