1998 in Armenian football was the seventh season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union. The Armenian Premier League for 1998 existed of ten teams of which the top six would qualify for the championship stage, while the other four would enter the relegation stage.
1998 in Armenian football | |
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Premier League champions | |
Tsement Ararat | |
First League champions | |
Zvartnots-AAL | |
Armenian Cup winners | |
Tsement Ararat |
Premier League edit
- Aragats FC is promoted.
- FC Kotayk were expelled for not paying taxes.
First stage league table edit
Championship stage league table edit
Relegation stage league table edit
Promotion and relegation play-off edit
Date | Venue | PL Team | Result | FL Team | Information |
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unknown | unknown | FC Shirak 2 | 3-2 | Lori Vanadzor | FC Shirak 2 remains in Premier League. |
Top goalscorers edit
Player | Team | Goals | ||
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1 | Ara Hakobyan | Dvin Artashat | 20 | |
2 | Arayik Adamyan | Shirak | 13 | |
3 | Arthur Petrosyan | Shirak | 12 | |
Shirak Sarikyan | Tsement | 12 | ||
5 | Mher Avanesyan | Shirak | 11 | |
Hayk Hakopyan | Dvin Artashat | 11 |
First League edit
- Alashkert Martuni, FIMA Yerevan, and FC Nig Aparan returned to professional football.
- Aragats Ashtarak are renamed back to Kasakh Ashtarak.
- Dinamo Yerevan are renamed Dinamo-Energo Yerevan.
- SKVV Yerevan and FC Moush Kasakh are introduced to the league.
League table edit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
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1 | Zvartnots-AAL | 24 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 92 | 18 | +74 | 66 | Promoted to Armenian Premier League |
2 | Lori | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 16 | +26 | 54 | Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off |
3 | Nairit | 24 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 48 | 24 | +24 | 53 | |
4 | Moush Kasakh | 24 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 39 | 29 | +10 | 42 | |
5 | Lernagorts Kapan | 24 | 12 | 2 | 10 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 38 | |
6 | Alashkert Martuni | 24 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 30 | 25 | +5 | 35 | |
7 | SKVV Yerevan | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 33 | |
8 | FIMA Yerevan | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 48 | 40 | +8 | 30 | |
9 | Kasakh | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 28 | |
10 | Spitak | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 35 | 50 | −15 | 28 | |
11 | Dinamo-Energo Yerevan | 24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 26 | 65 | −39 | 19 | |
12 | Karabakh-2 Yerevan | 24 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 47 | −35 | 15 | |
13 | Nig Aparan | 24 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 13 | 67 | −54 | 7 | |
14 | BMA-Arai Echmiadzin | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 0 | Withdrew from competition |
Source: rsssf.com
Armenia Cup edit
Quarter finals | ||
Ararat Yerevan | 0 - 3 1 - 2 |
Yerevan |
Tsement | 1 - 1 1 - 0 |
Shirak |
Karabakh Yerevan | 1 - 5 0 - 1 |
Pyunik |
SKVV Yerevan | 0 - 4 0 - 3 |
Erebuni-Homenmen |
Semi finals | ||
Yerevan | *0 - 0 | Pyunik |
Erebuni-Homenmen | 0 - 1 | Tsement |
Final | ||
Tsement | 3 - 1 | Yerevan |