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Football league

Armenian Premier League

Founded	1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Country	Armenia
Confederation	UEFA
Number of clubs	11
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Armenian First League
Domestic cup(s)	Armenian Cup Armenian Supercup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Conference League
Current champions	Pyunik (16th title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Pyunik (16 titles)
TV partners	Armenia TV YouTube
Website	premierleague.ffa.am
Current: 2024–25 Armenian Premier League

The Armenian Premier League (Armenian: IDBank Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the IDBank Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a regional tournament within the USSR. Following Armenia's independence, the Football Federation of Armenia has been the governing authority of the league. Over the years, the league has evolved into a small league consisting of ten teams. The winner of the league is awarded a spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League.

Current teams

Yerevan

Noah

Shirak

Van

Yerevan teams:
Alashkert
Ararat
Ararat-Armenia
Pyunik
Urartu
West Armenia class=notpageimage| Locations of the 2024–25 Armenian Premier League teams

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alashkert	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Alashkert Stadium	6,850
Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan (Kentron)	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium	14,403
Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan (Avan)	Yerevan Football Academy Stadium	1,428
Gandzasar	Kapan	Gandzasar Stadium	3,500
Noah	Armavir	Armavir City Stadium	3,100
Pyunik	Yerevan (Kentron)	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium	14,403
Shirak	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	4,000
Urartu	Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia)	Urartu Stadium	4,860
Van	Charentsavan	Charentsavan City Stadium	5,000
West Armenia	Yerevan	Junior Sport Stadium	1,200

Soviet era champions

1936 Dinamo Yerevan
1937 Dinamo Yerevan
1938 Spartak Yerevan
1939 Spartak Yerevan
1940 Spartak Yerevan
1941–44 Not Played
1945 Spartak Yerevan
1946 Dinamo Yerevan
1947 Dinamo Yerevan
1948 Dinamo Yerevan
1949 Dinamo Yerevan
1950 Urozhai Yerevan
1951 Shinarar Yerevan
1952 Spartak Yerevan
1953 Karmir Drosh Leninakan (Krasnoe Znamya)
1954 Spartak Yerevan
1955 Khimik Kirovakan
1956 FIMA Yerevan
1957 Karmir Drosh Leninakan (Krasnoe Znamya)
1958 FIMA Yerevan
1959 FIMA Yerevan
1960 Tekstilshchik Leninakan
1961 Tekstilshchik Leninakan
1962 Tekstilshchik Leninakan
1963 Lokomotiv Yerevan
1964 Khimik Kirovakan
1965 Araks Yerevan
1966 Elektrotekhnik Yerevan
1967 Kotayk
1968 Araks Yerevan
1969 Araks Yerevan
1970 Motor Yerevan
1971 FIMA Yerevan
1972 Zvezda Yerevan
1973 Kotayk
1974 FIMA Yerevan
1975 Kotayk
1976 Kotayk
1977 Araks Yerevan
1978 Kanaz Yerevan
1979 Aragats Leninakan
1980 Aragats Leninakan
1981–86 Not Played
1987 Aragats Leninakan
1988 Elektrotekhnik Yerevan
1989 FC Kapan
1990 Ararat-2 Yerevan
1991 Syunik Kapan

Winners

List of year ranges, representing seasons, and displaying the types of accomplishments of awards by the clubs and top players during those timeframes
Year	Champions (number of titles)	Runners-up	Third place	Leading goalscorer (top scorer's club(s))	Goals
1992	Shirak, Homenetmen	—	Banants	Vahe Yaghmuryan (Ararat Yerevan)	38
1993	Ararat Yerevan	Shirak	Banants	Andranik Hovsepyan (Banants) Gegham Hovhannisyan (Homenetmen)	26
1994	Shirak (2)	Homenetmen	Ararat Yerevan	Arsen Avetisyan (Homenetmen)	39
1995	Transitional season (no champions declared)
1995–96	Pyunik (2)	Shirak	Yerevan	Arayik Adamyan (Shirak)	28
1996–97	Pyunik (3)	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan	Arsen Avetisyan (Pyunik)	24
1997	Yerevan	Shirak	Erebuni-Homenmen	Artur Petrosyan (Shirak)	18
1998	Tsement Ararat (Araks Ararat)	Shirak	Yerevan	Ara Hakobyan (Dvin Artashat)	20
1999	Shirak (3)	Ararat Yerevan	Tsement Ararat	Shirak Sarikyan (Tsement Ararat)	21
2000	Araks Ararat (2)	Ararat Yerevan	Shirak	Ara Hakobyan (Araks Ararat)	21
2001	Pyunik (4)	Zvartnots AAL	Spartak Yerevan	Arman Karamyan (Pyunik)	21
2002	Pyunik (5)	Shirak	Banants	Arman Karamyan (Pyunik)	36
2003	Pyunik (6)	Banants	Shirak	Ara Hakobyan (Banants)	45
2004	Pyunik (7)	Mika	Banants	Edgar Manucharyan (Pyunik) Galust Petrosyan (Pyunik)	21
2005	Pyunik (8)	Mika	Banants	Nshan Erzrumyan (Kilikia)	18
2006	Pyunik (9)	Banants	Mika	Aram Hakobyan (Banants)	25
2007	Pyunik (10)	Banants	Mika	Marcos Pizzelli (Ararat Yerevan)	22
2008	Pyunik (11)	Ararat Yerevan	Gandzasar	Marcos Pizzelli (Ararat Yerevan)	17
2009	Pyunik (12)	Mika	Ulisses	Artur Kocharyan (Ulisses)	15
2010	Pyunik (13)	Banants	Ulisses	Marcos Pizzelli (Pyunik) Gevorg Ghazaryan (Pyunik)	16
2011	Ulisses	Gandzasar	Pyunik	Bruno Correa (Banants)	16
2012–13	Shirak (4)	Mika	Gandzasar	Norayr Gyozalyan (Impuls)	21
2013–14	Banants	Shirak	Mika	Mihran Manasyan (Alashkert)	17
2014–15	Pyunik (14)	Ulisses	Shirak	Cesar Romero (Pyunik) Jean-Jacques Bougouhi (Shirak)	21
2015–16	Alashkert	Shirak	Pyunik	Héber (Alashkert) Mihran Manasyan (Alashkert)	16
2016–17	Alashkert (2)	Gandzasar	Shirak	Artak Yedigaryan (Alashkert) Mihran Manasyan (Alashkert)	13
2017–18	Alashkert (3)	Banants	Gandzasar	Gegham Harutyunyan (Gandzasar) Artak Yedigaryan (Alashkert)	12
2018–19	Ararat-Armenia	Pyunik	Banants	Jonel Désiré (Lori)	17
2019–20	Ararat-Armenia (2)	Noah	Alashkert	Mory Kone (Shirak)	23
2020–21	Alashkert (4)	Noah	Urartu	Yusuf Otubanjo (Ararat-Armenia)	10
2021–22	Pyunik (15)	Ararat-Armenia	Alashkert	Serges Déblé (Ararat-Armenia, Pyunik)	22
2022–23	Urartu (2)	Pyunik	Ararat-Armenia	Luka Juričić, Yusuf Otubanjo (Pyunik)	16
2023–24	Pyunik (16)	Noah	Ararat-Armenia	Artur Miranyan (Noah)	23

Performance by club

List of accomplishments of awards by the clubs and displaying their best seasons
Club (number of seasons)	Winners	Runners-up	Winning years
Pyunik	16	2	1992 (shared), 1995–96, 1996–97, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014–15, 2021–22, 2023–24
Shirak	4	7	1992 (shared), 1994, 1999, 2012–13
Alashkert	4	–	2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2020–21
Urartu	2	5	2013–14, 2022–23
Ararat-Armenia	2	1	2018–19, 2019–20
Araks Ararat	2	–	1998, 2000
Ararat Yerevan	1	4	1993
Ulisses	1	1	2011
Yerevan	1	–	1997
Mika	–	4
Noah	–	3
Gandzasar	–	2
Zvartnots-AAL	–	1

Titles won by club (%)

Pyunik - 16 (48.5%) Shirak SC - 4 (12.1%) FC Alashkert – 4 (12.1%) FC Urartu – 2 (6.1%) FC Ararat-Armenia - 2 (6.1%) Araks Ararat FC - 2 (6.1%) FC Ararat Yerevan - 1 (3%) Ulisses FC -1 (3%) FC Yerevan - 1 (3%)

Notes

Homenetmen Yerevan is the former name of Pyunik Yerevan..
Tsement Ararat is the former name of Araks Ararat.
Banants is the former name of Urartu.
Teams in italics no longer exists.

Sponsorship names

VBET Armenian Premier League (2020–2022)
Fastex Armenian Premier League (2022-2023)
IDBank Armenian Premier League (2023-present)

Broadcaster

Country	TV Channel
Armenia	ARMTV
Armenia	Vivaro Sport (online TV)

References

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External links

Football clubs in Armenia

Active clubs

2024–25 Premier League	Alashkert Ararat-Armenia Ararat Yerevan BKMA Gandzasar Kapan Noah Pyunik Shirak Urartu Van West Armenia
2024-25 First League	Andranik Ararat-Armenia-2 Ararat-2 Bentonit BKMA-2 Lernayin Artsakh Mika Nikarm Noah-2 Pyunik-2 Shirak-2 Syunik Urartu-2

Defunct clubs

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