West Bank Premier League 2008/09 Final Table: 1.Wadi Al-Neiss 21 15 4 2 46-10 49 Champions 2.Shabab Al-Am'ari 21 15 3 3 49-14 48 3.Jabal Mukabar 21 12 6 3 56-20 42 [East Jerusalem] 4.Markaz Tulkarm 21 12 6 3 48-23 42 5.Al-Bireh 21 12 2 7 44-22 38 6.Al-Thahriyeh 21 10 6 5 33-20 36 7.Al-Khader 21 11 3 7 29-26 36 8.Thagafi Tulkarm 21 10 5 6 38-29 35 9.Hilal Al-Quds 21 9 7 5 36-21 34 [East Jerusalem] 10.Shabab Al-Khalil 21 9 5 7 26-21 32 Playoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.Markaz Askar 21 9 5 7 32-26 32 Playoff 12.Hilal Ariha 21 8 4 9 40-34 28 13.Markaz Balata 21 7 7 7 21-19 28 14.Ahli Al-Khalil 21 7 7 7 27-32 28 15.Yatta 21 7 4 10 32-35 25 16.Silwan 21 6 4 11 30-28 22 [East Jerusalem] 17.Islami Bethlehem 21 6 4 11 21-43 22 18.Abu Dis 21 5 4 12 25-49 19 [East Jerusalem] 19.Sur Baher (Al-Maqdesi) 21 4 6 11 18-43 18 [East Jerusalem] 20.Jenin 21 4 2 15 19-46 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21.Al-Arabi (Beit Safafa) 21 2 2 17 22-57 8 [East Jerusalem] 22.Ittihad Nablus 21 2 2 17 17-91 8 NB: Askar and Balata are refugee camps in the Nablus governate; Al-Am'ari is a refugee camp in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh governate; Ariha is the Arabic name for Jericho; Al-Khalil is the Arabic name for Hebron; Al-Quds is the Arabic name for Jerusalem Playoff for Tenth Place [Jan 16] Shabab Al-Khalil 2-1 Markaz Askar NB: top-10 qualify for Division A, teams 11-20 for Division B, bottom-2 clubs relegated to 3rd level (Class 1) Round 1 [Aug 21] Silwan 0-0 Hilal Al-Quds [Aug 22] Thagafi Tulkarm 2-2 Islami Bethlehem Hilal Ariha 1-1 Shabab Al-Khalil Markaz Tulkarm 4-0 Ittihad Nablus Markaz Balata 1-2 Al-Thahriyeh [Aug 23] Jenin 0-1 Markaz Askar Al-Ahli Al-Khalil 0-0 Wadi Al-Neiss Al-Bireh 1-0 Yatta Jabal Mukabar 2-2 Al-Khader Sur Baher 0-3 Al-Arabi [Aug 25] Shabab Al-Am'ari 4-0 Abu Dis Round 2 [Aug 29] Abu Dis 1-1 Al-Thahriyeh Markaz Tulkarm 2-1 Shabab Al-Khalil Al-Bireh 6-0 Al-Khader Yatta 0-3 Wadi Al-Neiss Markaz Askar 2-0 Islami Bethlehem Markaz Balata 0-0 Jenin [Aug 30] Al-Ahli Al-Khalil 1-3 Shabab Al-Am'ari Thagafi Tulkarm 2-1 Al-Arabi Hilal Ariha 1-1 Jabal Mukabar Sur Baher 2-1 Hilal Al-Quds [Aug 31] Silwan 6-0 Ittihad Nablus Round 3 [Sep 4] Al-Khader 0-1 Yatta [Sep 5] Hilal Ariha 0-1 Al-Bireh Markaz Tulkarm 2-2 Jabal Mukabar Silwan 3-4 Shabab Al-Khalil Markaz Balata 1-2 Islami Bethlehem [Sep 6] Ittihad Nablus 0-0 Sur Baher Thagafi Tulkarm 1-2 Hilal Al-Quds Al-Ahli Al-Khalil 1-2 Al-Thahriyeh Shabab Al-Am'ari 0-1 Wadi Al-Neiss [Sep 7] Abu Dis 0-2 Jenin [Sep 23] Markaz Askar 1-1 Al-Arabi Round 4 [Sep 11] Markaz Tulkarm 3-0 Al-Bireh Hilal Ariha 3-2 Yatta Wadi Al-Neiss 2-0 Al-Khader [Sep 12] Jabal Mukabar 3-2 Silwan Ittihad Nablus 0-1 Thagafi Tulkarm Hilal Al-Quds 0-3 Markaz Askar Jenin 0-3 Al-Ahli Al-Khalil [Sep 13] Shabab Al-Khalil 1-1 Sur Baher Markaz Balata 1-0 Al-Arabi Islami Bethlehem 2-1 Abu Dis [Sep 14] Shabab Al-Am'ari 2-2 Al-Thahriyeh Round 5 [Sep 18] Jabal Mukabar 3-0 Sur Baher Shabab Al-Khalil 2-3 Thagafi Tulkarm Ittihad Nablus 1-2 Markaz Askar [Sep 19] Markaz Tulkarm 5-0 Yatta Al-Khader 1-0 Hilal Ariha Wadi Al-Neiss 2-2 Al-Thahriyeh [Sep 20] Jenin 0-1 Shabab Al-Am'ari Al-Arabi 2-3 Abu Dis Hilal Al-Quds 1-1 Markaz Balata [Sep 21] Silwan 2-0 Al-Bireh Islami Bethlehem 1-1 Al-Ahli Al-Khalil Round 6 [Sep 24] Hilal Ariha 0-1 Wadi Al-Neiss [Sep 25] Yatta 1-0 Silwan Markaz Balata 2-0 Ittihad Nablus Al-Khader 3-1 Markaz Tulkarm [Sep 26] Jabal Mukabar 3-2 Thagafi Tulkarm [Sep 27] Al-Bireh 1-0 Sur Baher Shabab Al-Khalil 1-0 Markaz Askar [Sep 28] Al-Thahriyeh 1-2 Jenin Abu Dis 1-2 Hilal Al-Quds Shabab Al-Am'ari 2-0 Islami Bethlehem [Sep 29] Al-Ahli Al-Khalil 2-0 Al-Arabi Round 7 [Oct 2] Al-Khader 2-0 Silwan [Oct 3] Hilal Ariha 3-2 Markaz Tulkarm Shabab Al-Khalil 1-1 Markaz Balata Thagafi Tulkarm 1-0 Al-Bireh [Oct 4] Abu Dis 4-2 Ittihad Nablus Islami Bethlehem 0-0 Al-Thahriyeh Shabab Al-Am'ari 6-0 Al-Arabi Markaz Askar 0-0 Jabal Mukabar [Oct 5] Hilal Al-Quds 0-1 Al-Ahli Al-Khalil Sur Baher 2-1 Yatta [Nov 4] Wadi Al-Neiss 1-0 Jenin Round 8 [Oct 9] Jenin 4-0 Islami Bethlehem Shabab Al-Khalil 2-0 Abu Dis [Oct 10] Markaz Askar 2-2 Al-Bireh Yatta 1-2 Thagafi Tulkarm Shabab Al-Am'ari 2-1 Hilal Al-Quds Jabal Mukabar 0-2 Markaz Balata [Oct 11] Ittihad Nablus 1-2 Al-Ahli Al-Khalil Hilal Ariha 2-1 Silwan Al-Arabi 0-3 Al-Thahriyeh Sur Baher 1-1 Al-Khader [Nov 11] Markaz Tulkarm 2-2 Wadi Al-Neiss Round 9 [Oct 16] Abu Dis 0-2 Jabal Mukabar Jenin 3-2 Al-Arabi Al-Khader 3-2 Thagafi Tulkarm [Oct 17] Hilal Ariha 3-1 Sur Baher Yatta 3-2 Markaz Askar Shabab Al-Am'ari 8-1 Ittihad Nablus Al-Ahli Al-Khalil 0-2 Shabab Al-Khalil Al-Bireh 2-1 Markaz Balata Islami Bethlehem 1-0 Wadi Al-Neiss [Oct 18] Al-Thahriyeh 1-2 Hilal Al-Quds Markaz Tulkarm 3-1 Silwan Round 10 [Oct 30] Al-Bireh 3-0 Abu Dis Islami Bethlehem 2-0 Al-Arabi [Oct 31] Al-Khader 2-1 Markaz Askar Yatta 0-1 Markaz Balata Hilal Ariha 0-2 Thagafi Tulkarm [Nov 1] Al-Thahriyeh 3-0 Ittihad Nablus Jenin 1-7 Hilal Al-Quds Shabab Al-Khalil 0-2 Shabab Al-Am'ari Al-Ahli Al-Khalil 0-7 Jabal Mukabar [Nov 2] Markaz Tulkarm 7-2 Sur Baher [Dec 23] Silwan 0-1 Wadi Al-Neiss Round 11 [Nov 6] Yatta 1-1 Abu Dis Hilal Al-Quds 2-0 Islami Bethlehem Al-Khader 0-1 Markaz Balata [Nov 7] Hilal Ariha 1-2 Markaz Askar Ittihad Nablus 2-1 Jenin Markaz Tulkarm 1-1 Thagafi Tulkarm Al-Bireh 1-0 Al-Ahli Al-Khalil Al-Arabi 1-3 Wadi Al-Neiss Jabal Mukabar 1-0 Shabab Al-Am'ari [Nov 8] Sur Baher 0-0 Silwan Shabab Al-Khalil 0-1 Al-Thahriyeh Round 12 [Nov 13] Ittihad Nablus 4-3 Islami Bethlehem [Nov 14] Markaz Askar 1-2 Markaz Tulkarm Al-Bireh 1-2 Shabab Al-Am'ari Al-Ahli Al-Khalil 3-3 Yatta Al-Khader 3-0 Abu Dis Thagafi Tulkarm 1-1 Silwan Shabab Al-Khalil 4-1 Jenin [Nov 15] Hilal Al-Quds 4-2 Al-Arabi Markaz Balata 2-2 Hilal Ariha Wadi Al-Neiss 0-1 Sur Baher Jabal Mukabar 1-1 Al-Thahriyeh Round 13 [Nov 20] Shabab Al-Khalil 1-1 Islami Bethlehem Thagafi Tulkarm 5-1 Sur Baher [Nov 21] Hilal Ariha 0-2 Abu Dis Al-Khader 1-1 Al-Ahli Al-Khalil Al-Bireh 0-4 Al-Thahriyeh Markaz Balata 0-1 Markaz Tulkarm Jabal Mukabar 6-0 Jenin [Nov 22] Ittihad Nablus 0-0 Al-Arabi Silwan 3-1 Markaz Askar Yatta 1-1 Shabab Al-Am'ari [Dec 30] Wadi Al-Neiss 1-0 Hilal Al-Quds Round 14 [Nov 27] Shabab Al-Khalil 1-2 Al-Arabi Abu Dis 3-1 Markaz Tulkarm [Nov 28] Hilal Al-Quds 6-2 Ittihad Nablus Al-Ahli Al-Khalil 2-2 Hilal Ariha Al-Thahriyeh 1-0 Yatta Al-Bireh 3-1 Jenin Sur Baher 1-4 Markaz Askar Wadi Al-Neiss 3-0 Thagafi Tulkarm [Nov 29] Markaz Balata 1-1 Silwan Shabab Al-Am'ari 2-0 Al-Khader Islami Bethlehem 1-2 Jabal Mukabar Round 15 [Dec 4] Al-Bireh 4-0 Islami Bethlehem [Dec 5] Shabab Al-Khalil 0-0 Hilal Al-Quds Markaz Askar 3-2 Thagafi Tulkarm Shabab Al-Am'ari 3-1 Hilal Ariha Al-Khader 1-0 Al-Thahriyeh Al-Ahli Al-Khalil 1-1 Markaz Tulkarm [Dec 6] Yatta 4-1 Jenin Markaz Balata 2-0 Sur Baher Wadi Al-Neiss 12-1 Ittihad Nablus Silwan 1-0 Abu Dis Jabal Mukabar 3-2 Al-Arabi Round 16 [Dec 9] Abu Dis 2-2 Sur Baher Yatta 5-0 Islami Bethlehem Al-Thahriyeh 1-0 Hilal Ariha Markaz Balata 0-2 Thagafi Tulkarm [Dec 10] Wadi Al-Neiss 2-0 Markaz Askar Jenin 1-4 Al-Khader Al-Ahli Al-Khalil 2-1 Silwan Shabab Al-Khalil 1-0 Ittihad Nablus Jabal Mukabar 0-0 Hilal Al-Quds Al-Bireh 5-1 Al-Arabi [Dec 17] Shabab Al-Am'ari 1-1 Markaz Tulkarm Round 17 [Dec 13] Al-Ahli Al-Khalil 1-3 Sur Baher Al-Bireh 0-0 Hilal Al-Quds Abu Dis 3-3 Thagafi Tulkarm Jabal Mukabar 13-1 Ittihad Nablus Markaz Balata 0-0 Markaz Askar Silwan 1-2 Shabab Al-Am'ari [abandoned at 1-2 in second half [Dec 14] due to violence; result stood] Shabab Al-Khalil 0-1 Wadi Al-Neiss Islami Bethlehem 1-2 Al-Khader Al-Thahriyeh 0-1 Markaz Tulkarm Yatta 4-2 Al-Arabi Jenin 1-2 Hilal Ariha Round 18 [Dec 19] Al-Ahli Al-Khalil 0-2 Thagafi Tulkarm Al-Bireh 10-0 Ittihad Nablus Islami Bethlehem 1-5 Hilal Ariha Shabab Al-Khalil 0-2 Jabal Mukabar Hilal Al-Quds 2-2 Yatta Al-Arabi 0-1 Al-Khader [Dec 20] Wadi Al-Neiss 0-0 Markaz Balata Abu Dis 2-1 Markaz Askar Jenin 0-1 Markaz Tulkarm [Dec 30] Shabab Al-Am'ari awd Sur Baher [awarded 3-0, Sur Baher dns] Al-Thahriyeh 4-3 Silwan Round 19 [Dec 25] Abu Dis 1-4 Markaz Balata Yatta 3-1 Ittihad Nablus Al-Ahli Al-Khalil 2-2 Markaz Askar [Dec 26] Islami Bethlehem 1-4 Markaz Tulkarm Al-Bireh 0-1 Shabab Al-Khalil Shabab Al-Am'ari 1-0 Thagafi Tulkarm Hilal Al-Quds 1-0 Al-Khader [Dec 27] Al-Arabi 3-7 Hilal Ariha Al-Thahriyeh awd Sur Baher [awarded 3-0, Sur Baher dns] Jabal Mukabar 0-1 Wadi Al-Neiss Jenin 0-1 Silwan Round 20 [Jan 1] Al-Ahli Al-Khalil 1-0 Markaz Balata Ittihad Nablus 1-3 Al-Khader [Jan 2] Shabab Al-Khalil 1-0 Yatta Al-Thahriyeh 1-1 Thagafi Tulkarm Hilal Ariha 0-4 Hilal Al-Quds Islami Bethlehem 1-0 Silwan [Jan 3] Shabab Al-Am'ari 1-2 Markaz Askar Jenin 0-0 Sur Baher [Jan 6] Abu Dis 1-8 Wadi Al-Neiss Al-Bireh 3-2 Jabal Mukabar Markaz Tulkarm awd Al-Arabi [awarded 3-0, Al-Arabi dns] Round 21 [Jan 9] Abu Dis awd Al-Ahli Al-Khalil [awarded 0-3, Abu Dis dns] Al-Thahriyeh 0-2 Markaz Askar Al-Khader 0-2 Shabab Al-Khalil Al-Bireh 1-2 Wadi Al-Neiss Thagafi Tulkarm 3-1 Jenin Markaz Balata awd Shabab Al-Am'ari [awarded 0-3, Balata dns] [Jan 10] Hilal Ariha 7-0 Ittihad Nablus Yatta awd Jabal Mukabar [awarded 0-3, Yatta dns] Markaz Tulkarm 1-1 Hilal Al-Quds Sur Baher 1-2 Islami Bethlehem Silwan awd Al-Arabi [awarded 3-0, Al-Arabi dns] Final Table: 1.Wadi Al-Neiss 21 15 4 2 46-10 49 Champions 2.Shabab Al-Am'ari 21 15 3 3 49-14 48 3.Jabal Mukabar 21 12 6 3 56-20 42 [East Jerusalem] 4.Markaz Tulkarm 21 12 6 3 48-23 42 5.Al-Bireh 21 12 2 7 44-22 38 6.Al-Thahriyeh 21 10 6 5 33-20 36 7.Al-Khader 21 11 3 7 29-26 36 8.Thagafi Tulkarm 21 10 5 6 38-29 35 9.Hilal Al-Quds 21 9 7 5 36-21 34 [East Jerusalem] 10.Shabab Al-Khalil 21 9 5 7 26-21 32 Playoff - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 11.Markaz Askar 21 9 5 7 32-26 32 Playoff 12.Hilal Ariha 21 8 4 9 40-34 28 13.Markaz Balata 21 7 7 7 21-19 28 14.Ahli Al-Khalil 21 7 7 7 27-32 28 15.Yatta 21 7 4 10 32-35 25 16.Silwan 21 6 4 11 30-28 22 [East Jerusalem] 17.Islami Bethlehem 21 6 4 11 21-43 22 18.Abu Dis 21 5 4 12 25-49 19 [East Jerusalem] 19.Sur Baher (Al-Maqdesi) 21 4 6 11 18-43 18 [East Jerusalem] 20.Jenin 21 4 2 15 19-46 14 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 21.Al-Arabi (Beit Safafa) 21 2 2 17 22-57 8 [East Jerusalem] 22.Ittihad Nablus 21 2 2 17 17-91 8 NB: Askar and Balata are refugee camps in the Nablus governate; Al-Am'ari is a refugee camp in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh governate; Ariha is the Arabic name for Jericho; Al-Khalil is the Arabic name for Hebron; Al-Quds is the Arabic name for Jerusalem Playoff for Tenth Place [Jan 16] Shabab Al-Khalil 2-1 Markaz Askar NB: top-10 qualify for Division A, teams 11-20 for Division B, bottom-2 clubs relegated to 3rd level (Class 1) Authors: Susan Shalabi Molano and Karel Stokkermans Last updated: 11 Dec 2009 (C) Copyright Susan Shalabi Molano, Karel Stokkermans and RSSSF 2008/09