title: 2019–20 FC Noah season
text: # 2019–20 FC Noah season
  
  The 2019–20 season was a FC Noah's 2nd season in Armenian Premier League, and first since they changed their name from Artsakh FC. They finished the season in 2nd place, behind Ararat-Armenia who they beat in the Armenian Cup final, earning qualification to the UEFA Europa League for the first time.
  
  ## Season events
  
  On 5 December 2019, Benik Hovhannisyan extended his contract with FC Noah.
  
  On 12 March 2020, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that all Armenian Premier League games had been postponed until 23 March, and that the Armenian Cup Semifinal second legs had also been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
  ## Squad
  
      As of 27 February 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 | RUS | Vitali Zaprudskikh |
  | 3 | DF | RUS | Alan Tatayev |
  | 5 | DF | RUS | Vladislav Kryuchkov |
  | 6 | DF | RUS | Soslan Kagermazov |
  | 7 | MF | LVA | Eduards Emsis |
  | 8 | MF | ARM | Yuri Gareginyan |
  | 9 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Azarov |
  | 10 | MF | ARM | Benik Hovhannisyan |
  | 11 | MF | ARM | Vigen Avetisyan |
  | 14 | DF | RUS | Mikhail Kovalenko |
  | 15 | FW | RUS | Maksim Mayrovich |
  | 16 | MF | GNB | Helistano Manga |
  | 20 | MF | ARM | Edgar Grigoryan (loan from Urartu) |
  | 21 | FW | LTU | Rokas Krusnauskas |
  | 22 | DF | ARM | Vardan Movsisyan |
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | 24 | MF | RUS | Sergey Dmitriev |
  | 28 | GK | ARM | Artem Delinyan |
  | 31 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Lavrishchev |
  | 33 | DF | ARM | Hovhannes Nazaryan |
  | 37 | GK | RUS | Maksim Shvagirev |
  | 57 | MF | RUS | Pavel Deobald |
  | 77 | GK | ITA | Valerio Vimercati |
  | 88 | MF | RUS | Sergey Mikhaylov |
  | 92 | DF | GNB | Saná Gomes |
  | 94 | MF | MDA | Dan Spătaru |
  | 97 | MF | RUS | Kirill Bor |
  | 99 | MF | ARM | Aram Yeganyan |
  | — | MF | ARM | Karen Harutyunyan |
  | — | MF | ARM | Seyran Malkhasyan |
  
  ### Out on loan
  
  Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
  
  | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 23 | DF | ARM | Artur Stepanyan (at Van) |
  
  ## Transfers
  
  ### In
  
  | Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Summer 2019 | GK | Valerio Vimercati | Leiria | Undisclosed |
  | Summer 2019 | GK | Maksim Shvagirev | Ararat Moscow | Undisclosed |
  | Summer 2019 | DF | Vitali Zaprudskikh | Zorky Krasnogorsk | Undisclosed |
  | Summer 2019 | DF | Vladislav Kryuchkov | Baltika Kaliningrad | Undisclosed |
  | Summer 2019 | DF | Soslan Kagermazov | Fakel Voronezh | Undisclosed |
  | Summer 2019 | MF | David Manoyan | Rabotnički | Undisclosed |
  | Summer 2019 | MF | Vladimir Azarov | Sibir Novosibirsk | Undisclosed |
  | Summer 2019 | MF | Kirill Bor | Ararat Moscow | Undisclosed |
  | Summer 2019 | MF | Pavel Deobald | Shinnik Yaroslavl | Undisclosed |
  | Summer 2019 | MF | Mikhail Kovalenko | Tyumen | Undisclosed |
  | Summer 2019 | MF | Sergey Mikhaylov | Rotor Volgograd | Undisclosed |
  | Summer 2019 | FW | Dmitri Lavrishchev | Rotor Volgograd | Undisclosed |
  | Summer 2019 | FW | Maksim Mayrovich | KAMAZ | Undisclosed |
  | Summer 2019 | FW | Aleksei Turik | Zenit-Izhevsk | Undisclosed |
  | 17 January 2020 | MF | Eduards Emsis | Jelgava | Undisclosed |
  | 17 January 2020 | FW | Rokas Krusnauskas | Kauno Žalgiris | Undisclosed |
  | 8 February 2020 | MF | Dan Spătaru | Liepāja | Undisclosed |
  | 17 February 2020 | GK | Artem Delinyan | Khimki | Undisclosed |
  | 17 February 2020 | MF | Seyran Malkhasyan | Lokomotiv Moscow Academy | Undisclosed |
  | 27 February 2020 | MF | Helistano Manga | União de Leiria | Undisclosed |
  | 2 March 2020 | DF | Saná Gomes | Sertanense | Undisclosed |
  
  ### Loans in
  
  | Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 30 July 2019 | MF | | Edgar Grigoryan | Urartu | End of Season | |
  
  ### Loans out
  
  | Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 21 January 2020 | DF | | Artur Stepanyan | Van | End of Season | |
  
  ### Released
  
  | Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Summer 2019 | GK | Ashot Ayvazyan | Van | |
  | Summer 2019 | GK | Samur Agamagomedov | Van | |
  | Summer 2019 | GK | Aleksei Solosin | Masis | |
  | Summer 2019 | DF | Vahagn Minasyan | | |
  | Summer 2019 | DF | Argishti Petrosyan | Yerevan | |
  | Summer 2019 | MF | Eduard Avagyan | Pyunik | 4 July 2019 |
  | Summer 2019 | MF | Artur Grigoryan | Gandzasar Kapan | 22 June 2019 |
  | Summer 2019 | MF | Emil Yeghiazaryan | Gandzasar Kapan | 25 June 2019 |
  | Summer 2019 | MF | Geo Danny Ekra | Tambov | 21 February 2020 |
  | Summer 2019 | MF | Dmytro Klimakov | Yerevan | |
  | Summer 2019 | FW | Vigen Avetisyan | | |
  | Summer 2019 | FW | Vardan Bakalyan | | |
  | Summer 2019 | FW | Abdoul Gafar Sirima | Armavir | |
  | Summer 2019 | FW | Wilfried Eza | Van | |
  | 6 December 2019 | GK | Arman Meliksetyan | Gandzasar Kapan | 28 January 2020 |
  | 6 December 2019 | MF | David Manoyan | Shirak | 16 January 2020 |
  | 6 December 2019 | MF | Aleksei Turik | Smolevichi | |
  | 3 February 2020 | FW | Edgar Movsesyan | Van | |
  
  ## 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: 25 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 |
  
  **Championship 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: 14 July 2020. Source: See Results
  
  **Championship round**
  
  **Table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Ararat-Armenia (C) | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
  | 2 | Noah | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
  | 3 | Alashkert | 28 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 47 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
  | 4 | Shirak | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 40 | 30 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
  | 5 | Lori | 27 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 40 | |
  | 6 | Ararat | 27 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 33 | |
  
  * ↑ team qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2019–20 Armenian Cup.
  * ↑ Match between Lori and Ararat Yerevan was cancelled on 10 July, with no points being awarded.
  
  ## Statistics
  
      As of match played 14 July 2020
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
  | 2 | DF | RUS | Vitali Zaprudskikh | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | RUS | Alan Tatayev | 30 | 1 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
  | 5 | DF | RUS | Vladislav Kryuchkov | 27 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
  | 6 | DF | RUS | Soslan Kagermazov | 26 | 0 | 21+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 7 | MF | LVA | Eduards Emsis | 16 | 0 | 11+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | ARM | Yuri Gareginyan | 27 | 0 | 12+11 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
  | 9 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Azarov | 30 | 10 | 23+2 | 8 | 4+1 | 2 |
  | 10 | MF | ARM | Benik Hovhannisyan | 21 | 1 | 11+7 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
  | 11 | MF | ARM | Vigen Avetisyan | 13 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
  | 14 | DF | RUS | Mikhail Kovalenko | 22 | 2 | 17+2 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
  | 15 | FW | RUS | Maksim Mayrovich | 32 | 15 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 |
  | 16 | MF | GNB | Helistano Manga | 15 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 20 | MF | ARM | Edgar Grigoryan | 8 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  | 21 | FW | LTU | Rokas Krusnauskas | 10 | 2 | 4+3 | 2 | 1+2 | 0 |
  | 22 | DF | ARM | Vardan Movsisyan | 11 | 0 | 6+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 24 | MF | RUS | Sergey Dmitriev | 14 | 0 | 2+8 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
  | 31 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Lavrishchev | 28 | 4 | 9+15 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 |
  | 37 | GK | RUS | Maksim Shvagirev | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 57 | MF | RUS | Pavel Deobald | 24 | 2 | 18+2 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 |
  | 77 | GK | ITA | Valerio Vimercati | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 88 | MF | RUS | Sergey Mikhaylov | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 92 | DF | GNB | Saná Gomes | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 94 | MF | MDA | Dan Spătaru | 16 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
  | 97 | MF | RUS | Kirill Bor | 25 | 3 | 14+8 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 |
  | | MF | ARM | Karen Harutyunyan | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | Players away on loan: ||||||||||
  | Players who left Noah during the season: ||||||||||
  | 12 | GK | ARM | Arman Meliksetyan | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 17 | FW | ARM | Edgar Movsesyan | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 21 | MF | ARM | David Manoyan | 12 | 2 | 7+3 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
  | 27 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Turik | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
  
  ### Goal scorers
  
  | Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | FW | 15 | Maksim Mayrovich | 11 | 4 | 15 |
  | 2 | MF | 9 | Vladimir Azarov | 8 | 2 | 10 |
  | 3 | FW | 31 | Dmitri Lavrishchev | 3 | 1 | 4 |
  | 3 | MF | 94 | Dan Spătaru | 3 | 1 | 4 |
  | 5 | MF | 97 | Kirill Bor | 3 | 0 | 3 |
  | 6 | MF | 21 | David Manoyan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 6 | MF | 57 | Pavel Deobald | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 6 | DF | 14 | Mikhail Kovalenko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 6 | FW | 21 | Rokas Krusnauskas | 2 | 0 | 2 |
  | 10 | DF | 5 | Vladislav Kryuchkov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 10 | MF | 10 | Benik Hovhannisyan | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 10 | DF | 3 | Alan Tatayev | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | | | | TOTALS | 37 | 10 | 47 |
  
  ### Clean sheets
  
  | Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | GK | 77 | Valerio Vimercati | 8 | 1 | 9 |
  | 2 | GK | 37 | Maksim Shvagirev | 2 | 2 | 4 |
  | 3 | GK | 12 | Arman Meliksetyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | | | | TOTALS | 11 | 3 | 14 |
  
  ### Disciplinary Record
  
  | Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2 | DF | Vitali Zaprudskikh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 3 | DF | Alan Tatayev | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
  | 5 | DF | Vladislav Kryuchkov | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
  | 6 | DF | Soslan Kagermazov | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 7 | MF | Eduards Emsis | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 8 | MF | Yuri Gareginyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
  | 9 | MF | Vladimir Azarov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 10 | MF | Benik Hovhannisyan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 11 | MF | Vigen Avetisyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 14 | DF | Mikhail Kovalenko | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
  | 15 | FW | Maksim Mayrovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 16 | MF | Helistano Manga | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 22 | DF | Vardan Movsisyan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
  | 24 | MF | Sergey Dmitriev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 31 | FW | Dmitri Lavrishchev | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 37 | GK | Maksim Shvagirev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | 57 | MF | Pavel Deobald | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | 77 | GK | Valerio Vimercati | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
  | 88 | MF | Sergey Mikhaylov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
  | 92 | DF | Saná Gomes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
  | 94 | MF | Dan Spătaru | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 97 | MF | Kirill Bor | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
  | | MF | Karen Harutyunyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | Players who left Noah during the season: ||||||||||
  | 12 | GK | Arman Meliksetyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
  | | | TOTALS | 70 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 84 | 6 |
  