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 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
Latvia FK Rīga 4 3 0 1 8 4 +4 9 Advance to the quarter-finals
Lithuania FK Ekranas 4 3 0 1 7 6 +1 9
Estonia TVMK 4 0 0 4 2 7 −5 0 Eliminated from competition
Source:[citation needed]
2008-03-04 FK Ekranas Lithuania 1 – 0 Estonia TVMK Vilnius
Tomkevičius 80' Report Stadium: Sportima Sports Hall
Attendance: 400
Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)
2008-03-11 TVMK Estonia 0 – 1 Latvia FK Rīga Tallinn
Report Koļesņikovs 2' Stadium: Sportland Arena
Attendance: 200
Referee: N. Dunauskas (Lithuania)
2008-03-18 FK Rīga Latvia 4 – 1 Lithuania 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 Lithuania 2 – 1 Latvia FK Rīga
Varnas 75'
Gleveckas 84'		 Report Miholaps 53' Referee: Hannes Kaasik (Estonia)
2008-04-08 FK Rīga Latvia 2 – 1 Estonia TVMK Riga
Koļesņikovs 29'
Žatkins 53'		 Report Kissel 90+2' Stadium: Daugava Stadium
Referee: Saulius Atmanavičius (Lithuania)
2008-05-20 TVMK Estonia 1 – 3 Lithuania 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
Latvia Skonto FC 4 4 0 0 16 4 +12 12 Advance to the quarter-finals
Lithuania FK Sūduva 4 1 1 2 4 10 −6 4
Estonia Levadia 4 0 1 3 4 10 −6 1 Eliminated from competition
Source:[citation needed]
2008-03-04 FK Sūduva Lithuania 2 – 0 Estonia Levadia Marijampolė
Maciulevičius 24'
Mikuckis 53'		 Report Stadium: Marijampolė Stadium
Attendance: 600
Referee: V. Direktorenko (Latvia)
2008-03-12 Levadia Estonia 1 – 3 Latvia 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 Latvia 3 – 0 Lithuania FK Sūduva Riga
Laizāns 10'
Dvalishvili 45'
Višņakovs 81'		 Report Stadium: Skonto stadions
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)
2008-04-01 FK Sūduva Lithuania 1 – 6 Latvia 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 Latvia 4 – 2 Estonia 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 Estonia 1 – 1 Lithuania 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
Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs 4 2 1 1 7 2 +5 7 Advance to the quarter-finals
Lithuania FBK Kaunas 4 2 1 1 6 4 +2 7
Estonia Narva Trans 4 1 0 3 3 10 −7 3 Eliminated from competition
Source:[citation needed]
2008-03-04 Narva Trans Estonia 2 – 1 Lithuania 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 Latvia 4 – 0 Estonia 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 Lithuania 1 – 0 Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs Vilnius
Podelis 14' Report Stadium: Žalgiris Stadium
Referee: M. Kotter (Estonia)
2008-04-01 Liepājas Metalurgs Latvia 1 – 1 Lithuania FBK Kaunas Liepājas
Beniušis 27' Report Mendy 87' Stadium: Daugava Stadium
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
2008-04-09 Narva Trans Estonia 0 – 2 Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs
Report Beniušis 44'
Ivanovs 47' (pen.)		 Referee: Edmundas Gaigalas (Lithuania)
2008-05-20 FBK Kaunas Lithuania 3 – 1 Estonia 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
Latvia FK Ventspils 4 3 0 1 5 1 +4 9 Advance to the quarter-finals
Lithuania FK Žalgiris 4 3 0 1 3 2 +1 9
Estonia Flora 4 0 0 4 0 5 −5 0 Eliminated from competition
Source:[citation needed]
2008-03-05 Flora Estonia 0 – 1 Lithuania FK Žalgiris Tallinn
Report Veikutis 12' Stadium: Sportland Arena
Attendance: 200
Referee: R. Lajuks (Latvia)
2008-03-11 FK Ventspils Latvia 2 – 0 Estonia Flora Ventspils
Lazdiņš 1'
Aleksandr Mysikov 76'		 Report Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions
Attendance: 200
Referee: G. Mažeika (Lithuania)
2008-03-18 FK Žalgiris Lithuania 1 – 0 Latvia FK Ventspils
Kalaydzhiev 11' Report Referee: Silver Kõiv (Estonia)
2008-04-01 FK Ventspils Latvia 2 – 0 Lithuania FK Žalgiris Ventspils
Bespalovs 2'
Kosmačovs 48'		 Report Stadium: Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions
Referee: Eiko Saar (Estonia)
2008-04-08 Flora Estonia 0 – 1 Latvia FK Ventspils Tallinn
Report Bespalovs 61' Stadium: Sportland Arena
Referee: Audrius Zuta (Lithuania)
2008-05-20 FK Žalgiris Lithuania 1 – 0 Estonia Flora Vilnius
Kalaydzhiev 44' Report Stadium: Žalgiris Stadium
Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs (Latvia)

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
Latvia FK Rīga 5
 
 
 
Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs 3
 
Latvia FK Rīga 2
 
 
 
Latvia Skonto FC 8
 
Lithuania FK Žalgiris 3
 
 
 
Latvia Skonto FC 6
 
Latvia Skonto FC 1
 
 
 
Lithuania FBK Kaunas 2
 
Lithuania FBK Kaunas 8
 
 
 
Lithuania FK Ekranas 3
 
Lithuania FBK Kaunas 2
 
 
 
Latvia FK Ventspils 1
 
Latvia FK Ventspils 4
 
 
Lithuania FK Sūduva 0
 

Quarter-finals

2008-06-04 Liepājas Metalurgs Latvia 2 – 3 Latvia 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 Latvia 2 – 1 Latvia 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 Lithuania 2 – 4 Latvia 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 Latvia 2 – 1 Lithuania 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 Lithuania 2 – 4 Lithuania 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 Lithuania 4 – 1 Lithuania 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 Latvia 3 – 0 Lithuania 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 Lithuania 0 – 1 Latvia 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 Latvia 2 – 3 Latvia 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 Latvia 5 – 0 Latvia 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 Lithuania 1 – 1 Latvia FK Ventspils Vilnius
19:30 Valskis 81' Report Ziziļevs 50' Stadium: Žalgiris Stadium
Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)
2008-10-08 FK Ventspils Latvia 0 – 1 Lithuania 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
2008-10-25 Skonto FC Latvia 1 – 2 Lithuania 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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