Club: | Ararat Yerevan |
Season: | 2015–16 |
Manager: | Varuzhan Sukiasyan |
Mgrtitle: | Manager |
Chairman: | Hrach Kaprielian |
Chrtitle: | Chairman |
Stadium: | Hrazdan Stadium Republican Stadium |
League: | Premier League |
League Result: | 4th |
Cup1: | Armenian Cup |
Cup1 Result: | Quarterfinal vs Alashkert |
League Topscorer: | Gevorg Nranyan (4) |
Season Topscorer: | Gevorg Nranyan (4) |
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Prevseason: | 2014–15 |
Nextseason: | 2016–17 |
The 2015–16 season is a FC Ararat Yerevan's 25th consecutive season in Armenian Premier League. This article shows player statistics and all official matches that the club will play during the 2015–16 season.
In June 2015, former players Zaven Bulut and Stepan Ghazaryan both joined Ararat on trial, as did with Roberto Casabella, Benik Hovhannisyan and Sargis Karapetyan, whilst Juliano Gimenez returned to Ararat after playing for them in 2008.[1] [2] After a successful trial period, Casabella signed with Ararat.[3]
On 14 July 2015, Ararat travelled to Krymsk in Russia to conduct a training camp until 27 July. During the camp, Ararat faced Krasnodar on 15 July, Kuban Krasnodar II on 18 July and Anapa team on 23 July. During this training camp, Brazilian forward Felipe Rafael and Hayk Chilingaryan joined Ararat on trial, whilst Sargis Karapetyan signed permanently after previously being on trial.[4]
On 4 September 2015, Ararat announced that they would be taking in a training camp in California in February 2016, during the seasons winter break.[5]
On 17 September 2015, it was announced that all Ararat's home games would now be played at the Republican Stadium, after their previous home ground, the Hrazdan Stadium, was declared bankrupt.[6]
On 20 February 2016, Ararat where defeated 2-0 by New York Cosmos at the Citrus Stadium in Glendora, California.[7]
Number | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
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Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
1 | Gevorg Prazyan | GK | 2016 5, df=yes | Gandzasar Kapan | 2015 | |||||
22 | Arman Meliksetyan | GK | 2016 5, df=yes | Banants | 2013 | 7 | 0 | |||
Defenders | ||||||||||
2 | Vahe Matirosyan | DF | 2016 5, df=yes | Ulisses | 2009 | |||||
3 | Sergei Avagimyan | DF | 2016 5, df=yes | Baikal Irkutsk | 2016 | 12 | 0 | |||
4 | Souleymane Kone | DF | 2016 5, df=yes | CSKA Sofia | 2015 | 37 | 1 | |||
5 | Norayr Grigoryan | DF | 2016 5, df=yes | Banants | 2015 | |||||
6 | Aram Shahnazaryan | DF | 2016 5, df=yes | Banants | 2016 | 5 | 0 | |||
18 | Gorik Khachatryan | DF | 2016 5, df=yes | Impuls | 2011 | |||||
Karen Khachatryan | DF | 2016 5, df=yes | Youth team | 2014 | 8 | 0 | ||||
Midfielders | ||||||||||
7 | Benik Hovhannisyan | MF | 2016 5, df=yes | Alashkert | 2015 | 25 | 2 | |||
11 | Bryan de la Fuente | MF | 2016 5, df=yes | Los Angeles Misioneros | 2014 | 53 | 10 | |||
15 | Marin Glavaš | MF | 2016 5, df=yes | ViOn Zlaté Moravce | 2016 | 4 | 0 | |||
17 | Raffi Kaya | MF | 2016 5, df=yes | US Ivry | 2015 | 32 | 0 | |||
19 | Moisés Orozco | MF | 2016 5, df=yes | Dallas City | 2015 | 28 | 5 | |||
21 | Giorgi Khubua | MF | 2016 5, df=yes | Merani Martvili | 2016 | 7 | 0 | |||
Ruslan Avagyan | MF | 2016 5, df=yes | Youth team | 2016 | 6 | 0 | ||||
Karen Yesayan | MF | 2016 5, df=yes | Pyunik | 2016 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Pol Asu Oshi | MF | 2016 5, df=yes | 2016 | 3 | 0 | |||||
Forwards | ||||||||||
8 | Mher Sahakyan | FW | 2016 5, df=yes | Impuls | 2013 | 44 | 2 | |||
9 | Gevorg Nranyan | FW | 2016 5, df=yes | Banants | 2015 | |||||
10 | Oumarou Kaina | FW | 2016 5, df=yes | Aspire Academy | 2015 | 35 | 2 | |||
14 | David Ghandilyan | FW | 2016 5, df=yes | Shirak | 2014 | 11 | 0 | |||
20 | Christian Chaney | FW | 2016 5, df=yes | Fresno Fuego | 2016 | 1 | 0 | |||
23 | Kyrian Nwabueze | FW | 2016 5, df=yes | Tulsa Roughnecks | 2016 | 11 | 1 | |||
Mikael Arustamyan | FW | 2016 5, df=yes | Banants | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Arayik Mkrtchyan | FW | 2016 5, df=yes | Youth team | 2014 | 10 | 0 | ||||
Away on loan | ||||||||||
Left during the season | ||||||||||
3 | Juliano Gimenez | DF | 2016 5, df=yes | Mamoré | 2015 | |||||
7 | Aleksandar Rakić | FW | 2016 5, df=yes | Cement Beočin | 2013 | 64 | 22 | |||
10 | Areg Azatyan | MF | 2016 5, df=yes | Banants | 2015 | 16 | 1 | |||
20 | Zaven Bulut | MF | 2016 5, df=yes | Euga Ardziv | 2014 | 28 | 5 | |||
23 | Carlo Chueca | MF | 2016 5, df=yes | Chivas USA | 2015 | 19 | 3 | |||
23 | David Hovsepyan | FW | 2016 5, df=yes | Youth team | 2015 | 6 | 1 | |||
25 | Hayk Chilingaryan | DF | 2016 5, df=yes | Alashkert | 2015 | 6 | 0 | |||
88 | Aram Ayrapetyan | GK | 2016 5, df=yes | Banants | 2015 | 13 | 0 | |||
97 | Tamaz Avdalyan | FW | 2016 5, df=yes | Youth team | 2015 | 1 | 0 | |||
Sargis Karapetyan | MF | 2016 5, df=yes | Mika | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
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Summer 2015 | GK | Gevorg Prazyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Undisclosed | |||
Summer 2015 | MF | Norayr Grigoryan | Unattached | Free | |||
Summer 2015 | FW | Gevorg Nranyan | Banants | Undisclosed | |||
June 2015 | MF | Benik Hovhannisyan | Alashkert | Undisclosed | |||
June 2015 | MF | Zaven Bulut | Unattached | Free | |||
25 June 2015 | DF | Juliano Gimenez | Mamoré | Undisclosed | |||
26 June 2015 | MF | Roberto Casabella | San Fernando | Undisclosed | |||
14 July 2015 | MF | Sargis Karapetyan | Mika | Undisclosed | |||
1 January 2016 | FW | Mikael Arustamyan | Banants | Undisclosed | |||
14 January 2016 | MF | Giorgi Khubua | Merani Martvili | Undisclosed | [8] | ||
24 January 2016 | DF | Aram Shahnazaryan | Banants | Undisclosed | [9] | ||
24 January 2016 | DF | Artyom Khachaturov | Kyzylzhar | Undisclosed | |||
30 January 2016 | DF | Sergei Avagimyan | Baikal Irkutsk | Undisclosed | [10] | ||
24 February 2016 | MF | Marin Glavaš | ViOn Zlaté | Undisclosed | [11] | ||
24 February 2016 | FW | Kyrian Nwabueze | Tulsa Roughnecks | Undisclosed | |||
24 February 2016 | FW | Christian Chaney | Fresno Fuego | Undisclosed | |||
1 March 2016 | MF | Pol Asu Oshi | Unattached | Free |
Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. | |
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6 August 2015 | MF | Roberto Casabella | Rayo Cantabria | 6 August 2015 | [12] | ||
15 September 2015 | MF | Aleksandar Rakić | Gandzasar Kapan | 12 January 2016 | [13] | ||
31 December 2015 | GK | Aram Ayrapetyan | Ararat Yerevan | 2 August 2016 | [14] | ||
31 December 2015 | DF | Mikheil Simonyan | |||||
31 December 2015 | DF | Juliano Gimenez | Flamengo de Guarulhos | ||||
31 December 2015 | MF | Davit Hovsepyan | |||||
31 December 2015 | MF | Sargis Karapetyan | CSKA Pamir Dushanbe | March 2017 | [15] | ||
31 December 2015 | MF | Zaven Bulut | |||||
31 December 2015 | MF | Carlo Chueca | |||||
31 December 2015 | MF | Tamaz Avdalyan | |||||
10 January 2016 | GK | Areg Azatyan | Alashkert | [16] | |||
10 January 2016 | GK | Levon Minasyan | Alashkert | ||||
10 January 2016 | DF | Hayk Chilingaryan | |||||
7 February 2016 | DF | Artyom Khachaturov | Zaria Bălți | 16 February 2016 | [17] [18] | ||
30 June 2016 | DF | Aram Shakhnazaryan | Pyunik | 1 August 2016 | |||
30 June 2016 | MF | Benik Hovhannisyan | Alashkert | 31 July 2016 | |||
30 June 2016 | MF | Karen Yesayan | Retired | ||||
30 June 2016 | MF | Marin Glavaš | Celje | 8 July 2016 | |||
30 June 2016 | MF | Giorgi Khubua | Zugdidi | ||||
30 June 2016 | MF | Bryan de la Fuente | Shirak | 3 September 2016 | [19] | ||
30 June 2016 | MF | Moisés Orozco | |||||
30 June 2016 | FW | Arayik Mkrtchyan | |||||
30 June 2016 | FW | Christian Chaney | Sacramento Republic | 12 August 2016 | [20] |
Date From | Position | Nationality | Name | Previous Club | Date To | Ref. | |
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20 June 2015 | GK | Stepan Ghazaryan | Banants | ||||
20 June 2015 | MF | Benik Hovhannisyan | Alashkert | ||||
20 June 2015 | MF | Sargis Karapetyan | Mika | ||||
20 June 2015 | MF | Roberto Casabella | San Fernando | 26 June 2015 | |||
25 June 2015 | MF | Zaven Bulut | Ararat Yerevan | ||||
14 July 2015 | DF | Hayk Chilingaryan | Alashkert | ||||
14 July 2015 | FW | Felipe Rafael | Parnahyba | ||||
Winter 2016 | DF | Lee Nishanian | LA Galaxy II | ||||
Winter 2016 | MF | Hagop Chirishian | New York Cosmos |
See main article: 2015–16 Armenian Premier League.
See main article: 2015–16 Armenian Cup.
|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Ararat Yerevan during the season:|}
width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Premier League | width=200 | Armenian Cup | width=80 | Total |
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1 | FW | 9 | Gevorg Nranyan | 5 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
MF | 11 | Bryan de la Fuente | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
3 | MF | 19 | Moisés Orozco | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
4 | MF | 7 | Benik Hovhannisyan | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
5 | MF | 23 | Carlo Chueca | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
FW | 7 | Aleksandar Rakić | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
MF | 20 | Zaven Bulut | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
MF | 23 | David Hovsepyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
MF | 8 | Mher Sahakyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
FW | 10 | Oumarou Kaina | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
DF | 5 | Norayr Grigoryan | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
FW | 23 | Kyrian Nwabueze | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
DF | 4 | Souleymane Kone | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
TOTALS | 24 | 0 | 24 |
width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=200 | Premier League | width=200 | Armenian Cup | width=80 | Total |
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1 | GK | 1 | Gevorg Prazyan | 7 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
2 | GK | 88 | Aram Ayrapetyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
GK | 22 | Arman Meliksetyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
TOTALS | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total | |||||||
1 | GK | Gevorg Prazyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2 | DF | Vahe Martirosyan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
3 | DF | Sergei Avagimyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
4 | DF | Souleymane Kone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
5 | DF | Norayr Grigoryan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |||||
7 | MF | Benik Hovhannisyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
9 | FW | Gevorg Nranyan | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
10 | FW | Oumarou Kaina | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||
11 | MF | Bryan de la Fuente | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||
15 | MF | Marin Glavaš | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
17 | MF | Raffi Kaya | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||
18 | DF | Gorik Khachatryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
19 | MF | Moisés Orozco | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
22 | GK | Arman Meliksetyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
23 | FW | Kyrian Nwabueze | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
MF | Ruslan Avagyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Players who left Ararat Yerevan during the season: | |||||||||||||
7 | FW | Aleksandar Rakić | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
20 | MF | Zaven Bulut | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||||
23 | MF | Carlo Chueca | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
23 | MF | David Hovsepyan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
TOTALS | 54 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 1 |