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2008 Ýokary Liga

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Ýokary Liga
Season2008
ChampionsFC Aşgabat
Top goalscorerBerdi Şamyradow, Mämmedaly Garadanow (11 goals)
Biggest home winHTTU 10–0 Turan
Biggest away winAhal 0–6 Aşgabat
2007
2009

2008 Ýokary Liga season was the 16th edition of the top tier professional Yokary Liga football annual competition in Turkmenistan administered by the Football Federation of Turkmenistan. It began on 12 April 2008.

  • FC Bagtyýarlyk, FC Ahal, Gara Altyn Balkanabat and FC Altyn Asyr were four teams promoted to Turkmenistan's top flight.
  • Conspicuous by their absence was Köpetdag Aşgabat, the six-time Turkmenistan champions and 1997/98 AFC Asian Cup Winners' Cup semi-finalists who have had to disband due to financial reasons.
  • in July, Lebap (Türkmenabat) were renamed Bagtyýarlyk;

Premier League Teams (2008)

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Club City 2007 season
FC Ahal Ahal Province
FC Altyn Asyr Ashgabat
FC Aşgabat Ashgabat Champions
Gara Altyn Balkanabat Balkanabat
HTTU Aşgabat Ashgabat 2nd
FC Bagtyýarlyk Türkmenabat
Merw Mary Mary 6th
Nebitçi Balkanabat Balkanabat 3rd
Şagadam Türkmenbaşy Turkmenbaşy 5th
Talyp Sporty Aşgabat Ashgabat 4th
Turan Daşoguz Daşoguz 7th

Final League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 FC Aşgabat (C) 20 16 4 0 48 4 +44 52
2 HTTU Aşgabat 20 14 5 1 55 9 +46 47
3 Nebitçi Balkanabat 20 14 2 4 42 16 +26 44
4 Merw Mary 20 10 5 5 31 22 +9 35
5 Talyp Sporty Aşgabat 20 7 8 5 21 10 +11 29
6 Şagadam Türkmenbaşy 20 7 6 7 20 19 +1 27
7 Turan Daşoguz 20 7 4 9 18 40 −22 25
8 FC Altyn Asyr 20 7 2 11 21 20 +1 23
9 Gara Altyn Balkanabat 20 6 2 12 27 34 −7 20
10 FC Ahal 20 1 1 18 12 68 −56 4
11 FC Bagtyýarlyk 20 1 1 18 7 60 −53 4
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Top goalscorers

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Pos. Scorer Goals Club
1. Turkmenistan Berdi Şamyradow 11 HTTU Aşgabat
Turkmenistan Mämmedaly Garadanow 11 HTTU Aşgabat