1996–97 in Armenian football

1996–97 in Armenian football
Premier League champions
FC Pyunik
First League champions
FC Dvin Artashat
FC Lori
Armenian Cup winners
Ararat Yerevan

1996-97 in Armenian football was the 5th season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union. It was the second out of two seasons in Armenia that were different from the others. Including the 1995-96 season these were the only winter competitions, while all other Armenian seasons were summer competitions. The Armenian Premier League for 1996-97 existed of 12 teams of which the four lowest ranked team would relegate to the Armenian First League. Only two Armenian First League teams would be promoted for the 1997 fall season, switching back to the winter competitions.

Premier League

  • FC Arabkir and BKMA Yerevan are promoted.

League table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pyunik (C) 22 19 2 1 67 9 +58 59 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Ararat Yerevan 22 17 1 4 54 18 +36 52 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3 Yerevan 22 16 2 4 58 24 +34 50 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 Shirak 22 15 2 5 57 11 +46 47
5 Tsement Ararat 22 13 3 6 49 26 +23 42
6 Van Yerevan 22 11 1 10 41 34 +7 34
7 Kotayk 22 8 4 10 41 27 +14 28
8 Karabakh Yerevan 22 7 4 11 23 29 −6 25
9 Homenmen Yerevan 22 7 1 14 30 59 −29 22
10 Arabkir (R) 22 4 0 18 20 89 −69 12 Relegation to First League
11 Zangezour (R) 22 2 3 17 9 77 −68 9
12 BKMA Yerevan (W) 22 1 1 20 10 56 −46 4 Withdrew[a]
Source:[citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrew
Notes:
  1. ^ BKMA Yerevan were went into bankruptcy and withdrew from the competition after autumn season. All remaining matches were awarded 3-0 against them.

Top goalscorers

Player Team Goals
1 Armenia Arsen Avetisyan Pyunik 24
2 Armenia Sergey Hayrbabamyan Tsement Ararat 13
3 Armenia Tigran Yesayan Yerevan 11
Armenia Arthur Petrosyan Shirak 11
Armenia Henrik Berberyan Yerevan 11

First League

  • Kapan-81 are renamed Lernagorts Kapan.
  • FC Kasakh returned to professional football and changed their name to Aragats Ashtarak.
  • SKA Ijevan returned to professional football and change their name back to Kaen Ijevan.
  • Hachen FC returned to professional football and changed their name to Sapfir FC.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Dvin Artashat 22 15 5 2 54 18 +36 50 Promoted to Armenian Premier League
2 Lori 22 15 5 2 42 13 +29 50
3 Aznavour 22 12 6 4 35 24 +11 42
4 Nairit 22 9 7 6 48 32 +16 34
5 Kumayri 22 8 5 9 47 42 +5 29
6 Armavir 22 7 8 7 41 39 +2 29
7 Sapfir 22 9 1 12 36 46 −10 28
8 Dinamo Yerevan 22 7 4 11 23 41 −18 25
9 Lernagorts Kapan 22 6 7 9 38 32 +6 25
10 BMA-Arai Echmiadzin 22 6 7 9 24 28 −4 25
11 Aragats Ashtarak 22 5 6 11 29 44 −15 21
12 Kaen Ijevan 22 1 3 18 19 75 −56 6
13 Aragats FC 0 – – – – – — 0 Withdrew from competition
14 Astgh Vanadzor 0 – – – – – — 0
15 Yeghvard 0 – – – – – — 0
Source: rsssf.com

Armenia Cup

Quarter finals
Yerevan 3 - 1
0 - 0		 Van Yerevan
Pyunik 2 - 0
5 - 2		 Kotayk Abovyan
Shirak 1 - 1
0 - 1		 Ararat Yerevan
Tsement Ararat w/o BKMA Yerevan
Semi finals
Yerevan 0 - 5
1 - 2		 Pyunik
Ararat Yerevan 2 - 0
2 - 0		 Tsement Ararat
Final
Pyunik 0 - 1 Ararat Yerevan

External links

  • RSSSF: Armenia 1996-97
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