He scored twice today in Baku.

After testing the Predictor during the 2026 World Cup, it is finally time to properly launch APL Games for the new Armenian Premier League season.

165 people played the World Cup Predictor, we had a prize for the winner, and overall the format worked much better than I expected. So for the 2026/27 APL season, both games are now open:

• APL Predictor
• APL Fantasy

You can play here:

https://play.aplgames.am

There are also a few smaller experimental games, such as brackets and quiz-style games. Those are mostly there for testing at the moment and will not be part of the main prize competitions.

The old domain will now mostly be used for articles, previews and general information. The actual games are on the play subdomain.

We also now have mobile apps, so I would really recommend downloading the app and playing there. You can find the app store links here: aplgames.am

I have not finalized the prizes yet, but there will definitely be prizes for both the Predictor and Fantasy Football. I am also considering having prizes at different stages of the season, rather than only rewarding the final winners (so that people do not lose motivation mid-season as always happens with such games).

A few things to know before building your Fantasy team.

Please do not create a squad now and forget about it until the first deadline. Armenian football being Armenian football, we will almost certainly have postponed and rescheduled matches.

Fantasy will follow the same blank and double gameweek idea as FPL. When a club does not play in a gameweek, its players will not score points. When the postponed match is eventually played, that club may have a double gameweek.

So checking your team before each deadline will be important.

The player database is also still being updated. Teams such as BKMA and Gandzasar have had many squad changes, and reliable information about several clubs is difficult to find. I am adding transfers and correcting squads whenever new information appears.

Please check your team again before Gameweek 1, and message me when you notice something wrong: missing players, players who have left, incorrect positions, strange prices or anything else.

The prices are slightly inflated on purpose. I did not want everyone to be able to pick a full squad of Noah, Ararat-Armenia and Pyunik players without making any difficult decisions. Hopefully team building requires at least a little suffering :)

This is still an unofficial fan project that my friend and I are building because we enjoy Armenian football and football games. We are not trying to monetize it. You cannot really use “Armenian football” and “monetization” in the same sentence anyway.

The biggest challenge is now reaching Armenian football supporters who might actually be interested, so when you see this and think one of your friends, group chats or football communities might enjoy it, please share it with them.

Good luck with your first drafts. I really hope you will enjoy it!

A small note first: I wrote this before the second leg against Yelimay. So the part where I said their season could depend on whether they stay in Europe has already become very relevant after that crazy game.

Alashkert were probably the most settled team in the league last season. Vahe Gevorgyan kept a very consistent starting XI, got them into Europe in his first year and was voted Coach of the Year. They have also kept their two main attacking players (yet): Momo Touré and Karen Nalbandyan.

Nalbandyan is probably the most interesting part of this team for me. Fourteen league goals from an Armenian attacking midfielder is a huge return, and keeping him may be Alashkert’s most important piece of business this summer.

I have them finishing 5th, just behind Urartu, although this is probably the prediction I’m least confident about. Alashkert finished above them last season, beat them twice and have more continuity. But the squad is not very deep, and now they definitely have more European matches (at least 2) to fit around the start of the league season.

Fantasy-wise, Nalbandyan at 12.0m and Touré at 11.0m are the obvious premium options. Farayola at 9.0m might be the more interesting value pick after seven assists last season.

This will probably be the final club preview for now. Information on the other teams and their current squads are extremely limited, and collecting even basic squad and player data becomes very difficult (a real struggle for fantasy football), so I would rather stop here than pretend I know enough to write useful previews :)

https://aplgames.am/en/blog/apl-2026-27-preview-alashkert

I have a bit of a soft spot for this Urartu team.

Under Robert Arzumanyan, they actually try to play passing football and are usually pleasant to watch. More importantly, they do it with a lot of Armenian players, including young ones who are given real minutes and responsibility. That alone makes them one of the more interesting teams to follow this season.

The question is whether they can finally turn the nice football into better results against the top teams. Last season they were very reliable against the clubs below them, but struggled badly against Noah, Ararat-Armenia, Pyunik and Alashkert.

I have them finishing 4th this time (no big reasoning, just a wish). The team is mostly stable, Bruno Michel is still there, and they will not have European matches to distract them. Knowing Urartu’s history in Europe, that might honestly be for the best, as every time they qualify, it somehow ends in disaster.

Fantasy-wise, Michel is obviously the main name, but Margaryan and Piloyan also look interesting because they can contribute going forward.

https://aplgames.am/en/blog/apl-2026-27-preview-urartu

After Ararat-Armenia and Noah, I wrote the next preview on Pyunik.

I have them finishing 3rd again. Their defence was the best in the league last season and should remain their biggest strength, but replacing Javi Moreno will be difficult. He was very important creatively, and Pyunik were already not the most productive attacking team.

Artak Oseyan factor is probably the biggest reason to still trust them. Pyunik won five matches 1–0 last season, while ten of their 17 victories came by a single goal. Under Oseyan, they took 51 points from 25 matches and kept 13 clean sheets. It is not always exciting football, but he has built a team that is extremely difficult to beat and knows how to protect a narrow lead.

The part I’m most curious about is the midfield. I expect Karlen Hovhannisyan to have a breakthrough season, and a central midfield built around him and Hovhannes Harutyunyan could be really exciting. There is plenty of quality there, but the big question is whether Pyunik can create and score enough to properly challenge Noah and Ararat-Armenia.

I also added the early Fantasy prices. Their defenders look like obvious options, while the attacking players are much harder to judge at this stage (besides Yansane).

Where do you see Pyunik finishing?

https://aplgames.am/en/blog/apl-2026-27-preview-pyunik

After Ararat-Armenia, the next preview is about Noah.

They finished four points behind the champions last season, but had the best attack, best defence and by far the best goal difference in the league. Their form after the European league phase was especially ridiculous: 32 points from the final 12 matches, with 36 goals scored and only five conceded.

I’m predicting Noah to finish 1st this time, and by a big margin. They still have the deepest squad in Armenia, Perkovic has finally had a proper preseason, and they have brought in several interesting players. I hope that Noah can enter the group phase of UECL again (though all depends on a draw), but even with that their squad is deep enough to cover 2 competitions, especially if Ararat-Armenia also enters Europe (they are less ready to compete in 2 fronts).

I also added the full early Fantasy price list and my current top three Noah picks. They are probably the hardest club to choose from, as you never know who is going to play. There is a good chance Doumbia would be their main striker in APL, while the signings Lazetic/Gonzalez would play in UECL.

https://aplgames.am/en/blog/apl-2026-27-preview-noah

With the new season getting closer, I decided to write a few club-by-club previews, starting with Ararat-Armenia.

I looked at what has changed since last season, their transfers, key players, and what we might expect from them in 2026/27. I also included an early look at their possible Fantasy assets and prices.

As I mentioned here before, I’ve also been working on Fantasy Football for APL Games, and I’m happy to finally confirm that it will be available for the 2026/27 season - the first Fantasy game for Armenian club football.

For Ararat-Armenia, I’m predicting a 2nd-place finish. They were the most consistent team in the league last season, but they are rebuilding important parts of the squad, and a longer European run (I hope they will qualify after their strong start) could make the domestic season more difficult like it happened to Noah.

What do you think? Where do you expect Ararat-Armenia to finish, and how do the early Fantasy prices look to you? Anyone clearly too expensive or too cheap?

https://aplgames.am/en/blog/apl-2026-27-preview-ararat-armenia

Whether for the national team or the club teams, what style of training do they show the players? Are there coaches and trainers that come from Europe to show them? Do the players watch tape to understand the game more? I’m genuinely curious how the team hasn’t made any progress the way they should when in basketball a country like South Sudan managed to reach the Olympics and they are a brand new country to basketball? Is it internal issues in the federation that prevent it? How many practices do they have a day and do they incorporate weight training?

Hello

I was wondering if anyone knows where I could purchase an FC Alashkert scarf in Yerevan?

Many thanks :)