1997 in Armenian football

1997 in Armenian football

Premier League champions
Yerevan
First League champions
Aragats

The 1997 season was the sixth season of independent football in Armenia following the split-up from the Soviet Union. It was the return to the summer competition format after using the winter competition format for two seasons. The Armenian Premier League for 1997 existed of 10 teams of which the lowest ranked team would relegate to the Armenian First League and would be replaced by the champions of that league.

Premier League

FC Dvin Artashat and FC Lori are promoted.
FC Van Yerevan went into bankruptcy and disbanded.
Homenmen Yerevan changed their name into Erebuni-Homenmen Yerevan.

League table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Yerevan	18	13	4	1	41	10	43
2	Shirak	18	12	5	1	46	8	41
3	Erebuni-Homenmen	18	11	2	5	35	20	35
4	Pyunik	18	11	2	5	42	16	35
5	Tsement Ararat	18	8	3	7	28	27	27
6	Ararat Yerevan	18	7	6	5	32	21	27
7	Kotayk	18	5	4	9	31	33	19
8	Karabakh Yerevan	18	5	3	10	13	28	18
9	Dvin Artashat	18	1	4	13	16	52	7
10	Lori	18	0	1	17	7	76	1
11	Van Yerevan	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
12	Arabkir	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX

	Champions
	Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off.
	Relegated to Armenian First League.
	Before the start of the season, Van went into bankruptcy and disbanded.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Promotion and relegation play-off

Date	Venue	PL Team	Result	FL Team	Information
20 November	Abovyan	Dvin Artashat	3-1	Spitak	FC Dvin Artashat remain in the Premier League.

Top goalscorers

	Player	Team	Goals
1	Arthur Petrosyan	Shirak	18
2	Sevada Arzumanyan	Erebuni-Homenmen	13
3	Mkrtich Hovhannisyan	Kotayk	11
4	Varazdat Avetisyan	Pyunik	10
	Tigran Yesayan	Yerevan	10

First League

Aragats FC returned to professional football.
FC Spitak return to professional football.
Zvartnots-AAL and Karabakh-2 Yerevan are introduced to the league.

League table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Aragats	16	13	2	1	46	17	41
2	Spitak	16	13	1	2	38	14	40
3	Lernagorts Kapan	16	12	1	3	63	18	37
4	Nairit	16	9	1	6	38	16	28
5	Dinamo Yerevan	16	4	2	10	18	47	14
6	Karabakh-2 Yerevan	16	4	1	11	21	39	13
7	SKA-Arai Echmiadzin	16	4	1	11	25	45	13
8	Aragats Ashtarak	16	3	3	10	16	36	12
9	Zvartnots-AAL	16	3	2	11	12	43	11
10	Armavir	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
11	Kumayri	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
12	Zangezour	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
13	Aznavour	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
14	Sapfir	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
15	Kaen Ijevan	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX

	Promoted to Armenian Premier League
	Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off.
	Withdrew from competition.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

External links

RSSSF: Armenia 1997

Football in Armenia

Football Federation of Armenia

National teams	Men (Results) Women Futsal U-21 U-19 U-17

League system	Premier League First League

Domestic cups	Independence Cup Supercup

Seasons	1992 1993 1994 1995 1995–96 1996–97 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Clubs Records History Venues Player category International Players Players Footballer of the Year

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