2008 Armenian Premier League

Armenian Premier League
Season 2008
Champions Pyunik
11th Armenian title
Relegated none
Champions League Pyunik
Europa League Gandzasar
Mika
Banants
Goals scored 254
Average goals/game 2.27
Top goalscorer Armenia Marcos Pizzelli (17)
Biggest home win Ararat 5–0 Kilikia
Biggest away win Kilikia 1–5 Ararat
Kilikia 1–5 Mika
Highest scoring Banants 4–2 Kilikia
Kilikia 1–5 Ararat
Kilikia 1–5 Mika
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The 2008 Armenian Premier League season (known as STAR National Football League due to sponsorship reasons) was the seventeenth since its establishment. It started on 6 April 2008, while the last matches were played on 15 November 2008. FC Pyunik were the defending champions. The Yerevan side won their seventh consecutive league title the previous season, their tenth overall. FC Dinamo Yerevan were supposed to be the team to get promoted, but they withdrew from the Premier League, and were disbanded.

On 30 April 2008, Football Federation of Armenia signed a contract with STAR retailing company by which STAR would become the sponsor of the 17th Armenian Premier League season, and henceforth the 2008 season would be called STAR National Football League.[1]

The league was played in four stages. The teams played each other four times, twice at home and twice away. The champions would have been the team with the most points after round 28. However, since Pyunik and Ararat Yerevan were tied on points at the end of the season, they had to play a decision game for the championship.

Participating teams

Location of teams in the 2008 Armenian Premier League
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Ararat YerevanYerevanCity Stadium (Abovyan)3,946
BanantsYerevanBanants Stadium3,600
GandzasarKapanGandzasar Stadium3,500
KilikiaYerevanHrazdan Stadium54,208
MikaYerevanMika Stadium7,250
PyunikYerevanRepublican Stadium14,403
ShirakGyumriGyumri City Stadium2,844
UlissesYerevanKasakhi Marzik Stadium3,500

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Pyunik (C) 28 18 5 5 40 18 +22 059DG 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Ararat Yerevan 28 18 5 5 48 23 +25 059DG
3 Gandzasar Kapan 28 13 8 7 39 27 +12 47 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
4 Mika 28 13 7 8 38 28 +10 46 2009–10 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round 1
5 Banants 28 11 8 9 34 25 +9 41
6 Ulisses 28 7 8 13 19 29 −10 29
7 Shirak 28 5 4 19 15 40 −25 19
8 Kilikia 28 2 5 21 21 64 −43 11

Source: ffa.am
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
DGChampionship was decided by a decision game (see below).
1Ararat Yerevan did not obtain the license to compete in European competitions. Therefore, fourth-placed Mika earned a spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League while Gandzasar were qualified for the second instead of first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.[2]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Decision game

Because Ararat and Pyunik were tied on points after the regular season, they played out the championship in a decision game.[3]

Pyunik 2 – 1 (aet) Ararat Yerevan
Tadevosyan  68', 118' Report
(in Armenian)		 V. Minasyan  69'
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Ararat Chagharyan

Results

Top goalscorers

Source: ffa.am

17 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals
6 goals

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Football Federation of Armenia and STAR company have signed a contract
  2. ↑ Four teams will represent Armenia in Euro Cups
  3. ↑ Pyunik vs. Ararat additional match will take place at Republican Stadium
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