# 2021–22 Armenian Premier League

The 2021–22 Armenian Premier League, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League (Armenian: VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա) for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th season of the league since its establishment.

## Season events

On 9 July 2021, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that 10 teams would play in the 2021–22 season of the Armenian Premier League. BKMA Yerevan, Noravank and Sevan where all promoted to the Premier League and given licenses, replacing Gandzasar Kapan and Lori who'd previously withdrawn from the league the previous season, and Shirak who were relegated.
On 1 December, the Football Federation of Armenia Disciplinary Committee voted in favor to remove Sevan from the Armenian Premier League after they failed to turn up for two games in a row, against Alashkert and BKMA Yerevan. As a result, all of Sevan's results were excluded from the championship table.

## Teams

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Alashkert | Yerevan (Shengavit) | Alashkert Stadium | 6,850 |
| Ararat Yerevan | Yerevan (Kentron) | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium | 14,403 |
| Ararat-Armenia | Yerevan (Avan) | Yerevan Football Academy Stadium$^1$ | 1,428 |
| BKMA | Yerevan (Avan) | Yerevan Football Academy Stadium$^1$ | 1,428 |
| Noah | Armavir | Armavir City Stadium$^1$ | 3,100 |
| Noravank | Vayk | Charentsavan City Stadium$^2$ | 5,000 |
| Pyunik | Yerevan (Kentron) | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium | 14,403 |
| Sevan | Sevan | Gegharkunik Province$^2$ | 500 |
| Urartu | Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia) | Urartu Stadium | 4,860 |
| Van | Charentsavan | Charentsavan City Stadium | 5,000 |
* $^1$Noah played their home games for the first half of the season at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their home venue Mika Stadium, Yerevan. For the second half of the season they played their home games at the Armavir City Stadium in Armavir.
* $^2$Noravank play their home games at the Charentsavan City Stadium, Charentsavan until the second half of the season, due to the rebuilding of their regular venue Arevik Stadium, Vayk.
* $^3$Sevan play their home games at Alashkert Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their home venue Sevan City Stadium, Sevan.

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Alashkert | Aram Voskanyan | Artak Grigoryan | Sport-Saller | Marsbet |
| Ararat Yerevan | Edgar Torosyan | Hrayr Mkoyan | Fourteen | TotoGaming |
| Ararat-Armenia | Dmitri Gunko | Armen Ambartsumyan | Puma | Tashir Group |
| BKMA | Rafael Nazaryan | Hayk Ishkhanyan | Macron | Armed forces of Armenia |
| Noah | Abraham Khashmanyan | Jordy Monroy | Adidas | VBET |
| Noravank | Vahe Gevorgyan | Andranik Kocharyan | Macron | |
| Pyunik | Yegishe Melikyan | Arman Hovhannisyan | Joma | VBET |
| Sevan | | | Adidas | TotoGaming |
| Urartu | Robert Arzumanyan (acting) | Hakob Hakobyan | Jako | |
| Van | Sevada Arzumanyan | Arman Meliksetyan | Puma | VBET |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Alashkert | Aleksandr Grigoryan | Mutual termination | 22 July 2021 | Pre-season | Aleksandr Grigoryan | 31 July 2021 |
| Sevan | Armen Shahgeldyan | Mutual termination | 8 August 2021 | 5th | Pambos Christodoulou | 11 August 2021 |
| Alashkert | Aleksandr Grigoryan | Mutual termination | 20 September 2021 | 9th | Milan Milanović | 26 September 2021 |
| Urartu | Arsen Petrosyan | Moved to Academy position | 17 November 2021 | 6th | Robert Arzumanyan (acting) | 17 November 2021 |
| Ararat Yerevan | Vardan Bichakhchyan | Mutual termination | 11 January 2022 | 3rd | Edgar Torosyan | 25 January 2022 |
| Alashkert | Milan Milanović | Contract expired | 13 January 2022 | 5th | Aram Voskanyan | 13 January 2022 |
| Noah | Viktor Bulatov | Contract terminated | 21 March 2022 | 6th | Igor Picușceac | 25 March 2022 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Pyunik (C) | 32 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 25 | +27 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Ararat-Armenia | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 20 | +36 | 74 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Alashkert | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Ararat Yerevan | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Urartu | 32 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 40 | |
| 6 | Noah | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 39 | |
| 7 | Noravank | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 28 | |
| 8 | Van | 32 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 47 | −28 | 25 | |
| 9 | BKMA (O) | 32 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 60 | −35 | 18 | Qualification to the relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Sevan (D, R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to the Armenian First League |
* ↑ The 2021–22 Armenian Cup winners, Noravank, did not obtain an UEFA license and was replaced.
* ↑ Sevan was expelled from the league on 1 December 2021.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Serges Déblé | Ararat Yerevan Pyunik | 22 |
| 2 | Mailson Lima | Ararat-Armenia | 18 |
| 3 | Hugo Firmino | Pyunik | 16 |
| 4 | Shuaibu Ibrahim | Noravank | 10 |
| 4 | Artur Miranyan | Urartu | 10 |
| 6 | Maksim Mayrovich | Noah | 9 |
| 6 | Yusuf Otubanjo | Ararat-Armenia | 9 |
| 8 | José Caraballo | Pyunik | 8 |
| 8 | Wilfried Eza | Ararat-Armenia | 8 |
| 10 | José Embaló | Alashkert | 7 |
| 10 | Edgar Malakyan | Ararat Yerevan | 7 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Yacouba Silue | Ararat Yerevan | Noah | 6–1 (H) | 2 August 2021 |
| Jonel Désiré | Urartu | BKMA Yerevan | 5–0 (H) | 17 November 2021 |
| Serges Déblé | Pyunik | Alashkert | 4–1 (A) | 21 February 2022 |
| Shuaibu Ibrahim | Noravank | Noah | 3–1 (H) | 19 March 2022 |

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 16 March 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Valerio Vimercati | Ararat-Armenia | 13 |
| 2 | Ognjen Čančarević | Alashkert | 8 |
| 3 | Stanislav Buchnev | Pyunik | 7 |
| 3 | Vsevolod Yermakov | Ararat Yerevan | 7 |
| 5 | Arsen Beglaryan | Urartu | 5 |
| 6 | David Yurchenko | Alashkert Pyunik | 4 |
| 7 | Grigori Matevosyan | Noah | 3 |
| 7 | Arman Meliksetyan | Van | 3 |
| 7 | Arman Nersisyan | BKMA Yerevan | 3 |
| 10 | Dusan Cubrakovic | Noravank | 2 |

## Awards
### Annual awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Manager of the Season | Yegishe Melikyan | Pyunik |
| Player of the Season | Hugo Firmino | Pyunik |