1998 in Armenian football

1998 in Armenian football
Premier League champions
Tsement Ararat
First League champions
Zvartnots-AAL
Armenian Cup winners
Tsement Ararat

1998 in Armenian football was the seventh season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union. The Armenian Premier League for 1998 existed of ten teams of which the top six would qualify for the championship stage, while the other four would enter the relegation stage.

Premier League

First stage league table

Championship stage league table

Relegation stage league table

Promotion and relegation play-off

Date Venue PL Team Result FL Team Information
unknown unknown FC Shirak 2 3-2 Lori Vanadzor FC Shirak 2 remains in Premier League.

Top goalscorers

Player Team Goals
1 Armenia Ara Hakobyan Dvin Artashat 20
2 Armenia Arayik Adamyan Shirak 13
3 Armenia Arthur Petrosyan Shirak 12
Armenia Shirak Sarikyan Tsement 12
5 Armenia Mher Avanesyan Shirak 11
Armenia Hayk Hakopyan Dvin Artashat 11

First League

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Zvartnots-AAL 24 21 3 0 92 18 +74 66 Promoted to Armenian Premier League
2 Lori 24 16 6 2 42 16 +26 54 Forced to play the promotion/relegation play-off
3 Nairit 24 17 2 5 48 24 +24 53
4 Moush Kasakh 24 13 3 8 39 29 +10 42
5 Lernagorts Kapan 24 12 2 10 37 32 +5 38
6 Alashkert Martuni 24 9 8 7 30 25 +5 35
7 SKVV Yerevan 24 10 3 11 49 39 +10 33
8 FIMA Yerevan 24 9 3 12 48 40 +8 30
9 Kasakh 24 8 4 12 30 44 −14 28
10 Spitak 24 9 1 14 35 50 −15 28
11 Dinamo-Energo Yerevan 24 6 1 17 26 65 −39 19
12 Karabakh-2 Yerevan 24 4 3 17 12 47 −35 15
13 Nig Aparan 24 2 1 21 13 67 −54 7
14 BMA-Arai Echmiadzin 0 – – – – – — 0 Withdrew from competition
Source: rsssf.com

Armenia Cup

Quarter finals
Ararat Yerevan 0 - 3
1 - 2		 Yerevan
Tsement 1 - 1
1 - 0		 Shirak
Karabakh Yerevan 1 - 5
0 - 1		 Pyunik
SKVV Yerevan 0 - 4
0 - 3		 Erebuni-Homenmen
Semi finals
Yerevan *0 - 0 Pyunik
Erebuni-Homenmen 0 - 1 Tsement
Final
Tsement 3 - 1 Yerevan