2020–21 Armenian Premier League

Armenian Premier League
Season2020–21
Dates14 August 2020 - 27 May 2021
ChampionsAlashkert
Champions LeagueAlashkert
Europa Conference LeagueArarat
Noah
Urartu
Matches played88
Goals scored190 (2.16 per match)
Top goalscorerJonel Désiré
Yusuf Otubanjo
(8 goals each)
Biggest home winArarat-Armenia 7–0 Shirak
(17 October 2020)
Biggest away winUrartu 0–3 Noah
(22 September 2020)
Shirak 0–3 Ararat
(26 September 2020)
Shirak 0–3 Urartu
(22 November 2020)
Van 0–3 Pyunik
(14 April 2021)
Highest scoringArarat-Armenia 7–0 Shirak
(17 October 2020)
Longest winning run4 matches
Alashkert
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Ararat
Longest winless run10 matches
Shirak
Longest losing run5 matches
Shirak
All statistics correct as of 4 May 2021.

The 2020–21 Armenian Premier League season is the 29th since its establishment.

Season events

On 30 July, it was announced that FC Van had been giving a license to compete in the Armenian Premier League, with the season commencing on 14 August 2020.[1]

On 29 September, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2] On 13 October, the FFA announced that the season would resume on 17 October.[3]

On 3 November, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the League and Armenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[4][5]

On 16 March, Lori walked off at the start of their match against Ararat Yerevan in protest of their Matchday 1 fixture being awarded to Urartu after Lori where unable to field a team due to COVID-19.[6][7] Lori later submitted their resignation from the Premier League on 5 April.[8]

Teams

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Locations of the 2020–21 Armenian Premier League teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Alashkert Yerevan (Shengavit) Alashkert Stadium 6,850
Ararat Yerevan (Kentron) Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium 14,403
Ararat-Armenia Yerevan (Avan) Yerevan Football Academy Stadium 1,428
Gandzasar Yerevan (Avan) Yerevan Football Academy Stadium1 1,428
Lori Vanadzor Vanadzor Football Academy2 880
Noah Yerevan (Shengavit) Alashkert Stadium3 6,850
Pyunik Yerevan (Kentron) Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium 14,403
Shirak Gyumri Gyumri City Stadium 4,000
Urartu5 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 Armenia Abraham Khashmanyan Armenia Artak Grigoryan Spain Joma Bagratour, Huawei
Ararat Armenia Vardan Bichakhchyan United States Nike AWI International
Ararat-Armenia Spain David Campaña Spain Joma Tashir Group
Gandzasar Armenia Armen Petrosyan Armenia Gevorg Nranyan Germany Adidas ZCMC
Lori Israel Albert Solomonov Germany Puma TotoGaming
Noah Russia Dmitri Gunko Germany Adidas
Pyunik Armenia Artak Oseyan Spain Joma[9] TotoGaming
Shirak Armenia Aghvan Davoyan Switzerland Fourteen Mogo[10]
Urartu Armenia Aleksandr Grigoryan Germany Jako
Van Russia Konstantin Zaytsev Italy Legea

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ararat Yerevan Russia Igor Kolyvanov Contract expired Pre-season Armenia Vardan Bichakhchyan 23 July 2020[11]
Shirak Armenia Vardan Bichakhchyan
Noah Moldova Vadim Boreț 5 November 2020 Russia Dmitri Gunko 5 November 2020[12]
Pyunik Armenia Roman Berezovsky Mutual consent 13 July 2020[13] Armenia Artak Oseyan 20 July 2020[14]
Ararat-Armenia Armenia Vardan Minasyan Contract expired 17 July 2020[15] Spain David Campaña 22 July 2020[16]
Van Armenia Karen Barseghyan To vice president 31 July 2020[17] Armenia Sevada Arzumanyan 31 July 2020[17]
Lori Armenia Armen Sanamyan (Caretaker) Signed by Sevan 4 August 2020[18] Israel Albert Solomonov 5 August 2020[19]
Pyunik Armenia Artak Oseyan Mutual termination 13 December 2020[20] 9th Armenia Yegishe Melikyan 7 January 2021[21]
Alashkert Armenia Yegishe Melikyan Mutual termination 5 January 2021[22] 3rd Armenia Abraham Khashmanyan 7 January 2021[23]
Van Armenia Sevada Arzumanyan 2 February 2021 7th Russia Konstantin Zaytsev 2 February 2021[24]
Ararat-Armenia Spain David Campaña Mutual Consent 5 March 2021[25] 4th Armenia Armen Adamyan 5 March 2021[26]
Urartu Armenia Aleksandr Grigoryan Mutual termination 9 March 2021[27] 6th Armenia Tigran Yesayan (Caretaker) 9 March[27]
Alashkert Armenia Abraham Khashmanyan Mutual termination 20 May 2021[28] 4th Armenia Aleksandr Grigoryan 20 May 2021[28]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Alashkert (C) 24 13 7 4 25 15 +10 46 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Noah 24 12 5 7 35 20 +15 41 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 Urartu 24 12 5 7 28 19 +9 41
4 Ararat[a] 24 11 7 6 34 18 +16 40
5 Ararat-Armenia 24 10 8 6 32 17 +15 38
6 Van 24 9 4 11 25 30 −5 31
7 Pyunik 24 6 7 11 20 18 +2 25
8 Lori[b] 24 7 2 15 16 44 −28 23
9 Shirak (R) 24 2 7 15 19 53 −34 13 Relegation to First League
10 Gandzasar (R, D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Club dissolved[c]
Source: FFA Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Matches won; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head matches won; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Head-to-head away goals scored; 9) Goal difference; 10) Goals scored.[29]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Ararat qualified for Europa Conference League first qualifying round as winners of 2020–21 Armenian Cup.
  2. ^ Round 19–27 matches involving Lori were all declared 3–0 forfeits in favor of the remaining 8 teams.
  3. ^ Gandzasar were excluded from the league On 3 November, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the League and Armenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Fixtures and results

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of match(es) played 4 May 2021[30]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Haiti Jonel Désiré Urartu 8
Nigeria Yusuf Otubanjo Ararat-Armenia
3 Serbia Uroš Nenadović Ararat Yerevan 7
4 Russia Vladimir Azarov Noah 6
Ivory Coast Wilfried Eza Van
Ivory Coast Mory Kone Ararat Yerevan
7 Russia David Davidyan Alashkert 5
8 Armenia Wbeymar Ararat-Armenia 4
Cape Verde Mailson Lima Ararat-Armenia
10 Brazil Claudir Lori 3
Bosnia and Herzegovina Aleksandar Glišić Alashkert
Armenia Aleksandre Karapetian Ararat-Armenia
Russia Pavel Kireyenko Noah
Lithuania Rokas Krusnauskas Gandzasar
Armenia Edgar Movsesyan Van
Portugal Alex Oliveira Noah
Armenia Artem Simonyan Noah
Serbia Igor Stanojević Shirak

Clean sheets

As of match played 5 March 2021
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Russia Vsevolod Yermakov Ararat Yerevan 8
2 Italy Valerio Vimercati Noah 5
3 Serbia Ognjen Čančarević Alashkert 4
Serbia Stefan Čupić Ararat-Armenia
Armenia Arsen Beglaryan Urartu
Russia Samur Agamagomedov Van
7 Russia Dmitry Abakumov Ararat-Armenia 3
Russia Stanislav Buchnev Pyunik
9 Armenia Henri Avagyan Van 2
10 Belarus Artem Gomelko Lori 1
Armenia Anatoliy Ayvazov Urartu
Montenegro Nemanja Šćekić Lori
Ukraine Herman Penkov Pyunik
Armenia Gevorg Kasparov Shirak
Serbia Spasoje Stefanović Shirak

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