1998 in Armenian football

1998 in Armenian football
Premier League champions
Tsement Ararat
First League champions
Zvartnots-AAL
Armenian Cup winners
Tsement Ararat

1998 in Armenian football was the seventh season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union. The Armenian Premier League for 1998 existed of ten teams of which the top six would qualify for the championship stage, while the other four would enter the relegation stage.

Premier League

First stage league table

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Shirak 16 13 3 0 41 8 42
2 Tsement Ararat 16 12 3 1 43 10 39
3 Yerevan 16 8 3 5 25 16 27
4 Erebuni-Homenmen 16 7 4 5 19 13 25
5 Ararat Yerevan 16 5 5 6 14 18 20
6 Pyunik 16 5 3 8 17 28 18
7 Dvin Artashat 16 4 5 7 19 24 17
8 Karabakh Yerevan 16 2 5 9 14 28 11
9 Aragats 16 0 1 15 6 53 1
10 Kotayk XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
Qualified for the championship stage.
Forced to play the relegation stage.
Failed to pay the start tax and did not participate.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Championship stage league table

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Tsement 26 20 4 2 70 22 64
2 Shirak 26 19 4 3 72 25 61
3 Yerevan 26 15 3 8 47 30 48
4 Ararat Yerevan 26 10 5 11 40 40 35
5 Erebuni-Homenmen 26 9 4 13 39 44 31
6 Pyunik 26 6 3 17 27 68 21
Champions.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Relegation stage league table

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
7 Dvin Artashat 20 8 5 7 41 36 29
8 Karabakh Yerevan 20 4 5 11 24 37 17
9 Shirak-2 20 0 1 19 10 68 1
10 Kotayk XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off.
Failed to pay the start tax and did not participate.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Promotion and relegation play-off

Date Venue PL Team Result FL Team Information
unknown unknown FC Shirak 2 3-2 Lori Vanadzor FC Shirak 2 remains in Premier League.

Top goalscorers

Player Team Goals
1 ArmeniaAra HakobyanDvin Artashat20
2 ArmeniaArayik AdamyanShirak13
3 ArmeniaArthur PetrosyanShirak12
ArmeniaShirak SarikyanTsement12
5 ArmeniaMher AvanesyanShirak11
ArmeniaHayk HakopyanDvin Artashat11

First League

League table

Pos Team P W D L F A Pts
1 Zvartnots-AAL 24 21 3 0 92 18 66
2 Lori 24 16 6 2 42 16 54
3 Nairit 24 17 2 5 48 24 53
4 Moush Kasakh 24 13 3 8 39 29 42
5 Lernagorts Kapan 24 12 2 10 37 32 38
6 Alashkert Martuni 24 9 8 7 30 25 35
7 SKVV Yerevan 24 10 3 11 49 39 33
8 FIMA Yerevan 24 9 3 12 48 40 30
9 Kasakh 24 8 4 12 30 44 28
10 Spitak 24 9 1 14 35 50 28
11 Dinamo-Energo Yerevan 24 6 1 17 26 65 19
12 Karabakh-2 Yerevan 24 4 3 17 12 47 15
13 Nig Aparan 24 2 1 21 13 67 7
14 SKA-Arai Echmiadzin XX XX XX XX XX XX XX
Promoted to Armenian Premier League
Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off.
Withdrew from competition.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Armenia Cup

Quarter finals
Ararat Yerevan 0 - 3
1 - 2
Yerevan
Tsement 1 - 1
1 - 0
Shirak
Karabakh Yerevan 1 - 5
0 - 1
Pyunik
SKVV Yerevan 0 - 4
0 - 3
Erebuni-Homenmen
Semi finals
Yerevan *0 - 0 Pyunik
Erebuni-Homenmen 0 - 1 Tsement
Final
Tsement 3 - 1 Yerevan

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