| Season | 2020–21 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 14 August 2020 - 27 May 2021 |
| Champions | Alashkert |
| Champions League | Alashkert |
| Europa Conference League | Ararat Noah Urartu |
| Matches | 88 |
| Goals | 190 (2.16 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Jonel Désiré Yusuf Otubanjo (8 goals each) |
| Biggest home win | Ararat-Armenia 7–0Shirak (17 October 2020) |
| Biggest away win | Urartu 0–3Noah (22 September 2020) Shirak 0–3Ararat (26 September 2020) Shirak 0–3Urartu (22 November 2020) Van 0–3Pyunik (14 April 2021) |
| Highest scoring | Ararat-Armenia 7–0Shirak (17 October 2020) |
| Longest winning run | 4 matches Alashkert |
| Longest unbeaten run | 10 matches Ararat |
| Longest winless run | 10 matches Shirak |
| Longest losing run | 5 matches Shirak |
2021–22 → All statistics correct as of 4 May 2021. | |
The2020–21 Armenian Premier League season is the 29th since its establishment.
On 30 July, it was announced thatFC Van had been giving a license to compete in theArmenian Premier League, with the season commencing on 14 August 2020.[1]
On 29 September, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[2] On 13 October, the FFA announced that the season would resume on 17 October.[3]
On 3 November,Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the League andArmenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoingCOVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[4][5]
On 16 March,Lori walked off at the start of their match againstArarat Yerevan in protest of their Matchday 1 fixture being awarded toUrartu after Lori where unable to field a team due to COVID-19.[6][7] Lori later submitted their resignation from the Premier League on 5 April.[8]
| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alashkert | Bagratour,Huawei | |||
| Ararat | AWI International | |||
| Ararat-Armenia | Tashir Group | |||
| Gandzasar | ZCMC | |||
| Lori | TotoGaming | |||
| Noah | ||||
| Pyunik | TotoGaming | |||
| Shirak | Mogo[10] | |||
| Urartu | ||||
| Van |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ararat Yerevan | Contract expired | Pre-season | 23 July 2020[11] | |||
| Shirak | ||||||
| Noah | 5 November 2020 | 5 November 2020[12] | ||||
| Pyunik | Mutual consent | 13 July 2020[13] | 20 July 2020[14] | |||
| Ararat-Armenia | Contract expired | 17 July 2020[15] | 22 July 2020[16] | |||
| Van | To vice president | 31 July 2020[17] | 31 July 2020[17] | |||
| Lori | Signed bySevan | 4 August 2020[18] | 5 August 2020[19] | |||
| Pyunik | Mutual termination | 13 December 2020[20] | 9th | 7 January 2021[21] | ||
| Alashkert | Mutual termination | 5 January 2021[22] | 3rd | 7 January 2021[23] | ||
| Van | 2 February 2021 | 7th | 2 February 2021[24] | |||
| Ararat-Armenia | Mutual Consent | 5 March 2021[25] | 4th | 5 March 2021[26] | ||
| Urartu | Mutual termination | 9 March 2021[27] | 6th | 9 March[27] | ||
| Alashkert | Mutual termination | 20 May 2021[28] | 4th | 20 May 2021[28] |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alashkert(C) | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Noah | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 20 | +15 | 41 | Qualification for theEuropa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Urartu | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 41 | |
| 4 | Ararat[a] | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 40 | |
| 5 | Ararat-Armenia | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 38 | |
| 6 | Van | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 31 | |
| 7 | Pyunik | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 25 | |
| 8 | Lori[b] | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 44 | −28 | 23 | |
| 9 | Shirak(R) | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 53 | −34 | 13 | Relegation toFirst League |
| 10 | Gandzasar(R, D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Club disqualified[c] |
Round 1–18[edit]
Source:Soccerway Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. | Round 19–27[edit]
|
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Urartu | 8 | |
| Ararat-Armenia | |||
| 3 | Ararat Yerevan | 7 | |
| 4 | Noah | 6 | |
| Van | |||
| Ararat Yerevan | |||
| 7 | Alashkert | 5 | |
| 8 | Ararat-Armenia | 4 | |
| Ararat-Armenia | |||
| 10 | Lori | 3 | |
| Alashkert | |||
| Ararat-Armenia | |||
| Noah | |||
| Gandzasar | |||
| Van | |||
| Noah | |||
| Noah | |||
| Shirak |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ararat Yerevan | 8 | |
| 2 | Noah | 5 | |
| 3 | Alashkert | 4 | |
| Ararat-Armenia | |||
| Urartu | |||
| Van | |||
| 7 | Ararat-Armenia | 3 | |
| Pyunik | |||
| 9 | Van | 2 | |
| 10 | Lori | 1 | |
| Urartu | |||
| Lori | |||
| Pyunik | |||
| Shirak | |||
| Shirak |