# 2022–23 Armenian Premier League

The 2022–23 Armenian Premier League, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League (Armenian: VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա) for sponsorship reasons, is the 31st season of the league since its establishment.

## Season events

On 4 July 2022, the FFA announced that Lernayin Artsakh (promoted after a seventeen-year absence) would play in the upcoming Armenian Premier League season, along with Pyunik, Ararat-Armenia, Alashkert, Ararat Yerevan, Urartu, Noah, Van, BKMA Yerevan and Shirak.

## 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 |
| Lernayin Artsakh | Vayk | Arevik Stadium | 1,000 |
| Noah | Armavir | Armavir City Stadium$^1$ | 3,100 |
| Pyunik | Yerevan (Kentron) | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium | 14,403 |
| Shirak | Gyumri | Gyumri City Stadium | 4,000 |
| Urartu | Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia) | Urartu Stadium | 4,860 |
| Van | Charentsavan | Charentsavan City Stadium | 5,000 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Alashkert | Vahe Gevorgyan | Artak Grigoryan | Sport-Saller | |
| Ararat Yerevan | Aleksandr Petrosyan | Hrayr Mkoyan | Fourteen | AWI International |
| Ararat-Armenia | Vardan Bichakhchyan | Armen Ambartsumyan | Puma | Tashir Group |
| BKMA | Rafael Nazaryan | Artur Grigoryan | Macron | |
| Noah | Robert Arzumanyan | Haik Moussakhanian | Adidas | Fastex |
| Lernayin Artsakh | Artashes Adamyan | Vladimir Kharatyan | Adidas | |
| Pyunik | Yegishe Melikyan | Edgar Malakyan | Joma | Fastex |
| Shirak | Edgar Torosyan | Artyom Mikaelyan | Fourteen | – |
| Urartu | Dmitri Gunko | Zhirayr Margaryan | Jako | – |
| Van | Hayk Hovhannisyan | Vaspurak Minasyan | Puma | Fastex |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Ararat-Armenia | Dmitri Gunko | End of contract | 2 June 2022 | Pre-season | Vardan Bichakhchyan | 10 June 2022 |
| Urartu | Robert Arzumanyan | End of contract | 24 June 2022 | Pre-season | Dmitri Gunko | 27 June 2022 |
| Noah | Aram Hakobyan | | | 10th | Robert Arzumanyan | 23 August 2022 |
| Ararat Yerevan | Aram Voskanyan | Resigned | 4 October 2022 | 7th | Rafael Safaryan | 4 October 2022 |
| Ararat Yerevan | Rafael Safaryan | | 15 October 2022 | 7th | Gagik Simonyan | 16 October 2022 |
| Ararat Yerevan | Gagik Simonyan | | 28 October 2022 | 7th | Aleksandr Petrosyan | 29 October 2022 |
| Alashkert | Karen Barseghyan | | | 4th | Vahe Gevorgyan | 24 December 2022 |
| Van | Artur Asoyan | | | 5th | Humberto Viviani | 14 January 2023 |
| Shirak | Tigran Davtyan | | 1 April 2023 | 6th | Edgar Torosyan | 1 April 2023 |
| Van | Humberto Viviani | 3 May 2023 | | 5th | Hayk Hovhannisyan | 4 May 2023 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Urartu (C) | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 68 | 25 | +43 | 83 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Pyunik | 36 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 72 | 23 | +49 | 80 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Ararat-Armenia | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 70 | 27 | +43 | 76 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Alashkert | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 58 | 37 | +21 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Van | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 40 | |
| 6 | Ararat Yerevan | 36 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 29 | 42 | −13 | 38 | |
| 7 | Shirak | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 36 | |
| 8 | Noah | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 66 | −32 | 32 | |
| 9 | BKMA | 36 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 36 | 53 | −17 | 32 | |
| 10 | Lernayin Artsakh (R) | 36 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 16 | 59 | −43 | 22 | Relegation to the Armenian First League |
* ↑ The 2022–23 Armenian Cup winners qualified for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round. Since the cup winners (Urartu) qualified based on league position, the Europa Conference League spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.
* 1 2 Games won: Noah 8, BKMA 7.

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of match played 6 June 2023
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Luka Juričić | Pyunik | 17 |
| 1 | Yusuf Otubanjo | Pyunik | 17 |
| 3 | Wilfried Eza | Ararat-Armenia | 13 |
| 4 | Bladimir Díaz | Alashkert | 11 |
| 5 | Tenton Yenne | Ararat-Armenia | 10 |
| 5 | Artak Yedigaryan | Alashkert | 10 |
| 7 | Hugo Firmino | Ararat-Armenia | 9 |
| 7 | Dmytro Khlyobas | Urartu | 9 |
| 7 | Edgar Movsesyan | Van | 9 |
| 7 | Thiago Galvão | Alashkert | 9 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Dmytro Khlyobas | Urartu | Noah | 0–6 (A) | 20 August 2022 |
| Maksim Mayrovich | Urartu | BKMA Yerevan | 1–4 (A) | 4 September 2022 |
| Danil Ankudinov | Van | Lernayin Artsakh | 4–0 (H) | 21 April 2023 |
| Luka Juričić | Pyunik | Ararat-Armenia | 4–1 (H) | 27 April 2023 |

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 6 June 2023
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Vsevolod Ermakov | Ararat-Armenia | 17 |
| 2 | Ognjen Čančarević | Alashkert | 14 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Melikhov | Urartu | 13 |
| 4 | Stanislav Buchnev | Pyunik | 12 |
| 5 | Arsen Beglaryan | Urartu | 8 |
| 6 | Artyom Potapov | Ararat Yerevan | 7 |
| 7 | Samur Agamagomedov | Van | 6 |
| 7 | Lyova Karapetyan | Shirak | 6 |
| 9 | Vyacheslav Grigoryan | Lernayin Artsakh | 5 |
| 10 | Henri Avagyan | BKMA Yerevan/Pyunik | 4 |
| 10 | Sergei Revyakin | Ararat Yerevan | 4 |