2006 Armenian Premier League

Armenian Premier League

Season	2006
Dates	14 April – 9 November 2004
Champions	Pyunik
Champions League	Pyunik
UEFA Cup	Banants Mika
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Ararat Yerevan
Matches played	112
Goals scored	364 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Aram Hakobyan (25)
Biggest home win	Pyunik 12-1 Kilikia (21 October 2006)
Biggest away win	Ulisses 0-7 Banants (9 November 2006)
Highest scoring	Pyunik 12-1 Kilikia (21 October 2006)
← 2005 2007 → All statistics correct as of 21 March 2023.

The 2006 Armenian Premier League season was the fifteenth since its establishment, and started on 14 April 2006. The last matches were played on 9 November 2006. FC Pyunik were the defending champions.

Participating teams

Yerevan

Shirak

Mika

Kotayk

Gandzasar

Yerevan teams:
Ararat Yerevan
Banants
Kilikia
Pyunik
Ulisses

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Location of teams in the 2006 Armenian Premier League

• Ararat Yerevan and Gandzasar are promoted.
• FC Lernagorts Kapan withdrew from the competition.
• Esteghlal-Kotayk are renamed back to FC Kotayk.
• Dinamo-Zenit are renamed Ulisses FC.

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity
Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan	Hrazdan Stadium	55,000
Banants	Yerevan	Nairi Stadium	6,850
Kotayk	Abovyan	Kotayk Stadium	5,500
Gandzasar	Kapan	Lernagorts Stadium	3,500
Kilikia	Yerevan	Hrazdan Stadium	55,000
Mika Ashtarak	Ashtarak	Kasakhi Marzik Stadium	3,500
Pyunik	Yerevan	Republican Stadium	14,968
Shirak	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	2,844
Ulisses	Yerevan	Republican Stadium	14,968

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pyunik (C)	28	23	4	1	86	23	+63	73	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Banants	28	18	3	7	67	26	+41	57	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Mika	28	17	6	5	45	21	+24	57
4	Ararat Yerevan	28	15	4	9	48	35	+13	49	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Gandzasar	28	7	3	18	28	60	−32	24
6	Kilikia	28	6	5	17	38	69	−31	23
7	Shirak	28	4	7	17	21	64	−43	19
8	Ulisses (O)	28	5	2	21	31	66	−35	17	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
9	Kotayk (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club dissolved

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (W) Withdrew
Notes:

Results

First half of season

Home \ Away	ARA	BAN	GAN	KIL	MIK	PYU	SHI	ULI
Ararat Yerevan		1–0	3–1	3–2	0–2	0–5	1–1	1–0
Banants	2–1		0–0	1–0	2–1	2–4	6–0	2–0
Gandzasar	2–1	1–7		4–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–0
Kilikia	1–1	1–5	3–0		1–2	2–2	1–0	1–2
Mika	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–0		0–3	4–0	1–1
Pyunik	1–0	3–0	3–0	4–2	3–1		7–0	2–1
Shirak	1–1	0–5	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–2		0–1
Ulisses	2–3	0–4	1–2	1–2	2–3	1–3	1–2

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of season

Home \ Away	ARA	BAN	GAN	KIL	MIK	PYU	SHI	ULI
Ararat Yerevan		3–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	6–2	2–0
Banants	3–1		4–1	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–0	0–0
Gandzasar	1–3	1–5		2–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–3
Kilikia	0–6	1–1	2–2		0–3	0–3	4–0	6–2
Mika	2–3	1–0	2–0	4–1		0–0	1–1	3–2
Pyunik	2–0	1–2	5–1	12–1	1–1		3–1	4–1
Shirak	1–4	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–2		1–3
Ulisses	0–1	0–7	1–2	2–3	0–2	3–6	1–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation/Promotion play-off

Date	Venue	PL Club	Result	FL Club	Information
18 November	unknown	Ulisses	4-2	Dinamo Yerevan	Ulisses remains in the Premier League

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of match played 9 November 2006

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aram Hakobyan	Banants	25
2	Nshan Erzrumyan	Kilikia/Ararat Yerevan	22
3	Artur Kocharyan	Gandzasar Kapan	15
4	Armen Shahgeldyan	Mika	14
5	Arsen Avetisyan	Pyunik	12
	Sargis Movsisyan	Kilikia
7	Alexander Petrosyan	Pyunik	10
8	Gor Atabekyan	Gandzasar Kapan	9
	Levon Pachajyan	Pyunik
10	Edgar Safaryan	Ararat Yerevan	8
	Samvel Melkonyan	Banants

See also

• 2006 Armenian First League
• 2006 Armenian Cup

References

• RSSSF: Armenia 2006 - Premier League