The 2024–25 Armenian Premier League, known as the IDBank Armenian Premier League (Armenian: IDBank Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա) for sponsorship reasons, is 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 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.[2][3] On 6 December, the match was awarded as a 3-0 technical defeat in favour of Pyunik.[4]

On 28 February, the Round 21 match between Ararat Yerevan and Gandzasar Kapan was abandoned due to crowd trouble.[5]

Teams

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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 Armenia Edgar Torosyan Armenia Armen Manucharyan Germany Sport-Saller Fastex
Ararat Yerevan Armenia Tigran Yesayan Armenia Gor Malakyan Switzerland Fourteen Fastex, AWI International
Ararat-Armenia Armenia Vardan Minasyan Armenia Armen Ambartsumyan Germany Puma Tashir Group
BKMA Armenia Armen Gyulbudaghyants Armenia Argishti Petrosyan Italy Macron –
Gandzasar Kapan Armenia Karen Barseghyan Armenia Artak Yedigaryan Spain Kelme –
Noah Portugal Rui Mota Armenia Hovhannes Hambardzumyan Germany Adidas imaginelive
Pyunik Armenia Yegishe Melikyan Armenia Edgar Malakyan Spain Joma Fastex
Shirak Armenia Rafael Nazaryan Armenia Hrayr Mkoyan Germany Adidas Fastex
Urartu Russia Dmitri Gunko Armenia Zhirayr Margaryan Germany Puma –
Van Armenia Vahe Gevorgyan Armenia Karen Nalbandyan Russia Jögel yo HEALTH, Rare, Click Market
West Armenia Armenia Patrik Papyan Russia Zakhar Tarasenko Armenia 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[6] Pre-season Rui Mota 14 June 2024[7]
Alashkert Vahe Gevorgyan 17 June 2024[8] Abraham Khashmanyan 21 June 2024[9]
Van Arthur Hovhannisyan Vahe Gevorgyan 2 July 2024[10]
West Armenia Khoren Veranyan Patrik Papyan 22 July 2024[11]
Shirak Arsen Hovhannisyan 9 October 2024[12] 7th Rafael Nazaryan 9 October 2024[12]
Alashkert Abraham Khashmanyan Fired 22 January 2024[13] 10th Edgar Torosyan 19 February 2025

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Noah 19 16 1 2 64 10 +54 49 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Urartu 21 15 2 4 42 18 +24 47 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[a]
3 Pyunik 21 14 1 6 42 19 +23 43
4 Ararat-Armenia 21 13 3 5 44 21 +23 42
5 Van 20 10 4 6 38 23 +15 34
6 Shirak 20 7 4 9 15 33 −18 25
7 BKMA 20 6 4 10 30 35 −5 22
8 West Armenia 21 6 2 13 19 48 −29 20
9 Ararat Yerevan 19 5 4 10 18 32 −14 19
10 Alashkert 21 3 5 13 13 39 −26 14 Qualification for the Armenian Premier League play-off
11 Gandzasar Kapan 19 0 2 17 7 54 −47 2 Relegation to the Armenian First League
Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2025. 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[14]
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2024–25 Armenian Cup winners qualify for the Conference League second qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Armenian Cup winners finish first). If the Armenian Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League first qualifying round spot will be passed to the fourth place team.


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 11 Apr 29 Mar
Ararat Yerevan 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 2–3 1–1 27 Mar 4 Apr
Ararat-Armenia 3–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–3 4–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–0 28 Mar
BKMA 1–0 1–1 2–4 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–1 27 Mar 11 Apr
Gandzasar 0–1 0–3 1–6 0–3 0–5 1–2 0–4 9 Apr 0–1 12 Apr
Noah 4–0 4–0 2–1 7–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 5–0 7–1 6 Apr
Pyunik 0–2 3–0 1–2 4–1 1–0 1–3 2–0 0–3 1–0 3–0 5 Apr 6–1
Shirak 0–0 8 Apr 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–5 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–0 29 Mar 12 Apr
Urartu 1–0 1–0 3–1 4–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 5 Apr 2–1
Van 1–1 4–0 0–2 2–3 6–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 3–1 6–0 6 Apr 2–0
West Armenia 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–5 2–0 0–4 1–3 0–0 2–2 0–2 13 Apr 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 16 March 2025. Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 2 March 2025
Rank Player Club Goals[15]
1 Portugal Gonçalo Gregório Noah 15
2 Russia Ivan Ignatyev Urartu 13
3 Nigeria Yusuf Otubanjo Pyunik 12
4 Albania Eraldo Çinari Noah 11
5 Guinea Momo Touré Van 10
Nigeria Tenton Yenne Ararat-Armenia
7 Cameroon Marius Noubissi Ararat-Armenia 8
Netherlands Imran Oulad Omar Noah
9 Ghana John Batigi Van 7
Russia Zakhar Tarasenko West Armenia

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Ghana John Batigi Van West Armenia 6–0 (H) 31 August 2024 [16]
Cameroon Marius Noubissi Ararat-Armenia Ararat Yerevan 3–2 (H) 18 October 2024 [17]
Nigeria Yusuf Otubanjo Pyunik Gandzasar Kapan 5–0 (A) 7 November 2024 [18]
Albania Eraldo Çinari Noah Gandzasar Kapan 7–0 (H) 8 December 2024 [19]
Portugal Gonçalo Gregório4 Noah West Armenia 7–1 (H) 15 December 2024 [20]
  • 4 Player scored 4 goals

Clean sheets

As of match played 2 March 2025
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Russia Aleksandr Melikhov Urartu 8
2 Russia Daniil Polyanski Van 7
Russia Aleksey Ploshchadny Noah
4 Ukraine Danylo Kucher Ararat-Armenia 6
Armenia Henri Avagyan Pyunik
Montenegro Andrija Dragojević West Armenia
7 Serbia Darko Vukašinović Shirak 5
8 Armenia Arsen Beglaryan Ararat-Armenia 3
Brazil Tiago Gomes Ararat Yerevan
Armenia Ognjen Čančarević Noah

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

References

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  14. ^ Article 14.02 Regulations
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Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024-25_Armenian_Premier_League
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