# 2016–17 FC Shirak season

The 2016–17 season was Shirak's 26th consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League and covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

## Squad

    As of match played 31 May 2017
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 12 | Sokrat Hovhannisyan | GK | (1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 21) | Youth team | 2016 | | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Anatoliy Ayvazov | GK | (1996-06-08)8 June 1996 (aged 20) | Pyunik | 2016 | | 32 | 0 |
| 45 | Vsevolod Yermakov | GK | (1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (aged 21) | | 2015 | | 10 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Arman Hovhannisyan | DF | (1993-07-07)7 July 1993 (aged 23) | Alashkert | 2015 | | 56 | 1 |
| 3 | Artyom Mikaelyan | DF | (1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 25) | Youth team | 2010 | | 76 | 0 |
| 4 | Semen Datsenko | DF | (1994-05-10)10 May 1994 (aged 23) | Inhulets Petrove | 2017 | | 8 | 0 |
| 6 | Marko Prljević | DF | (1988-08-02)2 August 1988 (aged 28) | Borac Banja Luka | 2016 | | 8 | 0 |
| 14 | Arman Tadevosyan | DF | (1994-09-26)26 September 1994 (aged 22) | Youth team | 2013 | | 11 | 0 |
| 21 | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | DF | (1983-06-16)16 June 1983 (aged 33) | Youth team | 2003 | | | |
| 23 | Robert Darbinyan | DF | (1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 26) | | 2016 | | 49 | 1 |
| 25 | Aghvan Davoyan | DF | (1990-03-21)21 March 1990 (aged 27) | Youth team | 2010 | | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Rumyan Hovsepyan | MF | (1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 25) | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 2016 | | 44 | 6 |
| 16 | Arman Aslanyan | MF | (1994-01-30)30 January 1994 (aged 23) | Youth team | 2013 | | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | Vahan Bichakhchyan | MF | (1999-07-09)9 July 1999 (aged 17) | Youth team | 2015 | | 28 | 6 |
| 19 | Solomon Udo | MF | (1995-07-15)15 July 1995 (aged 21) | Ulisses | 2016 | | 46 | 1 |
| 20 | Oumarou Kaina | MF | (1996-10-16)16 October 1996 (aged 20) | | 2017 | | 12 | 1 |
| 22 | Ghukas Poghosyan | MF | (1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 23) | | 2016 | | 22 | 3 |
| 28 | Mohamed Kaba | MF | (1989-04-05)5 April 1989 (aged 28) | Al Ahli | 2015 | | 56 | 3 |
| 37 | Rudik Mkrtchyan | MF | (1998-10-26)26 October 1998 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2016 | | 2 | 0 |
| 39 | Milutin Ivanović | MF | (1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 26) | Car Konstantin | 2017 | | 4 | 0 |
| 42 | Artush Mirzakhanyan | MF | (1998-09-30)30 September 1998 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2016 | | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Moussa Bakayoko | MF | (1996-12-27)27 December 1996 (aged 20) | Raja Casablanca | 2017 | | 14 | 2 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 7 | Viulen Ayvazyan | FW | (1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 22) | Pyunik | 2015 | | 66 | 15 |
| 18 | Aram Muradyan | FW | (1995-04-14)14 April 1995 (aged 22) | Youth Team | 2013 | | 69 | 4 |
| 27 | Aram Tosunyan | FW | (1993-05-29)29 May 1993 (aged 24) | Youth team | 2011 | | | |
| 38 | Kyrian Nwabueze | FW | (1992-12-11)11 December 1992 (aged 24) | | 2017 | | 12 | 3 |
| 41 | Arlen Tsaturyan | FW | (1999-01-05)5 January 1999 (aged 18) | Youth Team | 2016 | | 2 | 0 |
| 55 | Fatawu Safiu | FW | (1994-07-16)16 July 1994 (aged 22) | loan from International Allies | 2017 | 2017 | 9 | 0 |
| Players out on loan ||||||||||
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | Norayr Abrahamyan | GK | (1985-10-30)30 October 1985 (aged 31) | Youth team | 2009 | | | |
| 4 | Kostyantyn Shults | MF | (1993-06-24)24 June 1993 (aged 23) | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 2016 | | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | Konan Kouakou | FW | (1995-10-27)27 October 1995 (aged 21) | | 2015 | | 25 | 6 |
| 9 | Bryan de la Fuente | MF | (1992-07-01)1 July 1992 (aged 24) | Ararat Yerevan | 2016 | | 12 | 1 |
| 10 | Davit Hakobyan | MF | (1993-03-21)21 March 1993 (aged 24) | Youth team | 2010 | | | |
| 11 | Edvard Panosyan | FW | (1992-10-11)11 October 1992 (aged 24) | Youth team | 2013 | | 31 | 1 |
| 15 | Karen Aleksanyan | MF | (1980-06-17)17 June 1980 (aged 36) | Ulisses | 2011 | | | |
| 17 | Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou | MF | (1995-12-25)25 December 1995 (aged 21) | | 2016 | | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Drissa Diarrassouba | FW | (1994-11-15)15 November 1994 (aged 22) | Ivoire Academie | 2016 | | 49 | 7 |
| 55 | Georgy Gogichayev | FW | (1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 26) | Alania Vladikavkaz | 2016 | | 12 | 1 |
| 77 | Nemanja Stošković | MF | (1990-02-21)21 February 1990 (aged 27) | | 2016 | | 28 | 2 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2016 | GK | Anatoliy Ayvazov | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Ghukas Poghosyan | | Free |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou | | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2016 | MF | Mohamed Doumouya | SC Gagnoa | Undisclosed |
| 9 August 2016 | DF | Kostyantyn Shults | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | Undisclosed |
| 12 August 2016 | DF | Marko Prljević | Borac Banja Luka | Undisclosed |
| 26 August 2016 | MF | Akihiri Takada | METTA/Latvijas Universitāte | Undisclosed |
| 30 August 2016 | FW | Georgy Gogichayev | Alania Vladikavkaz | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2016 | MF | Bryan de la Fuente | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed |
| 28 February 2017 | GK | Vsevolod Yermakov | | Free |
| 28 February 2017 | DF | Semen Datsenko | Inhulets Petrove | Undisclosed |
| 28 February 2017 | MF | Oumarou Kaina | | Free |
| 28 February 2017 | MF | Moussa Bakayoko | Raja Casablanca | Undisclosed |
| 28 February 2017 | MF | Milutin Ivanović | Car Konstantin | Undisclosed |
| 28 February 2017 | FW | Kyrian Nwabueze | | Free |

### Loan in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 28 February 2017 | FW | | Fatawu Safiu | International Allies | 9 June 2017 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. |
| 29 July 2016 | FW | | Drissa Diarrassouba | Padideh | Undisclosed | |
| 14 October 2016 | MF | | Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 1 August 2016 | FW | Eder Arreola | Arizona United | 28 April 2017 |
| 10 October 2016 | MF | Akihiri Takada | Topvar Topoľčany | 23 February 2017 |
| 30 December 2016 | DF | Kostyantyn Shults | Atlantas | 17 January 2017 |
| 30 December 2016 | MF | Bryan de la Fuente | California United | |
| 30 December 2016 | MF | Nemanja Stošković | Sloboda Užice | 1 August 2017 |
| 30 December 2016 | FW | Georgy Gogichayev | Dacia Chișinău | 14 September 2017 |
| 31 December 2016 | GK | Norayr Abrahamyan | | |
| 31 December 2016 | MF | Mohamed Doumouya | Stade Tunisien | 15 December 2017 |
| 31 December 2016 | FW | Edvard Panosyan | | |
| 31 December 2016 | FW | Konan Kouakou | Atlantis | 1 May 2017 |
| 7 January 2017 | MF | Karen Aleksanyan | Retired | Retired |
| 1 February 2017 | MF | Davit Hakobyan | Retired | 1 July 2018 |
| 9 June 2017 | MF | Milutin Ivanović | Radnički Niš | 2 August 2017 |
| 9 June 2017 | MF | Rumyan Hovsepyan | Banants | |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Arman Hovhannisyan | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | Banants | |
| 30 June 2017 | DF | Arman Tadevosyan | | |
| 30 June 2017 | MF | Ghukas Poghosyan | Banants | |

## 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: 31 May 2017. Source: See Results

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Alashkert (C) | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 59 | 26 | +33 | 64 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Gandzasar Kapan | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Shirak | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Pyunik | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 45 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Banants | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 44 | −26 | 21 | |
| 6 | Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 53 | −36 | 12 | |
* ↑ Shirak qualified for Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Armenian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

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

    As of match played 31 May 2017

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | ARM | Arman Hovhannisyan | 25 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Artyom Mikaelyan | 35 | 0 | 26+1 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Semen Datsenko | 8 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Marko Prljević | 23 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ARM | Viulen Ayvazyan | 34 | 8 | 23+5 | 8 | 2+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARM | Rumyan Hovsepyan | 34 | 3 | 24+4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | ARM | Anatoliy Ayvazov | 32 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ARM | Arman Tadevosyan | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ARM | Arman Aslanyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ARM | Vahan Bichakhchyan | 27 | 6 | 4+17 | 4 | 2+2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | ARM | Aram Muradyan | 26 | 2 | 5+18 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | NGA | Solomon Udo | 36 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | CMR | Oumarou Kaina | 12 | 1 | 7+3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ARM | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | ARM | Ghukas Poghosyan | 22 | 3 | 5+13 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ARM | Robert Darbinyan | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARM | Aghvan Davoyan | 30 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | CIV | Mohamed Kaba | 28 | 1 | 20+2 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | MF | ARM | Rudik Mkrtchyan | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | NGA | Kyrian Nwabueze | 12 | 3 | 9+1 | 1 | 1+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | SRB | Milutin Ivanović | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | FW | ARM | Arlen Tsaturyan | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | ARM | Artush Mirzakhanyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | GK | RUS | Vsevolod Yermakov | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | GHA | Fatawu Safiu | 9 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | CIV | Moussa Bakayoko | 14 | 2 | 6+5 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Shirak during the season: ||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ARM | Norayr Abrahamyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Kostyantyn Shults | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CIV | Konan Kouakou | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | USA | Bryan de la Fuente | 12 | 1 | 6+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Davit Hakobyan | 20 | 2 | 14+2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 15 | MF | ARM | Karen Aleksanyan | 6 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | CIV | Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | CIV | Drissa Diarrassouba | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | RUS | Georgy Gogichayev | 12 | 1 | 5+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | SRB | Nemanja Stošković | 19 | 0 | 8+6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 7 | Viulen Ayvazyan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | MF | 17 | Vahan Bichakhchyan | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Rumyan Hovsepyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 22 | Ghukas Poghosyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 18 | Aram Muradyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 38 | Kyrian Nwabueze | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 88 | Moussa Bakayoko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 10 | Davit Hakobyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | | | Own goal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | 55 | Georgy Gogichayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 9 | Bryan de la Fuente | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 28 | Mohamed Kaba | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 19 | Solomon Udo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | Marko Prljević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 20 | Oumarou Kaina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 31 | 5 | 2 | 38 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 13 | Anatoliy Ayvazov | 15 | 1 | 1 | 17 |
| 2 | GK | 45 | Vsevolod Yermakov | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | GK | 1 | Norayr Abrahamyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 17 | 3 | 1 | 21 |

### 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 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Artyom Mikaelyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Semen Datsenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Marko Prljević | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | Viulen Ayvazyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Rumyan Hovsepyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Anatoliy Ayvazov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Arman Tadevosyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Vahan Bichakhchyan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 18 | FW | Aram Muradyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Solomon Udo | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Oumarou Kaina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 22 | MF | Ghukas Poghosyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Robert Darbinyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Aghvan Davoyan | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 28 | MF | Mohamed Kaba | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 38 | FW | Kyrian Nwabueze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | MF | Milutin Ivanović | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | MF | Artush Mirzakhanyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | GK | Vsevolod Yermakov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | Fatawu Safiu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Moussa Bakayoko | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Shirak during the season: ||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | Kostyantyn Shults | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Konan Kouakou | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Bryan de la Fuente | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Davit Hakobyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Karen Aleksanyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | FW | Drissa Diarrassouba | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | Georgy Gogichayev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Nemanja Stošković | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 78 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 96 | 1 |