2022–23 Armenian Premier League

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Armenian Premier League 2022–23
Season information
Dates	29 July 2022–May 2023
Season statistics
Matches played	63
Goals scored	149
Top goalscorer	Bladimir Díaz (11)
Biggest home win	Alashkert 5-0 Noah (10 October 2022)
Biggest away win	Noah 0-6 Urartu (20 August 2022)
Highest scoring	Noah 3-4 Alashkert (30 July 2022)
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The 2022–23 Armenian Premier League, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the 31st season of the league since its establishment.

Season events

On 4 July 2022, the FFA announced that Lernayin Artsakh (promoted after a seventeen-year absence) would play in the upcoming Armenian Premier League season, along with Pyunik, Ararat-Armenia, Alashkert, Ararat Yerevan, Urartu, Noah, Van, BKMA Yerevan and Shirak.

Teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alashkert !Alashkert	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Alashkert Stadium	6,850
Ararat !Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan (Kentron)	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium	14,403
Ararat-Armenia !Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan (Avan)	Yerevan Football Academy Stadium1	1,428
BKMA !BKMA
Lernayin Artsakh !Lernayin Artsakh	Vayk	Arevik Stadium	1,000
Noah !Noah	Armavir	Armavir City Stadium1	3,100
Pyunik !Pyunik	Yerevan (Kentron)	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium	14,403
Shirak !Shirak	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	4,000
Banants !Urartu	Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia)	Urartu Stadium	4,860
Van !Van	Charentsavan	Charentsavan City Stadium	5,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alashkert	Karen Barseghyan	Artak Grigoryan	Sport-Saller
Ararat Yerevan	Rafael Safaryan	Hrayr Mkoyan	Fourteen	AWI International
Ararat-Armenia	Vardan Bichakhchyan	Armen Ambartsumyan	Puma	Tashir Group
BKMA	Rafael Nazaryan		Macron
Noah	Robert Arzumanyan		Adidas	Fastex
Lernayin Artsakh	Artashes Adamyan		Adidas
Pyunik	Yegishe Melikyan		Joma	Fastex
Shirak	Tigran Davtyan		Fourteen	-
Urartu	Dmitri Gunko		Jako	-
Van	Artur Asoyan	Arman Meliksetyan	Puma

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Ararat-Armenia	Dmitri Gunko	End of contract	2 June 2022	Pre-season	Vardan Bichakhchyan	10 June 2022
Urartu	Robert Arzumanyan	End of contract	24 June 2022		Dmitri Gunko	27 June 2022
Noah	Aram Hakobyan			10th	Robert Arzumanyan	23 August 2022
Ararat Yerevan	Aram Voskanyan	Resigned	4 October 2022	7th	Rafael Safaryan	4 October 2022

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Urartu	13	10	1	2	26	8	+18	31	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Alashkert	13	8	3	2	26	17	+9	27	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Ararat-Armenia	12	8	1	3	22	7	+15	25
4	Pyunik	11	7	0	4	17	8	+9	21
5	Lernayin Artsakh	13	5	3	5	12	12	0	18
6	Van	12	4	5	3	12	12	0	17
7	Ararat Yerevan	13	3	2	8	6	14	−8	11
8	Shirak	13	4	2	7	8	15	−7	14
9	BKMA	13	1	4	8	11	24	−13	7	Qualification to the relegation play-offs
10	Noah	13	0	5	8	9	32	−23	5	Relegation to the Armenian First League

Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2022. Source: FFA Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Less red cards; 8) Less yellow cards ; 9) Fair-play ranking 10) Draw

Fixtures and results

Round 1–18 Home \ Away ALA ARA AAR BKM LER NOA PYU SHI URA VAN Alashkert — 2–0 1–1 30 Oct 2–1 5–0 3–0 0–0 Ararat Yerevan 0–1 — 0–2 4 Nov 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 Ararat-Armenia 4–1 2–1 — 1–0 3–0 10 Nov 3–0 0–1 3 Nov BKMA 2–4 2–1 — 0–1 2–2 0–1 1–4 0–3 Lernayin Artsakh 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 — 0–0 29 Oct 0–1 Noah 3–4 0–0 0–0 0–1 — 31 Oct 1–3 0–6 Pyunik 5–1 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 — 1–0 0–1 Shirak 3 Nov 0–0 30 Oct 1–0 1–2 0–1 — 0–2 1–1 Urartu 1–1 1–0 4 Nov 2–3 3–1 2–1 1–0 — 0–1 Van 29 Oct 0–4 2–2 1–1 2–2 24 Oct 0–1 — Updated to match(es) played on 26 October 2022. Source: Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Round 19–36 Home \ Away ALA ARA AAR BKM LER NOA PYU SHI URA VAN Alashkert — Ararat Yerevan — Ararat-Armenia — BKMA — Lernayin Artsakh — Noah — Pyunik — Shirak — Urartu — Van — Source: Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 26 October 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Bladimir Díaz	Alashkert	11
2	Dmytro Khlyobas	Urartu	6
	Maksim Mayrovich	Urartu
	Edgar Movsesyan	Van
5	Zhirayr Shaghoyan	BKMA Yerevan	5
	Thiago Galvão	Alashkert
	Wilfried Eza	Ararat-Armenia
8	Yusuf Otubanjo	Pyunik	4
	Yeison Bossa Racines	Lernayin Artsakh
	Moussa Bakayoko	Shirak
	Tenton Yenne	Ararat-Armenia
	Hugo Firmino	Ararat-Armenia

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Dmytro Khlyobas	Urartu	Noah	0–6 (A)	02022-08-20-20 August 2022
Maksim Mayrovich	Urartu	BKMA Yerevan	1–4 (A)	02022-09-04-4 September 2022

Clean sheets

As of match played 26 October 2022

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Vsevolod Ermakov	Ararat-Armenia	6
	Ognjen Čančarević	Alashkert
3	Artyom Potapov	Ararat Yerevan	5
	Samur Agamagomedov	Van
	Aleksandr Melikhov	Urartu
6	Lyova Karapetyan	Shirak	4
	Vyacheslav Grigoryan	Lernayin Artsakh
8	Arsen Beglaryan	Urartu	3
	David Yurchenko	Pyunik
10	Vardan Shahatuni	Noah	2
	Stanislav Buchnev	Pyunik

External links

• Official website

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