Armenian Football Cup 1998

Independence Cup 1998

Cup winners	Cement Ararat (1st title)
European Cup Winners' Cup	Ararat cement
Beginning	March 6, 1998
final	May 31, 1998
Final stadium	Hrasdan Stadium , Yerevan
Teams	17th
Games	28 (of which 22 played)
Gates	71 (ø 3.23 per game)
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The 1998 Armenian Football Cup was the seventh edition of the cup competition in Armenia .

17 teams took part. Cement Ararat won the trophy for the first time. In the final, FC Yerevan was defeated 3-1. Cement took part in qualifying for the European Cup Winners' Cup.

mode

The cup was played in five rounds. If a game was tied at the end of normal playing time, it was extended by 15 minutes twice. If no decision was made after extra time , the winner of the match was determined on penalties .

From the last sixteen to the semi-finals, the winners were determined in the first and second leg. In these encounters, the number of goals scored away first decided .

qualification

The meeting took place on March 6, 1998.

	Result
Alaschkert Martuni	0: 2	SKVV Yerevan

Round of 16

The first leg took place on March 10, 1998, the second leg on March 15, 1998.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FC Shirak Gyumri	8: 2	FC Shirak Gyumri 2	5-0	3: 2
FC Spitak	0: 3	FA Ararat Yerevan	0-0	0: 3
FC Pyunik Yerevan	3: 1	FC Zvartnots Yerevan	2: 1	1-0
Erebuni ASS Yerevan	16: 00	FC Dinamo Yerevan	5-0	11: 00
FC Dwin Artaschat	2: 6	FC Yerevan	1: 3	1: 3
Ararat cement	without a fight ¹	FC Lori Vanadzor	-	-
SKVV Yerevan	without a fight ¹	FC Kotayk Abovyan	-	-
FC Karabakh Yerevan	without a fight ¹	FC Aragaz Gyumri	-	-

¹ Lori Vanadzor, Kotayk Abovyan and Aragaz Gyumri withdrew.

Quarter finals

The first leg took place on April 10 and 11, 1998, the second leg on April 25, 1998.

	total		First leg	Return leg
FA Ararat Yerevan	1: 5	FC Yerevan	0: 3	1: 2
SKVV Yerevan	0: 7	Erebuni ASS Yerevan	0: 4	0: 3
Ararat cement	2: 1	FC Shirak Gyumri	1: 1	1-0
FC Karabakh Yerevan	1: 6	FC Pyunik Yerevan	1: 5	0: 1