2009 Armenian Premier League

Armenian Premier League
Season 2009
Champions Pyunik
12th Armenian title
Relegated Ararat
UEFA Champions League Pyunik
UEFA Europa League Mika
Ulisses
Matches played 112
Goals scored 308 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer Arthur Kocharyan (15 goals)
Biggest home win Mika 7-0 Shirak
Pyunik 7-0 Gandzasar
Biggest away win Gandzasar 0-4 Pyunik
Shirak 0-4 Mika
Highest scoring Mika 7-0 Shirak
Pyunik 7-0 Gandzasar
2008
2010

The 2009 Armenian Premier League season was the eighteenth since its establishment. The season began on 21 March 2009 and ended on 7 November 2009. Pyunik F.C. were the defending champions. There were no teams promoted from the previous season of the First League. Therefore- Kilikia F.C. play another season in the top league. Only 8 teams were allowed to play in the 2009 Armenian Premier League.

The league was played in four stages. Teams played each other four times, twice at home and twice away. Pyunik F.C. gained maximum points after round 28 and were crowned champions; winning their ninth consecutive title, twelfth overall. Ararat F.C. were relegated to Armenian First League.

Contents

Participating teams

Location of teams in the 2009 Armenian Premier League
Club City Stadium Capacity
Ararat Yerevan Abovyan City Stadium (temp) 5,500
Banants Yerevan Nairi Stadium (temp) 2,000
Gandzasar Kapan Gandzasar Stadium 3,500
Kilikia Yerevan Hrazdan Stadium 55,000
Mika Yerevan Mika Stadium 8,000
Pyunik Yerevan Hanrapetakan Stadium 15,000
Shirak Gyumri Gyumri City Stadium 3,000
Ulisses Yerevan Mika Stadium (temp) 8,000

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Pyunik (C) 28 20 5 3 64 13 +51 65 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 Mika 28 18 4 6 59 34 +25 58 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
3 Ulisses 28 16 5 7 47 25 +22 53 2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
4 Banants 28 13 5 10 40 29 +11 44
5 Gandzasar 28 12 2 14 32 47 −15 38
6 Shirak 28 5 8 15 24 55 −31 23
7 Kilikia 28 5 5 18 22 51 −29 20
8 Ararat (R) 28 2 8 18 20 54 −34 14 Relegation to the 2010 Armenian First League

Source: ffa.am
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

First half of season

Home \ Away1 ARA BAN GAN KIL MIK PYU SHI ULI
Ararat 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–3 0–1
Banants 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–4 5–1 1–3
Gandzasar 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–4 2–1 1–2
Kilikia 3–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 0–1
Mika 2–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 0–0
Pyunik 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 3–2
Shirak 1–0 1–2 0–0 3–1 0–4 0–0 0–0
Ulisses 3–0 0–1 5–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 3–0
Source: ffa.am
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away1 ARA BAN GAN KIL MIK PYU SHI ULI
Ararat 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–4 1–1
Banants 0–0 0–1 5–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–3
Gandzasar 2–3 1–2 4–1 3–1 0–2 4–1 0–3
Kilikia 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 0–3 2–0 0–3
Mika 5–1 3–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 7–0 2–0
Pyunik 6–0 1–0 7–0 1–0 4–0 4–0 2–1
Shirak 2–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–1
Ulisses 3–2 1–0 1–2 4–0 2–2 1–1 1–0
Source: ffa.am
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Last updated: November 7, 2009; Source: ffa.am

15 goals
14 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals
8 goals
7 goals

See also

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