The 2018–19 Armenian First League season was the 27th since its establishment. The season was launched on August 6, 2018, and concluded on June 13, 2019. Junior Sevan were reigned as champions, however, they did not gain promotion to the 2019–20 Armenian Premier League, due to not meeting the requirements of the

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to take part at the

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competition. Instead, runners-up

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gained promotion, as they met the above-mentioned requirements.

Team changes

5 new teams have joined the 2018–19 Armenian First League season: * FC Yerevan from

, existed between 1995 and 1999, re-founded in 2018. * FC Lokomotiv Yerevan from Yerevan, existed between 2002 and 2005, re-founded in 2018. * Junior Sevan FC from Sevan, a newly-founded club in 2018. * Banants-3 from Yerevan, reformed in 2018 as the 3rd team of

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. * Ararat-Armenia-2 from Yerevan, formed in 2018 as the reserve team of

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. Promoted to

2018–19 Armenian Premier League The 2018–19 Armenian Premier League season was the 27th since its establishment. The season began on 4 August 2018 and ended on 30 May 2019. Teams The FFA decided to increase the 2018–19 Armenian Premier League participants from six to nine t ...

: *

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2017–18 Armenian First League The 2017–18 Armenian First League season was the 26th since its establishment. The season was launched on August 7, 2017, and concluded on May 28, 2018. FC Banants#Banants-2, Banants-2 were the defending champions from the 2016–17 Armenian Fir ...

champions. * Artsakh FC as

runners-up. *

3rd-place winners

Summary

A total of 12 clubs have entered the competition with only 4 clubs - Erebuni, Lokomotiv Yerevan, Junior Sevan and

- being eligible for promotion, while the rest 8 teams were the reserve teams of clubs from the Armenian Premier League. On 28 February 2019, the FFA suspended the rights of Erebuni SC to continue competing in the second part of the 2018-19 Armenian First League and the club was expelled from the competition, plus a fine of

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500,000. Their matches of the second part of the season were given to their opponents by 0–3. Although Junior Sevan were reigned as champions, they did not gain promotion to the 2019–20 Armenian Premier League, due to not meeting the requirements of the

to take part at the

competition. Instead, runners-up

gained promotion, as they met the requirements.

Stadiums and locations

12 teams will take part in this season's competition, of which only 4 teams -

, FC Lokomotiv Yerevan, Junior Sevan, and ~~Erebuni~~- are eligible to get the promotion right to the 2019–20 Armenian Premier League by the end of the competition. The remaining 8 teams are the reserve teams of the football clubs currently participating in the Armenian Premier League competition. * ¹ Junior Sevan will play at the

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, Dzoraghbyur, due to the ongoing construction of their new home venue Sevan Football Stadium, Sevan. * ²

will play at the Vagharshapat Football Academy,

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, instead of their original venue

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Personnel and sponsorship

:1. On the back of the shirt. :2. Left the team at the end of the 1st half of the season (after matchday 18).

League table

Season statistics

Top scorers

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2018-19 Armenian First League Armenian First League seasons 2

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