2005 Armenian First League
# 2005 Armenian First League

The 2005 Armenian First League season started on 19 April 2005. The last matches were played on 8 October 2005. Pyunik-2 became the league champions, but because they are a reserve team they were unable to promote to the Armenian Premier League. As a result, the second placed team Ararat Yerevan was given promotion. The third placed team Gandzasar played in the promotion/relegation play-off, which they lost.

## Overview

* Abovyan and Yerevan United joined the league.
* FC Zenit Charentsavan and FC Dinamo-VZ Yerevan are the reserve teams of Dinamo-Zenit Yerevan.
* Reserve teams, such as Pyunik-2, cannot be promoted.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pyunik-2 | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 82 | 15 | +67 | 57 | Champions |
| 2 | Ararat Yerevan | 24 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 72 | 18 | +54 | 56 | Promoted to Armenian Premier League. Champions were unable to promote. |
| 3 | Gandzasar | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 62 | 24 | +38 | 51 | Promotion/relegation play-off |
| 4 | Yerevan United | 24 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 64 | 22 | +42 | 50 | |
| 5 | Mika-2 | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 64 | 16 | +48 | 50 | |
| 6 | Banants-2 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 57 | 38 | +19 | 40 | |
| 7 | Esteghlal-Kotayk-2 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 45 | −6 | 31 | |
| 8 | Vagharshapat | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 28 | |
| 9 | FIMA Yerevan | 24 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 27 | 43 | −16 | 25 | |
| 10 | Dinamo Yerevan | 24 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 26 | 56 | −30 | 18 | |
| 11 | Lori Vanadzor | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 39 | 77 | −38 | 18 | |
| 12 | Abovyan | 24 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 125 | −112 | 6 | |
| 13 | Zenit Charentsavan | 24 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 12 | 57 | −45 | 6 | Withdrew in the middle of the season. Unplayed matches awarded 3-0 against them. |
| 14 | Araks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew at the beginning of the season, existing record was annulled. |
| 15 | Banants-3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew at the beginning of the season, existing record was annulled. |
| 16 | Dinamo-VZ Yerevan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew before the start of the season. |
| 17 | Lokomotiv Yerevan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew before the start of the season. |

* ↑ Yerevan United were docked 3 points for failing to show up in round 16.
* ↑ Dinamo Yerevan were docked 3 points for failing to pay a fine on time.
* ↑ Zenit Charentsavan were docked 6 points for failing to pay players' fees.

## Promotion/relegation play-off

| Date | Venue | PL Club | Result | FL Club | Information |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 22 October | unknown | Shirak | 5 - 1 | Gandzasar | Gandzasar lost the play-off, but were later promoted by the FFA decision. |
