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
Dates4 March – 25 October
ChampionsLithuania FBK Kaunas
Matches played37
Goals scored113 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorerLatvia Aleksandrs Cauņa (8)
2007

The draw for the 2008 Baltic League took place in Riga, Latvia, on 12 January 2008.[2]

Group stage

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Group A

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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]
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

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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]
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

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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]
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)
2008-04-09 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

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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]
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)
2008-04-08 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

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Bracket

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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

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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)

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

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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

2008-10-08 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

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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

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8 goals:

5 goals:

4 goals:

3 goals:

2 goals:

References

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  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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