2008 Armenian Premier League

The 2008 Armenian Premier League season (known as STAR National Football League due to sponsorship reasons) was the seventeenth since its establishment. It started on 6 April 2008, while the last matches were played on 15 November 2008. FC Pyunik were the defending champions. The Yerevan side won their seventh consecutive league title the previous season, their tenth overall. FC Dinamo Yerevan were supposed to be the team to get promoted, but they withdrew from the Premier League, and were disbanded.

Armenian Premier League
Season2008
ChampionsPyunik
11th Armenian title
Relegatednone
Champions LeaguePyunik
Europa LeagueGandzasar
Mika
Banants
Matches played112
Goals scored254 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorerMarcos Pizzelli
(17 goals)
Biggest home winArarat 5–0 Kilikia
Biggest away winKilikia 1–5 Ararat
Kilikia 1–5 Mika
Highest scoringBanants 4–2 Kilikia
Kilikia 1–5 Ararat
Kilikia 1–5 Mika
2007
2009

On 30 April 2008, Football Federation of Armenia signed a contract with STAR retailing company by which STAR would become the sponsor of the 17th Armenian Premier League season, and henceforth the 2008 season would be called STAR National Football League.

The league was played in four stages. The teams played each other four times, twice at home and twice away. The champions would have been the team with the most points after round 28. However, since Pyunik and Ararat Yerevan were tied on points at the end of the season, they had to play a decision game for the championship.

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