# 2018–19 FC Banants season

The 2018–19 season was FC Banants's eighteenth consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League.

## Season events

On 11 August 2018, Ilshat Fayzulin was appointed as Banants caretaker manager following the resignation of Artur Voskanyan. On 5 September, Fayzulin was confirmed as the new permanent head coach of Banants.

## Squad

    As of match played 30 May 2019
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Anatoliy Ayvazov | GK | (1996-06-08)8 June 1996 (aged 22) | Shirak | 2018 | | 9 | 0 |
| 22 | Stepan Ghazaryan | GK | (1985-01-11)11 January 1985 (aged 34) | Alashkert | 2007 | | | |
| 70 | Aram Ayrapetyan | GK | (1986-11-22)22 November 1986 (aged 32) | Ararat Yerevan | 2017 | | 62 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Albert Gadzhibekov | DF | (1988-02-17)17 February 1988 (aged 31) | loan from Armavir | 2019 | | 15 | 1 |
| 4 | Andranik Voskanyan | DF | (1990-04-11)11 April 1990 (aged 29) | Alashkert | 2019 | | 5 | 0 |
| 6 | Borislav Jovanović | DF | (1986-08-16)16 August 1986 (aged 32) | AEL | 2017 | | 36 | 0 |
| 13 | Edward Kpodo | DF | (1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 29) | Shirak | 2018 | | 47 | 4 |
| 21 | Artur Avagyan | DF | (1987-07-04)4 July 1987 (aged 31) | Alashkert | 2016 | | 43 | 0 |
| 23 | Narek Petrosyan | DF | (1996-01-25)25 January 1996 (aged 23) | Academy | 2015 | | 72 | 0 |
| 24 | Gagik Maghakyan | DF | (1996-02-07)7 February 1996 (aged 23) | Academy | 2016 | | 4 | 0 |
| 99 | Robert Darbinyan | DF | (1995-10-04)4 October 1995 (aged 23) | Ararat-Armenia | 2019 | | 12 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Hakob Hakobyan | MF | (1997-03-29)29 March 1997 (aged 22) | Academy | 2014 | | | |
| 7 | Aram Bareghamyan | MF | (1988-01-06)6 January 1988 (aged 31) | Alashkert | 2016 | | | |
| 10 | Karen Melkonyan | MF | (1992-05-16)16 May 1992 (aged 27) | Academy | 2016 | | 43 | 4 |
| 14 | Adamu Abdullahi | MF | (1994-01-01)1 January 1994 (aged 25) | Waiheke United | 2018 | | 20 | 3 |
| 16 | Pape Camara | MF | (1991-09-24)24 September 1991 (aged 27) | RFC Seraing | 2018 | | 25 | 1 |
| 18 | Vahagn Ayvazyan | MF | (1992-04-16)16 April 1992 (aged 27) | Impuls | 2013 | | | |
| 19 | Welat Cagro | MF | (1999-05-31)31 May 1999 (aged 19) | KAA Gent | 2019 | | 10 | 0 |
| 20 | Igor Stanojević | MF | (1991-10-24)24 October 1991 (aged 27) | Shirak | 2018 | | 26 | 3 |
| 25 | Solomon Udo | MF | (1995-07-15)15 July 1995 (aged 23) | Shirak | 2018 | | 32 | 2 |
| 26 | Narek Grigoryan | MF | (2001-06-17)17 June 2001 (aged 17) | Academy | 2017 | | 6 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 8 | Vardan Pogosyan | FW | (1992-03-08)8 March 1992 (aged 27) | Gandzasar Kapan | 2019 | | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | Yevgeni Kobzar | FW | (1992-08-09)9 August 1992 (aged 26) | Spartaks Jūrmala | 2019 | | 13 | 2 |
| 15 | Nathaniel Asamoah | FW | (1990-02-22)22 February 1990 (aged 29) | Aduana Stars | 2018 | | 19 | 2 |
| 17 | Ilie Damașcan | FW | (1995-10-12)12 October 1995 (aged 23) | Zimbru Chișinău | 2019 | | 11 | 0 |
| 78 | Aleksandar Glišić | FW | (1992-09-03)3 September 1992 (aged 26) | Radnik Bijeljina | 2019 | | 13 | 5 |
| Banants-2 Players ||||||||||
| 5 | Albert Arzumanyan | DF | (1998-05-27)27 May 1998 (aged 21) | loan from Armavir | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Erik Petrosyan | FW | (1998-02-19)19 February 1998 (aged 21) | Pyunik | 2018 | | 9 | 2 |
| 22 | Grigori Matevosyan | GK | (1999-06-09)9 June 1999 (aged 19) | loan from Armavir | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan ||||||||||
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 3 | Dmytro Khovbosha | DF | (1989-02-05)5 February 1989 (aged 30) | Avanhard Kramatorsk | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Aram Loretsyan | MF | (1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 26) | Ararat Yerevan | 2017 | | | |
| 10 | Ognjen Krasić | MF | (1988-04-09)9 April 1988 (aged 31) | Voždovac | 2017 | | 33 | 2 |
| 11 | Lester Peltier | FW | (1988-09-13)13 September 1988 (aged 30) | Alashkert | 2018 | | 17 | 6 |
| 16 | Fagner Santos | FW | (1998-06-22)22 June 1998 (aged 20) | Colorado | 2018 | | 6 | 1 |
| 19 | Wal | MF | (1994-01-13)13 January 1994 (aged 25) | loan from Colorado | 2017 | | 44 | 11 |
| 33 | Ilya Gultyayev | DF | (1988-09-05)5 September 1988 (aged 30) | Tambov | 2018 | | 11 | 0 |
| 78 | Mikhail Solovyov | MF | (1997-04-07)7 April 1997 (aged 22) | loan from Armavir | 2018 | 2018 | 17 | 1 |
| 90 | Kwasi Sibo | MF | (1998-01-24)24 January 1998 (aged 21) | Cheetah | 2017 | | 26 | 3 |
| | Erik Gharibyan | DF | (1999-04-23)23 April 1999 (aged 20) | Academy | 2018 | | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 5 June 2018 | FW | Erik Petrosyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 13 June 2018 | MF | Solomon Udo | Shirak | Undisclosed |
| 14 June 2018 | DF | Dmytro Khovbosha | Avanhard Kramatorsk | Undisclosed |
| 15 June 2018 | MF | Igor Stanojević | Shirak | Undisclosed |
| 20 June 2018 | GK | Anatoliy Ayvazov | Shirak | Undisclosed |
| 26 July 2018 | FW | Nathaniel Asamoah | Aduana Stars | Undisclosed |
| 27 July 2018 | MF | Adamu Abdullahi | Waiheke United | Undisclosed |
| 29 August 2018 | MF | Pape Camara | | Free |
| 5 September 2018 | DF | Ilya Gultyayev | Tambov | Undisclosed |
| 24 December 2018 | FW | Vardan Pogosyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Undisclosed |
| 16 January 2019 | DF | Robert Darbinyan | Ararat-Armenia | Undisclosed |
| 6 February 2019 | DF | Andranik Voskanyan | Alashkert | Undisclosed |
| 21 February 2019 | FW | Aleksandar Glišić | Radnik Bijeljina | Undisclosed |
| 23 February 2019 | FW | Ilie Damașcan | Zimbru Chișinău | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2019 | FW | Yevgeni Kobzar | Spartaks Jūrmala | Undisclosed |
| 28 February 2019 | MF | Welat Cagro | KAA Gent | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 8 September 2017 | MF | Wal | Colorado | 25 January 2019 |
| 28 June 2018 | MF | Albert Arzumanyan | Armavir | End of season |
| 2 July 2018 | GK | Grigori Matevosyan | Armavir | End of season |
| 20 July 2018 | MF | Mikhail Solovyov | Armavir | 31 December 2018 |
| 5 February 2019 | DF | Albert Gadzhibekov | Armavir | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 10 August 2018 | MF | | Kwasi Sibo | Watford | Undisclosed | |
| 1 February 2019 | DF | | Erik Gharibyan | Ararat-Armenia | Undisclosed | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 26 July 2018 | MF | Ognjen Krasić | Proleter Novi Sad | 13 August 2018 |
| 30 July 2018 | FW | Lester Peltier | Alashkert | 30 July 2018 |
| 22 December 2018 | MF | Aram Loretsyan | Junior Sevan | |
| 31 December 2018 | DF | Gevorg Khuloyan | | |
| 31 December 2018 | DF | Dmytro Khovbosha | Veres Rivne | 27 March 2019 |
| 31 December 2018 | FW | Fagner Santos | | |
| 31 December 2018 | FW | Guilerme Torres | | |
| 6 February 2019 | DF | Ilya Gultyayev | Gomel | 14 February 2019 |
| 1 June 2019 | FW | Nathaniel Asamoah | | |
| 1 June 2019 | FW | Ilie Damașcan | Petrocub Hîncești | |
| 13 June 2019 | DF | Artur Avagyan | Lori | 28 June 2019 |
| 23 June 2019 | FW | Vardan Pogosyan | Alashkert | 5 July 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | GK | Stepan Ghazaryan | Retired | Retired |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | Narek Grigoryan | BKMA Yerevan | |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | Hakob Hambardzumyan | Gandzasar Kapan | |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | Borislav Jovanović | | |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Welat Cagro | Telstar | 31 January 2020 |

## Competitions
### Armenian Premier League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ararat-Armenia (C) | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Pyunik | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Banants | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Alashkert | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Lori | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 44 | |
| 6 | Gandzasar | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 38 | |
| 7 | Shirak | 32 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 36 | |
| 8 | Artsakh | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 28 | |
| 9 | Ararat Yerevan | 32 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 60 | −36 | 22 | |
* ↑ Alashkert qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Armenian Cup.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## Statistics

    As of match played 30 May 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARM | Anatoliy Ayvazov | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | RUS | Albert Gadzhibekov | 15 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARM | Andranik Voskanyan | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ARM | Hakob Hakobyan | 27 | 0 | 23+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Borislav Jovanović | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARM | Aram Bareghamyan | 35 | 4 | 29+1 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | ARM | Vardan Pogosyan | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Yevgeni Kobzar | 13 | 2 | 11+1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Karen Melkonyan | 26 | 4 | 14+8 | 4 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GHA | Edward Kpodo | 32 | 3 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | NGA | Adamu Abdullahi | 20 | 3 | 4+13 | 1 | 2+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | GHA | Nathaniel Asamoah | 19 | 2 | 13+4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | SEN | Pape Camara | 25 | 1 | 10+12 | 1 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | MDA | Ilie Damașcan | 11 | 0 | 8+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARM | Vahagn Ayvazyan | 32 | 6 | 25+2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | MF | BEL | Welat Cagro | 10 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | SRB | Igor Stanojević | 26 | 3 | 15+7 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ARM | Artur Avagyan | 12 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ARM | Stepan Ghazaryan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ARM | Narek Petrosyan | 27 | 0 | 20+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | NGA | Solomon Udo | 32 | 2 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ARM | Narek Grigoryan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | ARM | Aram Ayrapetyan | 26 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | FW | BIH | Aleksandar Glišić | 13 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | ARM | Robert Darbinyan | 12 | 0 | 10+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Banants-2 Players: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ARM | Erik Petrosyan | 9 | 2 | 3+5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Banants during the season: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | ARM | Aram Loretsyan | 6 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Ognjen Krasić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TRI | Lester Peltier | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | BRA | Fagner Santos | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Wal | 18 | 5 | 11+4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | RUS | Ilya Gultyayev | 11 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | MF | RUS | Mikhail Solovyov | 17 | 1 | 6+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | GHA | Kwasi Sibo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 18 | Vahagn Ayvazyan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | 19 | Wal | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 78 | Aleksandar Glišić | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 7 | Aram Bareghamyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Karen Melkonyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 20 | Igor Stanojević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 13 | Edward Kpodo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | MF | 14 | Adamu Abdullahi | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | 15 | Nathaniel Asamoah | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 25 | Solomon Udo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | 9 | Yevgeni Kobzar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | FW | 9 | Erik Petrosyan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | MF | 78 | Mikhail Solovyov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 16 | Pape Camara | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | DF | 3 | Albert Gadzhibekov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | FW | 8 | Vardan Pogosyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | 8 | Aram Loretsyan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 43 | 4 | 1 | 48 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 77 | Aram Ayrapetyan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | Anatoliy Ayvazov | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | GK | 22 | Stepan Ghazaryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 3 | DF | Albert Gadzhibekov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Andranik Voskanyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Hakob Hakobyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Borislav Jovanović | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Aram Bareghamyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Yevgeni Kobzar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Karen Melkonyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Edward Kpodo | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | MF | Adamu Abdullahi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | Nathaniel Asamoah | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Pape Camara | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Vahagn Ayvazyan | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Welat Cagro | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Igor Stanojević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Artur Avagyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Narek Petrosyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Solomon Udo | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 77 | GK | Aram Ayrapetyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 78 | FW | Aleksandar Glišić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | Robert Darbinyan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| Players who left Banants during the season: ||||||||||||
| 8 | MF | Aram Loretsyan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Fagner Santos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Wal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | Ilya Gultyayev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 78 | MF | Mikhail Solovyov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | Kwasi Sibo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 73 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 82 | 4 |