title: 1996–97 Armenian Premier League
text: # 1996–97 Armenian Premier League
  
  Statistics of Armenian Premier League in the 1996–97 season.
  
  ## League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Pyunik (C) | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 67 | 9 | +58 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
  | 2 | Ararat Yerevan | 22 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 54 | 18 | +36 | 52 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
  | 3 | Yerevan | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 50 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
  | 4 | Shirak | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 57 | 11 | +46 | 47 | |
  | 5 | Tsement Ararat | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 26 | +23 | 42 | |
  | 6 | Van Yerevan | 22 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 34 | |
  | 7 | Kotayk | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 28 | |
  | 8 | Karabakh Yerevan | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 29 | −6 | 25 | |
  | 9 | Homenmen Yerevan | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 30 | 59 | −29 | 22 | |
  | 10 | Arabkir (R) | 22 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 20 | 89 | −69 | 12 | Relegation to First League |
  | 11 | Zangezour (R) | 22 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 77 | −68 | 9 | Relegation to First League |
  | 12 | BKMA Yerevan (W) | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 56 | −46 | 4 | Withdrew |
  
  * ↑ BKMA Yerevan were went into bankruptcy and withdrew from the competition after autumn season. All remaining matches were awarded 3-0 against them.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | ARB | ARA | BKM | HOM | KAR | KOT | PYU | SHI | TSE | VAN | YER | ZAN |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Arabkir | | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–7 | 0–10 | 1–3 | 1–6 | 1–4 | 5–0 |
  | Ararat Yerevan | 1–0 | | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
  | BKMA Yerevan | 1–2 | 1–3 | | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 |
  | Homenmen Yerevan | 0–3 | 0–6 | 2–1 | | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–5 | 5–0 |
  | Karabakh Yerevan | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 |
  | Kotayk | 11–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
  | Pyunik | 9–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 8–0 |
  | Shirak | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 4–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 7–0 |
  | Tsement Ararat | 7–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | | 5–0 | 1–2 | 6–1 |
  | Van Yerevan | 8–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 6–0 |
  | Yerevan | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 7–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 7–2 |
  | Zangezour | 1–0 | 0–5 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–6 | |
  
  * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Match awarded.
  
  ## Top goalscorers
  
  | # | Player | Team | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Arsen Avetisyan | Pyunik | 24 |
  | 2 | Sergey Hayrbabamyan | Tsement Ararat | 13 |
  | 3 | Tigran Yesayan | Yerevan | 11 |
  | 3 | Arthur Petrosyan | Shirak | 11 |
  | 3 | Henrik Berberyan | Yerevan | 11 |
  