# 2017–18 FC Ararat-Moskva season

The 2017–18 season was Ararat-Moskva's 1st season in existence, in which they finished Third in the First League, gaining promotion to the Armenian Premier League, whilst they were knocked out of the Armenian Cup by Gandzasar Kapan in the Quarter-finals.

## Season events

The club began the season under the name of Avan Academy, and featured predominately players from the Yerevan Football Academy and graduates from Pyunik, and managed by Artak Oseyan. At the beginning of 2018, the club was taken over by the Russian-Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan who renamed the football club as Ararat-Moskva. The club was reorganized as soon as FC Ararat Moscow in Russia was denied certificate for the next season.

## Squad

    As of match played 21 May 2018
| Number | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Vahe Muradyan | GK | (2000-01-07)7 January 2000 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Nikos Melikyan | GK | (1999-03-02)2 March 1999 (aged 19) | Atromitos | 2017 | 25 | 0 |
| 23 | Narek Voskanyan | GK | | Youth team | 2017 | 10 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Derenik Sargsyan | DF | (1999-10-13)13 October 1999 (aged 18) | Pyunik | 2017 | 29 | 0 |
| 3 | Lyova Gharibyan | DF | (1999-01-28)28 January 1999 (aged 19) | Pyunik | 2017 | 27 | 1 |
| 4 | Albert Khachumyan | DF | (1999-06-23)23 June 1999 (aged 18) | Pyunik | 2017 | 26 | 4 |
| 5 | Karen Hovhannisyan | DF | (2000-01-18)18 January 2000 (aged 18) | Pyunik | 2017 | 12 | 0 |
| 13 | Gevorg Markosyan | DF | | Pyunik | 2017 | 12 | 0 |
| 14 | Arsen Sargsyan | DF | (2000-07-19)19 July 2000 (aged 17) | Pyunik | 2017 | 17 | 1 |
| 17 | Arman Asilyan | DF | (1999-04-15)15 April 1999 (aged 19) | Pyunik | 2017 | 29 | 1 |
| 27 | Levon Gevorgyan | DF | (1998-10-24)24 October 1998 (aged 19) | Banants | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Harutyun Vardanyan | DF | | Youth team | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Norayr Grigoryan | MF | (1999-10-20)20 October 1999 (aged 18) | Pyunik | 2017 | 13 | 1 |
| 7 | Vigen Karapetyan | MF | (1999-04-26)26 April 1999 (aged 19) | Pyunik | 2017 | 23 | 1 |
| 8 | Mihran Petrosyan | MF | (1999-09-19)19 September 1999 (aged 18) | Pyunik | 2017 | 29 | 3 |
| 10 | Armen Nahapetyan | MF | (1999-07-24)24 July 1999 (aged 18) | Pyunik | 2017 | 29 | 11 |
| 11 | Zhirayr Shaghoyan | MF | (2001-04-10)10 April 2001 (aged 17) | Pyunik | 2017 | 19 | 7 |
| 15 | Patvakan Avetisyan | MF | (2001-08-24)24 August 2001 (aged 16) | Mika | 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | Samvel Harutyunyan | MF | (2002-09-22)22 September 2002 (aged 15) | Youth team | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Erik Azizyan | MF | (2000-03-04)4 March 2000 (aged 18) | Pyunik | 2017 | 25 | 4 |
| 20 | Samvel Spertsyan | MF | (1998-05-24)24 May 1998 (aged 19) | Pyunik | 2018 | 11 | 2 |
| 21 | Mikhail Muradyan | MF | (1999-11-04)4 November 1999 (aged 18) | Pyunik | 2017 | 29 | 7 |
| 25 | Davit Nalbandyan | MF | (1999-08-09)9 August 1999 (aged 18) | Pyunik | 2017 | 26 | 0 |
| 26 | Gevorg Mkhitaryan | MF | (2000-04-07)7 April 2000 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 9 | Armen Hovhannisyan | FW | (2000-03-07)7 March 2000 (aged 18) | Pyunik | 2018 | 25 | 15 |
| 22 | Aram Kolozyan | FW | (2001-05-21)21 May 2001 (aged 17) | Pyunik | 2018 | 18 | 2 |
| 24 | Arman Badalyan | FW | | Youth team | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| Away on loan ||||||||||
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | Hrachya Geghamyan | DF | (1999-12-02)2 December 1999 (aged 18) | loan from Banants | 2017 | 14 | 0 |
| 9 | Rafik Melikyan | FW | (1999-03-31)31 March 1999 (aged 19) | Pyunik | 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| 11 | Hovhannes Harutyunyan | MF | (1999-05-25)25 May 1999 (aged 18) | Pyunik | 2017 | 12 | 5 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | DF | Gevorg Markosyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Patvakan Avetisyan | Mika | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Mikhail Muradyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Davit Nalbandyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Aram Kolozyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Rafik Melikyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | GK | Nikos Melikyan | Atromitos | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | DF | Arman Asilyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | DF | Lyova Gharibyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | DF | Karen Hovhannisyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | DF | Albert Khachumyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | DF | Arsen Sargsyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | DF | Derenik Sargsyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | MF | Erik Azizyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | MF | Norayr Grigoryan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | MF | Hovhannes Harutyunyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | MF | Vigen Karapetyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | MF | Armen Nahapetyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | MF | Mihran Petrosyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | MF | Zhirayr Shaghoyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2017 | FW | Armen Hovhannisyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 21 January 2018 | DF | Levon Gevorgyan | Banants | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2018 | MF | Samvel Spertsyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 1 August 2017 | DF | | Hrachya Geghamyan | Bananats | 31 December 2017 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 1 March 2018 | MF | | Hovhannes Harutyunyan | Zemplín Michalovce | Undisclosed | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date |
| 31 December 2017 | FW | | Rafik Melikyan | | |

## Competitions
### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| First League | 14 August 2017 | 21 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | 3rd | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 051.85 |
| Armenian Cup | 14 September 2017 | 11 October 2017 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 29 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 048.28 |
Last updated: 21 May 2018 Source: Competitions

### First 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: 21 May 2018. Source: See Results

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Lori (C, P) | 27 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 74 | 16 | +58 | 69 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | Artsakh (P) | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 77 | 16 | +61 | 65 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Ararat-Moskva (P) | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 65 | 41 | +24 | 46 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 4 | Banants-2 | 27 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 45 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 5 | Pyunik-2 | 27 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 49 | 44 | +5 | 40 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 6 | Alashkert-2 | 27 | 12 | 4 | 11 | 48 | 42 | +6 | 40 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 7 | Ararat Yerevan-2 | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 25 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 8 | Erebuni | 27 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 91 | −58 | 22 | |
| 9 | Gandzasar Kapan-2 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 19 | 31 | 74 | −43 | 20 | Ineligible for promotion |
| 10 | Shirak-2 | 27 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 59 | −37 | 18 | Ineligible for promotion |

### Armenian Cup
## Statistics

    As of match played 30 May 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First League | First League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARM | Vahe Muradyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | ARM | Derenik Sargsyan | 29 | 0 | 20+7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Lyova Gharibyan | 27 | 1 | 25+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARM | Albert Khachumyan | 26 | 4 | 23+1 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARM | Karen Hovhannisyan | 12 | 0 | 2+9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ARM | Norayr Grigoryan | 13 | 1 | 0+13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARM | Vigen Karapetyan | 23 | 1 | 14+8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARM | Mihran Petrosyan | 29 | 3 | 7+20 | 3 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARM | Armen Hovhannisyan | 25 | 15 | 21+2 | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Armen Nahapetyan | 29 | 11 | 25+2 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARM | Zhirayr Shaghoyan | 19 | 7 | 10+9 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | ARM | Nikos Melikyan | 25 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | ARM | Gevorg Markosyan | 12 | 0 | 0+10 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ARM | Arsen Sargsyan | 17 | 1 | 5+10 | 1 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ARM | Patvakan Avetisyan | 5 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ARM | Samvel Harutyunyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ARM | Arman Asilyan | 29 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARM | Erik Azizyan | 25 | 4 | 18+5 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARM | Samvel Spertsyan | 11 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ARM | Mikhail Muradyan | 29 | 7 | 14+13 | 7 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ARM | Aram Kolozyan | 18 | 2 | 3+15 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | GK | ARM | Narek Voskanyan | 10 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | ARM | Arman Badalyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | ARM | Davit Nalbandyan | 26 | 0 | 19+5 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ARM | Gevorg Mkhitaryan | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ARM | Levon Gevorgyan | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | ARM | Harutyun Vardanyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Ararat-Moskva during the season: ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ARM | Hrachya Geghamyan | 14 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARM | Rafik Melikyan | 5 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARM | Hovhannes Harutyunyan | 12 | 5 | 9+2 | 5 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | First League | Armenian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Armen Hovhannisyan | 15 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Armen Nahapetyan | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 | MF | 21 | Mikhail Muradyan | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | MF | 11 | Zhirayr Shaghoyan | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Hovhannes Harutyunyan | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 18 | Erik Azizyan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | DF | 4 | Albert Khachumyan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | Mihran Petrosyan | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | FW | 18 | Aram Kolozyan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | MF | 20 | Samvel Spertsyan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 17 | Arman Asilyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 6 | Norayr Grigoryan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 3 | Lyova Gharibyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 14 | Arsen Sargsyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 7 | Vigen Karapetyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 65 | 0 | 65 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | First League | Armenian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 12 | Nikos Melikyan | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | First League | First League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Derenik Sargsyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Lyova Gharibyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Albert Khachumyan | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Karen Hovhannisyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Vigen Karapetyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Mihran Petrosyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Armen Hovhannisyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Armen Nahapetyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | GK | Nikos Melikyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Gevorg Markosyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Arman Asilyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Erik Azizyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Samvel Spertsyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Mikhail Muradyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Aram Kolozyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Davit Nalbandyan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Players who left Ararat-Moskva during the season: ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Hrachya Geghamyan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Rafik Melikyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Hovhannes Harutyunyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 45 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 49 | 1 |