2001 Armenian First League Explained

The 2001 Armenian First League season started on 15 May and ended on November 10. FC Malatia from Yerevan became the league champions, and were promoted to the 2002 Armenian Premier League.^[1]

Overview

• FC Malatia and FC Kasakh returned to professional football.
• Armavir FC returned to professional football under the name Karmrakhayt.
• FC Gyumri changed their name back to Aragats FC.
• Newly created Pyunik-2 joined the league.

Participating clubs

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
	Yerevan
	Yerevan
	Yerevan	Pyunik Stadium	780
	Ashtarak	Kasakhi Marzik Stadium	3,600
	Yerevan
	Armavir	Jubilee Stadium	4,000
	Ijevan	Arnar Stadium	2,100
	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	2,844

League table

First stage

Second stage

• Teams kept head-to-head results of preliminary stage in both groups.
• Tavush withdrew before the start of the second stage

Championship group

Bottom group

Top goalscorers

	Player	Team	Goals
	1	Tigran Gharabaghtsyan	Malatia	16
	2	Aramayis Kostikyan	Pyunik-2	16
	3	Sargis Ohanyan	FIMA Yerevan	12

See also

• 2001 Armenian Premier League
• 2001 Armenian Cup
• 2001 in Armenian football

External links

• RSSSF: Armenia 2001 - Second Level

Notes and References

1. Web site: Armenia. First league . RSSSF . 31 March 2018 .