| Club: | Ararat Yerevan |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Manager: | Gagik Simonyan Rafael Nazaryan Tigran Yesayan |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Hrach Kaprielian |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Republican Stadium |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 6th |
| Cup1: | Armenian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Second round |
| League Topscorer: | Kassim Hadji (7) |
| Season Topscorer: | Kassim Hadji (7) |
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| Prevseason: | 2022–23 |
| Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 season was FC Ararat Yerevan's 33rd consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League, where they will also compete in the Armenian Cup.
On 8 June, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Volodya Samsonyan from BKMA Yerevan.[1]
On 16 June, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Arman Harutyunyan from Lernayin Artsakh.[2]
On 1 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Armen Nahapetyan from Ararat-Armenia.[3]
On 17 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Narek Hovhannisyan from Syunik.[4] with Rayane Mzoughi signing from AS Gabès the following day.[5]
On 25 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Arsen Galstyan from Noah.[6]
On 10 August, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Malick Aziz Berte from Gidars in Mali, with Kalifala Doombia also joining from Gidars the following day.[7] [8] On 12 August, Clinton Dombila joined from JMG Football Academy.[9]
On 12 September, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of free agent Bertrand Mani, who'd previously played for Cape Town City.[10]
On 17 September, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Clément Lhernault from AS Nancy.[11]
On 12 December, Head Coach Gagik Simonyan left his role.[12] On 15 December, Rafael Nazaryan was announced as Ararat's new Head Coach.[13]
On 22 January, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Tiago Gomes from Bahia.[14]
On 26 January, Ararat announced that Head Coach Rafael Nazaryan had left the club after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.[15]
On 19 February, Tigran Yesayan was announced as the new Head Coach of Ararat.[16]
On 23 February, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Ramses Donfack from Coton Sport.[17]
| Number | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Tiago Gomes |  | GK | 2024 5, df=yes | Bahia | 2024 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 98 | Nemanja Lemajic |  | GK | 2024 5, df=yes | Arsenal Tivat | 2022 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Ayman Mahmoud |  | DF | 2024 5, df=yes | Olympique Béja | 2023[18] [19] | 33 | 3 | ||
| 3 | Albert Khachumyan |  | DF | 2024 5, df=yes | Ararat-Armenia | 2024 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Volodya Samsonyan | | DF | 2024 5, df=yes | BKMA Yerevan | 2023 | 29 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Narek Simonyan | | DF | 2024 5, df=yes | Pyunik | 2023 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Clinton Dombila |  | DF | 2024 5, df=yes | JMG Football Academy | 2023 | 13 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Malick Berte |  | DF | 2024 5, df=yes | Gidars | 2023 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 21 | Serob Galstyan | | DF | 2024 5, df=yes | Torpedo Yerevan | 2020 | 2025[20] | 70 | 4 | |
| 24 | Hadji Issa Moustapha |  | DF | 2024 5, df=yes | Gazelle FA de Garoua | 2023 | 43 | 4 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 8 | Clément Lhernault |  | MF | 2024 5, df=yes | AS Nancy | 2023 | 17 | 3 | ||
| 10 | Artur Grigoryan | | MF | 2024 5, df=yes | BKMA Yerevan | 2024 | 16 | 1 | ||
| 11 | Armen Nahapetyan | | MF | 2024 5, df=yes | Ararat-Armenia | 2023 | 21 | 3 | ||
| 14 | Rayane Mzoughi | | MF | 2024 5, df=yes | AS Gabès | 2023 | 25 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Alassane Faye |  | MF | 2024 5, df=yes | Casa Sports | 2023[21] | 37 | 1 | ||
| 20 | Rudik Mkrtchyan | | MF | 2024 5, df=yes | Shirak | 2021 | 90 | 5 | ||
| 23 | Gor Malakyan | | MF | 2024 5, df=yes | Pyunik | 2021[22] | 93 | 4 | ||
| 25 | Aleksandr Aleksanyan | | MF | 2024 5, df=yes | Academy | 2023 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 81 | Kassim Hadji |  | MF | 2024 5, df=yes | Stade Nyonnais | 2023[23] | 47 | 9 | ||
| Erik Azizyan | | MF | 2024 5, df=yes | Unattached | 2023[24] | 7 | 0 | |||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 7 | Bertrand Mani | | FW | 2024 5, df=yes | Unattached | 2023 | 29 | 2 | ||
| 9 | Razmik Hakobyan | | FW | 2024 5, df=yes | Alashkert | 2018[25] | 108 | 13 | ||
| 15 | Kalifala Doombia | | FW | 2024 5, df=yes | Gidars | 2023 | 18 | 1 | ||
| 17 | Ramses Donfack | | FW | 2024 5, df=yes | Coton Sport | 2024 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 30 | Ibeh Ransom | FW | 2024 5, df=yes | Hapoel Nir Ramat HaSharon | 2023[26] | 47 | 9 | |||
| Players away on loan | ||||||||||
| Players who left during the season | ||||||||||
| 3 | Arsen Galstyan | | DF | 2024 5, df=yes | Noah | 2023 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Gor Arakelyan | | DF | 2024 5, df=yes | BKMA Yerevan | 2023 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | Mohamed Kone |  | FW | 2024 5, df=yes | Stade Lausanne Ouchy | 2023[27] | 13 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Arman Harutyunyan | | GK | 2024 5, df=yes | Lernayin Artsakh | 2023 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Narek Hovhannisyan |  | GK | 2024 5, df=yes | Syunik | 2023 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Hamlet Minasyan | | FW | 2024 5, df=yes | BKMA Yerevan | 2023 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 77 | Georgi Babaliev | FW | 2024 5, df=yes | Spartak Varna | 2023 | 20 | 0 | |||
See main article: List of Armenian football transfers summer 2023 and List of Armenian football transfers winter 2023–24.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 June 2023 | DF | Volodya Samsonyan | BKMA Yerevan | Undisclosed | |||
| 16 June 2023 | GK | Arman Harutyunyan | Lernayin Artsakh | Undisclosed | |||
| 1 July 2023 | FW | Armen Nahapetyan | Ararat-Armenia | Undisclosed | |||
| 17 July 2023 | GK | Narek Hovhannisyan | Syunik | Undisclosed | |||
| 18 July 2023 | MF | Rayane Mzoughi | AS Gabès | Undisclosed | |||
| 25 July 2023 | DF | Arsen Galstyan | Noah | Undisclosed | |||
| 10 August 2023 | DF | Malick Aziz Berte | Gidars | Undisclosed | |||
| 11 August 2023 | FW | Kalifala Doombia | Gidars | Undisclosed | |||
| 12 August 2023 | DF | Clinton Dombila | JMG Football Academy | Undisclosed | |||
| 12 September 2023 | FW | Bertrand Mani | Unattached | Free | |||
| 17 September 2023 | MF | Clément Lhernault | AS Nancy | Undisclosed | |||
| 1 January 2024 | DF | Albert Khachumyan | Ararat-Armenia | Undisclosed | |||
| 1 January 2024 | MF | Artur Grigoryan | BKMA Yerevan | Undisclosed | |||
| 22 January 2024 | GK | Tiago Gomes | Bahia | Undisclosed | |||
| 23 February 2024 | FW | Ramses Donfack | Coton Sport | Undisclosed |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 June 2023 | GK | Gor Manukyan | West Armenia | 28 July 2023 | [28] [29] | ||
| 20 June 2023 | GK | Sergei Revyakin | Zhetysu | 14 July 2023 | [30] | ||
| 20 June 2023 | DF | Vardan Arzoyan | Van | ||||
| 20 June 2023 | DF | Hayk Ishkhanyan | BKMA Yerevan | ||||
| 20 June 2023 | DF | Hovhannes Nazaryan | Van | ||||
| 20 June 2023 | DF | Teddy Mézague | R.E. Virton | 18 September 2023 | [31] | ||
| 20 June 2023 | DF | Dušan Mijić | Dinamo Samarqand | ||||
| 20 June 2023 | MF | Armand Dagrou | ASEC Mimosas | ||||
| 20 June 2023 | MF | Sosthène Tiehide | Teungueth | ||||
| 20 June 2023 | FW | Amara Traoré | |||||
| 22 June 2023 | DF | Arman Hovhannisyan | Pyunik | 29 June 2023 | [32] [33] | ||
| 5 July 2023 | DF | Hrayr Mkoyan | Shirak | [34] | |||
| 31 December 2023 | GK | Arman Harutyunyan | |||||
| 31 December 2023 | GK | Narek Hovhannisyan | Noah | ||||
| 31 December 2023 | DF | Gor Arakelyan | |||||
| 31 December 2023 | DF | Arsen Galstyan | |||||
| 31 December 2023 | FW | Georgi Babaliev | Spartak Varna | 15 January 2024 | [35] | ||
| 31 December 2023 | FW | Mohamed Kone | |||||
| 18 January 2024 | FW | Hamlet Minasyan | Syunik | 15 February 2024 | [36] |
See main article: 2023–24 Armenian Premier League.
See main article: 2023–24 Armenian Cup.
|-|colspan="16"|Players away on loan:|-|colspan="16"|Players who left Ararat Yerevan during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Premier League | width=200 | Armenian Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | | 81 | Kassim Hadji | 7 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| 2 | FW | 30 | Ibeh Ransom | 6 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| 3 | DF | | 24 | Hadji Issa Moustapha | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 4 | MF | | 8 | Clément Lhernault | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| MF | | 11 | Armen Nahapetyan | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| DF | | 21 | Serob Galstyan | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| 7 | FW | | 9 | Razmik Hakobyan | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| FW | | 7 | Bertrand Mani | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| DF | | 2 | Ayman Mahmoud | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | | 19 | Alassane Faye | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| MF | | 20 | Rudik Mkrtchyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | | 17 | Ramses Donfack | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 10 | Artur Grigoryan | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 23 | Gor Malakyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | | 15 | Kalifala Doombia | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 39 | 1 | 40 | ||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Premier League | width=200 | Armenian Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Tiago Gomes | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 98 | Nemanja Lemajic | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total | |||||||||
| 2 | | DF | Ayman Mahmoud | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 3 | | DF | Albert Khachumyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 4 | | DF | Volodya Samsonyan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 7 | | FW | Bertrand Mani | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
| 8 | | MF | Clément Lhernault | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 9 | | FW | Razmik Hakobyan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 10 | | MF | Artur Grigoryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 | | MF | Armen Nahapetyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 12 | | DF | Clinton Dombila | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 14 | | MF | Rayane Mzoughi | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||||
| 15 | | FW | Kalifala Doombia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 17 | | FW | Ramses Donfack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | | DF | Malick Berte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 19 | | MF | Alassane Faye | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
| 20 | | MF | Rudik Mkrtchyan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 21 | | DF | Serob Galstyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 23 | | MF | Gor Malakyan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| 24 | | DF | Hadji Issa Moustapha | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 30 | FW | Ibeh Ransom | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| 81 | | MF | Kassim Hadji | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| 98 | | GK | Nemanja Lemajic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Players away on loan: | |||||||||||||||
| Players who left Ararat Yerevan during the season: | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | | GK | Arman Harutyunyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 33 | | FW | Hamlet Minasyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| 77 | FW | Georgi Babaliev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| TOTALS | 83 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 87 | 3 | |||||||||