2020–21 Armenian Premier League
# 2020–21 Armenian Premier League

The 2020–21 Armenian Premier League season is the 29th since its establishment.

## Season events

On 30 July, it was announced that FC Van had been giving a license to compete in the Armenian Premier League, with the season commencing on 14 August 2020.

On 29 September, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. On 13 October, the FFA announced that the season would resume on 17 October.

On 3 November, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the League and Armenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

On 16 March, Lori walked off at the start of their match against Ararat Yerevan in protest of their Matchday 1 fixture being awarded to Urartu after Lori where unable to field a team due to COVID-19. Lori later submitted their resignation from the Premier League on 5 April.

## Teams

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| - | - | - | - |
| Alashkert | Yerevan (Shengavit) | Alashkert Stadium | 6,850 |
| Ararat | Yerevan (Kentron) | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium | 14,403 |
| Ararat-Armenia | Yerevan (Avan) | Yerevan Football Academy Stadium | 1,428 |
| Gandzasar | Yerevan (Avan) | Yerevan Football Academy $Stadium^1$ | 1,428 |
| Lori | Vanadzor | Vanadzor Football $Academy^2$ | 880 |
| Noah | Yerevan (Shengavit) | Alashkert $Stadium^3$ | 6,850 |
| Pyunik | Yerevan (Kentron) | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium | 14,403 |
| Shirak | Gyumri | Gyumri City Stadium | 4,000 |
| $Urartu^5$ | Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia) | Urartu Stadium | 4,860 |
| Van | Charentsavan | Charentsavan City Stadium | 5,000 |

* $^1Gandzasar$ will play their home games at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium in Yerevan, due to the rebuilding of their regular venue Gandzasar Stadium, Kapan.
* $^2Lori$ will play at the main training pitch of the Vanadzor Football Academy due to the rebuilding of their regular venue Vanadzor City Stadium, Vanadzor.
* $^3Noah$ will play at the Alashkert Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular venue Mika Stadium, Yerevan.

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Alashkert | Abraham Khashmanyan | Artak Grigoryan | Joma | Bagratour, Huawei |
| Ararat | Vardan Bichakhchyan | | Nike | AWI International |
| Ararat-Armenia | David Campaña | | Joma | Tashir Group |
| Gandzasar | Armen Petrosyan | Gevorg Nranyan | Adidas | ZCMC |
| Lori | Albert Solomonov | | Puma | TotoGaming |
| Noah | Dmitri Gunko | | Adidas | |
| Pyunik | Artak Oseyan | | Joma | TotoGaming |
| Shirak | | Aghvan Davoyan | Fourteen | Mogo |
| Urartu | Aleksandr Grigoryan | | Jako | |
| Van | Konstantin Zaytsev | | Legea | |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ararat Yerevan | Igor Kolyvanov | Contract expired | | Pre-season | Vardan Bichakhchyan | 23 July 2020 |
| Shirak | Vardan Bichakhchyan | | | Pre-season | | |
| Noah | Vadim Boreț | | 5 November 2020 | Pre-season | Dmitri Gunko | 5 November 2020 |
| Pyunik | Roman Berezovsky | Mutual consent | 13 July 2020 | Pre-season | Artak Oseyan | 20 July 2020 |
| Ararat-Armenia | Vardan Minasyan | Contract expired | 17 July 2020 | Pre-season | David Campaña | 22 July 2020 |
| Van | Karen Barseghyan | To vice president | 31 July 2020 | Pre-season | Sevada Arzumanyan | 31 July 2020 |
| Lori | Armen Sanamyan (Caretaker) | Signed by Sevan | 4 August 2020 | Pre-season | Albert Solomonov | 5 August 2020 |
| Pyunik | Artak Oseyan | Mutual termination | 13 December 2020 | 9th | Yegishe Melikyan | 7 January 2021 |
| Alashkert | Yegishe Melikyan | Mutual termination | 5 January 2021 | 3rd | Abraham Khashmanyan | 7 January 2021 |
| Van | Sevada Arzumanyan | | 2 February 2021 | 7th | Konstantin Zaytsev | 2 February 2021 |
| Ararat-Armenia | David Campaña | Mutual Consent | 5 March 2021 | 4th | Armen Adamyan | 5 March 2021 |
| Urartu | Aleksandr Grigoryan | Mutual termination | 9 March 2021 | 6th | Tigran Yesayan (Caretaker) | 9 March |
| Alashkert | Abraham Khashmanyan | Mutual termination | 20 May 2021 | 4th | Aleksandr Grigoryan | 20 May 2021 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Alashkert (C) | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Noah | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 20 | +15 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Urartu | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Ararat | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Ararat-Armenia | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 38 | |
| 6 | Van | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 31 | |
| 7 | Pyunik | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 25 | |
| 8 | Lori | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 44 | −28 | 23 | |
| 9 | Shirak (R) | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 53 | −34 | 13 | Relegation to First League |
| 10 | Gandzasar (R, D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Club dissolved |

* ↑ Ararat qualified for Europa Conference League first qualifying round as winners of 2020–21 Armenian Cup.
* ↑ Round 19–27 matches involving Lori were all declared 3–0 forfeits in favor of the remaining 8 teams.
* ↑ Gandzasar were excluded from the league On 3 November, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the League and Armenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

## Season statistics

### Scoring

* First goal of the season: Wilfried Eza for Van against Gandzasar Kapan (15 August 2020)

**Top scorers**


    As of match(es) played 4 May 2021

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Jonel Désiré | Urartu | 8 |
| 1 | Yusuf Otubanjo | Ararat-Armenia | 8 |
| 3 | Uroš Nenadović | Ararat Yerevan | 7 |
| 4 | Vladimir Azarov | Noah | 6 |
| 4 | Wilfried Eza | Van | 6 |
| 4 | Mory Kone | Ararat Yerevan | 6 |
| 7 | David Davidyan | Alashkert | 5 |
| 8 | Wbeymar | Ararat-Armenia | 4 |
| 8 | Mailson Lima | Ararat-Armenia | 4 |
| 10 | Claudir | Lori | 3 |
| 10 | Aleksandar Glišić | Alashkert | 3 |
| 10 | Aleksandre Karapetian | Ararat-Armenia | 3 |
| 10 | Pavel Kireyenko | Noah | 3 |
| 10 | Rokas Krusnauskas | Gandzasar | 3 |
| 10 | Edgar Movsesyan | Van | 3 |
| 10 | Alex Oliveira | Noah | 3 |
| 10 | Artem Simonyan | Noah | 3 |
| 10 | Igor Stanojević | Shirak | 3 |

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 5 March 2021

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vsevolod Yermakov | Ararat Yerevan | 8 |
| 2 | Valerio Vimercati | Noah | 5 |
| 3 | Ognjen Čančarević | Alashkert | 4 |
| 3 | Stefan Čupić | Ararat-Armenia | 4 |
| 3 | Arsen Beglaryan | Urartu | 4 |
| 3 | Samur Agamagomedov | Van | 4 |
| 7 | Dmitry Abakumov | Ararat-Armenia | 3 |
| 7 | Stanislav Buchnev | Pyunik | 3 |
| 9 | Henri Avagyan | Van | 2 |
| 10 | Artem Gomelko | Lori | 1 |
| 10 | Anatoliy Ayvazov | Urartu | 1 |
| 10 | Nemanja Šćekić | Lori | 1 |
| 10 | Herman Penkov | Pyunik | 1 |
| 10 | Gevorg Kasparov | Shirak | 1 |
| 10 | Spasoje Stefanović | Shirak | 1 |
