1995–96 in

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

was the fourth season of independent football after the split-up from the

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. 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 The Armenian Premier League (, known as the Armenian Fastex Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a regional tournament within th ...

for 1995–96 consisted of 12 teams of which the lowest ranked team would relegate to the

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. The eleventh ranked team would face the second ranked team from the First League in a promotion/relegation play-off.

Premier League

* Homenetmen Yerevan changed their name into FC Pyunik. *

Yerazank FC Yerazank Football Club () was an Armenian football club established in Stepanakert, and participated in the Artsakh Football League. History It was founded during the Soviet Union in 1982. During the 1992 season, it took no part in any competi ...

disbanded and yielded its place to another

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-based club from

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, FC Karabakh. Karabakh, much like Yerazank, were forced to relocate from Stepanakert to

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due to the ongoing

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. *

FC Kotayk FC Kotayk () was an Armenian football club based in the town of Abovyan, Kotayk Province. History Founded in 1955, Kotayk was one of the oldest football clubs in Armenia. After playing several years in the Armenian SSR League as well as the S ...

and Banants Kotayk merged, but the name of the merger was only limited to Kotayk Abovyan. * Newly-founded

FC Yerevan FC Yerevan () was an Armenian professional association football, football club from the capital Yerevan. History FC Yerevan played in the Armenian Premier League and won the Armenian Premier League 1997, 1997 title. It was founded in 1995 and la ...

was unexpectedly promoted to replace Banants Kotayk.

League table

Promotion and relegation play-off

Top goalscorers

First League

* 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 Seasons in Armenian football

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