2008 Ýokary Liga

The 2008 Turkmenistan Higher League (Ýokary Liga) season was the 16th season of the Turkmenistan League, Turkmenistan's premier football league. It began on 12 April 2008.

  • FC Bagtyýarlyk, FC Ahal, Gara Altyn Balkanabat and FC Altyn Asyr make up the four teams promoted to Turkmenistan's top flight.
  • Conspicuous by their absence is 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;
Ýokary Liga
Season2008
ChampionsFC Aşgabat
Top goalscorerBerdi Şamyradow, Mämmedaly Garadanow (11 goals)
Biggest home winHTTU 10-0 Turan
Biggest away winAhal 0-6 Aşgabat
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Premier League Teams (2008)
Location of teams in the Turkmenistan League 2008
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
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:
(C) Champion.

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