2024–25 Armenian Premier League

Armenian Premier League
Season2024–25
Dates2 August 2024 – 31 May 2025
ChampionsNoah (1st title)
RelegatedGandzasar Kapan
West Armenia
Champions LeagueNoah
Conference LeagueArarat-Armenia
Urartu
Matches played165
Goals scored518 (3.14 per match)
Top goalscorerGonçalo Gregório (20)
Biggest home winUrartu 8-0 West Armenia
(3 May 2025)
Biggest away winAlashkert 0–6 Noah
(16 October 2024)
Highest scoringNoah 7–1 West Armenia
(15 December 2024)
Urartu 8-0 West Armenia
(3 May 2025)
Longest winning runNoah (19)
Longest unbeaten runNoah (21)
Longest winless runGandzasar Kapan (26)
Longest losing runGandzasar Kapan (8)
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2025.

The 2024–25 Armenian Premier League, known as the Armenian Fastex Premier League (Armenian: Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա) for sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd season of the league since its establishment.

Season events

On 3 July, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that 11 teams would take part in this seasons Armenian Premier League, with BKMA Yerevan being saved from relegation and Gandzasar Kapan being promoted from Armenian First League, with each team playing each other three times.[1]

On 13 September, Fastex was announced as the new title sponsor of the Armenian Premier League, for the next three seasons.[2]

On 21 November, the Round 17 match between Pyunik and West Armenia was cancelled after West Armenia did not attend due to a protest by their players over late payment of salaries.[3][4] On 6 December, the match was awarded as a 3-0 technical defeat in favour of Pyunik.[5]

On 28 February, the Round 21 match between Ararat Yerevan and Gandzasar Kapan was abandoned due to crowd trouble.[6]

On 15 May, the postponed West Armenia versus Ararat-Armenia scheduled for 9 May, was awarded as a 3-0 technical defeat in favour of Ararat-Armenia. Due to this being the second time that West Armenia failed to show up for a match, they were disqualified from the league.[7]

Teams

Locations of the teams
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Alashkert Abovyan Abovyan City Stadium 3,100
Ararat Yerevan Yerevan (Kentron) Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium 14,403
Ararat-Armenia Yerevan (Avan) Yerevan Football Academy Stadium1 1,428
BKMA
Gandzasar Kapan Yerevan (Shengavit) Junior Sport Stadium1 1,000
Noah Abovyan Abovyan City Stadium1 3,100
Pyunik Yerevan (Shengavit) Junior Sport Stadium 1,000
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 (Shengavit) Junior Sport Stadium 1,000

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Alashkert Edgar Torosyan Armen Manucharyan Sport-Saller Fastex
Ararat Yerevan Tigran Yesayan Gor Malakyan Fourteen Fastex, AWI International
Ararat-Armenia Vardan Minasyan Armen Ambartsumyan Puma Tashir Group
BKMA Armen Gyulbudaghyants Argishti Petrosyan Macron –
Gandzasar Kapan Karen Barseghyan Artak Yedigaryan Kelme –
Noah Rui Mota Hovhannes Hambardzumyan Adidas imaginelive
Pyunik Yegishe Melikyan Edgar Malakyan Joma Fastex
Shirak Rafael Nazaryan Hrayr Mkoyan Adidas Fastex
Urartu Dmitri Gunko Zhirayr Margaryan Puma –
Van Vahe Gevorgyan Karen Nalbandyan Jögel yo HEALTH, Rare, Click Market
West Armenia Patrik Papyan Zakhar Tarasenko Melante Amptricity

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Noah Carlos Inarejos Contract ended 26 May 2024[8] Pre-season Rui Mota 14 June 2024[9]
Alashkert Vahe Gevorgyan 17 June 2024[10] Abraham Khashmanyan 21 June 2024[11]
Van Arthur Hovhannisyan Vahe Gevorgyan 2 July 2024[12]
West Armenia Khoren Veranyan Patrik Papyan 22 July 2024[13]
Shirak Arsen Hovhannisyan 9 October 2024[14] 7th Rafael Nazaryan 9 October 2024[14]
Alashkert Abraham Khashmanyan Fired 22 January 2025[15] 10th Edgar Torosyan 19 February 2025

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Noah (C) 30 24 3 3 92 20 +72 75 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Ararat-Armenia 30 21 3 6 75 28 +47 66 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[a]
3 Urartu 30 19 5 6 64 31 +33 62 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round
4 Pyunik 30 17 2 11 59 37 +22 53
5 Van 30 15 7 8 56 36 +20 52
6 BKMA 30 10 6 14 44 54 −10 36
7 Shirak 30 10 5 15 30 50 −20 35
8 Ararat Yerevan 30 9 5 16 36 59 −23 32
9 Alashkert 30 6 8 16 24 52 −28 26
10 Gandzasar Kapan (R) 30 2 4 24 16 73 −57 10 Relegation to the Armenian First League
11 West Armenia[b] (D, R) 30 7 2 21 22 78 −56 23
Source: FFA [1]
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[16]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2024–25 Armenian Cup winners qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round. Since the cup winners (Noah) qualified based on league position, the Conference League second round spot was passed to the second-placed team, and the second Conference League first round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.
  2. ^ On 7 May 2025, it was announced that West Armenia were on the verge of expulsion after a no show against Ararat-Armenia. On 17 May 2025, they were officially expelled and all games were awarded 3–0 to their opponents.

Fixtures and results

Results table

Home \ Away ALA ARA AAR BKM GAK NOA PYU SHI URA VAN WAR ALA ARA AAR BKM GAK NOA PYU SHI URA VAN WAR
Alashkert 0–1 2–2 2–0 2–2 0–6 0–2 1–3 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–0
Ararat Yerevan 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–3 3–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–4 2–1
Ararat-Armenia 3–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–3 4–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 6–0 4–0 3–2 5–1
BKMA 1–0 1–1 2–4 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 1–5 3–2 0–1 1–1
Gandzasar 0–1 0–3 0–3 1–6 0–3 0–5 1–2 0–4 1–2 0–1 0–4 2–2 1–3 1–0
Noah 4–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 7–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 5–0 7–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 5–1
Pyunik 0–2 3–0 1–2 4–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–3 1–0 3–0 1–1 5–2 1–2 6–1 1–4
Shirak 0–0 1–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–5 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 4–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–0
Urartu 1–0 1–0 3–1 4–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 0–3 2–1 3–3 0–2 8–0
Van 1–1 4–0 0–2 2–3 6–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 3–1 6–0 2–3 2–0 2–2 3–2 2–0
West Armenia 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–5 2–0 0–4 1–3 0–0 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–3 1–0 0–3 0–1
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 28 May 2025
Rank Player Club Goals[17]
1 Gonçalo Gregório Noah 20
2 Marius Noubissi Ararat-Armenia 18
3 Tenton Yenne Ararat-Armenia 17
4 Eraldo Çinari Noah 14
Yusuf Otubanjo Pyunik
6 Ivan Ignatyev Urartu 13
7 Momo Touré Van 12
8 Karen Melkonyan Urartu 10
Arayik Eloyan BKMA Yerevan
10 Matheus Aiás Noah 9
Serges Déblé Pyunik
Hélder Ferreira Noah

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
John Batigi Van West Armenia 6–0 (H) 31 August 2024 [18]
Marius Noubissi Ararat-Armenia Ararat Yerevan 3–2 (H) 18 October 2024 [19]
Yusuf Otubanjo Pyunik Gandzasar Kapan 5–0 (A) 7 November 2024 [20]
Eraldo Çinari Noah Gandzasar Kapan 7–0 (H) 8 December 2024 [21]
Gonçalo Gregório4 Noah West Armenia 7–1 (H) 15 December 2024 [22]
Bruno Michel Urartu Pyunik 3–0 (A) 9 March 2025 [23]
Marius Noubissi Ararat-Armenia Urartu 3–0 (A) 5 April 2025 [24]
Karen Melkonyan Urartu West Armenia 8–0 (H) 3 May 2025 [25]
Marius Noubissi Ararat-Armenia Ararat Yerevan 6–0 (H) 28 May 2025 [26]
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

As of match played 28 May 2025
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Aleksey Ploshchadny Noah 10
Henri Avagyan Pyunik/Ararat-Armenia
3 Aleksandr Melikhov Urartu 9
4 Daniil Polyanski Van 7
Darko Vukašinović Shirak
Danylo Kucher Ararat-Armenia
Arsen Beglaryan Ararat-Armenia/Van
8 Andrija Dragojević West Armenia 6
9 Ognjen Čančarević Noah 5
10 Arman Nersesyan BKMA Yerevan 4

Danylo Kucher & Arsen Beglaryan both played in Ararat-Armenia's 3–0 victory over Gandzasar on 14 September 2024

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Manager of the Month Player of the Month References
Manager Club Player Club
February-March Rui Mota Noah Karen Nalbandian Van [27][28]
May Vahe Gevorgyan Van Karen Melkonyan Urartu [29][30]

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