| Season | 2012–13 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Shirak |
| Champions League | Shirak |
| Europa League | Mika Gandzasar Pyunik |
| Matches | 136 |
| Goals | 345 (2.54 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Norayr Gyozalyan (21 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Pyunik 6–0Ararat Yerevan |
| Biggest away win | Ararat Yerevan 0–3Mika Banants 2–5Impuls Banants 0–3Pyunik |
| Highest scoring | Banants 2–5Impuls |
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The2012–13Armenian Premier League season was the twenty-first since its establishment. The season began on 24 March 2012 and ended on 18 May 2013, with two scheduled breaks between 2–27 July 2012 and 3 December 2012 – 8 March 2013.[1]Ulisses are the defending champions, having won their first league titlelast season.
The league switched from a year-round to a fall-spring schedule.[2]
The title was won byShirak.[3]
The league changed its competition mode from that of a calendar year to a fall-spring schedule.[2] As a consequence, this season will be longer than usual; every team will play six times against each other team, three times at home and three times away.
Because all of the club's inlast year's First League competition were reserve teams of the Premier League clubs, there was no promotion or relegation between the two for this season. Therefore, the league membership has not changed from last year's competition.
| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ararat Yerevan | Yerevan | City Stadium (Abovyan) | 3,946 |
| Banants | Yerevan | Banants Stadium | 5,010 |
| Gandzasar | Kapan | Gandzasar Stadium | 3,500 |
| Impuls | Dilijan | Ayg Stadium (Ararat) | 1,280 |
| Mika | Yerevan | Mika Stadium | 7,250 |
| Pyunik | Yerevan | Republican Stadium (until March 2013) Football Academy Stadium (April 2013 & onwards) | 14,403 1,428 |
| Shirak | Gyumri | Gyumri City Stadium | 2,844 |
| Ulisses | Yerevan | Republican Stadium | 14,403 |
| Team | Chairman | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ararat Yerevan |  Hrach Kaprielyan |  Albert Safaryan | Gorik Khachatryan | Jako | |
| Banants | Sargis Israelyan | Rafael Nazaryan | Ararat Arakelyan | Umbro | |
| Gandzasar | Maksim Hakobyan | Abraham Khashmanyan | Armen Tatintsyan | Joma | |
| Impuls | Tigran Hakobyan | Armen Gyulbudaghyants | Narek Davtyan | Lotto | |
| Mika | Carlos Khazaryan |  Zsolt Hornyák | Aghvan Mkrtchyan | Umbro | Armavia |
| Pyunik | Karen Harutyunyan | Suren Chakhalyan | David Manoyan | Hummel | Armenian Development Bank |
| Shirak | Arman Sahakyan | Vardan Bichakhchyan | Tigran Davtyan | Kappa | Sovrano |
| Ulisses | Artak Harutyunyan | Sevada Arzumanyan | David Grigoryan | Lotto | VivaCellMTS |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shirak(C) | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 70 | 38 | +32 | 88 | Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Mika | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 79 | Qualification for theEuropa League first qualifying round[a] |
| 3 | Gandzasar Kapan | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 67 | |
| 4 | Pyunik | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 67 | 51 | +16 | 63 | |
| 5 | Impuls | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 60 | Team disbanded after the season[b] |
| 6 | Ulisses | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 45 | |
| 7 | Ararat Yerevan | 42 | 9 | 6 | 27 | 27 | 70 | −43 | 33 | |
| 8 | Banants[c] | 42 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 37 | 64 | −27 | 31 |
| Home \ Away | ARA | BAN | GAN | IMP | MIK | PYU | SHI | ULI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ararat Yerevan | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
| Banants | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–3 | |
| Gandzasar Kapan | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | |
| Impulse | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | |
| Mika | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | |
| Pyunik | 6–0 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 4–2 | |
| Shirak | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
| Ulisses | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Home \ Away | ARA | BAN | GAN | IMP | MIK | PYU | SHI | ULI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ararat Yerevan | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | |
| Banants | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |
| Gandzasar Kapan | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Impulse | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 2–0 | |
| Mika | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | |
| Pyunik | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | |
| Shirak | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| Ulisses | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 |
| Home \ Away | ARA | BAN | GAN | IMP | MIK | PYU | SHI | ULI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ararat Yerevan | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |
| Banants | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | |
| Gandzasar Kapan | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | |
| Impulse | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | |
| Mika | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | |
| Pyunik | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |
| Shirak | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
| Ulisses | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[4] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norayr Gyozalyan | Impuls | 21 |
| 2 |  Ismaël Béko Fofana | Shirak | 14 |
| Simon Muradyan | Mika | ||
| 4 |  Yoro Lamine Ly | Shirak | 13 |
| 5 | Viulen Ayvazyan | Pyunik | 11 |
| Andranik Barikyan | Shirak | ||
| 7 | Arsen Balabekyan | Ulisses | 10 |
| 8 | Kamo Hovhannisyan | Pyunik | 9 |
 Diego Lomba | Gandzasar | ||
| 10 |  Filip Timov | Impuls | 8 |
