2016–17 Armenian Premier League

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2016–17 Armenian Premier League - Wikipedia

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Armenian Premier League
Season	2016–17
Dates	6 August 2016 – 31 May 2017
Champions	Alashkert
Champions League	Alashkert
Europa League	Gandzasar Kapan Shirak Pyunik
Matches played	90
Goals scored	198 (2.2 per match)
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 31 May 2017.

The 2016–17 Armenian Premier League season was the 25th since its establishment. The season began on 6 August 2016 and ended on 31 May 2017.^[1]^[2] Alashkert are the defending champions.

Teams

Six teams competed in this year's competition.^[3]^[4]

Yerevan

Shirak

Gandzasar Kapan

Yerevan teams:
Alashkert
Ararat Yerevan
Banants
Pyunik

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Location of teams in the 2016–17 Armenian Premier League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alashkert	Yerevan (Shengavit)	Alashkert Stadium	6,850
Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan (Kentron) Yerevan (Shengavit)	Vazgen Sargsyan Stadium Mika Stadium¹	14,403 7,250
Banants	Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia)	Banants Stadium	4,860
Gandzasar Kapan	Kapan Yerevan (Kentron)	Gandzasar Stadium Vazgen Sargsyan Stadium²	3,500 14,403
Pyunik	Yerevan (Avan)	Football Academy Stadium	1,428
Shirak	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	2,844

¹Ararat Yerevan moved to the Mika Stadium during the second half of the season.
²Gandzasar Kapan moved to the Vazgen Sargsyan Stadium in Yerevan during the second half of the season.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alashkert	Bagrat Navoyan	Abraham Khashmanyan	Vahagn Minasyan	Joma	Bagratour Huawei
Ararat Yerevan	Hrach Kaprielyan	Arkady Andreasyan	Rafayel Safaryan	Adidas
Banants	Hrach Aghabekian	Artur Voskanyan	Stepan Ghazaryan	Adidas
Gandzasar Kapan	Vahe Hakobyan	Ashot Barseghyan	Aleksandr Petrosyan	Adidas	ZCMC
Pyunik	Rafik Hayrapetyan	Artak Oseyan	Vardan Pogosyan	Nike	Armenian Development Bank
Shirak	Arman Sahakyan	Vardan Bichakhchyan	Gevorg Hovhannisyan	Adidas	menu.am

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alashkert (C)	30	19	7	4	59	26	+33	64	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Gandzasar Kapan	30	17	6	7	38	24	+14	57	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
3	Shirak	30	16	5	9	31	24	+7	53
4	Pyunik	30	12	9	9	35	27	+8	45
5	Banants	30	5	6	19	18	44	−26	21
6	Ararat Yerevan	30	3	3	24	17	53	−36	12

Source: Football Federation of Armenia (in Armenian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Matches won; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head matches won; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Head-to-head away goals scored; 9) Goal difference; 10) Goals scored.^[5]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Shirak qualified for Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Armenian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

Results

The league was played in three stages. The six teams played each other six times, three times at home and three times away, for a total of 30 matches per team.

First part of season
Home \ Away	ALA	ARA	BAN	GAN	PYU	SHI
Alashkert	—	1–3	3–0	0–0	0–0	1–1
Ararat Yerevan	1–2	—	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–1
Banants	0–3	1–0	—	4–1	0–1	0–1
Gandzasar Kapan	0–2	2–0	4–0	—	1–0	0–1
Pyunik	1–2	4–0	2–1	3–0	—	0–0
Shirak	2–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	—

Source: Football Federation of Armenia (in Armenian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second part of season
Home \ Away	ALA	ARA	BAN	GAN	PYU	SHI
Alashkert	—	4–1	4–1	0–4	0–0	3–0
Ararat Yerevan	0–3	—	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–1
Banants	1–2	0–0	—	1–1	0–3	1–2
Gandzasar Kapan	1–2	1–0	1–0	—	2–0	1–0
Pyunik	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	—	0–2
Shirak	0–0	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–1	—

Source: Football Federation of Armenia (in Armenian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third part of season
Home \ Away	ALA	ARA	BAN	GAN	PYU	SHI
Alashkert	—	3–1	2–0	1–2	3–3	3–1
Ararat Yerevan	1–4	—	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–3
Banants	0–3	2–1	—	0–0	0–2	0–1
Gandzasar Kapan	0–1	2–1	2–1	—	1–1	3–2
Pyunik	0–3	2–1	0–0	1–2	—	0–2
Shirak	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–2	—

Source: Football Federation of Armenia (in Armenian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 31 May 2017

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Artak Yedigaryan	Alashkert	13
1	Mihran Manasyan	Alashkert	13
3	Gegham Harutyunyan	Gandzasar Kapan	12
4	Claudir	Gandzasar Kapan	8
4	Viulen Ayvazyan	Shirak Gyumri	8
6	Zaven Badoyan	Alashkert	6
6	Artak Dashyan	Alashkert	6
6	Lubambo Musonda	Gandzasar Kapan	5
	Walmerson Garcia Praia	Gandzasar Kapan
	Alik Arakelyan	Pyunik

References

^ "2016-2017 : Alashkert awarded with medals and Champions Cup". Ffa.am. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "Matches - Premier League - Armenia - Results and fixtures". Soccerway. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "Armenian Cup ¼ final pairs are known". Ffa.am. 30 June 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "2016-2017 RA professional football clubs tournaments regulations" (PDF). Ffa.am. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
^ "Premier League 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

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