The 2020–21 Armenian Premier League season is the 29th since its establishment.
Season events On 30 July, it was announced that FC Van had been giving a license to compete in the Armenian Premier League, with the season commencing on 14 August 2020.
On 29 September, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. On 13 October, the FFA announced that the season would resume on 17 October.
On 3 November, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the League and Armenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
On 16 March, Lori walked off at the start of their match against Ararat Yerevan in protest of their Matchday 1 fixture being awarded to Urartu after Lori where unable to field a team due to COVID-19. Lori later submitted their resignation from the Premier League on 5 April.
Teams
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityYerevan (Shengavit)Alashkert Stadium6,850 Yerevan (Kentron) Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium 14,403 Yerevan (Avan) Yerevan Football Academy Stadium 1,428 Yerevan (Avan) Yerevan Football Academy Stadium1 1,428VanadzorVanadzor Football Academy2 880Yerevan (Shengavit)Alashkert Stadium36,850 Yerevan (Kentron) Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium 14,403GyumriGyumri City Stadium 4,000Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia)Urartu Stadium 4,860CharentsavanCharentsavan City Stadium5,000 1Gandzasar played their home games at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium in Yerevan, due to the rebuilding of their regular venue Gandzasar Stadium, Kapan. 2Lori played at the main training pitch of the Vanadzor Football Academy due to the rebuilding of their regular venue Vanadzor City Stadium, Vanadzor. 3Noah played at the Alashkert Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular venue Mika Stadium, Yerevan.
Personnel and sponsorship Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Alashkert Abraham Khashmanyan Artak Grigoryan Joma Bagratour, Huawei Ararat Vardan Bichakhchyan Nike AWI International Ararat-Armenia David Campaña Joma Tashir Group Gandzasar Armen Petrosyan Gevorg Nranyan Adidas ZCMC Lori Albert Solomonov Puma TotoGaming Noah Dmitri Gunko Adidas Pyunik Artak Oseyan Joma TotoGaming Shirak Aghvan Davoyan Fourteen Mogo Urartu Aleksandr Grigoryan Jako Van Konstantin Zaytsev Legea
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment Ararat Yerevan Igor Kolyvanov Contract expired Pre-season Vardan Bichakhchyan 23 July 2020 Shirak Vardan Bichakhchyan Noah Vadim Boreț 5 November 2020 Dmitri Gunko 5 November 2020 Pyunik Roman Berezovsky Mutual consent 13 July 2020 Artak Oseyan 20 July 2020 Ararat-Armenia Vardan Minasyan Contract expired 17 July 2020 David Campaña 22 July 2020 Van Karen Barseghyan To vice president 31 July 2020 Sevada Arzumanyan 31 July 2020 Lori Armen Sanamyan Signed by Sevan 4 August 2020 Albert Solomonov 5 August 2020 Pyunik Artak Oseyan Mutual termination 13 December 2020 9th Yegishe Melikyan 7 January 2021 Alashkert Yegishe Melikyan Mutual termination 5 January 2021 3rd Abraham Khashmanyan 7 January 2021 Van Sevada Arzumanyan 2 February 2021 7th Konstantin Zaytsev 2 February 2021 Ararat-Armenia David Campaña Mutual Consent 5 March 2021 4th Armen Adamyan 5 March 2021 Urartu Aleksandr Grigoryan Mutual termination 9 March 2021 6th Tigran Yesayan 9 March Alashkert Abraham Khashmanyan Mutual termination 20 May 2021 4th Aleksandr Grigoryan 20 May 2021
League table
Fixtures and results
Round 1–18
Round 19–27
Season statistics Scoring First goal of the season: Wilfried Eza for Van against Gandzasar Kapan ()
Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals1 Jonel DésiréUrartu8 Yusuf OtubanjoArarat-Armenia3 Uroš NenadovićArarat Yerevan74 Vladimir AzarovNoah6 Wilfried EzaVan Mory KoneArarat Yerevan7 David DavidyanAlashkert58 WbeymarArarat-Armenia4 Mailson LimaArarat-Armenia10 ClaudirLori3 Aleksandar GlišićAlashkert Aleksandre KarapetianArarat-Armenia Pavel KireyenkoNoah Rokas KrusnauskasGandzasar Edgar MovsesyanVan Alex OliveiraNoah Artem SimonyanNoah Igor StanojevićShirak
Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Vsevolod YermakovArarat Yerevan82 Valerio VimercatiNoah53 Ognjen ČančarevićAlashkert4 Stefan ČupićArarat-Armenia Arsen BeglaryanUrartu Samur AgamagomedovVan7 Dmitry AbakumovArarat-Armenia3 Stanislav BuchnevPyunik9 Henri AvagyanVan210 Artem GomelkoLori1 Anatoliy AyvazovUrartu Nemanja ŠćekićLori Herman PenkovPyunik Gevorg KasparovShirak Spasoje StefanovićShirak
References
External links
UEFA