2014–15 Armenian Premier League

Armenian Premier League
Season	2014–15
Champions	Pyunik
Champions League	Pyunik
Europa League	Ulisses; Shirak; Alashkert
Matches played	60
Goals scored	173 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cesar Romero (19)
Biggest home win	Ulisses 7-1 Gandzasar Kapan ; (18 October 2014)
Biggest away win	Ararat 1-5 Gandzasar Kapan ; (21 September 2014)
Highest scoring	Ararat 4-6 Banants ; (19 October 2014)
Longest winning run	7 matches: ; Ulisses
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches: ; Ulisses
Longest winless run	9 matches: ; Mika
Longest losing run	4 matches: ; Ararat
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The 2014–15 Armenian Premier League season was the twenty-third since its establishment. FC Banants are the defending champions.

Teams[]

Yerevan

Shirak

Gandzasar Kapan

Yerevan teams:
Alashkert
Ararat Yerevan
Banants
Mika
Pyunik
Ulisses

Location of teams in the 2014–15 Armenian Premier League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alashkert	Yerevan	Alashkert Stadium	6,850
Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan	Hrazdan Stadium	54,208
Banants	Yerevan	Banants Stadium	4,860
Gandzasar Kapan	Kapan	Gandzasar Stadium	3,500
Mika	Yerevan	Mika Stadium	7,250
Pyunik	Yerevan	Football Academy Stadium	1,428
Shirak	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	2,844
Ulisses	Yerevan	Vazgen Sargsyan	14,403

Personnel and sponsorship[]

Team	Chairman	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alashkert	Bagrat Navoyan	Abraham Khashmanyan	Vahagn Minasyan	Molten	Bagratour
Ararat Yerevan	Hrach Kaprielyan	Varuzhan Sukiasyan	Gorik Khachatryan	Adidas
Banants	Karlen Mkrtchyan	Zsolt Hornyák	Gevorg Nranyan	Umbro
Gandzasar Kapan	Maxim Hakobyan Garnik Aghababyan	Ashot Barseghyan	Aleksandr Petrosyan	Umbro	ZCMC
Mika	Carlos Ghazaryan	Aram Voskanyan		Umbro
Pyunik	Rafik Hayrapetyan	Sargis Hovsepyan	David Manoyan	Nike	Armenian Development Bank
Shirak	Arman Sahakyan	Vardan Bichakhchyan	Tigran Davtyan	Adidas	ВТБ (VTB)
Ulisses	Genrikh Ghazandzhyan	Suren Chakhalyan	Hovhannes Goharyan	Joma	Холидей Группа Компаний (Holyday Group of Companies)

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Gandzasar Kapan	Sevada Arzumanyan	Resigned	14 April 2014	Pre-season	Serhiy Puchkov	30 April 2014
Ararat Yerevan	Abraham Khashmanyan	Resigned	26 April 2014	Pre-season	Dušan Mijić	4 July 2014
Ulisses		Mutual consent	24 July 2014	Pre-season	Suren Chakhalyan	25 July 2014
Alashkert	Armen Gyulbudaghyants	Sacked	30 August 2014	6th	Abraham Khashmanyan	31 August 2014
Ararat Yerevan	Dušan Mijić	Sacked	26 September 2014	7th	Samvel Darbinyan	1 October 2014
Ulisses	Suren Chakhalyan	Mutual consent	6 October 2014	1st	Gagik Simonyan (caretaker)	6 October 2014
Ararat Yerevan	Samvel Darbinyan	End of contract	1 December 2014	8th	Suren Chakhalyan	13 December 2014
Gandzasar Kapan	Serhiy Puchkov	Mutual consent	2 December 2014	4th	Ashot Barseghyan	11 March 2015
Ulisses	Gagik Simonyan	Mutual consent	28 February 2015	2nd	Fyodor Shcherbachenko	28 February 2015
Ararat Yerevan	Suren Chakhalyan	Resigned	14 April 2015	8th	Arthur Minasyan (caretaker) Varuzhan Sukiasyan	28 April 2015
Ulisses	Fyodor Shcherbachenko	Mutual consent	17 April 2015	3rd	Suren Chakhalyan	18 April 2015

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pyunik (C)	28	19	4	5	58	26	+32	61	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Ulisses	28	15	5	8	43	32	+11	50	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Shirak	28	14	7	7	51	32	+19	49
4	Alashkert	28	10	8	10	32	35	−3	38
5	Mika	28	9	10	9	33	34	−1	37
6	Banants	28	8	8	12	42	46	−4	32
7	Gandzasar	28	7	8	13	31	44	−13	29
8	Ararat	28	3	4	21	28	69	−41	13

Source: uefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champion

Results[]

The league was played in four stages. The teams played four times with each other, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 28 matches per team.

First half of season[]

Home \ Away	ALA	ARA	BAN	GAN	MIK	PYU	SHI	ULI
Alashkert		3–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–2
Ararat Yerevan	2–1		4–6	1–5	2–0	0–3	0–2	2–3
Banants	1–0	3–0		3–3	0–2	2–3	1–1	0–2
Gandzasar Kapan	1–0	1–0	3–1		2–1	3–4	0–3	0–0
Mika	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1		1–1	3–1	3–0
Pyunik	3–3	4–0	1–0	2–0	5–0		1–0	0–2
Shirak	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0		1–2
Ulisses	5–1	2–0	1–0	7–1	3–1	2–1	1–2

Source: uefa.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season[]

Home \ Away	ALA	ARA	BAN	GAN	MIK	PYU	SHI	ULI
Alashkert		1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0
Ararat Yerevan	0–1		2–2	0–2	0–1	2–2	2–4	1–3
Banants	2–0	3–1		3–0	0–0	1–2	3–6	3–0
Gandzasar Kapan	2–3	0–3	2–0		0–0	0–1	3–3	0–0
Mika	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–1		1–0	2–2	1–2
Pyunik	3–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	3–2		2–1	3–0
Shirak	0–2	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–2		2–0
Ulisses	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–4

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Team	Goals^[1]
1	Jean-Jacques Bougouhi	Shirak	21
1	Cesar Romero	Pyunik	21
3	Kamo Hovhannisyan	Pyunik	10
	Hovhannes Goharyan	Ulisses
	Aleksandar Rakić	Ararat
6	Artak Aleksanyan	Ulisses	9
6	Mihran Manasyan	Alashkert	9
8	Gevorg Nranyan	Banants	6
	Davit Hakobyan	Shirak
	Gegham Harutyunyan	Gandzasar
		Gandzasar

References[]

^ "Armenian Premier League-Top scorers".

External links[]

ffa.am
soccerway.com
uefa.com
rsssf.com^{[permanent dead link]}

[topscorer-1] "Armenian Premier League-Top scorers".

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