1995–96 in
Armenian
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
was the fourth season of independent football after the split-up from the
Soviet Union. It was the first of two seasons in Armenia that were different from the others. Including the 1996–97 season these were the only winter competitions, while all other Armenian seasons were summer competitions. The
Armenian Premier League for 1995–96 consisted of 12 teams of which the lowest ranked team would relegate to the
Armenian First League
The Armenian First League is currently the second level football competition in Armenia after the Armenian Premier League
The Armenian Premier League ( hy, VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the VBET Armenian Premier Lea ...
. The eleventh ranked team would face the second ranked team from the First League in a promotion/relegation play-off.
Premier League
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Homenetmen Yerevan changed their name into FC Pyunik.
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Yerazank FC
Yerazank Football Club ( hy, Երազանք Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ – Yerazank Futbolayin Akumb), is a football club from Stepanakert, and currently participates in the Artsakh Football League.
History
It was founded during ...
disbanded and yielded its place to another
Artsakh Republic
Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls a part of the former N ...
-based club from
Stepanakert
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FC Karabakh. Karabakh, much like Yerazank, were forced to relocate from Stepanakert to
Yerevan due to the ongoing
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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FC Kotayk
FC Kotayk ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Կոտայք) is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Abovyan, Kotayk Province.
History
Founded in 1955, Kotayk was one of the oldest football clubs in Armenia. After playing sever ...
and
Banants Kotayk
Football Club Urartu ( hy, Ուրարտու Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ, translated ''Futbolayin Akumb Urartu''), commonly known as Urartu, is an Armenian professional football team based in the capital Yerevan that currently plays in the ...
merged, but the name of the merger was only limited to Kotayk Abovyan.
* Newly-founded
FC Yerevan
FC Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Երեւան – Futbolayin Akumb Yerevan) was an Armenian professional football club from the capital Yerevan.
History
FC Yerevan played in the Armenian Premier League and won the 1997 t ...
was unexpectedly promoted to replace Banants Kotayk.
League table
Promotion and relegation play-off
Top goalscorers
First League
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Syunik Kapan returned to professional football and change their name to Kapan-81.
League table
Armenia Cup
References
External links
RSSSF: Armenia 1995-96
{{DEFAULTSORT:1995-96 in Armenian football