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.

Armenian Premier League

Founded	1992; 33 years ago (1992)
Country	Armenia
Confederation	UEFA
Number of clubs	11
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Armenian First League
Domestic cup(s)	Armenian Cup Armenian Supercup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Conference League
Current champions	Pyunik (16th title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Pyunik (16 titles)
Broadcaster(s)	FAST TV YouTube
Website	premierleague.ffa.am
Current: 2024-25

Current teams

Yerevan

Noah

Shirak

Van

Yerevan teams:
Alashkert
Ararat
Ararat-Armenia
Pyunik
Urartu
West Armenia

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
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
West Armenia	Yerevan	Junior Sport Stadium	1,200

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-Armenia, 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

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
Ulisses	1	1	2011
Yerevan	1	–	1997
Mika	–	4
Noah	–	3
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	ARMTV
Armenia	Vivaro Sport (online TV)

See also

• Armenian First League
• Football in Armenia
• Sport in Armenia