The 2008 Armenian Cup was the 17th edition of the Armenian Cup, a football competition. In 2008, the tournament had 14 participants, out of which 6 were reserve teams.
Summary Banants and Ararat got a pass on the 1st round because these two clubs reached the final the previous year. The first round passed without any surprises, as the reserve teams were expected to be knocked out. The quarter finals, however, turned out to be very interesting. Two of the matches had to be decided on penalties. Gandzasar put up quite a fight against defending Armenian Premier League champions Pyunik, and even managed to outplay the champions in various aspects of the game. Shirak also demonstrated a fighting spirit and managed to defeat defending cup holders Banants away, after losing the first leg at home. Luck turned Banants' way as the match was won only on penalties. The semifinals also turned out to be interesting as Banants and Ararat defeated Mika and Pyunik respectively with an aggregate score of 5–1. The final was a repeat of last year's final and this time it was Ararat that edged out on top as Marcos Pizzeli managed to sneak a late extra-time winner for the five-time Armenian Independence Cup winners. The victory gave Ararat an opportunity to participate in the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, First qualifying round.
Results
First round The first legs were played on 21 March 2008. The second legs were played on 28 March 2008.
Quarter-finals The first legs were played on 3 April 2008. The second legs were played on 10 April 2008.
Semi-finals The first legs were played on 14 April 2008. The second legs were played on 23 April 2008.
Final
FC ARARAT YEREVAN: GK 1 Nikolay Sargsyan DF 20 Vahe Mehrabyan DF 19 Vahagn Minasyan DF 5 Hrayr Mkoyan MF 18 Artur Petrosyan MF 7 Artur Minasyan (c) MF 3 Renato de Morais MF 6 Karen Navoyan MF 15 Marcos Pizzeli FW 9 Sergey Erzrumyan FW 2 Sargis MovsisyanSubstitutes:GK 16 Sergio Ramírez DF 14 Vachagan Karapetyan DF 8 Andranik Tadeosyan DF 12 Emilio Palucci DF 17 Artak Grigoryan FW 21 Edgar Safaryan FW 11 Gevorg Nranyan Manager: Varuzhan SukiasyanFC BANANTS: GK 1 Yevgeni Matyugin DF 10 Yegishe Melikyan (c) DF 15 Andriy Cherevko DF 6 Andriy Burdian DF 3 Gagik Daghbashyan MF 5 Romik Khachatryan MF 13 Noah Kasule MF 25 Karen Aleksanyan MF 8 Marko Ganchev FW 19 Plamen KrumovFW 17 Semion Zlatev Substitutes:GK 22 Stepan Ghazaryan DF 20 Hovhannes Grigoryan MF 4 Aghvan Hayrapetyan MF 7 Romeo Jenebyan MF 9 Aram Bareghamyan MF 23 Eduard Kakosyan FW 11 Arsen Balabekyan Manager: Nedelcho Matushev MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions.
See also 2008 Armenian Premier League 2008 Armenian First League
External links Official site Armenia Cup 2008 at Soccerway.com Armenia Cup 2008 at rsssf.com