2024–25 Armenian Premier League
Football league season
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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 | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2 August 2024 – 31 May 2025 |
| Champions | Noah (1st title) |
| Relegated | West Armenia |
| Champions League | Noah |
| Conference League | Ararat-Armenia Urartu Pyunik |
| Matches | 165 |
| Goals | 518 (3.14 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Gonçalo Gregório (20) |
| Biggest home win | Urartu 8-0 West Armenia (3 May 2025) |
| Biggest away win | Alashkert 0–6 Noah (16 October 2024) |
| Highest scoring | Noah 7–1 West Armenia (15 December 2024) Urartu 8-0 West Armenia (3 May 2025) |
| Longest winning run | Noah (19) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Noah (21) |
| Longest winless run | Gandzasar Kapan (26) |
| Longest losing run | Gandzasar Kapan (8) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 28 May 2025. | |
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
| 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 | West Armenia[b] (D, R) | 30 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 22 | 78 | −56 | 23 | Relegation to the Armenian First League |
| 11 | Gandzasar Kapan | 30 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 16 | 73 | −57 | 10 | Spared from relegation |
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:
- 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.
- 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
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