2009–10 Primera Divisió

The 2009–10 Primera Divisió was the fifteenth season of top-tier football in Andorra. It began in September 2009 and ended in May 2010. UE Sant Julià were the defending champions. FC Santa Coloma won the league championship and entered the first qualifying round of the 2010–11 UEFA Champions League, where they were defeated by Maltese side Birkirkara F.C. UE Engordany was relegated and will be replaced by Segona Divisió champions Casa Estrella del Benfica for the 2010–11 season.

Primera Divisió
Season2009–10
ChampionsFC Santa Coloma
RelegatedEngordany
Champions LeagueFC Santa Coloma
Europa LeagueUE Santa Coloma
Sant Julià
FC Lusitanos
Matches played80
Goals scored319 (3.99 per match)
Biggest home winSant Julià 6-0 Principat
Biggest away winEngordany 0-10 Sant Julià
Highest scoringEncamp 1-10 Sant Julià

Competition format

The participating teams first play a conventional round-robin schedule with every team playing each opponent once home and once away for a total of 14 games. The league will then be 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 compete for the championship. The bottom four clubs play out one direct relegation spot and one relegation play-off spot. Records earned in the First Round will be taken over to the respective Second Rounds.

Promotion and relegation from 2008–09

FC Ranger's were relegated after last season due to finishing in 8th place. They were replaced by Segona Divisió champions FC Encamp.

Inter Club d'Escaldes and Segona Divisió runners-up Atletic Club d'Escaldes played a two-legged relegation play-off. Inter kept their spot in Primera Divisió by winning 10–9 on penalties after an aggregated 3–3 tie with their village rivals.

Stadia and locations
Location of teams in Primera Divisió 2009-10

First round

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Santa Coloma 14 11 3 0 38 10 +28 36 Qualification to Championship round
2 Sant Julià 14 10 2 2 59 12 +47 32
3 UE Santa Coloma 14 10 2 2 41 20 +21 32
4 Lusitanos 14 7 2 5 30 17 +13 23
5 Principat 14 7 0 7 27 33 −6 21 Qualification to Relegation round
6 Encamp 14 3 1 10 19 50 −31 10
7 Inter Club d'Escaldes 14 1 1 12 10 41 −31 4
8 Engordany 14 1 1 12 11 52 −41 4
Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan and English)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results
Home \ Away ENC ENG INT LUS PRI SFC SUE SJU
Encamp 1–1 2–0 0–3 2–4 0–2 2–5 1–10
Engordany 0–5 3–2 1–3 3–4 1–2 1–4 0–10
Inter Club d'Escaldes 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–4 1–2 0–7
Lusitanos 5–1 4–0 5–2 0–2 1–3 1–2 2–3
Principat 4–0 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 1–4 1–3
FC Santa Coloma 3–0 5–1 4–0 2–1 6–1 2–2 0–0
UE Santa Coloma 5–0 5–0 1–0 0–2 5–3 2–2 3–2
Sant Julià 6–2 4–0 4–0 0–0 6–0 1–2 3–1
Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan and English)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Championship Round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 FC Santa Coloma (C) 20 13 7 0 46 14 +32 46 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 UE Santa Coloma 20 13 4 3 50 26 +24 43 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 Sant Julià 20 12 5 3 69 18 +51 41 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
4 Lusitanos 20 7 3 10 34 32 +2 24 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan and English)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. UE Sant Julià won the 2010 Copa Constitució competition and entered the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.
Home \ Away LUS SFC SUE SJU
Lusitanos 0–0 1–2 2–3
FC Santa Coloma 4–1 1–1 1–1
UE Santa Coloma 2–0 1–2 1–1
Sant Julià 4–0 0–0 1–2
Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan and English)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Principat 20 8 2 10 42 50 −8 26
6 Inter Club d'Escaldes 20 6 1 13 25 49 −24 19
7 Encamp (O) 20 4 3 13 31 67 −36 15 Qualification to relegation play-offs
8 Engordany (R) 20 4 1 15 22 63 −41 13 Relegation to Segona Divisió
Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan and English)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated.
Home \ Away ENC ENG INT PRI
Encamp 1–4 1–3 3–3
Engordany 1–2 1–4 2–1
Inter Club d'Escaldes 1–0 2–1 2–3
Principat 5–5 1–2 2–3
Source: fedandfut.com (in Catalan and English)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoffs

Encamp, who finished seventh in the league, competed in a two-legged relegation playoff against Extremenya, who finished third in the Segona Divisió (promotion-ineligible Lusitanos B finished second), for one spot in 2010–11 Primera Divisió. Encamp won the playoff, 5 – 2 on aggregate, thus keeping their place in Primera Divisió.

Encamp2 – 1Extremenya
Extremenya1 – 3Encamp

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 11 October 2009; Source: Soccerway

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
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