2008 Armenian Premier League Explained

Competition:Armenian Premier League
Season:2008
Winners:Pyunik
11th Armenian title
Relegated:none
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Pyunik
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Gandzasar
Mika
Banants
League Topscorer:Marcos Pizzelli
(17 goals)
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
Matches:112
Total Goals:254
Prevseason:2007
Nextseason: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 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

ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
YerevanCity Stadium (Abovyan)3,946
YerevanBanants Stadium3,600
KapanGandzasar Stadium3,500
YerevanHrazdan Stadium54,208
YerevanMika Stadium7,250
YerevanRepublican Stadium14,403
GyumriGyumri City Stadium2,844
YerevanKasakhi Marzik Stadium3,500

League table

Decision game

Because Ararat and Pyunik were tied on points after the regular season, they played out the championship in a decision game.[2]

Results

Second half of season

Top goalscorers

Source: ffa.am

RankScorerTeamGoals
1 Marcos PizzelliArarat Yerevan17
2 Albert TadevosyanPyunik10
3 Alexander PetrosyanGandzasar9
4 Narek BeglaryanMika8
Gevorg GhazaryanPyunik
Karen N. KhachatryanKilikia
7 Arsen BalabekyanBanants7
Renato de MoraesArarat Yerevan
9 Vital LyadzyanyowBanants
Henrikh MkhitaryanPyunik

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.ffa.am/am/news/item/2008/04/30/star/ The Football Federation of Armenia and STAR company have signed a contract
  2. http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2008/11/17/starleague/ Pyunik vs. Ararat additional match will take place at Republican Stadium