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 May6 August)
Longest unbeaten run 15 games by 2 teams
Pyunik
(3 July14 November)
Banants
(3 April6 August)
Longest winless run Shirak (13 games)
(5 June27 September)
Longest losing run 9 games by 2 teams
Kilikia
(11 September14 November)
Shirak
(5 June21 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.

Location of teams in the 2010 Armenian Premier League
Club Location Stadium Capacity
BanantsYerevanRepublican Stadium14,403
GandzasarKapanGandzasar Stadium3,500
ImpulseDilijanDilijan City Stadium2,200
KilikiaYerevanHrazdan Stadium54,208
MikaYerevanMika Stadium7,250
PyunikYerevanRepublican Stadium14,403
ShirakGyumriGyumri City Stadium2,844
UlissesYerevanHrazdan Stadium54,208

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 4314 37
6 Gandzasar Kapan 28 8 3 17 24 4521 27
7 Kilikia 28 4 3 21 19 6041 15 Team disbanded after the season 3
8 Shirak 28 2 4 22 22 6846 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 IMPKILMIKPYUSHIULI
Banants 30 52 20 20 11 51 20
Gandzasar Kapan 12 12 30 11 16 10 01
Impulse 01 10 032 22 00 21 03
Kilikia 03 31 01 11 03 31 13
Mika 40 20 10 20 02 61 01
Pyunik 23 01 30 42 42 41 10
Shirak 03 01 01 41 01 03 02
Ulisses 22 10 20 20 00 31 40

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 IMPKILMIKPYUSHIULI
Banants 50 61 10 21 22 11 02
Gandzasar Kapan 01 10 302 01 03 33 03
Impulse 01 11 20 21 11 22 21
Kilikia 12 02 00 14 01 21 03
Mika 01 10 20 41 13 51 23
Pyunik 10 30 33 50 20 50 51
Shirak 12 02 12 20 01 04 01
Ulisses 10 21 12 00 12 01 11

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 Armenia Gevorg Ghazaryan Pyunik 16
Armenia Marcos Pizzelli Pyunik 16
3 Brazil Eduardo Du Bala Banants 11
4 Brazil Ednei Mika 10
5 Armenia Samvel Melkonyan Banants 9
Armenia Mkrtich Nalbandyan Shirak 9
7 Ivory Coast Boti Goa Mika 8
Armenia Artur Kocharyan Gandzasar 8
9 Nigeria Ortega Deniran Banants 7
Armenia Hovhannes Goharyan Pyunik 7

See also

References

External links

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