1995–96 in Armenian football

1995–96 in Armenian football was the fourth season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union. It was the first of two seasons in Armenia that were different from the others. Including the 1996–97 season these were the only winter competitions, while all other Armenian seasons were summer competitions. The Armenian Premier League for 1995–96 consisted of 12 teams of which the lowest ranked team would relegate to the Armenian First League. The eleventh ranked team would face the second ranked team from the First League in a promotion/relegation play-off.

1995–96 in Armenian football
Premier League champions
Pyunik
First League champions
Arabkir
Armenian Cup winners
Pyunik

Premier League

• Homenetmen Yerevan changed their name into FC Pyunik.
• Yerazank FC disbanded and yielded its place to another Artsakh Republic-based club from Stepanakert, FC Karabakh. Karabakh, much like Yerazank, were forced to relocate from Stepanakert to Yerevan due to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[1]
• FC Kotayk and Banants Kotayk merged, but the name of the merger was only limited to Kotayk Abovyan.
• Newly-founded FC Yerevan was unexpectedly promoted to replace Banants Kotayk.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pyunik (C)	22	19	3	0	71	14	+57	60	Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round
2	Shirak	22	16	3	3	67	23	+44	51
3	Yerevan	22	13	5	4	43	24	+19	44
4	Ararat Yerevan	22	12	3	7	58	28	+30	39
5	Tsement Ararat	22	12	3	7	57	33	+24	39
6	Kotayk	22	11	3	8	31	33	−2	36	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
7	Karabakh Yerevan	22	8	5	9	29	28	+1	29
8	Van Yerevan	22	7	3	12	42	42	0	24
9	Homenmen Yerevan	22	6	3	13	30	52	−22	21
10	Zangezour	22	5	2	15	26	60	−34	17
11	Aragats (R)	22	4	3	15	35	89	−54	15	Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off
12	Aznavour (R)	22	0	2	20	19	82	−63	2	Relegated to the Armenian First League

Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Promotion and relegation play-off

Date	Venue	PL Team	Result	FL Team	Information
8 June	Yerevan	Aragats	0-4	BKMA Yerevan	BKMA Yerevan were promoted, Aragats were relegated.

Top goalscorers

		Player	Team	Goals
1		Arayik Adamyan	Shirak	28
2		Hovhannes Toumbaryan	Tsement Ararat	24
3		Tigran Yesayan	Yerevan	20
4		Arthur Petrosyan	Shirak	13
		Arthur Manukyan	Zangezour	13

First League

• Syunik Kapan returned to professional football and change their name to Kapan-81.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arabkir	22	15	2	5	58	22	+36	47	Promoted to Armenian Premier League
2	BKMA Yerevan	22	13	5	4	63	17	+46	44	Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off.
3	Lori	22	12	6	4	33	16	+17	42
4	Astgh Vanadzor	22	11	5	6	38	27	+11	38
5	Armavir	22	10	6	6	45	33	+12	36
6	Kumayri	22	11	2	9	33	25	+8	35
7	Nairit	22	9	3	10	42	50	-8	30
8	Kapan-81	22	8	5	9	32	33	-1	29
9	Dvin Artashat	22	7	3	12	34	50	-16	24
10	BMA-Arai Echmiadzin	22	7	2	13	26	44	-18	23
11	Dinamo Yerevan	22	6	4	12	27	38	-11	22
12	Yeghvard	22	1	1	20	17	91	-74	4
13	Kasakh	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	Withdrew from competition.
14	Tufagorts	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
15	Lernagorts Vardenis	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
16	Tsement-2 Ararat	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX

Armenia Cup

Quarter finals
Yerevan	0 - 1 1 - 1	Shirak
Karabakh Yerevan	1 - 3 1 - 0	Ararat Yerevan
Pyunik	2 - 0 2 - 3	Tsement Ararat
Van Yerevan	1 - 0 0 - 2	Kotayk Abovyan
Semi finals
Shirak	0 - 1 1 - 1	Kotayk Abovyan
Ararat Yerevan	0 - 2 1 - 4	Pyunik
Final
Pyunik	3 - 2	Kotayk Abovyan

References

1. "Where's My Country?". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 8 September 2018.

External links

• RSSSF: Armenia 1995-96