title: 2002 Armenian Premier League
text: # 2002 Armenian Premier League
  
  ## Overview
  
  * Malatia were disbanded before the season began, therefore FC Lori were given the chance to stay up.
  * FC Karabakh Yerevan changed their name to Lernayin Artsakh FC Yerevan.
  
  ## League table
  
  | Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Pyunik (C) | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 14 | +71 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
  | 2 | Shirak | 22 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 15 | +34 | 51 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
  | 3 | Banants | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 15 | +28 | 50 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round |
  | 4 | Spartak Yerevan | 22 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 16 | +42 | 49 | |
  | 5 | Ararat Yerevan | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 33 | |
  | 6 | Mika Ashtarak | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 33 | |
  | 7 | Zvartnots-AAL | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 57 | 29 | +28 | 32 | |
  | 8 | Lernagorts Kapan | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 43 | −22 | 23 | |
  | 9 | Lernayin Artsakh | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 52 | −31 | 17 | |
  | 10 | Dinamo-2000 Yerevan | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 63 | −44 | 12 | |
  | 11 | Kotayk | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 62 | −45 | 11 | Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round |
  | 12 | Lori Vanadzor (R) | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 100 | −85 | 5 | Relegation to First League |
  | 13 | Malatia (W) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
  
  * ↑ Malatia withdrew before start of the season.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Home \ Away | ARA | BAN | DIN | KOT | LRG | LRY | LOR | MIK | PYU | SHI | SPA | ZVA |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Ararat Yerevan | | 1–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
  | Banants | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 10–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
  | Dinamo-2000 Yerevan | 0–5 | 0–3 | | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–6 |
  | Kotayk | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–5 | 0–6 | 0–1 | 0–5 |
  | Lernagorts Kapan | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
  | Lernayin Artsakh | 0–5 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 5–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–7 |
  | Lori Vanadzor | 1–5 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 0–5 | 1–2 | | 0–3 | 0–7 | 0–4 | 1–6 | 0–5 |
  | Mika Ashtarak | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
  | Pyunik | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 7–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 13–2 | 0–0 | | 5–0 | 3–1 | 4–3 |
  | Shirak | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 1–0 |
  | Spartak Yerevan | 2–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 6–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | | 1–1 |
  | Zvartnots-AAL | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 6–2 | 0–1 | 3–5 | 1–0 | 0–3 | |
  
  * ↑ Match awarded.
  
  ## Top goalscorers
  
  | # | Player | Team | Goals |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Arman Karamyan | Pyunik | 36 |
  | 2 | Ara Hakobyan | Spartak Yerevan | 21 |
  | 3 | Artyom Adamyan | Mika Ashtarak | 15 |
  | 3 | Aram Hakobyan | Spartak Yerevan | 15 |
  | 5 | Artavazd Karamyan | Pyunik | 14 |
  