2014–15 Armenian Premier League

The 2014–15 Armenian Premier League season was the twenty-third since its establishment. FC Banants are the defending champions.

Armenian Premier League
Season2014–15
ChampionsPyunik
Champions LeaguePyunik
Europa LeagueUlisses
Shirak
Alashkert
Matches played60
Goals scored173 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorerCesar Romero (19)
Biggest home winUlisses 7-1 Gandzasar Kapan
(18 October 2014)
Biggest away winArarat 1-5 Gandzasar Kapan
(21 September 2014)
Highest scoringArarat 4-6 Banants
(19 October 2014)
Longest winning run7 matches:
Ulisses
Longest unbeaten run9 matches:
Ulisses
Longest winless run9 matches:
Mika
Longest losing run4 matches:
Ararat

Teams

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Location of teams in the 2014–15 Armenian Premier League
Club Location Stadium Capacity
Alashkert Yerevan Alashkert Stadium 6,850
Ararat Yerevan Yerevan Hrazdan Stadium 54,208
Banants Yerevan Banants Stadium 4,860
Gandzasar Kapan Kapan Gandzasar Stadium 3,500
Mika Yerevan Mika Stadium 7,250
Pyunik Yerevan Football Academy Stadium 1,428
Shirak Gyumri Gyumri City Stadium 2,844
Ulisses Yerevan Vazgen Sargsyan 14,403

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Chairman Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Alashkert   Bagrat Navoyan   Abraham Khashmanyan   Vahagn Minasyan Molten Bagratour
Ararat Yerevan   Hrach Kaprielyan   Varuzhan Sukiasyan   Gorik Khachatryan Adidas
Banants   Karlen Mkrtchyan   Zsolt Hornyák   Gevorg Nranyan Umbro
Gandzasar Kapan   Maxim Hakobyan
  Garnik Aghababyan
  Ashot Barseghyan   Aleksandr Petrosyan Umbro ZCMC
Mika   Carlos Ghazaryan   Aram Voskanyan   Armen Petrosyan Umbro
Pyunik   Rafik Hayrapetyan   Sargis Hovsepyan   David Manoyan Nike Armenian Development Bank
Shirak   Arman Sahakyan   Vardan Bichakhchyan   Tigran Davtyan Adidas ВТБ (VTB)
Ulisses   Genrikh Ghazandzhyan   Suren Chakhalyan   Hovhannes Goharyan Joma Холидей Группа Компаний
(Holyday Group of Companies)

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Gandzasar Kapan   Sevada Arzumanyan Resigned 14 April 2014 Pre-season   Serhiy Puchkov 30 April 2014
Ararat Yerevan   Abraham Khashmanyan Resigned 26 April 2014 Pre-season   Dušan Mijić 4 July 2014
Ulisses   Karen Barseghyan Mutual consent 24 July 2014 Pre-season   Suren Chakhalyan 25 July 2014
Alashkert   Armen Gyulbudaghyants Sacked 30 August 2014 6th   Abraham Khashmanyan 31 August 2014
Ararat Yerevan   Dušan Mijić Sacked 26 September 2014 7th   Samvel Darbinyan 1 October 2014
Ulisses   Suren Chakhalyan Mutual consent 6 October 2014 1st   Gagik Simonyan (caretaker) 6 October 2014
Ararat Yerevan   Samvel Darbinyan End of contract 1 December 2014 8th   Suren Chakhalyan 13 December 2014
Gandzasar Kapan   Serhiy Puchkov Mutual consent 2 December 2014 4th   Ashot Barseghyan 11 March 2015
Ulisses   Gagik Simonyan Mutual consent 28 February 2015 2nd   Fyodor Shcherbachenko 28 February 2015
Ararat Yerevan   Suren Chakhalyan Resigned 14 April 2015 8th   Arthur Minasyan (caretaker)
  Varuzhan Sukiasyan
28 April 2015
Ulisses   Fyodor Shcherbachenko Mutual consent 17 April 2015 3rd   Suren Chakhalyan 18 April 2015

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pyunik (C) 28 19 4 5 58 26 +32 61 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Ulisses 28 15 5 8 43 32 +11 50 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Shirak 28 14 7 7 51 32 +19 49
4 Alashkert 28 10 8 10 32 35 −3 38
5 Mika 28 9 10 9 33 34 −1 37
6 Banants 28 8 8 12 42 46 −4 32
7 Gandzasar 28 7 8 13 31 44 −13 29
8 Ararat 28 3 4 21 28 69 −41 13
Source: uefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions

Results

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The league was played in four stages. The teams played four times with each other, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 28 matches per team.

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals[1]
1   Jean-Jacques Bougouhi Shirak 21
  Cesar Romero Pyunik
3   Kamo Hovhannisyan Pyunik 10
  Hovhannes Goharyan Ulisses
  Aleksandar Rakić Ararat
6   Artak Aleksanyan Ulisses 9
  Mihran Manasyan Alashkert
8   Gevorg Nranyan Banants 6
  Davit Hakobyan Shirak
  Gegham Harutyunyan Gandzasar
  Vasil Palagnyuk Gandzasar

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Armenian Premier League-Top scorers".
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