2018–19 Armenian First League
| Season | 2018–19 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 August 2018 – 13 June 2019 |
| Matches played | 59 |
| Goals scored | 216 (3.66 per match) |
| Biggest home win | Alashkert-2 8–0 Ararat Yerevan-2 (2 October 2018) |
| Biggest away win | Ararat Yerevan-2 0-10 Yerevan (27 September 2018) |
| Highest scoring | Ararat Yerevan-2 0-10 Yerevan (27 September 2018) |
| Longest winning run | Junior Sevan (8 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Junior Sevan (10 matches) |
| Longest winless run | Erebuni (10 matches) |
| Longest losing run | Erebuni (8 matches) |
← 2017–18 2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 8 October 2018. | |
The 2018–19 Armenian First League season is the 27th since its establishment. The season was launched on August 6, 2018, and will be concluded on June 13, 2019.[1]
Team changes
5 new teams have joined the 2018–19 Armenian First League season:
- FC Yerevan from Yerevan, existed between 1995 and 1999, re-founded in 2018.
- FC Lokomotiv Yerevan from Yerevan, existed between 2002 and 2005, re-founded in 2018.
- Junior Sevan FC from Sevan, a newly-founded club in 2018.
- Banants-3 from Yerevan, formed in 2018 as the 3rd team of FC Banants.
- Ararat-Armenia-2 from Yerevan, formed in 2018 as the reserve team of FC Ararat-Armenia.
Promoted to 2018–19 Armenian Premier League:
- Lori FC as 2017–18 Armenian First League champions.
- Artsakh FC as 2017–18 Armenian First League runners-up.
- FC Ararat-Armenia as as 2017–18 Armenian First League 3rd place winners.
Stadiums and locations
12 teams will take part in this season's competition, of which only 4 teams -Yerevan, FC Lokomotiv Yerevan, Junior Sevan, and Erebuni- are eligible to get the promotion right to the 2019–20 Armenian Premier League by the end of the competition. The remaining 8 teams are the reserve teams of the football clubs currently participating in the Armenian Premier League competition.
Yerevan
Locations of the 2017–18 Armenian Premier League teams
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erebuni | Yerevan (Erebuni) | Erebuni Stadium | 544 |
| Junior Sevan | Dzoraghbyur (Kotayk) | Dzoraghbyur Training Centre1 | n/a |
| Lokomotiv Yerevan | Yerevan (Shengavit) | Mika Stadium | 7,250 |
| Yerevan | Yerevan (Kentron ) | Pyunik Stadium | 780 |
| Alashkert-2 | Yerevan (Shengavit) |
Alashkert Stadium | 6,800 |
| Ararat-2 | Dzoraghbyur (Kotayk) | Dzoraghbyur Training Centre | n/a |
| Ararat-Armenia-2 | Yerevan (Avan) | Football Academy Stadium | 1,428 |
| Banants-2 | Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia) | Banants Training Centre pitch#3 | 600 |
| Banants-3 | Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia) | Banants Training Centre pitch#3 | 600 |
| Gandzasar-2 | Kapan | Gandzasar Training Centre | n/a |
| Pyunik-2 | Yerevan (Kentron) | Pyunik Stadium | 780 |
| Shirak-2 | Gyumri | Gyumri City Stadium | 2,844 |
- 1Junior Sevan will play at the Dzoraghbyur Training Centre, Dzoraghbyur, due to the ongoing construction of their new home venue Sevan Football Stadium, Sevan.
Personnel and sponsorship
| Team | President | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erebuni |  Tigran Ayvazyan
|
Sevada Arzumanyan
|
Sos Tadevosyan
|
Joma | |
| Junior Sevan | Hayk Grigoryan
|
 Syarhey Herasimets
|
Gor Martirosyan
|
2K Sport | DI Group1 |
| Lokomotiv Yerevan | Hrachik Kananyan
|
Vahe Gevorgyan
|
Arman Zeinalyan
|
Givova | |
| Yerevan | Karen Harutyunyan
|
Samvel Sargsyan
|
 Yevgeni Skoblikov
|
Nike | |
| Alashkert-2 | Bagrat Navoyan
|
Sergey Erzrumyan
|
Artashes Arakelyan
|
Joma | Bagratour |
| Ararat-Armenia-2 | Poghos Galstyan
|
|
|
Joma | Tashir Group |
| Ararat Yerevan |  Hiraç Yagan (until Sept. 2018)  Hrach Kaprielian (from Oct. 2018)
|
Georgi Andriasyan
|
Sergey Mkrtchyan
|
Jako | |
| Banants-2 | Hrach Aghabekian
|
Aram Hakobyan
|
Erik Vardanyan
|
Adidas | |
| Banants-3 | Hrach Aghabekian
|
Tigran Arakelyan
|
Mikayel Mirzoyan
|
Adidas | |
| Gandzasar-2 | Garnik Aghababian
|
Ashot Manucharyan
|
Tigran Ivanyan
|
Adidas | ZCMC |
| Pyunik-2 | Artur Soghomonyan
|
Albert Sarkisyan
|
Vigen Begoyan
|
Nike | Gold's Gym |
| Shirak-2 | Arman Sahakyan
|
Tigran Davtyan
|
Artur Amiryan
|
Adidas |
- 1On the back of the shirt.
League table
Template:2018–19 Armenian First League table
Season statistics
Top scorers
- As of match played 27 September 2018[2]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stanislav Yefimov
|
Yerevan | 12 |
| 2 | Ivan Latishev
|
Yerevan | 8 |
| 3 | Akhmed Jindoyan
|
Alashkert-2 | 7 |
| 4 | Vigen Begoyan
|
Pyunik-2 | 5 |
| Arman Manukyan
|
Alashkert-2 | ||
| Sultan Aksanov
|
Junior Sevan | ||
| Edgar Movsesyan
|
Banants-2 | ||
| Karapet Manukyan
|
Lokomotiv Yerevan | ||
| 9 | Sos Tadevosyan
|
Erebuni | 4 |
| Benik Hovhannisyan
|
Alashkert-2 | ||
| Gegham Tumbaryan
|
Lokomotiv Yerevan | ||
| Yevgeni Skoblikov
|
Yerevan | ||
| Sargis Metoyan
|
Ararat-2 | ||
| Samvel Khachikyan
|
Yerevan | ||
| Mikhail Gurbanov
|
Junior Sevan |
References
- ^ 2018–19 Armenian First League
- ^ "2018–19 Armenian First League". ffa.com. FFA. Retrieved 30 September 2018.