2008 Armenian Cup

The 2008 Armenian Cup was the 17th edition of the Armenian Cup, a football competition. In 2008, the tournament had 14 participants, out of which 6 were reserve teams.

2008 Armenian Cup
Country Armenia
Teams14
ChampionsArarat
Runners-upBanants
UEFA Europa LeagueBanants
Matches played25
Goals scored80 (3.2 per match)
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Summary

Banants and Ararat got a pass on the 1st round because these two clubs reached the final the previous year. The first round passed without any surprises, as the reserve teams were expected to be knocked out. The quarter finals, however, turned out to be very interesting. Two of the matches had to be decided on penalties. Gandzasar put up quite a fight against defending Armenian Premier League champions Pyunik, and even managed to outplay the champions in various aspects of the game. Shirak also demonstrated a fighting spirit and managed to defeat defending cup holders Banants away, after losing the first leg at home. Luck turned Banants' way as the match was won only on penalties. The semifinals also turned out to be interesting as Banants and Ararat defeated Mika and Pyunik respectively with an aggregate score of 5-1. The final was a repeat of last year's final and this time it was Ararat that edged out on top as Marcos Pizzeli managed to sneak a late extra-time winner for the five-time Armenian Independence Cup winners. The victory gave Ararat an opportunity to participate in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, First qualifying round.

Results

First round

The first legs were played on 21 March 2008. The second legs were played on 28 March 2008.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Banants-2 2–6 Ulisses 1–4 1–2
Pyunik 15–2 Patani 11–2 4–0
Gandzasar 8–0 Pyunik-2 3–0 5–0
Kilikia 5–2 Mika-2 2–0 3–2
Mika 11–0 Ararat-2 7–0 4–0
Shengavit 2–3 Shirak 1–3 1–0

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 3 April 2008. The second legs were played on 10 April 2008.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ararat Yerevan 2–1 Ulisses 0–1 2–0
Pyunik 0–0 (4–1 p) Gandzasar 0–0 0–0
Kilikia 1–3 Mika 0–1 1–2
Shirak 1–1 (5–6 p) Banants 0–1 1–0

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 14 April 2008. The second legs were played on 23 April 2008.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ararat Yerevan 5–1 Pyunik 2–1 3–0
Mika 1–5 Banants 1–3 0–2

Final
Ararat Yerevan2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Banants
V. Minasyan  75'
Pizzelli  115'		 Ganchev  36'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Ararat Chagharian (Yerevan)
FC ARARAT YEREVAN:
GK1 Nikolay Sargsyan
DF20 Vahe Mehrabyan 4' 60'
DF19 Vahagn Minasyan
DF5 Hrayr Mkoyan
MF18 Artur Petrosyan 116'
MF7 Artur Minasyan (c) 101'
MF3 Renato de Morais 45+1'
MF6 Karen Navoyan
MF15 Marcos Pizzeli
FW9 Sergey Erzrumyan 78' 95'
FW2 Sargis Movsisyan
Substitutes:
GK16 Sergio Ramírez
DF14 Vachagan Karapetyan
DF8 Andranik Tadeosyan 95'
DF12 Emilio Palucci 116'
DF17 Artak Grigoryan
FW21 Edgar Safaryan 60'
FW11 Gevorg Nranyan
Manager:
Varuzhan Sukiasyan
FC BANANTS:
GK1 Yevgeni Matyugin 89'
DF10 Yegishe Melikyan (c)
DF15 Andriy Cherevko 119'
DF6 Andriy Burdian
DF3 Gagik Daghbashyan 77'
MF5 Romik Khachatryan 46'
MF13 Noah Kasule 73'
MF25 Karen Aleksanyan 4'  119'
MF8 Marko Ganchev 3'
FW19 Plamen Krumov
FW17 Semion Zlatev 72'
Substitutes:
GK22 Stepan Ghazaryan
DF20 Hovhannes Grigoryan 46'
MF4 Aghvan Hayrapetyan 118' 77'
MF7 Romeo Jenebyan
MF9 Aram Bareghamyan
MF23 Eduard Kakosyan
FW11 Arsen Balabekyan 72'
Manager:
Nedelcho Matushev

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

See also
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