The 2022–23 Syrian Premier League season is the 51st since its establishment in 1966. This season's league featured one stage. It pitted one group of 12 teams and kicked off on 9 September 2022. Tishreen are the defending champions, having won the previous season championship. The league is operated by the SFA.
The regular season is being played as a round-robin tournament. A total of 12 teams participate, 10 of which competed in the league campaign during the previous 2021–2022 season. The league started a week later because on 1 September 2022, mourning was declared for the late president of Tishreen SC, Tarek Zainy, who died in a car accident. Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the last round before stoppage was held on 21–22 October. The league resumed games on 9 December.
Teams Team changes Twelve teams competed in the league for the first time since 1994. Ten teams from the previous season and two teams promoted from the Syrian League 1st Division.
Al-Majd SC and Al-Jazeera SC (promoted to the top flight for the fourth time) earned an automatic promotion thanks to the victory of the 1st Division, replacing Al-Shorta (relegated after sixteen years in the top flight) and Al-Horgelah SC, who finished last in the 2021–22 Syrian Premier League.
Promoted fromSyrian League 1st Division Relegated fromSyrian Premier League Al-Majd SC Al-Jazeera SC Al-Shorta SC Al-Horgelah SC Nawair SC Afrin SC
Stadiums and locations
Team Location Stadium Capacity Al-Fotuwa Deir ez-Zor Deir ez-Zor Municipal Stadium Hutteen Latakia Al-Assad Stadium Al-Ittihad Aleppo Al-Hamadaniah Stadium Jableh Jableh Al-Baath Stadium Al-Jaish Damascus Al-Fayhaa Stadium Al-Jazeera Al-Hasakah Bassel al-Assad Stadium Al-Karamah Homs Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium Al-Majd Damascus Al-Jalaa Stadium Al-Taliya Hama Hama Municipal Stadium Tishreen Latakia Al-Assad Stadium Al-Wahda Damascus Al-Jalaa Stadium Al-Wathba Homs Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium 1: Al-Karamah and Al-Wathba also use Bassel al-Assad Stadium (25,000 seats) as a home stadium.
Al-Ittihad Al-Jaish Al-Wahda Tishreen Al-Karamah Al-Majd Al-Hamadaniah Stadium Al-Fayhaa Stadium Al-Jalaa Stadium Al-Assad Stadium Khalid ibn al-Walid Stadium Al-Jalaa Stadium Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 15,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 32,000 Capacity: 10,000 Al-Wathba Al-Taliya Al-Jazeera Hutteen Jableh Al-Fotuwa Bassel al-Assad Stadium Hama Municipal Stadium Bassel al-Assad Stadium Al-Assad Stadium Al-Baath Stadium Deir ez-Zor Municipal Stadium Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 28,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 13,000
League table
Results
Notes
Results by round
Season statistics Top scorers Updated as of 31 May 2023. Rank Player Club Goals1 Mahmoud Al Baher Jableh142 Alaa Al Dali Al-Fotuwa12 Mohammed Al Wakid Al-Jaish 4 Ali Ghosn Al-Karamah7 Mohamed Qalfat Al-Wathba6 Suleiman Sultan Jableh57 Okiki Afolabi Al-Ittihad4 Mohammed Sharefa Al-Jaish Samer Khankan Majd
See also 2022–23 Syrian Cup Syrian League 1st Division 2023–24 AFC Champions League 2023–24 AFC Cup
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