2009 Mongolian Premier League

The 2009 Mongolian National Championship was the forty-second recorded edition of top flight football in Mongolia and the fourteenth season of the Mongolian Premier League, which took over as the highest level of competition in the country from the previous Mongolian National Championship. Ulaanbaatar DS were champions, their first title, Erchim were runners up, with Khasiin Khulguud in third place.

Participating teams

Erchim – Ulaanbaatar Power Plant team
Khangarid – Erdenet; town in northern Mongolia
Kharaatsai – Ulaanbaatar
Khasiin Khulguud – Bank team from Ulaanbaatar
Khoromkhon – Ulaanbaatar
Selenge Press – Ulaanbaatar
Mazaalai – Ulaanbaatar
Ulaanbaatar DS – team from Ulaanbaatar University, also known as UBDES

Format

The 2006 season consisted of three distinct stages: the first stage consisted of a single group of eight teams all playing each other in a single round robin of matches. From this, the top six teams then qualified for the second stage, where they were split into two groups which again played a single round robin of matches. From this, the top two teams in each group qualified for single legged semi finals with the bottom teams progressing directly to the fifth place match.