1996–97 Armenian Cup

1996–97 Armenian Cup

Tournament details
Country	Armenia
Teams	19
Final positions
Champions	Ararat
Runner-up	Pyunik
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
Goals scored	107 (3.82 per match)

The Armenian Cup 1996/1997 was the 6th edition of the Armenian Independence Cup, a football competition. In 1996–97, the tournament had 24 participants, none of which were reserve teams.

Results

First round

FC Yerevan, Karabakh Yerevan, Pyunik, Van Yerevan, Kotayk, Tsement, Shirak and Ararat Yerevan received byes to the second round.

The first legs were played on 1 and 2 October 1996. The second legs were played on 9 and 10 October 1996.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Zangezour	w/o	Arabkir	n/a	n/a
Kumayri	w/o	Aznavour	n/a	n/a
Kapan-81	w/o	Nairit	n/a	n/a
Dinamo Yerevan	w/o	Kaen Ijevan	n/a	n/a
Kasakh	2–0	Sapfir	2–0	n/a
SKA-Arai	3–4	Dvin Artashat	3–4	n/a
Lori	4–2	Armavir	1–0	3–2
BKMA Yerevan	6–2	Homenmen	0–2	6–0

Second round

The first legs were played on 19, 20 October and 2 November 1996. The second legs were played on 2, 3 and 14 November 1996.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Yerevan	w/o	Kapan-81	n/a	n/a
Karabakh	w/o	BKMA Yerevan	n/a	n/a
Pyunik	7–1	Zangezour	5–0	2–1
Kasakh	0–7	Van Yerevan	0–7	n/a
Kotayk	4–3	Aznavour	3–0	1–3
Lori	1–5	Tsement	0–1	1–4
Dinamo Yerevan	1–21	Shirak	0–9	1–12
Dvin Artashat	2–3	Ararat Yerevan	2–3	0–0

Quarter-finals

The first legs were played on 26 March 1997. The second legs were played on 8 April 1997.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Yerevan	3–1	Van Yerevan	3–1	0–0
Pyunik	7–2	Kotayk	2–0	5–2
Shirak	1–2	Ararat Yerevan	1–1	0–1
Tsement	w/o	BKMA Yerevan	n/a	n/a

Semi-finals

The first legs were played on 13 May 1997. The second legs were played on 18 May 1997.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Yerevan	1–7	Pyunik	0–5	1–2
Ararat Yerevan	4–0	Tsement	2–0	2–0

Final

Ararat Yerevan v Pyunik

28 May 1997

Ararat Yerevan	1 – 0	Pyunik
Babayan  6'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Khazaryan (Yerevan)

See also

• 1996–97 Armenian Premier League

External links

• 1996–97 Armenian Cup at rsssf.com