Armenian Cup 2007-08

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Ararat players celebrating winning the 2008 Armenian Cup.

The Armenian Cup 2007-08 is the 17th edition of the Armenian Independence Cup. This year, the tournament only had 14 participants, out of which 6 were reserve teams.

1 Summary
2 Results
- 2.1 Final
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Summary

FC Banants and FC Ararat got a pass on the 1st round due to the fact that these two clubs reached the final in the previous year. The first round passed without any surprises, as the reserve teams were expected to be knocked out. The quarter finals turned out to be very interesting however. Two of the matches had to be decided on penalties. FC Gandzasar Kapan put up quite a fight against defending Armenian Premier League champions FC Pyunik, and even managed to outplay the champions in various aspects of the game. FC 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 UEFA Cup 2008-09, 1st Qualifying Round.

[edit] Results

First Round March 21 & 28			Quarterfinals April 3 & 10			Semifinals April 14 & 23			Final May 9

Ararat

			Ararat	0	2

			Ulisses	1	0
Banants-2	1	1

Ulisses	4	2
						Ararat	2	3

						Pyunik	1	0
Pyunik	11	4

Patani	2	0
			Pyunik (p)	0	0

			Gandzasar	0	0
Gandzasar	3	5

Pyunik-2	0	0
									Ararat (aet)	2

									Banants	1
KIlikia	2	3

MIKA-2	0	2
			KIlikia	0	1

			MIKA	1	2
MIKA	7	4

Ararat-2	0	0
						MIKA	1	0

						Banants	3	2
Shengavit	1	1

Shirak	3	0
			Shirak	0	1

			Banants (p)	1	0


Banants

[edit] Final

May 9, 2008 17:00 (WAST)	Ararat	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Banants	Arnar Stadium, Ijevan Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Ararat Chagharian (Yerevan)
	V. Minasyan 75' Pizzeli 115'		Gančev 36'


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


BANANTS YEREVAN:
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 Gančev	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:
Nedelčo Matušev