1996–97 in Armenian football
Premier League champions
FC Pyunik
First League champions
FC Dvin Artashat
FC Lori
Armenian Cup winners
Ararat Yerevan

1996-97 in Armenian football was the 5th season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union. It was the second out of two seasons in Armenia that were different from the others. Including the 1995-96 season these were the only winter competitions, while all other Armenian seasons were summer competitions. The Armenian Premier League for 1996-97 existed of 12 teams of which the four lowest ranked team would relegate to the Armenian First League. Only two Armenian First League teams would be promoted for the 1997 fall season, switching back to the winter competitions.

Premier League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Pyunik (C) 22 19 2 1 67 9 +58 59 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Ararat Yerevan 22 17 1 4 54 18 +36 52 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3 Yerevan 22 16 2 4 58 24 +34 50 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4 Shirak 22 15 2 5 57 11 +46 47
5 Tsement Ararat 22 13 3 6 49 26 +23 42
6 Van Yerevan 22 11 1 10 41 34 +7 34
7 Kotayk 22 8 4 10 41 27 +14 28
8 Karabakh Yerevan 22 7 4 11 23 29 −6 25
9 Homenmen Yerevan 22 7 1 14 30 59 −29 22
10 Arabkir (R) 22 4 0 18 20 89 −69 12 Relegation to First League
11 Zangezour (R) 22 2 3 17 9 77 −68 9
12 BKMA Yerevan (W) 22 1 1 20 10 56 −46 4 Withdrew[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrew
Notes:
  1. ↑ BKMA Yerevan were went into bankruptcy and withdrew from the competition after autumn season. All remaining matches were awarded 3-0 against them.

Top goalscorers

PlayerTeamGoals
1 ArmeniaArsen AvetisyanPyunik24
2 ArmeniaSergey HayrbabamyanTsement Ararat13
3 ArmeniaTigran YesayanYerevan11
ArmeniaArthur PetrosyanShirak11
ArmeniaHenrik BerberyanYerevan11

First League

  • Kapan-81 are renamed Lernagorts Kapan.
  • FC Kasakh returned to professional football and changed their name to Aragats Ashtarak.
  • SKA Ijevan returned to professional football and change their name back to Kaen Ijevan.
  • Hachen FC returned to professional football and changed their name to Sapfir FC.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Dvin Artashat 22 15 5 2 54 18 +36 50 Promoted to Armenian Premier League
2 Lori 22 15 5 2 42 13 +29 50
3 Aznavour 22 12 6 4 35 24 +11 42
4 Nairit 22 9 7 6 48 32 +16 34
5 Kumayri 22 8 5 9 47 42 +5 29
6 Armavir 22 7 8 7 41 39 +2 29
7 Sapfir 22 9 1 12 36 46 −10 28
8 Dinamo Yerevan 22 7 4 11 23 41 −18 25
9 Lernagorts Kapan 22 6 7 9 38 32 +6 25
10 BMA-Arai Echmiadzin 22 6 7 9 24 28 −4 25
11 Aragats Ashtarak 22 5 6 11 29 44 −15 21
12 Kaen Ijevan 22 1 3 18 19 75 −56 6
13 Aragats FC 0 – – – – – — 0 Withdrew from competition
14 Astgh Vanadzor 0 – – – – – — 0
15 Yeghvard 0 – – – – – — 0
Source: rsssf.com

Armenia Cup

Quarter finals
Yerevan3 - 1
0 - 0		Van Yerevan
Pyunik2 - 0
5 - 2		Kotayk Abovyan
Shirak1 - 1
0 - 1		Ararat Yerevan
Tsement Araratw/oBKMA Yerevan
Semi finals
Yerevan0 - 5
1 - 2		Pyunik
Ararat Yerevan2 - 0
2 - 0		Tsement Ararat
Final
Pyunik0 - 1Ararat Yerevan
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