title: 2019–20 FC Pyunik season
text: # 2019–20 FC Pyunik season
  
  The 2019–20 season was Pyunik's 26th season in the Armenian Premier League.
  
  ## Season events
  
  On 24 October, Erik Vardanyan extended his contract with Pyunik.
  
  On 30 October, manager Aleksandr Tarkhanov became Vice President of Development with Assistant manager Suren Chakhalyan being appointed acting Head Coach.
  
  On 5 November, Pyunik announced that Erik Vardanyan would move to PFC Sochi on 1 January 2020.
  
  On 2 December, Nirisarike signed a new contract with Pyunik.
  
  On 12 December, goalkeeper Sevak Aslanyan extended his contract, with Levon Vardanyan signing his first professional contract on 17 December.
  
  On 8 January, Roman Berezovsky was confirmed as the new manager of Pyunik.
  
  On 25 January, Pyunik announced the signing of Joseph Adah.
  
  On 12 March 2020, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that all Armenian Premier League games had been postponed until 23 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
  On 6 May, Pyunik signed a cooperation agreement with Chinese club FC Shanghai Linkman.
  
  On 30 June, Pyunik announced that they had extended Aras Özbiliz's contract for an additional year.
  
  On 9 July, Pyunik announced that they had extended their contracts with Arthur Nadiryan, Norayr Ghazaryan and Serob Grigoryan.
  
  ## Squad
  
      As of 1 July 2020
  
  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 | RUS | Anton Belov |
  | 5 | DF | ARM | Armen Manucharyan |
  | 6 | MF | ARM | Karlen Mkrtchyan (captain) |
  | 7 | MF | ARM | Artem Simonyan |
  | 8 | DF | MKD | Antonio Stankov |
  | 9 | FW | ARM | Artur Miranyan |
  | 11 | DF | COD | Guy Magema |
  | 12 | GK | ARM | Sevak Aslanyan |
  | 13 | MF | ARM | Erik Azizyan |
  | 14 | MF | ARM | Artur Nadiryan |
  | 17 | MF | ARM | Artak Yedigaryan |
  | 18 | MF | ARM | Alik Arakelyan |
  | 22 | DF | ARM | Robert Hakobyan |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 23 | MF | ARM | Aras Özbiliz |
  | 24 | DF | RWA | Salomon Nirisarike |
  | 25 | GK | MNE | Andrija Dragojević |
  | 31 | GK | RUS | Vladimir Sugrobov (loan from Tambov) |
  | 42 | FW | NGA | Steven Alfred (loan from Sochi) |
  | 44 | MF | ARM | Norayr Ghazaryan |
  | 55 | DF | ARM | Perch Poghikyan |
  | 63 | DF | ALB | Kristi Marku |
  | 65 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Malyaka |
  | 66 | DF | RUS | Maksim Zhestokov |
  | 70 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Shevchuk |
  | 77 | FW | MKD | Denis Mahmudov |
  | 79 | MF | ARM | Levon Vardanyan |
  | 80 | MF | ARM | Daniel Aghbalyan |
  | 96 | MF | NGA | Joseph Adah |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Summer 2019 | DF | Antonio Stankov | Dordrecht | Undisclosed |
  | Summer 2019 | MF | Artem Simonyan | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed |
  | Summer 2019 | MF | Artak Yedigaryan | Alashkert | Undisclosed |
  | 6 June 2019 | MF | Stanislav Yefimov | Yerevan | Undisclosed |
  | 6 June 2019 | MF | Serhiy Shevchuk | Tambov | Undisclosed |
  | 6 June 2019 | FW | Edgar Manucharyan | Alashkert | Free |
  | 16 June 2019 | DF | Anton Belov | Anzhi Makhachkala | Undisclosed |
  | 4 July 2019 | MF | Eduard Avagyan | Noah | Undisclosed |
  | 17 July 2019 | MF | Marko Burzanović | Inter Zaprešić | Undisclosed |
  | 17 July 2019 | FW | Denis Mahmudov | Excelsior | Undisclosed |
  | 31 August 2019 | MF | Aras Özbiliz | Beşiktaş | Free |
  | 31 August 2019 | FW | Dmitri Sychev | | Free |
  | 1 September 2019 | DF | Salomon Nirisarike | Tubize | Undisclosed |
  | 15 January 2020 | MF | Erik Azizyan | Ararat-Armenia II | Undisclosed |
  | 25 January 2020 | MF | Joseph Adah | Slutsk | Free |
  | 26 January 2020 | DF | Maksim Zhestokov | Pyunik | Free |
  | 24 February 2020 | DF | Guy Magema | Urartu | Undisclosed |
  | 25 February 2020 | MF | Dmitri Malyaka | Gomel | Undisclosed |
  
  ### Loans in
  
  | Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 5 July 2019 | MF | Aleksandr Galimov | Ural Yekaterinburg | 10 January 2020 |
  | 5 July 2019 | FW | Steven Alfred | Sochi | End of Season |
  | 29 August 2019 | MF | Ugochukwu Iwu | Lori | End of Season |
  | 17 January 2020 | GK | Vladimir Sugrobov | Tambov | End of Season |
  
  ### Out
  
  | Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 October 2019 | MF | | Daouda Toure | Al Dhafra | Undisclosed | |
  | 5 November 2019† | MF | | Erik Vardanyan | Sochi | Undisclosed | |
  
      † Vardanyan's transfer was announced on the above date, becoming official on 1 January 2020.
  
  ### Released
  
  | Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 31 May 2019 | MF | Vahagn Hayrapetyan | Alashkert | 5 July 2019 |
  | 1 June 2019 | DF | Sergei Kolychev | | |
  | 1 June 2019 | DF | Vyacheslav Dmitriyev | Ararat Moscow | |
  | 1 June 2019 | MF | Mohammed Usman | Tambov | |
  | 1 June 2019 | FW | Lassina Dao | | |
  | 1 June 2019 | FW | Mohamed Konaté | Tambov | |
  | 1 June 2019 | FW | Denis Dorozhkin | Novosibirsk | |
  | 14 June 2019 | MF | Denis Talalay | Tom Tomsk | |
  | 16 June 2019 | MF | Maksym Trusevych | Juniors Shpytky | |
  | 19 June 2019 | MF | Rumyan Hovsepyan | Arda Kardzhali | 26 June 2019 |
  | 19 August 2019 | GK | Gor Manukyan | Alashkert | 26 August 2019 |
  | 19 August 2019 | MF | Eduard Avagyan | Alashkert | 26 August 2019 |
  | 2 December 2019 | MF | Stanislav Yefimov | Van | |
  | 6 December 2019 | GK | Yevgeni Kobozev | Ararat Yerevan | 29 January 2020 |
  | 6 December 2019 | MF | Hovhannes Ilangyozyan | Van | |
  | 6 December 2019 | MF | Hovhannes Poghosyan | Telavi | |
  | 6 December 2019 | MF | Marko Burzanović | OFK Grbalj | |
  | 6 December 2019 | FW | Dmitri Sychev | Retired | 10 December 2019 |
  | 19 December 2019 | DF | Maksim Zhestokov | Pyunik | 26 January 2020 |
  | 24 December 2019 | FW | Edgar Manucharyan | Alashkert | 4 March 2020 |
  | 30 June 2020 | MF | Serhiy Shevchuk | Juniors Shpytky | |
  | 2 July 2020 | DF | Guy Magema | AS Vita | |
  | 2 July 2020 | DF | Antonio Stankov | | |
  | 2 July 2020 | MF | Artem Simonyan | Noah | 1 August 2020 |
  | 2 July 2020 | MF | Artak Yedigaryan | Ararat Yerevan | 25 July 2020 |
  | 2 July 2020 | MF | Dmitri Malyaka | Lernayin Artsakh Goris | |
  | 2 July 2020 | FW | Denis Mahmudov | Roeselare | 5 August 2020 |
  | 3 July 2020 | MF | Anton Belov | Tom Tomsk | |
  | 7 July 2020 | MF | Karlen Mkrtchyan | | |
  | 12 July 2020 | MF | Joseph Adah | Gandzasar Kapan | |
  | 31 July 2020 | DF | Maksim Zhestokov | Akron Tolyatti | 4 September 2020 |
  | 31 July 2020 | FW | Artur Miranyan | Urartu | 1 March 2021 |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Overall record
  
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
  | Premier League | 11 August 2019 | 1 July 2020 | Matchday 1 | 8th | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 036.36 |
  | Armenian Cup | 2 November 2019 | 2 November 2019 | Second round | Second round | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 |
  | UEFA Europa League | 11 July 2019 | 15 August 2019 | First qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 033.33 |
  | Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 034.48 |
  
  Last updated: 1 July 2020 Source: Competitions
  
  ### Premier League
  
  **Regular season**
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 23 May 2020. Source: See Results
  
  **Regular season**
  
  **Table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ararat-Armenia | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 15 | +18 | 36 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 2 | Lori | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | +8 | 32 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 3 | Alashkert | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 20 | +13 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 4 | Ararat | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 31 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 5 | Noah | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 19 | +6 | 30 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 6 | Shirak | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 18 | +7 | 28 | Qualification for the Championship round |
  | 7 | Pyunik | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 36 | −1 | 23 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
  | 8 | Urartu | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 24 | −2 | 23 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
  | 9 | Gandzasar | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 18 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
  | 10 | Yerevan | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 62 | −51 | 0 | Withdrawn |
  
  **Relegation round**
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 1 July 2020. Source: See Results
  
  **Relegation round**
  
  **Table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Urartu | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 27 | −1 | 30 |
  | 2 | Pyunik | 22 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 26 |
  | 3 | Gandzasar | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 29 | −4 | 25 |
  
  ## Statistics
  
      As of match played 1 July 2020
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | 2 | DF | ARM | Serob Grigoryan | 17 | 0 | 15+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | ARM | Artur Kartashyan | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | RUS | Anton Belov | 9 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | ARM | Armen Manucharyan | 23 | 2 | 14+2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
  | 6 | MF | ARM | Karlen Mkrtchyan | 11 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 7 | MF | ARM | Artem Simonyan | 26 | 3 | 13+6 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 |
  | 8 | DF | MKD | Antonio Stankov | 20 | 1 | 10+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
  | 9 | FW | ARM | Artur Miranyan | 19 | 9 | 10+2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
  | 11 | DF | COD | Guy Magema | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 12 | GK | ARM | Sevak Aslanyan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 13 | MF | ARM | Erik Azizyan | 5 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 14 | MF | ARM | Artur Nadiryan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 17 | MF | ARM | Artak Yedigaryan | 23 | 5 | 11+6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4+1 | 1 |
  | 18 | MF | ARM | Alik Arakelyan | 10 | 1 | 7+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 22 | DF | ARM | Robert Hakobyan | 9 | 0 | 7+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 23 | MF | ARM | Aras Özbiliz | 11 | 5 | 9+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 24 | DF | RWA | Salomon Nirisarike | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 25 | GK | MNE | Andrija Dragojević | 24 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
  | 26 | DF | ARM | Arsen Sargsyan | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 31 | GK | RUS | Vladimir Sugrobov | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 42 | FW | NGA | Steven Alfred | 13 | 1 | 3+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 |
  | 44 | MF | ARM | Norayr Ghazaryan | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 55 | DF | ARM | Perch Poghikyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 63 | DF | ALB | Kristi Marku | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 65 | MF | RUS | Dmitri Malyaka | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 66 | DF | RUS | Maksim Zhestokov | 24 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
  | 70 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Shevchuk | 23 | 1 | 12+4 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
  | 77 | FW | MKD | Denis Mahmudov | 19 | 9 | 12+4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
  | 79 | MF | ARM | Levon Vardanyan | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 80 | MF | ARM | Daniel Aghbalyan | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 96 | MF | NGA | Joseph Adah | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
  | Players who left Pyunik during the season: ||||||||||||
  | 10 | MF | ARM | Erik Vardanyan | 14 | 1 | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
  | 11 | FW | ARM | Edgar Manucharyan | 4 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 |
  | 13 | MF | RUS | Stanislav Yefimov | 9 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 20 | MF | NGA | Ugochukwu Iwu | 15 | 0 | 13+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 26 | MF | ARM | Hovhannes Ilangyozyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 65 | MF | RUS | Aleksandr Galimov | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
  | 98 | MF | MNE | Marko Burzanović | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  
  ### Goal scorers
  
  | Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Europa League | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | FW | 77 | Denis Mahmudov | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
  | 1 | FW | 9 | Artur Miranyan | 6 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
  | 3 | MF | 23 | Aras Özbiliz | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
  | 3 | MF | 17 | Artak Yedigaryan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
  | 5 | MF | 7 | Artem Simonyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
  | 6 | DF | 5 | Armen Manucharyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 7 | DF | 24 | Salomon Nirisarike | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | FW | 42 | Steven Alfred | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | DF | 8 | Antonio Stankov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | MF | 18 | Alik Arakelyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | MF | 70 | Serhiy Shevchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | MF | 6 | Karlen Mkrtchyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | MF | 13 | Erik Azizyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | MF | 96 | Joseph Adah | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | DF | 26 | Arsen Sargsyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 7 | MF | 10 | Erik Vardanyan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 7 | DF | 66 | Maksim Zhestokov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 7 | FW | 11 | Edgar Manucharyan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 7 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | | | | TOTALS | 39 | 0 | 7 | 46 |
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
  | Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Europa League | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | 25 | Andrija Dragojević | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
  | 2 | GK | 31 | Vladimir Sugrobov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | | | | TOTALS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
  
  ### Disciplinary Record
  
  | Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | DF | Serob Grigoryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 4 | DF | Anton Belov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 5 | DF | Armen Manucharyan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
  | 7 | MF | Artem Simonyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 8 | DF | Antonio Stankov | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 13 | MF | Erik Azizyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 17 | MF | Artak Yedigaryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 22 | DF | Robert Hakobyan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
  | 23 | MF | Aras Özbiliz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 24 | DF | Salomon Nirisarike | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 25 | GK | Andrija Dragojević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 42 | FW | Steven Alfred | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 63 | DF | Kristi Marku | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
  | 66 | DF | Maksim Zhestokov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 70 | MF | Serhiy Shevchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 77 | FW | Denis Mahmudov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 79 | DF | Levon Vardanyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Players who left Pyunik during the season: ||||||||||||
  | 10 | MF | Erik Vardanyan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
  | 11 | FW | Edgar Manucharyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 20 | MF | Ugochukwu Iwu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | | | TOTALS | 47 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 61 | 5 |
  