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
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityYerevanCity Stadium (Abovyan)3,946YerevanBanants Stadium3,600KapanGandzasar Stadium3,500YerevanHrazdan Stadium54,208YerevanMika Stadium7,250YerevanRepublican Stadium14,403GyumriGyumri City Stadium2,844YerevanKasakhi 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.Pyunik vs. Ararat additional match will take place at Republican Stadium
Results
First half of season
Second half of season
Top goalscorers
Source: ffa.am
RankScorerTeamGoals1 Marcos PizzelliArarat Yerevan172 Albert TadevosyanPyunik103 Alexander PetrosyanGandzasar94 Narek BeglaryanMika8 Gevorg GhazaryanPyunik Karen N. KhachatryanKilikia7 Arsen BalabekyanBanants7 Renato de MoraesArarat Yerevan9 Vital LyadzyanyowBanants 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
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See also 2008 Armenian First League 2008 Armenian Cup
References
External links ffa.am soccerway.com rsssf.com