2014–15 Armenian Premier League
| Season | 2014–15 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Pyunik |
| Champions League | Pyunik |
| Europa League | Ulisses Shirak Alashkert |
| Matches played | 60 |
| Goals scored | 173 (2.88 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Cesar Romero (19) |
| Biggest home win | Ulisses 7-1 Gandzasar Kapan (18 October 2014) |
| Biggest away win | Ararat 1-5 Gandzasar Kapan (21 September 2014) |
| Highest scoring | Ararat 4-6 Banants (19 October 2014) |
| Longest winning run | 7 matches: Ulisses |
| Longest unbeaten run | 9 matches: Ulisses |
| Longest winless run | 9 matches: Mika |
| Longest losing run | 4 matches: Ararat |
← 2013–14 2015–16 → | |
The 2014–15 Armenian Premier League season was the twenty-third since its establishment. FC Banants are the defending champions.
Teams
Location of teams in the 2014–15 Armenian Premier League
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alashkert | Yerevan | Alashkert Stadium | 6,850 |
| Ararat Yerevan | Yerevan | Hrazdan Stadium | 54,208 |
| Banants | Yerevan | Banants Stadium | 4,860 |
| Gandzasar Kapan | Kapan | Gandzasar Stadium | 3,500 |
| Mika | Yerevan | Mika Stadium | 7,250 |
| Pyunik | Yerevan | Football Academy Stadium | 1,428 |
| Shirak | Gyumri | Gyumri City Stadium | 2,844 |
| Ulisses | Yerevan | Vazgen Sargsyan | 14,403 |
Personnel and sponsorship
| Team | Chairman | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alashkert |  Bagrat Navoyan
|
Abraham Khashmanyan
|
Vahagn Minasyan
|
Molten | Bagratour |
| Ararat Yerevan |  Hrach Kaprielyan
|
Varuzhan Sukiasyan
|
Gorik Khachatryan
|
Adidas | |
| Banants | Karlen Mkrtchyan
|
 Zsolt Hornyák
|
Gevorg Nranyan
|
Umbro | |
| Gandzasar Kapan | Maxim Hakobyan Garnik Aghababyan
|
Ashot Barseghyan
|
Aleksandr Petrosyan
|
Umbro | ZCMC |
| Mika | Carlos Ghazaryan
|
Aram Voskanyan
|
Armen Petrosyan
|
Umbro | |
| Pyunik | Rafik Hayrapetyan
|
Sargis Hovsepyan
|
David Manoyan
|
Nike | Armenian Development Bank |
| Shirak | Arman Sahakyan
|
Vardan Bichakhchyan
|
Tigran Davtyan
|
Adidas | ВТБ (VTB) |
| Ulisses | Genrikh Ghazandzhyan
|
Suren Chakhalyan
|
Hovhannes Goharyan
|
Joma | Холидей Группа Компаний (Holyday Group of Companies) |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gandzasar Kapan | Sevada Arzumanyan
|
Resigned | 14 April 2014 | Pre-season |  Serhiy Puchkov
|
30 April 2014 |
| Ararat Yerevan | Abraham Khashmanyan
|
Resigned | 26 April 2014 | Pre-season |  Dušan Mijić
|
4 July 2014 |
| Ulisses | Karen Barseghyan
|
Mutual consent | 24 July 2014 | Pre-season | Suren Chakhalyan
|
25 July 2014 |
| Alashkert | Armen Gyulbudaghyants
|
Sacked | 30 August 2014 | 6th | Abraham Khashmanyan
|
31 August 2014 |
| Ararat Yerevan | Dušan Mijić
|
Sacked | 26 September 2014 | 7th | Samvel Darbinyan
|
1 October 2014 |
| Ulisses | Suren Chakhalyan
|
Mutual consent | 6 October 2014 | 1st | Gagik Simonyan (caretaker)
|
6 October 2014 |
| Ararat Yerevan | Samvel Darbinyan
|
End of contract | 1 December 2014 | 8th | Suren Chakhalyan
|
13 December 2014 |
| Gandzasar Kapan | Serhiy Puchkov
|
Mutual consent | 2 December 2014 | 4th | Ashot Barseghyan
|
11 March 2015 |
| Ulisses | Gagik Simonyan
|
Mutual consent | 28 February 2015 | 2nd |  Fyodor Shcherbachenko
|
28 February 2015 |
| Ararat Yerevan | Suren Chakhalyan
|
Resigned | 14 April 2015 | 8th | Arthur Minasyan (caretaker) Varuzhan Sukiasyan
|
28 April 2015 |
| Ulisses | Fyodor Shcherbachenko
|
Mutual consent | 17 April 2015 | 3rd | Suren Chakhalyan
|
18 April 2015 |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyunik (C) | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Ulisses | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 32 | +11 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Shirak | 28 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 51 | 32 | +19 | 49 | |
| 4 | Alashkert | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 38 | |
| 5 | Mika | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 37 | |
| 6 | Banants | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 42 | 46 | −4 | 32 | |
| 7 | Gandzasar | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 29 | |
| 8 | Ararat | 28 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 28 | 69 | −41 | 13 |
Source: uefa.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) Champions
Results
The league was played in four stages. The teams played four times with each other, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 28 matches per team.
First half of season |
Second half of season
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Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Team | Goals[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Jean-Jacques Bougouhi
|
Shirak | 21 |
| 2 |  Cesar Romero
|
Pyunik | 21 |
| 3 | Kamo Hovhannisyan
|
Pyunik | 10 |
| 4 | Hovhannes Goharyan
|
Ulisses | 9 |
 Aleksandar Rakić
|
Ararat | 10 | |
| 6 | Artak Aleksanyan
|
Ulisses | 9 |
| Mihran Manasyan
|
Alashkert | 9 | |
| 8 | Gevorg Nranyan
|
Banants | 6 |
| Davit Hakobyan
|
Shirak | 6 | |
| Gegham Harutyunyan
|
Gandzasar | 6 | |
| Vasil Palagnyuk
|
Gandzasar | 6 |