1992 in Armenian football

1992 in Armenian football
Premier League champions
Shirak Homenetmen Yerevan
First League champions
FC Ararat
Armenian Cup winners
Banants Kotayk

1992 in Armenian football was the first season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union. The league existed of two groups with 12 teams each. The top six of each group qualified for the Championship stage, while the others participated in the relegation stage. FC Shirak and Homenetmen Yerevan shared the championship as they both finished on 37 points in the Championship stage.

Premier League

• Koshkagorts Yerevan had its name changed to Shengavit FC.
• Pahatsoyagorts Noyemberyan had its name changed to Aznavour FC.

Second stage, Championship Group

The qualified teams kept their head-to-head results to participate in the Championship stage, resulting in the following starting table.

Second stage, Relegation Group

The qualified teams kept their head-to-head results to participate in the Championship stage, resulting in the following starting table.

Top goalscorers

		Player	Team	Goals
1		Vahe Yaghmuryan	FC Ararat Yerevan	38
2		Ashot Barseghyan	Banants Kotayk	34
3		Karen Markosyan	FC Ararat Yerevan	29
4		Sergey Hayrbabamyan	Impulse FC	28
		Gegham Hovhannisyan	FC Van Yerevan	28
6		Rafael Hakobyan	Impulse FC	27
7		Poghos Galstyan	Homenetmen Yerevan	26

First League

First stage, Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Geghard	18	15	0	3	54	19	+35	30	Qualify for Championship stage
2	FC Ararat	18	11	3	4	39	15	+24	25
3	Aragats	18	11	3	4	37	14	+23	25
4	Almast	18	10	3	5	41	27	+14	23	Qualify for Relegation stage
5	Hachen	18	8	6	4	32	25	+7	22
6	Tufagorts	18	6	2	10	30	32	−2	14
7	Vanadzor	18	5	3	10	17	31	−14	13
8	Dinamo Yerevan	18	2	8	8	20	27	−7	12
9	RUOR Yerevan	18	2	7	9	19	39	−20	11
10	Akhtala	18	1	3	14	18	68	−50	5

Source:

First stage, Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Karin	18	11	5	2	52	25	+27	27	Qualify for Championship stage
2	Kumayri	18	11	2	5	33	18	+15	24
3	Artashat	18	10	3	5	39	23	+16	23
4	Luys Ararat	18	8	5	5	27	23	+4	21	Qualify for Relegation stage
5	Urmia Masis	18	7	6	5	25	16	+9	20
6	Kaen Ijevan	18	7	3	8	25	24	+1	17
7	Lernagorts Vardenis	18	6	4	8	31	36	−5	16
8	Moush Charentsavan	18	5	2	11	24	44	−20	12
9	Momik	18	3	5	10	17	43	−26	11
10	Shinarar	18	3	3	12	17	40	−23	9

Source:

Second stage, Championship Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	FC Ararat	10	9	0	1	37	12	+25	18	Promoted to Armenian Premier League
2	Aragats	10	8	0	2	15	5	+10	16
3	Karin	10	5	1	4	19	15	+4	11
4	Artashat	10	4	0	6	16	26	−10	8
5	Kumayri	10	3	1	6	14	20	−6	7
6	Geghard	10	0	0	10	6	29	−23	0

Source:

Second stage, Relegation Group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
7	Luys-Ararat	26	17	4	5	61	25	+36	38
8	Almast	26	17	3	6	71	42	+29	37
9	Kaen Ijevan	26	17	2	7	52	29	+23	36
10	Moush Charentsavan	26	14	3	9	60	40	+20	31
11	Lernagorts Vardenis	26	12	4	10	51	45	+6	28
12	Hachen	26	9	9	8	39	44	−5	27
13	Urmia Masis	26	10	6	10	41	33	+8	26
14	Vanadzor	26	11	3	12	35	38	−3	25
15	RUOR Yerevan	26	9	7	10	45	49	−4	25
16	Dinamo Yerevan	26	8	9	9	37	42	−5	25
17	Tufagorts	26	8	5	13	41	59	−18	21
18	Momik	26	5	7	14	28	52	−24	17
19	Akhtala	26	6	3	17	41	72	−31	15	Relegated to Armenian Second League
20	Shinarar	26	4	5	17	27	59	−32	13

Source:

Armenian Cup

Quarterfinals

FC Kotayk	1 – 2 1 – 0	Homenetmen Yerevan

Banants Kotayk	2 – 1 0 – 0	Kilikia

Van Yerevan	2 – 0 5 – 1	Zvartnots Echmiadzin

Shirak	4 – 0 7 – 2	Alashkert Martuni

Semifinals

Homenetmen Yerevan	3 – 0 0 – 2	Shirak

Van Yerevan	1 – 4 1 – 2	Banants Kotayk

Final

Banants Kotayk	2 – 0	Homenetmen Yerevan

National Team

• Armenia played one international game in 1992.

Armenia vs Moldova

1992-10-14

Armenia	0 – 0	Moldova

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Balaian (ARM)

ARMENIA: GK Harutyun Abrahamyan DF Ashot Khachatryan DF Yervand Krbachyan DF Sargis Karapetyan DF Sargis Hovsepyan MF Artashes Adamyan  62' MF Aramayis Tonoyan  67' MF Arsen Avetisyan  69' MF Samuel Kostandyan  81' FW Mkrtich Hovhannisyan FW Armen Shahgeldyan Substitutions: MF Ara Nigoyan  62' MF Arthur Petrosyan  67' MF Araik Avazyan  69' FW Hovhannes Tahmazyan  81' Manager: Eduard Markarov

MOLDOVA: GK Vasile Coşelev DF Alexandru Guzun DF Serghei Stroenco DF Ruslan Roic DF Emil Caras MF Alexandru Spiridon  83' MF Iurie Skala  85' MF Alexei Skala  65' MF Igor Oprea  58' FW Valeriu Căpătână  78' FW Vladimir Kosse  82' Substitutions: MF Serghei Secu  83' MF Igor Ovcearenko  85' MF Radu Rebeja  65' MF Igor Cuciuc  58' FW Serghei Clescenco  78' FW Iurie Miterev  82' Manager: Ion Caras

External links

• RSSSF: Armenia 1992