The 2017–18 Armenian First League season was the 26th since its establishment. The season was launched on August 7, 2017, and concluded on May 28, 2018. Banants-2 were the defending champions from the previous season.

Team changes

3 newly founded teams have joined the 2017–18 Armenian First League season: *

Lori FC Lori FC () was an Armenian association football, football club based in Vanadzor, Lori Province. Originally founded in 1936, Lori has participated in the domestic football competition of Soviet Armenia. After retiring from professional football i ...

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Vanadzor Vanadzor (, ) is an urban municipal community and the third largest city in Armenia, serving as the capital of Lori Province in the northern part of the country. It is located about north of the capital Yerevan. As of the 2011 census, the city h ...

Lori Province Lori (, ) is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. It is located in the north of the country, bordering Georgia (country), Georgia. Vanadzor is the capital and largest city of the province. ...

Artsakh FC Football Club Noah (), commonly known as Noah, is an Armenian professional association football, football club based in Armavir, Armenia, Armavir. Founded in 2017 as FC Artsakh, they currently play in the Armenian Premier League. History The cl ...

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

* FC Ararat-Moskva Yerevan from Yerevan (played as ''FC Avan Academy'' during the 1st half of the season)

Stadiums and locations

10 teams will take part in this season's competition, of which only 4 teams - Artsakh, Erebuni, Lori, and Ararat-Moskva- are eligible to get the promotion right to the

2018–19 Armenian Premier League The 2018–19 Armenian Premier League season was the 27th since its establishment. The season began on 4 August 2018 and ended on 30 May 2019. Teams The FFA decided to increase the 2018–19 Armenian Premier League participants from six to nine t ...

by the end of the competition. The remaining 6 teams are the reserve teams of the football clubs currently participating in the Armenian Premier League competition. * ¹ Erebuni will play at the

Kasaghi Marzik Stadium Kasakhi Marzik Stadium () is a football stadium in Ashtarak, Armenia. It was opened in 1971 and is the former home ground of Mika, Ulisses, Aragats and Kasakh FC. The capacity of the stadium is 3,600. The administrator of the stadium is Armen ...

Ashtarak Ashtarak ( ) is a town in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, located on the left bank of Kasagh River along the gorge, 20 kms northwest of the capital Yerevan. It is the administrative centre of the province and an i ...

, instead of their own Erebuni Stadium, Yerevan. However, the team used several stadiums in Yerevan until matchday 9. * ² Lori will play at the main training pitch of the

Vanadzor Football Academy The Vanadzor Football Academy (), is a modern football training school-academy located in Armenia's third largest city of Vanadzor, Lori Province. It is the 3rd-largest football academy in Armenia. Overview The construction of the academy was lau ...

due to the rebuilding of their regular venue Vanadzor City Stadium,

Personnel and sponsorship

:1. On the back of shirt, upside. :2. On the back of shirt, downside. :3. Died of a car accident on August 30, 2017 (after matchday 4). :4. Left the team at the end of the 1st half of the season (after matchday 14).

League table

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 28 May 2018

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:2017-18 Armenian First League Armenian First League seasons 2

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 ...