# 2024–25 Armenian Premier League

The 2024–25 Armenian Premier League, known as the IDBank Armenian Premier League (Armenian: IDBank Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա) for sponsorship reasons, is the 33rd season of the league since its establishment.

## Season events

On 3 July, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that 11 teams would take part in this seasons Armenian Premier League, with BKMA Yerevan being saved from relegation and Gandzasar Kapan being promoted from Armenian First League, with each team playing each other three times.
On 21 November, the Round 17 match between Pyunik and West Armenia was cancelled after West Armenia did not attend due to a protest by their players over late payment of salaries. On 6 December, the match was awarded as a 3-0 technical defeat in favour of Pyunik.
On 28 February, the Round 21 match between Ararat Yerevan and Gandzasar Kapan was abandoned due to crowd trouble.

## Teams

| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Alashkert | Abovyan | Abovyan City Stadium | 3,100 |
| 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 |
| Gandzasar Kapan | Yerevan (Shengavit) | Junior Sport Stadium$^1$ | 1,000 |
| 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 | Vacant | Armen Manucharyan | Sport-Saller | Fastex |
| Ararat Yerevan | Tigran Yesayan | Gor Malakyan | Fourteen | Fastex, AWI International |
| Ararat-Armenia | Vardan Minasyan | Armen Ambartsumyan | Puma | Tashir Group |
| BKMA | Armen Gyulbudaghyants | Argishti Petrosyan | Macron | – |
| Gandzasar Kapan | Karen Barseghyan | Artak Yedigaryan | Kelme | – |
| Noah | Rui Mota | Hovhannes Hambardzumyan | Adidas | imaginelive |
| Pyunik | Yegishe Melikyan | Edgar Malakyan | Joma | Fastex |
| Shirak | Rafael Nazaryan | Hrayr Mkoyan | Adidas | Fastex |
| Urartu | Dmitri Gunko | Zhirayr Margaryan | Puma | – |
| Van | Vahe Gevorgyan | Karen Nalbandyan | Jögel | yo HEALTH, Rare, Click Market |
| West Armenia | Patrik Papyan | Zakhar Tarasenko | Melante | Amptricity |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Noah | Carlos Inarejos | Contract ended | 26 May 2024 | Pre-season | Rui Mota | 14 June 2024 |
| Alashkert | Vahe Gevorgyan | Contract ended | 17 June 2024 | Pre-season | Abraham Khashmanyan | 21 June 2024 |
| Van | Arthur Hovhannisyan | Contract ended | | Pre-season | Vahe Gevorgyan | 2 July 2024 |
| West Armenia | Khoren Veranyan | Contract ended | | Pre-season | Patrik Papyan | 22 July 2024 |
| Shirak | Arsen Hovhannisyan | | 9 October 2024 | 7th | Rafael Nazaryan | 9 October 2024 |
| Alashkert | Abraham Khashmanyan | Fired | 22 January 2024 | 10th | | |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Noah | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 64 | 10 | +54 | 49 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Urartu | 21 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 42 | 18 | +24 | 47 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Pyunik | 21 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 19 | +23 | 43 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Ararat-Armenia | 21 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 42 | |
| 5 | Van | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 23 | +15 | 34 | |
| 6 | Shirak | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 33 | −18 | 25 | |
| 7 | BKMA | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 22 | |
| 8 | West Armenia | 21 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 19 | 48 | −29 | 20 | |
| 9 | Ararat Yerevan | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 32 | −14 | 19 | |
| 10 | Alashkert | 21 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 39 | −26 | 14 | Qualification for the Armenian Premier League play-off |
| 11 | Gandzasar Kapan | 19 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 54 | −47 | 2 | Relegation to the Armenian First League |
* ↑ The 2024–25 Armenian Cup winners qualify for the Conference League second qualifying round (or the second-placed team if the Armenian Cup winners finish first). If the Armenian Cup winners finish in the top three, the second Conference League first qualifying round spot will be passed to the fourth place team.

## Fixtures and results
### Results table

| Home \ Away | ALA | ARA | AAR | BKM | GAK | NOA | PYU | SHI | URA | VAN | WAR | ALA | AAR | BKM | GAK | NOA | PYU | SHI | VAN | WAR |
| Alashkert | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–6 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | | | | | | | 29 Mar | |
| Ararat Yerevan | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–3 | | | 1–1 | 27 Mar | | | 4 Apr | | |
| Ararat-Armenia | 3–1 | 3–2 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | | | | | 28 Mar | | | |
| BKMA | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 27 Mar | | | | | | | | | |
| Gandzasar | 0–1 | | 0–3 | 1–6 | | 0–3 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–4 | | 0–1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Noah | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | | 7–0 | | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 7–1 | | | | | | | | | 6 Apr |
| Pyunik | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 5 Apr | | | | | | 6–1 | | |
| Shirak | 0–0 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–0 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | | | | 29 Mar | | | | |
| Urartu | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | | 3–1 | 3–0 | | 5 Apr | | 2–1 | | | | | |
| Van | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 6–0 | | | | 6 Apr | | | | | 16 Mar |
| West Armenia | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | | | | 1–0 | | | | | | |

## Season statistics
### Top scorers

    As of match played 2 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Gonçalo Gregório | Noah | 15 |
| 2 | Ivan Ignatyev | Urartu | 13 |
| 3 | Yusuf Otubanjo | Pyunik | 12 |
| 4 | Eraldo Çinari | Noah | 11 |
| 5 | Momo Touré | Van | 10 |
| 5 | Tenton Yenne | Ararat-Armenia | 10 |
| 7 | Marius Noubissi | Ararat-Armenia | 8 |
| 7 | Imran Oulad Omar | Noah | 8 |
| 9 | John Batigi | Van | 7 |
| 9 | Zakhar Tarasenko | West Armenia | 7 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| John Batigi | Van | West Armenia | 6–0 (H) | 31 August 2024 |
| Marius Noubissi | Ararat-Armenia | Ararat Yerevan | 3–2 (H) | 18 October 2024 |
| Yusuf Otubanjo | Pyunik | Gandzasar Kapan | 5–0 (A) | 7 November 2024 |
| Eraldo Çinari | Noah | Gandzasar Kapan | 7–0 (H) | 8 December 2024 |
| Gonçalo Gregório$^4$ | Noah | West Armenia | 7–1 (H) | 15 December 2024 |
* $^4$ Player scored 4 goals

### Clean sheets

    As of match played 2 March 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Aleksandr Melikhov | Urartu | 8 |
| 2 | Daniil Polyanski | Van | 7 |
| 2 | Aleksey Ploshchadny | Noah | 7 |
| 4 | Danylo Kucher | Ararat-Armenia | 6 |
| 4 | Henri Avagyan | Pyunik | 6 |
| 4 | Andrija Dragojević | West Armenia | 6 |
| 7 | Darko Vukašinović | Shirak | 5 |
| 8 | Arsen Beglaryan | Ararat-Armenia | 3 |
| 8 | Tiago Gomes | Ararat Yerevan | 3 |
| 8 | Ognjen Čančarević | Noah | 3 |
Danylo Kucher & Arsen Beglaryan both played in Ararat-Armenia's 3–0 victory over Gandzasar on 14 September 2024