# 2020–21 FC Noah season

The 2020–21 season was FC Noah's 3rd season in Armenian Premier League, and second since they changed their name from Artsakh FC. Noah finished the season in 2nd position, reached the semi-final of the Armenian Cup, won the Armenian Supercup and were knocked out of the UEFA Europa League at the first qualifying round by Kairat.

## Season events

On 24 July, Noah extended their contracts with Alan Tatayev, Pavel Deobald and Valerio Vimercati.
On 30 July, Noah announced the signing of goalkeeper Samvel Hunanyan from Dilijan.
On 1 August, Noah announced the signing of Artem Simonyan from Pyunik, and the departure of Vitali Zaprudskikh, Hovhannes Nazaryan, Artem Delinyan, Sergey Dmitriev and Vigen Avetisyan.
On 3 August, Noah announced the signing of Vardan Shakhbazyan from Shirak.
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 17 October, Noah's match against Lori was postponed due to 7 positive COVID-19 cases within their team. 5 Days later, 22 October, their match against Pyunik was also postponed as a result of the positive COVID-19 cases.
On 5 November, Dmitri Gunko was appointed as the clubs new Head Coach.
On 28 January 2021, Sheriff Tiraspol announced that Vadim Paireli had left their club to sign for Noah.
On 29 January, Noah announced the signings of Dobrivoje Velemir, Gegham Harutyunyan, Pavel Kireyenko and Andrei Titov.
On 31 January, Noah announced the signing of Ashot Adamyan.
On 2 February, Noah announced the signing of Yaroslav Matviyenko from Yenisey Krasnoyarsk, with Jefferson Oliveira joining the following day from Persik Kediri.
On 16 February, Noah announced the signing of Raymond Gyasi from Kazma.
On 27 February, Noah announced the signing of Petros Avetisyan on a free transfer after he'd left Tobol.

## Squad

    As of 27 February 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 | Samvel Hunanyan |
| 2 | DF | ARM | Vardan Shakhbazyan |
| 4 | DF | ARM | Jordy Monroy |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Vladislav Kryuchkov |
| 7 | MF | LVA | Eduards Emsis |
| 8 | MF | ARM | Yuri Gareginyan |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Azarov |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Benik Hovhannisyan |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Pavel Kireyenko |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Mikhail Kovalenko |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Yaroslav Matviyenko |
| 16 | MF | GNB | Helistano Manga |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Nikita Dubchak |
| 19 | MF | ARM | Ashot Adamyan |
| 20 | MF | POR | Alex Oliveira |
| 21 | MF | MDA | Vadim Paireli |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 22 | FW | ARM | Gegham Harutyunyan |
| 23 | DF | ARM | Artur Stepanyan |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Alan Tatayev |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Jefferson Oliveira |
| 33 | FW | RUS | Andrei Titov |
| 65 | FW | GHA | Raymond Gyasi |
| 69 | MF | UKR | Denys Dedechko |
| 77 | GK | ITA | Valerio Vimercati |
| 78 | MF | RUS | Maksim Danilin (on loan from Spartak Moscow) |
| 88 | MF | SRB | Dobrivoje Velemir |
| 92 | DF | GNB | Saná Gomes |
| 96 | MF | ARM | Petros Avetisyan |
| 97 | MF | RUS | Kirill Bor |
| 99 | DF | ARM | Arman Mkrtchyan |
| — | GK | RUS | Nikolay Novikov (on loan from Rodina Moscow) |

### 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 |
| 15 | FW | RUS | Maksim Mayrovich (at Akron Tolyatti) |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 16 July 2020 | MF | Denys Dedechko | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed |
| 17 July 2020 | DF | Arman Mkrtchyan | Lori | Undisclosed |
| 18 July 2020 | MF | Alex Oliveira | União de Leiria | Undisclosed |
| 21 July 2020 | DF | Jordy Monroy | Boyacá Chicó | Undisclosed |
| 22 July 2020 | MF | Nikita Dubchak | Olimp Khimki | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2020 | GK | Samvel Hunanyan | Dilijan | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2020 | MF | Artem Simonyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 3 August 2020 | DF | Vardan Shakhbazyan | Shirak | Undisclosed |
| 28 January 2021 | MF | Vadim Paireli | Sheriff Tiraspol | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2021 | MF | Dobrivoje Velemir | OFK Bačka | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2021 | FW | Gegham Harutyunyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2021 | FW | Pavel Kireyenko | Tom Tomsk | Undisclosed |
| 29 January 2021 | FW | Andrei Titov | Akron Tolyatti | Undisclosed |
| 31 January 2021 | MF | Ashot Adamyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Free |
| 2 February 2021 | MF | Yaroslav Matviyenko | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | Undisclosed |
| 3 February 2021 | DF | Jefferson Oliveira | Persik Kediri | Undisclosed |
| 16 February 2021 | FW | Raymond Gyasi | Kazma | Undisclosed |
| 27 February 2021 | MF | Petros Avetisyan | Tobol | Free |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| 18 February 2021 | MF | | Maksim Danilin | Spartak Moscow | End of season | |
| 1 March 2021 | GK | | Nikolay Novikov | Rodina Moscow | 31 December 2021 | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. |
| 29 January 2021 | FW | | Maksim Mayrovich | Akron Tolyatti | End of season | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| 27 July 2020 | DF | Hovhannes Nazaryan | Shirak | 27 July 2020 |
| 1 August 2020 | GK | Artyom Delinyan | Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya | |
| 1 August 2020 | DF | Vitali Zaprudskikh | Slutsk | |
| 1 August 2020 | MF | Vigen Avetisyan | Lori | |
| 1 August 2020 | MF | Sergey Dmitriev | Kolomna | |
| 1 August 2020 | FW | Rokas Krusnauskas | Gandzasar Kapan | |
| 29 December 2020 | MF | Dan Spătaru | Ararat-Armenia | 29 December 2020 |
| 29 December 2020 | MF | Pavel Deobald | Turan | 8 March 2021 |
| 1 January 2021 | GK | Maksim Shvagirev | | |
| 17 January 2021 | MF | Artem Simonyan | Tom Tomsk | 17 January 2021 |
| 26 January 2021 | DF | Soslan Kagermazov | Noah Jurmala | |
| 26 January 2021 | FW | Dmitri Lavrishchev | Lokomotiv Gomel | |
| 1 February 2021 | DF | Vardan Movsisyan | Retired | Retired |

## Competitions
### Supercup
### 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 |
| Ground | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H |
| Result | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | L | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | W | W | D | W | W | W | L | L |
| Position | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

#### 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.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Qualifying rounds
## 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 | Armenian Supercup | Armenian Supercup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 4 | DF | ARM | Jordy Monroy | 28 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | RUS | Vladislav Kryuchkov | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | LVA | Eduards Emsis | 22 | 1 | 15+2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ARM | Yuri Gareginyan | 16 | 0 | 6+7 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | RUS | Vladimir Azarov | 21 | 7 | 14+2 | 6 | 2+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Benik Hovhannisyan | 26 | 2 | 15+7 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 11 | FW | RUS | Pavel Kireyenko | 15 | 3 | 8+3 | 3 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Mikhail Kovalenko | 21 | 0 | 14+2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | RUS | Yaroslav Matviyenko | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | GNB | Helistano Manga | 18 | 1 | 9+6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | RUS | Nikita Dubchak | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARM | Ashot Adamyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | POR | Alex Oliveira | 24 | 3 | 8+12 | 3 | 3+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | MDA | Vadim Paireli | 10 | 1 | 4+2 | 1 | 2+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ARM | Gegham Harutyunyan | 8 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | RUS | Alan Tatayev | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | DF | BRA | Jefferson Oliveira | 9 | 0 | 5+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | FW | RUS | Andrei Titov | 12 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | FW | GHA | Raymond Gyasi | 11 | 1 | 7+2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 69 | MF | UKR | Denys Dedechko | 23 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 77 | GK | ITA | Valerio Vimercati | 27 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 78 | MF | RUS | Maksim Danilin | 5 | 0 | 2+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | SRB | Dobrivoje Velemir | 7 | 0 | 0+5 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | GNB | Saná Gomes | 22 | 2 | 15+3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | ARM | Petros Avetisyan | 13 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | RUS | Kirill Bor | 11 | 1 | 5+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 99 | DF | ARM | Arman Mkrtchyan | 3 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 15 | FW | RUS | Maksim Mayrovich | 7 | 2 | 6+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Players who left Noah during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | RUS | Maksim Shvagirev | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | RUS | Soslan Kagermazov | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARM | Artem Simonyan | 11 | 3 | 7+2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | RUS | Dmitri Lavrishchev | 12 | 1 | 2+8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | RUS | Pavel Deobald | 10 | 0 | 3+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | MDA | Dan Spătaru | 12 | 2 | 9+1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Supercup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | MF | 9 | Vladimir Azarov | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | MF | 96 | Petros Avetisyan | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Artem Simonyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | MF | 20 | Alex Oliveira | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | FW | 11 | Pavel Kireyenko | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | DF | 92 | Saná Gomes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 94 | Dan Spătaru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | FW | 15 | Maksim Mayrovich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 10 | Benik Hovhannisyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | MF | 69 | Denys Dedechko | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | MF | 21 | Vadim Paireli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | DF | 4 | Jordy Monroy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 7 | Eduards Emsis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 16 | Helistano Manga | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 65 | Raymond Gyasi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | FW | 31 | Dmitri Lavrishchev | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | MF | 97 | Kirill Bor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | | | Own goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | Awarded | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| | | | TOTALS | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 44 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Supercup | UEFA Europa League | Total |
| 1 | GK | | 77 | Valerio Vimercati | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Armenian Supercup | Armenian Supercup | UEFA Europa League | UEFA Europa League | Total | Total |
| 4 | DF | Jordy Monroy | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Vladislav Kryuchkov | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Eduards Emsis | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Yuri Gareginyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Vladimir Azarov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Benik Hovhannisyan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Mikhail Kovalenko | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | Yaroslav Matviyenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | Helistano Manga | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Nikita Dubchak | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Alex Oliveira | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Vadim Paireli | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Gegham Harutyunyan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | FW | Andrei Titov | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 69 | MF | Denys Dedechko | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 77 | GK | Valerio Vimercati | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Dobrivoje Velemir | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 92 | DF | Saná Gomes | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 96 | MF | Petros Avetisyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 97 | MF | Kirill Bor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 99 | DF | Arman Mkrtchyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||||
| 15 | FW | Maksim Mayrovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Noah during the season: ||||||||||||||
| 11 | MF | Artem Simonyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | FW | Dmitri Lavrishchev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 57 | MF | Pavel Deobald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 94 | MF | Dan Spătaru | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 66 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 89 | 2 |