2010_Armenian_Premier_League Knowpia

Armenian Premier League
Season	2010
Champions	Pyunik; 13th title
Relegated	none
Champions League	Pyunik
Europa League	Mika; Banants; Ulisses
Matches played	112
Goals scored	316 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gevorg Ghazaryan and Marcos Pizzelli (16 goals)
Biggest home win	Mika 6–1 Shirak; (12 June); Banants 6-1 Impuls; (6 August)
Biggest away win	Gandzasar 1–6 Pyunik; (1 May)
Highest scoring	Banants 5–2 Impuls; (3 April); Gandzasar 1–6 Pyunik; (1 May); Mika 6-1 Shirak; (12 June); Banants 6-1 Impuls; (6 August)
Longest winning run	Banants (11 games); (1 May–6 August)
Longest unbeaten run	15 games by 2 teams; Pyunik; (3 July–14 November); Banants; (3 April–6 August)
Longest winless run	Shirak (13 games); (5 June–27 September)
Longest losing run	9 games by 2 teams; Kilikia; (11 September–14 November); Shirak; (5 June–21 August)
	← 2009 2011 →

The 2010 Armenian Premier League season was the nineteenth since its establishment. The season began in March 2010 and ended in November 2010. FC Pyunik were the defending champions, having won their twelfth championship last season.

Participating teams edit

Ararat Yerevan finished in last place last season and were relegated to the Armenian First League. Taking their place this year is Impuls FC Dilijan, who finished first in the 2009 Armenian First League.

Yerevan

Shirak

Impuls

Gandzasar

Yerevan teams:
Banants
Kilikia
Mika
Pyunik
Ulisses

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Location of teams in the 2010 Armenian Premier League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Banants	Yerevan	Republican Stadium	14,403
Gandzasar	Kapan	Gandzasar Stadium	3,500
Impuls	Dilijan	Dilijan City Stadium	2,200
Kilikia	Yerevan	Hrazdan Stadium	54,208
Mika	Yerevan	Mika Stadium	7,250
Pyunik	Yerevan	Republican Stadium	14,403
Shirak	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	2,844
Ulisses	Yerevan	Hrazdan Stadium	54,208

League table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pyunik (C)	28	20	5	3	73	22	+51	65	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Banants	28	20	4	4	58	24	+34	64	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Ulisses	28	17	4	7	44	23	+21	55	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Mika	28	14	4	10	47	31	+16	46	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
5	Impulse	28	10	7	11	29	43	−14	37
6	Gandzasar Kapan	28	8	3	17	24	45	−21	27
7	Kilikia	28	4	3	21	19	60	−41	15	Team disbanded after the season^[b]
8	Shirak^[c]	28	2	4	22	22	68	−46	10

Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Winners of 2011 Armenian Cup.
^ Kilikia decided not to participate in 2011 Armenian Premier League competition, citing financial difficulties as a reason.^[1]
^ Executive committee of the Football Federation of Armenia decided to allow Shirak to participate in the Premier League next season despite the fact that FC Shirak took the last place in the tournament and was supposed to leave it.^[2]

Results edit

The league was played in four stages. The teams have played four times with each other, twice at home and twice away, for a total of 28 matches per team.

First half of season edit

Home \ Away	BAN	GAN	IMP	KIL	MIK	PYU	SHI	ULI
Banants		3–0	5–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	2–0
Gandzasar Kapan	1–2		1–2	3–0	1–1	1–6	1–0	0–1
Impulse	0–1	1–0		0–3^[a]	2–2	0–0	2–1	0–3
Kilikia	0–3	3–1	0–1		1–1	0–3	3–1	1–3
Mika	4–0	2–0	1–0	2–0		0–2	6–1	0–1
Pyunik	2–3	0–1	3–0	4–2	4–2		4–1	1–0
Shirak	0–3	0–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	0–3		0–2
Ulisses	2–2	1–0	2–0	2–0	0–0	3–1	4–0

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

^ This match was originally a 2–3 win for Kilikia, but was later awarded to Kilikia 0–3 because Impuls fielded an ineligible player.^[3]

Second half of season edit

Home \ Away	BAN	GAN	IMP	KIL	MIK	PYU	SHI	ULI
Banants		5–0	6–1	1–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–2
Gandzasar Kapan	0–1		1–0	3–0^[a]	0–1	0–3	3–3	0–3
Impulse	0–1	1–1		2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1
Kilikia	1–2	0–2	0–0		1–4	0–1	2–1	0–3
Mika	0–1	1–0	2–0	4–1		1–3	5–1	2–3
Pyunik	1–0	3–0	3–3	5–0	2–0		5–0	5–1
Shirak	1–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–1	0–4		0–1
Ulisses	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1

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

^ The match was awarded as won 3–0 for Gandzasar because Kilikia did not show up for the match.^[4]

Top goalscorers edit

Including matches played on November 14, 2010; Source: ffa.am

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Gevorg Ghazaryan	Pyunik	16
1	Marcos Pizzelli	Pyunik	16
3	Eduardo Du Bala	Banants	11
4	Ednei	Mika	10
5	Samvel Melkonyan	Banants	9
5	Mkrtich Nalbandyan	Shirak	9
7	Boti Goa	Mika	8
7	Artur Kocharyan	Gandzasar	8
9	Ortega Deniran	Banants	7
9	Hovhannes Goharyan	Pyunik	7

References edit

^ Kilikia FC will not participate in 2011 Armenia Premier League championship
^ Regular meeting of the FFA executive committee takes place
^ Իմպուլսին տեխնիկական պարտություն է գրանցվել Archived 2010-08-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Armenian)
^ Киликия оштрафована Archived 2010-10-04 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)