1998 in Armenian football

1998 in Armenian football
Premier League champions
Tsement Ararat
First League champions
Zvartnots-AAL
Armenian Cup winners
Tsement Ararat

1998 in Armenian football was the seventh season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union. The Armenian Premier League for 1998 existed of ten teams of which the top six would qualify for the championship stage, while the other four would enter the relegation stage.

Premier League

• Aragats FC is promoted.
• FC Kotayk were expelled for not paying taxes.

Promotion and relegation play-off

Date	Venue	PL Team	Result	FL Team	Information
unknown	unknown	FC Shirak 2	3-2	Lori Vanadzor	FC Shirak 2 remains in Premier League.

Top goalscorers

		Player	Team	Goals
1		Ara Hakobyan	Dvin Artashat	20
2		Arayik Adamyan	Shirak	13
3		Arthur Petrosyan	Shirak	12
		Shirak Sarikyan	Tsement	12
5		Mher Avanesyan	Shirak	11
		Hayk Hakopyan	Dvin Artashat	11

First League

• Alashkert Martuni, FIMA Yerevan, and FC Nig Aparan returned to professional football.
• Aragats Ashtarak are renamed back to Kasakh Ashtarak.
• Dinamo Yerevan are renamed Dinamo-Energo Yerevan.
• SKVV Yerevan and FC Moush Kasakh are introduced to the league.

League table

Template:Fb cl header |- style="background:#90EE90" |1 ||style="text-align:left"|Zvartnots-AAL || 24 || 21 || 3 || 0 || 92 || 18 || +74 || 66 || Promoted to Armenian Premier League |- style="background:#FF66CC" |2 ||style="text-align:left"|Lori || 24 || 16 || 6 || 2 || 42 || 16 || +26 || 54 || Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off. |- |3 ||style="text-align:left"|Nairit || 24 || 17 || 2 || 5 || 48 || 24 || +24 || 53 |- |4 ||style="text-align:left"|Moush Kasakh || 24 || 13 || 3 || 8 || 39 || 29 || +10 || 42 |- |5 ||style="text-align:left"|Lernagorts Kapan || 24 || 12 || 2 || 10 || 37 || 32 || +5 || 38 |- |6 ||style="text-align:left"|Alashkert Martuni || 24 || 9 || 8 || 7 || 30 || 25 || +5 || 35 |- |7 ||style="text-align:left"|SKVV Yerevan || 24 || 10 || 3 || 11 || 49 || 39 || +10 || 33 |- |8 ||style="text-align:left"|FIMA Yerevan || 24 || 9 || 3 || 12 || 48 || 40 || +8 || 30 |- |9 ||style="text-align:left"|Kasakh || 24 || 8 || 4 || 12 || 30 || 44 || -14 || 28 |- |10 ||style="text-align:left"|Spitak || 24 || 9 || 1 || 14 || 35 || 50 || -15 || 28 |- |11 ||style="text-align:left"|Dinamo-Energo Yerevan || 24 || 6 || 1 || 17 || 26 || 65 || -39 || 19 |- |12 ||style="text-align:left"|Karabakh-2 Yerevan || 24 || 4 || 3 || 17 || 12 || 47 || -35 || 15 |- |13 ||style="text-align:left"|Nig Aparan || 24 || 2 || 1 || 21 || 13 || 67 || -54 || 7 |- style="background:#FFCC66" |14 ||style="text-align:left"|BMA-Arai Echmiadzin || XX || XX || XX || XX || XX || XX || XX || XX || Withdrew from competition. |}

Armenia Cup

Quarter finals
Ararat Yerevan	0 - 3 1 - 2	Yerevan
Tsement	1 - 1 1 - 0	Shirak
Karabakh Yerevan	1 - 5 0 - 1	Pyunik
SKVV Yerevan	0 - 4 0 - 3	Erebuni-Homenmen
Semi finals
Yerevan	*0 - 0	Pyunik
Erebuni-Homenmen	0 - 1	Tsement
Final
Tsement	3 - 1	Yerevan

External links

• RSSSF: Armenia 1998