2023–24 Armenian Premier League

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Armenian Premier League 2023–24
Season information
Dates	29 July 2023–
Season statistics
Matches played	72
Goals scored	225
Top goalscorer	Levan Kutalia (11) Mohamed Yattara (11)
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The 2023–24 Armenian Premier League, known as the IDBank Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons, is the 32nd season of the league since its establishment.

Season events

On 7 July 2023, Football Federation of Armenia announced the draw for the 2023–24 season, which began on 29 July 2023.

On 28 July, the Football Federation of Armenia announced IDBank as the new title sponsor of the championship.

Teams

Promoted from 2022–23 Armenian First League	Relegated to 2023–24 Armenian First League
West Armenia	Lernayin Artsakh

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
Noah !Noah	Abovyan	Abovyan City Stadium1	3,100
Pyunik !Pyunik	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Junior Sport Stadium	1,000
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
West Armenia !West Armenia	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Junior Sport Stadium	1,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alashkert	Vahe Gevorgyan	Artak Yedigaryan	Sport-Saller	Fastex
Ararat Yerevan	Gagik Simonyan	Gor Malakyan	Fourteen	FastBank, AWI International
Ararat-Armenia	Vardan Minasyan	Armen Ambartsumyan	Puma	Tashir Group
BKMA	Vahagn Minasyan	Artur Grigoryan	Macron	Football Federation of Armenia
Noah	Carlos Inarejos	Artur Miranyan	Adidas	to.sport fm 96.3
Pyunik	Yegishe Melikyan	Edgar Malakyan	Joma	Fastex
Shirak	Arsen Hovhannisyan	Hrayr Mkoyan	Adidas	FastBank
Urartu	Dmitri Gunko	Zhirayr Margaryan	Puma	–
Van	Sevada Arzumanyan	David Manoyan	Puma	FastShift, Rare
West Armenia	Andranik Zanazanyan	Aram Loretsyan	Legea	Fastex

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Ararat-Armenia	Vardan Bichakhchyan	End of contract	8 June 2022	Pre-season	Vardan Minasyan	17 June 2023
Van	Hayk Hovhannisyan	End of contract	30 June 2022		Sevada Arzumanyan	1 July 2023
Shirak	Edgar Torosyan	Resigned	22 August 2023	9th	Arsen Hovhannisyan	22 August 2023
Noah	Robert Arzumanyan	Sacked	29 September 2023	5th	Carlos Inarejos	29 September 2023

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pyunik	16	13	3	0	44	9	+35	42	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Noah	16	11	0	5	32	14	+18	33	Qualification for Conference League first qualifying round
3	Ararat-Armenia	16	10	2	4	37	18	+19	32
4	Urartu	15	8	3	4	27	22	+5	27
5	Alashkert	15	8	2	5	28	21	+7	26
6	Ararat Yerevan	16	6	2	8	16	27	−11	20
7	BKMA	16	5	1	10	14	32	−18	16
8	Shirak	16	3	3	10	16	26	−10	12
9	Van	16	3	1	12	11	34	−23	10	Qualification for Armenian Premier League play-off
10	West Armenia	16	3	1	12	19	41	−22	10	Relegation to Armenian First League

Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2023 (1 of 2 matches played). 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

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	ARA	AAR	BKM	NOA	PYU	SHI	URA	VAN	WAR	ALA	ARA	AAR	BKM	NOA	PYU	SHI	URA	VAN	WAR
Alashkert		2–1		1–0	3–1	0–2	0–0	4–2	0–0	2–0
Ararat Yerevan			1–3	0–2	0–2	0–5	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–0
Ararat-Armenia	3–1	2–1		4–1	4–3	1–2		1–2	3–0	4–0
BKMA	0–4	2–0	1–1		1–0	1–4	1–3	1–2		0–4
Noah	4–2	3–0	1–0	3–0		0–1	4–0	2–0	1–0
Pyunik	3–1	1–1	1–1	3–0			1–0	3–1	6–0	3–0
Shirak	2–3	1–2	1–3	0–1	0–2			0–2	2–0	0–0
Urartu			2–1	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–2		3–1	1–2
Van	2–1	1–2	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–5	1–0			4–1
West Armenia	1–4	0–2	1–4		2–4	2–3	2–4	2–5	2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 8 November 2023 (1 of 2 matches played). Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Armenian Premier League play-off

The ninth-placed club will face the second-placed club from the 2023–24 Armenian First League for the final place in the following season's Armenian Premier League.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 6 November 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Levan Kutalia	Alashkert	11
	Mohamed Yattara	Ararat-Armenia
3	Yusuf Otubanjo	Pyunik	10
4	Artur Miranyan	Noah	8
	Tenton Yenne	Ararat-Armenia
6	Temur Dzhikiya	Urartu	7
	Hovhannes Harutyunyan	Pyunik
8	Paul Gladon	Noah	6
9	David Khurtsidze	Alashkert	5
10	Sargis Metoyan	West Armenia	4
	Karen Nalbandyan	Alashkert
	Christopher Boniface	Van
	Ilias Alhaft	Noah
	Artyom Maksimenko	Urartu
	Sam Hendriks	Pyunik

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Temur Dzhikiya	Urartu	West Armenia	5–2 (A)	02023-09-01-1 September 2023
Yusuf Otubanjo	Pyunik	Van	5–0 (A)	02023-09-02-2 September 2023
Mohamed Yattara	Ararat-Armenia	Shirak	1–3 (A)	02023-09-19-19 September 2023

Own goals

• Leonardo da Silva - Ararat Yerevan vs Ararat-Armenia (30 July 2023)
• Hrayr Mkoyan - BKMA Yerevan vs Shirak (11 August 2023)
• Julius Ufuoma - Ararat Yerevan vs West Armenia (12 August 2023)
• Ipehe Williams - Van vs BKMA Yerevan (24 September 2023)
• Alemão - Ararat-Armenia vs Urartu (3 October 2023)
• Vladimir Kharatyan - Ararat-Armenia vs West Armenia (24 October 2023)

Clean sheets

As of match played 6 November 2023

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Stanislav Buchnev	Pyunik	7
2	Christoffer Mafoumbi	Noah	4
	Ognjen Čančarević	Alashkert
	Valerio Vimercati	Noah
5	Gor Matinyan	BKMA Yerevan	3
	Filipe	West Armenia
	Arsen Beglaryan	Ararat-Armenia
	Darko Vukasinovic	Shirak
9	Arman Meliksetyan	Van	2
	Nemanja Lemajic	Ararat Yerevan
11	Henri Avagyan	Pyunik	1
	Aleksandr Melikhov	Urartu
	Dmitry Abakumov	Urartu
	Arman Nersesyan	BKMA Yerevan
	Anatoly Ayvazov	BKMA Yerevan

Discipline

Red cards

As of match played 6 November 2023

• Zalim Makoyev - West Armenia vs Shirak (29 July 2023)
• Mimito Biai - Alashkert vs Pyunik (31 July 2023)
• Aleksandar Miljković - Noah vs BKMA Yerevan (4 August 2023)
• Aleksandar Miljković - Noah vs Shirak (18 August 2023)
• Marcos Júnior - Urartu vs Pyunik (20 August 2023)
• Edgar Malakyan - Urartu vs Pyunik (20 August 2023)
• Tenton Yenne - Ararat-Armenia vs Pyunik (23 August 2023)
• Sergey Muradyan - Alashkert vs Noah (25 August 2023)
• Christopher Boniface - Ararat-Armenia vs Van (27 August 2023)
• Edmon Movsisyan - Pyunik vs West Armenia (28 August 2023)
• Rayane Mzoughi - Noah vs Ararat Yerevan (31 August 2023)
• Daniel Cifuentes - Van vs Pyunik (2 September 2023)
• Edgar Malakyan - Noah vs Ararat Yerevan (21 September 2023)
• Deou Dosa - Van vs BKMA Yerevan (24 September 2023)
• Serhiy Vakulenko - Pyunik vs Shirak (25 September 2023)
• Artak Yedigaryan - Ararat-Armenia vs Alashkert (25 September 2023)
• Edmon Movsisyan - West Armenia vs Noah (26 September 2023)
• Narek Manukyan - Noah vs BKMA Yerevan (5 October 2023)
• Deou Dosa - Ararat Yerevan vs Van (24 October 2023)
• Robert Darbinyan - Alashkert vs Shirak (4 November 2023)

External links

• Official website

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