2001 Armenian First League

The 2001 Armenian First League season started on 15 May and ended on November 10. FC Malatia from Yerevan became the league champions, and were promoted to the 2002 Armenian Premier League. ^[1]

Overview

• FC Malatia and FC Kasakh returned to professional football.
• Armavir FC returned to professional football under the name Karmrakhayt.
• FC Gyumri changed their name back to Aragats FC.
• Newly created Pyunik-2 joined the league.

Participating clubs

Aragats

Tavush

Kasakh

Karmrakhayt

Yerevan

Yerevan teams
Malatia
Pyunik-2
Dinamo Yerevan
FIMA

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Location of teams in the 2001 Armenian First League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Malatia	Yerevan
FIMA Yerevan	Yerevan
Pyunik-2	Yerevan	Pyunik Stadium	780
Kasakh	Ashtarak	Kasakhi Marzik Stadium	3,600
Dinamo Yerevan	Yerevan
Karmrakhayt	Armavir	Jubilee Stadium	4,000
Tavush	Ijevan	Arnar Stadium	2,100
Aragats	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	2,844

League table

First stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malatia	14	10	3	1	39	14	+25	33	Qualification to Championship group
2	FIMA Yerevan	14	10	2	2	38	17	+21	32
3	Pyunik-2	14	9	2	3	40	12	+28	29
4	Aragats	14	9	1	4	25	18	+7	28
5	Kasakh	14	6	2	6	30	25	+5	20	Qualification to Bottom group
6	Dinamo Yerevan	14	5	0	9	30	32	−2	15
7	Karmrakhayt	14	1	1	12	10	58	−48	4
8	Tavush	14	0	1	13	6	42	−36	1
9	Arpa	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0	Withdrew before start of the season
10	Dinamo-2 Yerevan	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0	Dropped since its parent team will participate instead.

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Second stage

• Teams kept head-to-head results of preliminary stage in both groups.
• Tavush withdrew before the start of the second stage

Championship group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Malatia	12	8	3	1	26	12	+14	27	Champions, promotion to Armenian Premier League.
2	FIMA Yerevan	12	5	2	5	15	15	0	17
3	Pyunik-2	12	3	5	4	14	15	−1	14
4	Aragats	12	2	2	8	8	21	−13	8

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Bottom group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5	Dinamo Yerevan	10	8	0	2	35	12	+23	24
6	Kasakh	10	8	0	2	30	17	+13	24
7	Karmrakhayt	10	1	1	8	12	35	−23	4
8	Tavush	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0	Withdrew before start of the second stage.

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Top goalscorers

	Player	Team	Goals
1	Tigran Gharabaghtsyan	Malatia	16
2	Aramayis Kostikyan	Pyunik-2	16
3	Sargis Ohanyan	FIMA Yerevan	12

See also

• 2001 Armenian Premier League
• 2001 Armenian Cup
• 2001 in Armenian football

References

1. "Armenia. First league". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 March 2018.

External links

• RSSSF: Armenia 2001 - Second Level