title: 2017–18 FC Shirak season
text: # 2017–18 FC Shirak season
  
  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. 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 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 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 24 July 2017 | MF | Vahan Bichakhchyan | Žilina | Undisclosed |
  | 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 | GK | Vsevolod Yermakov | Zenit-Izhevsk | |
  | 1 August 2017 | DF | Marko Prljević | Proleter Novi Sad | 25 August 2017 |
  | 1 August 2017 | MF | Oumarou Kaina | Al-Talaba | 1 January 2018 |
  | 1 August 2017 | FW | Kyrian Nwabueze | Gorica | 15 September 2017 |
  | 13 June 2018 | MF | Solomon Udo | Banants | 13 June 2018 |
  | 15 June 2018 | MF | Igor Stanojević | Banants | 15 June 2018 |
  | 20 June 2018 | GK | Anatoliy Ayvazov | Banants | 20 June 2018 |
  | 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 | MF | Moussa Bakayoko | Shirak | 1 September 2018 |
  | 30 June 2018 | FW | Vardan Bakalyan | Ararat-Armenia | 2 July 2018 |
  | 30 June 2018 | FW | Yoro Lamine Ly | | |
  
  ## Competitions
  
  ### Premier League
  
  **Results summary**
  
  | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  
  Last updated: 20 May 2018. Source: See Results
  
  **Table**
  
  | Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
  | 3 | Gandzasar Kapan | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
  | 4 | Shirak | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 38 | |
  | 5 | Pyunik | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
  | 6 | Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 65 | −32 | 21 | |
  
  * 1 2 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.
  
  ## Statistics
  
      As of match played 12 May 2018
  
  ### Appearances and goals
  
  | No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Armenian Supercup | Armenian Supercup | UEFA Europa League | 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 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 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 |
  | 3 | MF | 19 | Solomon Udo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
  | 3 | 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 |
  | 8 | FW | 14 | David Ghandilyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | DF | 25 | Aghvan Davoyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | DF | 20 | Zhirayr Margaryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | DF | 6 | Marko Prljević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | MF | 42 | Martun Mkhitaryan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 8 | FW | 11 | Vahan Bichakhchyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 8 | | | 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 | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Armenian Supercup | Armenian Supercup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | 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 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 |
  