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| Above: | 1996–97 in Armenian football |
| Header1: | Premier League champions |
| Data2: | FC Pyunik |
| Header3: | First League champions |
| Data4: | FC Dvin Artashat FC Lori |
| Header5: | Armenian Cup winners |
| Data6: | 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.
| ! | 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 |
| Quarter finals | |||
| 3 - 1 0 - 0 | Van Yerevan | ||
| 2 - 0 5 - 2 | Kotayk Abovyan | ||
| 1 - 1 0 - 1 | Ararat Yerevan | ||
| w/o | |||
| Semi finals | |||
| 0 - 5 1 - 2 | |||
| 2 - 0 2 - 0 | Tsement Ararat | ||
| Final | |||
| 0 - 1 | Ararat Yerevan |