2015–16 Armenian Premier League

The 2015–16 Armenian Premier League season is the 24th since its establishment. The season began on 1 August 2015 and ended up on 22 May 2016. FC Pyunik are the defending champions.

Armenian Premier League

Season	2015–16
Champions	Alashkert
Matches played	60
Goals scored	148 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	Héber (16) Mihran Manasyan (16)
Biggest home win	Pyunik 5–1 Banants (8 August 2015) Banants 5–1Ulisses (21 November 2015) Alashkert 4–0 Ulisses (22 August 2015) Pyunik 4–0 Gandzasar (1 November 2015)
Biggest away win	Alashkert 1–4 Pyunik (27 September 2015) Ulisses 1–4 Pyunik (8 November 2015) Ulisses 0–3 Alashkert (25 October 2015)
Highest scoring	Pyunik 5–1 Banants (8 August 2015) Banants 5–1Ulisses (21 November 2015)
Longest winning run	4 matches: Alashkert
Longest unbeaten run	7 matches: Alashkert
Longest winless run	15 matches: Ulisses
Longest losing run	6 matches: Ulisses
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 1 December 2015.

Teams

The eight teams from the 2014–15 Premier League will all compete in this year's competition.

Yerevan

Gandzasar Kapan

Shirak

Yerevan teams:
Alashkert
Ararat Yerevan
Banants
Mika
Pyunik
Ulisses

Locations of the 2015–16 Armenian Premier League teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alashkert	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Alashkert Stadium	6,850
Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan (Kentron)	Vazgen Sargsyan	14,403
Banants	Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia)	Banants Stadium	4,860
Gandzasar Kapan	Kapan	Gandzasar Stadium	3,500
Mika	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Mika Stadium	7,250
Pyunik	Yerevan (Avan)	Football Academy Stadium	1,428
Shirak	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	2,844
Ulisses	Yerevan (Kentron)	Vazgen Sargsyan	14,403

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alashkert	Bagrat Navoyan	Abraham Khashmanyan	Vahagn Minasyan	Joma	Bagratour
Ararat Yerevan	Hrach Kaprielyan	Varuzhan Sukiasyan	Gorik Khachatryan	adidas
Banants	Karlen Mkrtchyan	Tito Ramallo	Stepan Ghazaryan	Umbro
Gandzasar Kapan	Vahe Hakobyan	Ashot Barseghyan	Aleksandr Petrosyan	adidas	ZCMC
Mika	Carlos Ghazaryan (until Sept. 2015) Armen Petikyan (Sept. 2015 - Oct. 2015) Khoren Hovhannisyan (Nov. 2015 - May 2016) Armen Petikyan(May 2016)	Armen Shahgeldyan	Arsen Beglaryan	Puma
Pyunik	Rafik Hayrapetyan	Sargis Hovsepyan	Taron Voskanyan	Nike	Armenian Development Bank
Shirak	Arman Sahakyan	Vardan Bichakhchyan	Karen Aleksanyan	adidas	Anelik Bank
Ulisses	Genrikh Ghazandzhyan	Gagik Simonyan	Armen Tigranyan	adidas

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Banants	Zsolt Hornyák	End of contract	30 June 2015	Pre-season	Aram Voskanyan	1 July 2015
Mika	Aram Voskanyan	End of contract	30 June 2015	Pre-season	Armen Adamyan	1 July 2015
Ulisses	Suren Chakhalyan	Mutual consent	1 September 2015	8th	Gagik Simonyan (interim)	1 September 2015
Banants	Aram Voskanyan	Mutual consent	11 October 2015	7th	Tito Ramallo	12 October 2015
Mika	Armen Adamyan	Mutual consent	18 January 2016	6th	Sergei Yuran	19 January 2016
Mika	Sergei Yuran	Mutual consent	4 May 2016	7th	Armen Shahgeldyan	5 May 2016

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alashkert (C)	28	16	7	5	50	24	+26	55	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Shirak	28	15	7	6	41	27	+14	52	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Pyunik	28	13	9	6	44	21	+23	48
4	Gandzasar Kapan	28	11	12	5	35	27	+8	45
5	Ararat Yerevan	28	9	10	9	28	31	−3	37
6	Banants	28	7	12	9	36	34	+2	33	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
7	Mika	28	9	5	14	30	32	−2	32
8	Ulisses (D)	28	0	2	26	8	76	−68	2	Expelled[b]

Source: Football Federation of Armenia, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Matches won; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head matches won; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Head-to-head away goals scored; 9) Goal difference; 10) Goals scored.^[3]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified
Notes:

1. Banants qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Armenian Cup.
2. In February 2016, Ulisses were expelled from the league after their licence was revoked due to both financial and non-financial shortcomings. Since more than half of the matches had been played at the time, the matches scheduled to take place after the licence was revoked were decided as 3–0 losses.^[1][2]

Results

The league was played in four stages. The teams played four times with each other, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 28 matches per team.

First half of season Home \ Away ALA ARA BAN GAN MIK PYU SHI ULI Alashkert 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–4 2–0 4–0 Ararat Yerevan 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 Banants 2–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 5–1 Gandzasar Kapan 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 Mika 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 Pyunik 1–2 0–1 5–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 Shirak 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–2 3–2 Ulisses 0–3 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–4 0–1 Source: Football Federation of Armenia Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home \ Away ALA ARA BAN GAN MIK PYU SHI ULI Alashkert 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–3 3–0 Ararat Yerevan 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–4 1–2 1–1 3–0 Banants 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–0 Gandzasar Kapan 2–2 0–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 Mika 0–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–4 3–0 Pyunik 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 Shirak 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 3–0 Ulisses 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 0–3 Source: Football Federation of Armenia Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	Goals[4]
1	Héber	Alashkert	16
	Mihran Manasyan	Alashkert
3	Laercio	Banants	10
4	Vardan Pogosyan	Pyunik	9
5	Vardges Satumyan	Pyunik	7
6	Gevorg Nranyan	Ararat	6
	Atsamaz Buraev	Gandzasar
	Konan Odilon Kouakou	Shirak

Attendances

#	Football club	Home games	Average attendance[5]
1	FC Gandzasar Kapan	14	1,373
2	FC Banants Yerevan	14	800
3	FC Shirak	14	754
4	FC Alashkert	14	546
5	FC Mika	14	431
6	FC Pyunik	14	427
7	FC Ararat Yerevan	14	282
8	Ulisses FC	14	164

See also

• 2015–16 Armenian First League
• 2015–16 Armenian Cup