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    UEFA.com
    Nov 1 2009


    Nine straight titles for dominant Pyunik

    Sunday 1 November 2009
    by Khachik Chakhoyan from Yerevan


    FC Pyunik won 3-1 at FC Shirak in their penultimate Bardzraguyn khumb
    game to preserve a four-point lead over second-placed FC Mika and
    clinch their ninth consecutive Armenian title.

    Tadevosyan treble

    The Yerevan side were in danger of being taken to their final fixture
    when Shirak levelled the scores on 47 minutes through Felix Khojoyan,
    after Albert Tadevosyan had given Pyunik the lead shortly before the
    break. The 19-year-old striker scored again on 52 and 66 minutes to
    make it 62 points from 27 matches, leaving Mika to settle for second
    place with FC Ulis Yerevan in third. "I am happy with our victory
    because it is always difficult for us to play at Shirak," said Pyunik
    coach Vardan Minasyan. "The lads were committed and proved their
    excellence. Despite that win and our new league title we will not
    celebrate anything now. We still have one match to play at a high
    level and it is only after that that we will have some rest."

    Ulis landmark
    Mika won 2-1 against FC Kilikia to secure the runners-up spot for the
    third time, after 2004 and 2005, while Ulis were 3-2 victors at FC
    Banants to earn a top-three finish for the first time in their
    history. Sevada Arzumanyan's charges flew out of the blocks and were
    two up before the break as Artyom Adamyan and Armen Tigranyan punished
    Banants for defensive lapses. Norayr Gyozalyan got one back only for
    Aleksandr Petrosyan to restore the two-goal margin. "I am happy for
    the players, for myself and I congratulate all our fans," said
    Arzumanyan. "This is our first big success and I hope it will not be
    the last one."

    http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/new s/kind=2/newsid`2621.html
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