2021–22 FC Ararat Yerevan season explained

The 2021–22 season was FC Ararat Yerevan's 31st consecutive season in Armenian Premier League, whilst they will also compete in the Armenian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

Season events

On 18 June, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Arsen Sadoyan from Urartu.^[1]

On 21 June, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Erik Vardanyan from Urartu,^[2] and Alik Arakelyan from Pyunik.^[3]

On 29 June, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Gor Malakyan from Pyunik,^[4] with Robert Darbinyan also joining from Pyunik the following day.^[5]

On 2 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Serges Déblé from Viborg.^[6]

On 22 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Isah Aliyu from Urartu.^[7]

On 26 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Iván Díaz from Sereď.^[8]

On 1 August, Ararat Yerevan announced that Karen Muradyan had left the club after his contract had expired.^[9]

On 25 September, Dimitri Legbo, Armand Dagrou, Sery Narcisse, Sosthène Tiehide and Amara Traoré all joined Ararat Yerevan from RC Abidjan.^[10]

On 11 January, Head Coach Vardan Bichakhchyan left Ararat Yerevan by mutual consent.^[11]

On 14 January, Ararat Yerevan terminated their contracts with Yacouba Silue and Serges Déblé by mutual consent.^[12]

On 25 January, Edgar Torosyan was appointed as Head Coach of Ararat Yerevan.^[13]

Squad

Number	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Poghos Ayvazyan		GK	2022 5, df=yes	Mika	2016		22	0
13	Arman Simonyan		GK	2022 5, df=yes	Unattached	2019		0	0
45	Vsevolod Yermakov		GK	2022 5, df=yes	Shirak	2020[14]		65	0
Defenders
2	Robert Hakobyan		DF	2022 5, df=yes	Shirak	2021		20	1
4	Yuri Magakyan		DF	2022 5, df=yes	Youth team	2016		4	0
5	Hrayr Mkoyan		DF	2022 5, df=yes	Shirak	2020[15]
15	Arsen Sadoyan		DF	2022 5, df=yes	Urartu	2021		1	0
24	Dimitri Legbo		DF	2022 5, df=yes	RC Abidjan	2021		17	1
29	Marko Prljević		DF	2022 5, df=yes	Shirak	2020[16]		53	3
33	Hovhannes Nazaryan		DF	2022 5, df=yes	Shirak	2021		21	2
44	Juan Bravo		DF	2022 5, df=yes	Sportivo Barracas	2020[17]		57	5
99	Robert Darbinyan		DF	2022 5, df=yes	Pyunik	2021		22	0
Midfielders
6	Erik Vardanyan		MF	2022 5, df=yes	Urartu	2021		1	0
7	Isah Aliyu		MF	2022 5, df=yes	Urartu	2021		34	3
11	David Manoyan		MF	2022 5, df=yes	Shirak	2020[18]		67	2
18	Edgar Malakyan		MF	2022 5, df=yes	Shirak	2020		51	10
20	Rudik Mkrtchyan		MF	2022 5, df=yes	Shirak	2021		25	1
22	Igor Stanojević		MF	2022 5, df=yes	Shirak	2021		24	3
23	Gor Malakyan		MF	2022 5, df=yes	Pyunik	2021		29	1
25	Armand Dagrou		MF	2022 5, df=yes	RC Abidjan	2021		7	0
26	Alik Arakelyan		MF	2022 5, df=yes	Pyunik	2021		32	3
27	Iván Díaz		MF	2022 5, df=yes	Sereď	2021		32	0
70	Sosthène Tiehide		MF	2022 5, df=yes	RC Abidjan	2021		4	0
	Grigor Muradyan		MF	2022 5, df=yes	Youth team	2020		3	0
Forwards
9	Razmik Hakobyan		FW	2022 5, df=yes	Alashkert	2018[19]		49	4
80	Amara Traoré		FW	2022 5, df=yes	RC Abidjan	2021		9	0
Ararat Yerevan II Players
	Aleksandre Saganelidze		DF	2022 5, df=yes	Unattached	2021		1	0
	Karen Shirkhanyan		MF	2022 5, df=yes	Youth Team	2019		4	0
	Arame Tsaturyan		MF	2022 5, df=yes	Youth Team	2018		0	0
Players away on loan
16	Serob Galstyan		MF	2022 5, df=yes	Torpedo Yerevan	2020		1	0
Players who left during the season
8	Zhirayr Margaryan		DF	2022 5, df=yes	Shirak	2020[20]		44	0
10	Serges Déblé		FW	2022 5, df=yes	Viborg	2021		16	13
17	Yacouba Silue		FW	2022 5, df=yes	Shirak	2021		19	8
19	Karen Muradyan		MF	2022 5, df=yes	Shirak	2020[21]		31	0
55	Dimitrije Pobulić		MF	2022 5, df=yes	Grafičar Beograd	2021[22]		38	8
77	Sery Narcisse		MF	2022 5, df=yes	RC Abidjan	2021		1	0
98	Mory Kone		FW	2022 5, df=yes	Shirak	2020[23]		32	15

Transfers

See main article: List of Armenian football transfers summer 2021 and List of Armenian football transfers winter 2021–22.

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
18 June 2021	DF		Arsen Sadoyan	Urartu	Undisclosed
21 June 2021	MF		Alik Arakelyan	Pyunik	Undisclosed
21 June 2021	MF		Erik Vardanyan	Urartu	Undisclosed
29 June 2021	MF		Gor Malakyan	Pyunik	Undisclosed
30 June 2021	DF		Robert Darbinyan	Pyunik	Undisclosed
1 July 2021	DF		Robert Hakobyan	Shirak	Undisclosed
1 July 2021	FW		Yacouba Silue	Shirak	Undisclosed
2 July 2021	FW		Serges Déblé	Viborg	Undisclosed
22 July 2021	MF		Isah Aliyu	Urartu	Undisclosed
26 July 2021	MF		Iván Díaz	Sereď	Undisclosed
25 September 2021	DF		Dimitri Legbo	RC Abidjan	Undisclosed
25 September 2021	MF		Armand Dagrou	RC Abidjan	Undisclosed
25 September 2021	MF		Sery Narcisse	RC Abidjan	Undisclosed
25 September 2021	MF		Sosthène Tiehide	RC Abidjan	Undisclosed
25 September 2021	FW		Amara Traoré	RC Abidjan	Undisclosed

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
18 June 2021	MF		Maksym Zaderaka	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Undisclosed	[24]
16 July 2021	MF		Aghvan Papikyan	Alashkert	Undisclosed	[25]
21 September 2021	FW		Mory Kone	Újpest	Undisclosed	[26]
17 January 2022	DF		Zhirayr Margaryan	Veres Rivne	Undisclosed	[27]
27 February 2022	MF		Dimitrije Pobulić	Bunyodkor	Undisclosed
20 March 2022	MF		Sery Narcisse	ASEC Mimosas	Undisclosed

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
29 July 2021	MF		Serob Galstyan	BKMA Yerevan	Undisclosed	[28]
29 July 2021	MF		Grigor Muradyan	BKMA Yerevan	12 January 2022

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
11 June 2021	GK		Grigor Meliksetyan	Pyunik		[29]
11 June 2021	DF		Christian Jiménez	Hegelmann Litauen	21 June 2021	[30] [31]
11 June 2021	DF		Ivan Spychka	Shukura Kobuleti
11 June 2021	MF		Zaven Badoyan	Van
11 June 2021	MF		Seroj Titizian	BKMA Yerevan
11 June 2021	MF		David Khurtsidze	Alashkert	2 July 2021	[32]
14 June 2021	MF		Artak Yedigaryan	Alashkert	2 July 2021
24 June 2021	DF		Artur Danielyan	Sevan	24 June 2021	[33] [34]
24 June 2021	FW		Uroš Nenadović	Taraz	26 June 2021	[35]
1 August 2021	MF		Karen Muradyan	Ararat-Armenia	4 August 2021	[36]
14 January 2022	FW		Serges Déblé	Pyunik	27 January 2022	[37]
14 January 2022	FW		Yacouba Silue	SKN St. Pölten	7 February 2022
31 May 2021	FW		Grigor Muradyan	Shirak

Competitions

Supercup

See main article: 2021 Armenian Supercup.

Premier League

See main article: 2021–22 Armenian Premier League.

Table

Armenian Cup

See main article: 2021–22 Armenian Cup.

UEFA Europa Conference League

See main article: 2021-22 UEFA Europa Conference League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Goal scorers

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1	FW		10	Serges Déblé	13	0	0	0	13
2	FW		17	Yacouba Silue	6	0	0	2	8
3	MF		18	Edgar Malakyan	7	0	0	0	7
4	MF		55	Dimitrije Pobulić	3	0	0	2	5
5	MF		26	Alik Arakelyan	3	0	0	0	3
	MF		7	Isah Aliyu	3	0	0	0	3
	FW		9	Razmik Hakobyan	2	0	0	1	3
	DF		44	Juan Bravo	2	0	0	1	3
9	MF		22	Igor Stanojević	2	0	0	0	2
	DF		33	Hovhannes Nazaryan	1	1	0	0	2
	FW		98	Mory Kone	0	0	0	2	2
12	MF		23	Gor Malakyan	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		20	Rudik Mkrtchyan	1	0	0	0	1
	MF		11	David Manoyan	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		24	Dimitri Legbo	0	1	0	0	1
	DF		2	Robert Hakobyan	1	0	0	0	1
	DF		29	Marko Prljević	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	47	2	0	8	57

Clean sheets

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1	GK		45	Vsevolod Yermakov	9	1	0	1	11
				TOTALS	9	1	0	1	11

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Armenian Cup		Supercup		UEFA Europa Conference League		Total
2		DF	Robert Hakobyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
5		DF	Hrayr Mkoyan	4	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	8	0
7		MF	Isah Aliyu	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
9		FW	Razmik Hakobyan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11		MF	David Manoyan	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
18		MF	Edgar Malakyan	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
20		MF	Rudik Mkrtchyan	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
22		MF	Igor Stanojević	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
23		MF	Gor Malakyan	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
24		DF	Dimitri Legbo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25		MF	Armand Dagrou	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
26		MF	Alik Arakelyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
27		MF	Iván Díaz	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
29		DF	Marko Prljević	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
33		DF	Hovhannes Nazaryan	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
44		DF	Juan Bravo	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
99		DF	Robert Darbinyan	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Players away on loan:
Players who left Ararat Yerevan during the season:
8		DF	Zhirayr Margaryan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
10		FW	Serges Déblé	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1
17		FW	Yacouba Silue	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
55		MF	Dimitrije Pobulić	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
98		FW	Mory Kone	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
			TOTALS	48	4	6	0	1	0	12	0	67	4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Official statement. Arsen Sadoyan . fcararat.am/en/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 18 June 2021 . 18 June 2021.
2. Web site: Official statement. Erik Vardanyan . fcararat.am/en/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 21 June 2021 . 21 June 2021.
3. Web site: Official statement. Alik Arakelyan . fcararat.am/en/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 21 June 2021 . 21 June 2021.
4. Web site: An official statement. Gor Malakyan . fcararat.am/en/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 29 June 2021 . 29 June 2021.
5. Web site: An official statement. Robert Darbinyan . fcararat.am/en/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 30 June 2021 . 30 June 2021.
6. Web site: Welcome, Serge Deble! . fcararat.am/en/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 3 July 2021 . 2 July 2021.
7. Web site: An official statement. Isah Aliyu . fcararat.am/en/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 22 July 2021 . 22 July 2021.
8. Web site: Welcome, Ivan Diaz . fcararat.am/en/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 28 July 2021 . 26 July 2021.
9. Web site: Official statement: Karen Muradyan . fcararat.am/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 4 August 2021 . 1 August 2021.
10. Web site: 5 молодых новичков в Арарате . fcararat.am . FC Ararat Yerevan . 28 September 2021 . Russian . 25 September 2021.
11. Web site: Official statement. Vardan Bichakhchyan . fcararat.am . FC Ararat Yerevan . 12 January 2022 . 11 January 2022.
12. Web site: Official announcement. Serge Deble, Yacouba Silue . fcararat.am/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 15 January 2022 . 14 January 2022.
13. Web site: Official statement: Edgar Torosyan . fcararat.am/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 25 January 2022 . 25 January 2022.
14. Web site: ‼ ՊԱՇՏՈՆԱԿԱՆ ‼ ԷԴԳԱՐ ՄԱԼԱՔՅԱՆԸ ԵՎ ՎՍԵՎՈԼՈԴ ԵՐՄԱԿՈՎԸ ՀԱՄԱԼՐԵՑԻՆ ԱՐԱՐԱՏԸ. facebook.com/ . FC Ararat Yerevan Facebook . 27 July 2020 . Armenian . 27 July 2020.
15. Web site: ՔՐԻՍՏԻԱՆ ԽԻՄԵՆԵՍԸ ԵՎ ՀՐԱՅՐ ՄԿՈՅԱՆԸ ՀԱՄԱԼՐԵՑԻՆ ԱՐԱՐԱՏԸ. facebook.com/ . FC Ararat Yerevan Facebook . 28 July 2020 . Armenian . 28 July 2020.
16. Web site: ՄԱՐԿՈ ՊՐԼԵՎԻՉԸ ԵՎ ՈՒՐՈՇ ՆԵՆԱԴՈՎԻՉԸ ՏԵՂԱՓՈԽՎԵՑԻՆ ԱՐԱՐԱՏ. facebook.com/ . FC Ararat Yerevan Facebook . 31 July 2020 . Armenian . 1 August 2020.
17. Web site: ‼ ՊԱՇՏՈՆԱԿԱՆ ‼ ԽՈՒԱՆ ԲՐԱՎՈՆ ՏԵՂԱՓՈԽՎԵՑ "ԱՐԱՐԱՏ". facebook.com/ . FC Ararat Yerevan Facebook . 26 July 2020 . Armenian . 26 July 2020.
18. Web site: ՊԱՇՏՈՆԱԿԱՆ ԴԱՎԻԹ ՄԱՆՈՅԱՆԸ ընդունել ՏԵՂԱՓՈԽՎԵՑ ԱՐԱՐԱՏ. facebook.com/ . FC Ararat Yerevan Facebook . 25 July 2020 . Armenian . 25 July 2020.
19. Web site: Официально. Покинувший "Алашкерт" форвард пополнил "Арарат" . armfootball.com . ArmFootball . 9 December 2018 . Russian . 7 December 2018 . 9 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181209131300/http://armfootball.com/rus/news/102966/oficialno-pokinuvshiiy-alashkert-forvard-popolnil-ararat.html . dead .
20. Web site: ԻԳՈՐ ՍՏԱՆՈԵՎԻՉՆ Ու ԺԻՐԱՅՐ ՄԱՐԳԱՐՅԱՆԸ՝ "ԱՐԱՐԱՏԻ" ՖՈՒՏԲՈԼԻՍՏՆԵՐ. facebook.com/ . FC Ararat Yerevan Facebook . 29 July 2020 . Armenian . 29 July 2020.
21. Web site: ‼ ՊԱՇՏՈՆԱԿԱՆ ‼ ԿԱՐԵՆ ՄՈՒՐԱԴՅԱՆԸ ՀԱՄԱԼՐԵՑ ԱՐԱՐԱՏԸ. facebook.com/ . FC Ararat Yerevan Facebook . 27 July 2020 . Armenian . 26 July 2020.
22. Web site: Official announcement ․ Dimitrije Pobulic. fcararat.am . FC Ararat Yerevan . 17 January 2021 . English . 16 January 2021.
23. Web site: ՄՈՐԻ ԿՈՆԵՆ ՄԻԱՑԱՎ ԱՐԱՐԱՏԻՆ . facebook.com/ . FC Ararat Yerevan Facebook . 11 September 2020 . Armenian . 10 September 2020.
24. Web site: Official statement. Maksym Zaderaka . fcararat.am/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 20 June 2021 . 18 June 2021.
25. Web site: Ուրբաթ երեկոն լավ հանգստի և . facebook.com/FCAlashkert/ . FC Alashkert Facebook . 17 July 2021 . Armenian . 16 July 2021.
26. Web site: Gólerős csatárt vásároltunk! . ujpestfc.hu . Újpest FC . 28 September 2021 . Hungarian . 21 September 2021.
27. Web site: Zhirayr Margaryan moved to Ukraine . fcararat.am/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 17 January 2022 . 17 January 2022.
28. Web site: Grigor Muradyan and Serob Galstyan are moving to CSKA on loan . fcararat.am/en/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 2 August 2021 . 29 July 2021.
29. Web site: Official statement: Grigor Meliksetyan . fcpyunik.am/ . FC Pyunik . 9 July 2021 . 9 July 2021.
30. Web site: Official statement . fcararat.am/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 13 June 2021 . 11 June 2021.
31. Web site: Hegelmann Litauen" gretose rungtyniaus ispanas C. Jiménez . hegelmannsports.lt . FC Hegelmann Litauen . 21 June 2021 . Lithuanian.
32. Web site: ՆՈՐ ՏՐԱՆՍՖԵՐՆԵՐ . facebook.com/FCAlashkert/ . FC Alashkert Facebook . 2 July 2021 . Armenian . 2 July 2021.
33. Web site: An official statement. Artur Danielyan and Uros Nenadovic . fcararat.am/ . FC Ararat Yerevan . 24 June 2021 . 24 June 2021.
34. Web site: "Սևանի" նորեկը՝ Արթուր Դանիելյան . facebook.com/SevanFCArmenia/ . Sevan FC Facebook . 15 July 2021 . Armenian . 24 June 2021.
35. Web site: РЕСМИ: "ТАРАЗ" ЖАҢА ШАБУЫЛШЫМЕН КЕЛІСІМ ШАРТ ЖАСАДЫ . vk.com/tarazfc . FC Taraz VK . 2 July 2021 . Russian . 26 June 2021.
36. Web site: Նոր տրանսֆեր: #WelcomKarenMuradyan . facebook.com/araratarmeniafc/ . FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook . 4 August 2021 . Armenian . 4 August 2021.
37. Web site: Official statement: Serges Déblé . fcpyunik.am/ . FC Pyunik . 28 January 2022 . 27 January 2022.