# 2015–16 FC Shirak season

The 2015–16 season was Shirak's 25th consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League and covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

## Squad

    As of match played 22 May 2016
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Norayr Abrahamyan | GK | (1985-10-30)30 October 1985 (aged 30) | Academy | 2009 | | |
| 55 | Armen Khachatryan | GK | (1984-09-25)25 September 1984 (aged 31) | Alashkert | 2016 | 11 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Arman Hovhannisyan | DF | (1993-07-07)7 July 1993 (aged 22) | Alashkert | 2015 | 31 | 1 |
| 3 | Artyom Mikaelyan | DF | (1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 24) | Youth team | 2010 | 41 | 0 |
| 4 | Edgar Espinoza | DF | (1989-05-27)27 May 1989 (aged 26) | Cal FC | 2016 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Arman Tadevosyan | DF | (1994-09-26)26 September 1994 (aged 21) | Youth team | 2013 | 8 | 0 |
| 20 | Miloš Stamenković | DF | (1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 25) | Ararat Yerevan | 2014 | 48 | 3 |
| 21 | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | DF | (1983-06-16)16 June 1983 (aged 32) | Youth team | 2003 | | |
| 23 | Robert Darbinyan | DF | (1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 25) | | 2016 | 31 | 1 |
| 25 | Aghvan Davoyan | DF | (1990-03-21)21 March 1990 (aged 26) | Youth team | 2010 | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Mohamed Kaba | MF | (1989-04-05)5 April 1989 (aged 27) | Al Ahli | 2015 | 28 | 2 |
| 8 | Rumyan Hovsepyan | MF | (1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 24) | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 2016 | 10 | 3 |
| 10 | Davit Hakobyan | MF | (1993-03-21)21 March 1993 (aged 23) | Youth team | 2010 | | |
| 15 | Karen Aleksanyan | MF | (1980-06-17)17 June 1980 (aged 35) | Ulisses | 2011 | | |
| 16 | Arman Aslanyan | MF | (1994-01-30)30 January 1994 (aged 22) | Youth team | 2013 | 7 | 0 |
| 19 | Solomon Udo | MF | (1995-07-15)15 July 1995 (aged 20) | Ulisses | 2016 | 10 | 0 |
| 35 | Shahen Shahinyan | MF | (1995-02-12)12 February 1995 (aged 21) | Youth team | 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 41 | Vahan Bichakhchyan | MF | (1999-07-09)9 July 1999 (aged 16) | Youth team | 2015 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | Nemanja Stošković | MF | (1990-02-21)21 February 1990 (aged 26) | | 2016 | 9 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Viulen Ayvazyan | FW | (1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 21) | Pyunik | 2015 | 32 | 7 |
| 9 | Konan Kouakou | FW | (1995-10-27)27 October 1995 (aged 20) | | 2015 | 21 | 6 |
| 11 | Edvard Panosyan | FW | (1992-10-11)11 October 1992 (aged 23) | Youth team | 2013 | 31 | 1 |
| 18 | Aram Muradyan | FW | (1995-04-14)14 April 1995 (aged 21) | Academy | 2013 | 43 | 2 |
| 24 | Eder Arreola | FW | (1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 24) | Ventura County Fusion | 2016 | 10 | 0 |
| 27 | Aram Tosunyan | FW | (1993-05-29)29 May 1993 (aged 22) | Youth team | 2011 | | |
| 36 | Drissa Diarrassouba | FW | (1994-11-15)15 November 1994 (aged 21) | Ivoire Academie | 2016 | 45 | 7 |
| Players out on loan ||||||||||
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 5 | Tigran Davtyan | MF | (1978-06-10)10 June 1978 (aged 37) | Ulisses | 2009 | | |
| 8 | Gor Malakyan | MF | (1994-06-12)12 June 1994 (aged 21) | Alashkert | 2015 | 30 | 4 |
| 9 | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi | FW | (1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 23) | SO de l'Armée | 2014 | 32 | 24 |
| 12 | Andranik Barikyan | MF | (1980-09-11)11 September 1980 (aged 35) | Youth team | 1998 | | |
| 13 | Gor Elyazyan | GK | (1991-06-01)1 June 1991 (aged 24) | Mika | 2014 | 39 | 0 |
| 22 | Edgar Malakyan | MF | (1990-09-22)22 September 1990 (aged 25) | Alashkert | 2015 | 27 | 2 |
| 45 | Vsevolod Yermakov | GK | (1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (aged 20) | | 2015 | 5 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2015 | GK | Vsevolod Yermakov | | Free |
| 2 July 2015 | DF | Arman Hovhannisyan | Alashkert | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2015 | MF | Mohamed Kaba | Al Ahli | Undisclosed |
| 27 August 2015 | FW | Konan Kouakou | | Free |
| 9 January 2016 | DF | Robert Darbinyan | | Free |
| 20 January 2016 | FW | Drissa Diarrassouba | Ivoire Academie | Undisclosed |
| 24 January 2016 | GK | Armen Khachatryan | Alashkert | Undisclosed |
| 16 February 2016 | MF | Rumyan Hovsepyan | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | Undisclosed |
| 14 February 2016 | MF | Eder Arreola | Ventura County Fusion | Undisclosed |
| 16 February 2016 | DF | Edgar Espinoza | Cal FC | Undisclosed |
| 29 February 2016 | MF | Solomon Udo | Ulisses | Free |
| 29 February 2016 | MF | Nemanja Stošković | | Free |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 7 August 2015 | GK | Vsevolod Yermakov | Torpedo Armavir | Undisclosed |
| 7 August 2015 | FW | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi | Torpedo Armavir | Undisclosed |
| 23 February 2016 | MF | Edgar Malakyan | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | Undisclosed |
| 23 February 2016 | MF | Gor Malakyan | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | Undisclosed |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 1 August 2015 | MF | Tigran Davtyan | Retired | Retired |
| 31 December 2015 | GK | Gor Elyazyan | | |
| 19 January 2016 | MF | Andranik Barikyan | Retired | Retired |
| 2 June 2016 | DF | Miloš Stamenković | Stal Kamianske | |
| 30 June 2016 | GK | Armen Khachatryan | | |
| 30 June 2016 | DF | Edgar Espinoza | Tulsa Roughnecks | |

## 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: 22 May 2016. Source: See Results

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Alashkert (C) | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 50 | 24 | +26 | 55 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Shirak | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 27 | +14 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 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 | |

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## 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 | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARM | Norayr Abrahamyan | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ARM | Arman Hovhannisyan | 31 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Artyom Mikaelyan | 13 | 0 | 9+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | CIV | Mohamed Kaba | 28 | 2 | 21+4 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ARM | Viulen Ayvazyan | 20 | 5 | 4+11 | 5 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARM | Rumyan Hovsepyan | 10 | 3 | 7+3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Konan Kouakou | 21 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Davit Hakobyan | 32 | 5 | 25+1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ARM | Edvard Panosyan | 14 | 0 | 7+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ARM | Arman Tadevosyan | 7 | 0 | 4+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ARM | Karen Aleksanyan | 21 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ARM | Arman Aslanyan | 7 | 0 | 1+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ARM | Aram Muradyan | 19 | 0 | 1+14 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NGA | Solomon Udo | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | SRB | Miloš Stamenković | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ARM | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | 31 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ARM | Robert Darbinyan | 8 | 0 | 6+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | USA | Eder Arreola | 10 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARM | Aghvan Davoyan | 28 | 0 | 18+4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | MF | ARM | Shahen Shahinyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | CIV | Drissa Diarrassouba | 15 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | ARM | Vahan Bichakhchyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | ARM | Armen Khachatryan | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | SRB | Nemanja Stošković | 9 | 2 | 6+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Shirak during the season: ||||||||||||
| 5 | MF | ARM | Tigran Davtyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARM | Gor Malakyan | 18 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| 12 | MF | ARM | Andranik Barikyan | 13 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ARM | Gor Elyazyan | 13 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ARM | Edgar Malakyan | 14 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 45 | GK | RUS | Vsevolod Yermakov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Konan Kouakou | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Davit Hakobyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 7 | Viulen Ayvazyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | FW | 36 | Drissa Diarrassouba | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | FW | 9 | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 8 | Rumyan Hovsepyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | | | Own goal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 77 | Nemanja Stošković | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | DF | 8 | Gor Malakyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 22 | Edgar Malakyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 15 | Karen Aleksanyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 2 | Arman Hovhannisyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | 6 | Mohamed Kaba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | DF | 21 | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Awarded | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| | | | TOTALS | 41 | 1 | 3 | 45 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 13 | Gor Elyazyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | GK | 55 | Armen Khachatryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | GK | 45 | Vsevolod Yermakov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 6 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Arman Hovhannisyan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Artyom Mikaelyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Mohamed Kaba | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Viulen Ayvazyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Rumyan Hovsepyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Konan Kouakou | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Davit Hakobyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Edvard Panosyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Karen Aleksanyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Aram Muradyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Miloš Stamenković | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Robert Darbinyan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | Eder Arreola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Aghvan Davoyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | GK | Armen Khachatryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Nemanja Stošković | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Shirak during the season: ||||||||||||
| 5 | DF | Tigran Davtyan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Gor Malakyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Andranik Barikyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | GK | Gor Elyazyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Edgar Malakyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 67 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 84 | 3 |