2017–18 Armenian Premier League Explained

Competition:Armenian Premier League
Season:2017–18
Winners:Alashkert
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Alashkert
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Banants
Gandzasar Kapan
Pyunik
Biggest Home Win:
(25 August 2017)

(29 November 2017)
Biggest Away Win:
(1 May 2018)
Highest Scoring:
(12 May 2018)
Longest Wins:Shirak
(5 matches)
Longest Unbeaten:Shirak, Gandzasar
(12 matches)
Longest Winless:Ararat
(11 matches)
Longest Losses:Pyunik
(5 matches)
Highest Attendance:1,200

(9 May 2018)[1]
Matches:89
Total Goals:233
Prevseason:2016–17
Nextseason:2018–19
Updated:20 May 2018

The 2017–18 Armenian Premier League season was the 26th since its establishment. The season began in August 2017 and concluded in May 2018. Alashkert were the defending champions from the previous season.[2]

Teams

The same six teams from the previous season will also take part in this season's competition.[3]

ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
Yerevan (Shengavit)Alashkert Stadium6,850
Yerevan (Shengavit)
Yerevan (Shengavit)
Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia)
Mika Stadium (matchday 1 to 6)
Alashkert Stadium (matchday 7 to 15)
Banants Training Centre (matchday 16 & onwards)
7,250
6,850
600
Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia)Banants Stadium4,860
Yerevan (Kentron)Vazgen Sargsyan Stadium (matchday 1 to 15)114,403
Yerevan (Kentron)
Yerevan (Kentron)
Vazgen Sargsyan Stadium (matchday 1 to 15)
Pyunik Stadium (matchday 16 & onwards)
14,403
780
GyumriGyumri City Stadium2,844

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamPresidentManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Alashkert Bagrat Navoyan Abraham Khashmanyan (matchday 1 to 20)
Varuzhan Sukiasyan (matchday 21 & onwards)
Vahagn Minasyan
Artur Yedigaryan
JomaHuawei
Ararat Yerevan Hiraç Yagan Albert Safaryan (matchday 1 to 23)
Edgar Torosyan (matchday 24 & onwards)
Rafael SafaryanAdidas
Banants Hrach Aghabekian Artur Voskanyan Stepan GhazaryanAdidas
Gandzasar Kapan Garnik Aghababian Karen Barseghyan (matchday 1 to 19)
Ashot Barseghyan (matchday 20 & onwards)
Ara Khachatryan AdidasZCMC
Pyunik Artur Soghomonyan Aleksei Yeryomenko (matchday 1 to 11)
Armen Gyulbudaghyants (matchday 12 & onwards)
Levon Hayrapetyan
Karlen Mkrtchyan
NikeGold's Gym
Shirak Arman Sahakyan Vardan Bichakhchyan Aghvan DavoyanAdidasTotoGaming

1. Left the team at the end of the 1st half of the season (after matchday 15).

2. Became captain after joining the club at the beginning of the 2nd half of the season (after matchday 15).

Season Events

On 19 May 2018, the Football Federation of Armenia upheld its decision to deduct 12 points from Shirak, and fine the club Seven Million Drams, after it was alleged that Shirak's sporting director Ararat Harutyunyan had offered Edward Kpodo of FC Banants a bribe to fix their upcoming match.[4]

League table

Results

The six teams will play each other six times, three times at home and three times away, for a total of 30 matches per team played.

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Artak YedigaryanAlashkert13
2 Gegham HarutyunyanGandzasar12
3 Mihran ManasyanAlashkert9
Andranik KocharyanArarat
5 Alex Junior ChristianGandzasar8
Uroš NenadovićAlashkert
Lester PeltierBanants
Rumyan HovsepyanBanants
9 Lubambo MusondaGandzasar7
Alik ArakelyanPyunik
Moussa Paul BakayokoShirak

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shirak vs Gandzasar . 2018-05-12 . 2018-05-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180513080848/http://www.ffa.am/match.php?match_id=3101&yearId=5348&lang=3 . dead .
  2. Web site: http://fcalashkert.am/%D5%A1%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B7%D5%AF%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%A8-%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB-%D5%AF%D6%80%D5%AF%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%AB-%D5%B9%D5%A5%D5%B4%D5%BA%D5%AB/. hy:«Ալաշկերտը»` Հայաստանի կրկնակի չեմպիոն. Alashkert - double champion of Armenia. 30 May 2017. FC Alashkert. hy. 3 July 2017.
  3. Web site: Armenian Cup and Championship draw took place. 30 June 2017. Football Federation of Armenia. 3 July 2017.
  4. Web site: ՀՖՖ կարգապահական կոմիտեի 05.05.2018թ. որոշման կիրառման պարզաբանումը. ffa.am. Football Federation of Armenia. 21 May 2018. hy. 19 May 2018.