1996–97 in Armenian football

1996-97 in Armenian football was the 5th season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union. It was the second out of two seasons in Armenia that were different from the others. Including the 1995-96 season these were the only winter competitions, while all other Armenian seasons were summer competitions. The Armenian Premier League for 1996-97 existed of 12 teams of which the four lowest ranked team would relegate to the Armenian First League. Only two Armenian First League teams would be promoted for the 1997 fall season, switching back to the winter competitions.

1996–97 in Armenian football
Premier League champions
FC Pyunik
First League champions
FC Dvin Artashat FC Lori
Armenian Cup winners
Ararat Yerevan

Premier League

• FC Arabkir and BKMA Yerevan are promoted.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pyunik (C)	22	19	2	1	67	9	+58	59	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Ararat Yerevan	22	17	1	4	54	18	+36	52	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3	Yerevan	22	16	2	4	58	24	+34	50	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Shirak	22	15	2	5	57	11	+46	47
5	Tsement Ararat	22	13	3	6	49	26	+23	42
6	Van Yerevan	22	11	1	10	41	34	+7	34
7	Kotayk	22	8	4	10	41	27	+14	28
8	Karabakh Yerevan	22	7	4	11	23	29	−6	25
9	Homenmen Yerevan	22	7	1	14	30	59	−29	22
10	Arabkir (R)	22	4	0	18	20	89	−69	12	Relegated to the Armenian First League
11	Zangezour (R)	22	2	3	17	9	77	−68	9
12	BKMA Yerevan (W)	22	1	1	20	10	56	−46	4	Went into bankruptcy and all remaining matches were awarded 3-0 against them.

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

Top goalscorers

		Player	Team	Goals
1		Arsen Avetisyan	Pyunik	24
2		Sergey Hayrbabamyan	Tsement Ararat	13
3		Tigran Yesayan	Yerevan	11
		Arthur Petrosyan	Shirak	11
		Henrik Berberyan	Yerevan	11

First League

• Kapan-81 are renamed Lernagorts Kapan.
• FC Kasakh returned to professional football and changed their name to Aragats Ashtarak.
• SKA Ijevan returned to professional football and change their name back to Kaen Ijevan.
• Hachen FC returned to professional football and changed their name to Sapfir FC.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dvin Artashat	22	15	5	2	54	18	+36	50	Promoted to Armenian Premier League
2	Lori	22	15	5	2	42	13	+29	50
3	Aznavour	22	12	6	4	35	24	+11	42
4	Nairit	22	9	7	6	48	32	+16	34
5	Kumayri	22	8	5	9	47	42	+5	29
6	Armavir	22	7	8	7	41	39	+2	29
7	Sapfir	22	9	1	12	36	46	-10	28
8	Dinamo Yerevan	22	7	4	11	23	41	-18	25
9	Lernagorts Kapan	22	6	7	9	38	32	+6	25
10	BMA-Arai Echmiadzin	22	6	7	9	24	28	-4	25
11	Aragats Ashtarak	22	5	6	11	29	44	-15	21
12	Kaen Ijevan	22	1	3	18	19	75	-56	6
13	Aragats FC	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	Withdrew from competition.
14	Astgh Vanadzor	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
15	Yeghvard	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX

Armenia Cup

Quarter finals
Yerevan	3 - 1 0 - 0	Van Yerevan
Pyunik	2 - 0 5 - 2	Kotayk Abovyan
Shirak	1 - 1 0 - 1	Ararat Yerevan
Tsement Ararat	w/o	BKMA Yerevan
Semi finals
Yerevan	0 - 5 1 - 2	Pyunik
Ararat Yerevan	2 - 0 2 - 0	Tsement Ararat
Final
Pyunik	0 - 1	Ararat Yerevan

External links

• RSSSF: Armenia 1996-97