2016–17 FC Ararat Yerevan season

Ararat Yerevan

2016–17 season

Chairman

Hrach Kaprielian

Manager

Arkady Andreasyan

Stadium

Hrazdan Stadium

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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The 2016–17 season is a FC Ararat Yerevan's 26th consecutive season in Armenian Premier League. This article shows player statistics and all official matches that the club will play during the 2016–17 season.

Arkady Andreasyan was appointed as the clubs manager in early August 2016, .^[1]

Squad

As of 28 October 2016^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Gevorg Prazyan
2	MF	Vahe Martirosyan
3	DF	Gevorg Poghosyan
5	DF	Vardan Arzoyan
6	DF	Argishti Petrosyan
7	MF	Aram Loretsyan
8	DF	Yuri Gareginyan
9	MF	Mher Sahakyan
10	MF	Nassim Aaron Kpehia
11	MF	Marat Daudov
12	GK	Karen Israelyan
15	MF	Petros Ter-Petrosyan

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Gegham Tumbaryan
18	DF	Gorik Khachatryan (Captain)
20	DF	Rafael Safaryan
21	MF	Karen Avoyan
22	GK	Arman Meliksetyan
77	GK	Aram Ayrapetyan
	DF	Norayr Grigoryan
	DF	Hakob Loretsyan
	MF	Ruslan Avagyan
	FW	Gevorg Nranyan
	MF	Rafayel Ghazaryan

Transfers

Summer

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Gevorg Poghosyan (from Alashkert)^[3]
6	DF	Argishti Petrosyan (from Homenetmen Beirut)
8	MF	Happy Simelela ^[4]
10	MF	Nassim Aaron Kpehia (from Mika)
10	MF	Aram Loretsyan (from Alashkert)^[4]
14	MF	Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou (from Shirak)^[4]
21	MF	Karen Avoyan ^[4]
88	GK	Aram Ayrapetyan ^[4]
	DF	Hakob Loretsyan (from Alashkert)^[4]
	DF	Rafael Safaryan ^[3]
	MF	Rafayel Ghazaryan (from Alashkert)^[3]
	MF	Marat Daudov (from Alashkert)^[3]
	FW	Brahima Bruno Kone (from Mika)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
3	DF	Sergei Avagimyan
4	DF	Souleymane Kone ^[5]
6	DF	Aram Shakhnazaryan (to Pyunik)
7	DF	Benik Hovhannisyan (to Alashkert)
8	MF	Happy Simelela ^[6]
10	MF	Oumarou Kaina ^[5]
11	MF	Bryan de la Fuente (to Shirak)^[7]
14	MF	Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou ^[6]
15	MF	Marin Glavaš (to Celje)
17	DF	Raffi Kaya (to Stade Nyonnais)
19	MF	Moisés Orozco
20	FW	Christian Chaney (to Fresno Fuego)
20	MF	Paul Asu Oshi ^[6]
21	MF	Giorgi Khubua
23	FW	Kyrian Nwabueze ^[5]
	MF	Karen Yesayan
	FW	Arayik Mkrtchyan
	FW	Brahima Bruno Kone ^[6]

Competitions

Armenian Premier League

Main article: 2016–17 Armenian Premier League

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
16	1	3	12	7	26	−19	6	0	2	5	3	10	−7	1	1	7	4	16	−12

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19
Ground	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H
Result	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	L	D	L	L	L	L	D
Position	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Last updated: 29 November 2016.
Source: See Results
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

6 August 2016 1	Banants	1 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	A.Bareghamyan 23' Laércio 57'	Summary	Avagimyan 25' G.Khachatryan 28' Nwabueze 80'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

13 August 2016 2	Gandzasar Kapan	2 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Kapan
17:30 (UTC+4)	Claudir 31' G.Harutyunyan 42' A.Khachatryan 44'	Summary	A.Petrosyan 73'	Stadium: Gandzasar Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Artur Safaryan

20 August 2016 3	Shirak	1 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	V.Bichakhchyan 86' A.Muradyan 89'	Summary	H.Simelela 88'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

27 August 2016 4	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 0	Pyunik	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	K.Brou 24'	Summary	A.Kartashyan 27' V.Hayrapetyan 65'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Artur Safaryan

10 September 2016 5	Alashkert	1 – 3	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Artu.Yedigaryan 46' 79'	Summary	Nwabueze 6', 55' 57' O.Kaina 17' N.Kpehia 52' 76' P.Ter-Petrosyan 90+3'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

17 September 2016 6	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 2	Banants	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	K.Brou 5' S.Kone 44' Nwabueze 47' A.Petrosyan 82'	Summary	Badoyan 3' G.Khuloyan 28' Torrejón 42' A.Hovhannisyan 76'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

25 September 2016 7	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 2	Gandzasar Kapan	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	A.Kpehia 65' S.Koné 89'	Summary	Al.Petrosyan 21' Musonda 41' A.Khachatryan 53' (pen.)	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Artur Simonyan

1 October 2016 8	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	V.Arzoyan 29' Daudov 45' S.Kone 61' A.Loretsyan 80'	Summary	Hovsepyan 50' Stošković 55' D.Hakobyan 70'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Artur Simonyan

15 October 2016 9	Pyunik	4 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	V.Poghosyan 26', 33' P.Avetisyan 36' A.Manucharyan 44' Hovhannisyan 75'	Summary	D.Markosyan 49'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Safaryan

22 October 2016 10	Ararat Yerevan	1 – 2	Alashkert	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	R.Safaryan 42' A.Loretsyan 64'	Summary	M.Manasyan 15' Grigoryan 72' Minasyan 79' 90+2'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Simonyan

26 October 2016 11	Banants	0 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	H.Hakobyan 39' E.Yeghiazaryan 74' A.Bareghamyan 75'	Summary	G.Poghosyan 54'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

30 October 2016 12	Gandzasar Kapan	1 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Kapan
15:00 (UTC+4)	V.Minasyan 43' Ar.Petrosyan 50' G.Harutyunyan 74'	Summary	Daudov 17' V.Arzoyan 28' M.Sahakyan 34' G.Poghosyan 73' R.Safaryan 89'	Stadium: Gandzasar Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Artur Simonyan

4 November 2016 13	Shirak	2 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	V.Ayvazyan 17' Stošković 25' Poghosyan 83' A.Davoyan 88'	Summary	S.Mkrtchyan 86' A.Petrosyan 88'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Artur Safaryan

19 November 2016 14	Ararat Yerevan	1 – 2	Pyunik	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	M.Sahakyan 50' S.Mkrtchyan 90+2'	Summary	H.Poghosyan 65' A.Arakelyan 77' Ra.Hakobyan 83' A.Manucharyan 90+3'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

23 November 2016 15	Alashkert	4 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	M.Manasyan 22', 79', 84', 90' (pen.) Artu.Yedigaryan 72' Kvekveskiri 77'	Summary	R.Safaryan 20' 56' R.Ghazaryan 60' Y.Gareginyan 64'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Artur Safaryan

27 November 2016 16	Ararat Yerevan	1 – 1	Banants	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	P.Ayvazyan 39' M.Sahakyan 57' G.Tumbaryan 76'	Summary	Laércio 34' (pen.) 66' N.Petrosyan 90+3'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

3 December 2016 17	Ararat Yerevan	–	Gandzasar Kapan	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)		[ Summary]		Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shirak	17	10	4	3	18	8	+10	34	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Alashkert	17	8	6	3	27	17	+10	30	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	Gandzasar Kapan	17	8	3	6	19	14	+5	27	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4	Pyunik	17	7	6	4	18	12	+6	27
5	Banants	17	4	4	9	14	25	−11	16
6	Ararat Yerevan	17	1	3	13	7	27	−20	6	Relegation to Armenian First League

Updated to match(es) played on 4 December 2016. Source: Football Federation of Armenia (Armenian), Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Matches won; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head matches won; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Head-to-head away goals scored; 9) Goal difference; 10) Goals scored.^[8]

Armenian Cup

Main article: 2016–17 Armenian Cup

21 September 2016 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Ararat Yerevan	1 – 2	Banants	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	O.Kaina 47' N.Kpehia 73' S.Kone 77'	Summary	O.Hambardzumyan 6' E.Movsesyan 46'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Artur Safaryan

18 October 2016 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Banants	1 – 0 (2 – 2 (a) agg.)	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Adams 37' Burayev 45'	Summary	V.Arzoyan 36' G.Tumbaryan 63' S.Metoyan 67' A.Derdzyan 76'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Artur Safaryan

Statistics

As of match played 19 November 2016

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Armenian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	MF		Vahe Martirosyan	3	0	3	0	0	0
3	DF		Gevorg Poghosyan	18	0	14+2	0	2	0
5	DF		Norayr Grigoryan	8	0	7	0	1	0
5	DF		Vardan Arzoyan	9	0	7+1	0	1	0
6	DF		Argishti Petrosyan	16	0	13+1	0	2	0
7	MF		Aram Loretsyan	16	1	11+3	1	2	0
8	DF		Yuri Gareginyan	12	0	8+2	0	1+1	0
9	FW		Gevorg Nranyan	5	0	2+3	0	0	0
9	MF		Mher Sahakyan	9	1	7+1	1	0+1	0
10	MF		Nassim Aaron Kpehia	11	2	7+2	1	1+1	1
11	MF		Rafayel Ghazaryan	10	0	6+3	0	1	0
14	MF		Sergey Mkrtchyan	5	1	3+2	1	0	0
15	MF		Petros Ter-Petrosyan	10	0	0+8	0	0+2	0
17	MF		Gegham Tumbaryan	17	1	9+6	0	1+1	1
18	DF		Gorik Khachatryan	7	0	3+3	0	1	0
19	FW		Sargis Metoyan	8	0	3+3	0	1+1	0
21	MF		Karen Avoyan	10	0	10	0	0	0
22	GK		Arman Meliksetyan	1	0	1	0	0	0
88	GK		Aram Ayrapetyan	16	0	14	0	2	0
	GK		Poghos Ayvazyan	1	0	1	0	0	0
	DF		Rafael Safaryan	8	1	7	1	1	0
	DF		Hakob Loretsyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
	MF		Ruslan Avagyan	8	0	2+5	0	0+1	0
	MF		Armen Derdzyan	4	0	1+2	0	1	0
	MF		Davit Markosyan	4	0	4	0	0	0
	MF		Marat Daudov	9	0	6+3	0	0	0
	FW		Norik Avdalyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players who left Ararat Yerevan during the season:
3	DF		Sergei Avagimyan	2	0	2	0	0	0
4	DF		Souleymane Kone	5	0	4	0	1	0
8	MF		Happy Simelela	4	0	3+1	0	0	0
10	MF		Oumarou Kaina	8	0	7	0	1	0
14	MF		Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou	7	0	5+1	0	1	0
20	MF		Paul Asu Oshi	1	0	1	0	0	0
23	FW		Kyrian Nwabueze	7	2	4+2	2	1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	Total
1	FW	23	Kyrian Nwabueze	2	0	2
1	MF	19	Nassim Aaron Kpehia	1	1	2
3	MF	7	Aram Loretsyan	1	0	1
	MF	14	Sergey Mkrtchyan	1	0	1
	DF		Rafael Safaryan	1	0	1
	MF	9	Mher Sahakyan	1	0	1
	MF	17	Gegham Tumbaryan	0	1	1
			TOTALS	7	2	9

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Armenian Cup		Total
3		DF	Sergei Avagimyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Gevorg Poghosyan	2	0	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Souleymane Kone	3	0	1	0	4	0
6		DF	Argishti Petrosyan	3	0	0	0	3	0
7		MF	Aram Loretsyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Happy Simelela	1	0	0	0	1	0
8		DF	Yuri Gareginyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Oumarou Kaina	1	0	1	0	2	0
11		MF	Rafayel Ghazaryan	1	0	0	0	1	0
14		MF	Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou	2	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Sergey Mkrtchyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
15		MF	Petros Ter-Petrosyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Gegham Tumbaryan	1	0	0	0	1	0
18		DF	Gorik Khachatryan	1	0	0	0	1	0
19		MF	Nassim Aaron Kpehia	2	0	0	0	2	0
23		FW	Kyrian Nwabueze	3	0	0	0	3	0
		GK	Poghos Ayvazyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Vardan Arzoyan	2	0	1	0	3	0
		DF	Rafael Safaryan	2	1	0	0	2	1
		MF	Armen Derdzyan	0	0	1	0	1	0
		MF	Davit Markosyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
9		MF	Mher Sahakyan	2	0	0	0	2	0
		MF	Marat Daudov	2	0	0	0	2	0
		FW	Sargis Metoyan	0	0	1	0	1	0
			TOTALS	35	1	5	0	40	1

References

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