2012–13 Armenian Premier League

The 2012–13 Armenian Premier League season was the twenty-first since its establishment. The season began on 24 March 2012 and ended on 18 May 2013, with two scheduled breaks between 2–27 July 2012 and 3 December 2012 – 8 March 2013.^[1] Ulisses are the defending champions, having won their first league title last season.

Armenian Premier League

Season	2012–13
Champions	Shirak
Champions League	Shirak
Europa League	Mika Gandzasar Pyunik
Matches played	136
Goals scored	345 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer	Norayr Gyozalyan (21 goals)
Biggest home win	Pyunik 6–0 Ararat Yerevan
Biggest away win	Ararat Yerevan 0–3 Mika Banants 2–5 Impuls Banants 0–3 Pyunik
Highest scoring	Banants 2–5 Impuls
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The league switched from a year-round to a fall-spring schedule.^[2]

The title was won by Shirak.^[3]

Competition changes

The league changed its competition mode from that of a calendar year to a fall-spring schedule.^[2] As a consequence, this season will be longer than usual; every team will play six times against each other team, three times at home and three times away.

Teams

Yerevan

Shirak

Impuls

Gandzasar

Yerevan teams:
Ararat Yerevan
Banants
Mika
Pyunik
Ulisses

Location of teams in the 2012–13 Armenian Premier League

Because all of the club's in last year's First League competition were reserve teams of the Premier League clubs, there was no promotion or relegation between the two for this season. Therefore, the league membership has not changed from last year's competition.

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan	City Stadium (Abovyan)	3,946
Banants	Yerevan	Banants Stadium	5,010
Gandzasar	Kapan	Gandzasar Stadium	3,500
Impuls	Dilijan	Ayg Stadium (Ararat)	1,280
Mika	Yerevan	Mika Stadium	7,250
Pyunik	Yerevan	Republican Stadium (until March 2013) Football Academy Stadium (April 2013 & onwards)	14,403 1,428
Shirak	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	2,844
Ulisses	Yerevan	Republican Stadium	14,403

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Ararat Yerevan	Hrach Kaprielyan	Albert Safaryan	Gorik Khachatryan	Jako
Banants	Sargis Israelyan	Rafael Nazaryan	Ararat Arakelyan	Umbro
Gandzasar	Maksim Hakobyan	Abraham Khashmanyan	Armen Tatintsyan	Joma
Impuls	Tigran Hakobyan	Armen Gyulbudaghyants	Narek Davtyan	Lotto
Mika	Carlos Khazaryan	Zsolt Hornyák	Aghvan Mkrtchyan	Umbro	Armavia
Pyunik	Karen Harutyunyan	Suren Chakhalyan	David Manoyan	Hummel	Armenian Development Bank
Shirak	Arman Sahakyan	Vardan Bichakhchyan	Tigran Davtyan	Kappa	Sovrano
Ulisses	Artak Harutyunyan	Sevada Arzumanyan	David Grigoryan	Lotto	VivaCell MTS

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shirak (C)	42	26	10	6	70	38	+32	88	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Mika	42	24	7	11	57	39	+18	79	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3	Gandzasar Kapan	42	18	13	11	48	37	+11	67
4	Pyunik	42	19	6	17	67	51	+16	63
5	Impuls	42	18	6	18	66	65	+1	60	Team disbanded after the season[b]
6	Ulisses	42	11	12	19	41	50	−9	45
7	Ararat Yerevan	42	9	6	27	27	70	−43	33
8	Banants[c]	42	5	16	21	37	64	−27	31

Source: Football Federation of Armenia
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Pyunik, as winners of 2012–13 Armenian Cup, qualify for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
2. Impuls FC decided not to participate in 2013–14 Armenian Premier League competition, as the team was dissolved by the decision of the owners.
3. Executive committee of the Football Federation of Armenia decided to allow Banants to participate in the Premier League next season despite the fact that FC Banants took the last place in the tournament and was supposed to leave it.

Results

Matches 1–14

Home \ Away	ARA	BAN	GAN	IMP	MIK	PYU	SHI	ULI
Ararat Yerevan		1–3	0–1	0–2	0–3	2–3	1–2	2–1
Banants	2–0		0–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	2–3
Gandzasar Kapan	1–0	3–0		0–1	2–3	1–0	1–2	0–1
Impulse	4–1	1–1	1–1		1–2	3–0	0–2	1–0
Mika	3–0	2–1	0–2	4–2		3–2	2–1	3–1
Pyunik	6–0	4–0	0–1	1–3	0–0		1–3	4–2
Shirak	4–0	2–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–1		1–0
Ulisses	3–1	0–0	0–0	4–0	1–2	1–1	1–1

Source: Football Federation of Armenia
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 15–28

Home \ Away	ARA	BAN	GAN	IMP	MIK	PYU	SHI	ULI
Ararat Yerevan		1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–2	1–2
Banants	1–1		0–0	2–5	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–1
Gandzasar Kapan	0–0	1–1		3–0	3–2	2–0	1–1	0–1
Impulse	1–2	2–2	3–0		2–1	2–4	3–1	2–0
Mika	1–0	1–0	0–0	2–2		2–1	3–1	1–0
Pyunik	1–0	1–0	4–2	1–2	0–1		1–2	3–1
Shirak	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1		2–1
Ulisses	0–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	3–0	0–2

Source: Football Federation of Armenia
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Matches 29–42

Home \ Away	ARA	BAN	GAN	IMP	MIK	PYU	SHI	ULI
Ararat Yerevan		1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–3	0–1	0–0
Banants	0–0		1–1	2–3	2–1	2–0	2–2	0–2
Gandzasar Kapan	2–0	2–0		2–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–0
Impulse	0–1	1–0	1–2		1–1	1–0	0–2	2–0
Mika	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0		1–0	0–0	2–0
Pyunik	2–0	4–0	1–1	3–2	2–0		0–1	3–1
Shirak	3–1	2–0	2–2	4–3	3–0	0–1		2–0
Ulisses	1–0	0–0	0–0	4–1	0–1	1–1	0–0

Source: Football Federation of Armenia
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Updated through matches played on 12 April 2013.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[4]
1	Norayr Gyozalyan	Impuls	21
2	Ismaël Béko Fofana	Shirak	14
	Simon Muradyan	Mika
4	Yoro Lamine Ly	Shirak	13
5	Viulen Ayvazyan	Pyunik	11
	Andranik Barikyan	Shirak
7	Arsen Balabekyan	Ulisses	10
8	Kamo Hovhannisyan	Pyunik	9
	Diego Lomba	Gandzasar
10	Filip Timov	Impuls	8