2010 Armenian Premier League

Armenian Premier League

Season	2010
Champions	Pyunik 13th title
Relegated	none
Champions League	Pyunik
Europa League	Mika Banants Ulisses
Matches played	112
Goals scored	316 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gevorg Ghazaryan and Marcos Pizzelli (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Mika 6–1 Shirak (12 June) Banants 6-1 Impulse (6 August)
Biggest away win	Gandzasar 1–6 Pyunik (1 May)
Highest scoring	Banants 5–2 Impulse (3 April) Gandzasar 1–6 Pyunik (1 May) Mika 6-1 Shirak (12 June) Banants 6-1 Impulse (6 August)
Longest winning run	Banants (11 games) (1 May–6 August)
Longest unbeaten run	15 games by 2 teams Pyunik (3 July–14 November) Banants (3 April–6 August)
Longest winless run	Shirak (13 games) (5 June–27 September)
Longest losing run	9 games by 2 teams Kilikia (11 September–14 November) Shirak (5 June–21 August)
← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 Armenian Premier League season was the nineteenth since its establishment. The season began in March 2010 and ended in November 2010. FC Pyunik were the defending champions, having won their twelfth championship last season.

Participating teams

Ararat Yerevan finished in last place last season and were relegated to the Armenian First League. Taking their place this year is Impulse Dilijan, who finished first in the 2009 Armenian First League.

Shirak

Banants
Ulisses

Mika
Kilikia
Pyunik

Impulse

Gandzasar

Location of teams in the 2010 Armenian Premier League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Banants	Yerevan	Republican Stadium	14,403
Gandzasar	Kapan	Gandzasar Stadium	3,500
Impulse	Dilijan	Dilijan City Stadium	2,200
Kilikia	Yerevan	Hrazdan Stadium	54,208
Mika	Yerevan	Mika Stadium	7,250
Pyunik	Yerevan	Republican Stadium	14,403
Shirak	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	2,844
Ulisses	Yerevan	Hrazdan Stadium	54,208

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pyunik (C)	28	20	5	3	73	22	+51	65	2011–12 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	Banants	28	20	4	4	58	24	+34	64	2011–12 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3	Ulisses	28	17	4	7	44	23	+21	55
4	Mika	28	14	4	10	47	31	+16	46	2011–12 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round ^1
5	Impulse	28	10	7	11	29	43	−14	37
6	Gandzasar Kapan	28	8	3	17	24	45	−21	27
7	Kilikia	28	4	3	21	19	60	−41	15	Team disbanded after the season ^3
8	Shirak	28	2	4	22	22	68	−46	10

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Winners of 2011 Armenian Cup.
²Executive committee of the Football Federation of Armenia decided to allow Shirak to participate in the Premier League next season despite the fact that FC Shirak took the last place in the tournament and was supposed to leave it.^[1]
3Kilikia decided not to participate in 2011 Armenian Premier League competition, citing financial difficultes as a reason.^[2]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.

Results

The league was played in four stages. The teams have played four times with each other, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 28 matches per team.

First half of season Home ╲ Away BAN GAN IMP KIL MIK PYU SHI ULI Banants 3–0 5–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 2–0 Gandzasar Kapan 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–6 1–0 0–1 Impulse 0–1 1–0 0–3^2 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–3 Kilikia 0–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–3 3–1 1–3 Mika 4–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 6–1 0–1 Pyunik 2–3 0–1 3–0 4–2 4–2 4–1 1–0 Shirak 0–3 0–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 0–3 0–2 Ulisses 2–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 3–1 4–0 Source: ffa.am 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. ^2This match was originally a 2–3 win for Kilikia, but was later awarded to Kilikia 0–3 because Impulse fielded an ineligible player.[3] Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season Home ╲ Away BAN GAN IMP KIL MIK PYU SHI ULI Banants 5–0 6–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 Gandzasar Kapan 0–1 1–0 3–0^2 0–1 0–3 3–3 0–3 Impulse 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–2 2–1 Kilikia 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–4 0–1 2–1 0–3 Mika 0–1 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–3 5–1 2–3 Pyunik 1–0 3–0 3–3 5–0 2–0 5–0 5–1 Shirak 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–4 0–1 Ulisses 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 Source: ffa.am 1 ^^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. ^2The match was awarded as won 3–0 for Gandzasar because Kilikia did not show up for the match.[4] Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on November 14, 2010; Source: ffa.am

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Gevorg Ghazaryan	Pyunik	16
	Marcos Pizzelli	Pyunik	16
3	Eduardo Du Bala	Banants	11
4	Ednei	Mika	10
5	Samvel Melkonyan	Banants	9
	Mkrtich Nalbandyan	Shirak	9
7	Boti Goa	Mika	8
	Artur Kocharyan	Gandzasar	8
9	Ortega Deniran	Banants	7
	Hovhannes Goharyan	Pyunik	7

See also

• 2010 Armenian First League
• 2010 Armenian Cup

References

1. Regular meeting of the FFA executive committee takes place
2. FC Kilikia will not participate in 2011 Armenia Premier League championship
3. Իմպուլսին տեխնիկական պարտություն է գրանցվել (Armenian)
4. Киликия оштрафована (Russian)

External links

• ffa.am
• soccerway.com
• uefa.com
• rsssf.com