| Club: | Ararat Yerevan |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Manager: | Vardan Bichakhchyan |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chrtitle: | President |
| Stadium: | Hrazdan Stadium |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 4th |
| Cup1: | Armenian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Champions |
| League Topscorer: | Mory Kone (7) |
| Season Topscorer: | Mory Kone (13) |
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| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 season was FC Ararat Yerevan's 30th consecutive season in Armenian Premier League.
On 23 July, Vardan Bichakhchyan was appointed as Ararat Yerevan's manager.[1]
On 25 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Artak Yedigaryan,[2] and David Manoyan.[3]
On 26 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Juan Bravo from Lori,[4] and Karen Muradyan from Shirak.[5]
On 27 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the double signing of Edgar Malakyan and Vsevolod Yermakov from Shirak.[6]
On 28 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Hrayr Mkoyan from Shirak, and Christian Jiménez from Lori.[6]
On 29 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Zhirayr Margaryan from Shirak, and Igor Stanojević from Mačva Šabac.[7]
On 31 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Marko Prljević and Uroš Nenadović from Shirak.[8]
On 15 August, 2 from Ararat and 6 players from Ararat-2 tested positive for COVID-19.[9] Two days later, Ararat reported another 7 players had tested positive.[10]
On 18 August, the FFA postponed the match between Shirak and Ararat Yerevan due to the COVID-19 outbreak within the Ararat squad.[11]
On 25 August, summer signings from Shirak, Zhirayr Margaryan, Hrayr Mkoyan, Marko Prljević, Edgar Malakyan, David Manoyan, Karen Muradyan and Uroš Nenadović, were all loaned back to Shirak to help Shirak in their UEFA Europa League qualifying game on 27 August.[12]
On 4 September, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Aghvan Papikyan from Alashkert.[13]
On 5 September, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Spasoje Stefanović from Sinđelić Beograd.[14]
On 10 September, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Solomon Udo and Mory Kone from Shirak.[15] [16]
On 18 September, the FFA postponed the match between Ararat Yerevan and Ararat-Armenia due to Ararat-Armenia being involved in a UEFA Europa League match on 24 September.[17]
On 29 September, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[18] On 13 October, the FFA announced that the season would resume on 17 October.[19]
On 22 October, Ararat's match against Alashkert was postponed due to 4 positive COVID-19 cases within the Alashkert team.[20]
On 7 January, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Artur Danielyan from Ararat-Armenia on a free transfer,[21] with Grigor Meliksetyan joining the following day after leaving of Gandzasar Kapan.[22]
On 15 January, Ararat Yerevan announced that they had terminated their contract with Spasoje Stefanović by mutual consent,[23] with Dimitrije Pobulić signing the following day from Grafičar Beograd.[24]
On 4 February, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Maksym Zaderaka from Oleksandriya.[25]
On 17 February, Vahe Muradyan and Robert Marutyan left Ararat Yerevan.[26]
On 22 February, Solomon Udo left Ararat Yerevan to sign for Shakhter Karagandy.[27]
On 16 March, Lori walked off at the start of their match against Ararat Yerevan in protest of their Matchday 1 fixture being awarded to Urartu after Lori where unable to field a team due to COVID-19.[28] [29] With the match later being awarded to Ararat Yerevan 3–0.[30]
| Number | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Poghos Ayvazyan |  | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Mika | 2016 | 21 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Grigor Meliksetyan | | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Gandzasar Kapan | 2021 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 45 | Vsevolod Yermakov |  | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Shirak | 2020 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Christian Jiménez |  | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Lori | 2020 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 4 | Yuri Magakyan | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Youth team | 2016 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 5 | Hrayr Mkoyan | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Shirak | 2020[31] | ||||
| 7 | Aleksandre Saganelidze |  | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Unattached | 2021 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Zhirayr Margaryan | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Shirak | 2020 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Artur Danielyan | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Ararat-Armenia | 2021 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 23 | Ivan Spychka |  | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Ararat Moscow | 2019[32] | 38 | 1 | ||
| 29 | Marko Prljević |  | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Shirak | 2020 | 26 | 2 | ||
| 44 | Juan Bravo |  | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sportivo Barracas | 2020 | 24 | 2 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 7 | Aghvan Papikyan | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Alashkert | 2020 | 23 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Zaven Badoyan | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Shabab Al Sahel | 2018 | 74 | 10 | ||
| 11 | David Manoyan | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Shirak | 2020 | 28 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Serob Galstyan | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Torpedo Yerevan | 2020 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 17 | Artak Yedigaryan | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Pyunik | 2020 | 22 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Edgar Malakyan | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Shirak | 2020 | 18 | 3 | ||
| 19 | Karen Muradyan | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Shirak | 2020 | 28 | 0 | ||
| 27 | David Khurtsidze | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Ararat Moscow | 2019 | 56 | 8 | ||
| 31 | David Baghdasaryan | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Pyunik | 2019 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 55 | Dimitrije Pobulić | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Grafičar Beograd | 2021 | 17 | 4 | ||
| 77 | Grigor Muradyan | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Youth team | 2020 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 80 | Seroj Titizian | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Sarreguemines | 2020 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 94 | Maksym Zaderaka | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Oleksandriya | 2021 | 14 | 3 | ||
| Andranik Hovhannisyan | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Youth Team | 2016 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Karen Shirkhanyan | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Youth Team | 2019 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Arame Tsaturyan | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Youth Team | 2018 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 9 | Razmik Hakobyan | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Alashkert | 2018[33] | 20 | 1 | ||
| 70 | Uroš Nenadović | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Shirak | 2020 | 23 | 9 | ||
| 98 | Mory Kone |  | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | Shirak | 2020 | 28 | 13 | ||
| Away on loan | ||||||||||
| Left during the season | ||||||||||
| 4 | Vahe Muradyan | | DF | 2021 5, df=yes | Pyunik | 2020 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Ruslan Avagyan | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Youth Team | 2016 | 56 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Solomon Udo | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Shirak | 2020 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Igor Stanojević | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Mačva Šabac | 2020 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 30 | Spasoje Stefanović | | GK | 2021 5, df=yes | Sinđelić Beograd | 2020 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Aleksandr Kozlov | | MF | 2021 5, df=yes | Ararat Moscow | 2019 | 20 | 4 | |||
| Ramazan Isayev | | FW | 2021 5, df=yes | FC Yerevan | 2020[34] | 9 | 1 | |||
See main article: List of Armenian football transfers summer 2020 and List of Armenian football transfers winter 2020–21.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 July 2020 | MF | | Artak Yedigaryan | Pyunik | Undisclosed | ||
| 25 July 2020 | MF | | David Manoyan | Shirak | Undisclosed | ||
| 26 July 2020 | DF | | Juan Bravo | Lori | Undisclosed | ||
| 26 July 2020 | MF | | Karen Muradyan | Shirak | Undisclosed | ||
| 27 July 2020 | GK | | Vsevolod Yermakov | Shirak | Undisclosed | ||
| 27 July 2020 | MF | | Edgar Malakyan | Shirak | Undisclosed | ||
| 28 July 2020 | DF | | Hrayr Mkoyan | Shirak | Undisclosed | ||
| 28 July 2020 | DF | | Christian Jiménez | Lori | Undisclosed | ||
| 29 July 2020 | DF | | Zhirayr Margaryan | Shirak | Undisclosed | ||
| 29 July 2020 | MF | | Igor Stanojević | Mačva Šabac | Undisclosed | ||
| 31 July 2020 | DF | | Marko Prljević | Shirak | Undisclosed | ||
| 31 July 2020 | FW | | Uroš Nenadović | Shirak | Undisclosed | ||
| 4 September 2020 | MF | | Aghvan Papikyan | Alashkert | Undisclosed | ||
| 5 September 2020 | FW | | Spasoje Stefanović | Sinđelić Beograd | Undisclosed | ||
| 10 September 2020 | MF | | Solomon Udo | Shirak | Undisclosed | ||
| 10 September 2020 | FW | | Mory Kone | Shirak | Undisclosed | ||
| 7 January 2021 | DF | | Artur Danielyan | Ararat-Armenia | Free | ||
| 8 January 2021 | GK | | Grigor Meliksetyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Free | ||
| 16 January 2021 | MF | | Dimitrije Pobulić | Grafičar Beograd | Undisclosed | ||
| 4 February 2021 | MF | | Maksym Zaderaka | Oleksandriya | Undisclosed | ||
| 1 April 2021 | DF | | Aleksandre Saganelidze | Unattached | Free |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2020 | FW | | Ramazan Isayev | Legion Dynamo Makhachkala | Undisclosed | ||
| 22 February 2021 | MF | | Solomon Udo | Shakhter Karagandy | Undisclosed |
| Start date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | End date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 August 2020 | DF | | Zhirayr Margaryan | Shirak | Short-term | ||
| 25 August 2020 | DF | | Hrayr Mkoyan | Shirak | Short-term | ||
| 25 August 2020 | DF | | Marko Prljević | Shirak | Short-term | ||
| 25 August 2020 | MF | | Edgar Malakyan | Shirak | Short-term | ||
| 25 August 2020 | MF | | David Manoyan | Shirak | Short-term | ||
| 25 August 2020 | MF | | Karen Muradyan | Shirak | Short-term | ||
| 25 August 2020 | FW | | Uroš Nenadović | Shirak | Short-term |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2020 | GK | | Sergei Revyakin | Aktobe | 14 April 2021 | [35] | |
| 9 August 2020 | GK | | Yevgeni Kobozev | Luki-Energiya Velikiye Luki | 23 July 2021 | [36] | |
| 9 August 2020 | DF | | Arkadi Kalaydzhyan | ||||
| 9 August 2020 | DF | | Yevgeni Makeyev | Rosich | 23 September 2020 | [37] | |
| 9 August 2020 | FW | | Georgy Chelidze | Zenit-2 St.Petersburg | 18 September 2020 | ||
| 23 October 2020 | MF | | Aleksandr Kozlov | Kafa Feodosia | |||
| 15 January 2021 | GK | | Spasoje Stefanović | Shirak | 16 January 2021 | [38] | |
| 19 January 2021 | MF | | Ruslan Avagyan | West Armenia | [39] | ||
| 3 February 2021 | MF | | Igor Stanojević | Shirak | 4 February 2021 | [40] [41] | |
| 17 February 2021 | DF | | Robert Marutyan | ||||
| 17 February 2021 | DF | | Vahe Muradyan |
See main article: 2020–21 Armenian Premier League.
See main article: 2020–21 Armenian Cup.
|-|colspan="16"|Players who left Ararat Yerevan during the season:|}
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=100 | Premier League | width=100 | Armenian Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | | 98 | Mory Kone | 7 | 6 | 13 | ||||||||
| 2 | FW | | 70 | Uros Nenadovic | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||
| 3 | MF | | 55 | Dimitrije Pobulić | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| MF | | 27 | David Khurtsidze | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
| 5 | MF | | 94 | Maksym Zaderaka | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| MF | | 18 | Edgar Malakyan | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||
| 7 | DF | | 44 | Juan Bravo | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| MF | | 10 | Zaven Badoyan | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| MF | | 7 | Aghvan Papikyan | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| DF | | 29 | Marko Prljevic | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| 11 | MF | | 11 | David Manoyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| MF | | 22 | Igor Stanojević | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Awarded | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 33 | 17 | 50 | ||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=100 | Premier League | width=100 | Armenian Cup | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 45 | Vsevolod Yermakov | 9 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 30 | Spasoje Stefanović | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 9 | 2 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total | |||||||
| 2 | | DF | Christian Jiménez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | | DF | Hrayr Mkoyan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| 7 | | MF | Aghvan Papikyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 8 | | DF | Zhirayr Margaryan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | | MF | Zaven Badoyan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | | MF | David Manoyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 17 | | MF | Artak Yedigaryan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | | MF | Edgar Malakyan | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||||
| 19 | | MF | Karen Muradyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 23 | | DF | Ivan Spychka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 27 | | MF | David Khurtsidze | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 29 | | DF | Marko Prljević | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 44 | | DF | Juan Bravo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 45 | | GK | Vsevolod Yermakov | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 55 | | MF | Dimitrije Pobulić | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 70 | | FW | Uros Nenadovic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 94 | | MF | Maksym Zaderaka | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 98 | | FW | Mory Kone | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Players who left Ararat Yerevan during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 12 | | MF | Solomon Udo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| TOTALS | 32 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 44 | 2 | |||||||