2000 in
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox ...
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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 ninth season of independent football after the split-up from the
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
. The
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 ...
for 2000 existed of 8 teams of which the lowest ranked teams 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 seventh ranked team would enter the promotion/relegation play-off with the second ranked team of the First League. However it was decided that none of the Premier League teams would be relegated and four clubs were promoted from the First League, as well as
FC Banants
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 ...
that was given a place at the highest level for the 2001 season. In the last few weeks Ararat, Zvartnots-AAL, Dinamo and Mika all refused to play once or more times as they were demanding fair play and claiming that referees penalised them repeatedly in favour of Araks that eventually won the title due to the awarded 3-0 victories in their favour.
Premier League
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FC Dinamo Yerevan
FC Dinamo Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Դինամո Երևան), is a defunct Armenian football club from the capital Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of ...
and
FC Mika-Kasakh are promoted.
* FC Mika-Kasakh is renamed FC Mika
*
Tsement changed their name to FC Araks Ararat.
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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 ...
and
Erebuni-Homenmen both withdrew before the start of the season. As a result,
Kilikia FC
Kilikia Football Club ( hy, Կիլիկիա Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ – Kilikia Futbolayin Akumb), is a defunct Armenian football club from the capital Yerevan.
History Beginning
Kilikia F.C. was founded in 1992 and participated i ...
who were originally relegated kept their place.
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FC Lernagorts Kapan
FC Lernagorts Kapan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Լեռնագործ Կապան), is a defunct Armenian football club from Kapan, Syunik Province.
History
Lernagorts Kapan was founded in 1963 during the Soviet period. After the indepe ...
are additionally promoted to have an eight team competition.
Top goalscorers
First League
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FC Armenicum and Tavush Ijevan are introduced to the league.
*
Kotayk returned to professional football.
Armenia Cup
External links
RSSSF: Armenia 2000
{{Seasons in Armenian football