1999 in Armenian football

1999 in Armenian football was the eighth season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union. The Armenian Premier League for 1999 existed of 10 teams of which the three lowest ranked teams would relegate to the Armenian First League. The seventh ranked team would enter the promotion/relegation play-off with the second ranked team of the First League. Only the winner of that competition was promoted directly.

1999 in Armenian football
Premier League champions
Shirak
First League champions
Dinamo Yerevan
Armenian Cup winners
Tsement

Premier League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shirak (C) 32 23 4 5 93 29 +64 73 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Ararat Yerevan 32 22 6 4 63 21 +42 72 Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Tsement Ararat 32 22 5 5 78 19 +59 71 Qualification for the Intertoto Cup First round
4 Zvartnots-AAL 32 16 6 10 50 38 +12 54
5 Yerevan 32 15 6 11 60 43 +17 51
6 Erebuni-Homenmen 32 12 5 15 41 44 −3 41
7 Kilikia (R) 32 10 4 18 57 55 +2 34 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
8 Dvin Artashat (R) 32 2 2 28 20 116 −96 8 Relegation to First League
9 Gyumri (R) 32 2 2 28 23 120 −97 8
10 Karabakh Stepanakert (W) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Expelled[a]
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrew
Notes:
  1. ^ Karabakh Stepanakert were expelled during the season due to financial trouble.

Promotion and relegation play-off

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Date Venue PL Team Result FL Team Information
12 December Armavir Kilikia 0-1 Mika-Kasakh Ashtarak Mika-Kasakh Ashtarak promoted, Kilikia relegated.

Top goalscorers

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Player Team Goals
1   Shirak Sarikyan Tsement 21
2   Arman Karamyan Kilikia 20
3   Arayik Adamyan Shirak 16
  Mher Avanesyan Zvartnots-AAL 16
  Kolya Yepranosyan Shirak 16

First League

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Dinamo Yerevan 16 13 0 3 40 14 +26 39 Promoted to the Armenian Premier League
2 Mika-Kasakh 16 11 2 3 34 18 +16 35 Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off
3 Lori 16 9 4 3 32 10 +22 31
4 Lernagorts Kapan 16 7 4 5 41 16 +25 25
5 Nairit 16 7 3 6 23 25 −2 24
6 Karabakh-2 Stepanakert 16 7 2 7 18 19 −1 23
7 FIMA Yerevan 16 4 3 9 12 31 −19 15
8 Arpa 16 2 2 12 11 46 −35 8
9 Moush Kasakh 16 1 2 13 6 42 −36 5
10 Alashkert 0 0 Withdrew from competition
11 SKVV Yerevan 0 0
12 Nig Aparan 0 0
Source: rsssf.com

Armenia Cup

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Quarter finals
Dvin Artashat 0 - 4
0 - 2
Tsement
Yerevan 1 - 0
1 - 2
Kilikia
Ararat Yerevan 1 - 1
0 - 1
Erebuni
Zvartnots-AAL 2 - 1
0 - 1
Shirak
Semi finals
Erebuni 2 - 4
2 - 3
Tsement
Shirak 3 - 1
0 - 1
Yerevan
Final
Tsement 3 - 2 Shirak
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