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2023–24 Armenian Premier League

The 2023–24 Armenian Premier League, known as the IDBank Armenian Premier League (Armenian: IDBank Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա) for sponsorship reasons, is the 32nd season of the league since its establishment.

Armenian Premier League
Season2023–24
Dates29 July 2023 –
Matches played150
Goals scored419 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorerArtur Miranyan
(19 goals)
Biggest home winPyunik 6–0 Van
(2 November 2023)
BKMA 7–1 Van
(30 November 2023)
Biggest away winBKMA Yerevan 0–6 Alashkert
(27 February 2024)
Highest scoringWest Armenia 2–5 Urartu
(1 September 2023)
Ararat-Armenia 4–3 Noah
(15 September 2023)
BKMA 7–1 Van
(30 November 2023)
Longest winning run8 matches
Pyunik
Longest unbeaten run20 matches
Pyunik
Longest winless run9 matches
Shirak
Van
Longest losing run8 matches
Shirak
Van
All statistics correct as of 23 April 2024.

Season events edit

On 7 July 2023, Football Federation of Armenia announced the draw for the 2023–24 season, which began on 29 July 2023.[1]

On 28 July, the Football Federation of Armenia announced IDBank as the new title sponsor of the championship.[2]

Teams edit

Promoted from
2022–23 Armenian First League 		Relegated to
2023–24 Armenian First League
West Armenia Lernayin Artsakh
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Locations of the 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
Noah Abovyan Abovyan City Stadium1 3,100
Pyunik Yerevan (Shengavit) Junior Sport Stadium 1,000
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 (Shengavit) Junior Sport Stadium 1,000

Personnel and sponsorship edit

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Alashkert   Vahe Gevorgyan   Artak Yedigaryan   Sport-Saller   Fastex
Ararat Yerevan   Tigran Yesayan   Gor Malakyan   Fourteen   FastBank,   AWI International
Ararat-Armenia   Vardan Minasyan   Armen Ambartsumyan   Puma   Tashir Group
BKMA   Vahagn Minasyan   Artur Grigoryan   Macron   Football Federation of Armenia
Noah   Carlos Inarejos   Artur Miranyan   Adidas   to.sport fm 96.3
Pyunik   Yegishe Melikyan   Edgar Malakyan   Joma   Fastex
Shirak   Arsen Hovhannisyan   Hrayr Mkoyan   Adidas   FastBank
Urartu   Dmitri Gunko   Zhirayr Margaryan   Puma –
Van   Arthur Hovhannisyan   David Manoyan   Puma   FastShift,   Rare
West Armenia   Khoren Veranyan   Aram Loretsyan   Legea   Fastex

Managerial changes edit

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Ararat-Armenia Vardan Bichakhchyan End of contract 8 June 2022[3] Pre-season Vardan Minasyan 17 June 2023[4]
Van Hayk Hovhannisyan End of contract 30 June 2022 Sevada Arzumanyan 1 July 2023
Shirak Edgar Torosyan Resigned 22 August 2023[5] 9th Arsen Hovhannisyan 22 August 2023[6]
Noah Robert Arzumanyan Sacked 29 September 2023[7] 5th Carlos Inarejos 29 September 2023[8]
Ararat Yerevan Gagik Simonyan Sacked 12 December 2023[9] 7th Rafael Nazaryan 15 December 2023[10]
Van Sevada Arzumanyan 9th Arthur Hovhannisyan 14 January 2024[11]
Ararat Yerevan Rafael Nazaryan Mutual termination 26 January 2024[12] 7th Tigran Yesayan 19 February 2024[13]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pyunik (X) 32 20 10 2 74 27 +47 70 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Noah (X) 31 22 2 7 61 27 +34 68[a] Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[b]
3 Ararat-Armenia (X) 32 21 5 6 64 29 +35 68[a]
4 Urartu 32 12 9 11 41 45 −4 45
5 Alashkert 31 12 6 13 46 41 +5 42
6 Ararat Yerevan 32 12 5 15 36 45 −9 41
7 West Armenia 32 9 4 19 38 67 −29 31
8 Shirak 32 7 8 17 24 41 −17 29
9 Van 32 7 6 19 29 63 −34 27 Qualification for the Armenian Premier League play-off
10 BKMA 32 7 5 20 29 57 −28 26 Relegation to the Armenian First League
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2024. Source: FFA Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Less red cards; 8) Less yellow cards ; 9) Fair-play ranking 10) Draw[14]
(X) Guaranteed at least Conference League
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head to head points: Noah 6, Ararat-Armenia 3.
  2. ^ The 2023–24 Armenian Cup winners (Ararat-Armenia or Urartu) qualify for the Conference League second qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Armenian Cup winners finish first).


Fixtures and results edit

Results table edit

Home \ Away ALA ARA AAR BKM NOA PYU SHI URA VAN WAR ALA ARA AAR BKM NOA PYU SHI URA VAN WAR
Alashkert 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 4–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–2
Ararat Yerevan 0–1 1–3 0–2 0–2 0–5 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0
Ararat-Armenia 3–1 2–1 4–1 4–3 1–2 2–0 1–2 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–1
BKMA 0–4 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–4 1–3 1–2 7–1 0–4 0–6 1–3 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–1
Noah 4–2 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 4–0 2–0 1–0 5–1 4–3 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1
Pyunik 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 6–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 2–2 3–1 1–1 5–0 2–1
Shirak 2–3 1–2 1–3 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2
Urartu 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2
Van 2–1 1–2 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–5 1–0 2–2 4–1 2–3 0–2 0–5 2–2 0–1 1–0 4–0
West Armenia 1–4 0–2 1–4 1–0 2–4 2–3 2–4 2–5 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 2–5 1–4 1–0 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 3 May 2024. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Armenian Premier League play-off edit

The ninth-placed club will face the second-placed club from the 2023–24 Armenian First League for the final place in the following season's Armenian Premier League.

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

As of match played 2 May 2024
Rank Player Club Goals[15]
1   Artur Miranyan Noah 19
2   Yusuf Otubanjo Pyunik 18
3   Mohamed Yattara Ararat-Armenia 17
4   Tenton Yenne Ararat-Armenia 15
5   Levan Kutalia Alashkert 12
6   Hovhannes Harutyunyan Pyunik 11
  Temur Dzhikiya Urartu
8   Paul Gladon Noah 9
9   Edgar Movsesyan Noah 8
10   Grenik Petrosyan BKMA 7
  Christopher Boniface Van
  Grenik Petrosyan BKMA Yerevan
  Kassim Hadji Ararat Yerevan

Hat-tricks edit

Player For Against Result Date Ref
  Temur Dzhikiya Urartu West Armenia 5–2 (A) 1 September 2023 [16]
  Yusuf Otubanjo Pyunik Van 5–0 (A) 2 September 2023 [17]
  Mohamed Yattara Ararat-Armenia Shirak 1–3 (A) 19 September 2023 [18]
  Artur Miranyan Noah West Armenia 5–1 (H) 29 November 2023 [19]
  Grenik Petrosyan BKMA Yerevan Van 7–1 (H) 30 November 2023 [20]
  Yusuf Otubanjo Pyunik West Armenia 4–1 (A) 2 May 2024 [21]

Own goals edit

Clean sheets edit

As of match played 2 May 2024
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1   Ognjen Čančarević Alashkert/Noah 10
2   Stanislav Buchnev Pyunik 9
3   Darko Vukašinović Shirak 7
4   Valerio Vimercati Noah 6
  Tiago Gomes Ararat Yerevan
  Arsen Beglaryan Ararat-Armenia
7   Christoffer Mafoumbi Noah 4
  Filipe West Armenia
  Aleksandr Melikhov Urartu
  Arman Nersesyan BKMA Yerevan
11   Gor Matinyan BKMA Yerevan 3
  Nikolai Rybikov West Armenia
  Anatoly Ayvazov Alashkert
  Damjan Shishkovski Ararat-Armenia

Discipline edit

Red cards edit

As of match played 2 May 2024

References edit

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  14. ^ Article 14.02 Regulations
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External links edit

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