2002 Armenian First League

The 2002 Armenian First League is the 12th season of the Armenian First League. It started on the 25th of April and ended November 17. FC Armavir from Armavir became the league champions, and were promoted to the 2003 Armenian Premier League. ^[1]

Overview

• Newly created FC Lokomotiv Yerevan, FC Dinamo Yeghvard, Nork Marash FC, Pyunik-3, Lernayin Artsakh-2 Yerevan, Spartak-2 Yerevan, Shirak-2, Mika-2, and Dinamo 2000-2 are introduced to the league.
• Araks Ararat FC, Arpa FC, Kilikia FC, and FC Vanadzor returned to professional football.
• Karmrakhayt changed their name back to FC Armavir.

Participating clubs

Shirak-2

Vanadzor

Mika-2

Arpa

Araks Ararat

Dinamo Yeghvard

Armavir

Yerevan

Yerevan teams
Kilikia
Pyunik-2
Pyunik-3
Lernayin Artsakh-2
FIMA
Spartak-2
Lokomotiv
Nork Marash
Dinamo 2000-2

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Location of teams in the 2001 Armenian First League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Kilikia	Yerevan	Hrazdan Stadium	54,208
FIMA Yerevan	Yerevan
Pyunik-2	Yerevan	Pyunik Stadium	780
Pyunik-3	Yerevan	Pyunik Stadium	780
Lernayin Artsakh-2	Yerevan
Mika-2	Ashtarak	Kasakhi Marzik Stadium	3,600
Dinamo Yeghvard	Yeghvard	Yeghvard City Stadium	500
Lokomotiv Yerevan	Yerevan
Armavir	Armavir	Jubilee Stadium	4,000
Araks Ararat	Ararat	Ayg Stadium	1,280
Shirak-2	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	2,844
Vanadzor	Vanadzor	Vanadzor City Stadium	4,000
Nork Marash	Yerevan
Spartak-2 Yerevan	Yerevan
Dinamo 2000-2	Yerevan
Arpa	Yeghegnadzor	Yeghegnadzor City Stadium	300

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Armavir	30	25	4	1	96	18	+78	79	Champions, promotion to Armenian Premier League
2	Araks Ararat	30	25	2	3	85	18	+67	77
3	Kilikia	30	22	7	1	94	13	+81	73
4	Arpa	30	23	3	4	85	25	+60	72
5	Pyunik-3	30	20	3	7	79	27	+52	63
6	Pyunik-2	30	15	7	8	70	32	+38	52
7	Lernayin Artsakh-2	30	13	6	11	41	39	+2	45
8	Spartak-2 Yerevan	30	13	4	13	60	49	+11	43
9	Lokomotiv Yerevan	30	10	4	16	42	78	−36	34
10	Shirak-2	30	9	3	18	43	63	−20	30
11	Vanadzor	30	7	6	17	36	49	−13	27
12	Nork Marash	30	5	4	21	26	99	−73	19
13	FIMA Yerevan	30	5	3	22	29	89	−60	18
14	Dinamo Yeghvard	30	4	4	22	26	114	−88	16
15	Mika-2	30	6	3	21	21	70	−49	21	Withdrew in the middle of the season. Non-played matches were awarded 0-3 against them
16	Dinamo 2000-2	30	4	3	23	20	70	−50	15
17	Dinamo Yerevan	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0	Withdrew before start of the season
18	Kasakh	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0
19	Aragats	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

Top goalscorers

	Player	Team	Goals
1	Harutyun Vardanyan	Arpa	31
2	Karen Asatryan	Araks Ararat	29
3	Samvel Baroyan	Armavir	25
4	Ara Hovhannisyan	Spartak-2	23
5	Alen Movsisyan	Armavir	21

See also

• 2002 Armenian Premier League
• 2002 Armenian Cup
• 2002 in Armenian football

References

1. "Armenia. First league". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 April 2018.

External links

• RSSSF: Armenia 2002 - Second Level