2008 Ýokary Liga

Turkmenistan League

Season	2008
Champions	FC Aşgabat
Top goalscorer	Berdi Şamyradow, Mämmedaly Garadanow (11 goals)
Biggest home win	HTTU 10-0 Turan
Biggest away win	Ahal 0-6 Aşgabat
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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;

Premier League Teams (2008)

Merw

Gara Altyn
Nebitçi

Turan

Bagtyýarlyk

Şagadam

Altyn Asyr
Aşgabat
HTTU
Talyp Sporty

Ahal

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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

	Team	GP	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	1

Top goalscorers

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