# 2018–19 FC Pyunik season

The 2018–19 season was Pyunik's 25th season in the Armenian Premier League.

## Season events

On 2 December, during Pyunik's match against Gandzasar Kapan, manager Andrei Talalayev was sent off for insulting the Fourth official. Talalayev was subsequently banned from football until the end of the season, 31 May 2019, on 6 December 2018. On 9 April, Talalayev left Pyunik by mutual consent, with Aleksandr Tarkhanov being appointed as the new manager on 11 April.

## Squad

    As of 2 April 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ARM | Gor Manukyan |
| 2 | DF | ARM | Serob Grigoryan |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Artur Kartashyan |
| 5 | DF | ARM | Armen Manucharyan |
| 6 | MF | ARM | Karlen Mkrtchyan (captain) |
| 8 | MF | ARM | Rumyan Hovsepyan |
| 9 | FW | ARM | Artur Miranyan |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Erik Vardanyan |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Mohamed Konaté |
| 12 | GK | ARM | Sevak Aslanyan |
| 13 | FW | RUS | Denis Dorozhkin |
| 15 | MF | UKR | Maksym Trusevych |
| 16 | DF | ARM | Robert Hakobyan |
| 17 | MF | ARM | Hovhannes Poghosyan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ARM | Alik Arakelyan |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Denis Talalay |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Vitali Stezhko (on loan from Krasnodar) |
| 23 | MF | NGA | Mohammed Usman |
| 25 | GK | MNE | Andrija Dragojević |
| 26 | MF | ARM | Hovhannes Ilangyozyan |
| 27 | DF | RUS | Vyacheslav Dmitriev |
| 30 | MF | ARM | Vahagn Hayrapetyan |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Kobozev |
| 33 | FW | CIV | Lassina Dao |
| 63 | DF | ALB | Kristi Marku |
| 66 | DF | RUS | Maksim Zhestokov |
| 67 | DF | RUS | Sergei Kolychev |
| 70 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Shevchuk (on loan from Tambov) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| Summer 2018 | DF | Vyacheslav Dmitriyev | | Free |
| Summer 2018 | DF | Sergei Kolychev | Rotor Volgograd | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2018 | MF | Albert Bogatyryov | Tyumen | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2018 | MF | Denis Voynov | Avangard Kursk | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2018 | FW | Ruslan Koryan | SKA-Khabarovsk | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2018 | GK | Andrija Dragojević | Alashkert | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2018 | GK | Yevgeni Kobozev | Zorky Krasnogorsk | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2018 | DF | Maksim Zhestokov | Shinnik Yaroslavl | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2018 | MF | Maksym Trusevych | Tambov | Undisclosed |
| 24 June 2018 | FW | Mohamed Konaté | Gomel | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2018 | MF | Rumyan Hovsepyan | Banants | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | FW | Artur Miranyan | | Free |
| 22 January 2019 | DF | Kristi Marku | KF Ferizaj | Undisclosed |
| 17 February 2019 | MF | Denis Talalay | Khimki | Undisclosed |
| 21 February 2019 | MF | Mohammed Usman | Sarpsborg 08 | Undisclosed |
| 2 April 2019 | FW | Lassina Dao | | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| Summer 2018 | DF | | Vitali Stezhko | Krasnodar | End of Season | |
| 9 January 2019 | DF | | Serhiy Shevchuk | Tambov | End of Season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| Summer 2018 | GK | Valeriy Voskonyan | MFC Mykolaiv | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2018 | DF | Levon Hayrapetyan | Artsakh | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2018 | DF | Didier Kadio | SJK | Undisclosed |
| Summer 2018 | MF | Marat Burayev | Artsakh | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2019 | DF | Petros Avetisyan | Ararat-Armenia | Undisclosed |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| Summer 2018 | GK | Gor Manukyan | | |
| Summer 2018 | MF | Marshal Johnson | Akwa United | |
| 3 August 2018 | FW | Drissa Diarrassouba | Gandzasar Kapan | 11 August 2018 |
| 3 August 2018 | DF | Bacar Baldé | Gandzasar Kapan | 11 August 2018 |
| Winter 2019 | GK | Valeriy Voskonyan | | |
| Winter 2019 | DF | Edmon Movsisyan | | |
| Winter 2019 | MF | Albert Bogatyryov | SKA Rostov-on-Don | |
| Winter 2019 | MF | Denis Voynov | Murom | |
| Winter 2019 | FW | Ruslan Koryan | Istiklol | |
| Winter 2019 | FW | Robert Minasyan | | |

## Friendlies
### FNL Cup
#### Group stage

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Rotor Volgograd | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 9 |
| Mordovia Saransk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| FC Pyunik | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| FC Murom | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |

#### Knouckout Stages
## 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 | 5 August 2018 | 26 May 2019 | Matchday 1 | 2nd | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 056.25 |
| Armenian Cup | 25 October 2018 | 8 November 2018 | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 000.00 |
| UEFA Europa League | 12 July 2018 | 16 August 2018 | First qualifying round | Third qualifying round | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 050.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 40 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 53 | 39 | +14 | 052.50 |
Last updated: 26 May 2019 Source: Competitions

### Premier League
#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Ararat-Armenia (C) | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 61 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Pyunik | 32 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Banants | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Alashkert | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Lori | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 44 | |
| 6 | Gandzasar | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 38 | |
| 7 | Shirak | 32 | 7 | 15 | 10 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 36 | |
| 8 | Artsakh | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 49 | −24 | 28 | |
| 9 | Ararat Yerevan | 32 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 24 | 60 | −36 | 22 | |
* ↑ Alashkert qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Armenian Cup.

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

    As of match played 26 May 2019

### 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 | Serob Grigoryan | 16 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Artur Kartashyan | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ARM | Armen Manucharyan | 20 | 0 | 16+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | ARM | Karlen Mkrtchyan | 25 | 1 | 13+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARM | Rumyan Hovsepyan | 32 | 4 | 19+8 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARM | Artur Miranyan | 15 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Erik Vardanyan | 21 | 8 | 10+11 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | CIV | Mohamed Konaté | 22 | 8 | 7+8 | 6 | 0+1 | 0 | 5+1 | 2 |
| 13 | FW | RUS | Denis Dorozhkin | 19 | 0 | 11+6 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | UKR | Maksym Trusevych | 29 | 1 | 20+2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | ARM | Robert Hakobyan | 19 | 0 | 14+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARM | Alik Arakelyan | 31 | 3 | 22+1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5+1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Denis Talalay | 14 | 2 | 12+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | RUS | Vitali Stezhko | 23 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | NGA | Mohammed Usman | 13 | 2 | 10+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | MNE | Andrija Dragojević | 34 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | ARM | Hovhannes Ilangyozyan | 4 | 1 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | RUS | Vyacheslav Dmitriyev | 31 | 0 | 21+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ARM | Vahagn Hayrapetyan | 21 | 0 | 7+6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 31 | GK | RUS | Yevgeni Kobozev | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | CIV | Lassina Dao | 6 | 1 | 0+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | DF | ALB | Kristi Marku | 11 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | RUS | Maksim Zhestokov | 32 | 5 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 67 | DF | RUS | Sergei Kolychev | 17 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Shevchuk | 15 | 1 | 14+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | ARM | Arsen Gyulambaryan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pyunik-2 players: ||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | ARM | Grenik Petrsoyan | 9 | 0 | 0+8 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Vigen Begoyan | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | DF | ARM | Artak Asatryan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | ARM | Artur Nadiryan | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | ARM | Ashot Kocharyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | ARM | Vahe Muradyan | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Pyunik during the season: ||||||||||||
| 4 | DF | ARM | Edmon Movsisyan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARM | Petros Avetisyan | 15 | 2 | 7+4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARM | Ruslan Koryan | 11 | 2 | 2+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2+4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | ARM | Robert Minasyan | 8 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | RUS | Albert Bogatyryov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | RUS | Denis Voynov | 19 | 2 | 8+4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 24 | DF | GNB | Bacar Baldé | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 2 |
| 33 | DF | CIV | Didier Kadio | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 10 | Erik Vardanyan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 1 | FW | 11 | Mohamed Konaté | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | DF | 66 | Maksim Zhestokov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | FW | 9 | Artur Miranyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 8 | Rumyan Hovsepyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 18 | Alik Arakelyan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | MF | 7 | Petros Avetisyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 19 | Denis Talalay | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 23 | Mohammed Usman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 23 | Denis Voynov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | FW | 9 | Ruslan Koryan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 24 | Bacar Baldé | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | 8 | Hovhannes Ilangyozyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 19 | Vitali Stezhko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 15 | Maksym Trusevych | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 70 | Serhiy Shevchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | FW | 33 | Lassina Dao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 63 | Kristi Marku | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MF | 6 | Karlen Mkrtchyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 47 | 1 | 6 | 54 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 25 | Andrija Dragojević | 10 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | GK | 31 | Yevgeni Kobozev | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 11 | 0 | 4 | 15 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Serob Grigoryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Artur Kartashyan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Armen Manucharyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Karlen Mkrtchyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Rumyan Hovsepyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Artur Miranyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | Mohamed Konaté | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Denis Dorozhkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Maksym Trusevych | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Robert Hakobyan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Alik Arakelyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Denis Talalay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | Vitali Stezhko | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Mohammed Usman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | GK | Andrija Dragojević | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | Vyacheslav Dmitriyev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Vahagn Hayrapetyan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 31 | GK | Yevgeni Kobozev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | Lassina Dao | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 61 | DF | Kristi Marku | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 66 | DF | Maksim Zhestokov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 67 | DF | Sergei Kolychev | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 70 | DF | Serhiy Shevchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 98 | MF | Erik Vardanyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Pyunik-2 players: ||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | Vigen Begoyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Pyunik during the season: ||||||||||||
| 7 | MF | Petros Avetisyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | Robert Minasyan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | MF | Denis Voynov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 75 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 96 | 4 |