# 2012–13 Shirak FC season

The 2012–13 season was Shirak's 22nd consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League and covers the period from 1 January 2012 to 30 June 2013. Shirak finished the season by winning their fourth Premier League title, whilst they lost to Pyunik in the final of the Armenian Cup. In Europe, Shirak defeated Rudar Pljevlja in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League before being knocked out by Bnei Yehuda in the second qualifying round.

## Squad

    As of match played 18 May 2013
| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Norayr Abrahamyan | GK | (1985-10-30)30 October 1985 (aged 27) | Academy | 2009 | | |
| 22 | Artur Harutyunyan | GK | (1985-08-12)12 August 1985 (aged 27) | Mika | 2012 | 53 | 0 |
| | Samvel Hakobyan | GK | (1994-08-18)18 August 1994 (aged 18) | Academy | 2012 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Armen Ghazaryan | DF | (1988-01-30)30 January 1988 (aged 25) | Youth team | | | |
| 4 | Didier Kadio | DF | (1990-04-05)5 April 1990 (aged 23) | SO de l'Armée | 2012 | 51 | 2 |
| 13 | Samuel Kyere | DF | (1992-08-06)6 August 1992 (aged 20) | Berekum Chelsea | 2013 | 12 | 0 |
| 17 | Davit Marikyan | DF | (1993-05-08)8 May 1993 (aged 20) | Bötzingen | 2013 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | DF | (1983-06-16)16 June 1983 (aged 29) | Youth team | 2003 | | |
| 23 | Artyom Mikaelyan | DF | (1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 21) | Youth team | 2010 | 10 | 0 |
| 25 | Aghvan Davoyan | DF | (1990-03-21)21 March 1990 (aged 23) | Youth team | 2010 | | |
| 34 | Arman Tadevosyan | DF | (1994-09-26)26 September 1994 (aged 18) | Youth team | 2013 | | |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 6 | Armen Tigranyan | MF | (1985-11-27)27 November 1985 (aged 27) | Ulisses | 2011 | 60 | 0 |
| 8 | Tigran Davtyan | MF | (1978-06-10)10 June 1978 (aged 34) | Ulisses | 2009 | | |
| 10 | Davit Hakobyan | MF | (1993-03-21)21 March 1993 (aged 20) | Youth team | 2010 | | |
| 11 | Levon Pachajyan | MF | (1983-09-20)20 September 1983 (aged 29) | Sanat Naft Abadan | 2012 | 28 | 3 |
| 12 | Andranik Barikyan | MF | (1980-09-11)11 September 1980 (aged 32) | Youth team | 1998 | | |
| 15 | Karen Aleksanyan | MF | (1980-06-17)17 June 1980 (aged 32) | Ulisses | 2011 | 71 | 1 |
| 18 | Ara Mkrtchyan | MF | (1984-11-03)3 November 1984 (aged 28) | Youth team | 2005 | | |
| 19 | Karen Muradyan | MF | (1992-11-01)1 November 1992 (aged 20) | Youth team | 2011 | 61 | 1 |
| 32 | Arman Aslanyan | MF | (1994-01-30)30 January 1994 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Artur Gasparyan | MF | (1994-05-17)17 May 1994 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2011 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 5 | Yoro Lamine Ly | FW | (1988-08-27)27 August 1988 (aged 24) | ASC Niarry Tally | 2012 | 62 | 22 |
| 7 | Aram Muradyan | FW | (1995-04-14)14 April 1995 (aged 18) | Academy | 2013 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | George Odhiambo | FW | (1992-12-31)31 December 1992 (aged 20) | Nairobi City Stars | 2013 | 15 | 1 |
| 27 | Aram Tosunyan | FW | (1993-05-29)29 May 1993 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2011 | 11 | 0 |
| 29 | Dame Diop | FW | (1993-02-15)15 February 1993 (aged 20) | Khimki | 2013 | 30 | 9 |
| 31 | Edvard Panosyan | FW | (1992-10-11)11 October 1992 (aged 20) | Youth team | 2013 | 0 | 0 |
| Players out on loan ||||||||||
| 9 | Ismaël Fofana | FW | (1988-09-08)8 September 1988 (aged 24) | Séwé | 2012 | 37 | 14 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | Hovhannes Grigoryan | DF | (1985-03-09)9 March 1985 (aged 28) | Mika | 2012 | 30 | 1 |
| 7 | Ararat Harutyunyan | MF | (1975-08-24)24 August 1975 (aged 37) | Ulisses | 2007 | | |
| 7 | Hrayr Mkoyan | DF | (1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 26) | Spartak Nalchik | 2012 | | |
| 17 | Mkrtich Nalbandyan | FW | (1989-02-05)5 February 1989 (aged 24) | Youth team | 2006 | | |
| 20 | Rafael Paltajyan | DF | (1984-02-02)2 February 1984 (aged 29) | Youth team | 2004 | | |
| 30 | Artur Davtyan | MF | (1990-05-13)13 May 1990 (aged 23) | Youth team | 2010 | | |
| | Haykaz Gevorgyan | DF | (1993-05-27)27 May 1993 (aged 19) | Youth team | | | |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 January 2012 | GK | Artur Harutyunyan | Mika | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2012 | DF | Hovhannes Grigoryan | Mika | Undisclosed |
| 1 February 2012 | DF | Didier Kadio | SO de l'Armée | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2012 | FW | Ismaël Fofana | Séwé | Undisclosed |
| 1 July 2012 | DF | Hrayr Mkoyan | Spartak Nalchik | Undisclosed |
| 20 August 2012 | MF | Levon Pachajyan | Sanat Naft Abadan | Undisclosed |
| Winter 2012 | FW | Yoro Lamine Ly | ASC Niarry Tally | Undisclosed |
| 28 February 2013 | DF | David Marikjan | Bötzingen | Undisclosed |
| 28 February 2013 | DF | Samuel Kyere | Berekum Chelsea | Undisclosed |
| 28 February 2013 | FW | George Odhiambo | Nairobi City Stars | Undisclosed |
| 21 March 2013 | FW | Dame Diop | Khimki | Undisclosed |

### Loan in

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | End date | Ref. |
| 1 March 2012 | FW | | Dame Diop | Khimki | 5 August 2012 | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 23 July 2012 | DF | Hovhannes Grigoryan | Ulisses | Undisclosed |
| 1 January 2013 | DF | Haykaz Gevorgyan | Alashkert | Undisclosed |
| 20 January 2013 | FW | Mkrtich Nalbandyan | Ulisses | Undisclosed |

### Loan out

| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. |
| December 2012 | FW | | Ismaël Fofana | Zob Ahan | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined |
| 1 January 2013 | MF | Artur Davtyan | |
| 1 January 2013 | DF | Armen Ghazaryan | Retired |
| 1 January 2013 | DF | Ararat Harutyunyan | Retired |
| 1 January 2013 | DF | Rafael Paltajyan | |
| 8 February 2013 | DF | Hrayr Mkoyan | Dynamo České Budějovice |
| 30 June 2013 | GK | Samvel Hakobyan | |
| 30 June 2013 | MF | Levon Pachajyan | Mika |

## 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: 18 May 2013. Source: See Results

#### Table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Shirak (C) | 42 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 70 | 38 | +32 | 88 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Mika | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 79 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Gandzasar Kapan | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 37 | +11 | 67 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Pyunik | 42 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 67 | 51 | +16 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Impuls | 42 | 18 | 6 | 18 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 60 | Team disbanded after the season |
* ↑ Pyunik, as winners of 2012–13 Armenian Cup, qualify for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League.
* ↑ Impuls FC decided not to participate in 2013–14 Armenian Premier League competition, as the team was dissolved by the decision of the owners.

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

    As of match played 18 May 2013

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARM | Norayr Abrahamyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Armen Ghazaryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | CIV | Didier Kadio | 51 | 2 | 39 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | SEN | Yoro Lamine Ly | 50 | 20 | 33+6 | 18 | 2+1 | 1 | 1+3 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | MF | ARM | Armen Tigranyan | 34 | 0 | 15+9 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 |
| 7 | FW | ARM | Aram Muradyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARM | Tigran Davtyan | 47 | 0 | 34+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Davit Hakobyan | 48 | 5 | 26+11 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARM | Levon Pachajyan | 28 | 3 | 14+9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | ARM | Andranik Barikyan | 45 | 11 | 27+8 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 13 | DF | GHA | Samuel Kyere | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | KEN | George Odhiambo | 15 | 1 | 6+4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ARM | Karen Aleksanyan | 39 | 0 | 32+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | ARM | Davit Marikyan | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARM | Ara Mkrtchyan | 45 | 4 | 19+16 | 4 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARM | Karen Muradyan | 51 | 1 | 37+4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | ARM | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | 48 | 1 | 32+4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | ARM | Artur Harutyunyan | 53 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ARM | Artyom Mikaelyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARM | Aghvan Davoyan | 22 | 0 | 11+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | ARM | Aram Tosunyan | 6 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | SEN | Dame Diop | 30 | 9 | 15+4 | 4 | 1+1 | 2 | 4+1 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | CIV | Ismaël Fofana | 37 | 14 | 29+1 | 14 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Players who left Shirak during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ARM | Hovhannes Grigoryan | 17 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARM | Ararat Harutyunyan | 8 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | ARM | Hrayr Mkoyan | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ARM | Mkrtich Nalbandyan | 20 | 4 | 0+19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | ARM | Rafael Paltajyan | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | ARM | Artur Davtyan | 6 | 0 | 2+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | 2011–12 Armenian Cup | 2012–13 Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 5 | Yoro Lamine Ly | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | FW | 9 | Ismaël Fofana | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| 3 | FW | 12 | Andranik Barikyan | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | FW | 29 | Dame Diop | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | MF | 10 | Davit Hakobyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 17 | Mkrtich Nalbandyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | MF | 18 | Ara Mkrtchyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 11 | Levon Pachajyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | DF | 4 | Didier Kadio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | DF | 7 | Hrayr Mkoyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 21 | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 19 | Karen Muradyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 14 | George Odhiambo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 70 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 77 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | 2011–12 Armenian Cup | 2012–13 Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | 22 | Artur Harutyunyan | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 21 |
| 2 | GK | 1 | Norayr Abrahamyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 16 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | 2011–12 Armenian Cup | 2011–12 Armenian Cup | 2012–13 Armenian Cup | 2012–13 Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Didier Kadio | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 5 | FW | Yoro Lamine Ly | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | MF | Armen Tigranyan | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | Tigran Davtyan | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Davit Hakobyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Levon Pachajyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Andranik Barikyan | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 2 |
| 13 | DF | Samuel Kyere | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | George Odhiambo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Karen Aleksanyan | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 |
| 18 | MF | Ara Mkrtchyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Karen Muradyan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 21 | DF | Gevorg Hovhannisyan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 22 | GK | Artur Harutyunyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | Artyom Mikaelyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Aghvan Davoyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | FW | Aram Tosunyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | FW | Dame Diop | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | Ismaël Fofana | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Players who left Shirak during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | Hovhannes Grigoryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 7 | DF | Hrayr Mkoyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Mkrtich Nalbandyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Rafael Paltajyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | Artur Davtyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 69 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 99 | 8 |