2014–15 Armenian Premier League

Armenian Premier League
Season	2014–15
Champions	Pyunik
Champions League	Pyunik
Europa League	Ulisses Shirak Alashkert
Matches played	60
Goals scored	173 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cesar Romero (19)
Biggest home win	Ulisses 7-1 Gandzasar Kapan (18 October 2014)
Biggest away win	Ararat 1-5 Gandzasar Kapan (21 September 2014)
Highest scoring	Ararat 4-6 Banants (19 October 2014)
Longest winning run	7 matches: Ulisses
Longest unbeaten run	9 matches: Ulisses
Longest winless run	9 matches: Mika
Longest losing run	4 matches: Ararat
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The 2014–15 Armenian Premier League season was the twenty-third since its establishment. FC Banants are the defending champions.

Teams

Shirak

Ararat
Banants
Ulisses

Mika
Pyunik
Alashkert

Gandzasar Kapan

Location of teams in the 2014–15 Armenian Premier League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Alashkert !Alashkert	Yerevan	Alashkert Stadium	6,850
Ararat !Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan	Hrazdan Stadium	54,208
Banants !Banants	Yerevan	Banants Stadium	4,860
Gandzasar !Gandzasar Kapan	Kapan	Gandzasar Stadium	3,500
Mika !Mika	Yerevan	Mika Stadium	7,250
Pyunik !Pyunik	Yerevan	Football Academy Stadium	1,428
Shirak !Shirak	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	2,844
Ulisses !Ulisses	Yerevan	Vazgen Sargsyan	14,403

Personnel and sponsorship

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

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

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pyunik (C)	28	19	4	5	58	26	+32	61	Champions League first qualifying round
2	Ulisses	28	15	5	8	43	32	+11	50	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) Champion.

Results

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.

First half of season

Home ╲ Away	Alashkert !ALA	Ararat Yerevan !ARA	Banants !BAN	Gandzasar Kapan !GAN	Mika !MIK	Pyunik !PYU	Shirak !SHI	Ulisses !ULI
Alashkert !Alashkert		3–2	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–2
Ararat Yerevan !Ararat Yerevan	2–1		4–6	1–5	2–0	0–3	0–2	2–3
Banants !Banants	1–0	3–0		3–3	0–2	2–3	1–1	0–2
Gandzasar Kapan !Gandzasar Kapan	1–0	1–0	3–1		2–1	3–4	0–3	0–0
Mika !Mika	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1		1–1	3–1	3–0
Pyunik !Pyunik	3–3	4–0	1–0	2–0	5–0		1–0	0–2
Shirak !Shirak	1–1	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–0		1–2
Ulisses !Ulisses	5–1	2–0	1–0	7–1	3–1	2–1	1–2

Source: uefa.com
1 ^{^} The 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 ╲ Away	Alashkert !ALA	Ararat Yerevan !ARA	Banants !BAN	Gandzasar Kapan !GAN	Mika !MIK	Pyunik !PYU	Shirak !SHI	Ulisses !ULI
Alashkert !Alashkert		1–1	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	1–0
Ararat Yerevan !Ararat Yerevan	0–1		2–2	0–2	0–1	2–2	2–4	1–3
Banants !Banants	2–0	3–1		3–0	0–0	1–2	3–6	3–0
Gandzasar Kapan !Gandzasar Kapan	2–3	0–3	2–0		0–0	0–1	3–3	0–0
Mika !Mika	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–1		1–0	2–2	1–2
Pyunik !Pyunik	3–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	3–2		2–1	3–0
Shirak !Shirak	0–2	4–0	2–2	2–0	2–0	0–2		2–0
Ulisses !Ulisses	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	0–4

Top goalscorers

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

References

↑ "Armenian Premier League-Top scorers".

External links

Football clubs in Armenia

Active clubs

Premier League	Alashkert Ararat Yerevan Banants Gandzasar Kapan Pyunik Shirak

First League	Erebuni Alashkert-2 Ararat Yerevan-2 Banants-2 Gandzasar Kapan-2 Pyunik-2 Shirak-2

Defunct clubs

Armenian Premier League seasons

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2014–15 in Armenian football

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League competitions	Premier League First League

Cup competitions	Cup

European competitions	Champions League Europa League

Related to national team	UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying (Group I) Bernard Challandes

Club season articles

Premier League	Alashkert Ararat Banants Gandzasar Kapan Mika Pyunik Shirak Ulisses

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2014–15 in European football (UEFA)

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