# 2015–16 FC Ararat Yerevan season

The 2015–16 season is a FC Ararat Yerevan's 25th consecutive season in Armenian Premier League. This article shows player statistics and all official matches that the club will play during the 2015–16 season.

## Season events

In June 2015, former players Zaven Bulut and Stepan Ghazaryan both joined Ararat on trial, as did with Roberto Casabella, Benik Hovhannisyan and Sargis Karapetyan, whilst Juliano Gimenez returned to Ararat after playing for them in 2008. After a successful trial period, Casabella signed with Ararat.
On 14 July 2015, Ararat travelled to Krymsk in Russia to conduct a training camp until 27 July. During the camp, Ararat faced Krasnodar on 15 July, Kuban Krasnodar II on 18 July and Anapa team on 23 July. During this training camp, Brazilian forward Felipe Rafael and Hayk Chilingaryan joined Ararat on trial, whilst Sargis Karapetyan signed permanently after previously being on trial.
On 4 September 2015, Ararat announced that they would be taking in a training camp in California in February 2016, during the seasons winter break.
On 17 September 2015, it was announced that all Ararat's home games would now be played at the Republican Stadium, after their previous home ground, the Hrazdan Stadium, was declared bankrupt.
On 20 February 2016, Ararat where defeated 2-0 by New York Cosmos at the Citrus Stadium in Glendora, California.

## Squad

    As of match played 22 May 2016
| Number | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Gevorg Prazyan | GK | (1989-07-24)24 July 1989 (aged 26) | Gandzasar Kapan | 2015 | | |
| 22 | Arman Meliksetyan | GK | (1995-07-21)21 July 1995 (aged 20) | Banants | 2013 | 7 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Vahe Matirosyan | DF | (1988-01-19)19 January 1988 (aged 28) | Ulisses | 2009 | | |
| 3 | Sergei Avagimyan | DF | (1989-07-05)5 July 1989 (aged 26) | Baikal Irkutsk | 2016 | 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Souleymane Kone | DF | (1996-05-01)1 May 1996 (aged 20) | CSKA Sofia | 2015 | 37 | 1 |
| 5 | Norayr Grigoryan | DF | (1983-01-07)7 January 1983 (aged 33) | Banants | 2015 | | |
| 6 | Aram Shahnazaryan | DF | (1994-04-21)21 April 1994 (aged 22) | Banants | 2016 | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | Gorik Khachatryan | DF | (1988-06-16)16 June 1988 (aged 27) | Impuls | 2011 | | |
| | Karen Khachatryan | DF | (1997-06-23)23 June 1997 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2014 | 8 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Benik Hovhannisyan | MF | (1993-05-01)1 May 1993 (aged 23) | Alashkert | 2015 | 25 | 2 |
| 11 | Bryan de la Fuente | MF | (1992-07-01)1 July 1992 (aged 23) | Los Angeles Misioneros | 2014 | 53 | 10 |
| 15 | Marin Glavaš | MF | (1992-03-17)17 March 1992 (aged 24) | ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | Raffi Kaya | MF | (1994-06-08)8 June 1994 (aged 21) | US Ivry | 2015 | 32 | 0 |
| 19 | Moisés Orozco | MF | (1992-02-06)6 February 1992 (aged 24) | Dallas City | 2015 | 28 | 5 |
| 21 | Giorgi Khubua | MF | (1993-04-19)19 April 1993 (aged 23) | Merani Martvili | 2016 | 7 | 0 |
| | Ruslan Avagyan | MF | (1995-06-24)24 June 1995 (aged 20) | Youth team | 2016 | 6 | 0 |
| | Karen Yesayan | MF | (1996-04-10)10 April 1996 (aged 20) | Pyunik | 2016 | 2 | 0 |
| | Pol Asu Oshi | MF | (1996-09-27)27 September 1996 (aged 19) | | 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | Mher Sahakyan | FW | (1995-07-15)15 July 1995 (aged 20) | Impuls | 2013 | 44 | 2 |
| 9 | Gevorg Nranyan | FW | (1986-03-09)9 March 1986 (aged 30) | Banants | 2015 | | |
| 10 | Oumarou Kaina | FW | (1996-10-16)16 October 1996 (aged 19) | Aspire Academy | 2015 | 35 | 2 |
| 14 | David Ghandilyan | FW | (1993-06-04)4 June 1993 (aged 22) | Shirak | 2014 | 11 | 0 |
| 20 | Christian Chaney | FW | (1994-09-08)8 September 1994 (aged 21) | Fresno Fuego | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Kyrian Nwabueze | FW | (1992-12-11)11 December 1992 (aged 23) | Tulsa Roughnecks | 2016 | 11 | 1 |
| | Mikael Arustamyan | FW | (1996-01-18)18 January 1996 (aged 20) | Banants | 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| | Arayik Mkrtchyan | FW | (1993-07-08)8 July 1993 (aged 22) | Youth team | 2014 | 10 | 0 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | Juliano Gimenez | DF | (1984-12-04)4 December 1984 (aged 31) | Mamoré | 2015 | | |
| 7 | Aleksandar Rakić | FW | (1987-01-07)7 January 1987 (aged 29) | Cement Beočin | 2013 | 64 | 22 |
| 10 | Areg Azatyan | MF | (1990-06-29)29 June 1990 (aged 25) | Banants | 2015 | 16 | 1 |
| 20 | Zaven Bulut | MF | (1992-02-05)5 February 1992 (aged 24) | Euga Ardziv | 2014 | 28 | 5 |
| 23 | Carlo Chueca | MF | (1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (aged 23) | Chivas USA | 2015 | 19 | 3 |
| 23 | David Hovsepyan | FW | (1991-01-15)15 January 1991 (aged 25) | Youth team | 2015 | 6 | 1 |
| 25 | Hayk Chilingaryan | DF | (1989-02-01)1 February 1989 (aged 27) | Alashkert | 2015 | 6 | 0 |
| 88 | Aram Ayrapetyan | GK | (1986-11-22)22 November 1986 (aged 29) | Banants | 2015 | 13 | 0 |
| 97 | Tamaz Avdalyan | FW | (1994-02-03)3 February 1994 (aged 22) | Youth team | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| | Sargis Karapetyan | MF | (1990-04-24)24 April 1990 (aged 26) | Mika | 2015 | 2 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| Summer 2015 | GK | Gevorg Prazyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2015 | MF | Norayr Grigoryan | Unattached | Free |
| Summer 2015 | FW | Gevorg Nranyan | Banants | Undisclosed |
| June 2015 | MF | Benik Hovhannisyan | Alashkert | Undisclosed |
| June 2015 | MF | Zaven Bulut | Unattached | Free |
| 25 June 2015 | DF | Juliano Gimenez | Mamoré | Undisclosed |
| 26 June 2015 | MF | Roberto Casabella | San Fernando | Undisclosed |
| 14 July 2015 | MF | Sargis Karapetyan | Mika | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2016 | FW | Mikael Arustamyan | Banants | Undisclosed |
| 14 January 2016 | MF | Giorgi Khubua | Merani Martvili | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2016 | DF | Aram Shahnazaryan | Banants | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2016 | DF | Artyom Khachaturov | Kyzylzhar | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2016 | DF | Sergei Avagimyan | Baikal Irkutsk | Undisclosed |
| 24 February 2016 | MF | Marin Glavaš | ViOn Zlaté | Undisclosed |
| 24 February 2016 | FW | Kyrian Nwabueze | Tulsa Roughnecks | Undisclosed |
| 24 February 2016 | FW | Christian Chaney | Fresno Fuego | Undisclosed |
| 1 March 2016 | MF | Pol Asu Oshi | Unattached | Free |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 6 August 2015 | MF | Roberto Casabella | Rayo Cantabria | 6 August 2015 |
| 15 September 2015 | MF | Aleksandar Rakić | Gandzasar Kapan | 12 January 2016 |
| 31 December 2015 | GK | Aram Ayrapetyan | Ararat Yerevan | 2 August 2016 |
| 31 December 2015 | DF | Mikheil Simonyan | | |
| 31 December 2015 | DF | Juliano Gimenez | Flamengo de Guarulhos | |
| 31 December 2015 | MF | Davit Hovsepyan | | |
| 31 December 2015 | MF | Sargis Karapetyan | CSKA Pamir Dushanbe | March 2017 |
| 31 December 2015 | MF | Zaven Bulut | | |
| 31 December 2015 | MF | Carlo Chueca | | |
| 31 December 2015 | MF | Tamaz Avdalyan | | |
| 10 January 2016 | GK | Areg Azatyan | Alashkert | |
| 10 January 2016 | GK | Levon Minasyan | Alashkert | |
| 10 January 2016 | DF | Hayk Chilingaryan | | |
| 7 February 2016 | DF | Artyom Khachaturov | Zaria Bălți | 16 February 2016 |
| 30 June 2016 | DF | Aram Shakhnazaryan | Pyunik | 1 August 2016 |
| 30 June 2016 | MF | Benik Hovhannisyan | Alashkert | 31 July 2016 |
| 30 June 2016 | MF | Karen Yesayan | Retired | |
| 30 June 2016 | MF | Marin Glavaš | Celje | 8 July 2016 |
| 30 June 2016 | MF | Giorgi Khubua | Zugdidi | |
| 30 June 2016 | MF | Bryan de la Fuente | Shirak | 3 September 2016 |
| 30 June 2016 | MF | Moisés Orozco | | |
| 30 June 2016 | FW | Arayik Mkrtchyan | | |
| 30 June 2016 | FW | Christian Chaney | Sacramento Republic | 12 August 2016 |

### Trialists

| Date From | Position | Name | Previous Club | Date To |
| 20 June 2015 | GK | Stepan Ghazaryan | Banants | |
| 20 June 2015 | MF | Benik Hovhannisyan | Alashkert | |
| 20 June 2015 | MF | Sargis Karapetyan | Mika | |
| 20 June 2015 | MF | Roberto Casabella | San Fernando | 26 June 2015 |
| 25 June 2015 | MF | Zaven Bulut | Ararat Yerevan | |
| 14 July 2015 | DF | Hayk Chilingaryan | Alashkert | |
| 14 July 2015 | FW | Felipe Rafael | Parnahyba | |
| Winter 2016 | DF | Lee Nishanian | LA Galaxy II | |
| Winter 2016 | MF | Hagop Chirishian | New York Cosmos | |

## 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 |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H |
| Result | W | W | D | L | L | L | L | W | W | W | D | D | W | D | W | D | L | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | L | W | L | L |
| Position | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Pyunik | 28 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 44 | 21 | +23 | 48 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Gandzasar Kapan | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 45 | |
| 5 | Ararat Yerevan | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 37 | |
| 6 | Banants | 28 | 7 | 12 | 9 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 33 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 7 | Mika | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 32 | |
* ↑ Banants qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Armenian Cup.

### Armenian Cup
## Statistics

    As of match played 22 May 2016

### 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 |
| 1 | GK | ARM | Gevorg Prazyan | 23 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ARM | Vahe Martirosyan | 27 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Sergei Avagimyan | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CIV | Souleymane Kone | 27 | 1 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARM | Norayr Grigoryan | 28 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARM | Aram Shakhnazaryan | 5 | 0 | 2+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARM | Benik Hovhannisyan | 25 | 2 | 19+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ARM | Mher Sahakyan | 19 | 1 | 1+17 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARM | Gevorg Nranyan | 25 | 5 | 19+4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | CMR | Oumarou Kaina | 26 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | USA | Bryan de la Fuente | 28 | 5 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ARM | David Ghandilyan | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | CRO | Marin Glavaš | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | FRA | Raffi Kaya | 21 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ARM | Gorik Khachatryan | 22 | 0 | 19+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | USA | Moisés Orozco | 15 | 3 | 10+3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | USA | Christian Chaney | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | GEO | Giorgi Khubua | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ARM | Arman Meliksetyan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | NGA | Kyrian Nwabueze | 11 | 1 | 8+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ARM | Ruslan Avagyan | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ARM | Karen Yesayan | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | NGA | Pol Asu Oshi | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Ararat Yerevan during the season: ||||||||||
| 3 | DF | BRA | Juliano Gimenez | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | SRB | Aleksandar Rakić | 6 | 1 | 5+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Areg Azatyan | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | FRA | Zaven Bulut | 16 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | PER | Carlo Chueca | 8 | 1 | 4+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ARM | David Hovsepyan | 6 | 1 | 1+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARM | Hayk Chilingaryan | 6 | 0 | 1+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | GK | ARM | Aram Ayrapetyan | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 97 | FW | UKR | Tamaz Avdalyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ARM | Sargis Karapetyan | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Gevorg Nranyan | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 | MF | 11 | Bryan de la Fuente | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 19 | Moisés Orozco | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Benik Hovhannisyan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 23 | Carlo Chueca | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | 7 | Aleksandar Rakić | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 20 | Zaven Bulut | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 23 | David Hovsepyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Mher Sahakyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | 10 | Oumarou Kaina | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 5 | Norayr Grigoryan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | 23 | Kyrian Nwabueze | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 4 | Souleymane Kone | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 24 | 0 | 24 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 1 | Gevorg Prazyan | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | GK | 88 | Aram Ayrapetyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | GK | 22 | Arman Meliksetyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 9 | 0 | 9 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Gevorg Prazyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Vahe Martirosyan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Sergei Avagimyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Souleymane Kone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Norayr Grigoryan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Benik Hovhannisyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Gevorg Nranyan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Oumarou Kaina | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Bryan de la Fuente | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Marin Glavaš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Raffi Kaya | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 18 | DF | Gorik Khachatryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Moisés Orozco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | Arman Meliksetyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Kyrian Nwabueze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | Ruslan Avagyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Ararat Yerevan during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Aleksandar Rakić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Zaven Bulut | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Carlo Chueca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | David Hovsepyan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 54 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 1 |