# 1995–96 in Armenian football

1995–96 in Armenian football was the fourth season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union. It was the first of two seasons in Armenia that were different from the others. Including the 1996–97 season these were the only winter competitions, while all other Armenian seasons were summer competitions. The Armenian Premier League for 1995–96 consisted of 12 teams of which the lowest ranked team would relegate to the Armenian First League. The eleventh ranked team would face the second ranked team from the First League in a promotion/relegation play-off.

## Premier League

* Homenetmen Yerevan changed their name into FC Pyunik.
* Yerazank FC disbanded and yielded its place to another Artsakh Republic-based club from Stepanakert, FC Karabakh. Karabakh, much like Yerazank, were forced to relocate from Stepanakert to Yerevan due to the ongoing Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
* FC Kotayk and Banants Kotayk merged, but the name of the merger was only limited to Kotayk Abovyan.
* Newly-founded FC Yerevan was unexpectedly promoted to replace Banants Kotayk.

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Pyunik (C) | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 71 | 14 | +57 | 60 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Shirak | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 67 | 23 | +44 | 51 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 3 | Yerevan | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 44 | |
| 4 | Ararat Yerevan | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 58 | 28 | +30 | 39 | |
| 5 | Tsement Ararat | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 39 | |
| 6 | Kotayk | 22 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 36 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 7 | Karabakh Yerevan | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 29 | 28 | +1 | 29 | |
| 8 | Van Yerevan | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 42 | 42 | 0 | 24 | |
| 9 | Homenmen Yerevan | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 21 | |
| 10 | Zangezour | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 26 | 60 | −34 | 17 | |
| 11 | Aragats (R) | 22 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 35 | 89 | −54 | 15 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 12 | Aznavour (R) | 22 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 19 | 82 | −63 | 2 | Relegation to First League |

## Promotion and relegation play-off

| Date | Venue | PL Team | Result | FL Team | Information |
| 8 June | Yerevan | Aragats | 0-4 | BKMA Yerevan | BKMA Yerevan were promoted, Aragats were relegated. |

### Top goalscorers

| | Player | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Arayik Adamyan | Shirak | 28 |
| 2 | Hovhannes Toumbaryan | Tsement Ararat | 24 |
| 3 | Tigran Yesayan | Yerevan | 20 |
| 4 | Arthur Petrosyan | Shirak | 13 |
| | Arthur Manukyan | Zangezour | 13 |

## First League

* Syunik Kapan returned to professional football and change their name to Kapan-81.

### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or qualification |
| 1 | Arabkir | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 58 | 22 | +36 | 47 | Promoted to Armenian Premier League |
| 2 | BKMA Yerevan | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 63 | 17 | +46 | 44 | Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off |
| 3 | Lori | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 16 | +17 | 42 | |
| 4 | Astgh Vanadzor | 22 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 27 | +11 | 38 | |
| 5 | Armavir | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 36 | |
| 6 | Kumayri | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 35 | |
| 7 | Nairit | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 42 | 50 | −8 | 30 | |
| 8 | Kapan-81 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 29 | |
| 9 | Dvin Artashat | 22 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 34 | 50 | −16 | 24 | |
| 10 | BMA-Arai Echmiadzin | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 26 | 44 | −18 | 23 | |
| 11 | Dinamo Yerevan | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 22 | |
| 12 | Yeghvard | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 17 | 91 | −74 | 4 | |
| 13 | Kasakh | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 0 | Withdrew from competition |
| 14 | Tufagorts | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 0 | Withdrew from competition |
| 15 | Lernagorts Vardenis | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 0 | Withdrew from competition |
| 16 | Tsement-2 Ararat | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | — | 0 | Withdrew from competition |

## Armenia Cup

| Quarter finals | | |
| Yerevan | 0 - 1 1 - 1 | Shirak |
| Karabakh Yerevan | 1 - 3 1 - 0 | Ararat Yerevan |
| Pyunik | 2 - 0 2 - 3 | Tsement Ararat |
| Van Yerevan | 1 - 0 0 - 2 | Kotayk Abovyan |
| Semi finals | | |
| Shirak | 0 - 1 1 - 1 | Kotayk Abovyan |
| Ararat Yerevan | 0 - 2 1 - 4 | Pyunik |
| Final | | |
| Pyunik | 3 - 2 | Kotayk Abovyan |