Final Table:
1.Tsement Ararat 26 20 4 2 70-22 64 Champions
2.Shirak Gyumri 26 19 4 3 72-25 61
3.FK Yerevan 26 15 3 8 47-30 48
4.Ararat Yerevan 26 10 5 11 40-40 35
5.Erebuni-Homenmen Yerevan 26 9 4 13 39-44 31
6.Pyunik Yerevan 26 6 3 17 27-68 21
Relegation Group (scores unknown):
7.Dvin Artashat 20 8 5 7 41-36 29
8.Karabakh Yerevan 20 4 5 11 24-37 17
9.Shirak-2 Gyumri 20 0 1 19 10-68 1
First Stage
Table:
1.Shirak Gyumri 16 13 3 0 41- 8 42 [*10]
2.Tsement Ararat 16 12 3 1 43-10 39 [*8]
3.FK Yerevan 16 8 3 5 25-16 27 [*8]
4.Erebuni-Homenmen Yerevan 16 7 4 5 19-13 25 [*8,*11,*17]
5.Ararat Yerevan 16 5 5 6 14-18 20 [*5,*8,*17]
6.Pyunik Yerevan 16 5 3 8 17-28 18 [*8]
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7.Dvin Artashat 16 4 5 7 19-24 17 [*5,*7,*8,*10,*11]
8.Karabakh Yerevan 16 2 5 9 14-28 11 [*7,*8]
9.Shirak-2 Gyumri 16 0 1 15 6-53 1 [*8]
Top-6 qualified for championship playoff.
[*5] without goals round 5
[*7] without goals round 7
[*8] without goals round 8
[*10] without goals round 10
[*11] without goals round 11
NB: Kotayk Abovyan failed to pay the start tax and do not participate.
Round 1
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FK Yerevan - Shirak-2 4-0 [R.Grigoryan'23, D.Tambura'25/'30, A.Achemyan'73]
Tsement - Ararat 2-0 [Sh.Marikyan'53/'64]
Erebuni-Homenmen - Karabakh 2-0 [K.Simonyan'49, T.Gspeyan'77pen]
Shirak - Dvin 4-0
Pyunik - Kotayk awd [awarded 3-0 to Pyunik; later cancelled]
Round 2
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FK Yerevan - Shirak 0-2 [K.Aleksanyan'76/'87]
Dvin - Erebuni-Homenmen 0-2 [E.Tadevosyan'28, K.Simonyan'57]
Shirak-2 - Ararat 0-1 [Kh.Antonyan'72]
Karabakh - Pyunik 1-1 [A.Avanesyan'35 - A.Asoyan'44]
Tsement bye
Round 3
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Shirak - Shirak-2 5-0
Erebuni-Homenmen - FK Yerevan 2-0 [G.Oganesyan'3, K.Simonyan'10]
Pyunik - Dvin 3-2 [A.Avetisyan'9/'17/'85 - Ara Khakobyan'3,
Aram Khakobyan'66]
Tsement - Karabakh 3-0 [S.Oganesyan'14, Kh.Arutyunyan'55, N.Okhoyan'60]
Ararat bye
Round 4
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FK Yerevan - Pyunik 4-0 [T.Yesayan, D.Tambura-3]
Shirak - Erebuni-Homenmen 2-1 [A.Adamyan'35, K.Aleksanyan'86 - E.Safaryan]
Tsement - Dvin 2-0
Karabakh - Ararat 1-1
Shirak-2 bye
Round 5
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Pyunik - Shirak 0-1 [A.Petrosyan'76]
Tsement - FK Yerevan 3-0 [T.Oganesyan, A.Sarkisyan, A.Voskanyan'85]
Erebuni-Homenmen - Shirak-2 4-0 [A.Avetisyan'?/'48/'52, K.Simonyan'87]
Ararat - Dvin 2-2
Karabakh bye
Round 6
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Shirak - Tsement 3-1 [G.Batikyan, S.Nikolyan, A.Petrosyan - V.Oganesyan]
Shirak-2 - Karabakh 0-0
Erebuni-Homenmen - Pyunik 0-0
FK Yerevan - Ararat 0-0
Dvin bye
Round 7
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Ararat - Shirak 0-0
Tsement - Erebuni-Homenmen 3-1 [A.Arutyunyan'18/'64, A.Voskanyan'53 - A.Avetisyan'?]
Pyunik - Shirak-2 3-0 [A.Gevorkyan'25, V.Yagmuryan'55, A.Mkrtchyan'87]
Karabakh - Dvin home win
FK Yerevan bye
Round 8
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Pyunik - Tsement 1-1
Erebuni-Homenmen - Ararat home win
FK Yerevan - Karabakh 1-1
Shirak 2 - Dvin away win
Shirak bye
Round 9
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Karabakh - Shirak 0-3 [A.Petrosyan'12/'43, G.Markaryan'58]
Tsement - Shirak-2 6-0 [K.Asatryan-2, G.Manukyan, Sh.Marikyan, A.Voskanyan,
A.Pakhlevanyan]
FK Yerevan - Dvin 1-0 [A.Karapetyan]
Ararat - Pyunik 2-3 [A.Voskanyan'61/'72 - V.Avetisyan'7/?, V.Abramyan'20]
Erebuni-Homenmen bye
Round 10
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Ararat - Tsement 0-4 [T.Oganesyan'10, A.Sarkisyan'19, ???]
Karabakh - Erebuni-Homenmen 0-0
Shirak-2 - FK Yerevan 0-3
Dvin - Shirak 1-1
Pyunik bye
Round 11
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Shirak - FK Yerevan 1-0 [G.Markaryan'72]
Ararat - Shirak-2 5-0 [A.Voskanyan-3, O.Antonyan, O.Tamoyan]
Pyunik - Karabakh 2-1 [A.Asoyan'3, V.Minasyan'45 - N.Petrosyan'59]
Erebuni-Homenmen - Dvin 0-0
Tsement bye
Round 12
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FK Yerevan - Erebuni-Homenmen 2-1 [A.Tonoyan'45, A.Karapetyan'53 - K.Mikaelyan'30]
Shirak - Shirak-2 3-2
Karabakh - Tsement 1-2
Dvin - Pyunik 3-1
Ararat bye
Round 13
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Erebuni-Homenmen - Shirak 0-3 [K.Alexanyan, A.Petrosyan, O.Tamazyan]
Pyunik - FK Yerevan 0-1 [A.Petikyan'36]
Ararat - Karabakh 2-1 [O.Tamoyan'35, A.Voskanyan'76 - A.Kazaryan'53]
Tsement - Dvin 3-1
Shirak-2 bye
Round 14
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Shirak - Pyunik 6-1 [Ar.Arutyunyan'28/'32, Nikolyan'44,
Art.Petrosyan'60/'84/'87 - Bogosyan'20]
FK Yerevan - Tsement 0-2 [T.Oganesyan'13, Sarikyan'45]
Shirak-2 - Erebuni-Homenmen 1-3 [Tumasyan'21 - G.Oganesyan'15/'35/'44]
Dvin - Ararat 2-2
Karabakh bye
Round 15
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Tsement - Shirak 2-2 [Gspeyan'4, Sarikyan'51 - Batikyan'45, Art.Petrosyan'83]
Pyunik - Erebuni-Homenmen 1-2 [Ars.Avetisyan - Mkrtchyan, Mikaelyan]
Ararat - FK Yerevan 0-2 [Markosyan'70, Shakhgeldyan'78]
Karabakh - Shirak-2 5-1
Dvin bye
Round 16
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Shirak - Ararat 3-0 [Ar.Arutyunyan'20, Yepranosyan'87/'89]
Erebuni-Homenmen - Tsement 1-1 [G.Mkrtchyan'26 - Okhoyan'19]
Dvin - Karabakh 4-2
Shirak-2 - Pyunik 1-2
FK Yerevan bye
Round 17
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Dvin - Shirak-2 3-0
FK Yerevan - Karabakh 4-1
Tsement - Pyunik 3-0 [awarded, Pyunik didn't appear]
Ararat - Erebuni-Homenmen home win (?)
Shirak bye
Round 18
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Shirak - Karabakh 3-1
Shirak-2 - Tsement 1-6
Pyunik - Ararat 0-1
FK Yerevan - Dvin 4-4
Erebuni-Homenmen bye
Table:
1.Shirak Gyumri 16 13 3 0 42- 9 42
2.Tsement Ararat 16 12 3 1 44-11 39
3.FK Yerevan 16 8 3 5 26-17 27
4.Erebuni-Homenmen Yerevan 16 7 4 5 19-13 25 [*8,*17] 8 3 5 22-17
5.Ararat Yerevan 16 5 5 6 16-20 20 [*8,*17] 20-23
6.Pyunik Yerevan 16 5 3 8 18-29 18
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7.Dvin Artashat 16 4 5 7 22-27 17 [*7,*8]
8.Karabakh Yerevan 16 2 5 9 15-29 11 [*7]
9.Shirak-2 Gyumri 16 0 1 15 6-53 1 [*8]
Top-6 qualified for championship playoff.
[*7] without goals round 7
[*8] without goals round 8
NB: Kotayk Abovyan failed to pay the start tax and did not participate.
CHAMPIONSHIP PLAY-OFF
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1.Tsement Ararat 26 20 4 2 70-22 64 Champions
2.Shirak Gyumri 26 19 4 3 72-25 61
3.FK Yerevan 26 15 3 8 47-30 48
4.Ararat Yerevan 26 10 5 11 40-40 35
5.Erebuni-Homenmen Yerevan 26 9 4 13 39-44 31
6.Pyunik Yerevan 26 6 3 17 27-68 21
Round 19
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Yerevan - Erebuni 2-1
Shirak - Pyunik 5-0
Tsement - Ararat 1-0
Round 20
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Ararat - Yerevan 1-3 [A.Voskanyan - A.Karapetyan-2, L.Stepanyan]
Pyunik - Erebuni 0-2 [R.Simonyan, G.Oganesyan]
Shirak - Tsement 1-1
Round 21
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Yerevan - Shirak 3-0 [L.Stepanyan, T.Yesayan, A.Markosyan]
Tsement - Pyunik 6-3
Erebuni - Ararat 4-1
Round 22
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Shirak - Erebuni 6-2 [M.Avanesyan 37, 47, 78, A.Adamyan 69, A.Petrosyan 77, ? - G.Oganesyan 73, R.Nazaryan 88]
Tsement - Yerevan 2-0 [A.Sarkisyan 79, Sh. Sarkisyan 88]
Ararat - Pyunik 2-1 [K.Barsegyan 47 pen, A.Voskanyan 70 - A.Karamyan 12]
Round 23
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Ararat - Shirak 3-1 [K.Barsegyan 47, A.Amiryan 57, O.Tamoyan - S.Nikolyan 8 pen]
Yerevan - Pyunik 5-1
Tsement - Erebuni 3-1
Round 24
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Shirak - Ararat 3-1
Tsement - Erebuni 5-1
Pyunik - Yerevan 0-5
Round 25
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Shirak - Yerevan 3-0 [awarded, Yerevan dns]
Ararat - Erebuni 2-1
Pyunik - Tsement 1-3
Round 26
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Erebuni - Yerevan 0-1
Ararat - Tsement 2-3
Pyunik - Shirak 1-6
Round 27
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Tsement - Shirak 1-0 [Manukyan 37]
Yerevan - Ararat 0-4
Erebuni - Pyunik 1-2
Round 28
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Yerevan - Tsement 2-1
Ararat - Pyunik 4-0
Erebuni - Shirak 4-5
Final Table:
1.Tsement Ararat 26 20 4 2 70-22 64 Champions
2.Shirak Gyumri 26 19 4 3 72-25 61
3.FK Yerevan 26 15 3 8 47-30 48
4.Ararat Yerevan 26 10 5 11 40-40 35
5.Erebuni-Homenmen Yerevan 26 9 4 13 39-44 31
6.Pyunik Yerevan 26 6 3 17 27-68 21
Relegation Group (scores unknown):
7.Dvin Artashat 20 8 5 7 41-36 29
8.Karabakh Yerevan 20 4 5 11 24-37 17
9.Shirak-2 Gyumri 20 0 1 19 10-68 1
Promoted: Zvartnots (Yerevan)
Relegated: Kotaik (Abovyan) [financial problems]
Promotion/Relegation Playoff: Shirak-2 Gyumri 3-2 Lori Vanadzor.
Name changes after season:
Erebuni-Homenmen become Erebuni
Pyunik become Kilikia
Shirak-2 become FK Gyumri
Topscorers:
Ara AKOPYAN (Dvin) 20
Ara ADAMYAN (Shirak) 13
Artur PETROSYAN (Shirak) 12
Shirak SARIKYAN (Tsement) 12
Mher AVANESYAN (Shirak) 11
Haik AKOPYAN (Dvin) 11
Tigran ESAYAN (Yerevan) 10
Tigran OGANESYAN (Tsement) 10
Aram VOSKANYAN (Ararat) 10
Gegam OGANESYAN (Erebuni) 9
Armenia Cup 1997/98
Quarterfinals
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Ararat - FK YEREVAN 0-3, 1-2, agg. 1-5
0-3 A.Ayvazyan'36, D.Tambura'60, A.Karapetyan'83
1-2 K.Barsegyan'59pen - A.Saakyan'?, D.Tambura'89
TSEMENT - Shirak 1-1, 1-0, agg. 2-1
1-0 T.Oganesyan'62
1-1 G.Manukyan'9 - S.Nikolyan'?
Karabakh - PYUNIK 1-5, 0-1, agg. 1-6
SK VV (D2) - EREBUNI-HOMENMEN 0-4, 0-3, agg. 0-7
Semifinals, 1st leg
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FK Yerevan - Pyunik Yerevan 0-0
Erebuni-Homenmen Yerevan - Tsement Ararat 0-1 [A.Sarkisyan]
Final [May 31]
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Tsement Ararat - FK Yerevan 3-1
[Manukyan 32', Srakisyan 37', Okhoyan 66'; Minasyan 90']
Tsement: G.Oganesyan, Gspeyan, Arzumanyan, Voskanyan, V.Oganesyan,
Okhoyan, Manukyan, Arutyunyan, Armen Sarkisyan (Abramyan'75),
Sarikyan (Aran Sarkisyan'75), T.Oganesyan (Ayrapetyan'70).
Yerevan: Abramyan, Ayvazyan, Tonoyan, Grigoryan, Stepanyan, Yesayan,
Shakhgel'dyan, Nigoyan, Markosyan (Minasyan'60),
Karapetyan (Ajemyan'46), Dokhoyan (Tambura'75).
Yellow: Sarikyan'70.
Referee: Kazaryan (Yerevan).
Yerevan. Razdan Stadium. Att: 4,000. Cap: 73,000. +23 degrees.
1999.
Thanks to Anatoli and Aram Hakhoumian
Prepared and maintained by Theodore Dreiman for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author:
Theodore Dreiman
Last updated: 3 Mar 2000
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