2001 in Armenian football

2001 in Armenian football
Premier League champions
Pyunik
First League champions
Malatia
Armenian Cup winners
Pyunik

Premier League

• FC Armenicum, Karabakh Yerevan, FC Lori, FC Kotayk, Arpa FC and Dinamo-2000 Yerevan are promoted. However, FC Armenicum was dissolved and absorbed by the revived FC Pyunik. The rights to participate in the Premier League were granted to Pyunik.
• On August 20, Araks Ararat FC was dissolved. The rights to participate in the Premier League were granted to the newly founded club Spartak Yerevan.
• Banants were relocated from the village of Kotayk to Yerevan. Despite not participating as a separate team in the 2000 Armenian First League, the club was also allowed to participate in the 2001 Armenian Premier League season.
• Kilikia did not pay entrance fee and refused to play twice, leading to their expulsion. At the end of the season they were also relegated along with Lori
• Karabakh were relocated from Stepanakert to Yerevan.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Pyunik	22	17	2	3	77	23	53
2	Zvartnots-AAL	22	16	0	6	52	21	48
3	Spartak Yerevan	22	15	3	4	57	13	48
4	Shirak	22	14	5	3	52	19	47
5	Ararat Yerevan	22	13	3	6	42	22	42
6	Mika	22	12	5	5	44	20	41
7	Banants	22	10	4	8	46	28	34
8	Lernagorts Kapan	22	5	3	14	25	63	18
9	Dinamo-2000	22	4	4	14	18	48	16
10	Kotayk	22	3	3	16	19	65	12
11	Karabakh Yerevan	22	2	6	14	19	63	12
12	Lori	22	1	2	19	17	83	5
13	Kilikia	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
14	Arpa	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX

	Champions.
	Relegated to Armenian First League.
	Expelled after playing 1 match.
	Withdrew before start of the season.

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

Top goalscorers

		Player	Team	Goals
1		Arman Karamyan	Pyunik	21
2		Hayk Hakobyan	Spartak Yerevan	16
3		Mher Avanesyan	Zvartnots-AAL	15
4		Aram Hakobyan	Spartak Yerevan	15

First League

• Malatia and Kasakh returned to professional football.
• Armavir returned to professional football under the name Karmrakhayt Armavir.
• FC Gyumri changed their name back to Aragats FC.
• Pyunik-2 were added to the Armenian First League to make an 8-team competition.

First stage

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Malatia	14	10	3	1	39	14	33
2	FIMA Yerevan	14	10	2	2	38	17	32
3	Pyunik-2	14	9	2	3	40	12	29
4	Aragats	14	9	1	4	25	18	28
5	Kasakh	14	6	2	6	30	25	20
6	Dinamo Yerevan	14	5	0	9	30	32	15
7	Karmrakhayt Armavir	14	1	1	12	10	58	4
8	Tavush Ijevan	14	0	1	13	6	42	1

	Top 4 qualify for Promotion group
	Bottom 4 qualify for Bottom group

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

Second stage

• Teams kept head-to-head results of preliminary stage in both groups.
• Tavush Ijevan withdrew before the start of the second stage

Promortion Group

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Malatia	12	8	3	1	26	12	27
2	FIMA Yerevan	12	5	2	5	15	15	17
3	Pyunik-2	12	3	5	4	14	15	14
4	Aragats	12	2	2	8	8	21	8

Bottom Group

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
5	Dinamo Yerevan	10	8	0	2	35	12	24
6	Kasakh	10	8	0	2	30	17	24
7	Karmrakhayt Armavir	10	1	1	8	12	35	4
8	Tavush Ijevan	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX

	Promoted to the Armenian Premier League 2002.
	Withdrew before start of the second stage.

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

External links

• RSSSF: Armenia 2001