2004 Armenian First League

2004 Armenian first league season

The 2004 Armenian First League season started on 1 May 2004. The last matches were played on 15 November 2004. Pyunik-2 became the league champions, but because they are a reserve team they were unable to promote to the Armenian Premier League. As a result, the second placed team Lernayin Artsakh FC was given promotion.

Overview

Araks Ararat FC and Lernayin Artsakh FC were relegated and withdrew from the Armenian Premier League respectively.
Dinamo FA Yerevan were renamed as Dinamo Yerevan
Spartak Yerevan FC became the reserve team of FC Banants and as a result were named Banants-2
FC Zenit Charentsavan and FC Dinamo-VZ Yerevan are the reserve teams of Dinamo-Zenit Yerevan.
FC Ararat Yerevan was expelled from the Premier League in 2003, so they restarted the 2004 season in the First League.
Reserve teams, such as Pyunik-2, cannot be promoted.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Pyunik-2	30	27	2	1	98	21	+77	83	Champions
2	Lernayin Artsakh FC	30	22	6	2	82	20	+62	72	Promoted to Armenian Premier League. Champions were unable to promote.
3	Gandzasar	30	17	6	7	52	32	+20	57
4	Vagharshapat	30	17	3	10	61	42	+19	54
5	Mika-2	30	15	9	6	48	25	+23	54
6	Araks Ararat FC	30	16	3	11	57	31	+26	51
7	Ararat Yerevan	30	16	1	13	83	50	+33	49
8	Banants-2	30	13	9	8	40	30	+10	48
9	Pyunik-3	30	13	4	13	56	47	+9	43
10	Banants-3	30	11	6	13	46	48	−2	39
11	FC Lokomotiv Yerevan	30	8	6	16	29	51	−22	30
12	Dinamo Yerevan	30	9	1	20	52	72	−20	28
13	Dinamo VZ Yerevan	30	7	3	20	46	83	−37	24
14	Lori Vanadzor	30	7	6	17	35	68	−33	24^[a]
15	Zenit Charentsavan	30	6	3	21	34	89	−55	21
16	Nork Marash FC^[b]	30	2	0	28	7	117	−110	3^[a]	Withdrew in the middle of the season. Unplayed matches awarded 3-0 against them.