Premier League

* FC Armenicum, Karabakh Yerevan,

Lori Vanadzor Lori may refer to: *Lori (given name) *Lori Province, Armenia * Lori Fortress, a fortress in Armenia * Lori Berd, a village in Armenia * Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget, a historical Armenian kingdom from c. 980 to 1240, sometimes known as the Kingdom o ...

, and

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 ...

FC Armenicum were dissolved and yielded their place to the revived

FC Pyunik Football Club Pyunik Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Փյունիկ Երևան, Futbolayin Akumb P’yunik Yerevan), commonly known as Pyunik ("Phoenix (mythology), Phoenix"), is an Armenian professional sports club based in the ...

. * Newly established Dinamo-2000 Yerevan are allowed to participate in the premier league without competing in the Armenian First League first. * On August 20,

Araks Ararat FC Araks Ararat FC ( hy, Արաքս Արարատ Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ), is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Ararat, Ararat Province. Club history The club was founded in 1960 as FC Ararat to represent the town of A ...

was dissolved. The rights to participate in the Premier League were granted to the newly founded club Spartak Yerevan. * Banants were relocated from the village of Kotayk to

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

. Despite not participating as a separate team in the 2000

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 club was also allowed to participate in the 2001

Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League ( hy, VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the compet ...

season. *

Kilikia Cilicia (); el, Κιλικία, ''Kilikía''; Middle Persian: ''klkyʾy'' (''Klikiyā''); Parthian: ''kylkyʾ'' (''Kilikiyā''); tr, Kilikya). is a geographical region in southern Anatolia in Turkey, extending inland from the northeastern coa ...

did not pay entrance fee and refused to play twice, leading to their expulsion. At the end of the season they were also relegated along with Lori *

Karabakh Karabakh ( az, Qarabağ ; hy, Ղարաբաղ, Ġarabaġ ) is a geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia, extending from the highlands of the Lesser Caucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers Kura (Caspia ...

were relocated from

Stepanakert / az, Xankəndi, italic=no , settlement_type = City , image_skyline = File:StepanakertCollage.jpg , imagesize = 300px , image_caption = From top left: Holy Mother ...

Top goalscorers

First League

Malatia Malatya ( hy, Մալաթիա, translit=Malat'ya; Syro-Aramaic ܡܠܝܛܝܢܐ Malīṭīná; ku, Meletî; Ancient Greek: Μελιτηνή) is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city ha ...

and Kasakh returned to professional football. * Armavir returned to professional football under the name Karmrakhayt Armavir. * FC Gyumri changed their name back to Aragats FC. * Pyunik-2 were added to the

to make an 8-team competition.

First stage

Second stage

* Teams kept head-to-head results of preliminary stage in both groups. * Tavush Ijevan withdrew before the start of the second stage

Promotion Group

Bottom Group

External links

RSSSF: Armenia 2001
{{Seasons in Armenian football