2022–23 Armenian Premier League

The 2022–23 Armenian Premier League, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League (Armenian: VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա) for sponsorship reasons, is the 31st season of the league since its establishment.

Armenian Premier League

Season	2022–23
Dates	29 July 2022 – 6 June 2023
Champions	Urartu
Relegated	Lernayin Artsakh
Champions League	Urartu
Europa Conference League	Pyunik Ararat-Armenia Alashkert
Matches played	180
Goals scored	446 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Two Players (17)
Biggest home win	Alashkert 5–0 Noah (10 October 2022)
Biggest away win	Noah 0–6 Urartu (20 August 2022) Lernayin Artsakh 0–6 Pyunik (16 March 2023)
Highest scoring	Noah 3–4 Alashkert (30 July 2022)
Longest winning run	(14) Pyunik
Longest unbeaten run	(18) Ararat-Armenia
Longest winless run	(23) Lernayin Artsakh
Longest losing run	(17) Lernayin Artsakh
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 6 June 2023.

Season events

On 4 July 2022, the FFA announced that Lernayin Artsakh (promoted after a seventeen-year absence) would play in the upcoming Armenian Premier League season, along with Pyunik, Ararat-Armenia, Alashkert, Ararat Yerevan, Urartu, Noah, Van, BKMA Yerevan and Shirak.^[1]

Teams

Yerevan

Noah

Lernayin

Shirak

Van

Yerevan teams:
Alashkert
Ararat
Ararat-Armenia
BKMA
Pyunik
Urartu

Locations of the teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alashkert	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Alashkert Stadium	6,850
Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan (Kentron)	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium	14,403
Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan (Avan)	Yerevan Football Academy Stadium1	1,428
BKMA
Lernayin Artsakh	Vayk	Arevik Stadium	1,000
Noah	Armavir	Armavir City Stadium1	3,100
Pyunik	Yerevan (Kentron)	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium	14,403
Shirak	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	4,000
Urartu	Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia)	Urartu Stadium	4,860
Van	Charentsavan	Charentsavan City Stadium	5,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alashkert	Vahe Gevorgyan	Artak Grigoryan	Sport-Saller
Ararat Yerevan	Aleksandr Petrosyan	Hrayr Mkoyan	Fourteen	AWI International
Ararat-Armenia	Vardan Bichakhchyan	Armen Ambartsumyan	Puma	Tashir Group
BKMA	Rafael Nazaryan	Artur Grigoryan	Macron
Noah	Robert Arzumanyan	Haik Moussakhanian	Adidas	Fastex
Lernayin Artsakh	Artashes Adamyan	Vladimir Kharatyan	Adidas
Pyunik	Yegishe Melikyan	Edgar Malakyan	Joma	Fastex
Shirak	Edgar Torosyan	Artyom Mikaelyan	Fourteen	–
Urartu	Dmitri Gunko	Zhirayr Margaryan	Jako	–
Van	Hayk Hovhannisyan	Vaspurak Minasyan	Puma	Fastex

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Ararat-Armenia	Dmitri Gunko	End of contract	2 June 2022[2]	Pre-season	Vardan Bichakhchyan	10 June 2022[3]
Urartu	Robert Arzumanyan	End of contract	24 June 2022[4]		Dmitri Gunko	27 June 2022[5]
Noah	Aram Hakobyan			10th	Robert Arzumanyan	23 August 2022[6]
Ararat Yerevan	Aram Voskanyan	Resigned	4 October 2022[7]	7th	Rafael Safaryan	4 October 2022
Ararat Yerevan	Rafael Safaryan		15 October 2022	7th	Gagik Simonyan	16 October 2022
Ararat Yerevan	Gagik Simonyan		28 October 2022	7th	Aleksandr Petrosyan	29 October 2022
Alashkert	Karen Barseghyan			4th	Vahe Gevorgyan	24 December 2022[8]
Van	Artur Asoyan			5th	Humberto Viviani	14 January 2023
Shirak	Tigran Davtyan		1 April 2023	6th	Edgar Torosyan	1 April 2023
Van	Humberto Viviani	3 May 2023		5th	Hayk Hovhannisyan	4 May 2023

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Urartu (C)	36	26	5	5	68	25	+43	83	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Pyunik	36	25	5	6	72	23	+49	80	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round[a]
3	Ararat-Armenia	36	23	7	6	70	27	+43	76
4	Alashkert	36	20	6	10	58	37	+21	66
5	Van	36	11	7	18	38	59	−21	40
6	Ararat Yerevan	36	10	8	18	29	42	−13	38
7	Shirak	36	10	6	20	25	55	−30	36
8	Noah	36	8	8	20	34	66	−32	32[b]
9	BKMA	36	7	11	18	36	53	−17	32[b]
10	Lernayin Artsakh (R)	36	5	7	24	16	59	−43	22	Relegation to the Armenian First League

Source: FFA Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Less red cards; 8) Less yellow cards ; 9) Fair-play ranking 10) Draw^[9]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The 2022–23 Armenian Cup winners qualified for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round. Since the cup winners (Urartu) qualified based on league position, the Europa Conference League spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.
2. Games won: Noah 8, BKMA 7.

Fixtures and results

Round 1–18 Home \ Away ALA ARA AAR BKM LER NOA PYU SHI URA VAN Alashkert — 2–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 5–0 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 Ararat Yerevan 0–1 — 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 Ararat-Armenia 4–1 2–1 — 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 3–0 0–1 4–0 BKMA 2–4 2–1 2–2 — 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–4 0–3 Lernayin Artsakh 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 — 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 Noah 3–4 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1 — 0–1 1–3 0–6 2–2 Pyunik 5–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 — 1–0 0–3 0–1 Shirak 0–2 0–0 0–5 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 — 0–2 1–1 Urartu 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–0 — 0–1 Van 1–0 0–2 0–4 2–2 1–1 2–2 0–3 2–1 0–1 — Source: Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round 19–36 Home \ Away ALA ARA AAR BKM LER NOA PYU SHI URA VAN Alashkert — 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–2 3–0 3–2 3–1 Ararat Yerevan 2–4 — 1–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–3 Ararat-Armenia 0–1 2–1 — 2–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 BKMA 1–1 0–1 2–5 — 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 5–1 Lernayin Artsakh 1–3 0–3 0–2 0–3 — 0–2 0–6 0–1 0–4 0–2 Noah 3–2 2–1 2–1 1–2 2–0 — 1–3 3–3 0–2 1–0 Pyunik 1–0 2–0 4–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 — 4–1 0–1 4–0 Shirak 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–4 — 2–3 1–0 Urartu 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–3 3–1 — 2–0 Van 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 4–0 1–1 1–3 3–0 0–5 — Source: Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 6 June 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[10]
1	Luka Juričić	Pyunik	17
	Yusuf Otubanjo
3	Wilfried Eza	Ararat-Armenia	13
4	Bladimir Díaz	Alashkert	11
5	Tenton Yenne	Ararat-Armenia	10
	Artak Yedigaryan	Alashkert
7	Hugo Firmino	Ararat-Armenia	9
	Dmytro Khlyobas	Urartu
	Edgar Movsesyan	Van
	Thiago Galvão	Alashkert

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Dmytro Khlyobas	Urartu	Noah	0–6 (A)	20 August 2022	[11]
Maksim Mayrovich	Urartu	BKMA Yerevan	1–4 (A)	4 September 2022	[12]
Danil Ankudinov	Van	Lernayin Artsakh	4–0 (H)	21 April 2023	[13]
Luka Juričić	Pyunik	Ararat-Armenia	4–1 (H)	27 April 2023	[14]

Clean sheets

As of match played 6 June 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Vsevolod Ermakov	Ararat-Armenia	17
2	Ognjen Čančarević	Alashkert	14
3	Aleksandr Melikhov	Urartu	13
4	Stanislav Buchnev	Pyunik	12
5	Arsen Beglaryan	Urartu	8
6	Artyom Potapov	Ararat Yerevan	7
7	Samur Agamagomedov	Van	6
	Lyova Karapetyan	Shirak
9	Vyacheslav Grigoryan	Lernayin Artsakh	5
10	Henri Avagyan	BKMA Yerevan/Pyunik	4
	Sergei Revyakin	Ararat Yerevan