# 2017–18 FC Banants season

The 2017–18 season is FC Banants's seventeenth consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League. The club finished the previous season in 2nd, qualifying for the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round, whilst they will also compete in the Armenian Cup.

## Squad

    As of match played 20 May 2018
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 22 | Stepan Ghazaryan | GK | (1985-01-11)11 January 1985 (aged 33) | Alashkert | 2007 | | |
| 70 | Aram Ayrapetyan | GK | (1986-11-22)22 November 1986 (aged 31) | Ararat Yerevan | 2017 | 36 | 0 |
| 91 | Henri Avagyan | GK | (1996-01-16)16 January 1996 (aged 22) | Mika | 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Gevorg Khuloyan | DF | (1996-08-18)18 August 1996 (aged 21) | Academy | 2013 | | |
| 6 | Borislav Jovanović | DF | (1986-08-16)16 August 1986 (aged 31) | AEL | 2017 | 23 | 0 |
| 13 | Edward Kpodo | DF | (1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 28) | Shirak | 2018 | 15 | 1 |
| 15 | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | DF | (1983-06-16)16 June 1983 (aged 34) | Shirak | 2018 | 14 | 0 |
| 21 | Artur Avagyan | DF | (1987-07-04)4 July 1987 (aged 30) | Alashkert | 2016 | 31 | 0 |
| 23 | Narek Petrosyan | DF | (1996-01-25)25 January 1996 (aged 22) | Academy | 2015 | 45 | 0 |
| 24 | Gagik Maghakyan | DF | (1996-02-07)7 February 1996 (aged 22) | Academy | 2016 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | Matvey Guyganov | DF | (1994-07-28)28 July 1994 (aged 23) | TSK Simferopol | 2018 | 23 | 2 |
| | Hayk Sargsyan | DF | (1998-03-12)12 March 1998 (aged 20) | Academy | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 4 | Alexander Hovhannisyan | MF | (1996-07-20)20 July 1996 (aged 21) | Ulisses | 2016 | 25 | 1 |
| 5 | Hakob Hakobyan | MF | (1997-03-29)29 March 1997 (aged 21) | Academy | 2014 | | |
| 7 | Aram Bareghamyan | MF | (1988-01-06)6 January 1988 (aged 30) | Alashkert | 2016 | | |
| 8 | Rumyan Hovsepyan | MF | (1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 26) | Shirak | 2017 | 65 | 17 |
| 9 | Ognjen Krasić | MF | (1988-04-09)9 April 1988 (aged 30) | Voždovac | 2017 | 31 | 2 |
| 12 | Narek Grigoryan | MF | (2001-06-17)17 June 2001 (aged 16) | Academy | 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Karen Melkonyan | MF | (1992-05-16)16 May 1992 (aged 26) | Academy | 2016 | 17 | 0 |
| 18 | Vahagn Ayvazyan | MF | (1992-04-16)16 April 1992 (aged 26) | Impuls | 2013 | | |
| 19 | Wal | MF | (1994-01-13)13 January 1994 (aged 24) | loan from Colorado | 2017 | 26 | 6 |
| 77 | Aram Loretsyan | MF | (1993-03-07)7 March 1993 (aged 25) | Ararat Yerevan | 2017 | | |
| 90 | Kwasi Sibo | MF | (1998-01-24)24 January 1998 (aged 20) | Cheetah | 2017 | 24 | 3 |
| | Tigran Ayunts | MF | (2000-03-15)15 March 2000 (aged 18) | Academy | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| | Vardan Safaryan | MF | (1997-04-22)22 April 1997 (aged 21) | Mika | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | Norayr Gyozalyan | FW | (1990-03-15)15 March 1990 (aged 28) | Alashkert | 2017 | | |
| 11 | Lester Peltier | FW | (1988-09-13)13 September 1988 (aged 29) | Alashkert | 2018 | 15 | 6 |
| 16 | Martin Grigoryan | FW | (2000-09-25)25 September 2000 (aged 17) | Academy | 2016 | 7 | 1 |
| 17 | Aleksandar Đoković | FW | (1991-12-16)16 December 1991 (aged 26) | Novi Pazar | 2017 | 28 | 1 |
| 20 | Hayk Voskanyan | FW | (1996-06-23)23 June 1996 (aged 21) | Mika | 2011 | 21 | 0 |
| 25 | Fagner Santos | FW | (1998-06-22)22 June 1998 (aged 19) | Colorado | 2018 | 5 | 1 |
| 30 | Guilerme Torres | FW | (1999-04-21)21 April 1999 (aged 19) | Colorado | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan ||||||||||
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | Hakob Hambardzumyan | DF | (1997-05-26)26 May 1997 (aged 20) | Academy | 2016 | 23 | 0 |
| 11 | Ghukas Poghosyan | FW | (1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 24) | Shirak | 2017 | 15 | 1 |
| 12 | Nenad Injac | FW | (1985-09-04)4 September 1985 (aged 32) | Zemun | 2017 | 22 | 8 |
| 13 | Norik Avdalyan | MF | (1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 22) | Academy | 2017 | 1 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Rumyan Hovsepyan | Shirak | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | MF | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | Shirak | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Ghukas Poghosyan | Shirak | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2017 | FW | Aleksandar Đoković | Novi Pazar | Undisclosed |
| 8 July 2017 | MF | Ognjen Krasić | Voždovac | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2017 | DF | Matvey Guyganov | TSK Simferopol | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2017 | DF | Borislav Jovanović | AEL | Undisclosed |
| 12 September 2017 | DF | Kwasi Sibo | Cheetah | Undisclosed |
| 23 February 2018 | DF | Edward Kpodo | Shirak | Undisclosed |
| 24 February 2018 | GK | Lester Peltier | Alashkert | Undisclosed |
| 26 February 2018 | FW | Fagner Santos | Colorado | Undisclosed |
| 4 March 2018 | FW | Guilerme Torres | Colorado | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 8 September 2017 | MF | | Wal | Colorado | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 6 February 2018 | FW | | Ghukas Poghosyan | Gorodeya | Undisclosed | |
| 21 February 2018 | FW | | Nenad Injac | Navbahor Namangan | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 21 January 2018 | DF | | Hakob Hambardzumyan | Artsakh | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 7 December 2017 | MF | Norik Avdalyan | Torpedo Yerevan | 21 July 2019 |
| 31 December 2017 | DF | Zhirayr Margaryan | Shirak | 10 February 2018 |
| 31 December 2017 | MF | Emil Yeghiazaryan | Artsakh | 9 February 2018 |
| 11 June 2018 | DF | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | Retired | Retired |
| 11 June 2018 | DF | Matvey Guyganov | Sevastopol | 8 August 2018 |
| 11 June 2018 | FW | Norayr Gyozalyan | Artsakh | 1 July 2018 |
| 11 June 2018 | FW | Aleksandar Đoković | Mačva Šabac | 30 August 2018 |
| 11 June 2018 | FW | Hayk Voskanyan | Retired | Retired |
| 28 June 2018 | MF | Rumyan Hovsepyan | Pyunik | 24 July 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | GK | Henri Avagyan | Alashkert | 1 July 2018 |
| 30 June 2018 | MF | Alexander Hovhannisyan | Gandzasar Kapan | 11 August 2018 |

## 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 % |
| Premier League | 6 August 2017 | 20 May 2018 | Matchday 1 | Runners-up | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 036.67 |
| Armenian Cup | 20 September 2017 | 17 April 2018 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 025.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 46 | 47 | −1 | 035.29 |
Last updated: 20 May 2018 Source: 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 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Alashkert (C) | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 31 | +13 | 50 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Banants | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 34 | +8 | 44 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Gandzasar Kapan | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 34 | +9 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Shirak | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 38 | |
| 5 | Pyunik | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 37 | 41 | −4 | 36 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Ararat Yerevan | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 65 | −32 | 21 | |
* 1 2 Gandzasar Kapan qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Armenian Cup.
* ↑ Shirak were deducted 12 points on decision of Disciplinary Committee, upheld on May 18, due to match fixing scandal.

### Armenian Cup
## Statistics

    As of match played 20 May 2018

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 4 | MF | ARM | Alexander Hovhannisyan | 10 | 0 | 4+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ARM | Hakob Hakobyan | 23 | 0 | 10+10 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Borislav Jovanović | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARM | Aram Bareghamyan | 20 | 1 | 13+4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARM | Rumyan Hovsepyan | 31 | 9 | 27+1 | 8 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 9 | MF | SRB | Ognjen Krasić | 31 | 2 | 25+2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ARM | Norayr Gyozalyan | 21 | 5 | 10+7 | 5 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | TRI | Lester Peltier | 15 | 6 | 12+1 | 6 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ARM | Narek Grigoryan | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GHA | Edward Kpodo | 15 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ARM | Karen Melkonyan | 10 | 0 | 3+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | ARM | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | 14 | 0 | 10+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | ARM | Martin Grigoryan | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | SRB | Aleksandar Đoković | 28 | 1 | 17+8 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARM | Vahagn Ayvazyan | 30 | 2 | 22+5 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | BRA | Wal | 26 | 6 | 17+5 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | ARM | Hayk Voskanyan | 12 | 0 | 4+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ARM | Artur Avagyan | 13 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ARM | Stepan Ghazaryan | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ARM | Narek Petrosyan | 21 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ARM | Gagik Maghakyan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | BRA | Fagner Santos | 5 | 1 | 3+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | UKR | Matvey Guyganov | 23 | 2 | 19+1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 70 | GK | ARM | Aram Ayrapetyan | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ARM | Aram Loretsyan | 11 | 0 | 3+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | GHA | Kwasi Sibo | 24 | 3 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| | MF | ARM | Tigran Ayunts | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Banants during the season: ||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ARM | Hakob Hambardzumyan | 5 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | ARM | Ghukas Poghosyan | 15 | 1 | 10+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | SRB | Nenad Injac | 10 | 5 | 7+2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | ARM | Norik Avdalyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total |
| 1 | MF | 8 | Rumyan Hovsepyan | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | MF | 19 | Wal | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | FW | 11 | Lester Peltier | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 10 | Norayr Gyozalyan | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | FW | 12 | Nenad Injac | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | MF | 90 | Kwasi Sibo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 18 | Vahagn Ayvazyan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 55 | Matvey Guyganov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 9 | Ognjen Krasić | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | FW | 17 | Aleksandar Đoković | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 11 | Ghukas Poghosyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 16 | Martin Grigoryan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 7 | Aram Bareghamyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | DF | 13 | Edward Kpodo | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 25 | Fagner Santos | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 42 | 4 | 46 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 70 | Aram Ayrapetyan | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | GK | 22 | Stepan Ghazaryan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | | | TOTALS | 9 | 1 | 10 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Total | Total |
| 4 | MF | Alexander Hovhannisyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Hakob Hakobyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Borislav Jovanović | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Aram Bareghamyan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Rumyan Hovsepyan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Ognjen Krasić | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Lester Peltier | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Edward Kpodo | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Aleksandar Đoković | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Vahagn Ayvazyan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Wal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | FW | Hayk Voskanyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Artur Avagyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Narek Petrosyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 55 | DF | Matvey Guyganov | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 70 | GK | Aram Ayrapetyan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Aram Loretsyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | Kwasi Sibo | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Players who left Banants during the season: ||||||||||
| 11 | FW | Ghukas Poghosyan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Nenad Injac | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 72 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 81 | 0 |