Soccer: Pyunik reaffirm domestic league supremacy with early title win
Pyunik win their ninth consecutive title in Armenian league (archive photo, Nov. 2008)
Armenia’s longtime soccer champion FC Pyunik (Yerevan) won another national title beating Gyumri’s Shirak 3-1 on the penultimate day of the championship on Sunday.
Pyunik’s chaser Mika achieved a late 2-1 victory against Kilikia in Round 27 and settled for the runner-up’s spot.
Armenia’s longtime soccer champion FC Pyunik (Yerevan) won another national title beating Gyumri’s Shirak 3-1 on the penultimate day of the championship on Sunday.
Pyunik’s chaser Mika achieved a late 2-1 victory against Kilikia in Round 27 and settled for the runner-up’s spot.
Regardless of the outcome of the last round encounter against Mika, Pyunik, now holding an unassailable four-point lead, will formalize their ninth consecutive league title (and twelfth overall) on November 7.
On Sunday, meanwhile, Ulis achieved a 3-2 victory over their rival in the contest for the third spot, Banants, and thus secured the “bronze” position.
And last season’s runner-up Ararat, which had already lost all chances for avoiding relegation, beat middle-league dweller Gandzasar (Kapan) 3-2.
Regardless of the outcomes of all Round 28 matches, Banants, Gandzasar, Shirak and Kilikia will finish, correspondingly, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh in the eight-team league.
(Source: FFA)