# 2023–24 Armenian Premier League

The 2023–24 Armenian Premier League, known as the IDBank Armenian Premier League (Armenian: IDBank Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա) for sponsorship reasons, was the 32nd season of the league since its establishment.

## Season events

On 7 July 2023, Football Federation of Armenia announced the draw for the 2023–24 season, which began on 29 July 2023.
On 28 July, the Football Federation of Armenia announced IDBank as the new title sponsor of the championship.

## Teams

| Promoted from 2022–23 Armenian First League | Relegated to 2023–24 Armenian First League |
| West Armenia | Lernayin Artsakh |
| 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 | Abovyan | Abovyan City Stadium$^1$ | 3,100 |
| Pyunik | Yerevan (Shengavit) | Junior Sport Stadium | 1,000 |
| Shirak | Gyumri | Gyumri City Stadium | 4,000 |
| Urartu | Yerevan (Malatia-Sebastia) | Urartu Stadium | 4,860 |
| Van | Charentsavan | Charentsavan City Stadium | 5,000 |
| West Armenia | Yerevan (Shengavit) | Junior Sport Stadium | 1,000 |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Alashkert | Vahe Gevorgyan | Artak Yedigaryan | Sport-Saller | Fastex |
| Ararat Yerevan | Tigran Yesayan | Gor Malakyan | Fourteen | FastBank, AWI International |
| Ararat-Armenia | Vardan Minasyan | Armen Ambartsumyan | Puma | Tashir Group |
| BKMA | Vahagn Minasyan | Artur Grigoryan | Macron | Football Federation of Armenia |
| Noah | Carlos Inarejos | Artur Miranyan | Adidas | to.sport fm 96.3 |
| Pyunik | Yegishe Melikyan | Edgar Malakyan | Joma | Fastex |
| Shirak | Arsen Hovhannisyan | Hrayr Mkoyan | Adidas | FastBank |
| Urartu | Dmitri Gunko | Zhirayr Margaryan | Puma | – |
| Van | Arthur Hovhannisyan | David Manoyan | Puma | FastShift, Rare |
| West Armenia | Khoren Veranyan | Aram Loretsyan | Legea | Fastex |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Ararat-Armenia | Vardan Bichakhchyan | End of contract | 8 June 2022 | Pre-season | Vardan Minasyan | 17 June 2023 |
| Van | Hayk Hovhannisyan | End of contract | 30 June 2022 | Pre-season | Sevada Arzumanyan | 1 July 2023 |
| Shirak | Edgar Torosyan | Resigned | 22 August 2023 | 9th | Arsen Hovhannisyan | 22 August 2023 |
| Noah | Robert Arzumanyan | Sacked | 29 September 2023 | 5th | Carlos Inarejos | 29 September 2023 |
| Ararat Yerevan | Gagik Simonyan | Sacked | 12 December 2023 | 7th | Rafael Nazaryan | 15 December 2023 |
| Van | Sevada Arzumanyan | | | 9th | Arthur Hovhannisyan | 14 January 2024 |
| Ararat Yerevan | Rafael Nazaryan | Mutual termination | 26 January 2024 | 7th | Tigran Yesayan | 19 February 2024 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Pyunik (C) | 36 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 84 | 28 | +56 | 82 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Noah | 36 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 69 | 33 | +36 | 80 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Ararat-Armenia | 36 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 73 | 34 | +39 | 75 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 4 | Urartu | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 50 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Alashkert | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 54 | 56 | −2 | 45 | |
| 6 | Ararat Yerevan | 36 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 45 | |
| 7 | West Armenia | 36 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 43 | 73 | −30 | 37 | |
| 8 | Shirak | 36 | 8 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 33 | |
| 9 | Van | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 67 | −35 | 32 | |
| 10 | BKMA | 36 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 67 | −35 | 27 | |
* ↑ Ararat-Armenia qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round by winning the 2023–24 Armenian Cup. Since they qualified based on league position, the second Conference League first round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.

## Fixtures and results
### Results table

| Home \ Away | ALA | ARA | AAR | BKM | NOA | PYU | SHI | URA | VAN | WAR | ALA | ARA | AAR | BKM | NOA | PYU | SHI | URA | VAN | WAR |
| Alashkert | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Ararat Yerevan | 0–1 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Ararat-Armenia | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 4–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| BKMA | 0–4 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 0–4 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Noah | 4–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 |
| Pyunik | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Shirak | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Urartu | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 3–1 | 1–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Van | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | | 1–0 |
| West Armenia | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–5 | 2–0 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–5 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of match played 26 May 2024
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Artur Miranyan | Noah | 23 |
| 2 | Yusuf Otubanjo | Pyunik | 21 |
| 3 | Mohamed Yattara | Ararat-Armenia | 18 |
| 4 | Tenton Yenne | Ararat-Armenia | 16 |
| 5 | Levan Kutalia | Alashkert | 12 |
| 5 | Hovhannes Harutyunyan | Pyunik | 12 |
| 7 | Temur Dzhikiya | Urartu | 11 |
| 8 | Paul Gladon | Noah | 9 |
| 9 | Edgar Movsesyan | Noah | 8 |
| 9 | Christopher Boniface | Van | 8 |
| 9 | Grenik Petrosyan | BKMA | 8 |
| 9 | Zakhar Tarasenko | West Armenia | 8 |
| 9 | Karen Nalbandyan | Alashkert | 8 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Temur Dzhikiya | Urartu | West Armenia | 5–2 (A) | 1 September 2023 |
| Yusuf Otubanjo | Pyunik | Van | 5–0 (A) | 2 September 2023 |
| Mohamed Yattara | Ararat-Armenia | Shirak | 1–3 (A) | 19 September 2023 |
| Artur Miranyan | Noah | West Armenia | 5–1 (H) | 29 November 2023 |
| Grenik Petrosyan | BKMA Yerevan | Van | 7–1 (H) | 30 November 2023 |
| Yusuf Otubanjo | Pyunik | West Armenia | 4–1 (A) | 2 May 2024 |

### Own goals

* Leonardo da Silva - Ararat Yerevan vs Ararat-Armenia (30 July 2023)
* Hrayr Mkoyan - BKMA Yerevan vs Shirak (11 August 2023)
* Julius Ufuoma - Ararat Yerevan vs West Armenia (12 August 2023)
* Ipehe Williams - Van vs BKMA Yerevan (24 September 2023)
* Alemão - Ararat-Armenia vs Urartu (3 October 2023)
* Vladimir Kharatyan - Ararat-Armenia vs West Armenia (24 October 2023)
* Ivan Zotko - BKMA Yerevan vs Urartu (4 December 2023)
* Seryozha Urushanyan - Van vs Shirak (9 December 2023)
* Norayr Nikoghosyan - BKMA Yerevan vs Alashkert (27 February 2024)
* Aleksandar Miljković - Noah vs Alashkert (4 May 2024)
* Mark Avetisyan - BKMA Yerevan vs Alashkert (14 May 2024)

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 26 May 2024
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Stanislav Buchnev | Pyunik | 12 |
| 1 | Ognjen Čančarević | Alashkert/Noah | 10 |
| 3 | Darko Vukašinović | Shirak | 7 |
| 3 | Tiago Gomes | Ararat Yerevan | 7 |
| 4 | Valerio Vimercati | Noah | 6 |
| 4 | Arsen Beglaryan | Ararat-Armenia | 6 |
| 7 | Nikolai Rybikov | West Armenia | 5 |
| 7 | Arman Nersesyan | BKMA Yerevan | 5 |
| 9 | Christoffer Mafoumbi | Noah | 4 |
| 9 | Filipe | West Armenia | 4 |
| 9 | Aleksandr Melikhov | Urartu | 4 |
| 9 | Miloš Čupić | Van | 4 |

### Discipline
#### Red cards

    As of match played 26 May 2024
* Zalim Makoyev - West Armenia vs Shirak (29 July 2023)
* Mimito Biai - Alashkert vs Pyunik (31 July 2023)
* Aleksandar Miljković - Noah vs BKMA Yerevan (4 August 2023)
* Aleksandar Miljković - Noah vs Shirak (18 August 2023)
* Marcos Júnior - Urartu vs Pyunik (20 August 2023)
* Edgar Malakyan - Urartu vs Pyunik (20 August 2023)
* Tenton Yenne - Ararat-Armenia vs Pyunik (23 August 2023)
* Sergey Muradyan - Alashkert vs Noah (25 August 2023)
* Christopher Boniface - Ararat-Armenia vs Van (27 August 2023)
* Edmon Movsisyan - Pyunik vs West Armenia (28 August 2023)
* Rayane Mzoughi - Noah vs Ararat Yerevan (31 August 2023)
* Daniel Cifuentes - Van vs Pyunik (2 September 2023)
* Edgar Malakyan - Noah vs Ararat Yerevan (21 September 2023)
* Deou Dosa - Van vs BKMA Yerevan (24 September 2023)
* Serhiy Vakulenko - Pyunik vs Shirak (25 September 2023)
* Artak Yedigaryan - Ararat-Armenia vs Alashkert (25 September 2023)
* Edmon Movsisyan - West Armenia vs Noah (26 September 2023)
* Narek Manukyan - Noah vs BKMA Yerevan (5 October 2023)
* Deou Dosa - Ararat Yerevan vs Van (24 October 2023)
* Robert Darbinyan - Alashkert vs Shirak (4 November 2023)
* Amos Nondi - Noah vs Ararat-Armenia (7 November 2023)
* Razmik Hakobyan - Shirak vs Ararat Yerevan (8 November 2023)
* Volodya Samsonyan - Shirak vs Ararat Yerevan (8 November 2023)
* Marcos Júnior - Van vs Urartu (12 November 2023)
* Yevhen Tsymbalyuk - Van vs Urartu (12 November 2023)
* Chukwuebuka Okoronkwo - Van vs Urartu (12 November 2023)
* Pablo Santos - Noah vs Urartu (22 February 2024)
* Misak Hakobyan - BKMA Yerevan vs Alashkert (27 February 2024)
* Narek Aghasaryan - Urartu vs Pyunik (27 February 2024)
* Alfred N'Diaye - Alashkert vs Noah (2 March 2024)
* Karen Muradyan - Ararat-Armenia vs Van (3 March 2024)
* Sodiq Fatai - Alashkert vs Urartu (16 March 2024)
* Darko Vukasinovic - West Armenia vs Shirak (14 April 2024)
* Periša Pešukić - Ararat-Armenia vs Urartu (17 April 2024)
* Ognjen Čančarević - Shirak vs Noah (27 April 2024)
* Revaz Chiteishvili - Alashkert vs Shirak (10 May 2024)
* Ibrahim Yahaya - Van vs West Armenia (14 May 2024)
* Armen Ambartsumyan - Noah vs Ararat-Armenia (16 May 2024)
* Mory Kone - Shirak vs Pyunik (25 May 2024)

## Awards
### Annual awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Manager of the Season | Yegishe Melikyan | Pyunik |
| Player of the Season | Tenton Yenne | Ararat-Armenia |
| Goal of the Season | Hovhannes Harutyunyan | Pyunik |