2008 Baltic League
| Season | 2008 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 4 March – 25 October |
| Champions |  FBK Kaunas |
| Matches | 37 |
| Goals | 113 (3.05 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |  Aleksandrs Cauņa (8) |
← 2007 2009–10 → | |
The 2008 Baltic League (known as the 2008 Triobet Baltic League for sponsorship reasons) was the second Baltic League football tournament. The tournament took place in the Baltic states in 2008. The first matches took place on 4 March.[1]
The draw for the 2008 Baltic League took place in Riga, Latvia, on 12 January 2008.[2]
Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FK Rīga |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 9 | Advance to the quarter-finals |
| FK Ekranas |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 9 | |
 TVMK |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 | Eliminated from competition |
| 2008-03-04 | FK Ekranas | 1 – 0 | TVMK | Vilnius |
Tomkevičius  80' |
Report | Stadium: Sportima Sports Hall Attendance: 400 Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia) |
| 2008-03-11 | TVMK | 0 – 1 | FK Rīga | Tallinn |
| Report | Koļesņikovs 2' |
Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: N. Dunauskas (Lithuania) |
| 2008-03-18 | FK Rīga | 4 – 1 | FK Ekranas | Riga |
| Chirkin 58' Kalonas 66'Miholaps 82' 88' |
Report | Varnas 5' |
Stadium: Daugava Stadium Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia) |
| 2008-04-01 | FK Ekranas | 2 – 1 | FK Rīga | |
| Varnas 75' Gleveckas 84' |
Report | Miholaps 53' |
Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia) |
| 2008-04-08 | FK Rīga | 2 – 1 | TVMK | Riga |
| Koļesņikovs 29' Žatkins 53' |
Report | Kissel 90+2' |
Stadium: Daugava Stadium Referee: Saulius Atmanavičius (Lithuania) |
| 2008-05-20 | TVMK | 1 – 3 | FK Ekranas | Kuusalu |
| Mašitšev 7' |
Report | Trakys 35' 72' Kavaliauskas 64' |
Stadium: Kuusalu Stadium Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia) |
Group B
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skonto FC |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 12 | Advance to the quarter-finals |
| FK Sūduva |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 4 | |
| Levadia |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | Eliminated from competition |
| 2008-03-04 | FK Sūduva | 2 – 0 | Levadia | Marijampolė |
| Maciulevičius 24' Mikuckis 53' |
Report | Stadium: Marijampolė Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: V. Direktorenko (Latvia) |
| 2008-03-12 | Levadia | 1 – 3 | Skonto FC | Tallinn |
| Lemsalu 57' |
Report | Perepļotkins 28' 85' Piaček 78' |
Stadium: Maarjamäe artificial pitch Attendance: 150 Referee: A. Kancleris (Lithuania) |
| 2008-03-19 | Skonto FC | 3 – 0 | FK Sūduva | Riga |
| Laizāns 10' Dvalishvili 45'Višņakovs 81' |
Report | Stadium: Skonto stadions Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia) |
| 2008-04-01 | FK Sūduva | 1 – 6 | Skonto FC | Marijampolė |
| Willer 71' (pen.) |
Report | Piaček 44' Višņakovs 45'Pahars 53'Dvalishvili 67' (pen.)Perepļotkins 69'Cauņa 88' |
Stadium: Marijampolė Stadium Referee: Margus Kotter (Estonia) |
| 2008-04-09 | Skonto FC | 4 – 2 | Levadia | Riga |
| Cauņa 15' Laizāns 53'Blanks 60'Kozlovs 81' |
Report | Pavlikhin 56' 68' |
Stadium: Skonto stadions Referee: Nerius Dunauskas (Lithuania) |
| 2008-05-20 | Levadia | 1 – 1 | FK Sūduva | Tallinn |
| Puri 4' |
Report | Maciulevičius 90' |
Stadium: Kadrioru Stadium Referee: Vadims Černikovs (Latvia) |
Group C
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liepājas Metalurgs |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 | Advance to the quarter-finals |
| FBK Kaunas |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 7 | |
| Narva Trans |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | Eliminated from competition |
| 2008-03-04 | Narva Trans | 2 – 1 | FBK Kaunas | Tallinn |
| Lõsanov 67' Dubõkin 88' (pen.) |
Report | Fattakhov 90+3' |
Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 30 Referee: A. Sipailo (Latvia) |
| 2008-03-11 | Liepājas Metalurgs | 4 – 0 | Narva Trans | Liepājas |
| Soloņicins 9' Bleidelis 54' 86'Klimek 67' |
Report | Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 750 Referee: S. Atmanaviĉius (Lithuania) |
| 2008-03-18 | FBK Kaunas | 1 – 0 | Liepājas Metalurgs | Vilnius |
| Podelis 14' |
Report | Stadium: Žalgiris Stadium Referee: M. Kotter (Estonia) |
| 2008-04-01 | Liepājas Metalurgs | 1 – 1 | FBK Kaunas | Liepājas |
| Beniušis 27' |
Report | Mendy 87' |
Stadium: Daugava Stadium Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia) |
| 2008-04-09 | Narva Trans | 0 – 2 | Liepājas Metalurgs | |
| Report | Beniušis 44' Ivanovs 47' (pen.) |
Referee: Edmundas Gaigalas (Lithuania) |
| 2008-05-20 | FBK Kaunas | 3 – 1 | Narva Trans | Kaunas |
| Ledesma 36' 42' (pen.) Zubavičius 72' (pen.) |
Report | Ivanov 90+3' |
Stadium: S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia) |
Group D
[edit]| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FK Ventspils |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Advance to the quarter-finals |
| FK Žalgiris |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 9 | |
| Flora |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 | Eliminated from competition |
| 2008-03-05 | Flora | 0 – 1 | FK Žalgiris | Tallinn |
| Report | Veikutis 12' |
Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: R. Lajuks (Latvia) |
| 2008-03-11 | FK Ventspils | 2 – 0 | Flora | Ventspils |
| Lazdiņš 1' Aleksandr Mysikov 76' |
Report | Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions Attendance: 200 Referee: G. Mažeika (Lithuania) |
| 2008-03-18 | FK Žalgiris | 1 – 0 | FK Ventspils | |
| Kalaydzhiev 11' |
Report | Referee: Silver Kõiv (Estonia) |
| 2008-04-01 | FK Ventspils | 2 – 0 | FK Žalgiris | Ventspils |
| Bespalovs 2' Kosmačovs 48' |
Report | Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia) |
| 2008-04-08 | Flora | 0 – 1 | FK Ventspils | Tallinn |
| Report | Bespalovs 61' |
Stadium: Sportland Arena Referee: Audrius Zuta (Lithuania) |
| 2008-05-20 | FK Žalgiris | 1 – 0 | Flora | Vilnius |
| Kalaydzhiev 44' |
Report | Stadium: Žalgiris Stadium Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia) |
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| FK Rīga
| 5 | |||||||||
| Liepājas Metalurgs
| 3 | |||||||||
| FK Rīga
| 2 | |||||||||
| Skonto FC
| 8 | |||||||||
| FK Žalgiris
| 3 | |||||||||
| Skonto FC
| 6 | |||||||||
| Skonto FC
| 1 | |||||||||
| FBK Kaunas
| 2 | |||||||||
| FBK Kaunas
| 8 | |||||||||
| FK Ekranas
| 3 | |||||||||
| FBK Kaunas
| 2 | |||||||||
| FK Ventspils
| 1 | |||||||||
| FK Ventspils
| 4 | |||||||||
| FK Sūduva
| 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
[edit]| 2008-06-04 | Liepājas Metalurgs | 2 – 3 | FK Rīga | Liepāja |
| 18:00 | Grebis 9' Klimek 74' |
Report | Chirkin 34' Miholaps 41', 63' |
Stadium: Daugava Stadium Referee: Audrius Kancleris (Lithuania) |
| 2008-07-02 | FK Rīga | 2 – 1 | Liepājas Metalurgs | Riga |
| 18:00 | Ļeonovs 65' Shpakov 71' |
Report | Rubins 90+2' |
Stadium: Latvijas Universitates Stadions Referee: Paulius Malžinskas (Lithuania) |
FK Rīga win 5–3 on aggregate
| 2008-06-04 | FK Žalgiris | 2 – 4 | Skonto FC | Vilnius |
| 18:00 | Puotkalis 24' 65' (pen.) |
Report | Cauņa 15' 83' Kožans 38'Pahars 74' (pen.) |
Stadium: Žalgiris Stadium Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia) |
| 2008-07-02 | Skonto FC | 2 – 1 | FK Žalgiris | Riga |
| 20:00 | Cauņa 57' Perepļotkins 70' |
Report | Puotkalis 75' |
Stadium: Skonto Stadions Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia) |
Skonto FC win 6–3 on aggregate
| 2008-06-03 | FK Ekranas | 2 – 4 | FBK Kaunas | Panevėžys |
| 18:30 | Bicka 83' (pen.) Matovic 90+4' |
Report | Ledesma 11' L. Aničič 14' 45'Mrowiec 90+3' (pen.) |
Stadium: Aukštaitija Stadium Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia) |
| 2008-07-02 | FBK Kaunas | 4 – 1 | FK Ekranas | Kaunas |
| 19:00 | Zubavičius 7' Ledesma 45' 65'Lukša 69' |
Report | Trakys 89' |
Stadium: S.Darius and S.Girėnas Referee: Andrejs Sipailo (Latvia) |
FBK Kaunas win 8–3 on aggregate
| 2008-06-04 | FK Ventspils | 3 – 0 | FK Sūduva | Ventspils |
| 18:00 | Lazdiņš 33' (pen.) Smirnov 52'Bespalovs 59' |
Report | Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions Referee: Silver Kõivo (Estonia) |
| 2008-07-02 | FK Sūduva | 0 – 1 | FK Ventspils | Marijampolė |
| 19:00 | Report | Aleksandr Mysikov 59' |
Stadium: Sūduva stadium Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia) |
FK Ventspils win 4–0 on aggregate
Semi-finals
[edit]| 2008-09-17 | FK Rīga | 2 – 3 | Skonto FC | Riga |
| 18:00 | Žavoronkovs 26' Zenkovs 39' |
Report | Dvalishvili 33' Cauņa 47'Laizāns 51' |
Stadium: Daugava Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Paulius Malžinskas (Lithuania) |
| 2008-09-23 | Skonto FC | 5 – 0 | FK Rīga | Riga |
| 20:10 | Golubevs 14' Blanks 25'Cauņa 61' 71' (pen.)Laizāns 86' |
Report | Stadium: Skonto stadions Referee: Audrius Žuta (Lithuania) |
Skonto FC win 8–2 on aggregate
| 2008-09-24 | FBK Kaunas | 1 – 1 | FK Ventspils | Vilnius |
| 19:30 | Valskis 81' |
Report | Ziziļevs 50' |
Stadium: Žalgiris Stadium Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia) |
| 2008-10-08 | FK Ventspils | 0 – 1 | FBK Kaunas | Ventspils |
| 15:00 | Report | Valskis 30' |
Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions Referee: Silver Kõiv (Estonia) |
FBK Kaunas win 2–1 on aggregate
Final
[edit]| 2008-10-25 | Skonto FC | 1 – 2 | FBK Kaunas | Riga |
| 15:00 | Dvališvili 84' (pen.) |
Report | Aničič 24' Miklinevičius 27' |
Stadium: Skonto stadions Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia) |
Top scorers
[edit]8 goals:
5 goals:
4 goals:
3 goals:
2 goals:
References
[edit]- ↑ "FK Ekranas - FC TVMK - BalticLeague.com". Archived from the original on 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- ↑ "Loositi Balti liiga 2008 alagrupid". Soccernet.ee. Archived from the original on 2008-03-17. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
