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2010 Armenian Premier League

Armenian Premier League
Season2010
ChampionsPyunik
13th title
Relegatednone
Champions LeaguePyunik
Europa LeagueMika
Banants
Ulisses
Matches played112
Goals scored316 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerGevorg Ghazaryan and Marcos Pizzelli (16 goals)
Biggest home winMika 6–1 Shirak
(12 June)
Banants 6-1 Impuls
(6 August)
Biggest away winGandzasar 1–6 Pyunik
(1 May)
Highest scoringBanants 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 runBanants (11 games)
(1 May–6 August)
Longest unbeaten run15 games by 2 teams
Pyunik
(3 July–14 November)
Banants
(3 April–6 August)
Longest winless runShirak (13 games)
(5 June–27 September)
Longest losing run9 games by 2 teams
Kilikia
(11 September–14 November)
Shirak
(5 June–21 August)
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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

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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.

2010 Armenian Premier League is located in Armenia
Yerevan
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

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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
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:
  1. ^ Winners of 2011 Armenian Cup.
  2. ^ Kilikia decided not to participate in 2011 Armenian Premier League competition, citing financial difficulties as a reason.[1]
  3. ^ 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

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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.

Top goalscorers

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

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

See also

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References

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