1998 in Armenian football

1998 in Armenian football
Premier League champions
Tsement Ararat
First League champions
Zvartnots-AAL
Armenian Cup winners
Tsement Ararat

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.

Premier League

• Aragats FC is promoted.
• FC Kotayk were expelled for not paying taxes.

First stage league table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Shirak	16	13	3	0	41	8	42
2	Tsement Ararat	16	12	3	1	43	10	39
3	Yerevan	16	8	3	5	25	16	27
4	Erebuni-Homenmen	16	7	4	5	19	13	25
5	Ararat Yerevan	16	5	5	6	14	18	20
6	Pyunik	16	5	3	8	17	28	18
7	Dvin Artashat	16	4	5	7	19	24	17
8	Karabakh Yerevan	16	2	5	9	14	28	11
9	Aragats	16	0	1	15	6	53	1
10	Kotayk	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX

	Qualified for the championship stage.
	Forced to play the relegation stage.
	Failed to pay the start tax and did not participate.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Championship stage league table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Tsement	26	20	4	2	70	22	64
2	Shirak	26	19	4	3	72	25	61
3	Yerevan	26	15	3	8	47	30	48
4	Ararat Yerevan	26	10	5	11	40	40	35
5	Erebuni-Homenmen	26	9	4	13	39	44	31
6	Pyunik	26	6	3	17	27	68	21

Champions.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Relegation stage league table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
7	Dvin Artashat	20	8	5	7	41	36	29
8	Karabakh Yerevan	20	4	5	11	24	37	17
9	Shirak-2	20	0	1	19	10	68	1
10	Kotayk	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX

	Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off.
	Failed to pay the start tax and did not participate.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Promotion and relegation play-off

Date	Venue	PL Team	Result	FL Team	Information
unknown	unknown	FC Shirak 2	3-2	Lori Vanadzor	FC Shirak 2 remains in Premier League.

Top goalscorers

		Player	Team	Goals
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

• 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

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
1	Zvartnots-AAL	24	21	3	0	92	18	66
2	Lori	24	16	6	2	42	16	54
3	Nairit	24	17	2	5	48	24	53
4	Moush Kasakh	24	13	3	8	39	29	42
5	Lernagorts Kapan	24	12	2	10	37	32	38
6	Alashkert Martuni	24	9	8	7	30	25	35
7	SKVV Yerevan	24	10	3	11	49	39	33
8	FIMA Yerevan	24	9	3	12	48	40	30
9	Kasakh	24	8	4	12	30	44	28
10	Spitak	24	9	1	14	35	50	28
11	Dinamo-Energo Yerevan	24	6	1	17	26	65	19
12	Karabakh-2 Yerevan	24	4	3	17	12	47	15
13	Nig Aparan	24	2	1	21	13	67	7
14	SKA-Arai Echmiadzin	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX

	Promoted to Armenian Premier League
	Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off.
	Withdrew from competition.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Armenia Cup

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

External links

• RSSSF: Armenia 1998