2018–19 FC Pyunik season

Pyunik
2018-19 season
Chairman	Rafik Hayrapetyan
Manager	Andrei Talalayev
Stadium	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Europa League	Third Qualifying Round vs Maccabi Tel Aviv
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season is Pyunik's 25th season in the Armenian Premier League.

Squad

As of 12 August 2018

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ARM	Serob Grigoryan
3	DF	ARM	Artur Kartashyan
4	DF	ARM	Edmon Movsisyan
5	DF	ARM	Armen Manucharyan
6	MF	ARM	Karlen Mkrtchyan (captain)
7	MF	ARM	Petros Avetisyan (third-captain)
8	MF	ARM	Hovhannes Ilangyozyan
9	FW	ARM	Ruslan Koryan
10	FW	ARM	Robert Minasyan
11	FW	CIV	Mohamed Konaté
12	GK	ARM	Sevak Aslanyan
13	FW	RUS	Denis Dorozhkin
14	MF	ARM	Artur Nadiryan
15	MF	UKR	Maksym Trusevych
16	DF	ARM	Robert Hakobyan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ARM	Alik Arakelyan
19	DF	RUS	Vitali Stezhko (on loan from Krasnodar)
21	MF	RUS	Albert Bogatyryov
23	MF	RUS	Denis Voynov
25	GK	MNE	Andrija Dragojević
27	DF	RUS	Vyacheslav Dmitriev
30	MF	ARM	Vahagn Hayrapetyan
31	GK	RUS	Yevgeni Kobozev
55	MF	ARM	Rumyan Hovsepyan
66	DF	RUS	Maksim Zhestokov
67	DF	RUS	Sergei Kolychev
98	MF	ARM	Erik Vardanyan
—	GK	ARM	Valeriy Voskonyan
—	DF	ARM	Levon Hayrapetyan (vice-captain)

Transfers

Summer

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
9	FW	ARM	Ruslan Koryan (from SKA-Khabarovsk)
11	FW	CIV	Mohamed Konaté (from Gomel)^[1]
15	MF	UKR	Maksym Trusevych (from Tambov)^[1]
19	DF	RUS	Vitali Stezhko (loan from Krasnodar)
21	MF	RUS	Albert Bogatyryov (from Tyumen)
23	MF	RUS	Denis Voynov (from Avangard Kursk)
25	GK	MNE	Andrija Dragojević (from Alashkert)^[1]
27	DF	RUS	Vyacheslav Dmitriyev
31	GK	RUS	Yevgeni Kobozev (from Zorky Krasnogorsk)^[1]
55	MF	ARM	Rumyan Hovsepyan (from Banants)^[2]
66	DF	RUS	Maksim Zhestokov (from Shinnik Yaroslavl)^[1]
67	DF	RUS	Sergei Kolychev (from Rotor Volgograd)

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARM	Gor Manukyan
13	GK	UKR	Valeriy Voskonyan (to MFC Mykolaiv)
15	MF	RUS	Marat Burayev (to Artsakh)
20	FW	CIV	Drissa Diarrassouba (to Gandzasar Kapan)^[3]^[4]
24	DF	GNB	Bacar Baldé (to Gandzasar Kapan)^[3]^[5]
33	DF	CIV	Didier Kadio (to SJK)^[6]
66	MF	NGA	Marshal Johnson

Competitions

Armenian Premier League

Results

5 August 2018 1	Pyunik	–	Gandzasar Kapan	Yerevan
(UTC+4)				Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium

12 August 2018 2	Alashkert	–	Pyunik	Yerevan
(UTC+4)				Stadium: Alashkert Stadium

19 August 2018 3	Pyunik	3 – 1	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
21:30 (UTC+4)	R.Minasyan 38' H.Ilangyozyan 45' Stezhko 58' Konaté 85' Kobozev 90'	Report	Dimitrov 39' (pen.) Mkoyan 77' Ambartsumyan 87' Malakyan 90+1'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

22 August 2018 4	Shirak	1 – 2	Pyunik	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	Arreola 2' Z.Margaryan 21'	Report	R.Hakobyan 16' Vardanyan 46' Konaté 64' Kolychev 90+3'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Artur Safaryan

26 August 2018 5	Pyunik	2 – 0	Artsakh	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Hovsepyan 35' (pen.) Vardanyan 58' 59' A.Manucharyan 61' Kolychev 81'	Report	H.Asoyan 35' K.Harutyunyan 40' V.Poghosyan 62'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

29 August 2018 6	Banants	4 – 2	Pyunik	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Stezhko 46' (o.g.) A.Bareghamyan 65' Stanojević 71' V.Ayvazyan 79' Wal 83'	Report	Konaté 27' R.Hakobyan 44' Vardanyan 66' (pen.) A.Kartashyan 82' Hovsepyan 85' A.Manucharyan 90+3'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Artur Simonyan

1 September 2018 7	Pyunik	0 – 3	Lori	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Trusevych 50' Kolychev 65'	Report	I.Aliyu 3', 27' Ingbede 6'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

16 September 2018 8	Ararat Yerevan	1 – 3	Pyunik	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Malyaka 6' 38' (pen.) R.Safaryan 86' Azin 88'	Report	Avetisyan 7' Voynov 7' 51' Trusevych 34' Dmitriyev 83'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan

19 September 2018 2	Alashkert	1 – 2	Pyunik	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Grigoryan 19' 72' Yedigaryan 43' Poghosyan 63' (pen.) 81' Voskanyan 84'	Report	Stezhko 7' 45+1' Avetisyan 16' 82' Zhestokov 74' Dragojević 90+4'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

30 September 2018 9	Gandzasar Kapan	1 – 2	Pyunik	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	D.Terteryan 31' Yuspashyan 36' A.Hovhannisyan 60' Aslanyan 74' M.Manasyan 90+2'	Report	Voynov 45+1' V.Hayrapetyan 49' V.Begoyan 66' Koryan 72' Zhestokov 86'	Stadium: Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Artur Simonyan

3 October 2018 1	Pyunik	0 – 1	Gandzasar Kapan	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	V.Hayrapetyan 22' 68' Kolychev 53' R.Hakobyan 61' Dragojević 90+3'	Report	G.Nranyan 26' Diarrassouba 48' Musonda 53' A.Hovhannisyan 57' M.Manasyan 68' A.Karapetyan 72' V.Minasyan 90'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Suren Baliyan

7 October 2018 10	Pyunik	0 – 1	Alashkert	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	Zhestokov 1' Grigoryan 67'	Report	Dashyan 62' Sekulić 88'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

21 October 2018 11	Ararat-Armenia	–	Pyunik	Yerevan
(UTC+4)				Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium

Table

Template:2018–19 Armenian Premier League table

Armenian Cup

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(UTC+4)

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

12 July 2018 First qualifying round 1st leg	Pyunik	1 – 0	Vardar	Yerevan, Armenia
18:00 (UTC+4)	Konaté 28' Grigoryan 56' Avetisyan 73' R.Hakobyan 80'	Report	Bitang 23' Barseghyan 54'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 2,000^[7] Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)
Note: Pyunik played their home matches at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Pyunik Stadium, Yerevan

19 July 2017 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Vardar	0 – 2 (0 – 3 agg.)	Pyunik	Skopje, Macedonia
21:00 (UTC+4)	Barseghyan 14'	Report	Grigoryan 9' Stezhko 72' Balde 85', 89'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 5,823^[7] Referee: Ian McNabb (Northern Ireland)

26 July 2018 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Tobol	2 – 1	Pyunik	Kostanay, Kazakhstan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Fedin 49' Nurgaliev 80'	Report	V.Hayrapetyan 20' Koryan 90'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 7,700^[8] Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

31 July 2018 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Pyunik	1 – 0 ((a) 2 – 2 agg.)	Tobol	Yerevan, Armenia
20:00 (UTC+4)	Trusevych 24' Avetisyan 66' 89' Konaté 82' 90+1'	Report	Nurgaliev 39' Žulpa 50' Nusserbayev 90'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 8,000^[8] Referee: Petr Ardeleanu (Czech Republic)
Note: Pyunik played their home matches at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Pyunik Stadium, Yerevan

7 August 2018 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Pyunik	0 – 0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Yerevan, Armenia
20:00 (UTC+4)	Trusevych 48'	Report	Glazer 16' Jair 56'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 12,500^[9] Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
Note: Pyunik played their home matches at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Pyunik Stadium, Yerevan

16 August 2018 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Pyunik	Netanya, Israel
21:30 (UTC+4)	Shechter 52' Micha 55' Atar 68'	Report	Voynov 11' A.Arakelyan 33' Grigoryan 44' Konaté 57' Hovsepyan 77'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)
Note: Maccabi Tel Aviv play their home matches at Netanya Stadium, Netanya, instead of their regular stadium Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, due to renovation.

Statistics

As of match played 7 October 2018

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Armenian Cup		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ARM	Serob Grigoryan	7	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
3	DF	ARM	Artur Kartashyan	6	0	4+2	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	ARM	Edmon Movsisyan	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	DF	ARM	Armen Manucharyan	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
6	MF	ARM	Karlen Mkrtchyan	6	0	4+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
7	MF	ARM	Petros Avetisyan	9	2	4+2	2	0	0	3	0
8	MF	ARM	Hovhannes Ilangyozyan	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ARM	Ruslan Koryan	9	2	1+2	1	0	0	2+4	1
10	FW	ARM	Robert Minasyan	3	0	2	0	0	0	0+1	0
11	FW	CIV	Mohamed Konaté	12	5	3+3	3	0	0	5+1	2
13	FW	RUS	Denis Dorozhkin	8	0	6+2	0	0	0	0	0
15	MF	UKR	Maksym Trusevych	13	1	7	1	0	0	6	0
16	DF	ARM	Robert Hakobyan	9	0	6+2	0	0	0	0+1	0
18	MF	ARM	Alik Arakelyan	14	0	7+1	0	0	0	5+1	0
19	DF	RUS	Vitali Stezhko	11	1	8+1	1	0	0	1+1	0
21	MF	RUS	Albert Bogatyryov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
23	MF	RUS	Denis Voynov	13	2	6+1	1	0	0	6	1
25	GK	MNE	Andrija Dragojević	12	0	8	0	0	0	3+1	0
26	MF	ARM	Artur Nadiryan	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	RUS	Vyacheslav Dmitriyev	11	0	5	0	0	0	6	0
30	MF	ARM	Vahagn Hayrapetyan	13	0	3+4	0	0	0	6	0
31	GK	RUS	Yevgeni Kobozev	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0
55	MF	ARM	Rumyan Hovsepyan	13	1	9	1	0	0	3+1	0
66	DF	RUS	Maksim Zhestokov	13	2	7	2	0	0	6	0
67	DF	RUS	Sergei Kolychev	10	0	7+1	0	0	0	0+2	0
98	MF	ARM	Erik Vardanyan	6	3	3+3	3	0	0	0	0
	DF	ARM	Artak Asatryan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
	MF	ARM	Vigen Begoyan	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ARM	Grenik Petrsoyan	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ARM	Ashot Kocharyan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
	FW	ARM	Grenik Petrosyan	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
Players who left Pyunik during the season:
24	DF	GNB	Bacar Baldé	1	2	0	0	0	0	0+1	2
33	DF	CIV	Didier Kadio	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	FW	11	Mohamed Konaté	3	2	5
2	MF	98	Erik Vardanyan	3	0	3
3	MF	7	Petros Avetisyan	2	0	2
	DF	66	Maksim Zhestokov	2	0	2
	MF	23	Denis Voynov	1	1	2
	FW	9	Ruslan Koryan	1	1	2
	DF	24	Bacar Baldé	0	2	2
8	MF	8	Hovhannes Ilangyozyan	1	0	1
	DF	19	Vitali Stezhko	1	0	1
	MF	55	Rumyan Hovsepyan	1	0	1
	MF	15	Maksym Trusevych	1	0	1
			TOTALS	16	6	22

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Armenian Cup		UEFA Europa League		Total
2		DF	Serob Grigoryan	1	0	0	0	3	0	4	0
3		DF	Artur Kartashyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		DF	Armen Manucharyan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
7		MF	Petros Avetisyan	1	0	0	0	3	1	4	1
10		FW	Robert Minasyan	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
11		FW	Mohamed Konaté	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
15		MF	Maksym Trusevych	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0
16		DF	Robert Hakobyan	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
18		MF	Alik Arakelyan	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
19		DF	Vitali Stezhko	2	1	0	0	1	0	3	1
23		MF	Denis Voynov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
25		GK	Andrija Dragojević	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
27		DF	Vyacheslav Dmitriyev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
30		MF	Vahagn Hayrapetyan	3	1	0	0	1	0	4	1
31		GK	Yevgeni Kobozev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
55		MF	Rumyan Hovsepyan	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
66		DF	Maksim Zhestokov	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
67		DF	Sergei Kolychev	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
98		MF	Erik Vardanyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
		MF	Vigen Begoyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Pyunik during the season:
			TOTALS	28	3	0	0	15	1	43	4

References

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[Two_Leave-3] "«ՓՅՈՒՆԻԿԸ» ՀՐԱԺԵՇՏ ՏՎԵՑ ԵՐԿՈՒ ՖՈՒՏԲՈԼԻՍՏԻ". fcpyunik.am/ (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

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