The 2008 Turkmenistan Higher League (
Ýokary Liga
The Turkmenistan Higher League, also called Türkmenistan Ýokary Liga ( Turkmen: ''Türkmenistanyň Ýokary Ligasy''; Russian
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*Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East ...
) season was the 16th season of the
Turkmenistan League,
Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan ( or ; tk, Türkmenistan / Түркменистан, ) is a country located in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the sout ...
's premier
football
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league. It began on 12 April 2008.
*
FC Bagtyýarlyk,
FC Ahal
Ahal Änew Football Club ( tk, Ahal Änew Futbol Kluby), or simply Ahal FC, is a Turkmen professional association football club based in the Änew, Ahal Province. Founded in 1989, the club played its first-ever top flight season in 1992. The c ...
,
Gara Altyn Balkanabat and
FC Altyn Asyr
Football Club Altyn Asyr ( tk, link=no, Altyn Asyr futbol kluby), also known as Altyn Asyr Ashgabat or simply Altyn Asyr, which translates to "Golden Century", is a Turkmen football club based in Ashgabat. Founded in 2008, the club competes in th ...
make up the four teams promoted to Turkmenistan's top flight.
*Conspicuous by their absence is
Köpetdag Aşgabat
The Köpet Dag, Kopet Dagh, or Koppeh Dagh ( tk, Köpetdag; fa, کپهداغ), also known as the Turkmen-Khorasan Mountain Range, is a mountain range on the border between Turkmenistan and Iran that extends about along the border southeast o ...
, 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)
Final League standings
Top goalscorers
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Ýokary Liga seasons
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