1995–96 in Armenian football

1995–96 in Armenian football
Premier League champions
Pyunik
First League champions
Arabkir
Armenian Cup winners
Pyunik

1995–96 in Armenian football was the fourth season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union. It was the first of two seasons in Armenia that were different from the others. Including the 1996–97 season these were the only winter competitions, while all other Armenian seasons were summer competitions. The Armenian Premier League for 1995–96 consisted of 12 teams of which the lowest ranked team would relegate to the Armenian First League. The eleventh ranked team would face the second ranked team from the First League in a promotion/relegation play-off.

Premier League

• Homenetmen Yerevan changed their name into FC Pyunik.
• Yerazank FC of Yerevan were dissolved and yielded their place to the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic-based club from Stepanakert, Karabakh. However, Karabakh – like Yerazank – were relocated from Stepanakert to Yerevan.
• FC Kotayk and Banants Kotayk merged, but the name of the merger was only limited to Kotayk Abovyan.
• Newly-founded FC Yerevan was unexpectedly promoted to replace Banants Kotayk.

League table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Pyunik	22	19	3	0	71	14	60
2	Shirak	22	16	3	3	67	23	51
3	Yerevan	22	13	5	4	43	24	44
4	Ararat Yerevan	22	12	3	7	58	28	39
5	Tsement Ararat	22	12	3	7	57	33	39
6	Kotayk Abovyan	22	11	3	8	31	33	36
7	Karabakh Yerevan	22	8	5	9	29	28	29
8	Van Yerevan	22	7	3	12	42	42	24
9	Homenmen Yerevan	22	6	3	13	30	52	21
10	Zangezour	22	5	2	15	26	60	17
11	Aragats	22	4	3	15	35	89	15
12	Aznavour	22	0	2	20	19	82	2

	Champions
	Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off.
	Relegated to Armenian First League.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Promotion and relegation play-off

Date	Venue	PL Team	Result	FL Team	Information
8 June	Yerevan	Aragats	0-4	BKMA Yerevan	BKMA Yerevan were promoted, Aragats were relegated.

Top goalscorers

		Player	Team	Goals
1		Arayik Adamyan	Shirak	28
2		Hovhannes Toumbaryan	Tsement Ararat	24
3		Tigran Yesayan	Yerevan	20
4		Arthur Petrosyan	Shirak	13
		Arthur Manukyan	Zangezour	13

First League

• Syunik Kapan returned to professional football and change their name to Kapan-81.

League table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Arabkir	22	15	2	5	58	22	47
2	BKMA Yerevan	22	13	5	4	63	17	44
3	Lori	22	12	6	4	33	16	42
4	Astgh Vanadzor	22	11	5	6	38	27	38
5	Armavir	22	10	6	6	45	33	36
6	Kumayri	22	11	2	9	33	25	35
7	Nairit	22	9	3	10	42	50	30
8	Kapan-81	22	8	5	9	32	33	29
9	Dvin Artashat	22	7	3	12	34	50	24
10	SKA-Arai Echmiadzin	22	7	2	13	26	44	23
11	Dinamo Yerevan	22	6	4	12	27	38	22
12	Yeghvard	22	1	1	20	17	91	4
13	Kasakh	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
14	Tufagorts	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
15	Lernagorts Vardenis	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
16	Tsement-2 Ararat	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX

	Promoted to Armenian Premier League
	Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off.
	Withdrew from competition.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Armenia Cup

Quarter finals
Yerevan	0 - 1 1 - 1	Shirak
Karabakh Yerevan	1 - 3 1 - 0	Ararat Yerevan
Pyunik	2 - 0 2 - 3	Tsement Ararat
Van Yerevan	1 - 0 0 - 2	Kotayk Abovyan
Semi finals
Shirak	0 - 1 1 - 1	Kotayk Abovyan
Ararat Yerevan	0 - 2 1 - 4	Pyunik
Final
Pyunik	3 - 2	Kotayk Abovyan

External links

• RSSSF: Armenia 1995-96