2008 Baltic League

Baltic League

Season	2008
Dates	4 March – 25 October
Champions	FBK Kaunas
Matches played	37
Goals scored	113 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aleksandrs Cauņa (8)
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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

Group A

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

Source: ^[citation needed]

FK Ekranas v TVMK

2008-03-04	FK Ekranas	1 – 0	TVMK	Vilnius
	Tomkevičius 80'	Report		Stadium: Sportima Sports Hall Attendance: 400 Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)

TVMK v FK Rīga

2008-03-11	TVMK	0 – 1	FK Rīga	Tallinn
		Report	Koļesņikovs 2'	Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: N. Dunauskas (Lithuania)

FK Rīga v FK Ekranas

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)

FK Ekranas v FK Rīga

2008-04-01	FK Ekranas	2 – 1	FK Rīga
	Varnas 75' Gleveckas 84'	Report	Miholaps 53'	Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)

FK Rīga v TVMK

2008-04-08	FK Rīga	2 – 1	TVMK	Riga
	Koļesņikovs 29' Žatkins 53'	Report	Kissel 90+2'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Referee: Saulius Atmanavičius (Lithuania)

TVMK v FK Ekranas

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

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

Source: ^[citation needed]

FK Sūduva v Levadia

2008-03-04	FK Sūduva	2 – 0	Levadia	Marijampolė
	Maciulevičius 24' Mikuckis 53'	Report		Stadium: Marijampolė Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: V. Direktorenko (Latvia)

Levadia v Skonto FC

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)

Skonto FC v FK Sūduva

2008-03-19	Skonto FC	3 – 0	FK Sūduva	Riga
	Laizāns 10' Dvalishvili 45' Višņakovs 81'	Report		Stadium: Skonto stadions Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

FK Sūduva v Skonto FC

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)

Skonto FC v Levadia

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)

Levadia v FK Sūduva

2008-05-20	Levadia	1 – 1	FK Sūduva	Tallinn
	Puri 4'	Report	Maciulevičius 90'	Stadium: Kadrioru Stadium Referee: Vadims Černikovs (Latvia)

Group C

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

Source: ^[citation needed]

Narva Trans v FBK Kaunas

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)

Liepājas Metalurgs v Narva Trans

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)

FBK Kaunas v Liepājas Metalurgs

2008-03-18	FBK Kaunas	1 – 0	Liepājas Metalurgs	Vilnius
	Podelis 14'	Report		Stadium: Žalgiris Stadium Referee: M. Kotter (Estonia)

Liepājas Metalurgs v FBK Kaunas

2008-04-01	Liepājas Metalurgs	1 – 1	FBK Kaunas	Liepājas
	Beniušis 27'	Report	Mendy 87'	Stadium: Daugava Stadium Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

Narva Trans v Liepājas Metalurgs

2008-04-09	Narva Trans	0 – 2	Liepājas Metalurgs
		Report	Beniušis 44' Ivanovs 47' (pen.)	Referee: Edmundas Gaigalas (Lithuania)

FBK Kaunas v Narva Trans

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

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

Source: ^[citation needed]

Flora v FK Žalgiris

2008-03-05	Flora	0 – 1	FK Žalgiris	Tallinn
		Report	Veikutis 12'	Stadium: Sportland Arena Attendance: 200 Referee: R. Lajuks (Latvia)

FK Ventspils v Flora

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)

FK Žalgiris v FK Ventspils

2008-03-18	FK Žalgiris	1 – 0	FK Ventspils
	Kalaydzhiev 11'	Report		Referee: Silver Kõiv (Estonia)

FK Ventspils v FK Žalgiris

2008-04-01	FK Ventspils	2 – 0	FK Žalgiris	Ventspils
	Bespalovs 2' Kosmačovs 48'	Report		Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia)

Flora v FK Ventspils

2008-04-08	Flora	0 – 1	FK Ventspils	Tallinn
		Report	Bespalovs 61'	Stadium: Sportland Arena Referee: Audrius Zuta (Lithuania)

FK Žalgiris v Flora

2008-05-20	FK Žalgiris	1 – 0	Flora	Vilnius
	Kalaydzhiev 44'	Report		Stadium: Žalgiris Stadium Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)

Knockout stage

Bracket

	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

Liepājas Metalurgs v FK Rīga

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)

FK Rīga v Liepājas Metalurgs

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

FK Žalgiris v Skonto FC

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)

Skonto FC v FK Žalgiris

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

FK Ekranas v FBK Kaunas

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)

FBK Kaunas v FK Ekranas

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

FK Ventspils v FK Sūduva

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)

FK Sūduva v FK Ventspils

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

FK Rīga v Skonto FC

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)

Skonto FC v FK Rīga

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

FBK Kaunas v FK Ventspils

2008-09-24	FBK Kaunas	1 – 1	FK Ventspils	Vilnius
19:30	Valskis 81'	Report	Ziziļevs 50'	Stadium: Žalgiris Stadium Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

FK Ventspils v FBK Kaunas

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

Main article: 2008 Baltic League Final

Skonto FC v FBK Kaunas

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

8 goals:

• Aleksandrs Cauņa

5 goals:

• Rafael Ledesma
• Mihails Miholaps

4 goals:

• Vladimir Dvalishvili
• Oļegs Laizāns
• Andrejs Perepļotkins

3 goals:

• Luka Aničič
• Vladimirs Bespalovs
• Andrius Puotkalis
• Valdas Trakys

2 goals:

• Ričardas Beniušis
• Kristaps Blanks
• Imants Bleidelis
• Grigoriy Chirkin
• Georgi Kalaydzhiev
• Arkadiusz Klimek
• Aleksejs Koļesņikovs
• Artis Lazdiņš
• Darius Maciulevičius
• Aleksandr Mysikov
• Marians Pahars
• Aleksandr Pavlihhin
• Jozef Piaček
• Vygantas Zubavičius
• Nerijus Valskis
• Egidijus Varnas
• Aleksejs Višņakovs

References

1. "FK Ekranas - FC TVMK - BalticLeague.com". Archived from the original on 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
2. Loositi Balti liiga 2008 alagrupid - Soccernet.ee

External links

• Official website