2011_Armenian_Premier_League Knowpia

Armenian Premier League
Season	2011
Champions	Ulisses; 1st title
Relegated	none
Champions League	Ulisses
Europa League	Shirak; Pyunik; Gandzasar
Matches played	112
Goals scored	258 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bruno Correa; (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Gandzasar 5-0 Ararat Yerevan; Ulisses 5-0 Ararat Yerevan
Biggest away win	Ararat Yerevan 0-5 Banants
Highest scoring	Banants 3-4 Pyunik
Longest winning run	Banants, Ulisses; (5 games each)
Longest unbeaten run	Ulisses; (10 games)
Longest winless run	Ararat Yerevan; (14 games)
Longest losing run	Ararat Yerevan; (12 games)
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The 2011 Armenian Premier League football season was the twentieth since its establishment. The season began in March 2011 and ended in November 2011. FC Pyunik were the defending champions, having won their thirteenth championship last season, their tenth in a row.

Teams edit

Despite the fact that Shirak finished last season in eighth and last place, it was decided that they should remain in the top flight for another season.^[2] However, Kilikia decided not to participate in this year's Armenian Premier League competition, citing financial difficulties as a reason.^[3]

Kilikia FC was replaced by 2010 Armenian First League champions Ararat Yerevan.

Yerevan

Shirak

Impuls

Gandzasar

Yerevan teams:
Ararat Yerevan
Banants
Mika
Pyunik
Ulisses

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Location of teams in the 2011 Armenian Premier League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan	Hrazdan Stadium	54,208
Banants	Yerevan	Banants Stadium	5,010
Gandzasar	Kapan	Gandzasar Stadium	3,500
Impuls	Dilijan	Arnar Stadium (Ijevan)¹	2,100
Mika	Yerevan	Mika Stadium	7,250
Pyunik	Yerevan	Republican Stadium	14,403
Shirak	Gyumri	Arnar Stadium (Ijevan)²	2,844
Ulisses	Yerevan	Hrazdan Stadium	54,208

¹Impuls played at the Arnar Stadium, Ijevan, due to the rebuilding of their Dilijan City Stadium, Dilijan.
¹Shirak played at the Arnar Stadium, Ijevan, due to the rebuilding of their Gyumri City Stadium, Gyumri.

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ulisses (C)	28	15	8	5	38	22	+16	53	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Pyunik	28	12	10	6	33	28	+5	46	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Gandzasar Kapan	28	12	10	6	31	18	+13	46	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Banants	28	12	8	8	42	30	+12	44
5	Mika	28	12	8	8	36	25	+11	44
6	Impulse	28	10	7	11	37	36	+1	37
7	Shirak	28	6	7	15	27	42	−15	25	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
8	Ararat Yerevan	28	2	4	22	14	57	−43	10

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Winners of 2011–12 Armenian Cup qualified for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.

Results edit

The league will be played in four stages. The teams will play four times with each other, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 28 matches per team.

First half of season edit

Home \ Away	ARA	BAN	GAN	IMP	MIK	PYU	SHI	ULI
Ararat Yerevan		1–1	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–4	2–1	1–1
Banants	2–1		0–1	2–1	2–2	3–4	2–2	1–3
Gandzasar Kapan	5–0	2–0		0–0	1–0	1–3	1–0	0–0
Impulse	2–0	1–0	2–2		1–0	0–1	2–1	0–1
Mika	2–1	0–0	0–1	3–2		0–1	0–0	2–3
Pyunik	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–1		1–0	3–1
Shirak	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–0		1–3
Ulisses	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0

Source: ffa.am
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season edit

Home \ Away	ARA	BAN	GAN	IMP	MIK	PYU	SHI	ULI
Ararat Yerevan		0–5	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–3	1–2
Banants	1–0		0–0	3–2	3–1	3–0	3–1	2–1
Gandzasar Kapan	2–0	0–1		1–0	2–2	1–2	4–0	0–1
Impulse	2–1	3–1	1–1		0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1
Mika	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–1		0–0	4–1	0–1
Pyunik	1–0	0–3	1–1	2–2	1–2		1–0	0–0
Shirak	1–0	0–2	1–0	2–3	1–1	0–0		0–2
Ulisses	5–0	1–0	0–0	2–1	0–3	1–1	2–2

Source: ffa.am
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers edit

Source: ffa.am

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Bruno Correa	Banants	16
2	Narek Beglaryan	Mika	11
3	Andranik Barikyan	Shirak	10
4	Zaven Badoyan	Impuls	8
	Georgi Krasovski	Ulisses
	Edgar Manucharyan	Pyunik
7	Artyom Adamyan	Ulisses	7
7	Norayr Gyozalyan	Banants, Impuls	7
9	Beto	Banants	6
	Hovhannes Hovhannisyan	Pyunik
	Marcos Pizzelli	Pyunik

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Premier League - 2011". WhoScored.com. WhoScored.com. Retrieved 13 December 2011.
^ Regular meeting of the FFA executive committee takes place
^ Kilikia F.C. will not participate in 2011 Armenia Premier League championship