2008 Baltic League

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]

Baltic League
Season2008
Champions FBK Kaunas
Top goalscorer Aleksandrs Cauņa (8)
← 2007

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:
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
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:
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
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:
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
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:
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

Bracket
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
 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
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
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
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:

5 goals:

4 goals:

3 goals:

2 goals:

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
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