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	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Pyunik	22	19	2	1	67	9	59
2	Ararat Yerevan	22	17	1	4	54	18	52
3	Yerevan	22	16	2	4	58	24	50
4	Shirak	22	15	2	5	57	11	47
5	Tsement Ararat	22	13	3	6	49	26	42
6	Van Yerevan	22	11	1	10	41	34	34
7	Kotayk	22	8	4	10	41	27	28
8	Karabakh Yerevan	22	7	4	11	23	29	25
9	Homenmen Yerevan	22	7	1	14	30	59	22
10	Arabkir	22	4	0	18	20	89	12
11	Zangezour	22	2	3	17	9	77	9
12	BKMA Yerevan	22	1	1	20	10	56	4

	Champions
	Relegated to Armenian First League.
	Went into bankruptcy and all remaining matches were awarded 3-0 against them.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Top goalscorers

	Player	Team	Goals
1	Arsen Avetisyan	Pyunik	24
2	Sergey Hayrbabamyan	Tsement Ararat	13
3	Tigran Yesayan	Yerevan	11
	Arthur Petrosyan	Shirak	11
	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	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Dvin Artashat	22	15	5	2	54	18	50
2	Lori	22	15	5	2	42	13	50
3	Aznavour	22	12	6	4	35	24	42
4	Nairit	22	9	7	6	48	32	34
5	Kumayri	22	8	5	9	47	42	29
6	Armavir	22	7	8	7	41	39	29
7	Sapfir	22	9	1	12	36	46	28
8	Dinamo Yerevan	22	7	4	11	23	41	25
9	Lernagorts Kapan	22	6	7	9	38	32	25
10	SKA-Arai Echmiadzin	22	6	7	9	24	28	25
11	Aragats Ashtarak	22	5	6	11	29	44	21
12	Kaen Ijevan	22	1	3	18	19	75	6
13	Aragats FC	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
14	Astgh Vanadzor	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
15	Yeghvard	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX

	Promoted to Armenian Premier League
	Withdrew from competition.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

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

Football in Armenia

Football Federation of Armenia

National teams	Men (Results) Women Futsal U-21 U-19 U-17

League system	Premier League First League

Domestic cups	Independence Cup Supercup

Seasons	1992 1993 1994 1995 1995–96 1996–97 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Clubs Records History Venues Player category International Players Players Footballer of the Year

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/9/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.