2008 in association football

none August 2022 2008 association football sports The following are the association football events of the year 2008 throughout the world. yes center 3 News January 3 – Argentine midfielder Éver Banega leaves Boca Juniors and joins the Spanish club Valencia for an estimated fee of €18 million. 5 – Everton are knocked out of the FA Cup in the third round by Oldham Athletic, a team from Football League One (third division) as Huddersfield Town from the same division beat Birmingham City. 6 – Toulouse are eliminated from the Coupe de France by Paris FC, a team from the Championnat National (third division). 9 – Sam Allardyce leaves the manager's position at Newcastle United by mutual agreement. 11 – Jürgen Klinsmann is unveiled as the new coach of Bayern Munich, effective July. 20 – The Africa Cup of Nations begins in Ghana with the hosts beating Guinea 2–1. 23 – Tottenham Hotspur defeat Arsenal 5–1 in the semi-final second-leg of the League Cup. This was the first time they had beaten their local rivals since 1999. 24 – George Burley is announced as the new coach of the Scotland national football team. 28 – Mohamed Sissoko leaves Liverpool to sign for Juventus, costing the Italian team €13 million. February 2 – Frédéric Kanouté is named 2007 African Footballer of the Year 4 – Víctor Muñoz is sacked from the managers job of Spanish team Recreativo Huelva; Manolo Zambrano is immediately installed as the new coach of the La Liga team. 10 – Egypt win the 2008 Africa Cup of Nations after beating Cameroon in the final 1–0. 13 – Giovanni Trapattoni is announced as the new coach of the Republic of Ireland. He will officially take up this role in May. 23 – South Korean men's team won East Asian Cup 2008. 23 – Japanese J. League Cup winner Gamba Osaka defeated MLS champion Houston Dynamo at the final game of Pan-Pacific Championship 2008 by 6–1, won the champion title of inaugural tournament. The Los Angeles Galaxy won the third place match against Sydney FC from A-league by 2–1. 24 – Japan won the Women's East Asian Cup 2008 with three straight wins over South Korea, North Korea, and China. 24 – Tottenham Hotspur win the Football League Cup after beating Chelsea 2–1 after extra time at Wembley Stadium. 24 – Newcastle Jets win the Hyundai A-League Grand Final by defeating the Central Coast Mariners by 1–0 at the Sydney Football Stadium. March 11 – Newport County win the FAW Premier Cup beating Llanelli 1–0 in the final. 12 – The United States women's national soccer team wins the 2008 Algarve Cup for the sixth time, beating Denmark 2–1 in the final. 16 – Rangers win the Scottish League Cup by beating Dundee United 3–2 in a penalty shootout after a 2–2 draw at Hampden Park. May 5 – Real Madrid wins the 31st La Liga title after beating Osasuna 2–1. 8 – Announced that Frank Rijkaard would leave his managerial post at Barcelona at the end of the season, to be replaced by Barcelona B coach Pep Guardiola. 11 – Manchester United wins its tenth Premier League title after beating Wigan Athletic 2–0 away. 17 – Portsmouth wins the 127th FA Cup after beating Cardiff City 1–0 at Wembley Stadium 21 – Manchester United won the UEFA Champions League after beating Chelsea 6–5 on penalties after a 1–1 draw after 90 minutes in Moscow 22 – Celtic win the SPL title for the third successive season by three points from Rangers on the final day. 24 – Avram Grant is sacked as Chelsea manager after just eight months in charge of the Premier League club. June 2 – José Mourinho replaces Roberto Mancini as manager of Inter Milan 25 – LDU Quito won the first leg of the Copa Libertadores final beating Fluminense 4–2. 29 – Spain wins UEFA Euro 2008 after beating Germany 1–0 in the final. July 1 – Luiz Felipe Scolari becomes the new manager of Chelsea. 2 – LDU Quito wins the Copa Libertadores beating Fluminense in penalties 3–1 after a 5–5 aggregate draw. August 8 – Scottish Premier League team Gretna are formally liquidated.http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/1.218555 Liquidation signals the final nail in Gretna coffin The Cumberland News 2008-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20090314001628/http://www.cumberland-news.co.uk/1.218555 2009-03-14 dead 2009-09-23 21 – United States women's team win gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics 23 – Argentina's men's team win gold at the 2008 Summer Olympics September 1 – Manchester City sign Robinho from Real Madrid for a British record fee of £32.5 million 1 – Manchester United sign Dimitar Berbatov from Tottenham Hotspur for £30.75 million. 4 – Kevin Keegan resigns as manager of Newcastle United. International tournaments Men 20 January – 10 February: 2008 Africa Cup of Nations in : EGY : CMR : GHA 4th: CIV 17 – 23 February: Men's East Asian Cup 2008 final in Chongqing, : KOR : JPN : CHN 4th: PRK 11 – 23 March: 2008 CONCACAF Men's Pre-Olympic Tournament in Nashville, : HON 1949 : USA : CAN 4th: GUA 4 – 16 May: 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship in : ESP : FRA : TUR and NED 7 – 29 June: UEFA Euro 2008 in and : ESP : GER : TUR and RUS 30 May – 1 June: Baltic Cup in Riga, : LAT : LTU : EST 3 – 14 June: 2008 SAFF Championship in and : MDV : IND 30 July – 13 August: AFC Challenge Cup, : IND : TJK : PRK 4th: Myanmar 1974 7 – 23 August: 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament in Beijing, : ARG : NGA : BRA 5 – 28 December: 2008 AFF Championship in and : VIE : THA : IDN,SIN Women 18 – 24 February: Women's East Asian Cup 2008 final in Chongqing, : JPN : PRK : CHN 4th: South Korea 5 – 12 March: 2008 Algarve Cup in Algarve, : USA : DEN : NOR 4th: GER 6 – 21 August: 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament in Beijing, : USA : BRA : GER 30 October – 16 November: 2008 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in : PRK : USA : GER 4th: ENG 20 November – 7 December: 2008 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in : USA : PRK : GER 4th: FRA National champions AFC nations AUS A-League: Newcastle Jets Bahrain Bahraini Premier League: Muharraq Club CHN Chinese Super League: Shandong Luneng Hong Kong Hong Kong First Division League: South China IND I-League: Dempo SC IDN Liga Indonesia Premier Division: Sriwijaya IRN Persian Gulf Cup: Persepolis F.C. JPN J. League: Kashima Antlers KOR K-League: Suwon Samsung Bluewings LIB Lebanese Premier League: Al Ahed KSA Saudi Premier League: Al-Hilal PHI Filipino Premier League: Philippine Army F.C. MAS Malaysian Super League: Kedah FA QAT Qatar Stars League: Al-Gharafa Sports Club SIN S-League: Singapore Armed Forces Football Club THA Thailand Premier League: Provincial Electricity Authority FC TKM Turkmenistan Higher League: FC Aşgabat TPE Enterprise Football League: Taipower UAE UAE Football League: Al-Shabab UZB Uzbek League: Bunyodkor VIE V-League: Becamex Bình Dương UEFA nations ALB Albanian Superliga: Dinamo Tirana AND Campionat de Lliga: Santa Coloma ARM Armenian Premier League: Pyunik AUT Austrian Bundesliga: Rapid Wien AZE Azerbaijan Premier League: Inter Baku BLR 1995 Belarusian Premier League: BATE Borisov BEL Belgian Pro League: Standard Liège BIH Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Modriča BUL Bulgarian A PFG: CSKA Sofia CRO Prva HNL: Dinamo Zagreb CYP Cypriot First Division: Anorthosis Famagusta CZE Gambrinus Liga: Slavia Prague DEN Danish Superliga: Aalborg BK ENG Premier League: Manchester United EST Meistriliiga: Levadia Tallinn FRO Formuladeildin: EB/Streymur FIN Veikkausliiga: Inter Turku FRA Ligue 1: Lyon GEO Umaglesi Liga: Dinamo Tbilisi GER Bundesliga: Bayern Munich GRE Super League Greece: Olympiacos HUN Hungarian National Championship I: MTK Budapest ISL Úrvalsdeild: FH Hafnarfjörður IRL League of Ireland Premier Division: Bohemian ISR Ligat ha'Al: Beitar Jerusalem ITA Serie A: Inter Milan KAZ Kazakhstan Premier League: Aktobe LAT Latvian Higher League: Ventspils LTU A Lyga: Ekranas LUX Luxembourg National Division: F91 Dudelange MKD Macedonian Prva Liga: Rabotnički MLT Maltese Premier League: Valletta MDA Moldovan National Division: Sheriff Tiraspol MNE Montenegrin First League: Budućnost Podgorica NED Eredivisie: PSV NIR Irish Premier League: Linfield NOR Norwegian Premier League: Stabæk POL Ekstraklasa: Wisła Kraków POR Primeira Liga: Porto ROU Liga I: CFR Cluj RUS Russian Premier League: Rubin Kazan SMR 1862 Campionato Sammarinese di Calcio: Murata SCO Scottish Premier League: Celtic SRB 2004 Serbian Superliga: Partizan SVK Slovak Superliga: Artmedia Bratislava SLO Slovenian PrvaLiga: NK Domžale ESP La Liga: Real Madrid SWE Allsvenskan: Kalmar SUI Swiss Super League: Basel TUR Süper Lig: Galatasaray UKR Ukrainian Premier League: Shakhtar Donetsk WAL Welsh Premier League: Llanelli CAF nations ALG Algerian Championnat National: JS Kabylie ANG Girabola: Petro Atlético Luanda BOT Mascom Premier League: Centre Chiefs BUR Burkinabé Premier League: Etoile Filante Ouagadougou BDI Burundi Premier League: Inter Star CMR MTN Elite one: Cotonsport Garoua CPV Cape Verdean football Championships: Sporting Clube da Praia CHA Chad Premier League: Elect Sport N'Djamena COM Comoros Premier League: Etoile d'Or CGO Congo Premier League: CARA Brazzaville COD Linafoot: DC Motema Pembe CIV Côte d'Ivoire Premier Division: Africa Sports National DJI Djibouti Premier League: Société Immobilière de Djibouti EGY Egyptian Premier League: Al-Ahly ERI Eritrean Premier League: Asmara Brewery ETH 1996 Ethiopian Premier League: Saint-George SA GAB Gabon Championnat National D1: AS Mangasport GAM Gambian Championnat National D1: Wallidan GHA OneTouch Premier League: Asante Kotoko GUI Guinée Championnat National: Fello Star GNB Campeonato Nacional da Guiné-Bissau: Sporting Clube de Batafá KEN Kenyan Premier League: Mathare United LES Lesotho Premier League: Lesotho Correctional Services LBR Liberian Premier League: Black Star LBY 1977 Libyan Premier League: Al Ittihad MAD THB Champions League: Académie Ny Antsika MWI 1964 Malawi Premier Division: Silver Strikers MLI Malien Première Division: Djoliba MTN 1959 Mauritanean Premier League: ASAC Concorde MUS Mauritian League: Curepipe Starlight MAR Botola: FAR Rabat MOZ Moçambola: Ferroviario de Maputo NAM Namibia Premier League: Orlando Pirates Windhoek NIG Niger Premier League: AS Police NGR Nigerian Premier League: Kano Pillars REU Réunion Premier League: JS Saint-Pierroise RWA Rwandan Premier League: ATRACO SEN Senegal Premier League: AS Douanes SEY Seychelles League: Saint-Michel United SLE Sierra Leone National Premier League: Ports Authority F.C. SOM Somalia League: Elman FC RSA Premier Soccer League: SuperSport United SUD Sudan Premier League: Al-Merrikh SWZ Swazi Premier League: Royal Leopards TAN Tanzanian Premier League: Young Africans TUN Tunisian CLP-1: Club Africain UGA Ugandan Super League: Kampala City Council ZAM Zambian Premier League: ZESCO United Zanzibar Zanzibar Premier League: Miembeni ZIM Zimbabwe Premier Soccer League: Monomotapa United CONMEBOL nations ARG Primera División Argentina: River Plate (C) / Boca Juniors (A) BOL Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano: Universitario (A) / Aurura (C) BRA Campeonato Brasileiro Série A: São Paulo CHI Primera División de Chile: Everton (A) / Colo-Colo (C) COL Colombian Professional Football: Boyacá Chicó (A) / América de Cali (C) ECU Serie A de Ecuador: Deportivo Quito PAR 1990 Primera División de Paraguay: Libertad (A) (C) PER Primera División Peruana: U. San Martín URU Primera División Uruguaya: Defensor Sporting VEN Primera División Venezolana: Deportivo Táchira (A = Apertura, C= Clausura) CONCACAF nations BAH BFA Senior League: IM Bears BRB Digicel Premiere League: Notre Date Sports Club BLZ Belize Premier Football League: Hankook Verdes BER Bermudian Premier Division: PHC Zebras BVI British Virgin Islands Championship: Islanders CAN Canadian Soccer League: Trois-Rivières Attak CAY Cayman Islands League: Scholars International CRC Primera División de Costa Rica: Saprissa (A) (C) CUB Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol de Cuba: Cienfuegos DMA Dominica Championship: Centre Bath Estate SLV Primera División de Fútbol de El Salvador: Firpo (C) / Isidro Metapán (A) GUA Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Guatemala: Comunicaciones (C) (A) GRN Grenada League: Carib Hurricane HAI Ligue Haïtienne: Racing Gonaïves (C) / Tempête (A) HON 1949 Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras: Marathón (C) / Olimpia (A) JAM National Premier League: Portmore United MEX Primera División de México: Santos Laguna (C) / Toluca (A) Nevis Nevis Premier Division: SL Horsford Highlights NCA Primera División de Nicaragua: Real Estelí PAN Liga Panameña de Fútbol: Árabe Unido (C) / San Francisco (A) PUR Puerto Rico Soccer League: Sevilla SKN Saint Kitts Premier Division: Newtown United LCA Saint Lucia Premier Division: Aux Lyons United VIN NLA Premier League: Avenues United Sint Maarten Sint Maarten League: D&P Connection SUR Surinamese Hoofdklasse: Inter Moengotapoe TRI TT Pro League: San Juan Jabloteh TCA MFL League: Beaches USA Major League Soccer: Columbus Crew VIR US Virgin Islands Championship: Positive Vibes (A = Apertura, C= Clausura) OFC nations ASA Football Federation American Samoa Soccer League: Pago Youth COK Cook Islands Round Cup: Nikao Sokattack FIJ Fijian National Football League: Ba FSM FSMFA Top League: Yap KIR Kiribati National Championship: competition canceled NCL New Caledonia Division Honneur: AS Magenta NZL ASB Premiership: Waitakere United NIU Niue Soccer Tournament: Talava Norfolk Island Norfolk Island Soccer League: unknown PLW Palau Soccer League: Surangel & Sons Company PNG Papua New Guinea National Soccer League: PRK Hekari United SAM Samoa National League: Sinamoga SOL Solomon Islands National Club Championship: Koloale TAH Tahiti Division Fédérale: AS Manu-Ura TGA Tonga Major League: Lotoha'apai TUV Tuvalu A-Division: Nauti VAN Vanuatu Premia Divisen: Tafea Deaths August 2022 January 1 January – Božidar Sandić (85), Serbian footballer, Yugoslavia international 4 January – Vyacheslav Ambartsumyan (67), Russian footballer, Soviet Union international 4 January – Bjørn Odmar Andersen (64), Norwegian international footballer and manager 5 January – Louis Hon (83), French international footballer 9 January – Paul Aimson (64), English footballer 11 January – Frank Loughran (77), Australian international footballer 12 January – Leszek Jezierski (78), Polish footballer and manager 13 January – Seyran Osipov (46), Russian footballer 14 January – Kaj Christiansen (86), Danish international footballer and manager 14 January – Johnny Steele (91), English footballer and manager 18 January – Wally Fielding (88), English footballer 21 January – Billy Elliott (82), English international footballer 24 January – Jorge Recio (66), Argentine international footballer 26 January – Celestino Celio (82), Italian international footballer and manager 27 January – Bengt Lindskog (74), Swedish international footballer 28 January – Eleuterio Santos (67), Spanish international footballer February 1 February – Władysław Kawula (70), Polish footballer 2 February – Yiu Cheuk Yin (80), Hong Kong footballer 9 February – Guy Tchingoma (22), Gabonese footballer 10 February – Ove Jørstad (37), Norwegian footballer 12 February – Jean Prouff (88), French footballer and manager 12 February – Thomas Grosser (42), German footballer 14 February – Len Boyd (84), English footballer 15 February – Inge Thun (62), Norwegian footballer 17 February – Brian Harris (72), English footballer and manager 21 February – Emmanuel Sanon (56), Haitian footballer March 2 March – Carl Hoddle (40), English footballer 4 March – Jocelyne Henry (54), French footballer 5 March – Derek Dooley (78), English footballer and manager 25 March – Thierry Gilardi (49), French commentator April 3 April – Hrvoje Ćustić (24), Croatian footballer 5 April – Wang Donglei (23), Chinese footballer 18 April – Erminio Favalli (64), Italian footballer 19 April – Constant Vanden Stock (93), Belgian footballer, manager, and executive May 8 May – François Sterchele (26), Belgian footballer 10 May – Eusebio Ríos (73), Spanish footballer and manager 15 May – Tommy Burns (51), Scottish former footballer and manager 23 May – Heinrich Kwiatkowski (81), German footballer June 6 June – Victor Wégria (71), Belgian footballer 11 June – Adam Ledwoń (34), Polish footballer 22 June – Ron Stitfall (82), Welsh footballer July 13 July – Rudolf Nafziger (62), German footballer 15 July – Gionata Mingozzi (23), Italian footballer 18 July – George Niven (79), Scottish footballer August 3 August – Anton Allemann (72), Swiss footballer September 3 September – Joan Segarra (80), Spanish defender 4 September – Tommy Johnston (81), Scottish footballer 25 September – Jimmy Sirrel (86), Scottish football player and manager October October 8 - Chicão, Brazilian midfielder, semi-finalist at the 1978 FIFA World Cup. (59) October 21 - George Edwards (87), Welsh footballer October 25 - Ian McColl (81), Scottish football player and manager November 1 November – Dermot Curtis (76), Irish football player and manager 17 November – Peter Aldis (81), English footballer 27 November – Gil Heron (87), Jamaican footballer December 8 December – John Cumming (78), Scottish footballer 9 December – Dražan Jerković (72), Croatian football player and manager 9 December – Ibrahim Dossey (36), Ghanaian footballer 12 December – Maksym Pashayev (20), Ukrainian footballer References 30em Category:Association football by year