# 2005 Armenian Premier League

The 2005 Armenian Premier League season was the fourteenth since its establishment, and started on 12 April 2005. The last matches were played on 6 November 2005. FC Pyunik were the defending champions.

## Participating teams

* Lernayin Artsakh FC from Yerevan are promoted.
* FC Kotayk from Abovyan changed their name to Esteghlal-Kotayk.
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity |
| Banants | Yerevan | Nairi Stadium | 6,850 |
| Dinamo-Zenit | Yerevan | Republican Stadium | 14,968 |
| Esteghlal-Kotayk | Abovyan | Kotayk Stadium | 5,500 |
| Kilikia | Yerevan | Hrazdan Stadium | 55,000 |
| Lernagorts-Ararat Kapan | Kapan | Lernagorts Stadium | 3,500 |
| Lernayin Artsakh | Yerevan | Hrazdan Stadium | 55,000 |
| Mika Ashtarak | Ashtarak | Kasaghi Marzik Stadium | 3,500 |
| Pyunik | Yerevan | Republican Stadium | 14,968 |
| Shirak | Gyumri | Gyumri City Stadium | 2,844 |

## Regular season
### League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pyunik | 16 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 6 | +26 | 38 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Mika Ashtarak | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 35 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Banants | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 34 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Esteghlal-Kotayk | 16 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 15 | +13 | 28 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | Kilikia | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 25 | +4 | 21 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Dinamo-Zenit | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 20 | 26 | −6 | 15 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Shirak | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 34 | −16 | 11 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Lernagorts-Ararat | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 38 | −29 | 10 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Lernayin Artsakh | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 37 | −23 | 9 | Withdrew |
* ↑ Lernayin Artsakh withdrew after 11 matches, remaining matches awarded 0-3 against them.

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BAN | DIN | KOT | KIL | LRG | LRY | MIK | PYU | SHI |
| Banants | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 1–0 |
| Dinamo-Zenit | 0–0 | | 1–3 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Esteghlal-Kotayk | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Kilikia | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | | 5–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–2 |
| Lernagorts-Ararat | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–5 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 |
| Lernayin Artsakh | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–3 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| Mika Ashtarak | 4–4 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Pyunik | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 3–1 |
| Shirak | 0–5 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 Match awarded as Lernayin Artsakh withdrew after 12 rounds.

## Championship round
### Championship round league table

The qualified teams only keep their head-to-head results to participate in the Championship stage, resulting in the following table.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Pyunik | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 22 |
| 2 | Mika Ashtarak | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 17 |
| 3 | Banants | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 16 |
| 4 | Esteghlal-Kotayk | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | +1 | 12 |
| 5 | Kilikia | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 6 |
| 6 | Dinamo-Zenit | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 18 | −10 | 5 |

### Final classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Pyunik (C) | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 39 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Mika Ashtarak | 20 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 35 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Banants | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 27 | +4 | 33 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 4 | Esteghlal-Kotayk | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 19 | +3 | 31 | |
| 5 | Kilikia | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 17 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
| 6 | Dinamo-Zenit | 20 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 41 | −29 | 8 | |

#### Results

| Home \ Away | BAN | DIN | KOT | KIL | MIK | PYU |
| Banants | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Dinamo-Zenit | 1–4 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Esteghlal-Kotayk | 0–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Kilikia | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–4 |
| Mika Ashtarak | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 1–2 |
| Pyunik | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | |

## Relegation round
### Relegation round league table

The qualified teams kept their complete results before entering the stage. The team finishing in 7th position remained in the Premier League, the 8th ranked team played the promotion/relegation play-off, while the 9th team was relegated.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 7 | Lernagorts-Ararat | 18 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 39 | −28 | 14 | |
| 8 | Shirak (O) | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 36 | −17 | 12 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 9 | Lernayin Artsakh (W) | 16 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 14 | 37 | −23 | 9 | Withdrew and relegated to First League |

### Results

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Shirak | 1–1 | Lernagorts-Ararat |
| Lernagorts-Ararat | 1–0 | Shirak |

## Relegation/Promotion play-off

| Date | Venue | PL Club | Result | FL Club | Information |
| 22 October | n/a | Shirak | 5 - 1 | Gandzasar | Shirak remains in the Premier League |