2008 Armenian Premier League

Star Arm League 2008 Logo.jpg Armenian Premier League 2008 Pyunik11th Armenian title none Champions League Pyunik Europa League GandzasarMikaBanants Marcos Pizzelli(17 goals) Ararat 5–0 Kilikia Kilikia 1–5 AraratKilikia 1–5 Mika Banants 4–2 KilikiaKilikia 1–5 AraratKilikia 1–5 Mika 112 254 2007 2009 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 regarded as 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 to become the sponsor of the 17th Armenian Premier League season, the STAR National Football League.The Football Federation of Armenia and STAR company have signed a contract The league was played in four stages. The teams played each other four times, twice at home and twice away. The champions was the team with the most points after round 28. However, but Pyunik and Ararat Yerevan were tied on points at the end of the season, so they had to play tie breaker game for the championship. Participating teams Armenia right 320 Location of teams in the 2008 Armenian Premier League Armenia 40.183333 44.516667 12 Yerevan top Armenia 40.785803 43.853569 Shirak Armenia 39.207790 46.400732 Gandzasar left Armenia 41.0 45.6 TransparentPlaceholder.png Yerevan teams:Ararat YerevanBanantsKilikiaMikaPyunikUlisses ClubLocationStadiumCapacityArarat Ararat YerevanYerevanCity Stadium (Abovyan)3,946Banants BanantsYerevanBanants Stadium3,600Gandzasar GandzasarKapanGandzasar Stadium3,500Kilikia KilikiaYerevanHrazdan Stadium54,208Mika MikaYerevanMika Stadium7,250Pyunik PyunikYerevanRepublican Stadium14,403Shirak ShirakGyumriGyumri City Stadium2,844Ulisses UlissesYerevanKasakhi Marzik Stadium3,500 League table main WDL Q PYU Pyunik ARA Ararat Yerevan GAN Gandzasar Kapan MIK Mika BAN Banants ULI Ulisses SHI Shirak KIL Kilikia 18 5 5 40 18 C 18 5 5 48 23 13 8 7 39 27 13 7 8 38 28 11 8 9 34 25 7 8 13 19 29 5 4 19 15 40 2 5 21 21 64 Championship was decided by a decision game (see below). PYU green1 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round Ararat 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.Four teams will represent Armenia in Euro Cups EL2 blue2 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round EL2 EL1 EL1 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete ffa.am Decision game Because Ararat and Pyunik were tied on points after the regular season, they played out the championship in a decision game.Pyunik vs. Ararat additional match will take place at Republican Stadium 19 November 2008 18:00 GMT+4 Reporthy Pyunik 2–1 yes Ararat Yerevan Tadevosyan 68 118 V. Minasyan 69 Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan 5,000 Ararat Chagharyan Results First half of season main FBR grey ARA BAN GAN KIL MIK PYU SHI ULI Ararat Yerevan 1–0 0–1 5–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 Banants 3–0 1–1 4–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 Gandzasar Kapan 2–3 0–0 3–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 4–1 Kilikia 0–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–1 0–3 Mika 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 Pyunik 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 Shirak 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–0 Ulisses 0–2 0–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 complete ffa.am Second half of season main FBR grey ARA BAN GAN KIL MIK PYU SHI ULI Ararat Yerevan 1–0 2–0 2–2 4–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 Banants 2–2 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–4 3–0 1–1 Gandzasar Kapan 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–0 Kilikia 1–5 0–1 1–2 1–5 0–1 0–1 1–1 Mika 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 Pyunik 0–1 1–0 4–1 3–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 Shirak 1–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 Ulisses 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 complete ffa.am Top goalscorers thumb|Banants vs Pyunik (0-1), matchday 4 fixture (19 April 2008), at Banants Stadium Source: ffa.am RankScorerTeamGoals1Armenia Marcos PizzelliArarat Yerevan172Armenia Albert TadevosyanPyunik103Armenia Alexander PetrosyanGandzasar94Armenia Narek BeglaryanMika8Armenia Gevorg GhazaryanPyunikArmenia Karen N. KhachatryanKilikia7Armenia Arsen BalabekyanBanants7Brazil Renato de MoraesArarat Yerevan9Belarus Vital LyadzyanyowBanantsArmenia Henrikh MkhitaryanPyunik Attendances # Club Average 1 Gandzasar 1,468 2 Mika 539 3 Pyunik 454 4 Banants 410 5 Shirak 295 6 Ararat 265 7 Ulisses 168 8 Kilikia 131 Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/arm/avearm08.htm European Football statistics Archive Armenia 2008 See also 2008 Armenian First League 2008 Armenian Cup References External links ffa.am soccerway.com rsssf.com Category:Armenian Premier League seasons 1 Armenia