2001 in Armenian football

Premier League

FC Armenicum, Karabakh Yerevan, Lori Vanadzor, and FC KotaykFC Armenicum were dissolved and yielded their place to the revived FC Pyunik.
Newly established Dinamo-2000 Yerevan are allowed to participate in the premier league without competing in the Armenian First League first.
On August 20, Araks Ararat FC was dissolved. The rights to participate in the Premier League were granted to the newly founded club Spartak Yerevan.
Banants were relocated from the village of Kotayk to Yerevan. Despite not participating as a separate team in the 2000 Armenian First League, the club was also allowed to participate in the 2001 Armenian Premier League season.
Kilikia did not pay entrance fee and refused to play twice, leading to their expulsion. At the end of the season they were also relegated along with Lori
Karabakh were relocated from Stepanakert to Yerevan.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Pyunik (C)	22	17	2	3	77	23	+54	53	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Zvartnots-AAL	22	16	0	6	52	21	+31	48	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Spartak Yerevan	22	15	3	4	57	13	+44	48	Qualification for the UEFA Cup qualifying round
4	Shirak	22	14	5	3	52	19	+33	47	Qualification for the Intertoto Cup first round
5	Ararat Yerevan	22	13	3	6	42	22	+20	42
6	Mika Ashtarak	22	12	5	5	44	20	+24	41
7	Banants	22	10	4	8	46	28	+18	34
8	Lernagorts Kapan	22	5	3	14	25	63	−38	18
9	Dinamo-2000	22	4	4	14	18	48	−30	16
10	Kotayk	22	3	3	16	19	65	−46	12
11	Karabakh Yerevan	22	2	6	14	19	63	−44	12
12	Lori Vanadzor	22	1	2	19	17	83	−66	5	Relegation to First League
13	Kilikia (E)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Expelled^[a]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (E) Expelled
Notes:

Malatia and Kasakh returned to professional football.
Armavir returned to professional football under the name Karmrakhayt Armavir.
FC Gyumri changed their name back to Aragats FC.
Pyunik-2 were added to the Armenian First League to make an 8-team competition.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malatia	14	10	3	1	39	14	+25	33	Qualification to Championship group
2	FIMA Yerevan	14	10	2	2	38	17	+21	32
3	Pyunik-2	14	9	2	3	40	12	+28	29
4	Aragats	14	9	1	4	25	18	+7	28
5	Kasakh	14	6	2	6	30	25	+5	20	Qualification to Bottom group
6	Dinamo Yerevan	14	5	0	9	30	32	−2	15
7	Karmrakhayt	14	1	1	12	10	58	−48	4
8	Tavush	14	0	1	13	6	42	−36	1
9	Arpa	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0	Withdrew before start of the season
10	Dinamo-2 Yerevan	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0	Dropped since its parent team will participate instead.

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Malatia	12	8	3	1	26	12	+14	27	Champions, promotion to Armenian Premier League.
2	FIMA Yerevan	12	5	2	5	15	15	0	17
3	Pyunik-2	12	3	5	4	14	15	−1	14
4	Aragats	12	2	2	8	8	21	−13	8

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5	Dinamo Yerevan	10	8	0	2	35	12	+23	24
6	Kasakh	10	8	0	2	30	17	+13	24
7	Karmrakhayt	10	1	1	8	12	35	−23	4
8	Tavush	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0	Withdrew before start of the second stage.

Source: ^{[citation needed]}