# 2020–21 FC Pyunik season

The 2020–21 season was Pyunik's 27th season in the Armenian Premier League.

## Season events

On 20 July, Artak Oseyan was announced as Pyunik's new manager.
On 23 July, Pyunik announced the signing of Artur Grigoryan from Gandzasar Kapan, with Anton Kobyalko joining from Ararat-Armenia the following day.
On 29 July, Muhammad Ladan joined the club on loan from Sochi for the season, and Stanislav Buchnev joined from Fakel Voronezh.
On 1 August, Alexandre Yeoule signed for Pyunik after leaving Lori.
On 3 August, Pyunik announced the singing of Gor Malakyan, and a new technical partnership with Joma to supply their kit.
On 4 August, Pyunik's planned friendly match against Urartu on 6 August was cancelled.
On 5 August, Pyunik announced the signing of Artyom Avanesyan on loan from Ararat-Armenia for the season, whilst goalkeeper Andrija Dragojević left the club by mutual consent.
On 10 August, Armen Manucharyan left Pyunik to join Rotor Volgograd.
On 15 August, Pyunik announced the signing of Dramane Salou from Slutsk.
On 21 August, Pyunik announced the signing of Julius Ufuoma from Lori.
On 1 September, Pyunik announced the signings of Magomed Musalov and Artem Habelok.
On 2 September, Pyunik announced that Erik Azizyan had extended his contract until the summer of 2023, and that Levon Vardanyan had signed a new deal until the summer of 2025.
On 17 September, Pyunik announced the signing of Armen Nahapetyan on loan from Ararat-Armenia for the season.
On 29 September, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. On 13 October, the FFA announced that the season would resume on 17 October.
On 22 October, Pyunik's match against Noah was postponed due to positive COVID-19 cases within the Noah team.
On 2 November, Pyunik's game against Urartu was postponed due to positive COVID-19 cases within the Pyunik team.
On 9 December, Pyunik extended their contract with Serob Grigoryan.
On 13 December, Artak Oseyan left his role as Head Coach of Pyunik. On 7 January, Yegishe Melikyan was announced as Pyunik's new manager.
On 25 January, Arman Hovhannisyan returned to Pyunik. The following day, 26 January, Pyunik announced the signing of Ihor Honchar from Alashkert, and on 27 January, Anton Bratkov joined from Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, and Robert Darbinyan from Urartu.
On 29 January, Pyunik announced the signing of Mykyta Tatarkov. The following day, 30 January, Artem Habelok left Pyunik by mutual consent.
On 1 February, Pyunik announced the signing of Herman Penkov from Lviv. Two days later, 3 February, Pyunik announced the signing of Brazilian midfielder Higor from Botafogo da Paraíba.
On 4 February, Pyunik announced the signing of Hovhannes Harutyunyan on a free transfer after he'd left Ararat-Armenia.
On 5 February, Pyunik announced the signings of Rommell Ibarra and José Balza on loan from Deportivo La Guaira.
On 10 February, Pyunik announced that Arthur Nadiryan had retired from football due to injuries, with Valeriy Boldenkov signing for the club the following day.
On 12 February, Levon Vardanyan joined BKMA Yerevan on loan for the rest of the season.
On 15 February, Pyunik announced the signing of José Caraballo from Real Santa Cruz.
On 17 February, Alexandre Yeoule left Pyunik by mutual consent, and Edmon Movsisyan moved to West Armenia.
On 20 February, Pyunik announced the signing of Oleh Kozhushko, whilst Robert Hakobyan, Arsen Sargsyan and Narek Hovhannisyan all left the club by mutual consent.
On 1 March, Pyunik announced the signing of Yevhen Budnik from Urartu.

## Squad

    As of 1 March 2021
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 | Sevak Aslanyan |
| 2 | DF | ARM | Serob Grigoryan |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Artur Kartashyan |
| 4 | DF | ARM | Perch Poghikyan |
| 5 | MF | NGA | Julius Ufuoma |
| 6 | MF | ARM | Norayr Ghazaryan |
| 7 | MF | ARM | Erik Azizyan |
| 8 | MF | ARM | Gor Malakyan |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Anton Kobyalko |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Artur Grigoryan |
| 11 | MF | ARM | Hovhannes Harutyunyan |
| 12 | MF | NGA | Muhammad Ladan (on loan from Sochi) |
| 13 | MF | BFA | Dramane Salou |
| 16 | GK | ARM | Vlad Chatunts |
| 18 | MF | ARM | Alik Arakelyan |
| 19 | MF | RUS | Artyom Avanesyan (on loan from Ararat-Armenia) |
| 21 | MF | ARM | Daniel Aghbalyan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | ARM | Aras Özbiliz |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Budnik |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Magomed Musalov |
| 29 | FW | UKR | Oleh Kozhushko |
| 30 | DF | ARM | Erik Avetisyan |
| 69 | DF | ARM | Robert Darbinyan |
| 70 | FW | VEN | José Balza (on loan from Deportivo La Guaira) |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Stanislav Buchnev |
| 77 | DF | UKR | Ihor Honchar |
| 80 | MF | VEN | Rommell Ibarra (on loan from Deportivo La Guaira) |
| 88 | DF | UKR | Valeriy Boldenkov |
| 90 | FW | VEN | José Caraballo |
| 93 | MF | BRA | Higor |
| 94 | GK | UKR | Herman Penkov |
| 95 | DF | UKR | Anton Bratkov |
| 96 | DF | ARM | Arman Hovhannisyan |
| 99 | FW | UKR | Mykyta Tatarkov |

### Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | FW | ARM | Levon Vardanyan (at BKMA Yerevan) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | FW | Steven Alfred | Sochi | Undisclosed |
| 23 July 2020 | MF | Artur Grigoryan | Gandzasar Kapan | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2020 | FW | Anton Kobyalko | Ararat-Armenia | Free |
| 29 July 2020 | GK | Stanislav Buchnev | Fakel Voronezh | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2020 | DF | Alexandre Yeoule | Lori | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2020 | MF | Gor Malakyan | Ararat-Armenia | Undisclosed |
| 15 August 2020 | MF | Dramane Salou | Slutsk | Undisclosed |
| 21 August 2020 | MF | Julius Ufuoma | Lori | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2020 | DF | Magomed Musalov | Akhmat Grozny | Free |
| 1 September 2020 | MF | Artem Habelok | Vorskla Poltava | Undisclosed |
| 25 January 2021 | DF | Arman Hovhannisyan | Tobol | Free |
| 26 January 2021 | DF | Ihor Honchar | Alashkert | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2021 | DF | Anton Bratkov | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Undisclosed |
| 27 January 2021 | DF | Robert Darbinyan | Urartu | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2021 | FW | Mykyta Tatarkov | Vorskla Poltava | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2021 | GK | Herman Penkov | Lviv | Undisclosed |
| 3 February 2021 | MF | Higor | Botafogo da Paraíba | Undisclosed |
| 4 February 2021 | MF | Hovhannes Harutyunyan | Ararat-Armenia | Free |
| 11 February 2021 | DF | Valeriy Boldenkov | Volyn Lutsk | Undisclosed |
| 15 February 2021 | FW | José Caraballo | Real Santa Cruz | Undisclosed |
| 20 February 2021 | FW | Oleh Kozhushko | Chornomorets Odesa | Undisclosed |
| 1 March 2021 | FW | Yevhen Budnik | Urartu | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date to |
| 29 July 2020 | MF | Muhammad Ladan | Sochi | End of season |
| 5 August 2020 | FW | Artyom Avanesyan | Ararat-Armenia | End of season |
| 17 September 2020 | MF | Armen Nahapetyan | Ararat-Armenia | 31 December 2020 |
| 5 February 2021 | DF | Rommell Ibarra | Deportivo La Guaira | End of season |
| 5 February 2021 | FW | José Balza | Deportivo La Guaira | End of season |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| 10 August 2020 | DF | | Armen Manucharyan | Rotor Volgograd | Undisclosed | |
| 17 February 2021 | DF | | Edmon Movsisyan | West Armenia | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 12 February 2021 | FW | | Levon Vardanyan | BKMA Yerevan | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 5 August 2020 | GK | Andrija Dragojević | Alashkert | 23 September 2020 |
| 26 January 2021 | FW | Steven Alfred | Slutsk | |
| 30 January 2021 | MF | Artem Habelok | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | |
| 30 January 2021 | DF | Salomon Nirisarike | Urartu | 19 February 2021 |
| 10 February 2021 | MF | Arthur Nadiryan | Retired | Retired |
| 17 February 2021 | DF | Alexandre Yeoule | Naft Maysan | 13 March 2021 |
| 20 February 2021 | DF | Robert Hakobyan | Shirak | |
| 20 February 2021 | DF | Arsen Sargsyan | | |
| 20 February 2021 | FW | Narek Hovhannisyan | | |
| 31 May 2021 | FW | Anton Kobyalko | Dynamo Barnaul | |

## 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 | 16 August 2020 | 28 May 2021 | Matchday 1 | 7th | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 025.00 |
| Armenian Cup | 19 September 2020 | 25 February 2021 | First round | First round | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 20 | +1 | 023.08 |
Last updated: 28 May 2021 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 |
Last updated: 28 May 2021. Source: See Results

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| Ground | A | H | A | - | A | A | H | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | L | D | L | - | L | D | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | L | W | W | L | L | D | W | L | W | L |
| Position | 9 | 7 | 8 | - | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Alashkert (C) | 24 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 46 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Noah | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 20 | +15 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Urartu | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 28 | 19 | +9 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Ararat | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 40 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Ararat-Armenia | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 17 | +15 | 38 | |
| 6 | Van | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 31 | |
| 7 | Pyunik | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 18 | +2 | 25 | |
| 8 | Lori | 24 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 44 | −28 | 23 | |
| 9 | Shirak (R) | 24 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 53 | −34 | 13 | Relegation to First League |
| 10 | Gandzasar (R, D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Club dissolved |
* ↑ Ararat qualified for Europa Conference League first qualifying round as winners of 2020–21 Armenian Cup.
* ↑ Round 19–27 matches involving Lori were all declared 3–0 forfeits in favor of the remaining 8 teams.
* ↑ Gandzasar were excluded from the league On 3 November, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the League and Armenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

### Armenian Cup
## Statistics

    As of match played 28 May 2021

### 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 |
| 2 | DF | ARM | Serob Grigoryan | 21 | 1 | 19+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Artur Kartashyan | 9 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | NGA | Julius Ufuoma | 10 | 0 | 5+4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARM | Erik Azizyan | 7 | 0 | 0+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARM | Gor Malakyan | 11 | 0 | 8+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | RUS | Anton Kobyalko | 18 | 3 | 9+7 | 2 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Artur Grigoryan | 20 | 0 | 8+11 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARM | Hovhannes Harutyunyan | 12 | 1 | 4+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | NGA | Muhammad Ladan | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | BFA | Dramane Salou | 22 | 0 | 18+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARM | Alik Arakelyan | 25 | 1 | 22+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | RUS | Artyom Avanesyan | 23 | 1 | 12+9 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ARM | Aras Özbiliz | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Budnik | 8 | 0 | 2+6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Magomed Musalov | 5 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | UKR | Oleh Kozhushko | 14 | 2 | 5+8 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | DF | ARM | Artak Asatryan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | FW | ARM | Vrezh Chiloyan | 2 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | VEN | José Balza | 5 | 1 | 4+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 71 | GK | RUS | Stanislav Buchnev | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | UKR | Ihor Honchar | 14 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | VEN | Rommell Ibarra | 6 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | UKR | Valeriy Boldenkov | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 90 | FW | VEN | José Caraballo | 13 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | BRA | Higor | 9 | 2 | 5+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | GK | UKR | Herman Penkov | 8 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 95 | DF | UKR | Anton Bratkov | 10 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | DF | ARM | Arman Hovhannisyan | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | UKR | Mykyta Tatarkov | 13 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 17 | FW | ARM | Levon Vardanyan | 10 | 0 | 2+7 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who left Pyunik during the season: ||||||||||
| 15 | DF | CIV | Alexandre Yeoule | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Artem Habelok | 8 | 0 | 6+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | ARM | Robert Hakobyan | 7 | 0 | 5+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | RWA | Salomon Nirisarike | 11 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | NGA | Steven Alfred | 8 | 1 | 3+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | ARM | Armen Nahapetyan | 6 | 1 | 0+5 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 90 | José Caraballo | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Anton Kobyalko | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 99 | Mykyta Tatarkov | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | MF | 88 | Higor | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | FW | 29 | Oleh Kozhushko | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | MF | 77 | Armen Nahapetyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | 29 | Steven Alfred | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | DF | 2 | Serob Grigoryan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 18 | Alik Arakelyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | 70 | José Balza | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | 11 | Hovhannes Harutyunyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | 44 | Vrezh Chiloyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | 19 | Artyom Avanesyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 19 | 1 | 20 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total |
| 1 | GK | 71 | Stanislav Buchnev | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | GK | 94 | Herman Penkov | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 8 | 1 | 9 |
Buchnev & Penkov both played in Pyumol's 3-0 win over Van on 14 April 2021

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Serob Grigoryan | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Artur Kartashyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | Julius Ufuoma | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Gor Malakyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Anton Kobyalko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Hovhannes Harutyunyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | Dramane Salou | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Alik Arakelyan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Artyom Avanesyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Aras Özbiliz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Oleh Kozhushko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 70 | FW | José Balza | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 71 | GK | Stanislav Buchnev | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 77 | DF | Ihor Honchar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 80 | MF | Rommell Ibarra | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | MF | Higor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 96 | DF | Arman Hovhannisyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Mykyta Tatarkov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||
| 17 | MF | Levon Vardanyan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Pyunik during the season: ||||||||||
| 15 | DF | Alexandre Yeoule | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Robert Hakobyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | Salomon Nirisarike | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 77 | MF | Armen Nahapetyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 47 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 52 | 2 |