2018–19 in Armenian football

Football in Armenia

Season	2018–19
Men's football
Premier League	Ararat-Armenia
First League	Junior Sevan
Cup	Alashkert
Supercup	Alashkert

The following article is a summary of the 2018–19 football season in Armenia, which is the 27th season of competitive football in the country and runs from August 2018 to May 2019.

League tables

Armenian Premier League

Main article: 2018–19 Armenian Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ararat-Armenia (C)	32	18	7	7	53	28	+25	61	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Pyunik	32	18	6	8	46	32	+14	60	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round[a]
3	Banants	32	14	10	8	43	35	+8	52
4	Alashkert	32	15	6	11	37	27	+10	51
5	Lori	32	11	11	10	42	40	+2	44
6	Gandzasar	32	10	8	14	38	33	+5	38
7	Shirak	32	7	15	10	26	30	−4	36
8	Artsakh	32	6	10	16	25	49	−24	28
9	Ararat Yerevan	32	5	7	20	24	60	−36	22

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Matches won; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head matches won; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Head-to-head away goals scored; 9) Goal difference; 10) Goals scored.^[1]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Alashkert qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Armenian Cup.

Armenian First League

Main article: 2018–19 Armenian First League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Junior Sevan (C)	33	25	6	2	90	26	+64	81
2	Yerevan (P)	33	22	4	7	112	46	+66	70	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Banants-2	33	21	7	5	65	31	+34	70
4	Ararat-Armenia-2	33	18	7	8	70	40	+30	61
5	Alashkert-2	33	15	10	8	63	39	+24	55
6	Lokomotiv Yerevan	33	16	7	10	61	37	+24	55
7	Pyunik-2	33	11	7	15	47	56	−9	40
8	Shirak-2	33	11	4	18	38	56	−18	37
9	Banants-3	33	9	6	18	38	57	−19	33
10	Gandzasar Kapan-2	33	7	6	20	43	94	−51	27
11	Ararat Yerevan-2	33	6	7	20	40	94	−54	25
12	Erebuni	33	1	1	31	12	103	−91	4

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: Football Federation of Armenia (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Matches won; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head matches won; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Head-to-head away goals scored; 9) Goal difference; 10) Goals scored.^[2]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Armenian Cup

Main article: 2018–19 Armenian Cup

Final

Main article: 2019 Armenian Cup Final

8 May 2019

19:30

Alashkert	1–0	Lori
Friday 65' (o.g.)	Report

Banants Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

National team

2018–19 UEFA Nations League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion[a]
1	Macedonia (P)	6	5	0	1	14	5	+9	15	Promotion to League C		—	2–0	4–0	4–1
2	Armenia (P)	6	3	1	2	14	8	+6	10			4–0	—	0–1	2–1
3	Gibraltar	6	2	0	4	5	15	−10	6			0–2	2–6	—	2–1
4	Liechtenstein	6	1	1	4	7	12	−5	4			0–2	2–2	2–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, the second-placed teams in each group and the best third-placed team among all groups were also promoted.

Armenia  v  Liechtenstein

6 September 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Armenia	2 – 1	Liechtenstein	Yerevan, Armenia
20:00 UTC+4	Pizzelli 30' Barseghyan 76'	Report	S. Wolfinger 33'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 5,132 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

Macedonia  v  Armenia

9 September 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Macedonia	2 – 0	Armenia	Skopje, Macedonia
18:00 UTC+2	Alioski 14' (pen.) Pandev 59'	Report		Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 4,730 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

Armenia  v  Gibraltar

13 October 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Armenia	0 – 1	Gibraltar	Yerevan, Armenia
20:00 UTC+4		Report	J. Chipolina 50' (pen.)	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)

Armenia  v  Macedonia

16 October 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Armenia	4 – 0	Macedonia	Yerevan, Armenia
20:00 UTC+4	Pizzelli 12' Movsisyan 67' Ghazaryan 81' Mkhitaryan 90+4'	Report		Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 8,300 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

Gibraltar  v  Armenia

16 November 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Gibraltar	2 – 6	Armenia	Gibraltar
20:45 UTC+1	De Barr 10' Priestley 78'	Report	Movsisyan 27', 48', 52', 54' Kartashyan 66' Karapetian 90+4'	Stadium: Victoria Stadium Attendance: 1,955 Referee: Kai Erik Steen (Norway)

Liechtenstein  v  Armenia

19 November 2018 2018–19 UEFA Nations League	Liechtenstein	2 – 2	Armenia	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 UTC+2	Büchel 44' Hasler 47'	Report	Adamyan 9' Karapetian 85'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 1,166 Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

UEFA Euro 2020 qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group J

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	10	0	0	37	4	+33	30	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–0	2–0	2–1	9–1	6–0
2	Finland	10	6	0	4	16	10	+6	18			1–2	—	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0
3	Greece	10	4	2	4	12	14	−2	14			0–3	2–1	—	2–1	2–3	1–1
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	4	1	5	20	17	+3	13	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		0–3	4–1	2–2	—	2–1	5–0
5	Armenia	10	3	1	6	14	25	−11	10			1–3	0–2	0–1	4–2	—	3–0
6	Liechtenstein	10	0	2	8	2	31	−29	2			0–5	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Armenia

23 March 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2 – 1	Armenia	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45 UTC+1	Krunić 33' Milošević 80'	Report	Mkhitaryan 90+3' (pen.)	Stadium: Stadion Grbavica Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

Armenia  v  Finland

26 March 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Armenia	0 – 2	Finland	Yerevan, Armenia
21:00 UTC+4		Report	Jensen 14' Soiri 78'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 12,900 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Armenia  v  Liechtenstein

8 June 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Armenia	3 – 0	Liechtenstein	Yerevan, Armenia
20:00 UTC+4	Ghazaryan 2' Karapetian 18' Barseghyan 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 9,200 Referee: Nikola Popov (Bulgaria)

Greece  v  Armenia

11 June 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying	Greece	2 – 3	Armenia	Athens, Greece
21:45 UTC+3	Zeca 54' Fortounis 87'	Report	Karapetian 8' Ghazaryan 33' Barseghyan 74'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 7,011 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

References

1. "Premier League 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
2. "Premier League 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2017.