# 2020–21 FC Van season

The 2020–21 season is FC Van's 1st season in Armenian Premier League, and second in existence.

## Season events

On 30 July 2020, it was announced that Van had been giving a license to compete in the Armenian Premier League for the 2020–21 season. On 31 July, Van confirmed Sevada Arzumanyan as their Head Coach.
On 24 August, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that that day's match between Van and Lori had been postponed due to cases of COVID-19 within the Lori squad.
On 9 September, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that Van's games away to Shirak, scheduled for 11 September, had been postponed.
On 29 September, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

### Transfers

On the 29 July, Anushavan Tarverdyan, Arsen Kaytov, Sos Tadevosyan, Aleksandr Ladik, Batraz Tedeyev and Evgeni Gavrilov all left the club after their contracts where terminated by mutual consent.
On 30 July, Vigen Begoyan, Vardan Bakalyan and Hovhannes Ilangyozyan all had their contracts with the club terminated by mutual consent.
On 31 July, Van announced the signing of Ebert and Vahagn Ayvazyan.
On 1 August, Van announced the permanent signing of Arman Khachatryan from Ararat-Armenia, after he played for the club on loan during the 2019–20 season.
On 2 August, Deou Dosa's contract with Van was terminated by mutual consent.
On 5 August, Van announced the signing of Henri Avagyan from Alashkert, David Ghandilyan and Mihran Manasyan from Lori, and Davit Nalbandyan on loan from Ararat-Armenia.
On 9 August, Van announced the signing of Aleksandr Tenyayev.
On 21 August, Van announced the signing of Garegin Kirakosyan. On 13 October, the FFA announced that the season would resume on 17 October.
On 3 October, Van announced the signing of Orbeli Hambardzumyan from Alay Osh.
On 23 January, Van announced the departure by mutual consent of Ashot Ayvazyan, Davit Ayvazyan, Arman Khachatryan, Ebert, Michael Gnolou, Mihran Petrosyan, Lie Pato Ngavouka-Tseke, Media Traore, Muslim Bammatgereev, David Ghandilyan, Orbeli Hambardzumyan and Mihran Manasyan.
On 1 February, Van confirmed that Stanislav Yefimov had left the club after his contract had expired.
On 2 February, Van announced the appointment of Konstantin Zaytsev as their new Head Coach.
On 4 February, Van announced the signings of David Papikyan, Alexander Hovhannisyan, Deou Dosa, Ruslan Isaev, Vladislav Vasilyev, Maxim Zestarev and Aleksandr Maksimenko.
On 9 February, Van announced the signing of Viulen Ayvazyan from Sevan.
On 18 February, Van announced the signings of Pavel Korkin and Aleksey Shishkin.
On 4 April, Van announced Emmanuel Mireku had now joined the club having signed a contract with Van in the winter transfer window and being unable to travel to Armenia from Ghana due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Squad

    As of 4 April 2021
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 | GK | RUS | Samur Agamagomedov |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Andranik Voskanyan |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Tenyayev |
| 6 | DF | ARM | Argishti Petrosyan |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Vasilyev |
| 10 | FW | CIV | Wilfried Eza |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Maxim Zestarev |
| 12 | GK | ARM | Henri Avagyan |
| 13 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Mireku |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Pavel Korkin |
| 15 | DF | NGA | Deou Dosa |
| 17 | MF | CIV | Stéphane Adjouman |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | DF | ARM | Vahagn Ayvazyan |
| 20 | FW | ARM | Edgar Movsesyan |
| 22 | FW | ARM | Viulen Ayvazyan |
| 23 | DF | ARM | Alexander Hovhannisyan |
| 25 | MF | ARM | Davit Nalbandyan (on loan from Ararat-Armenia) |
| 26 | MF | NGA | Ededem Essien |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Josue Gaba |
| 28 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Isaev |
| 33 | GK | RUS | David Papikyan |
| 63 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Maksimenko |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Aleksey Shishkin |
| 98 | MF | ARM | Garegin Kirakosyan |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 31 July 2020 | DF | Vahagn Ayvazyan | Urartu | Free |
| 31 July 2020 | DF | Ebert | Urartu | Free |
| 1 August 2020 | MF | Arman Khachatryan | Ararat-Armenia | Undisclosed |
| 5 August 2020 | GK | Henri Avagyan | Alashkert | Undisclosed |
| 5 August 2020 | FW | David Ghandilyan | Lori | Undisclosed |
| 5 August 2020 | FW | Mihran Manasyan | Lori | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2020 | DF | Aleksandr Tenyayev | Mordovia Saransk | Undisclosed |
| 21 August 2020 | MF | Garegin Kirakosyan | Kyzyltash Bakhchisaray | Undisclosed |
| 3 October 2020 | FW | Orbeli Hambardzumyan | Alay Osh | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2021 | GK | David Papikyan | Torpedo Yerevan | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2021 | DF | Alexander Hovhannisyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Free |
| 4 February 2021 | DF | Deou Dosa | Lori | Free |
| 4 February 2021 | DF | Ruslan Isaev | Anzhi Makhachkala | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2021 | MF | Vladislav Vasilyev | Spartak-2 Moscow | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2021 | MF | Maxim Zestarev | Ural Yekaterinburg | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2021 | FW | Aleksandr Maksimenko | SKA-Khabarovsk | Undisclosed |
| 9 February 2021 | FW | Viulen Ayvazyan | Sevan | Undisclosed |
| 18 February 2021 | MF | Pavel Korkin | Unattached | Free |
| 18 February 2021 | MF | Aleksey Shishkin | Unattached | Free |
| 4 April 2021 | MF | Emmanuel Mireku | Unattached | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 5 August 2020 | MF | | Davit Nalbandyan | Ararat-Armenia | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 29 July 2020 | GK | Anushavan Tarverdyan | Sevan | |
| 29 July 2020 | DF | Arsen Kaytov | Lernayin Artsakh Goris | |
| 29 July 2020 | MF | Sos Tadevosyan | | |
| 29 July 2020 | MF | Aleksandr Ladik | | |
| 29 July 2020 | MF | Batraz Tedeyev | Lernayin Artsakh Goris | |
| 29 July 2020 | FW | Evgeni Gavrilov | | |
| 30 July 2020 | MF | Vigen Begoyan | Noravank | |
| 30 July 2020 | FW | Vardan Bakalyan | Shirak | 27 July 2020 |
| 30 July 2020 | FW | Hovhannes Ilangyozyan | | |
| 31 July 2020 | FW | Ghukas Poghosyan | Alashkert | 17 September 2020 |
| 2 August 2020 | DF | Deou Dosa | Lori | 10 September 2020 |
| 23 January 2021 | GK | Ashot Ayvazyan | | |
| 23 January 2021 | DF | Davit Ayvazyan | Sevan | |
| 23 January 2021 | DF | Arman Khachatryan | Noravank | |
| 23 January 2021 | DF | Ebert | Metal Kharkiv | |
| 23 January 2021 | DF | Michael Gnolou | | |
| 23 January 2021 | MF | Mihran Petrosyan | | |
| 23 January 2021 | FW | Lie Pato Ngavouka-Tseke | | |
| 23 January 2021 | FW | Media Traore | | |
| 23 January 2021 | FW | Muslim Bammatgereev | Krasny | |
| 23 January 2021 | FW | David Ghandilyan | Noravank | |
| 23 January 2021 | FW | Orbeli Hambardzumyan | | |
| 23 January 2021 | FW | Mihran Manasyan | Alashkert | 21 February 2021 |
| 1 February 2021 | MF | Stanislav Yefimov | Ekenäs | 17 February 2021 |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | Henri Avagyan | | |
| 30 June 2021 | DF | Rustam Isaev | | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Garegin Kirakosyan | | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Pavel Korkin | | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Vladislav Vasilyev | | |
| 30 June 2021 | MF | Maxim Zestarev | | |
| 30 June 2021 | FW | Viulen Ayvazyan | | |

## 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: 28 May 2021. Source: See Results

#### 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 |
| Ground | - | H | A | H | A | H | - | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | - | W | W | L | L | L | - | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | D | D | W | L | W | W | D | L | W | W | W |
| Position | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | - | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Alashkert (C) | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Noah | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 20 | +15 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Urartu | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Ararat | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Ararat-Armenia | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 38 | |
| 6 | Van | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 31 | |
| 7 | Pyunik | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 25 | |
| 8 | Lori | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 44 | −28 | 23 | |
| 9 | Shirak (R) | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 53 | −34 | 13 | Relegation to First League |
| 10 | Gandzasar (R, D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Club dissolved |
* ↑ Ararat qualified for Europa Conference League first qualifying round as winners of 2020–21 Armenian Cup.
* ↑ Round 19–27 matches involving Lori were all declared 3–0 forfeits in favor of the remaining 8 teams.
* ↑ Gandzasar were excluded from the league On 3 November, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the League and Armenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

### Armenian Cup
## Statistics

    As of match played 28 May 2021

### 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 | GK | RUS | Samur Agamagomedov | 20 | 0 | 15+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Andranik Voskanyan | 28 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Tenyayev | 26 | 2 | 20+2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARM | Argishti Petrosyan | 24 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Vladislav Vasilyev | 13 | 0 | 11+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ARM | Garegin Kirakosyan | 22 | 1 | 4+14 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | CIV | Wilfried Eza | 26 | 8 | 19+3 | 8 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | RUS | Maxim Zestarev | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ARM | Henri Avagyan | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | GHA | Emmanuel Mireku | 7 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | RUS | Pavel Korkin | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | NGA | Deou Dosa | 12 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | CIV | Stéphane Adjouman | 16 | 3 | 11+2 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ARM | Vahagn Ayvazyan | 23 | 2 | 17+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ARM | Edgar Movsesyan | 29 | 5 | 11+14 | 4 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 22 | FW | ARM | Viulen Ayvazyan | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ARM | Alexander Hovhannisyan | 10 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ARM | Davit Nalbandyan | 6 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | NGA | Ededem Essien | 28 | 0 | 24+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | CIV | Josue Gaba | 14 | 0 | 10+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | RUS | Ruslan Isaev | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 63 | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Maksimenko | 11 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | RUS | Aleksey Shishkin | 12 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Van during the season: ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | CIV | Media Traore | 4 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | BRA | Ebert | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARM | Davit Ayvazyan | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARM | Mihran Manasyan | 10 | 2 | 3+6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ARM | David Ghandilyan | 8 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | RUS | Stanislav Yefimov | 14 | 2 | 5+7 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | ARM | Arman Khachatryan | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Muslim Bammatgereev | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | CIV | Michael Gnolou | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | ARM | Orbeli Hambardzumyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | ARM | Mihran Petrosyan | 11 | 1 | 2+7 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | CGO | Lie Pato Ngavouka-Tseke | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 10 | Wilfried Eza | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | FW | 20 | Edgar Movsesyan | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | MF | 17 | Stéphane Adjouman | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Mihran Manasyan | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | DF | 5 | Aleksandr Tenyayev | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | 18 | Vahagn Ayvazyan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 13 | Stanislav Yefimov | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 21 | Muslim Bammatgereev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 88 | Mihran Petrosyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 98 | Garegin Kirakosyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | DF | 15 | Deou Dosa | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Awarded | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 30 | 3 | 33 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 2 | Samur Agamagomedov | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | GK | 12 | Henri Avagyan | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Avagyan & Agamagomedov both played in Van's 0-0 draw with Ararat Yerevan on 1 March 2021

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | GK | Samur Agamagomedov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Andranik Voskanyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Aleksandr Tenyayev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Argishti Petrosyan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Wilfried Eza | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Henri Avagyan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | Emmanuel Mireku | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Deou Dosa | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | MF | Stéphane Adjouman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Vahagn Ayvazyan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Edgar Movsesyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Davit Nalbandyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Ededem Essien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Josue Gaba | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | DF | Ruslan Isaev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | Garegin Kirakosyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Van during the season: ||||||||||
| 4 | MF | Media Traore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Ebert | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Arman Khachatryan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Muslim Bammatgereev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Michael Gnolou | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Mihran Petrosyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 91 | MF | Lie Pato Ngavouka-Tseke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 50 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 58 | 2 |