2018–19 FC Banants season explained

Club:	Banants
Season:	2018-19
Manager:	Artur Voskanyan (until 11 August) Ilshat Fayzulin (Caretaker) (11 August-5 September) Ilshat Fayzulin (from 5 September)
Chairman:	Hrach Aghabekian
Stadium:	Banants Stadium
League:	Premier League
League Result:	3rd
Cup1:	Armenian Cup
Cup1 Result:	Semifinal vs Lori
Cup2:	Europa League
Cup2 Result:	First qualifying round vs Sarajevo
League Topscorer:	Three Players (5)
Season Topscorer:	Vahagn Ayvazyan (6)
Prevseason:	2017–18
Nextseason:	2019–20

The 2018–19 season was FC Banants's eighteenth consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League.

Season events

On 11 August 2018, Ilshat Fayzulin was appointed as Banants caretaker manager following the resignation of Artur Voskanyan.^{[1] [2]} On 5 September, Fayzulin was confirmed as the new permanent head coach of Banants.^[3]

Squad

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Anatoliy Ayvazov		GK	2019 5, df=yes	Shirak	2018		9	0
22	Stepan Ghazaryan		GK	2019 5, df=yes	Alashkert	2007
70	Aram Ayrapetyan		GK	2019 5, df=yes	Ararat Yerevan	2017		62	0
Defenders
3	Albert Gadzhibekov		DF	2019 5, df=yes	loan from Armavir	2019		15	1
4	Andranik Voskanyan		DF	2019 5, df=yes	Alashkert	2019		5	0
6	Borislav Jovanović		DF	2019 5, df=yes	AEL	2017		36	0
13	Edward Kpodo		DF	2019 5, df=yes	Shirak	2018		47	4
21	Artur Avagyan		DF	2019 5, df=yes	Alashkert	2016		43	0
23	Narek Petrosyan		DF	2019 5, df=yes	Academy	2015		72	0
24	Gagik Maghakyan		DF	2019 5, df=yes	Academy	2016		4	0
99	Robert Darbinyan		DF	2019 5, df=yes	Ararat-Armenia	2019		12	0
Midfielders
5	Hakob Hakobyan		MF	2019 5, df=yes	Academy	2014
7	Aram Bareghamyan		MF	2019 5, df=yes	Alashkert	2016
10	Karen Melkonyan		MF	2019 5, df=yes	Academy	2016		43	4
14	Adamu Abdullahi		MF	2019 5, df=yes	Waiheke United	2018		20	3
16	Pape Camara		MF	2019 5, df=yes	RFC Seraing	2018		25	1
18	Vahagn Ayvazyan		MF	2019 5, df=yes	Impuls	2013
19	Welat Cagro		MF	2019 5, df=yes	KAA Gent	2019		10	0
20	Igor Stanojević		MF	2019 5, df=yes	Shirak	2018		26	3
25	Solomon Udo		MF	2019 5, df=yes	Shirak	2018		32	2
26	Narek Grigoryan		MF	2019 5, df=yes	Academy	2017		6	0
Forwards
8	Vardan Pogosyan		FW	2019 5, df=yes	Gandzasar Kapan	2019		2	1
9	Yevgeni Kobzar		FW	2019 5, df=yes	Spartaks Jūrmala	2019		13	2
15	Nathaniel Asamoah		FW	2019 5, df=yes	Aduana Stars	2018		19	2
17	Ilie Damașcan		FW	2019 5, df=yes	Zimbru Chișinău	2019		11	0
78	Aleksandar Glišić		FW	2019 5, df=yes	Radnik Bijeljina	2019		13	5
Banants-2 Players
5	Albert Arzumanyan		DF	2019 5, df=yes	loan from Armavir	2018		0	0
9	Erik Petrosyan		FW	2019 5, df=yes	Pyunik	2018		9	2
22	Grigori Matevosyan		GK	2019 5, df=yes	loan from Armavir	2018		0	0
Players out on loan
Players who left during the season
3	Dmytro Khovbosha		DF	2019 5, df=yes	Avanhard Kramatorsk	2018		0	0
8	Aram Loretsyan		MF	2019 5, df=yes	Ararat Yerevan	2017
10	Ognjen Krasić		MF	2019 5, df=yes	Voždovac	2017		33	2
11	Lester Peltier		FW	2019 5, df=yes	Alashkert	2018		17	6
16	Fagner Santos		FW	2019 5, df=yes	Colorado	2018		6	1
19	Wal		MF	2019 5, df=yes	loan from Colorado	2017		44	11
33	Ilya Gultyayev		DF	2019 5, df=yes	Tambov	2018		11	0
78	Mikhail Solovyov		MF	2019 5, df=yes	loan from Armavir	2018	2018	17	1
90	Kwasi Sibo		MF	2019 5, df=yes	Cheetah	2017		26	3
	Erik Gharibyan		DF	2019 5, df=yes	Academy	2018		0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
5 June 2018	FW		Erik Petrosyan	Pyunik	Undisclosed	^[4]
13 June 2018	MF		Solomon Udo	Shirak	Undisclosed	^[5]
14 June 2018	DF		Dmytro Khovbosha	Avanhard Kramatorsk	Undisclosed	^[6]
15 June 2018	MF		Igor Stanojević	Shirak	Undisclosed	^[7]
20 June 2018	GK		Anatoliy Ayvazov	Shirak	Undisclosed	^[8]
26 July 2018	FW		Nathaniel Asamoah	Aduana Stars	Undisclosed	^[9]
27 July 2018	MF		Adamu Abdullahi	Waiheke United	Undisclosed	^[10]
29 August 2018	MF		Pape Camara		Free	^[11]
5 September 2018	DF		Ilya Gultyayev	Tambov	Undisclosed	^[12]
24 December 2018	FW		Vardan Pogosyan	Gandzasar Kapan	Undisclosed	^[13]
16 January 2019	DF		Robert Darbinyan	Ararat-Armenia	Undisclosed	^[14]
6 February 2019	DF		Andranik Voskanyan	Alashkert	Undisclosed	^[15]
21 February 2019	FW		Aleksandar Glišić	Radnik Bijeljina	Undisclosed	^[16]
23 February 2019	FW		Ilie Damașcan	Zimbru Chișinău	Undisclosed	^[17]
26 February 2019	FW		Yevgeni Kobzar	Spartaks Jūrmala	Undisclosed	^[18]
28 February 2019	MF		Welat Cagro	KAA Gent	Undisclosed

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
8 September 2017	MF		Wal	Colorado	25 January 2019	^[19]
28 June 2018	MF		Albert Arzumanyan	Armavir	End of season	^[20]
2 July 2018	GK		Grigori Matevosyan	Armavir	End of season	^[21]
20 July 2018	MF		Mikhail Solovyov	Armavir	31 December 2018	^[22]
5 February 2019^[23]	DF		Albert Gadzhibekov	Armavir	End of season

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
10 August 2018	MF		Kwasi Sibo	Watford	Undisclosed	^[24]
1 February 2019	DF		Erik Gharibyan	Ararat-Armenia	Undisclosed

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
26 July 2018^[25]	MF		Ognjen Krasić	Proleter Novi Sad	13 August 2018
30 July 2018^[26]	FW		Lester Peltier	Alashkert	30 July 2018^[27]
22 December 2018^[28]	MF		Aram Loretsyan	Junior Sevan
31 December 2018	DF		Gevorg Khuloyan
31 December 2018	DF		Dmytro Khovbosha	Veres Rivne	27 March 2019
31 December 2018	FW		Fagner Santos
31 December 2018	FW		Guilerme Torres
6 February 2019^[29]	DF		Ilya Gultyayev	Gomel	14 February 2019
1 June 2019^[30]	FW		Nathaniel Asamoah
1 June 2019	FW		Ilie Damașcan	Petrocub Hîncești
13 June 2019^[31]	DF		Artur Avagyan	Lori	28 June 2019^[32]
23 June 2019^[33]	FW		Vardan Pogosyan	Alashkert	5 July 2019^[34]
30 June 2019	GK		Stepan Ghazaryan	Retired
30 June 2019	DF		Narek Grigoryan	BKMA Yerevan
30 June 2019	DF		Hakob Hambardzumyan	Gandzasar Kapan
30 June 2019	DF		Borislav Jovanović
30 June 2019	MF		Welat Cagro	Telstar	31 January 2020

Competitions

Armenian Premier League

See main article: 2018–19 Armenian Premier League.

Table

Armenian Cup

See main article: 2018–19 Armenian Cup.

UEFA Europa League

See main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League.

Qualifying rounds

See main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-offs (Main Path).

Statistics

Appearances and goals

|-|colspan="14"|Banants-2 Players:|-|colspan="14"|Players who left Banants during the season:|}

Goal scorers

width=60	Place	width=60	Position	width=60	Nation	width=60	Number	width=200	Name	width=200	Premier League	width=200	Armenian Cup	width=200	UEFA Europa League	width=80	Total
1	MF		18	Vahagn Ayvazyan	5	0	1	6
2	MF		19	Wal	5	0	0	5
	FW		78	Aleksandar Glišić	5	0	0	5
4	MF		7	Aram Bareghamyan	4	0	0	4
	MF		10	Karen Melkonyan	4	0	0	4
6	MF		20	Igor Stanojević	3	0	0	3
	DF		13	Edward Kpodo	3	0	0	3
	MF		14	Adamu Abdullahi	1	2	0	3
9	FW		15	Nathaniel Asamoah	2	0	0	2
	MF		25	Solomon Udo	2	0	0	2
	FW		9	Yevgeni Kobzar	2	0	0	2
	FW		9	Erik Petrosyan	1	1	0	2
				Own goal	2	0	0	2
14	MF		78	Mikhail Solovyov	1	0	0	1
	MF		16	Pape Camara	1	0	0	1
	DF		3	Albert Gadzhibekov	1	0	0	1
	FW		8	Vardan Pogosyan	1	0	0	1
	MF		8	Aram Loretsyan	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	43	4	1	48

Clean sheets

width=60	Place	width=60	Position	width=60	Nation	width=60	Number	width=200	Name	width=200	Premier League	width=200	Armenian Cup	width=200	UEFA Europa League	width=80	Total
1	GK		77	Aram Ayrapetyan	7	0	0	7
2	GK		1	Anatoliy Ayvazov	2	2	0	4
3	GK		22	Stepan Ghazaryan	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	10	2	0	12

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Armenian Cup		UEFA Europa League		Total
3		DF	Albert Gadzhibekov	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
4		DF	Andranik Voskanyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5		MF	Hakob Hakobyan	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
6		DF	Borislav Jovanović	4	1	0	0	0	0	4	1
7		MF	Aram Bareghamyan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
9		FW	Yevgeni Kobzar	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Karen Melkonyan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
13		DF	Edward Kpodo	4	0	2	1	0	0	6	1
14		MF	Adamu Abdullahi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		FW	Nathaniel Asamoah	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
16		MF	Pape Camara	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
18		MF	Vahagn Ayvazyan	9	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
19		MF	Welat Cagro	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		MF	Igor Stanojević	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
21		DF	Artur Avagyan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
23		DF	Narek Petrosyan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
25		MF	Solomon Udo	8	1	0	0	0	0	8	1
77		GK	Aram Ayrapetyan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
78		FW	Aleksandar Glišić	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
99		DF	Robert Darbinyan	7	1	0	0	0	0	7	1
Players who left Banants during the season:
8		MF	Aram Loretsyan	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
16		FW	Fagner Santos	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
19		MF	Wal	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33		DF	Ilya Gultyayev	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
78		MF	Mikhail Solovyov	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
90		MF	Kwasi Sibo	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
			TOTALS	73	3	5	1	4	0	82	4

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ильшат Файзуллин - исполняющий обязанности главного тренера "Бананца" . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 13 August 2018 . Russian . 11 August 2018.
2. Web site: Спасибо, Арам Восканян! . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 13 August 2018 . Russian . 11 August 2018.
3. Web site: Ильшат Файзуллин утвержден на должности главного тренера "Бананца" . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 19 September 2018 . Russian . 5 September 2018.
4. Web site: Официальное заявление: Эрик Петросян . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 5 August 2018 . Russian . 5 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180609170519/https://fcbanants.am/ru/_2018_6_5_847.html . 2018-06-09 .
5. Web site: Официальное заявление: Соломон Удо . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 5 August 2018 . Russian . 13 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180806024438/https://fcbanants.am/ru/_2018_6_13_3340.html . 2018-08-06 .
6. Web site: Официальное заявление: Дмитрий Ховбоша . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 5 August 2018 . Russian . 14 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180806024745/https://fcbanants.am/ru/_2018_6_14_5447.html . 2018-08-06 .
7. Web site: Официальное заявление: Игорь Станоевич . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 5 August 2018 . Russian . 15 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20190713100717/https://fcbanants.am/ru/_2018_6_15_1242.html . 2019-07-13 .
8. Web site: Официальное заявление: Анатолий Айвазов . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 5 August 2018 . Russian . 20 June 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180806024601/https://fcbanants.am/ru/_2018_6_20_646.html . 2018-08-06 .
9. Web site: Официальное заявление: Натаниель Асамоa . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 5 August 2018 . Russian . 26 July 2018.
10. Web site: Официальное заявление: Адаму Абдуллахи . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 5 August 2018 . Russian . 27 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180906073538/https://fcbanants.am/ru/_2018_7_27_2049.html . 2018-09-06 .
11. Web site: Официальное заявление: Пап Абду Камара . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 19 September 2018 . Russian . 29 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180919171540/https://fcbanants.am/ru/_2018_8_29_2855.html . 2018-09-19 .
12. Web site: Официальное заявление: Илья Гюльтяев . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 19 September 2018 . Russian . 5 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180910015933/https://fcbanants.am/ru/_2018_9_5_119.html . 2018-09-10 .
13. Web site: Официальное заявление: Вардан Погосян . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 8 January 2019 . Russian . 24 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20190227182501/http://www.fcbanants.am/ru/_2018_12_24_218.html . 2019-02-27 .
14. Web site: Официальное заявление: Роберт Дарбинян . fcbanants.am/ . FC Banants . 6 February 2019 . Russian . 16 January 2019.
15. Web site: Официальное заявление: Андраник Восканян . fcbanants.am/ . FC Banants . 6 February 2019 . Russian . 6 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190415132358/http://www.fcbanants.am/ru/_2019_2_6_3828.html . 2019-04-15 .
16. Web site: Официальное заявлние: Александар Глишич . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 25 February 2019 . Russian . 21 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190501124802/http://www.fcbanants.am/ru/_2019_2_21_1838.html . 2019-05-01 .
17. Web site: Официальное заявление: Илья Дамашкан . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 26 February 2019 . Russian . 23 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190603174908/https://www.fcbanants.am/ru/_2019_2_23_433.html . 2019-06-03 .
18. Web site: Официальное заявление: Евгений Кобзарь . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 26 February 2019 . Russian . 26 February 2019.
19. Web site: Официальное заявление: Валмерсон Гарсия Прайа . fcbanants.am/ . FC Banants . 6 February 2019 . Russian . 25 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190426114346/http://www.fcbanants.am/ru/_2019_1_25_147.html . 2019-04-26 .
20. Web site: Официальное заявление: Григорий Матевосян . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 5 August 2018 . Russian . 2 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180704165334/https://fcbanants.am/ru/_2018_7_2_1854.html . 2018-07-04 .
21. Web site: Официальное заявление: Альберт Арзуманян . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 5 August 2018 . Russian . 28 June 2018.
22. Web site: Официальное заявление: Михаил Соловьев . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 5 August 2018 . Russian . 20 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181225180853/http://www.fcbanants.am/ru/_2018_7_20_2135.html . 2018-12-25 .
23. Web site: Официальное заявление: Альберт Гаджибеков . fcbanants.am/ . FC Banants . 6 February 2019 . Russian . 5 February 2019.
24. Web site: Официальное заявление: Куасси Сибо . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 13 August 2018 . Russian . 10 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181019181330/http://www.fcbanants.am/ru/official_statement_kwasi_sibo_2018_8_10_2149.html . 2018-10-19 .
25. Web site: Спасибо, Огнен Красич! . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 5 August 2018 . Russian . 26 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180806025102/https://fcbanants.am/ru/_2018_7_26_3634.html . 2018-08-06 .
26. Web site: Официальное заявление: Лестер Пелтьер . fcbanants.am . FC Banants . 5 August 2018 . Russian . 30 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180906080249/http://fcbanants.am/ru/_2018_7_30_4540.html . 2018-09-06 .
27. Web site: Լեստեր Պելտիերը վերադարձավ Ալաշկերտ. fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 3 August 2018 . Armenian . 30 July 2018.
28. Web site: Бананц расторг контракт с полузащитником . armfootball.com . Arm Football . 23 December 2018 . Russian . 22 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20190829213750/http://armfootball.com/rus/news/103377/bananc-rastorg-kontrakt-s-poluzashchitnikom.html . 2019-08-29 .
29. Web site: Официальное заявление: Илья Гультяев . fcbanants.am/ . FC Banants . 6 February 2019 . Russian . 6 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190207072218/http://www.fcbanants.am/ru/_2019_2_6_5241.html . 2019-02-07 .
30. Web site: Official announcement: Nathaniel Asamoah, Ilya Damascan . fcbanants.am . FC Urartu . 13 July 2019 . 1 June 2019.
31. Web site: OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: ARTUR AVAGYAN . fcbanants.am . FC Urartu . 13 July 2019 . 13 June 2019.
32. Web site: Արթուր Ավագյանը համալրեց Լոռին . fclori.am . Lori FC . 29 June 2019 . Armenian . 28 June 2019.
33. Web site: OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: VARDAN POGHOSYAN . fcbanants.am . FC Urartu . 13 July 2019 . 23 June 2019.
34. Web site: Ալաշկերտի 6 նորեկները . fcalashkert.am . FC Alashkert . 8 July 2019 . Armenian . 5 July 2019.