2004_Armenian_Premier_League Knowpia

Armenian Premier League
Season	2004
Dates	8 April – 7 November 2004
Champions	Pyunik
Champions League	Pyunik
UEFA Cup	Mika
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Banants
Matches played	112
Goals scored	323 (2.88 per match)
Top goalscorer	Galust Petrosyan (21) ; Edgar Manucharyan (21)
Biggest home win	Pyunik 7-0 Dinamo-Zenit ; (28 October 2004)
Biggest away win	Ararat Yerevan 1-6 Pyunik ; (25 June 2004) ; Kotayk 1-6 Pyunik ; (23 October 2004)
Highest scoring	Pyunik 7-2 Kilikia ; (7 August 2004)
	← 2003 2005 → All statistics correct as of 21 March 2023.

The 2004 Armenian Premier League season was the thirteenth since its establishment. It was contested by 8 teams, and Pyunik FC won the championship. No team was relegated this season, because the Football Federation of Armenia decided to increase the number of teams in the premier league from 8 to 9 for the 2005 season.

Overview edit

Kilikia FC are promoted.
Dinamo-2000 change their name to Dinamo-Zenit Yerevan.
Lernagorts Kapan changed their name to Lernagorts-Ararat Kapan.

League standings edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pyunik (C)	28	22	5	1	89	25	+64	71	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Mika Ashtarak	28	16	7	5	41	23	+18	55	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Banants	28	12	7	9	40	39	+1	43	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
4	Lernagorts-Ararat	28	12	7	9	40	33	+7	43
5	Dinamo-Zenit	28	7	6	15	23	51	−28	27
6	Kilikia	28	7	5	16	32	49	−17	26
7	Kotayk	28	6	6	16	31	54	−23	24
8	Shirak	28	4	9	15	27	49	−22	21

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results edit

First half of season edit

Home \ Away	BAN	DIN	KIL	KOT	LRG	MIK	PYU	SHI
Banants		2–0	1–0	2–1	3–2	0–1	1–3	1–1
Dinamo-Zenit	1–1		1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	0–1
Kilikia	4–0	2–3		1–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–1
Kotayk	1–2	1–1	2–0		0–2	1–3	1–6	3–3
Lernagorts-Ararat	1–0	1–1	3–2	5–1		1–1	1–4	2–0
Mika Ashtarak	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–1		2–2	2–1
Pyunik	3–0	3–0	7–2	3–1	3–1	3–1		4–0
Shirak	1–2	0–1	3–4	1–1	2–2	0–1	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season edit

Home \ Away	BAN	DIN	KIL	KOT	LRG	MIK	PYU	SHI
Banants		4–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1
Dinamo-Zenit	0–3		0–1	2–3	1–4	1–2	1–5	1–0
Kilikia	3–2	0–1		2–3	0–0	1–1	2–2	2–1
Kotayk	0–2	2–1	2–0		0–1	0–0	1–6	3–1
Lernagorts-Ararat	1–2	2–0	1–0	1–0		0–2	1–2	3–0
Mika Ashtarak	4–0	1–0	5–1	1–1	2–0		0–1	0–1
Pyunik	3–2	7–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	3–0		6–1
Shirak	1–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–4

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics edit

Top scorers edit

As of match played 7 November 2004^[1]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Galust Petrosyan	Pyunik	21
1	Edgar Manucharyan	Pyunik	21
3	Nshan Erzrumyan	Kilikia	18
4	Levon Pachajyan	Pyunik	13
5	Armen Shahgeldyan	Mika	12
6	David Grigoryan	Mika	11
7	Mher Avanesyan	Ararat Yerevan	8
7	Samvel Melkonyan	Banants	8
9	Romeo Jenebyan	Banants	7
	Yervand Hakobyan	Shirak
	Arman Minasyan	Kotayk