# 2017–18 FC Ararat Moscow season

The 2017–18 season is FC Ararat Moscow's first season of existing, during which they will play in the Russian Professional Football League and Russian Cup.

## Season events

On 30 July, Sergei Bulatov resigned from his position as manager, with Arkadi Imrekov taking over as caretaker manager. On 16 August 2017, Aleksandr Grigoryan was announced as Ararat's new permanent manager. On 26 October, Grigoryan resigned as the manager with Poghos Galstyan taking over as caretaker manager. On 17 November 2017, Samvel Karapetyan was appointed the president of the club and Igor Zvezdin as the head coach. On 12 April 2018, Zvezdin left the club and was replaced by Maksim Bukatkin.

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Vladimir Sugrobov (from Sokol Saratov) |
| 4 | DF | ARM | Sergei Avagimyan (from Ararat-2 Moscow) |
| 5 | FW | RUS | Igor Lebedenko (from Akhmat Grozny) |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Rebko (from Luch-Energiya Vladivostok) |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Artyom Voronkin (from Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Roman Pavlyuchenko (from Ural Yekaterinburg) |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Marat Izmailov (from Krasnodar) |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Taymuraz Toboyev |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Yegor Tarakanov (from Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk) |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Anton Shitov (from Lokomotiv Moscow) |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Pugin (from Tom Tomsk) |
| 18 | DF | ARM | Arkadi Kalaydzhyan (from Sochi) |
| 19 | MF | ARM | Artak Aleksanyan |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Viktor Zemchenkov (from Solyaris Moscow) |
| 26 | MF | ARM | Arsen Ayrapetyan (from Shinnik Yaroslavl) |
| 27 | MF | RUS | David Khurtsidze (from Torpedo Kutaisi) |
| 32 | DF | ARM | Ivan Mamakhanov |
| 33 | MF | GEO | Irakli Kvekveskiri (from Alashkert) |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Katsalapov |
| 37 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Ryzhov |
| 66 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Morozov (from Sochi) |
| 76 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Stukanov (from Rotor Volgograd) |
| 77 | DF | RUS | Ilya Samoshnikov (from Veles Moscow) |
| 85 | DF | RUS | Mikhail Popov (from Luch-Energiya Vladivostok) |
| 95 | GK | RUS | Sergei Revyakin |
| 97 | MF | RUS | David Davidyan (from Nosta Novotroitsk) |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Sergei Davydov |
| — | MF | RUS | David Ozmanyan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Yuri Shleyev (from Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 10 | FW | RUS | Artyom Avanesyan (from Zenit Penza) |
| 18 | FW | RUS | Aleksei Kurzenyov (from Sokol Saratov) |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Pavel Sergeyev (from Tekstilshchik Ivanovo) |
| 66 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Samylin (from Khimki) |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Artyom Novichkov (from Kolomna) |
| — | DF | RUS | Konstantin Kadeyev (from Karelia Petrozavodsk) |
| — | MF | RUS | David Khubayev (from KAMAZ) |
| — | FW | RUS | Aleksandr Tarapovsky (from Avangard Kursk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | RUS | Vladimir Sugrobov (to Anzhi Makhachkala) |
| 5 | FW | RUS | Igor Lebedenko (to Fakel Voronezh) |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Rebko (to Rotor Volgograd) |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Roman Pavlyuchenko |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Marat Izmailov |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Pugin (to Tom Tomsk) |
| 18 | DF | ARM | Arkadi Kalaydzhyan |
| 19 | MF | ARM | Artak Aleksanyan |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Viktor Zemchenkov |
| 37 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Ryzhov (to Lada-Togliatti) |
| 66 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Morozov (to Alashkert) |
| 76 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Stukanov (to Dynamo Stavropol) |
| 95 | GK | RUS | Sergei Revyakin |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Sergei Davydov |

## Squad

    As of match played 26 May 2018
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Yuri Shleyev | GK | (1995-06-26) 26 June 1995 (age 29) | Anzhi Makhachkala | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Anton Shitov | GK | (2000-01-29) 29 January 2000 (age 24) | Lokomotiv Moscow | 2017 | 9 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 4 | Sergei Avagimyan | DF | (1989-07-05) 5 July 1989 (age 35) | Ararat-2 Moscow | 2017 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | Yegor Tarakanov | DF | (1987-04-17) 17 April 1987 (age 37) | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 2017 | 28 | 2 |
| 32 | Ivan Mamakhanov | DF | (1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 28) | | 2017 | 12 | 0 |
| 34 | Aleksandr Katsalapov | DF | (1986-04-05) 5 April 1986 (age 38) | | 2017 | 29 | 3 |
| 77 | Ilya Samoshnikov | DF | (1997-11-14) 14 November 1997 (age 26) | Veles Moscow | 2017 | 23 | 1 |
| 85 | Mikhail Popov | DF | (1985-09-25) 25 September 1985 (age 39) | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 2017 | 17 | 1 |
| | Konstantin Kadeyev | DF | (1989-01-17) 17 January 1989 (age 35) | Karelia Petrozavodsk | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 8 | Artyom Voronkin | MF | (1986-02-19) 19 February 1986 (age 38) | Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk | 2017 | 25 | 1 |
| 21 | Pavel Sergeyev | MF | (1993-06-20) 20 June 1993 (age 31) | Tekstilshchik Ivanovo | 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| 26 | Arsen Ayrapetyan | MF | (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 27) | Shinnik Yaroslavl | 2017 | 23 | 1 |
| 27 | David Khurtsidze | MF | (1993-07-04) 4 July 1993 (age 31) | Torpedo Kutaisi | 2017 | 28 | 6 |
| 33 | Irakli Kvekveskiri | MF | (1990-03-12) 12 March 1990 (age 34) | Alashkert | 2017 | 22 | 1 |
| 66 | Aleksei Samylin | MF | (1997-10-15) 15 October 1997 (age 26) | Khimki | 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| 92 | Artyom Novichkov | MF | (1992-05-30) 30 May 1992 (age 32) | Kolomna | 2018 | 8 | 0 |
| 97 | David Davidyan | MF | (1997-12-14) 14 December 1997 (age 26) | Nosta Novotroitsk | 2017 | 14 | 4 |
| | David Khubayev | MF | (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 30) | KAMAZ | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| | David Ozmanyan | DF | | | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | Artyom Avanesyan | FW | (1999-07-17) 17 July 1999 (age 25) | Zenit Penza | 2018 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | Taymuraz Toboyev | FW | (1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 (age 29) | | 2017 | 25 | 8 |
| 18 | Aleksei Kurzenyov | FW | (1995-01-09) 9 January 1995 (age 29) | Sokol Saratov | 2018 | 7 | 2 |
| | Aleksandr Tarapovsky | FW | (1997-02-15) 15 February 1997 (age 27) | Avangard Kursk | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| Left during the season ||||||||||
| 1 | Vladimir Sugrobov | GK | (1996-09-10) 10 September 1996 (age 28) | Sokol Saratov | 2017 | 16 | 0 |
| 5 | Igor Lebedenko | FW | (1983-05-27) 27 May 1983 (age 41) | Akhmat Grozny | 2017 | 20 | 5 |
| 7 | Aleksei Rebko | MF | (1986-04-23) 23 April 1986 (age 38) | Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 2017 | 16 | 2 |
| 9 | Roman Pavlyuchenko | FW | (1981-12-15) 15 December 1981 (age 42) | Ural Yekaterinburg | 2017 | 13 | 9 |
| 10 | Marat Izmailov | MF | (1982-09-21) 21 September 1982 (age 42) | Krasnodar | 2017 | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | Aleksei Pugin | MF | (1987-03-07) 7 March 1987 (age 37) | Tom Tomsk | 2017 | 13 | 1 |
| 18 | Arkadi Kalaydzhyan | DF | (1992-12-01) 1 December 1992 (age 31) | Sochi | 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Artak Aleksanyan | MF | (1991-03-10) 10 March 1991 (age 33) | | 2017 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | Viktor Zemchenkov | MF | (1986-09-15) 15 September 1986 (age 38) | Solyaris Moscow | 2017 | 17 | 4 |
| 37 | Dmitri Ryzhov | FW | (1989-08-26) 26 August 1989 (age 35) | | 2017 | 9 | 1 |
| 66 | Konstantin Morozov | DF | (1992-05-13) 13 May 1992 (age 32) | Sochi | 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 76 | Yevgeni Stukanov | DF | (1996-09-01) 1 September 1996 (age 28) | | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | Sergei Revyakin | GK | (1995-04-02) 2 April 1995 (age 29) | | 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 99 | Sergei Davydov | FW | (1985-07-22) 22 July 1985 (age 39) | | 2017 | 8 | 1 |

## Competitions
### Russian Professional Football 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: 26 May 2018. Source: See Results

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Ararat Moscow | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 52 | 17 | +35 | 63 | Dissolved after season |
| 2 | Energomash Belgorod | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 45 | 20 | +25 | 53 | Dissolved after season |
| 3 | Ryazan | 26 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 37 | 23 | +14 | 46 | |
| 4 | Zorky Krasnogorsk | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 42 | 26 | +16 | 43 | |
| 5 | Metallurg Lipetsk | 26 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 43 | |

### Russian Cup
## Squad statistics

    As of Match played 26 May 2018

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Professional Football League | Professional Football League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 4 | DF | ARM | Sergei Avagimyan | 8 | 0 | 5+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | RUS | Artyom Voronkin | 25 | 1 | 12+10 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Artyom Avanesyan | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Taymuraz Toboyev | 25 | 8 | 7+14 | 7 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 15 | DF | RUS | Yegor Tarakanov | 28 | 2 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | GK | RUS | Anton Shitov | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | RUS | Aleksei Kurzenyov | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Pavel Sergeyev | 6 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ARM | Arsen Ayrapetyan | 23 | 1 | 3+18 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | RUS | David Khurtsidze | 28 | 6 | 19+5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 32 | DF | ARM | Ivan Mamakhanov | 12 | 0 | 2+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | GEO | Irakli Kvekveskiri | 22 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | RUS | Aleksandr Katsalapov | 29 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 66 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Samylin | 6 | 0 | 0+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | RUS | Ilya Samoshnikov | 23 | 1 | 16+3 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 85 | DF | RUS | Mikhail Popov | 17 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 92 | MF | RUS | Artyom Novichkov | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | RUS | David Davidyan | 14 | 4 | 5+7 | 4 | 0+2 | 0 |
| Players away from Ararat Moscow on loan: ||||||||||
| Players who left Ararat Moscow during the season: ||||||||||
| 1 | GK | RUS | Vladimir Sugrobov | 16 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | RUS | Igor Lebedenko | 20 | 5 | 16+1 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Rebko | 16 | 2 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Roman Pavlyuchenko | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | RUS | Marat Izmailov | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Aleksei Pugin | 13 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ARM | Arkadi Kalaydzhyan | 4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARM | Artak Aleksanyan | 7 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Viktor Zemchenkov | 17 | 4 | 11+2 | 3 | 2+2 | 1 |
| 37 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Ryzhov | 9 | 1 | 0+6 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | RUS | Konstantin Morozov | 4 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 76 | DF | RUS | Yevgeni Stukanov | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 95 | GK | RUS | Sergei Revyakin | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | RUS | Sergei Davydov | 8 | 1 | 1+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Professional Football League | Russian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Roman Pavlyuchenko | 9 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Taymuraz Toboyev | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | MF | 27 | David Khurtsidze | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 5 | Igor Lebedenko | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 97 | David Davidyan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 23 | Viktor Zemchenkov | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | DF | 34 | Aleksandr Katsalapov | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 10 | Marat Izmailov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | DF | 15 | Yegor Tarakanov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 7 | Aleksei Rebko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | FW | 18 | Aleksei Kurzenyov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 26 | Arsen Ayrapetyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 37 | Dmitri Ryzhov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 17 | Aleksei Pugin | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 77 | Ilya Samoshnikov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | DF | 85 | Mikhail Popov | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 10 | Artyom Avanesyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 33 | Irakli Kvekveskiri | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 8 | Artyom Voronkin | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | FW | 99 | Sergei Davydov | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | | | Awarded | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 52 | 7 | 59 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Professional Football League | Professional Football League | Russian Cup | Russian Cup | Total | Total |
| 1 | GK | Vladimir Sugrobov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Sergei Avagimyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Artyom Voronkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Taymuraz Toboyev | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Yegor Tarakanov | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | Aleksei Kurzenyov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Pavel Sergeyev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Arsen Ayrapetyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | David Khurtsidze | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | Irakli Kvekveskiri | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 34 | DF | Aleksandr Katsalapov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Ilya Samoshnikov | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 85 | DF | Mikhail Popov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | David Davidyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players who left Ararat Moscow during the season: ||||||||||
| 7 | MF | Aleksei Rebko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Roman Pavlyuchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Marat Izmailov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Aleksei Pugin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | Arkadi Kalaydzhyan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Artak Aleksanyan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | Konstantin Morozov | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | Sergei Davydov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 42 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 50 | 2 |