2018–19 Armenian Premier League

The 2018–19 Armenian Premier League season was the 27th since its establishment. The season began on 4 August 2018 and ended on 30 May 2019.

Armenian Premier League

Season	2018–19
Dates	4 August 2018 – 30 May 2019
Champions	Ararat-Armenia
Champions League	Ararat-Armenia
Europa League	Pyunik Banants Alashkert
Matches played	144
Goals scored	334 (2.32 per match)
Highest attendance	5,181 Banants 3–0 Artsakh, (27 April 2019)
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 30 May 2019.

Teams

The FFA decided to increase the 2018–19 Armenian Premier League participants from six to nine teams, thus three teams from 2017–18 Armenian First League were promoted.^[1] These are Ararat-Armenia, Artsakh FC and Lori.

Yerevan

Gandzasar

Lori

Shirak

Yerevan teams:
Alashkert
Ararat Yerevan
Ararat-Armenia
Artsakh
Banants
Pyunik

Locations of the 2018–19 Armenian Premier League teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alashkert	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Alashkert Stadium	6,850
Ararat	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Alashkert Stadium	6,850
Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan (Kentron)	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium	14,403
Artsakh	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Mika Stadium	7,250
Banants	Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia)	Banants Stadium	4,860
Gandzasar	Yerevan (Avan)	Yerevan Football Academy Stadium1	1,428
Lori	Vanadzor	Vanadzor Football Academy2	1,000
Pyunik	Yerevan (Kentron)	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium	14,403
Shirak	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	2,844

• ¹Gandzasar Kapan played their home games at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium in Yerevan, due to the rebuilding of their regular venue Gandzasar Stadium, Kapan.
• ²Lori played at the main training pitch of the Vanadzor Football Academy due to the rebuilding of their regular venue Vanadzor City Stadium, Vanadzor.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alashkert	Varuzhan Sukiasyan (matchday 1 to 8) Aram Voskanyan (matchday 10 to 27) Abraham Khashmanyan (matchday 28 & onwards)	Artur Yedigaryan	Joma	Huawei, Bagratour
Ararat Yerevan	Armen Stepanyan (matchday 1 to 9) Abraham Khashmanyan (matchday 10 to 26)	Rafael Safaryan	Adidas
Ararat-Armenia	Vadim Skripchenko (matchday 1 to 8) Vardan Minasyan (matchday 10 & onwards)	Albert Khachumyan	Joma	Tashir Group
Artsakh	Rafael Nazaryan (matchday 1 to 19) Sevada Arzumanyan (matchday 19 & onwards)	Gor Mkrtumyan	Nike	Vega chain store
Banants	Artur Voskanyan (matchday 1 to 2) Ilshat Faizulin (matchday 3 & onwards)	Stepan Ghazaryan	Adidas
Gandzasar	Ashot Barseghyan	Ara Khachatryan	Adidas	ZCMC
Lori	Armen Adamyan (matchday 1 to 19) Artur Petrosyan (matchday 19 to 31) Vahe Gevorgyan (matchday 33 & onwards)	Gurgen Matevosyan	Puma	TotoGaming
Pyunik	Andrei Talalayev (matchday 1 to 25) Aleksandr Tarkhanov (matchday 28 & onwards)	Karlen Mkrtchyan	Umbro	Gold's Gym
Shirak	Vardan Bichakhchyan	Aghvan Davoyan	Adidas

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ararat-Armenia (C)	32	18	7	7	53	28	+25	61	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Pyunik	32	18	6	8	46	32	+14	60	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3	Banants	32	14	10	8	43	35	+8	52
4	Alashkert	32	15	6	11	37	27	+10	51
5	Lori	32	11	11	10	42	40	+2	44
6	Gandzasar	32	10	8	14	38	33	+5	38
7	Shirak	32	7	15	10	26	30	−4	36
8	Artsakh	32	6	10	16	25	49	−24	28
9	Ararat Yerevan	32	5	7	20	24	60	−36	22

Source: 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.^[2]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Alashkert qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Armenian Cup.

Positions by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Ararat Armenia	1	1	7	7	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	2	1	1
Pyunik	7	3	1	1	1	2	3	3	1	4	4	4	4	4	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	2	2
Banants	6	8	9	6	3	5	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	3	3	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3
Alashkert[a]	2	4	2	3	5	4	5	4	4	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Lori	9	9	6	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Gandzasar	3	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Shirak	5	7	8	9	9	7	9	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Artsakh	4	2	3	8	8	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Ararat Yerevan	8	5	4	4	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Leader and Champions League first qualifying round
	Europa League first qualifying round

1. Alashkert qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Armenian Cup.

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Results

First part of season Home \ Away ALA ARA AAR ART BAN GAN LOR PYU SHI Alashkert — 2–1 1–3 6–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 Ararat Yerevan 0–1 — 0–1 0–0 2–4 0–2 2–2 1–3 0–0 Ararat-Armenia 0–1 1–2 — 3–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 Artsakh 0–0 1–1 1–1 — 1–0 2–2 2–3 0–0 0–1 Banants 1–0 3–1 0–3 2–1 — 1–0 1–3 4–2 0–0 Gandzasar Kapan 0–1 4–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 — 2–0 1–2 1–1 Lori 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–2 1–3 3–0 — 0–1 3–1 Pyunik 0–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–3 — 1–1 Shirak 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–2 — Source: [citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second part of season Home \ Away ALA ARA AAR ART BAN GAN LOR PYU SHI Alashkert — 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 Ararat Yerevan 1–0 — 2–6 2–1 0–1 1–7 1–0 1–2 0–2 Ararat-Armenia 2–1 4–1 — 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–4 2–2 Artsakh 1–1 0–0 1–3 — 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–3 3–2 Banants 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 — 0–5 0–0 1–1 4–0 Gandzasar Kapan 2–4 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 — 1–1 0–1 0–0 Lori 3–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 1–3 0–0 — 2–2 2–2 Pyunik 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 — 2–0 Shirak 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 — Source: [citation needed] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 30 May 2019^[3]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Jonel Désiré	Lori	17
2	Anton Kobyalko	Ararat-Armenia	15
3	Ivaylo Dimitrov	Ararat-Armenia	10
4	Petros Avetisyan	Ararat-Armenia	8
	Erik Vardanyan	Pyunik
	Gegham Harutyunyan	Gandzasar Kapan
7	Mihran Manasyan [it]	Gandzasar Kapan	7
	Isah Aliyu	Lori
9	Sunday Ingbede	Lori	6
	Uroš Nenadović	Alashkert
	Mohamed Konaté	Pyunik

See also

• Armenian Premier League
• Armenian First League