2024–25 Armenian Premier League

The 2024–25 Armenian Premier League, known as the IDBank Armenian Premier League (Armenian: IDBank Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա) for sponsorship reasons, is the 33rd season of the league since its establishment.

Armenian Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates2 August 2024 – 2025
Matches played36
Goals scored109 (3.03 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn Batigi (6)
Biggest home winVan 6–1 Gandzasar Kapan
(16 August 2024)
Biggest away winShirak 0–5 Noah
(11 August 2024)
Highest scoringWest Armenia 2–5 BKMA Yerevan
(10 August 2024)
Van 6–1 Gandzasar Kapan
(16 August 2024)
Longest winning runVan (4)
Urartu (4)
Longest unbeaten runVan (7)
Longest winless runGandzasar Kapan (5)
Shirak (5)
Longest losing runGandzasar Kapan (4)
West Armenia (4)
Shirak (4)
All statistics correct as of 25 September 2024.

Season events

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On 3 July, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that 11 teams would take part in this seasons Armenian Premier League, with BKMA Yerevan being saved from relegation and Gandzasar Kapan being promoted from Armenian First League, with each team playing each other three times.[1]

Teams

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Club Location Stadium Capacity
Alashkert Abovyan Abovyan City Stadium 3,100
Ararat Yerevan Yerevan (Kentron) Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium 14,403
Ararat-Armenia Yerevan (Avan) Yerevan Football Academy Stadium1 1,428
BKMA
Gandzasar Kapan Yerevan (Shengavit) Junior Sport Stadium1 1,000
Noah Abovyan Abovyan City Stadium1 3,100
Pyunik Yerevan (Shengavit) Junior Sport Stadium 1,000
Shirak Gyumri Gyumri City Stadium 4,000
Urartu Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia) Urartu Stadium 4,860
Van Charentsavan Charentsavan City Stadium 5,000
West Armenia Yerevan (Shengavit) Junior Sport Stadium 1,000

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Alashkert   Abraham Khashmanyan   Armen Manucharyan   Sport-Saller Fastex
Ararat Yerevan   Tigran Yesayan   Gor Malakyan   Fourteen Fastex, AWI International
Ararat-Armenia   Vardan Minasyan   Armen Ambartsumyan   Puma Tashir Group
BKMA   Armen Gyulbudaghyants   Argishti Petrosyan   Macron
Gandzasar Kapan   Karen Barseghyan   Artak Yedigaryan   Kelme
Noah   Rui Mota   Hovhannes Hambardzumyan   Adidas imaginelive
Pyunik   Yegishe Melikyan   Edgar Malakyan   Joma Fastex
Shirak   Rafael Nazaryan   Hrayr Mkoyan   Adidas Fastex
Urartu   Dmitri Gunko   Zhirayr Margaryan   Puma
Van   Vahe Gevorgyan   Karen Nalbandyan   Jögel yo HEALTH, Rare, Click Market
West Armenia   Patrik Papyan   Zakhar Tarasenko   Melante Amptricity

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Noah Carlos Inarejos Contract ended 26 May 2024[2] Pre-season Rui Mota 14 June 2024[3]
Alashkert Vahe Gevorgyan 17 June 2024[4] Abraham Khashmanyan 21 June 2024[5]
Van Arthur Hovhannisyan Vahe Gevorgyan 2 July 2024[6]
West Armenia Khoren Veranyan Patrik Papyan 22 July 2024[7]
Shirak Arsen Hovhannisyan 9 October 2024[8] 7th Rafael Nazaryan 9 October 2024[8]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Urartu 15 10 2 3 29 14 +15 32 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Pyunik 13 10 1 2 28 9 +19 31[a] Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[b]
3 Ararat-Armenia 14 10 1 3 31 13 +18 31[a]
4 Noah 11 8 1 2 30 7 +23 25
5 Van 14 7 2 5 29 18 +11 23
6 Shirak 14 5 3 6 11 21 −10 18
7 Ararat Yerevan 14 4 2 8 13 23 −10 14[c]
8 West Armenia 14 4 2 8 14 28 −14 14[c]
9 BKMA 14 4 1 9 23 29 −6 13
10 Alashkert 15 3 3 9 10 29 −19 12 Qualification for the Armenian Premier League play-off
11 Gandzasar Kapan 12 0 2 10 5 32 −27 2 Relegation to the Armenian First League
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2024. Source: FFA [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Less red cards; 8) Less yellow cards ; 9) Fair-play ranking 10) Draw[9]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Pyunik 3; Ararat-Armenia 0.
  2. ^ The 2024–25 Armenian Cup winners qualify for the Conference League second qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Armenian Cup winners finish first). If the Armenian Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League first qualifying round spot will be passed.
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Ararat 3; West Armenia 0.


Fixtures and results

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Results table

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Home \ Away ALA ARA AAR BKM GAK NOA PYU SHI URA VAN WAR ALA ARA AAR BKM GAK NOA PYU SHI URA VAN WAR
Alashkert 27 NOV 2–0 2–2 0–6 1–3 0–3 1–1 0–2
Ararat Yerevan 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 3 DEC
Ararat-Armenia 3–1 3–2 2–0 21 NOV 0–1 1–3 4–0 3–0
BKMA 1–0 27 NOV 2–4 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–1
Gandzasar 0–1 0–2 0–3 1–6 0–5 1–2 28 NOV 0–1
Noah 4–0 20 NOV 4 DEC 1 DEC 7 DEC 2–0 2–1 5–0 14 DEC
Pyunik 0–2 3–0 4–1 2 DEC 24 NOV 2–0 1–0 21 NOV
Shirak 0–0 0–3 0–0 0–5 28 NOV 0–2 0–2 2–0
Urartu 3 DEC 1–0 3–1 4–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 20 NOV 3–1 3–0
Van 4–0 0–2 22 NOV 6–1 1–1 1–3 2 DEC 3–1 6–0
West Armenia 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–5 2–0 1–3 0–0 2–2 26 NOV
Updated to match(es) played on 11 November 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

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Top scorers

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As of match played 11 November 2024
Rank Player Club Goals[10]
1   Yusuf Otubanjo Pyunik 11
2   Ivan Ignatyev Urartu 8
  Momo Touré Van
4   Tenton Yenne Ararat-Armenia 7
5   John Batigi Van 6
  Gonçalo Gregório Noah
  Marius Noubissi Ararat-Armenia
  Zakhar Tarasenko West Armenia
9   Eraldo Çinari Noah 5
  Narek Hovhannisyan BKMA Yerevan
  Karen Nalbandyan Van
  Imran Oulad Omar Noah
  Matheus Aiás Noah
  Agdon Menezes Pyunik

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date Ref
  John Batigi Van West Armenia 6–0 (H) 31 August 2024 [11]
  Marius Noubissi Ararat-Armenia Ararat Yerevan 3–2 (H) 18 October 2024 [12]
  Yusuf Otubanjo Pyunik Gandzasar Kapan 5–0 (A) 7 November 2024 [13]

Own goals

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Clean sheets

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As of match played 11 November 2024
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Aleksandr Melikhov Urartu 5
  Daniil Polyanski Van
  Andrija Dragojević West Armenia
  Darko Vukašinović Shirak
  Danylo Kucher Ararat-Armenia
6   Henri Avagyan Pyunik 4
  Aleksey Ploshchadny Noah
8   Arsen Beglaryan Ararat-Armenia 3
  Tiago Gomes Ararat Yerevan
10   Valerio Vimercati Alashkert 2
  Ognjen Čančarević Noah
  Gor Manukyan Alashkert

Danylo Kucher & Arsen Beglaryan both played in Ararat-Armenia's 3-0 victory over Gandzasar on 14 September 2024

Discipline

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Red cards

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As of match played 11 November 2024

References

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