| Club: | Van |
| Season: | 2023–24 |
| Manager: | Sevada Arzumanyan Arthur Hovhannisyan |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Oleg Ghukasov |
| Chrtitle: | Owner |
| Stadium: | Charentsavan City Stadium |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 8th |
| Cup1: | Armenian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter-finals vs Pyunik |
| League Topscorer: | Christopher Boniface (7) |
| Season Topscorer: | Christopher Boniface (9) |
| Prevseason: | 2022–23 |
| Nextseason: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 season is FC Van's 4th season in Armenian Premier League.
On 31 July, Van announced the loan signing of Davit Petrosyan from Ararat-Armenia and the loan signing of Vrezh Chiloyan from Pyunik.[1] On the same day, Van announced the signings of free-agents Benik Hovhannisyan and Arman Meliksetyan.[2]
On 1 August, Van announced the signing of Hovhannes Nazaryan from Ararat Yerevan, Grisha Paronyan from Strogino Moscow, Deou Dosa and Olaoluwa Ojetunde from Lernayin Artsakh, Aram Ter-Minasyan from Pyunik, Arsen Yeghiazaryan from Peresvet Domodedovo, Anton Sholokh from Dynamo St.Petersburg and the singing of free-agent Albert Mnatsakanyan.[3] [4] [5]
On 4 August, Van announced the signing of Ibrahim Suaib from Mecklenburg Schwerin.[6]
On 24 August, Van announced the signings of Kristian Mocic from Budućnost Valjevo and free-agent Chukwuebuka Okoronkwo.[7]
On 31 August, Van announced the signing of Raymond Nsoh from FDC Vista.[8]
On 19 September, Armen Manucharyan re-signed for Van.[9]
On 25 December, Hamlet Asoyan left Van by mutual agreement.[10]
On 14 January, Van announced that appointment of Arthur Hovhannisyan as their new head coach.[11]
On 16 January, Arman Meliksetyan and Kristian Močić both left Van.[12]
On 25 January, Van announced the signing of, from SSD Casarano, on a contract until the end of the season.[13]
On 26 January, Van announced the signing of Matthew Gbomadu on loan for the remainder of the season from Ararat-Armenia.[14]
On 28 January, Van announced the signing of free-agent Momo Touré on a contract until the end of the season.[15]
On 31 January, Van announced the signing of Aleksey Ploshchadny on a contract until the end of the season from Krasnodar.[16]
On 7 February, Van announced the signing of Nemanja Kojcic on a contract until the end of the season from Novi Pazar.[17]
On 8 February, Van announced the signing of Miloš Čupić on a contract until the end of the season from Inđija.[18]
On 13 February, Van announced the signing of Boah Collins on loan from Dreams for the remainder of the season.[19]
On 15 February, Van announced the signing of Hakob Hakobyan on loan for the remainder of the season from Ararat-Armenia.[20]
On 19 February, Van announced the signing of Jefferson Granado on a contract until the end of the season from Botev Plovdiv.[21]
On 22 February, Van announced the signing of Edgar Piloyan from Krasnodar-2 to a one-year contract.[22]
On 26 February, Van announced the signing of Vardan Shahatuni from Cilicia and Grigor Muradyan from Ararat Yerevan, both on contracts until the end of the season.[23] [24]
| Number | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Miloš Čupić |  | GK | 1999 4, df=yes | Inđija | 2024 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 12 | Aleksey Ploshchadny |  | GK | 2004 4, df=yes | Krasnodar | 2024 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 13 | Vardan Shahatuni |  | GK | 1998 3, df=yes | Cilicia | 2024 | 2024 | 0 | 0 | |
| 24 | Raymond Nsoh |  | GK | 2004 5, df=yes | Unattached | 2023 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 45 | Aram Ter-Minasyan | | GK | 2005 7, df=yes | Pyunik | 2023 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Hovhannes Nazaryan | | DF | 1998 3, df=yes | Ararat Yerevan | 2023 | 20 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Nemanja Kojcic | | DF | 1997 8, df=yes | Novi Pazar | 2024 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Armen Manucharyan | | DF | 1995 2, df=yes | Unattached | 2023 | 39 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Jefferson Granado |  | DF | 2003 4, df=yes | Botev Plovdiv | 2024 | 2024 | 9 | 0 | |
| 28 | Arsen Yeghiazaryan | | DF | 2000 1, df=yes | Peresvet Domodedovo | 2023 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 37 | Ibrahim Yahaya | DF | 2000 3, df=yes | Right2Win Sports Academy | 2022[25] | 22 | 0 | |||
| 99 | Arman Mkrtchyan | | DF | 1999 7, df=yes | Unattached | 2023[26] | 41 | 1 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 7 | Edgar Piloyan | | MF | 2004 7, df=yes | Krasnodar-2 | 2024 | 2025 | 17 | 0 | |
| 9 | Benik Hovhannisyan | | MF | 1993 5, df=yes | Unattached | 2023 | 46 | 2 | ||
| 14 | Christopher Boniface | MF | 2002 1, df=yes | Right2Win Sports Academy | 2022 | 58 | 12 | |||
| 17 | Sani Buhari | MF | 2004 1, df=yes | Right2Win Sports Academy | 2022 | 50 | 7 | |||
| 18 | Narek Hovhannisyan | | MF | 2002 6, df=yes | Ararat-Armenia II | 2022[27] | 60 | 2 | ||
| 23 | Albert Mnatsakanyan | | MF | 1999 9, df=yes | 'Unattached | 2023 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 27 | Josue Gaba |  | MF | 2002 1, df=yes | Unattached | 2020 | ||||
| 30 | Hayk Ghazaryan | | MF | 2004 4, df=yes | Falcons | 2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 55 | Hakob Hakobyan | | MF | 1997 3, df=yes | on loan from Ararat-Armenia | 2024 | 2024 | 13 | 0 | |
| 87 | Boah Collins | | MF | 2005 12, df=yes | on loan from Dreams | 2024 | 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| 88 | MF | 1996 9, df=yes | SSD Casarano | 2024 | 2024 | 14 | 0 | |||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 10 | Ipehe Williams | | FW | 2001 8, df=yes | Unattached | 2022[28] | 53 | 2 | ||
| 11 | Matthew Gbomadu | FW | 2004 10, df=yes | on loan from Ararat-Armenia | 2024 | 2024 | 15 | 2 | ||
| 20 | Momo Touré | FW | 2002 1, df=yes | Unattached | 2024 | 2024 | 15 | 6 | ||
| 33 | Grigor Muradyan | | FW | 2002 8, df=yes | Ararat Yerevan | 2024 | 2024 | 3 | 0 | |
| 70 | Olaoluwa Ojetunde | FW | 2002 11, df=yes | Lernayin Artsakh | 2023 | 30 | 4 | |||
| Players away on loan | ||||||||||
| Players who left during the season | ||||||||||
| 1 | Ibrahim Suaib |  | GK | 1998 11, df=yes | Mecklenburg Schwerin | 2023 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Deou Dosa | DF | 1995 2, df=yes | Lernayin Artsakh | 2023 | |||||
| 7 | Davit Petrosyan | | MF | 1991 11, df=yes | on loan from Ararat-Armenia | 2023 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Karen Muradyan | | DF | 1998 3, df=yes | on loan from Pyunik | 2023 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 11 | David Manoyan | | MF | 1990 7, df=yes | Unattached | 2023[29] | 17 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Arman Meliksetyan | | GK | 1995 7, df=yes | Unattached | 2023 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 19 | Vrezh Chiloyan | | FW | 2002 4, df=yes | on loan from Pyunik | 2023 | 18 | 4 | ||
| 20 | Jaisen Clifford | FW | 1996 2, df=yes | Unattached | 2023 | 24 | 3 | |||
| 21 | Daniel Cifuentes | | DF | 1999 4, df=yes | Racing de Montevideo | 2023[30] | 15 | 1 | ||
| 30 | Anton Sholokh | | MF | 2001 1, df=yes | Dynamo St.Petersburg | 2023 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Hamlet Asoyan | | DF | 1995 1, df=yes | Lernayin Artsakh | 2022[31] | 46 | 0 | ||
| 77 | Mohammed Fatau | | MF | 1992 12, df=yes | Spartak Varna | 2023 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 87 | Grisha Paronyan | | FW | 2003 7, df=yes | Strogino Moscow | 2023 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 88 | Kristian Močić | | DF | 2000 2, df=yes | Budućnost Valjevo | 2023 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 94 | Chukwuebuka Okoronkwo | DF | 2000 1, df=yes | Unattached | 2023 | 14 | 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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2023 | GK | | Arman Meliksetyan | Unattached | Free | ||
| 31 July 2023 | MF | | Benik Hovhannisyan | Unattached | Free | ||
| 1 August 2023 | GK | | Aram Ter-Minasyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed | ||
| 1 August 2023 | DF | | Hovhannes Nazaryan | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed | ||
| 1 August 2023 | DF | | Arsen Yeghiazaryan | Peresvet Domodedovo | Undisclosed | ||
| 1 August 2023 | DF | Deou Dosa | Lernayin Artsakh | Undisclosed | |||
| 1 August 2023 | MF | | Albert Mnatsakanyan | Unattached | Free | ||
| 1 August 2023 | MF | | Anton Sholokh | Dynamo St.Petersburg | Undisclosed | ||
| 1 August 2023 | FW | | Grisha Paronyan | Strogino Moscow | Undisclosed | ||
| 1 August 2023 | FW | Olaoluwa Ojetunde | Lernayin Artsakh | Undisclosed | |||
| 4 August 2023 | GK | | Ibrahim Suaib | Mecklenburg Schwerin | Undisclosed | ||
| 24 August 2023 | DF | Chukwuebuka Okoronkwo | Unattached | Free | |||
| 24 August 2023 | DF | | Kristian Mocic | Budućnost Valjevo | Undisclosed | ||
| 31 August 2023 | GK | | Raymond Nsoh | FDC Vista | Undisclosed | ||
| 19 September 2023 | DF | | Armen Manucharyan | Unattached | Free | ||
| 25 January 2024 | MF | SSD Casarano | Undisclosed | ||||
| 28 January 2024 | FW | Momo Touré | Unattached | Free | |||
| 31 January 2024 | GK | | Aleksey Ploshchadny | Krasnodar | Undisclosed | ||
| 7 February 2024 | DF | | Nemanja Kojcic | Novi Pazar | Undisclosed | ||
| 8 February 2024 | GK | | Miloš Čupić | Inđija | Undisclosed | ||
| 19 February 2024 | DF | | Jefferson Granado | Botev Plovdiv | Undisclosed | ||
| 22 February 2024 | MF | | Edgar Piloyan | Krasnodar-2 | Undisclosed | ||
| 26 February 2024 | GK | | Vardan Shahatuni | Cilicia | Undisclosed | ||
| 26 February 2024 | FW | | Grigor Muradyan | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2023 | MF | | Davit Petrosyan | Ararat-Armenia | |||
| 31 July 2023 | FW | | Vrezh Chiloyan | Pyunik | 1 March 2024 | [32] | |
| 11 August 2023 | DF | | Karen Muradyan | Pyunik | 1 March 2024 | ||
| 26 January 2024 | FW | Matthew Gbomadu | Ararat-Armenia | End of season | |||
| 13 February 2024 | MF | | Boah Collins | Dreams | End of season | ||
| 15 January 2024 | MF | | Hakob Hakobyan | Ararat-Armenia | End of season |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 February 2024 | DF | Deou Dosa | Lernayin Artsakh | Undisclosed | |||
| 15 February 2024 | DF | | Daniel Cifuentes | Ferro Carril Oeste | Undisclosed |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 June 2023 | GK |  | Diego Zamora | CD Sur-Car | |||
| 30 June 2023 | GK | | Samur Agamagomedov | [33] | |||
| 30 June 2023 | DF | | Vaspurak Minasyan | Noah | 25 July 2023 | [34] | |
| 30 June 2023 | DF | | Artur Kartashyan | Istiklol | 13 July 2023 | [35] | |
| 30 June 2023 | DF | | Armen Manucharyan | Van | 19 September 2023 | ||
| 30 June 2023 | DF | | Vaspurak Minasyan | Noah | 25 July 2023 | ||
| 30 June 2023 | DF |  | Manuel Morello | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | MF | | Rumyan Hovsepyan | Noah | 25 July 2023 | [36] | |
| 30 June 2023 | MF | | Gegham Kadimyan | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | MF | Renato Bengo | San Cataldo | ||||
| 30 June 2023 | MF |  | Gevorg Najaryan | Atyrau | |||
| 30 June 2023 | FW | Bismark Ubah | Jorge Wilstermann | 4 July 2023 | [37] | ||
| 30 June 2023 | FW |  | Wilson Barrios | ||||
| 25 December 2023 | DF | | Hamlet Asoyan | Lernayin Artsakh | |||
| 31 December 2023 | MF | | David Manoyan | Cilicia | |||
| 31 December 2023 | MF | | Mohammed Fatau | ||||
| 31 December 2023 | FW | Jaisen Clifford | Etar Veliko Tarnovo | ||||
| 16 January 2024 | GK | | Arman Meliksetyan | ||||
| 16 January 2024 | DF | | Kristian Močić | Redfox Stará Ľubovňa | |||
| 17 February 2024 | DF | Chukwuebuka Okoronkwo | West Armenia | 23 February 2024 | [38] [39] | ||
| 28 February 20204 | FW | | Grisha Paronyan | Shirak | [40] |
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 Van during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=150 | Armenian Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MF | 14 | Christopher Boniface | 8 | 2 | 10 | |||||||||
| 2 | FW | 20 | Momo Touré | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
| 3 | FW | 70 | Olaoluwa Ojetunde | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| FW | | 19 | Vrezh Chiloyan | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||
| MF | 17 | Sani Buhari | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 6 | FW | 11 | Matthew Gbomadu | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| MF | | 9 | Benik Hovhannisyan | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 | DF | | 28 | Arsen Yeghiazaryan | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| FW | | 10 | Ipehe Williams | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 18 | Narek Hovhannisyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | | 99 | Arman Mkrtchyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 32 | 5 | 37 | ||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=150 | Armenian Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 1 | Miloš Čupić | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 12 | Arman Meliksetyan | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| GK | | 12 | Aleksey Ploshchadny | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 4 | GK | | 24 | Raymond Nsoy | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total | |||||||
| 2 | | DF | Hovhannes Nazaryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | | DF | Nemanja Kojcic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | | DF | Armen Manucharyan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | | MF | Edgar Piloyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | | DF | Jefferson Granado | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | | MF | Benik Hovhannisyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | FW | Matthew Gbomadu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| 14 | MF | Christopher Boniface | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |||||
| 17 | MF | Sani Buhari | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 18 | | MF | Narek Hovhannisyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | FW | Momo Touré | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 23 | | MF | Albert Mnatsakanyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 24 | | GK | Raymond Nsoy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | | DF | Arsen Yeghiazaryan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | | MF | Josue Gaba | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 30 | | MF | Anton Sholokh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 37 | DF | Ibrahim Yahaya | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 55 | | MF | Hakob Hakobyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 70 | FW | Olaoluwa Ojetunde | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 88 | MF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 99 | | DF | Arman Mkrtchyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Players away on loan: | |||||||||||||
| Players who left Van during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | Deou Dosa | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | |||||
| 11 | | MF | David Manoyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | | GK | Arman Meliksetyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 19 | | FW | Vrezh Chiloyan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | | DF | Daniel Cifuentes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 33 | | DF | Hamlet Asoyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 94 | DF | Chukwuebuka Okoronkwo | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| TOTALS | 77 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 82 | 6 | |||||||