Armenian Premier League

Armenian Premier League
Founded1992 (1992)
CountryArmenia
ConfederationUEFA
Number of clubs10
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toArmenian First League
Domestic cup(s)Armenian Cup
Armenian Supercup
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
UEFA Conference League
Current championsNoah (1st title)
(2024–25)
Most championshipsPyunik (16 titles)
Broadcaster(s)FAST TV
YouTube
Websitepremierleague.ffa.am
Current: 2025–26 Armenian Premier League

The Armenian Premier League (Armenian: Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the Armenian Fastex Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top football competition in Armenia.[1] From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the USSR. Following Armenia's independence, the Football Federation of Armenia has been the governing authority of the league. Over the years, the league has evolved into a small league consisting of ten teams. The winner of the league is awarded a spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.

Current teams

Armenian Premier League is located in Armenia
Yerevan
Yerevan
Noah
Shirak
Van
Van
Yerevan teams: Alashkert Ararat Ararat-Armenia Pyunik Urartu BKMA Yerevan
Yerevan teams:
Alashkert
Ararat
Ararat-Armenia
Pyunik
Urartu
BKMA Yerevan
Locations of the 2024–25 Armenian Premier League teams


Club Location Stadium Capacity
Alashkert Yerevan (Shengavit) Alashkert Stadium 6,850
Ararat Yerevan Yerevan (Kentron) Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium 14,403
Ararat-Armenia Yerevan (Avan) Yerevan Football Academy Stadium1 1,428
BKMA Yerevan Yerevan Yerevan Football Academy Stadium 1,428
Gandzasar Kapan Gandzasar Stadium 3,500
Noah Armavir Armavir City Stadium1 3,100
Pyunik Yerevan (Kentron) Junior Sport Stadium 1,200
Shirak Gyumri Gyumri City Stadium 4,000
Urartu Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia) Urartu Stadium 4,860
Van Charentsavan Charentsavan City Stadium 5,000

Soviet era champions

  • 1936 Dinamo Yerevan
  • 1937 Dinamo Yerevan
  • 1938 Spartak Yerevan
  • 1939 Spartak Yerevan
  • 1940 Spartak Yerevan
  • 1941–44 Not Played
  • 1945 Spartak Yerevan
  • 1946 Dinamo Yerevan
  • 1947 Dinamo Yerevan
  • 1948 Dinamo Yerevan
  • 1949 Dinamo Yerevan
  • 1950 Urozhai Yerevan
  • 1951 Shinarar Yerevan
  • 1952 Spartak Yerevan
  • 1953 Karmir Drosh Leninakan (Krasnoe Znamya)
  • 1954 Spartak Yerevan
  • 1955 Khimik Kirovakan
  • 1956 FIMA Yerevan
  • 1957 Karmir Drosh Leninakan (Krasnoe Znamya)
  • 1958 FIMA Yerevan
  • 1959 FIMA Yerevan
  • 1960 Tekstilshchik Leninakan
  • 1961 Tekstilshchik Leninakan
  • 1962 Tekstilshchik Leninakan
  • 1963 Lokomotiv Yerevan
  • 1964 Khimik Kirovakan
  • 1965 Araks Yerevan
  • 1966 Elektrotekhnik Yerevan
  • 1967 Kotayk
  • 1968 Araks Yerevan
  • 1969 Araks Yerevan
  • 1970 Motor Yerevan
  • 1971 FIMA Yerevan
  • 1972 Zvezda Yerevan
  • 1973 Kotayk
  • 1974 FIMA Yerevan
  • 1975 Kotayk
  • 1976 Kotayk
  • 1977 Araks Yerevan
  • 1978 Kanaz Yerevan
  • 1979 Aragats Leninakan
  • 1980 Aragats Leninakan
  • 1981–86 Not Played
  • 1987 Aragats Leninakan
  • 1988 Elektrotekhnik Yerevan
  • 1989 FC Kapan
  • 1990 Ararat-2 Yerevan
  • 1991 Syunik Kapan

Winners

List of year ranges, representing seasons, and displaying the types of accomplishments of awards by the clubs and top players during those timeframes
Year Champions
(number of titles) 		Runners-up Third place Leading goalscorer
(top scorer's club(s)) 		Goals
1992 Shirak,
Homenetmen 		— Banants Vahe Yaghmuryan (Ararat Yerevan) 38
1993 Ararat Yerevan Shirak Banants Andranik Hovsepyan (Banants)
Gegham Hovhannisyan (Homenetmen) 		26
1994 Shirak (2) Homenetmen Ararat Yerevan Arsen Avetisyan (Homenetmen) 39
1995 Transitional season (no champions declared)
1995–96 Pyunik (2) Shirak Yerevan Arayik Adamyan (Shirak) 28
1996–97 Pyunik (3) Ararat Yerevan Yerevan Arsen Avetisyan (Pyunik) 24
1997 Yerevan Shirak Erebuni-Homenmen Artur Petrosyan (Shirak) 18
1998 Tsement Ararat (Araks Ararat) Shirak Yerevan Ara Hakobyan (Dvin Artashat) 20
1999 Shirak (3) Ararat Yerevan Tsement Ararat Shirak Sarikyan (Tsement Ararat) 21
2000 Araks Ararat (2) Ararat Yerevan Shirak Ara Hakobyan (Araks Ararat) 21
2001 Pyunik (4) Zvartnots AAL Spartak Yerevan Arman Karamyan (Pyunik) 21
2002 Pyunik (5) Shirak Banants Arman Karamyan (Pyunik) 36
2003 Pyunik (6) Banants Shirak Ara Hakobyan (Banants) 45
2004 Pyunik (7) Mika Banants Edgar Manucharyan (Pyunik)
Galust Petrosyan (Pyunik) 		21
2005 Pyunik (8) Mika Banants Nshan Erzrumyan (Kilikia) 18
2006 Pyunik (9) Banants Mika Aram Hakobyan (Banants) 25
2007 Pyunik (10) Banants Mika Marcos Pizzelli (Ararat Yerevan) 22
2008 Pyunik (11) Ararat Yerevan Gandzasar Marcos Pizzelli (Ararat Yerevan) 17
2009 Pyunik (12) Mika Ulisses Artur Kocharyan (Ulisses) 15
2010 Pyunik (13) Banants Ulisses Marcos Pizzelli (Pyunik)
Gevorg Ghazaryan (Pyunik) 		16
2011 Ulisses Gandzasar Pyunik Bruno Correa (Banants) 16
2012–13 Shirak (4) Mika Gandzasar Norayr Gyozalyan (Impuls) 21
2013–14 Banants Shirak Mika Mihran Manasyan (Alashkert) 17
2014–15 Pyunik (14) Ulisses Shirak Cesar Romero (Pyunik)
Jean-Jacques Bougouhi (Shirak) 		21
2015–16 Alashkert Shirak Pyunik Héber (Alashkert)
Mihran Manasyan (Alashkert) 		16
2016–17 Alashkert (2) Gandzasar Shirak Artak Yedigaryan (Alashkert)
Mihran Manasyan (Alashkert) 		13
2017–18 Alashkert (3) Banants Gandzasar Gegham Harutyunyan (Gandzasar)
Artak Yedigaryan (Alashkert) 		12
2018–19 Ararat-Armenia Pyunik Banants Jonel Désiré (Lori) 17
2019–20 Ararat-Armenia (2) Noah Alashkert Mory Kone (Shirak) 23
2020–21 Alashkert (4) Noah Urartu Yusuf Otubanjo (Ararat-Armenia) 10
2021–22 Pyunik (15) Ararat-Armenia Alashkert Serges Déblé (Ararat Yerevan, Pyunik) 22
2022–23 Urartu (2) Pyunik Ararat-Armenia Luka Juričić, Yusuf Otubanjo (Pyunik) 16
2023–24 Pyunik (16) Noah Ararat-Armenia Artur Miranyan (Noah) 23
2024–25 Noah (1) FC Ararat-Armenia FC Urartu Gonçalo Gregório (Noah) 20
2025–26

Performance by club

List of accomplishments of awards by the clubs and displaying their best seasons
Club
(number of seasons) 		Winners Runners-up Winning years
Pyunik 16 2 1992 (shared), 1995–96, 1996–97, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014–15, 2021–22, 2023–24
Shirak 4 7 1992 (shared), 1994, 1999, 2012–13
Alashkert 4  – 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21
Urartu 2 5 2013–14, 2022–23
Ararat-Armenia 2 1 2018–19, 2019–20
Araks Ararat 2  – 1998, 2000
Ararat Yerevan 1 4 1993
Noah 1 3 2024–25
Ulisses 1 1 2011
Yerevan 1  – 1997
Mika  – 4
Gandzasar  – 2
Zvartnots-AAL  – 1
Titles won by club (%)
  1. Pyunik - 16 (48.5%)
  2. Shirak SC - 4 (12.1%)
  3. FC Alashkert – 4 (12.1%)
  4. FC Urartu – 2 (6.1%)
  5. FC Ararat-Armenia - 2 (6.1%)
  6. Araks Ararat FC - 2 (6.1%)
  7. FC Ararat Yerevan - 1 (3%)
  8. Ulisses FC -1 (3%)
  9. FC Yerevan - 1 (3%)

Notes

  • Homenetmen Yerevan is the former name of Pyunik Yerevan..
  • Tsement Ararat is the former name of Araks Ararat.
  • Banants is the former name of Urartu.
  • Teams in italics no longer exists.

Sponsorship names

  • VBET Armenian Premier League (2020–2022)
  • Fastex Armenian Premier League (2022, 2024-2027)
  • IDBank Armenian Premier League (2023-2024)

Broadcaster

Country TV Channel
Armenia Armenia ARMTV
Armenia Armenia Vivaro Sport (online TV)

See also

References

  1. ^ "IDBank Premier League". premierleague.ffa.am. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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