| Club: | Van |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Manager: | Sevada Arzumanyan Konstantin Zaytsev |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Oleg Ghukasov |
| Chrtitle: | Owner |
| Stadium: | Charentsavan City Stadium |
| League: | Premier League |
| League Result: | 7th |
| Cup1: | Armenian Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarterfinals |
| League Topscorer: | Wilfried Eza (4) |
| Season Topscorer: | Wilfried Eza (4) |
| Prevseason: | 2019–20 |
| Nextseason: | 2021–22 |
The 2020–21 season is FC Van's 1st season in Armenian Premier League, and second in existence.
On 30 July 2020, it was announced that Van had been giving a license to compete in the Armenian Premier League for the 2020–21 season.[1] On 31 July, Van confirmed Sevada Arzumanyan as their Head Coach.[2]
On 24 August, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that that day's match between Van and Lori had been postponed due to cases of COVID-19 within the Lori squad.[3]
On 9 September, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that Van's games away to Shirak, scheduled for 11 September, had been postponed.[4]
On 29 September, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[5]
On the 29 July, Anushavan Tarverdyan, Arsen Kaytov, Sos Tadevosyan, Aleksandr Ladik, Batraz Tedeyev and Evgeni Gavrilov all left the club after their contracts where terminated by mutual consent.[6]
On 30 July, Vigen Begoyan, Vardan Bakalyan and Hovhannes Ilangyozyan all had their contracts with the club terminated by mutual consent.[7] [8]
On 31 July, Van announced the signing of Ebert and Vahagn Ayvazyan.[9] [10]
On 1 August, Van announced the permanent signing of Arman Khachatryan from Ararat-Armenia, after he played for the club on loan during the 2019–20 season.[11]
On 2 August, Deou Dosa's contract with Van was terminated by mutual consent.[12]
On 5 August, Van announced the signing of Henri Avagyan from Alashkert,[13] David Ghandilyan and Mihran Manasyan from Lori,[14] [15] and Davit Nalbandyan on loan from Ararat-Armenia.[16]
On 9 August, Van announced the signing of Aleksandr Tenyayev.[17]
On 21 August, Van announced the signing of Garegin Kirakosyan.[18] On 13 October, the FFA announced that the season would resume on 17 October.[19]
On 3 October, Van announced the signing of Orbeli Hambardzumyan from Alay Osh.[20]
On 23 January, Van announced the departure by mutual consent of Ashot Ayvazyan, Davit Ayvazyan, Arman Khachatryan, Ebert, Michael Gnolou, Mihran Petrosyan, Lie Pato Ngavouka-Tseke, Media Traore, Muslim Bammatgereev, David Ghandilyan, Orbeli Hambardzumyan and Mihran Manasyan.[21]
On 1 February, Van confirmed that Stanislav Yefimov had left the club after his contract had expired.[22]
On 2 February, Van announced the appointment of Konstantin Zaytsev as their new Head Coach.[23]
On 4 February, Van announced the signings of David Papikyan, Alexander Hovhannisyan, Deou Dosa, Ruslan Isaev, Vladislav Vasilyev, Maxim Zestarev and Aleksandr Maksimenko.[24]
On 9 February, Van announced the signing of Viulen Ayvazyan from Sevan.[25]
On 18 February, Van announced the signings of Pavel Korkin and Aleksey Shishkin.[26]
On 4 April, Van announced Emmanuel Mireku had now joined the club having signed a contract with Van in the winter transfer window and being unable to travel to Armenia from Ghana due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[27]
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. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2020 | DF |  | Vahagn Ayvazyan | Urartu | Free | ||
| 31 July 2020 | DF |  | Ebert | Urartu | Free | ||
| 1 August 2020 | MF | | Arman Khachatryan | Ararat-Armenia | Undisclosed | ||
| 5 August 2020 | GK | | Henri Avagyan | Alashkert | Undisclosed | ||
| 5 August 2020 | FW | | David Ghandilyan | Lori | Undisclosed | ||
| 5 August 2020 | FW | | Mihran Manasyan | Lori | Undisclosed | ||
| 9 August 2020 | DF |  | Aleksandr Tenyayev | Mordovia Saransk | Undisclosed | ||
| 21 August 2020 | MF | | Garegin Kirakosyan | Kyzyltash Bakhchisaray | Undisclosed | ||
| 3 October 2020 | FW | | Orbeli Hambardzumyan | Alay Osh | Undisclosed | ||
| 4 February 2021 | GK | | David Papikyan | Torpedo Yerevan | Undisclosed | ||
| 4 February 2021 | DF | | Alexander Hovhannisyan | Gandzasar Kapan | Free | ||
| 4 February 2021 | DF | Deou Dosa | Lori | Free | |||
| 4 February 2021 | DF | | Ruslan Isaev | Anzhi Makhachkala | Undisclosed | ||
| 4 February 2021 | MF | | Vladislav Vasilyev | Spartak-2 Moscow | Undisclosed | ||
| 4 February 2021 | MF | | Maxim Zestarev | Ural Yekaterinburg | Undisclosed | ||
| 4 February 2021 | FW | | Aleksandr Maksimenko | SKA-Khabarovsk | Undisclosed | ||
| 9 February 2021 | FW | | Viulen Ayvazyan | Sevan | Undisclosed | ||
| 18 February 2021 | MF | | Pavel Korkin | Unattached | Free | ||
| 18 February 2021 | MF | | Aleksey Shishkin | Unattached | Free | ||
| 4 April 2021 | MF |  | Emmanuel Mireku | Unattached | Free |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2020 | GK | | Anushavan Tarverdyan | Sevan | |||
| 29 July 2020 | DF | | Arsen Kaytov | Lernayin Artsakh Goris | |||
| 29 July 2020 | MF | | Sos Tadevosyan | ||||
| 29 July 2020 | MF | | Aleksandr Ladik | ||||
| 29 July 2020 | MF | | Batraz Tedeyev | Lernayin Artsakh Goris | |||
| 29 July 2020 | FW | | Evgeni Gavrilov | ||||
| 30 July 2020 | MF | | Vigen Begoyan | Noravank | |||
| 30 July 2020 | FW | | Vardan Bakalyan | Shirak | 27 July 2020 | [28] | |
| 30 July 2020 | FW | | Hovhannes Ilangyozyan | ||||
| 31 July 2020 | FW | | Ghukas Poghosyan | Alashkert | 17 September 2020 | ||
| 2 August 2020 | DF | Deou Dosa | Lori | 10 September 2020 | [29] | ||
| 23 January 2021 | GK | | Ashot Ayvazyan | ||||
| 23 January 2021 | DF | | Davit Ayvazyan | Sevan | |||
| 23 January 2021 | DF | | Arman Khachatryan | Noravank | |||
| 23 January 2021 | DF | | Ebert | Metal Kharkiv | |||
| 23 January 2021 | DF |  | Michael Gnolou | ||||
| 23 January 2021 | MF | | Mihran Petrosyan | ||||
| 23 January 2021 | FW | Lie Pato Ngavouka-Tseke | |||||
| 23 January 2021 | FW | | Media Traore | ||||
| 23 January 2021 | FW | | Muslim Bammatgereev | Krasny | |||
| 23 January 2021 | FW | | David Ghandilyan | Noravank | |||
| 23 January 2021 | FW | | Orbeli Hambardzumyan | ||||
| 23 January 2021 | FW | | Mihran Manasyan | Alashkert | 21 February 2021 | [30] | |
| 1 February 2021 | MF | | Stanislav Yefimov | Ekenäs | 17 February 2021 | [31] | |
| 30 June 2021 | GK | | Henri Avagyan | ||||
| 30 June 2021 | DF | | Rustam Isaev | ||||
| 30 June 2021 | MF | | Garegin Kirakosyan | ||||
| 30 June 2021 | MF | | Pavel Korkin | ||||
| 30 June 2021 | MF | | Vladislav Vasilyev | ||||
| 30 June 2021 | MF | | Maxim Zestarev | ||||
| 30 June 2021 | FW | | Viulen Ayvazyan |
See main article: 2020–21 Armenian Premier League.
See main article: 2020–21 Armenian Cup.
|-|colspan="16"|Players away on loan:|-|colspan="16"|Players who left Van 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 | | 10 | Wilfried Eza | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||||||||
| 2 | FW | | 20 | Edgar Movsesyan | 4 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||
| 3 | MF | | 17 | Stéphane Adjouman | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||
| FW | | 9 | Mihran Manasyan | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| 5 | DF | | 5 | Aleksandr Tenyayev | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| DF | | 18 | Vahagn Ayvazyan | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| MF | | 13 | Stanislav Yefimov | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 | MF | | 21 | Muslim Bammatgereev | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| MF | | 88 | Mihran Petrosyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| MF | | 98 | Garegin Kirakosyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| DF | 15 | Deou Dosa | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Own goal | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Awarded | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| TOTALS | 30 | 3 | 33 | ||||||||||||
| 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 | | 2 | Samur Agamagomedov | 4 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||
| 2 | GK | | 12 | Henri Avagyan | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
| TOTALS | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total | |||||||
| 2 | | GK | Samur Agamagomedov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 3 | | DF | Andranik Voskanyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 5 | | DF | Aleksandr Tenyayev | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 6 | | DF | Argishti Petrosyan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | | FW | Wilfried Eza | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 12 | | GK | Henri Avagyan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 13 | | MF | Emmanuel Mireku | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 15 | DF | Deou Dosa | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| 17 | | MF | Stéphane Adjouman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | | DF | Vahagn Ayvazyan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| 20 | | FW | Edgar Movsesyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 25 | | MF | Davit Nalbandyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | MF | Ededem Essien | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||
| 27 | | DF | Josue Gaba | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 28 | | DF | Ruslan Isaev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 98 | | MF | Garegin Kirakosyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Players who left Van during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 4 | | MF | Media Traore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 7 | | DF | Ebert | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 14 | | DF | Arman Khachatryan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 21 | | MF | Muslim Bammatgereev | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 22 | | DF | Michael Gnolou | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 88 | | MF | Mihran Petrosyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 91 | MF | Lie Pato Ngavouka-Tseke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| TOTALS | 50 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 58 | 2 | |||||||