2001 Armenian First League

The 2001 Armenian First League season started on 15 May and ended on November 10. FC Malatia from Yerevan became the league champions, and were promoted to the 2002 Armenian Premier League.^[1]

Overview

FC Malatia and FC Kasakh returned to professional football.
Armavir FC returned to professional football under the name Karmrakhayt.
FC Gyumri changed their name back to Aragats FC.
Newly created Pyunik-2 joined the league.

Participating clubs

Tavush

Yerevan teams
Malatia
Pyunik-2
Dinamo Yerevan
FIMA

Location of teams in the 2001 Armenian First League

Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Malatia	Yerevan
FIMA Yerevan	Yerevan
Pyunik-2	Yerevan	Pyunik Stadium	780
Kasakh	Ashtarak	Kasakhi Marzik Stadium	3,600
Dinamo Yerevan	Yerevan
Karmrakhayt	Armavir	Jubilee Stadium	4,000
Tavush	Ijevan	Arnar Stadium	2,100
Aragats	Gyumri	Gyumri City Stadium	2,844

League table

First stage

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malatia	14	10	3	1	39	14	33	Qualification to Championship group
2	FIMA Yerevan	14	10	2	2	38	17	32
3	Pyunik-2	14	9	2	3	40	12	29
4	Aragats	14	9	1	4	25	18	28
5	Kasakh	14	6	2	6	30	25	20	Qualification to Bottom group
6	Dinamo Yerevan	14	5	0	9	30	32	15
7	Karmrakhayt	14	1	1	12	10	58	4
8	Tavush	14	0	1	13	6	42	1
9	Arpa	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	Withdrew before start of the season
10	Dinamo-2 Yerevan	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	Dropped since its parent team will participate instead.

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Second stage

Teams kept head-to-head results of preliminary stage in both groups.
Tavush withdrew before the start of the second stage

Championship Group

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Malatia	12	8	3	1	26	12	27	Champions, promotion to Armenian Premier League.
2	FIMA Yerevan	12	5	2	5	15	15	17
3	Pyunik-2	12	3	5	4	14	15	14
4	Aragats	12	2	2	8	8	21	8

Bottom Group

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Dinamo Yerevan	10	8	0	2	35	12	24
6	Kasakh	10	8	0	2	30	17	24
7	Karmrakhayt	10	1	1	8	12	35	4
8	Tavush	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	Withdrew before start of the second stage.