2006 Armenian First League

Last updated October 05, 2019

The 2006 Armenian First League season started on 1 May 2006. The last matches were played on 24 October 2006. Pyunik-2 became the league champions, but because they are a reserve team they were unable to promote to the Armenian Premier League. As a result, the second placed team Lernayin Artsakh was given promotion. Due to Banants-2 and Ararat-2 finishing in third and fourth position, the fifth placed team FC Dinamo Yerevan played in the promotion/relegation play-off, which was lost in the end.

The Armenian First League is currently the second level football competition in Armenia after the Armenian Premier League. The competition exists mostly out of reserve teams of several Premier League clubs; however, other teams also participate. The reserve teams are not eligible for promotion to the highest level, resulting in situations where a club promotes even when they finish the season in a mid-table position.

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Overview

Patani representing the Armenia national under-17 football team and FC Yezerk Noyemberyan are introduced to the league.
Esteghlal-Kotayk-2 are renamed back to Kotayk-2.
FIMA Yerevan change their name to Hay Ari.

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FC Kotayk, is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Abovyan, Kotayk Province.

FIMA Yerevan or, meaning Physical-culture Institute Sports Club of Yerevan, was also known with its Russian abbreviation as SKIF Yerevan, is an Armenian sports club from the capital Yerevan, that represents the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport. The club was founded in 1945 with the establishment of the Institute of Physical Culture.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Pyunik-2	18	14	3	1	80	11	+69	45	Champions
2	Lernayin Artsakh	18	12	3	3	57	32	+25	39	Promoted to Armenian Premier League. Champions were unable to promote.
3	Banants-2	18	11	3	4	40	16	+24	36
4	Ararat-2	18	11	1	6	46	24	+22	34
5	Dinamo	18	9	4	5	36	34	+2	31	Promotion/Relegation play-off.
6	Patani	18	6	3	9	43	49	−6	21
7	Gandzasar-2	18	5	4	9	33	36	−3	19
8	Mika-2	18	4	5	9	20	24	−4	17
9	Hay Ari	18	3	2	13	22	60	−38	11
10	Yezerk	18	1	0	17	12	103	−91	3
11	Kotayk-2	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0	Withdrew before start of the season.
12	Vagharshapat	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0
13	Lori Vanadzor	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0
14	Yerevan United	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0

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Promotion/relegation play-off

Date	Venue	PL Team	Result	FL Team
18 November	unknown	Ulisses	4 - 2	Dinamo Yerevan

External links

RSSSF: Armenia 2006 - Second Level

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