Armenian Football Championship 2014/2015

Premier League
Premier League
Tournament details
Time spending	August 2, 2014 - May 30, 2015
Number of participants	eight
Cities	3
Stadiums	eight
Top places
Winner	Pyunik (11th time)
Second place	Ulysses
Third place	Chirac
Tournament statistics
Matches played	112
Goals scored	318 (2.84 per game)
Bombardier (s)	Jean-Jacques Bouguie; Cesar Romero (21 balls)

The 23rd National Football Championship of Armenia for the season 2014/15 is a tournament of the Armenian Premier League, in which 8 clubs took part. The champion title was defended by the capital "Banants" , and Pyunik (Yerevan) became the champion for the 11th time.

For the second time after the transition, the championship was organized according to the autumn-spring system. The tournament began on August 2, 2014 with the match “Gandzasar” - “Mika” - 2: 1, and ended on May 30, 2015.

Since only duplicate teams participated in the First League , not one of the clubs left the championship in this and the next seasons.

Content

Regulations

Article 9

Determination of club places in competitions.

1. Team locations were determined by points scored in all matches.

2. In case of equality of indicators in two (except for the case of determining the champion) and more clubs, the advantage was given to the teams that had the following best results in matches between themselves:

2.1. More points;
2.2. The best scored and missed goal difference;
2.3. More goals scored.

3. In case of equality of the indicators specified in paragraph 2 of this article for two (except for the case of determining the champion) and more clubs, the advantage was given to the teams that had:

3.1. More wins;
3.2. The best difference scored and missed balls;
3.3. Determined by lot.

4. The club, which took the last place in the championship, did not leave the Premier League and did not go to the First League .

5. If 2 teams scored the same highest points in all championship matches, the Armenian champion was determined in the “Golden Match” between these clubs. The decision regarding the venue and the start time of the match was taken by the Football Federation of Armenia.

Members

At the beginning of 2015, due to the financial crisis, the continued participation of Gandzasar was questionable. But in Kapan, a new club called “Gandzasar-Kapan” opened, which, by decision of the executive committee of the Football Federation of Armenia, was declared a full-fledged successor to Gandzasar.

In the season 2014/15, 8 clubs played in the Premier League:

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity	Equipment brand	Sponsor	Place in the season 2013/14
Alashkert	Yerevan	Nairi (Yerevan)	6,850	Molten	Bagrat Tour	eight
Ararat	Yerevan	Hrazdan (Yerevan)	54 208	Adidas		four
Banants	Yerevan	Banants (Yerevan)	5 010	Umbro		one
Gandzasar	Kapan	Gandzasar (Kapan)	3,500	Umbro		five
Mika	Yerevan	Mika (Yerevan)	7,250	Umbro		3
Pyunik	Yerevan	Football Academy (Yerevan)	1,428	Nike	Armenian Development Bank	6
Ulysses	Yerevan	Republican (Yerevan)	14 935	Joma	Holiday Group	7
Chirac	Gyumri	City (Gyumri)	2,844	Adidas	VTB Bank	2

Representation by region

Chirac

Alashkert
Ararat
Banants

Mika
Pyunik
Ulysses

Gandzasar

The location of the teams of the championship of Armenia season 2014/15

Region	Qty	Clubs
Yerevan	6	Alashkert , Ararat , Banants , Mika , Pyunik and Ulysses
Syunik	one	Gandzasar
Chirac	one	Chirac

Coaches and team captains

Club	Main coach	Captain	Resignation coaches
Alashkert	Abraham Khashmanyan	Vahagn Minasyan	Armen Gulbudagiants
Ararat	Varuzhan Sukiasyan	Alexander Rakic	Dusan Miyich Varazdat Avetisyan Suren Chakhalyan
Banants	Zsolt Hornyak	Gevorg Nranyan
Gandzasar	Samvel Petrosyan	Ara Khachatryan	Ashot Barseghyan Stepan Baghdasaryan
Mika	Aram Voskanyan	Armen Petrosyan
Pyunik	Sarkis Hovsepyan	Taron Voskanyan
Ulysses	Suren Chakhalyan	Artak Aleksanyan	Suren Chakhalyan Fedor Shcherbachenko
Chirac	Vardan Bichakhchyan	Tigran Davtyan

Stadiums

Alashkert	Ararat	Banants	Gandzasar
" Alashkert ", Yerevan	Hrazdan , Yerevan	Banants , Yerevan	Gandzasar , Kapan
Capacity: 6,800	Capacity: 54,202	Capacity: 5,010	Capacity: 3,500

Mika	Pyunik	Ulysses	Chirac
" Mika ", Yerevan	Academy , Yerevan	" Republican ", Yerevan	" City ", Gyumri
Capacity: 7,250	Capacity: 1 428	Capacity: 14 403	Capacity: 2 844

Summary Table

M	Team	AND	AT	H	P	Balls	±	ABOUT	Notes
one	Pyunik	28	nineteen	four	five	58 - 26	+32	61	Champions League 2015/16
2	Ulysses	28	15	five	eight	43 - 32	+11	50	Europa League 2015/16
3	Chirac	28	14	7	7	51 - 32	+19	49	Europa League 2015/16
four	Alashkert	28	ten	eight	ten	32 - 35	−3	38	Europa League 2015/16
five	Mika	28	9	ten	9	33 - 34	−1	37
6	Banants	28	eight	eight	12	42 - 46	−4	32
7	Gandzasar	28	7	eight	13	31 - 44	−13	29
eight	Ararat	28	3	four	21	28 - 69	−41	13

And - games, B - wins, H - draws, P - losses, Goals - goals scored and missed goals, ± - goal difference, O - points

Since Pyunik became the winner of the Cup of Armenia-2014/15 , the club that took the 4th place received the right to participate in the Europa-League 2015/16 .

Changes in club position during the championship

1st place during the championship

2nd place in the course of the championship

3rd place in the course of the championship

Match Results

	Team	ALA	ARA	BAN	GAN	Mik	PUN	ULI	SHIR	ALA	ARA	BAN	GAN	Mik	PUN	ULI	SHIR
one	Alashkert		3: 2	0-0	1: 0	2: 0	0: 2	0: 2	2: 0		1: 1	3: 1	1: 0	1: 2	0: 1	1: 0	1: 1
2	Ararat	2: 1		4: 6	1: 5	2: 0	0: 3	2: 3	0: 2	0: 1		2: 2	0: 2	0: 1	2: 2	1: 3	2: 4
3	Banants	1: 0	3: 0		3: 3	0: 2	2: 3	0: 2	1: 1	2: 0	3: 1		2: 0	0-0	1: 2	3: 0	3: 6
four	Gandzasar	1: 0	1: 0	3: 1		2: 1	3: 4	0-0	0: 3	2: 3	0: 3	2: 0		0-0	0: 1	0-0	3: 3
five	Mika	0-0	3: 1	1: 1	1: 1		1: 1	3: 0	3: 1	1: 1	3: 0	2: 2	1: 1		1: 0	1: 2	2: 2
6	Pyunik	3: 3	4: 0	1: 0	2: 0	5: 0		0: 2	1: 0	3: 1	4: 0	1: 2	3: 1	3: 2		3: 0	2: 1
7	Ulysses	5: 1	2: 0	1: 0	7: 1	3: 1	2: 1		1: 2	2: 2	0-0	2: 1	0-0	0: 1	2: 1		0-4
eight	Chirac	1: 1	3: 2	2: 0	1: 0	1: 0	0-0	1: 2		0: 2	4: 0	2: 2	2: 0	2: 0	0: 2	2: 0

Championship Statistics

Top scorers

A place	Player	Club	Balls ( pen. )
one	Jean-Jacques Bouguie	" Shirak "	21 (3)
one	Cesar Romero	Pyunik	21 (3)
3	Kamo Hovhannisyan	Pyunik	ten
3	Alexander Rakic	" Ararat "	ten
3	Zaven Badoyan	Pyunik	ten
6	Hovhannes Goharyan	" Ulysses "	9
6	Mihran Manasyan	" Alashkert "	9
eight	Gevorg Karapetyan	" Mika "	9 (1)
9	Artak Aleksanyan	" Ulysses "	9 (4)
ten	Gevorg Nranyan	Banants	7
eleven	Norayr Gyozalyan	" Alashkert "	7 (1)
12	Vasyl Palagnyuk	Gandzasar	6
12	David Hakobyan	" Shirak "	6
12	Gegham Harutyunyan	Gandzasar	6
12	Drissa Siarrasuba	" Shirak "	6
sixteen	Miguel Lopez	Banants	6 (2)

Notes:

5 players scored 5 goals.
8 players scored 4 goals.
7 players scored 3 goals.
19 players scored 2 goals.
36 players scored 1 ball each.
9 own goals were scored.
In brackets are goals scored from the penalty spot.

Hat Tricks

Player	A country	Club	Rival	Score	date
Hovhannes Goharyan	Armenia	Ulysses	Gandzasar	7: 1	October 18, 2014
Jean-Jacques Bouguie	Ivory Coast	Chirac	Gandzasar	3: 0	November 1, 2014
Cesar Romero	Mexico	Pyunik	Ararat	3: 0	November 8, 2014
Jean-Jacques Bouguie *	Ivory Coast	Chirac	Banants	6: 3	April 18, 2015

scored 4 goals

Goalkeeper Statistics

#	Player	Team	Dry	Games	The average
one	Gore Elyazyan	Chirac	eleven	26	1.04
one	Anatoly Aivazov	Pyunik	ten	24	1.00
3	Arsen Beglaryan	Ulysses	9	27	1.04
four	Gevorg Kasparov	Mika	eight	25	1.20
five	Armen Khachatryan	Alashkert	five	eleven	0.82
6	Stepan Ghazaryan	Alashkert	five	18	1.44
7	Arthur Toroyan	Banants	five	20	1.60
eight	Arthur Harutyunyan	Pyunik	3	four	0.50
9	Arsen Petrosyan	Gandzasar	3	eleven	1.36
12	Aram Hayrapetyan	Ararat	3	17	2.00
ten	Gevorg Prazyan	Gandzasar	2	eight	1.63
eleven	Grigor Meliksetyan	Gandzasar	2	ten	2.10
13	Armen Fishyan	Mika	one	3	1.33
14	Karen Israelyan	Ararat	one	four	2.00
15	Gor Martirosyan	Ararat	one	eight	2.75

3 goalkeepers did not have any “dry” match.
The average number of goals conceded per game is indicated only for goalkeepers who have played at least three matches.

Stadium statistics

Stadium	City	Capacity	Matches	Viewers	Average attendance
Football Academy	Yerevan	1,500	15	5,600	375
Football Academy	Gyumri		2	310	155
Bananza	Yerevan	5,000	14	4,450	320
Gandzasar	Kapan	3,500	13	13,200	1,015
Urban	Gyumri	3,000	12	6 750	565
Mika	Yerevan	8,000	15	7 650	510
Nairi	Yerevan	6,800	sixteen	6,100	380
Handed out	Yerevan	53,849	14	2,340	170
Republican	Yerevan	14 935	ten	2,130	215

The city stadium (Gyumri) was fined from the beginning of the championship and spent two tours without fans.

Season Records

In the 26th minute of the match, the first goal of the season was scored by Mika midfielder - Vardges Satumyan against Gandzasar.
The first penalty was scored in the 3rd round in the 23rd minute of the match by midfielder “Banants” - Rumyan Hovsepyan against “Ararat”.
The fastest goal was scored on the 2nd minute of the 8th round of “Ararat” striker - Alexander Rakic against “Alashkert”.
The first double of the season was drawn up in the 2nd round by the forward of “Shirak” - Jean-Jacques Buguy against “Ararat”.
The first hat-trick of the season was issued in the 10th round of Ulysses forward - Hovhannes Goharyan against Gandzasar.
The first poker of the season was designed in the 23rd round of the Shirak forward - Jean-Jacques Bouguie against Banants.
The first goal of the season was scored in the 6th round by the Ulysses midfielder - Rade Dugalich .
The first yellow card of the season on the 29th minute of the 1st round was earned by the goalkeeper of “Gandzasar” - Grigor Meliksetyan .
The first red card of the season in the 2nd round was earned by the defender of “Alashkert” - Hovhannes Grigoryan against “Mika”.

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