The 2019–20 Armenian First League season was the 28th since its establishment. The season was launched on August 6, 2019, and concluded on May 27, 2020.
Sevan are the defending champions.
Summary
A total of 17 clubs entered the competition with only 11 clubs being eligible for promotion, while the other 6 teams are the reserve teams of clubs from the Armenian Premier League.
Team changes
*Junior Sevan FC were renamed
Sevan FC
Sevan Football Club (), formerly Junior Sevan Football Club, was a football club based in Sevan, Armenia. It was the most recent football club that represented the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia in professional football.
History
Sevan Football ...
.
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FC Ani from
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerev ...
, a newly-founded club in 2019.
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FC Aragats
Football Club Aragats (), was an Armenian football club based in the town of Ashtarak, Aragatsotn Province. They play their home games at the Kasakhi Marzik Stadium in Ashtarak.
History
On 5 June 2019, FC Aragats was officially founded in As ...
from Ashatarak, a newly-founded club in 2019.
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BKMA Yerevan
FC BKMA Yerevan ( or ; ''Banaki Kentronakan Marzakan Akumb Yerevan''; ) is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan.
History
During the days of the Soviet rule in Armenia, the Central Sport Club of the Army Yerevan was founded in ...
from Yerevan , existed between 1947 and 1993, re-founded in 2019 (home venue in
Vagharshapat
Vagharshapat ( ) is the List of cities and towns in Armenia, 5th-largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about west of the capital Yerevan, and north of the closed Turkish-Armenian border ...
).
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Dilijan FC from
Dilijan
Dilijan () is a spa town and urban municipal community in the Dilijan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. The town is one of the most important resorts in Armenia, situated within the Dilijan National Park. The forested town is home t ...
, a newly-founded club in 2018, joined the league in 2019.
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Lernayin Artsakh FC
Lernayin Artsakh FC () is an association football club formerly based in Stepanakert, Artsakh Republic but is registered in the town of Vayk, Vayots Dzor Province, Armenia. The club was founded in 1927 in Soviet Azerbaijan and its current name t ...
from
Stepanakert
Stepanakert officially Khankendi is a city in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. It was the capital city of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh prior to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in ...
, left the
Artsakh Football League to play in Armenian First League instead. Since clubs playing in Armenian leagues cannot play games in
Artsakh, Lernayin Artsakh will play their home games in
Sisian
Sisian ( ) is a town and the centre of the Sisian Municipality of the Syunik Province in southern Armenia. It is located on both banks of the Vorotan River, at an altitude of 1600 m above sea level, 6 km south of the Yerevan- Meghri highway, at ...
instead.
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Masis FC from
Masis, a newly-founded club in 2019.
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FC Torpedo Yerevan from Yerevan, a newly-founded club in 2019 (home venue in
Abovyan
Abovyan or Abovian ( ) is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia within the Kotayk Province. It is located northeast of Yerevan and southeast of the province centre Hrazdan. As of the 2022 census, the population of the town was 46,434 ...
).
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FC Van from
Charentsavan, a newly-founded club in 2019.
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FC West Armenia from Yerevan, a newly-founded club in 2019.
Promoted to
2019–20 Armenian Premier League
The 2019–20 Armenian Premier League season was the 28th since its establishment.
Season events
On 21 February, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that FC Yerevan had withdrawn from the league due to financial and technical problems.
...
:
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FC Yerevan as
2018–19 Armenian First League
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 2019â ...
runners-up.
Although
Junior Sevan were reigned as champions, however, they did not gain promotion to the
2019–20 Armenian Premier League
The 2019–20 Armenian Premier League season was the 28th since its establishment.
Season events
On 21 February, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that FC Yerevan had withdrawn from the league due to financial and technical problems.
...
, due to not meeting the requirements of the
Football Federation of Armenia
The Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) (, ''Hayastani Futboli Federats’ia'') is the governing body of association football in Armenia. Its headquarters are located in Yerevan.
The Federation organizes the Armenian Premier League, the Armeni ...
to take part at the
Armenian Premier League
The Armenian Premier League (, known as the Armenian Fastex Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a regional tournament within th ...
competition. Instead, runners-up
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerev ...
gained promotion, as they met the above-mentioned requirements.
Stadiums and locations
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
References
External links
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Armenia
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...