2019–20 Armenian Premier League

Armenian Premier League 2019–20
Season information
Winners	Ararat-Armenia
Continental cup qualifiers
Champions League	Ararat-Armenia
Europa League	Noah Alashkert Shirak
Season statistics
Matches played	125
Goals scored	329
Top goalscorer	Mory Kone (23 goals)
Biggest home win	Lori 8–0 Yerevan (1 December 2019)
Biggest away win	Yerevan 2–8 Pyunik (25 November 2019)
Highest scoring	Yerevan 2–8 Pyunik (25 November 2019)
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The 2019–20 Armenian Premier League season was the 28th since its establishment. The season begin in August 2019 and is scheduled to conclude in July 2020.

Season events

On 21 February, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that FC Yerevan had withdrawn from the league due to financial and technical problems.

On 12 March 2020, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that all Armenian Premier League games had been postponed until 23 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

On 10 July, Lori announced that 17 of the players and staff had tested positive for COVID-19, and as a result the whole club was now isolating, and as a result their lat game of the season, scheduled for 14 July against Ararat Yerevan was cancelled with the points not being awarded to either team.

Teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alashkert !Alashkert	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Alashkert Stadium	6,850
Ararat !Ararat	Yerevan (Kentron)	Vazgen Sargsyan Stadium	14,403
Ararat-Armenia !Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan (Avan)	Yerevan Football Academy Stadium	1,428
Gandzasar !Gandzasar	Yerevan (Avan)	Yerevan Football Academy Stadium1	1,428
Lori !Lori	Vanadzor	Vanadzor Football Academy2	880
Noah !Noah	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Alashkert Stadium3	6,850
Pyunik !Pyunik	Yerevan (Kentron)	Vazgen Sargsyan Stadium	14,403
Shirak !Shirak	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	4,500
Banants !Urartu5	Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia)	Banants Stadium	4,860
Yerevan !Yerevan	Vanadzor	Vanadzor Football Academy4	880

• ¹Gandzasar will play their home games at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium in Yerevan, due to the rebuilding of their regular venue Gandzasar Stadium, Kapan.
• ²Lori will play at the main training pitch of the Vanadzor Football Academy due to the rebuilding of their regular venue Vanadzor City Stadium, Vanadzor.
• ³Noah will play at the Alashkert Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular venue Mika Stadium, Yerevan.
• ⁴Yerevan will play at the main training pitch of the Vanadzor Football Academy, instead of their original venue Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan.
• ⁵Banants renamed Urartu FC on 2 August 2019.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alashkert	Yegishe Melikyan	Artak Grigoryan	Joma	Bagratour, Huawei
Ararat	Gagik Simonyan (Interim)	Artak Aleksanyan	Nike	AWI International
Ararat-Armenia	Vardan Minasyan	Dmitry Guz	Joma	Tashir Group
Gandzasar	Armen Petrosyan	Gevorg Nranyan	Adidas	ZCMC
Lori	Armen Sanamyan (Caretaker)	Artyom Khachaturov	Puma	TotoGaming
Noah	Template:Country data MLD Vadim Boreț	David Manoyan	Umbro
Pyunik	Suren Chakhalyan (Caretaker)	Karlen Mkrtchyan	Puma	Gold's Gym
Shirak	Vardan Bichakhchyan	Aghvan Davoyan	Fourteen
Urartu	Aleksandr Grigoryan	Vahagn Ayvazyan	Jako
Yerevan			Kipsta

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointmentr
Ararat Yerevan	Sergei Bulatov	Resigned	29 July 2019	Pre-season	Sergei Boyko (Interim)	29 July 2019
Alashkert	Abraham Khashmanyan	Sacked	4 September 2019		Armen Adamyan (Caretaker)	4 September 2019
Yerevan	Nebojša Petrović	Sacked	5 September 2019	10th	Georgi Ghazaryan (Caretaker)	5 September 2019
Ararat Yerevan	Sergei Boyko (Interim)	Resigned	16 September 2019	1st	Gagik Simonyan (Interim)	16 September 2019
Yerevan	Georgi Ghazaryan (Caretaker)	End of Caretaker Spell	16 September 2019	10th	Vlad Goian	16 September 2019
Yerevan	Vlad Goian	Sacked	4 October 2019	10th	António Caldas	4 October 2019
Pyunik	Aleksandr Tarkhanov	Became Vice President of Development	30 October 2019	7th	Suren Chakhalyan (Caretaker)	30 October 2019
Yerevan	António Caldas	Resigned	11 November 2019	10th
Urartu	Ilshat Fayzulin	Resigned	24 November 2019	8th	Aleksandr Grigoryan	24 November 2019
Lori	David Campaña	Contract Expired	2 June 2020	2nd	Armen Sanamyan (Caretaker)	2 June 2020
Alashkert	Armen Adamyan (Caretaker)	End of contract	28 June 2020	3rd	Yegishe Melikyan	28 June 2020

League table

Template:2019–20 Armenian Premier League table

Championship round

Championship round league table

Template:2019–20 Armenian Premier League Championship round table

Relegation round

Relegation round league table

Template:2019–20 Armenian Premier League Relegation round table

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

As of match played 14 July 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mory Kone	Shirak	23
2	Jonel Désiré	Lori	12
3	Aleksandar Glišić	Alashkert	11
	Maksim Mayrovich	Noah
5	Denis Mahmudov	Pyunik	9
	Mailson Lima	Ararat-Armenia
	Gustavo Marmentini	Alashkert
8	Vladimir Azarov	Noah	8
	Thiago Galvão	Alashkert
10	Yevgeni Kobzar	Urartu	7
	Ramazan Isayev	Yerevan/Ararat
	Yusuf Otubanjo	Ararat-Armenia

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Mory Kone	Shirak	Pyunik	3-1	02019-08-25-25 August 2019
Denis Mahmudov4	Pyunik	Yerevan	8-2	02019-11-25-25 November 2019
Jonel Désiré5	Lori	Yerevan	8-0	02019-12-01-1 December 2019

• ⁴ Player scored 4 goals
• ⁵ Player scored 5 goals

Clean sheets

As of match played 7 July 2020

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Dmitry Abakumov	Ararat-Armenia	9
2	Vsevolod Yermakov	Shirak	8
	Valerio Vimercati	Noah
4	Vardan Shapperi	Lori	7
5	Sergei Revyakin	Ararat Yerevan	6
6	Ognjen Čančarević	Alashkert	4
7	Andrija Dragojević	Pyunik	3
	Aram Ayrapetyan	Urartu
9	Gevorg Kasparov	Gandzasar Kapan	2
	Grigor Meliksetyan	Gandzasar Kapan
	Anatoliy Ayvazov	Urartu
	Maksim Shvagirev	Noah

External links

• Official website
• UEFA

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