Baltic League 2008

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Baltic League 2008
Baltic League (logo) .jpg
master FBK Kaunas
Teams 12
Games 37
Gates 113  (ø 3.05 per game)
Top scorer Aleksandrs Cauņa ( Discount Riga )
← Baltic League 2007

The 2008 Baltic League was the fourth season of football competition for Baltic club teams and took place between March 4, 2008 and October 25, 2008. The winner was FBK Kaunas from Lithuania, who beat Skonto Riga from Latvia 2-1 in the final .

mode

The four best-placed teams from the Estonian Meistriliiga , the Latvian Virslīga and the Lithuanian A Lyga took part in the Baltic League . The tournament was divided into a group phase and a knockout phase .

The twelve participating clubs were drawn into four groups. Three groups consisted of a first place, a second place and a fourth place from the leagues. In the fourth group, the three third-placed teams from the respective leagues played. In the group stage everyone played against everyone else in the first and second leg.

The four winners and the four runners-up in this group stage advanced to the quarter-finals. The quarter-finals and the following semi-finals were played in knockout mode with a return leg, in the event of a tie, the away goals rule decided . In contrast to the previous year, the final final was decided in only one game.

Attendees

There were only few changes in the participants compared to the previous year. From Latvia there was only one newcomer to the competition with FK Riga . Estonia provided the same teams as a year before and from Lithuania there was also only one completely new participant, Sūduva Marijampolė .

Prize money

All prize money is given in euros .

  • Group stage
    • Qualification: 13,000 euros (for all participants)
    • Victory: 1,950 euros
    • Tie: 650 euros
    • 1st and 2nd place: 3,600 euros
  • Qualification for the semi-finals: 3,600 euros
  • final
    • Victory: 5,000 euros
    • 2nd place: 3,000 euros

All transport and accommodation costs for the participants were borne by the Baltic League , the total budget including prize money was 710,000 euros. The teams from the first leagues of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which could not qualify for the competition, received a payment of 2,875 euros each.

Group stage

Group A

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. LatviaLatvia FK Riga  4th  3  0  1 008: 400  +4 09
 2. LithuaniaLithuania Ekranas Panevėžys  4th  3  0  1 007: 600  +1 09
 3. EstoniaEstonia FC TVMK Tallinn  4th  0  0  4th 002: 700  −5 00
March 4, 2008
Ekranas Panevėžys 1-0 TVMK Tallinn Sportima Sports Hall
March 11, 2008
TVMK Tallinn 0: 1 FK Riga Sportland Arena
March 18, 2008
FK Riga 4: 1 Ekranas Panevėžys Daugava Stadium
April 4, 2008
Ekranas Panevėžys 2: 1 FK Riga Aukstaitija Stadium
April 8, 2008
FK Riga 2: 1 TVMK Tallinn Daugava Stadium
May 20, 2008
TVMK Tallinn 1: 3 Ekranas Panevėžys Kuusalu Stadium

Group B

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. LatviaLatvia Riga discount  4th  4th  0  0 016: 400 +12 12
 2. LithuaniaLithuania Sūduva Marijampolė  4th  1  1  2 004:100  −6 04th
 3. EstoniaEstonia FC Levadia Tallinn  4th  0  1  3 004:100  −6 01
March 4, 2008
Sūduva Marijampolė 2-0 Levadia Tallinn Sūduva Stadium
March 12, 2008
Levadia Tallinn 1: 3 Riga discount Maarjamae Stadium
March 19, 2008
Riga discount 3-0 Sūduva Marijampolė Discount stadium
April 1, 2008
Sūduva Marijampolė 1: 6 Riga discount Marijampolė Stadium
April 9, 2008
Riga discount 4: 2 Levadia Tallinn Discount stadium
May 20, 2008
Levadia Tallinn 1: 1 Sūduva Marijampolė Kadrioru stadium

Group C

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. LatviaLatvia Liepājas Metalurgs  4th  2  1  1 007: 200  +5 07th
 2. LithuaniaLithuania FBK Kaunas  4th  2  1  1 006: 400  +2 07th
 3. EstoniaEstonia JK Trans Narva  4th  1  0  3 003:100  −7 03
March 4, 2008
Trans Narva 2: 1 FBK Kaunas Sportland Arena
March 11, 2008
Liepājas Metalurgs 4-0 Trans Narva Daugava Stadium
March 18, 2008
FBK Kaunas 1-0 Liepājas Metalurgs Žalgiris Stadium
April 1, 2008
Liepājas Metalurgs 1: 1 FBK Kaunas Daugava Stadium
April 9, 2008
Trans Narva 0: 2 Liepājas Metalurgs Narva Kreenholmi stadium
May 20, 2008
FBK Kaunas 3: 1 Trans Narva S.Dariaus and S.Girėno stadiums

Group D

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. LatviaLatvia FK Ventspils  4th  3  0  1 005: 100  +4 09
 2. LithuaniaLithuania Vilnius FK Žalgiris  4th  3  0  1 003: 200  +1 09
 3. EstoniaEstonia FC Flora Tallinn  4th  0  0  4th 000: 500  −5 00
March 5, 2008
Flora Tallinn 0: 1 Žalgiris Vilnius Sportland Arena
March 11, 2008
FK Ventspils 2-0 Flora Tallinn Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadium
March 18, 2008
Žalgiris Vilnius 1-0 FK Ventspils Sportima Sports Hall
April 1, 2008
FK Ventspils 2-0 Žalgiris Vilnius Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadium
April 8, 2008
Flora Tallinn 0: 1 FK Ventspils Sportland Arena
May 20, 2008
Žalgiris Vilnius 1-0 Flora Tallinn Vėtra Stadium

Knockout round

Quarter finals

The first legs of the quarter-finals were played on June 3 and 4, the second legs on July 2, 2008.

total First leg Return leg
Liepājas Metalurgs  LatviaLatvia 3: 5 LatviaLatvia  FK Riga 2: 3 1: 2
Vilnius FK Žalgiris  LithuaniaLithuania 3: 6 LatviaLatvia  Riga discount 2: 4 1: 2
Ekranas Panevėžys  LithuaniaLithuania 3: 8 LithuaniaLithuania  FBK Kaunas 2: 4 1: 4
FK Ventspils  LatviaLatvia 4-0 LithuaniaLithuania  Sūduva Marijampolė 3-0 1-0

Semifinals

The first legs in the semi-finals were played on September 17 and 24, the second legs on September 23 and October 8, 2008.

total First leg Return leg
FK Riga  LatviaLatvia 2: 8 LatviaLatvia  Riga discount 2: 3 0: 5
FBK Kaunas  LithuaniaLithuania 2: 1 LatviaLatvia  FK Ventspils 1: 1 1-0

final

Riga discount FBK Kaunas
Riga discountRiga discount
October 25, 2008 in Riga ( Skonto Stadium )
Result: 1: 2 (0: 2)
Spectators: 7,000
Referee: Hannes Kaasik ( Estonia ) EstoniaEstonia 
FBK KaunasFBK Kaunas


Germans Malins - David Gamezardašvili , Sergejs Golubevs , Raivis Hščanovičs , Sergejs Kožans (66. Vladimir Dvališvili ) - Vitalijs Astafjevs , Aleksandrs Cauņa , Oļegs Laizāns (72. Igor Kozlov ), Aleksejs Višņakovs - Edgaras Jankauskas , Marian Pahars (79 Kristaps Blanks )
Coach: Paul Ashworth ( England ) EnglandEngland 		 Eduardas Kurskis - Tomas Kančelskis , Akaki Chubutija , Nerijus Radžius - Kestutis Ivaškevičius , Vytautas Lukša , Nukri Mančchava , Tomas Miklinevičius , Rogerio Dos Santos (67th Marius Činikas ) - Luka Anicic (90 Mindaugas Grigalevičius ), Aivaras Laurisas (78. Marius Šoblinskas )
Trainer: Andrey Zygmantovich


Penalty kick 1: 2 Vladimir Dvališvili (84th, penalty) 		goal0: 1 Luka Aničič (24th)
goal0: 2 Tomas Miklinevičius (27th)
yellow cards Kristaps Blanks, Vladimir Dvališvili, Igors Kozlovs yellow cards Akaki Chubutija, Vytautas Lukša
Red cards Aleksandrs Cauņa (63.) Red cards Kestutis Ivaškevičius (63.)

List of goalscorers

rank Surname society Gates
1 LatviaLatvia Aleksandrs Cauņa Riga discount 8th
2 BrazilBrazil Rafael Ledesma FBK Kaunas 5
LatviaLatvia Mihail's Miholaps FK Riga
4th LatviaLatvia Oļegs Laizāns Riga discount 4th
LatviaLatvia Andrejs Perepļotkins Riga discount
GeorgiaGeorgia Vladimir Dvališvili Riga discount
7th CroatiaCroatia Luka Aničič FBK Kaunas 3
LatviaLatvia Vladimir Bespalovs FK Ventspils
LithuaniaLithuania Andrius Puotkalis Vilnius FK Žalgiris
LithuaniaLithuania Valdas Trakys Ekranas Panevėžys

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TrioBet Baltic League winner will be decided in one match (English), July 2008. Accessed on April 8, 2011.
  2. ^ Baltic League 2008 clubs will reveal opponents on Saturday , January 2008. Accessed April 8, 2011.
  3. ^ Baltic League introduced , February 13, 2007. Accessed April 8, 2011

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