2003 Armenian First League Explained

The 2003 Armenian First League is the 13th season of the Armenian First League. It started on 1 May and ended 14 November. FC Kilikia from Yerevan became the league champions, and were promoted to the 2004 Armenian Premier League.^[1]

Overview

• Newly created FC Vagharshapat are introduced to the league.
• FC Dinamo Yerevan and Yerazank FC returned to professional football.
• Spartak Yerevan FC merged with FC Banants and was dropped to the First League as a result.

Participating clubs

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
	Yerevan	Hrazdan Stadium	54,208
	Yerevan	Pyunik Stadium	780
	Ashtarak	Kasakhi Marzik Stadium	3,600
	Yerevan
	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	2,844
	Vanadzor	Vanadzor City Stadium	4,000
	Yerevan
	Yerevan
	Abovyan	Abovyan City Stadium	3,946
	Yerevan
	Etchmiadzin	Etchmiadzin Stadium	3,000
	Yerevan

League table

Top goalscorers

	Player	Team	Goals
	1	Nshan Erzrumyan	Kilikia	31
	2	Ashot Khachatryan	Pyunik-2	20
	3	Aleksandr Petrosyan	Pyunik-2	15
	4	Harutyun Hovhannisyan	Kilikia	13
	5	Ruben Aristakesyan	Mika-2	12
	5	Aharon Mkoyan	Dinamo	11
	5	Rafael Mkrtchyan	Lokomotiv	11
	5	Sergey Erzrumyan	Kilikia	10

See also

• 2003 Armenian Premier League
• 2003 Armenian Cup
• 2003 in Armenian football

External links

• RSSSF: Armenia 2003 - Second Level

Notes and References

1. Web site: Armenia. First league . RSSSF . 5 April 2018 .