1998 Armenian Premier League

Statistics of Armenian Premier League in the 1998 season.

• Aragats FC of Gyumri is promoted.

First stage league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Shirak	16	13	3	0	41	8	+33	42	Qualification for the Championship stage
2	Tsement Ararat	16	12	3	1	43	10	+33	39
3	Yerevan	16	8	3	5	25	16	+9	27
4	Erebuni-Homenmen	16	7	4	5	19	13	+6	25
5	Ararat Yerevan	16	5	5	6	14	18	−4	20
6	Pyunik	16	5	3	8	17	28	−11	18
7	Dvin Artashat	16	4	5	7	19	24	−5	17	Qualification for the Relegation stage
8	Karabakh Yerevan	16	2	5	9	14	28	−14	11
9	Aragats	16	0	1	15	6	53	−47	1
10	Kotayk (W)	0	–	–	–	–	–	—	0	Failed to pay the start tax and did not participate.

Source:
(W) Withdrew

Championship stage league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tsement Ararat (C)	26	20	4	2	70	22	+48	64	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Shirak	26	19	4	3	72	25	+47	61	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Yerevan	26	15	3	8	47	30	+17	48
4	Ararat Yerevan	26	10	5	11	40	40	0	35	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Erebuni-Homenmen	26	9	4	13	39	44	−5	31
6	Pyunik	26	6	3	17	27	68	−41	21

Source:
(C) Champions

Relegation stage league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
7	Dvin Artashat	20	8	5	7	41	36	+5	29
8	Karabakh Yerevan	20	4	5	11	24	37	−13	17
9	Aragats (O)	20	0	1	19	10	68	−58	1	Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off.
10	Kotayk (W)	0	–	–	–	–	–	—	0	Failed to pay the start tax and did not participate.

Source:
(O) Play-off winners; (W) Withdrew

Promotion/relegation play-off

Date	Venue	PL Team	Result	FL Team
unknown	unknown	Aragats	3 - 2	Lori

Top goalscorers

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

See also

• 1998 in Armenian football
• 1998 Armenian First League
• 1998 Armenian Cup