2017–18 FC Shirak season

Shirak
2017-18 season
Chairman	Arman Sahakyan
Manager	Vardan Bichakhchyan
Stadium	Gyumri City Stadium
Premier League	4th
Armenian Cup	Semifinal vs Gandzasar Kapan
Europa League	First qualifying round vs Gorica
Top goalscorer	League: Moussa Paul Bakayoko (7); All: Moussa Paul Bakayoko (11)
Highest home attendance	2,100 vs Gorica ; (29 June 2017)
Lowest home attendance	0 vs Banants ; (5 November 2017)
Average home league attendance	604 (9 May 2018)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was Shirak's 27th consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League. Shirak finished the season in 4th place after they were deducted 12 points in May 2018 as it was alleged that Shirak's sporting director Ararat Harutyunyan had offered Edward Kpodo of Banants a bride to fix their upcoming match.^[1] Shirak were knocked out of the Armenian Cup by Gandzasar Kapan at the Semifinal stage and the Europa League by Gorica in the First Qualifying Round.

Squad

As of match played 12 May 2018

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Sokrat Hovhannisyan	GK	(1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 22)	Youth team	2016	0	0
13	Anatoliy Ayvazov	GK	(1996-06-08)8 June 1996 (aged 21)	Pyunik	2016	68	0
	Ferdinand Muradyan	GK	(1999-10-29)29 October 1999 (aged 18)	Youth team	2017	0	0
Defenders
3	Artyom Mikaelyan	DF	(1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 26)	Youth team	2010	100	1
6	Marko Prljević	DF	(1988-08-02)2 August 1988 (aged 29)	Proleter Novi Sad	2018	23	1
7	Hrayr Mkoyan	DF	(1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 31)	Esteghlal	2018
20	Zhirayr Margaryan	DF	(1997-09-13)13 September 1997 (aged 20)	Banants	2018	15	1
23	Robert Darbinyan	DF	(1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 27)		2016	81	1
25	Aghvan Davoyan	DF	(1990-03-21)21 March 1990 (aged 28)	Youth team	2010
40	Artur Amiryan	DF	(1997-07-06)6 July 1997 (aged 20)	Youth team	2017	6	0
43	Styopa Gevorgyan	DF	(1999-09-30)30 September 1999 (aged 18)	Youth team	2017	1	0
44	Hakob Vardanyan	DF	(1999-06-01)1 June 1999 (aged 18)	Youth team	2017	0	0
	Armen Darbinyan	DF	(1999-08-30)30 August 1999 (aged 18)	Youth team	2017	0	0
Midfielders
16	Arman Aslanyan	MF	(1994-01-30)30 January 1994 (aged 24)	Youth team	2013	10	0
18	Rafik Misakyan	MF	(2000-01-02)2 January 2000 (aged 18)	Banants	2018	2	0
19	Solomon Udo	MF	(1995-07-15)15 July 1995 (aged 22)	Ulisses	2016	80	6
22	Igor Stanojević	MF	(1991-10-24)24 October 1991 (aged 26)	Zemun	2017	34	6
28	Mohamed Kaba	MF	(1989-04-05)5 April 1989 (aged 29)	Al Ahli	2015	89	6
37	Rudik Mkrtchyan	MF	(1998-10-26)26 October 1998 (aged 19)	Youth team	2016	19	0
41	Mher Safaryan	MF	(1997-10-10)10 October 1997 (aged 20)	Youth team	2017	7	0
42	Martun Mkhitaryan	MF	(1997-11-09)9 November 1997 (aged 20)	Youth team	2018	11	1
88	Moussa Paul Bakayoko	MF	(1996-12-27)27 December 1996 (aged 21)	Raja Casablanca	2017	48	13
	Karapet Harutyunyan	MF	(2001-01-05)5 January 2001 (aged 17)	Youth team	2017	0	0
	Artush Mirzakhanyan	MF	(1998-09-30)30 September 1998 (aged 19)	Youth team	2016	1	0
	Gagik Poghosyan	MF	(1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 25)	Virgen del Camino	2017	0	0
Forwards
9	Aram Muradyan	FW	(1995-04-14)14 April 1995 (aged 23)	Youth Team	2013	101	9
10	Vardan Bakalyan	FW	(1995-04-04)4 April 1995 (aged 23)	Gandzasar Kapan	2017	33	5
14	David Ghandilyan	FW	(1993-06-04)4 June 1993 (aged 24)	Deren	2018	15	1
17	Arlen Tsaturyan	FW	(1999-01-05)5 January 1999 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2016	10	0
27	Aram Tosunyan	FW	(1993-05-29)29 May 1993 (aged 24)	Youth team	2011
35	Yoro Lamine Ly	FW	(1988-08-27)27 August 1988 (aged 29)		2018	87	24
39	Levon Mryan	FW	(2000-05-11)11 May 2000 (aged 18)	Youth team	2017	0	0
Players out on loan
Players who left during the season
5	Edward Kpodo	DF	(1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 28)	Gandzasar Kapan	2017	18	0
8	Ghukas Poghosyan	MF	(1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 24)		2016	23	3
7	Aleksandar Ilić	FW	(1994-04-08)8 April 1994 (aged 24)	Bregalnica Štip	2017	20	2
10	Kyrian Nwabueze	FW	(1992-12-11)11 December 1992 (aged 24)		2017	14	3
17	Vahan Bichakhchyan	MF	(1999-07-09)9 July 1999 (aged 17)	Youth team	2015	30	6
20	Oumarou Kaina	MF	(1996-10-16)16 October 1996 (aged 21)		2017	14	1
45	Vsevolod Yermakov	GK	(1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (aged 22)		2015	10	0

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2017	DF	Edward Kpodo	Gandzasar Kapan	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	MF	Igor Stanojević	Zemun	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	MF	Gagik Poghosyan	Virgen del Camino	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	FW	Aleksandar Ilić	Bregalnica Štip	Undisclosed
1 August 2017	FW	Vardan Bakalyan	Bregalnica Štip	Undisclosed
30 January 2018	DF	Hrayr Mkoyan	Esteghlal	Undisclosed
10 February 2018	DF	Zhirayr Margaryan	Banants	Undisclosed
10 February 2018	DF	Marko Prljevic	Proleter Novi Sad	Undisclosed
10 February 2018	MF	Rafik Misakyan	Banants	Undisclosed
10 February 2018	FW	David Ghandilyan	Deren	Undisclosed
1 March 2018	FW	Yoro Lamine Ly		Free

Out

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
24 July 2017	MF	Vahan Bichakhchyan	Žilina	Undisclosed	^[2]
5 August 2017	DF	Semen Datsenko	Mosta	Undisclosed
7 February 2018	FW	Aleksandar Ilić	Vitez	Undisclosed
23 February 2018	DF	Edward Kpodo	Banants	Undisclosed

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date
1 August 2017^[3]	GK	Vsevolod Yermakov	Zenit-Izhevsk
1 August 2017^[3]	DF	Marko Prljević	Proleter Novi Sad	25 August 2017
1 August 2017^[3]	MF	Oumarou Kaina	Al-Talaba	1 January 2018
1 August 2017^[3]	FW	Kyrian Nwabueze	Gorica	15 September 2017^[4]
13 June 2018	MF	Solomon Udo	Banants	13 June 2018^[5]
15 June 2018	MF	Igor Stanojević	Banants	15 June 2018^[6]
20 June 2018	GK	Anatoliy Ayvazov	Banants	20 June 2018^[7]
30 June 2018	DF	Robert Darbinyan	Ararat-Armenia	2 July 2018
30 June 2018	DF	Hrayr Mkoyan	Ararat-Armenia	2 July 218
30 June 2018	DF	Marko Prljević	Tsarsko Selo Sofia	5 July 2018
30 June 2018	MF	Martun Mkhitaryan
30 June 2018	MF	Gagik Poghosyan	Virgen del Camino	1 July 2018
30 June 2018	MF	Mohamed Kaba
30 June 2018^[8]	MF	Moussa Paul Bakayoko	Shirak	1 September 2018^[8]
30 June 2018	FW	Vardan Bakalyan	Ararat-Armenia	2 July 2018
30 June 2018	FW	Yoro Lamine Ly

Competitions

Armenian Supercup

24 September 2017	Alashkert	0 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
19:30 (UTC+4)	Grigoryan 30' Minasyan 55' Voskanyan 59'	Report	M.Kaba 28' A.Davoyan 59' Darbinyan 65' M.Bakayoko 80' M.Mkhitaryan 90'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Suren Baliyan

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
30	14	8	8	37	31	+6	50	8	3	4	16	11	+5	6	5	4	21	20	+1

Last updated: 20 May 2018.
Source: See Results

Results

4 August 2017 1	Shirak	2 – 1	Alashkert	Gyumri
17:30 (UTC+4)	Mikaelyan 45+1' 85' A.Muradyan 55' 58' R.Mkrtchyan 55' Stanojević 90+5'	Report	M.Manasyan 28' A.Beglaryan 66' Yedigaryan 88'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

13 August 2017 2	Shirak	1 – 0	Banants	Gyumri
17:30 (UTC+4)	V.Bakalyan 9' A.Davoyan 39' A.Ayvazov 90+4'	Report	Injac 39' Krasić 51'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Artur Safaryan

19 August 2017 3	Gandzasar Kapan	0 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	A.Yakovtsev 39' V.Minasyan 63' Memović 81' Musonda 90+1'	Report	Mikaelyan 76' Ilić 80' Darbinyan 87' Stanojević 90+1'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Suren Baliyan

26 August 2017 4	Shirak	2 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	Udo 45' M.Kaba 55' Mikaelyan 64' Kpodo 66' Ilić 87'	Report	V.Arzoyan 15' R.Yeghiazaryan 51' S.Mkrtchyan 54'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Safaryan

10 September 2017 5	Pyunik	0 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	A.Shakhnazaryan 4'	Report	Udo 20' M.Bakayoko 44' Stanojević 75' Mikaelyan 88'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

16 September 2017 6	Alashkert	1 – 0	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Artem 35' Nenadović 54' Minasyan 68' Voskanyan 69' 88' Beglaryan 85'	Report	Darbinyan 4' V.Bakalyan 31' Mikaelyan 55' A.Muradyan 69' 70'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

27 September 2017 7	Banants	3 – 0	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Đoković 32' V.Ayvazyan 48' K.Sibo 60' 82' A.Loretsyan 66' M.Guydanov 68' Gyozalyan 90'	Report	M.Safaryan 45' Kpodo 47'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Simonyan

1 October 2017 8	Shirak	1 – 1	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)	Udo 59' M.Bakayoko 59' 90+6' (pen.) M.Kaba 75'	Report	Yashin 41' Wbeymar 46' H.Ishkhanyan 59' A.Azatyan 59' A.Khachatryan 86' G.Nranyan 90+4'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Suren Baliyan

13 October 2017 9	Ararat Yerevan	2 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	R.Safaryan 30' Ar.Kocharyan 44' G. Kirakosyan 39'	Report	Stanojević 35' (pen.) A.Muradyan 39' Mikaelyan 73'	Stadium: Mika Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

21 October 2017 10	Shirak	0 – 0	Pyunik	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	Darbinyan 20' Udo 62' M.Kaba 73' Mikaelyan 76' V.Bakalyan 90' A.Ayvazov 90+5'	Report	Kadio 11' 50' A.Kartashyan 24' E.Vardanyan 65'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

29 October 2017 11	Shirak	0 – 1	Alashkert	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	R.Mkrtchyan 51' M.Bakayoko 56'	Report	Simonyan 61' Peltier 88'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Suren Baliyan

5 November 2017 12	Shirak	0 – 1	Banants	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	A.Amiryan 22' A.Davoyan 35' A.Muradyan 77'	Report	N.Petrosyan 3' Krasić 35' Jovanović 38' Walmerson 81'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

18 November 2017 13	Gandzasar Kapan	2 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Yashin 37' Musonda 46' Wbeymar 57' V.Minasyan 89'	Report	M.Kaba 44' 90' Udo 58' Stanojević 65' A.Muradyan 69'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Suren Baliyan

25 November 2017 14	Shirak	0 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	A.Muradyan 49'	Report	An.Kocharyan 90+1'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 120 Referee: Artur Safaryan

2 December 2017 15	Pyunik	3 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Vardanyan 10' Avetisyan 37' (pen.) V.Hayrapetyan 31' Kadio 71' 90+3' A.Kartashyan 86' Grigoryan 90+5' N.Aslanyan 90+5'	Report	A.Ayvazov 37' Mikaelyan 69' M.Kaba 72' A.Muradyan 75' Udo 13', 68' 90+5'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Suren Baliyan

28 February 2018 16	Alashkert	0 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Nenadović 86'	Report	Stanojević 14' M.Bakayoko 89'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

4 March 2018 17	Banants	3 – 0	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Gyozalyan 19' Hovsepyan 21' K.Sibo 23' 89'	Report		Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

10 March 2018 18	Shirak	2 – 1	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
14:00 (UTC+4)	M.Kaba 56' M.Bakayoko 80'	Report	G.Nranyan 7' Živković 44' Wbeymar 84'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Artur Simonyan

18 March 2018 19	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	O.Hamvardzumyan 41' V.Arzoyan 47'	Report	Udo 47' (pen.) V.Bakalyan 71'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Suren Baliyan

31 March 2018 20	Shirak	2 – 0	Pyunik	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	V.Bakalyan 61' M.Bakayoko 82'	Report	A.Kartashyan 16' Mkrtchyan 42'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

4 April 2018 21	Shirak	1 – 0	Alashkert	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	M.Kaba 16' D.Ghandilyan 90'	Report	B.Hovhannisyan 65' Stojković 71'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Artur Simonyan

8 April 2018 22	Shirak	1 – 0	Banants	Gyumri
14:00 (UTC+4)	Stanojević 39' 51' Udo 74'	Report	Kpodo 32' H. Hakobyan 37' Jovanović 45+2'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

14 April 2018 23	Gandzasar Kapan	1 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Musonda 54'	Report	Darbinyan 39' Yashin 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

21 April 2018 24	Shirak	4 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	A.Muradyan 9', 21' A.Davoyan 33' Ly 62' V.Bakalyan 76' Z.Margaryan 89'	Report	V.Chopuryan 26' A.Petrosyan 58' Gareginyan 68' Dragojević 76'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

29 April 2018 25	Pyunik	1 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	H.Poghosyan 63'	Report	Stanojević 12' M.Bakayoko 36'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Artur Simonyan

2 May 2018 26	Alashkert	0 – 0	Shirak	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	Simonyan 84'	Report	A.Davoyan 33' A.Muradyan 56'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

5 May 2018 27	Banants	0 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	A.Hovhannisyan 42' Peltier 53' Ayrapetyan 87'	Report	Z.Margaryan 19' Mkoyan 38' M.Bakayoko 53' 64' Udo 88'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Suren Baliyan

9 May 2018 28	Shirak	0 – 0	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	A.Davoyan 88'	Report	G.Nranyan 17' A.Khachatryan 45'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: Artak Simonyan Referee: 1,200

12 May 2018 29	Ararat Yerevan	4 – 4	Shirak	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	An.Kocharyan 43', 71' D.Minasyan 54' Darbinyan 61' (o.g.)	Report	Stanojević 5' V.Bakalyan 7' M.Bakayoko 19' Prljević 27' Z.Margaryan 82'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Suren Baliyan

20 May 2018 30	Shirak	0 – 3	Pyunik	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan
Note: Shirak refused to the play the match after being docked 12 points due to a fixing scandal.^[9]

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alashkert (C)	30	14	8	8	44	31	+13	50	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Banants	30	11	11	8	42	34	+8	44	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
3	Gandzasar Kapan	30	11	10	9	43	34	+9	43
4	Shirak	30	14	8	8	37	31	+6	38^[b]
5	Pyunik	30	9	9	12	37	41	−4	36	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
6	Ararat Yerevan	30	5	6	19	33	65	−32	21

Source: 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.^[11]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Gandzasar Kapan qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Armenian Cup.
^ Shirak were deducted 12 points on decision of Disciplinary Committee, upheld on May 18, due to match fixing scandal.^[10]

Armenian Cup

13 September 2017 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Shirak	1 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)	M.Bakayoko 12' A.Amiryan 43' Darbinyan 89' Ilić 90+2'	Report	R.Safaryan 61'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

25 October 2017 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 2 (1 – 3 agg.)	Shirak	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	G.Kirakosyan 63' R.Safaryan 85'	Report	V.Bakalyan 65' M.Bakayoko 69' 90+1'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 20 Referee: Artur Simonyan

7 March 2018 Semifinal 1st leg	Gandzasar Kapan	1 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	A.Khachatryan 24' H.Velic 44' V.Minasyan 52' M.Grigoryan 59' Wbeymar 77'	Report	M.Bakayoko 42' A.Muradyan 63'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Suren Baliyan

18 April 2018 Semifinal 2nd leg	Shirak	0 – 1 (1 – 2 agg.)	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)		Report	Musonda 18' A.Karapetyan 22' Meliksetyan 80'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Suren Baliyan

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

29 June 2017 First qualifying round 1st leg	Shirak	0 – 2	Gorica	Gyumri, Armenia
16:00 (UTC+4)	Kpodo 74'	Report	Kapić 15', 69' Boben 38'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 2,100^[12] Referee: Mikhail Vilkov (Russia)

6 July 2017 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Gorica	2 – 2 (4 – 2 agg.)	Shirak	Nova Gorica, Slovenia
22:30 (UTC+4)	Prljević 13' (o.g.) Celcer 44' Kapić 60' Osuji 90+2'	Report	M.Kaba 34' A.Davoyan 50' Bichakhchyan 56' Nwabueze 81' Darbinyan 88' 89'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 1,200^[12] Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen (Denmark)

Statistics

As of match played 12 May 2018

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Armenian Cup		Armenian Supercup		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	ARM	Artyom Mikaelyan	24	1	15+4	1	2	0	1	0	1+1	0
6	DF	SRB	Marko Prljević	15	1	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
7	DF	ARM	Hrayr Mkoyan	16	0	14	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	ARM	Aram Muradyan	32	5	21+6	5	3+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
10	FW	ARM	Vardan Bakalyan	33	5	25+3	4	1+3	1	1	0	0	0
13	GK	ARM	Anatoly Ayvazov	36	0	29	0	4	0	1	0	2	0
14	FW	ARM	David Ghandilyan	15	1	2+11	1	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	ARM	Arman Aslanyan	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	ARM	Arlen Tsaturyan	8	0	0+7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	ARM	Rafik Misakyan	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	NGA	Solomon Udo	34	5	28	5	3	0	1	0	2	0
20	DF	ARM	Zhirayr Margaryan	15	1	5+8	1	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	SRB	Igor Stanojević	34	6	28	6	3	0	1	0	1+1	0
23	DF	ARM	Robert Darbinyan	32	0	26	0	2+1	0	1	0	2	0
25	DF	ARM	Aghvan Davoyan	35	1	28	1	4	0	1	0	2	0
28	MF	CIV	Mohamed Kaba	33	3	27	2	3	0	1	0	2	1
35	FW	SEN	Yoro Ly	10	0	0+9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	ARM	Rudik Mkrtchyan	17	0	6+7	0	3	0	0+1	0	0	0
40	DF	ARM	Artur Amiryan	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF	ARM	Mher Safaryan	7	0	2+2	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
42	MF	ARM	Martun Mkhitaryan	11	1	0+9	0	1	0	0+1	1	0	0
43	DF	ARM	Styopa Gevorgyan	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	CIV	Moussa Paul Bakayoko	34	11	27+1	7	4	3	1	1	1	0
Players who left Shirak during the season:
5	DF	GHA	Edward Kpodo	16	0	11	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
7	FW	BIH	Aleksandar Ilić	20	2	8+7	2	0+2	0	1	0	1+1	0
8	MF	ARM	Ghukas Poghosyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
10	FW	NGA	Kyrian Nwabueze	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	FW	ARM	Vahan Bichakhchyan	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
20	MF	CMR	Oumarou Kaina	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	Armenian Supercup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	MF	88	Moussa Paul Bakayoko	7	3	1	0	11
2	MF	22	Igor Stanojević	6	0	0	0	6
3	FW	9	Aram Muradyan	5	0	0	0	5
	MF	19	Solomon Udo	5	0	0	0	5
	FW	10	Vardan Bakalyan	4	1	0	0	5
6	MF	28	Mohamed Kaba	2	0	0	1	3
7	FW	7	Aleksandar Ilić	2	0	0	0	2
8	DF	3	Artyom Mikaelyan	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	14	David Ghandilyan	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	25	Aghvan Davoyan	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	20	Zhirayr Margaryan	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	6	Marko Prljević	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	42	Martun Mkhitaryan	0	0	1	0	1
	FW	11	Vahan Bichakhchyan	0	0	0	1	1
			Own goal	1	0	0	0	1
			TOTALS	36	4	2	2	44

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	Armenian Supercup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	GK		13	Anatoliy Ayvazov	12	1	1	0	14
				TOTALS	12	1	1	0	14

Disciplinary Record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Armenian Cup		Armenian Supercup		UEFA Europa League		Total
3		DF	Artyom Mikaelyan	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
7		DF	Hrayr Mkoyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Aram Muradyan	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
10		FW	Vardan Bakalyan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10		FW	Kyrian Nwabueze	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
13		GK	Anatoly Ayvazov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
19		MF	Solomon Udo	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
20		DF	Zhirayr Margaryan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22		MF	Igor Stanojević	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
23		DF	Robert Darbinyan	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	8	1
25		DF	Aghvan Davoyan	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	7	1
28		MF	Mohamed Kaba	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
35		FW	Yoro Ly	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
37		MF	Rudik Mkrtchyan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
40		DF	Artur Amiryan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
41		MF	Mher Safaryan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
88		MF	Moussa Paul Bakayoko	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Players who left Shirak during the season:
5		DF	Edward Kpodo	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
7		FW	Aleksandar Ilić	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	58	1	5	0	3	0	6	2	72	3

References

^ "ՀՖՖ կարգապահական կոմիտեի 05.05.2018թ. որոշման կիրառման պարզաբանումը". ffa.am (in Armenian). Football Federation of Armenia. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
^ "Vahan Bichakhchyan signs 5-year contract with MSK Zilina". sport.mediamax.am/. Media Max Sport. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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^ "ŠE JUNIJA PROTI NAM, DANES Z NAMI". nd-gorica.com (in Slovenian). ND Gorica. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
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^ "Официальное заявление: Игорь Станоевич". fcbanants.am (in Russian). FC Banants. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
^ "Официальное заявление: Анатолий Айвазов". fcbanants.am (in Russian). FC Banants. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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[table_note_res_EL1Q0.11778256209464-10] Gandzasar Kapan qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Armenian Cup.

[table_hth_SHI0.11778256209464-12] Shirak were deducted 12 points on decision of Disciplinary Committee, upheld on May 18, due to match fixing scandal.^[10]

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[2] "Vahan Bichakhchyan signs 5-year contract with MSK Zilina". sport.mediamax.am/. Media Max Sport. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[Four_Leave-3] "Четыре легионера покинули Ширак". armfootball.com (in Russian). Armfootball. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 3 August 2017.

[4] "ŠE JUNIJA PROTI NAM, DANES Z NAMI". nd-gorica.com (in Slovenian). ND Gorica. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[5] "Официальное заявление: Соломон Удо". fcbanants.am (in Russian). FC Banants. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[6] "Официальное заявление: Игорь Станоевич". fcbanants.am (in Russian). FC Banants. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[7] "Официальное заявление: Анатолий Айвазов". fcbanants.am (in Russian). FC Banants. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[Muradyan_&_Bakayoko_Return-8] "Официально. Карен Мурадян и Мусса Пол Бакайоко также вернулись в Ширак". armfootball.com (in Russian). Arm Football. 1 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

[9] "Շիրակը չի մասնակցի հաջորդ հանդիպմանը, ակումբը պահանջում է Հայրապետյանի հրաժարականը". armfootball.com (in Armenian). ArmFootball. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.

[11] ՀՖՖ կարգապահական կոմիտեի 05.05.2018թ. որոշման կիրառման պարզաբանումը [Clarification of application of decision]. AFF (in Armenian). 19 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[13] "Premier League 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[AttendanceQR1-14] "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

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