2000 in Armenian football
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| 2000 in Armenian football | ||
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| Premier League champions | ||
| Araks Ararat FC Spartak Yerevan FC Spartak Yerevan was an Armenia football club based in the city of Yerevan. The club played in the Armenian Premier League and was previously known as FC Tsement Ararat and FC Araks Ararat... |
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| First League champions | ||
| Armenikum Yerevan | ||
| Armenian Cup winners | ||
| Mika Ashtarak |
2000 in Armenia
Armenia
Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...
n football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
was the ninth season of indepentent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
. The Armenian Premier League
Armenian Premier League
The Armenian Premier League is the top football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the USSR. After independence, the Football Federation of Armenia has been the unit in charge. The seasons run from spring to fall...
for 2000 existed of 8 teams of which the lowest ranked teams would relegate to the Armenian First League
Armenian First League
The Armenian First League is currently the second level football competition in Armenia after the Armenian Premier League. The competition exists mostly out of reserve teams of several Premier League clubs, however other teams also participate...
. The seventh ranked team would enter the promotion/relegation play-off with the second ranked team of the First League. However it was decided that none of the Premier League teams would be relegated and four clubs were promoted from the First League, as well as FC Banants
FC Banants
Football Club Banants is an Armenian professional football team, playing in the capital, Yerevan. The club plays in the Armenian Premier League and has won the Armenian Cup twice, in 1992 and 2007.- Banants Kotayk :...
that was given a place at the highest level for the 2001 season. In the last few weeks Ararat, Zvartnots-AAL, Dinamo and Mika all refused to play once or more times as they were demanding fair play and claiming that referees penalised them repeatedly in favour of Araks that eventually won the title due to the awarded 3-0 victories in their favour.
Premier League
- Dinamo YerevanFC Dinamo YerevanFC Dinamo Yerevan was an Armenian football club that is based in Yerevan. The club dissolved in early 2008 and is currently inactive from professional football.-League Record :...
and Mika Ashtarak are promoted. - Tsement AraratFC Spartak YerevanFC Spartak Yerevan was an Armenia football club based in the city of Yerevan. The club played in the Armenian Premier League and was previously known as FC Tsement Ararat and FC Araks Ararat...
changed their name to Araks Ararat. - FC YerevanFC YerevanFC Yerevan , was an Armenian professional football club, playing in the capital, Yerevan. The club played in the Armenian Premier League, and has won the 1997 title. It was founded in 1995 and only lasted for 5 years. It played its home matches at the Hrazdan Stadium...
and Erebuni YerevanErebuni YerevanErebuni Yerevan was an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan.- History :The club participated as Homenmen-FIMA Yerevan in the first ever Armenian football competition after the split-up from the Soviet Union. After the regular competition they qualified for the championship stage,...
both withdrew before start of the season. - As a result, Kilikia Yerevan who were originally relegated kept their place.
- Lernagorts Kapan were additionally promoted to have an eight team competition.
- The merger between Kasakh Ashtarak and Mika FC was un-merged, causing Mika FC to stay in the Premier League and Kasakh Ashtarak to be disbanded. Kasakh Ashtarak still keeps its name, logo, history and statistics, while Mika FC becomes a new club, established in 1999.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
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| 1 | Araks Ararat FC Spartak Yerevan FC Spartak Yerevan was an Armenia football club based in the city of Yerevan. The club played in the Armenian Premier League and was previously known as FC Tsement Ararat and FC Araks Ararat... |
28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 65 | 33 | 61 |
| 2 | Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan , is an Armenian football club, based in Yerevan. Currently, the club plays in the Armenian Premier League, and is one of the most popular teams in Armenia.- History :... |
28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 23 | 59 |
| 3 | Shirak Gyumri FC Shirak Shirak Football Club , is an Armenian football club, playing in the town of Gyumri . The home stadium for Shirak is the Gyumri City Stadium.- History :... |
28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 64 | 21 | 58 |
| 4 | Mika Ashtarak | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 31 | 49 |
| 5 | Zvartnots-AAL Yerevan | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 41 | 41 |
| 6 | Kilikia Yerevan FC Kilikia Yerevan Kilikia Football Club , was a Armenian football club, playing in Yerevan.-Beginning :Kilikia was founded in 1992 and participated in the first ever independent Armenian championship. In 1992, they occupied the 12th spot in the table, and were allowed to play in the 1993 Armenian Premier League... |
28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 49 | 56 | 30 |
| 7 | Lernagorts Kapan | 28 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 29 | 82 | 12 |
| 8 | Dinamo Yerevan FC Dinamo Yerevan FC Dinamo Yerevan was an Armenian football club that is based in Yerevan. The club dissolved in early 2008 and is currently inactive from professional football.-League Record :... |
28 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 78 | 7 |
| 9 | FC Yerevan FC Yerevan FC Yerevan , was an Armenian professional football club, playing in the capital, Yerevan. The club played in the Armenian Premier League, and has won the 1997 title. It was founded in 1995 and only lasted for 5 years. It played its home matches at the Hrazdan Stadium... |
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| 10 | Erebuni Yerevan Erebuni Yerevan Erebuni Yerevan was an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan.- History :The club participated as Homenmen-FIMA Yerevan in the first ever Armenian football competition after the split-up from the Soviet Union. After the regular competition they qualified for the championship stage,... |
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| Champions. | |
| Relegated to Armenian First League 2001. | |
| 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 | ||
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Ara Hakobyan | Araks Ararat FC Spartak Yerevan FC Spartak Yerevan was an Armenia football club based in the city of Yerevan. The club played in the Armenian Premier League and was previously known as FC Tsement Ararat and FC Araks Ararat... |
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| 2 | |
Tigran Yesayan Tigran Yesayan Tigran Yesayan is an Armenian football striker. He was a member of the Armenia national team, and has participated in 21 international matches and scored four goals since his debut in an away friendly match against Peru on 20 February 1996. He is the current manager of Ararat Yerevan football... |
Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan , is an Armenian football club, based in Yerevan. Currently, the club plays in the Armenian Premier League, and is one of the most popular teams in Armenia.- History :... |
17 |
| 3 | |
Samvel Nikolyan | Mika Ashtarak | 15 |
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Artur Petrosyan Artur Petrosyan Arthur Petrosyan is a former Armenian football midfielder. He currently is one of the coaches of FC Zurich. Artur is the all-time leading scorer for the Armenia national team, and has participated in 70 international matches and scored 11 goals since his debut in a home friendly match against... |
Shirak Gyumri FC Shirak Shirak Football Club , is an Armenian football club, playing in the town of Gyumri . The home stadium for Shirak is the Gyumri City Stadium.- History :... |
15 | |
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Arman Karamyan Arman Karamyan Arman Karamyan is an Armenian football striker. He was also a member of the Armenia national team, participated in 48 international matches and scored 5 goals since his debut in away friendly match against Guatemala on 9 January 2000. In 2009–2010 season he was selected left winger of the year. He... |
Kilikia Yerevan FC Kilikia Yerevan Kilikia Football Club , was a Armenian football club, playing in Yerevan.-Beginning :Kilikia was founded in 1992 and participated in the first ever independent Armenian championship. In 1992, they occupied the 12th spot in the table, and were allowed to play in the 1993 Armenian Premier League... |
15 |
First League
- Armenikum Yerevan, Dinamo-2000 Yerevan, and Tavush Ijevan are introduced to the league.
- Kotayk Abovian return to professional football.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
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| 1 | Armenikum Yerevan | 16 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 55 | 12 | 39 |
| 2 | Karabakh Yerevan | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 14 | 38 |
| 3 | Lori Vanadzor Lori Vanadzor FC Lori Vanadzor is an Armenian football club from Vanadzor. The club participated in the first ever Armenian football competition after the split-up from the Soviet Union. After the regular competition they did not qualify for the championship stage, but were forced to play in the relegation stage... |
16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 29 |
| 4 | Kotayk Abovian | 16 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 36 | 27 | 28 |
| 5 | Arpa Yeghegnadzor Arpa Yeghegnadzor Arpa Yeghegnadzor was an Armenian football club from Yeghegnadzor. The club dissolved in early 2003 and is currently inactive from professional football.-League Record :... |
16 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 28 | 16 | 26 |
| 6 | Dinamo-2000 Yerevan | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 18 |
| 7 | FIMA Yerevan | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 12 |
| 8 | Tavush Ijevan | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 52 | 10 |
| 9 | FK Gyumri | 16 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 58 | 4 |
| 10 | Dvin Artashat Dvin Artashat Dvin Artashat is an Armenian football club from Artashat. It was founded in 1982 under the name Olimpia Artashat. From the years 1992 - 1994, the club went by the name FC Artashat. In 1995, the club was renamed Dvin Artashat. After the 1999 Armenian Premier League season, the club disbanded and is... |
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| 11 | Nairit Yerevan | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |
| 12 | Mush Kasakh | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |
| 13 | Karabakh-2 Yerevan | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |
| Promoted to the Armenian Premier League 2001 Armenian Premier League 2001 -Overview:* Armenikum Yerevan, Karabakh Yerevan, Lori Vanadzor, Kotayk Abovian, Arpa Yeghegnadzor and Dinamo-2000 Yerevan are promoted.* On August 20, Araks Ararat were moved from the city of Ararat to Yerevan and changed the name to Spartak.... . |
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| 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
Armenia Cup
| Quarter finals | ||
| FC Shirak FC Shirak Shirak Football Club , is an Armenian football club, playing in the town of Gyumri . The home stadium for Shirak is the Gyumri City Stadium.- History :... |
1 - 1 0 - 1 |
Kilikia Yerevan FC Kilikia Yerevan Kilikia Football Club , was a Armenian football club, playing in Yerevan.-Beginning :Kilikia was founded in 1992 and participated in the first ever independent Armenian championship. In 1992, they occupied the 12th spot in the table, and were allowed to play in the 1993 Armenian Premier League... |
| FC Zvartnots FC Zvartnots Zvartnots-AAL Football Club was an Armenian football club, based in the capital, Yerevan.-History:The club was founded on February, 1997 by Da' Roberti Drumgooli. It made its debut in Armenian football in the 1997 Armenian First League, where they finished on 8th position... |
3 - 0 1 - 2 |
Dinamo Yerevan FC Dinamo Yerevan FC Dinamo Yerevan was an Armenian football club that is based in Yerevan. The club dissolved in early 2008 and is currently inactive from professional football.-League Record :... |
| Mika FC | 0 - 1 2 - 0 |
Araks Ararat FC Spartak Yerevan FC Spartak Yerevan was an Armenia football club based in the city of Yerevan. The club played in the Armenian Premier League and was previously known as FC Tsement Ararat and FC Araks Ararat... |
| Lernagorts Kapan | 0 - 4 X - X |
FC Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan , is an Armenian football club, based in Yerevan. Currently, the club plays in the Armenian Premier League, and is one of the most popular teams in Armenia.- History :... |
| Semi finals | ||
| FC Zvartnots FC Zvartnots Zvartnots-AAL Football Club was an Armenian football club, based in the capital, Yerevan.-History:The club was founded on February, 1997 by Da' Roberti Drumgooli. It made its debut in Armenian football in the 1997 Armenian First League, where they finished on 8th position... |
1 - 0 X - X |
FC Kilikia Yerevan FC Kilikia Yerevan Kilikia Football Club , was a Armenian football club, playing in Yerevan.-Beginning :Kilikia was founded in 1992 and participated in the first ever independent Armenian championship. In 1992, they occupied the 12th spot in the table, and were allowed to play in the 1993 Armenian Premier League... |
| Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan FC Ararat Yerevan , is an Armenian football club, based in Yerevan. Currently, the club plays in the Armenian Premier League, and is one of the most popular teams in Armenia.- History :... |
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Mika FC |
| Final | ||
| Mika FC | 2 - 1 | FC Zvartnots FC Zvartnots Zvartnots-AAL Football Club was an Armenian football club, based in the capital, Yerevan.-History:The club was founded on February, 1997 by Da' Roberti Drumgooli. It made its debut in Armenian football in the 1997 Armenian First League, where they finished on 8th position... |