The 2005 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...

season was the fourteenth since its establishment, and started on 12 April 2005. The last matches were played on 6 November 2006. Pyunik FC were the defending champions.

Participating teams

• Lernayin Artsakh
  Lernayin Artsakh
  Lernayin Artsakh Stepanakert is a Karabakhi football team, based in Stepanakert. The club was previously called Karabakh Stepanakert. During the years between 1992 and 1995, Lernayin Artsakh was unable to participate in any competition due to a war that was taking place in Karabakh. In 1995, it was...
  
   are promoted.
• Kotayk change their name to Esteghlal-Kotayk.

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
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 :...	Yerevan Yerevan Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...	Banants Stadium Banants Stadium Banants Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan, Armenia, built in 2006 with the assistance of the UEFA. It was officially opened in 2008. It can serve around 6,000 supporters and is the home ground of FC Banants. Three more grounds around the stadium...	6,000
Dinamo-Zenit	Yerevan Yerevan Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...	Hanrapetakan Stadium	15,000
Esteghlal-Kotayk	Abovyan Abovyan Abovyan is a city in Armenia in the province of Kotayk. It is located 15 km northeast of Yerevan and 36 km southeast of the province centre Hrazdan. In 2009, the estimated population of the city was 46,000, down from 59,000 at the 1989 census...	Kotayk Stadium Kotayk Stadium Abovyan City Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Abovyan, Armenia. The stadium can serve around 5,500 supporters...	5,500
Kilikia FC	Yerevan Yerevan Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...	Hrazdan Stadium Hrazdan Stadium Hrazdan Stadium is a multi-use, all-seater stadium in Yerevan, Armenia, built and opened in 1970. With the financial support of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the stadium was built in a remarkable period of 11 months....	58,000
Lernagorts-Ararat 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 :...	Kapan Kapan -Notable landmarks:*Vahanavank monastery*Baghaberd and Halidzor Fortresses.*Tatev Monastery - This monastery, situated northwest of Kapan was founded in the ninth century in the place of an ancient tabernacle well-known in ancient times...	Lernagorts Stadium Lernagorts Stadium Gandzasar Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Kapan, Armenia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Gandzasar FC. The capacity of the stadium is 3,500. It was formerly known as Lernagorts Stadium....	3,500
Lernayin Artsakh Lernayin Artsakh Lernayin Artsakh Stepanakert is a Karabakhi football team, based in Stepanakert. The club was previously called Karabakh Stepanakert. During the years between 1992 and 1995, Lernayin Artsakh was unable to participate in any competition due to a war that was taking place in Karabakh. In 1995, it was...	Yerevan Yerevan Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...	Hrazdan Stadium Hrazdan Stadium Hrazdan Stadium is a multi-use, all-seater stadium in Yerevan, Armenia, built and opened in 1970. With the financial support of Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the stadium was built in a remarkable period of 11 months....	58,000
Mika FC	Ashtarak Ashtarak Ashtarak is an industrial city in Armenia, on the left bank of Kasagh River along the gorge, approximately 20 km north-west of the capital Yerevan, at a height of 1110 meters above sea level. It is the administrative capital of Aragatsotn province...	Kasakhi Marzik Stadium	3,500
Pyunik FC	Yerevan Yerevan Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...	Hanrapetakan Stadium	15,000
Shirak FC	Gyumri Gyumri Gyumri is the capital and largest city of the Shirak Province in northwest Armenia. It is located about 120 km from the capital Yerevan, and, with a population of 168,918 , is the second-largest city in Armenia.The name of the city has been changed many times in history...	Gyumri City Stadium Gyumri City Stadium Gyumri City Stadium is an all-seater football stadium in Gyumri, Armenia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Shirak FC. The stadium can serve around 3,000 supporters, was built in 1924 and reconstructed in the late 90s....	3,000

First stage

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Pyunik	16	11	5	0	32	6	+26	38
2	Mika	16	10	5	1	27	11	+16	35
3	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 :...	16	10	4	2	32	17	+15	34
4	Esteghlal-Kotayk	16	7	7	2	28	15	+13	28
5	Kilikia	16	6	3	7	29	25	+4	21
6	Dinamo-Zenit	16	4	3	9	20	26	-6	15
7	Shirak	16	3	2	11	18	34	-16	11
8	Lernagorts-Ararat 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 :...	16	3	1	12	9	38	-29	10
9	Lernayin Artsakh Lernayin Artsakh Lernayin Artsakh Stepanakert is a Karabakhi football team, based in Stepanakert. The club was previously called Karabakh Stepanakert. During the years between 1992 and 1995, Lernayin Artsakh was unable to participate in any competition due to a war that was taking place in Karabakh. In 1995, it was...	16	3	0	13	14	37	-23	9

	Top 6 qualify for Championship stage
	Bottom 3 qualify for Relegation play-off.
	Withdrew after 11 matches, remaining matches awarded 0-3 against them.

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

Championship stage

The qualified teams only keep their head-to-head results to participate in the Championship stage, resulting in the following table.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Pyunik	10	6	4	0	16	4	+12	22
2	Mika	10	4	5	1	15	9	+6	17
3	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 :...	10	4	4	2	14	13	+1	16
4	Esteghlal-Kotayk	10	2	6	2	12	11	+1	12
5	Kilikia	10	1	3	6	10	20	-10	6
6	Dinamo-Zenit	10	1	2	7	8	18	-10	5

Final classification

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Pyunik	20	11	6	3	35	15	+20	39
2	Mika	20	9	8	3	30	16	+24	35
3	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 :...	20	9	6	5	31	27	+4	33
4	Esteghlal-Kotayk	20	8	7	5	22	19	+3	31
5	Kilikia	20	4	5	11	20	32	-12	17
6	Dinamo-Zenit	20	2	2	16	12	41	-29	8

Champions

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

Relegation stage

The qualified teams kept their complete results before entering the stage. The team finishing in 7th position remained in the Premier League, the 8th ranked team played the Promotion/Relegation play-off, while the 9th team was relegated.

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
7	Lernagorts-Ararat 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 :...	18	4	2	12	11	39	-28	14
8	Shirak	18	3	3	12	19	36	-17	12
9	Lernayin Artsakh Lernayin Artsakh Lernayin Artsakh Stepanakert is a Karabakhi football team, based in Stepanakert. The club was previously called Karabakh Stepanakert. During the years between 1992 and 1995, Lernayin Artsakh was unable to participate in any competition due to a war that was taking place in Karabakh. In 1995, it was...	16	3	0	13	14	37	-23	9

	Relegation/Promotion play-off.
	Withdrew and relegated to 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...

Relegation/Promotion play-off

Date	Venue	PL Club	Result	FL Club	Information
22 October	unknown	Shirak FC	5 - 1	Gandzasar FC	Shirak FC remains in Premier League

External links

• RSSSF: Armenia 2005 - Premier League