# 2008 Armenian Cup

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.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Banants-2 | 2–6 | Ulisses | 1–4 | 1–2 |
| Pyunik | 15–2 | Patani | 11–2 | 4–0 |
| Gandzasar | 8–0 | Pyunik-2 | 3–0 | 5–0 |
| Kilikia | 5–2 | Mika-2 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Mika | 11–0 | Ararat-2 | 7–0 | 4–0 |
| Shengavit | 2–3 | Shirak | 1–3 | 1–0 |

### Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 3 April 2008. The second legs were played on 10 April 2008.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ararat Yerevan | 2–1 | Ulisses | 0–1 | 2–0 |
| Pyunik | 0–0 (4–1 p) | Gandzasar | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Kilikia | 1–3 | Mika | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Shirak | 1–1 (5–6 p) | Banants | 0–1 | 1–0 |

### Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 14 April 2008. The second legs were played on 23 April 2008.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Ararat Yerevan | 5–1 | Pyunik | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Mika | 1–5 | Banants | 1–3 | 0–2 |

### Final

FC ARARAT YEREVAN: :
| GK | 1 | Nikolay Sargsyan | |
| DF | 20 | Vahe Mehrabyan | 4' | 60' |
| DF | 19 | Vahagn Minasyan | |
| DF | 5 | Hrayr Mkoyan | |
| MF | 18 | Artur Petrosyan | | 116' |
| MF | 7 | Artur Minasyan (c) | 101' |
| MF | 3 | Renato de Morais | 45+1' |
| MF | 6 | Karen Navoyan | |
| MF | 15 | Marcos Pizzeli | |
| FW | 9 | Sergey Erzrumyan | 78' | 95' |
| FW | 2 | Sargis Movsisyan |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 16 | Sergio Ramírez | |
| DF | 14 | Vachagan Karapetyan | |
| DF | 8 | Andranik Tadeosyan | | 95' |
| DF | 12 | Emilio Palucci | | 116' |
| DF | 17 | Artak Grigoryan | |
| FW | 21 | Edgar Safaryan | | 60' |
| FW | 11 | Gevorg Nranyan | |
| Manager: |||
| Varuzhan Sukiasyan ||||
FC BANANTS: :
| GK | 1 | Yevgeni Matyugin | 89' |
| DF | 10 | Yegishe Melikyan (c) | |
| DF | 15 | Andriy Cherevko | 119' |
| DF | 6 | Andriy Burdian | |
| DF | 3 | Gagik Daghbashyan | | 77' |
| MF | 5 | Romik Khachatryan | | 46' |
| MF | 13 | Noah Kasule | 73' |
| MF | 25 | Karen Aleksanyan | 4' 119' |
| MF | 8 | Marko Ganchev | 3' |
| FW | 19 | Plamen Krumov |
| FW | 17 | Semion Zlatev | | 72' |
| Substitutes: |||
| GK | 22 | Stepan Ghazaryan | |
| DF | 20 | Hovhannes Grigoryan | | 46' |
| MF | 4 | Aghvan Hayrapetyan | 118' | 77' |
| MF | 7 | Romeo Jenebyan | |
| MF | 9 | Aram Bareghamyan | |
| MF | 23 | Eduard Kakosyan | |
| FW | 11 | Arsen Balabekyan | | 72' |
| 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.