2024–25 Armenian Premier League Explained

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

Season events

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]

On 21 November, the Round 17 match between Pyunik and West Armenia was cancelled after West Armenia did not attend due to a protest by their players over late payment of salaries.^{[2] [3]}

Teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
	Abovyan	Abovyan City Stadium	3,100
	Yerevan (Kentron)		14,403
	Yerevan (Avan)	Yerevan Football Academy Stadium1	1,428
	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Junior Sport Stadium1	1,000
	Abovyan	Abovyan City Stadium1	3,100
	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Junior Sport Stadium	1,000
	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	4,000
	Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia)	Urartu Stadium	4,860
	Charentsavan	Charentsavan City Stadium	5,000
	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Junior Sport Stadium	1,000

Personnel and sponsorship

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

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[4]	Pre-season	Rui Mota	14 June 2024[5]
Alashkert	Vahe Gevorgyan		17 June 2024[6]		Abraham Khashmanyan	21 June 2024[7]
Van	Arthur Hovhannisyan				Vahe Gevorgyan	2 July 2024[8]
West Armenia	Khoren Veranyan				Patrik Papyan	22 July 2024[9]
Shirak	Arsen Hovhannisyan		9 October 2024[10]	7th	Rafael Nazaryan	9 October 2024

League table

Fixtures and results

Results table

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[11]
1	Ivan Ignatyev	Urartu	12
2	Yusuf Otubanjo	Pyunik	11
3	Momo Touré	Van	9
4		Ararat-Armenia	8
		Ararat-Armenia
6	John Batigi	Van	6
	Gonçalo Gregório	Noah
	Arayik Eloyan	BKMA Yerevan
		West Armenia
	Imran Oulad Omar	Noah

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
John Batigi	Van	West Armenia	6–0 (H)		[12]
Marius Noubissi	Ararat-Armenia	Ararat Yerevan	3–2 (H)		[13]
Yusuf Otubanjo	Pyunik	Gandzasar Kapan	5–0 (A)		[14]

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1		Ararat-Armenia	6
	Daniil Polyanski	Van
Aleksandr Melikhov	Urartu
4	Andrija Dragojević	West Armenia	5
	Darko Vukašinović	Shirak
	Aleksey Ploshchadny	Noah
7		Pyunik	4
8		Ararat-Armenia	3
	Tiago Gomes	Ararat Yerevan
10	Valerio Vimercati	Alashkert	2
	Ognjen Čančarević	Noah
	Gor Manukyan	Alashkert

Discipline

Red cards

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Կայացավ ՀՖՖ Գործադիր կոմիտեի հերթական նիստը . ffa.am . Football Federation of Armenia . 10 July 2024 . Armenian . 10 July 2024.
2. Web site: «Փյունիկ» - «Վեստ Արմենիա» հանդիպումը չեղարկվել է . premierleague.ffa.am . Armenian Premier League . 21 November 2024 . Armenian . 21 November 2024.
3. Web site: "Pyunik" vs "West Armenia" match canceled . sport.news.am . News.am . 21 November 2024 . 21 November 2024.
4. Web site: Noah FC announces the conclusion of its cooperation with head coach Carlos Inarejos. . facebook.com/noah.footballclub . FC Noah Facebook . 26 June 2024 . Armenian . 26 May 2024.
5. Web site: Rui Mota Appointed as Head Coach of Noah FC . facebook.com/noah.footballclub . FC Noah Facebook . 26 June 2024 . Armenian . 14 June 2024.
6. Web site: Լրացել է "Ալաշկերտի" ու գլխավոր մարզիչ Վահե Գևորգյանի պայմանագրի ժամկետը։ Կողմերը որոշել են չերկարաձգել պայմանագիրը։ . facebook.com/FCAlashkert . FC Alashkert Facebook . 26 June 2024 . Armenian . 17 June 2024.
7. Web site: ՊԱՇՏՈՆԱԿԱՆ ՀԱՅՏԱՐԱՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ . facebook.com/FCAlashkert . FC Alashkert Facebook . 26 June 2024 . Armenian . 21 June 2024.
8. Web site: ՊԱՇՏՈՆԱԿԱՆ ՀԱՅՏԱՐԱՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ . facebook.com/FCVAN2019 . FC Van Facebook . 2 July 2024 . Armenian . 2 July 2024.
9. Web site: We are delighted to announce that Patrik Papyan is appointed as Head Coach of FC West Armenia . facebook.com/fcwestarmenia . FC West Armenia Facebook . 22 July 2024 . Armenian . 22 July 2024.
10. Web site: Մարզչական փոփոխություն «Շիրակում» . fcshirak.am . Shirak SC . 12 November 2024 . Armenian . 9 October 2024.
11. Web site: VBET Premier League – Top Scorers . soccer24.com . Soccer24 . 28 May 2022.
12. Web site: Van vs. West Armenia 6 - 0 . soccerway.com . Soccerway.com . 2 September 2024 . 31 August 2024.
13. Web site: Ararat-Armenia vs. Ararat Yerevan 3 - 2 . soccerway.com . Soccerway.com . 21 October 2024 . 18 October 2024.
14. Web site: Gandzasar Kapan vs. Pyunik 0 - 5 . soccerway.com . Soccerway.com . 12 November 2024 . 7 November 2024.
15. Web site: BKMA Yerevan 0-2 Shirak . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 25 September 2024 . Armenian . 2 August 2024.
16. Web site: West Armenia 1-2 Ararat Yerevan . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 25 September 2024 . Armenian . 24 August 2024.
17. Web site: Van 6-0 West Armenia . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 25 September 2024 . Armenian . 31 August 2024.
18. Web site: Ararat Yerevan 2-1 Noah . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 25 September 2024 . Armenian . 15 September 2024.
19. Web site: Pyunik 4-1 BKMA Yerevan . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 25 September 2024 . Armenian . 20 September 2024.
20. Web site: Shirak 0-0 Alashkert . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 25 September 2024 . Armenian . 23 September 2024.
21. Web site: BKMA Yerevan 2-1 Urartu . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 26 September 2024 . Armenian . 25 September 2024.
22. Web site: Gandzasar Kapan 1-2 Shirak . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 30 September 2024 . Armenian . 27 September 2024.
23. Web site: Ararat-Armenia 1-3 Pyunik . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 7 October 2024 . Armenian . 3 October 2024.
24. Web site: Ararat Yerevan 0-1 Urartu . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 7 October 2024 . Armenian . 6 October 2024.
25. Web site: BKMA Yerevan 1-0 Alashkert . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 7 October 2024 . Armenian . 7 October 2024.
26. Web site: West Armenia 2-0 Gandzasar Kapan . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 7 October 2024 . Armenian . 7 October 2024.
27. Web site: Urartu 3-1 Van . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 17 October 2024 . Armenian . 16 October 2024.
28. Web site: Ararat-Armenia 0-1 Noah . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 28 October 2024 . Armenian . 28 October 2024.
29. Web site: West Armenia 2-0 Alashkert . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 7 November 2024 . Armenian . 31 October 2024.
30. Web site: Ararat Yerevan 0-0 Ararat-Armenia . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 12 November 2024 . Armenian . 10 November 2024.
31. Web site: Noah 4-0 Alashkert . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 12 November 2024 . Armenian . 10 November 2024.
32. Web site: Noah 4-0 Alashkert . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 12 November 2024 . Armenian . 10 November 2024.
33. Web site: Urartu 1-2 Shirak . premierleague.ffa.am/ . Fastex Premier League . 21 November 2024 . Armenian . 20 November 2024.