2008 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Martyr's Memorial B-Division League
| season = 2008
| winners = Swayambhu Club
| promoted = Himalayan Sherpa Club
Bansbari Club
Koilapani Polestar Club
| relegated =
| league topscorer =
| matches = 36
| total goals = 126
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| average attendance =
| prevseason = 2006
| nextseason = 2011
}}
The 2008 Martyr's Memorial B-Division League was the 2008 season of the Martyr's Memorial B-Division League. A total of 9 teams competed in the league.{{cite web |title=Nepal 2007-09 |website=RSSSF |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nepal08.html |access-date=1 March 2022 }} The season began on 9 September 2008 and concluded on 29 September February 2006. Swayambhu Club won the league and was promoted along with Himalayan Sherpa Club, Bansbari Club, and Koilapani Polestar Club.{{cite web |last1=Thapa |first1=Bikram |title=Nepal: Himalayan Sherpa Club promoted |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/1263/india-south-central-asia/2008/09/28/885422/nepal-himalayan-sherpa-club-promoted |publisher=goal.com |access-date=1 March 2022 |date=28 September 2008}} Being based in Nawalparasi, Koilapani would therefore become the first ever team from outside the Kathmandu Valley to be promoted to the A-Division League.{{cite web |last1=Oli |first1=Prajwal |title=Koilapani's league campaign marred by financial crunch |url=http://archives.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=31627 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120430192503/http://archives.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=31627 |archive-date=30 April 2012 |date=24 May 2011}}
Teams
League table
|show_limit=5
|res_col_header=P
|team1=SWA|name_SWA=Swayambhu Club
|team2=HSC|name_HSC=Himalayan Sherpa Club
|team3=BAN|name_BAN=Bansbari Club
|team4=KPC|name_KPC=Koilapani Polestar Club
|team5=KAT|name_KAT=Kathmandu Club
|team6=BYA|name_BYA=Birgunj Youth Academy Club
|team7=KYC|name_KYC=Kumari Youth Club
|team8=TYC|name_TYC=Tushal Youth Club
|team9=SYC|name_SYC=Sanogaucharan Youth Club
|win_SWA=7|draw_SWA=1|loss_SWA=0|gf_SWA=18|ga_SWA=9|status_SWA=C,P
|win_HSC=4|draw_HSC=3|loss_HSC=1|gf_HSC=19|ga_HSC=7|status_HSC=P
|win_BAN=3|draw_BAN=4|loss_BAN=1|gf_BAN=14|ga_BAN=4|status_BAN=P
|win_KPC=3|draw_KPC=3|loss_KPC=2|gf_KPC=23|ga_KPC=12|status_KPC=P
|win_KAT=3|draw_KAT=3|loss_KAT=2|gf_KAT=14|ga_KAT=10
|win_BYA=3|draw_BYA=2|loss_BYA=3|gf_BYA=12|ga_BYA=7
|win_KYC=3|draw_KYC=2|loss_KYC=3|gf_KYC=11|ga_KYC=16
|win_TYC=1|draw_TYC=0|loss_TYC=7|gf_TYC=6|ga_TYC=22
|win_SYC=0|draw_SYC=0|loss_SYC=8|gf_SYC=9|ga_SYC=39
|col_P=#D0F0C0|text_P=Promotion to 2011 Martyr's Memorial A-Division League
|result1=P|result2=P|result3=P|result4=P
|class_rules=1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
|update=04 April 2014
|source=[https://www.rsssf.org/tablesn/nepal08.html]
}}
Controversy
On 18 September 2008, in a match against Kathmandu Club, players and officials of Kumari Youth Club attacked and beat referee Sachin Amatya, for which the match was abandoned in the 34th minute. All Nepal Football Association sanctioned multiple of Kumari Youth Club's players and officials, including suspension of the team's captain Bikash Gurung for two years.{{cite web |last1=Thapa |first1=Bikram |title=Nepal: Player, Official Beat Referee |url=https://www.goal.com/en/news/1263/india-south-central-asia/2008/09/20/874352/nepal-player-official-beat-referee |publisher=Goal.com |access-date=27 March 2022 |date=20 September 2008}}