| Club: | Ararat-Armenia |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Manager: | Vardan Bichakhchyan |
| Mgrtitle: | Manager |
| Chairman: | Poghos Galstyan |
| Chrtitle: | Director |
| Stadium: | FFA Academy Stadium |
| League Topscorer: | Wilfried Eza (13) |
| Season Topscorer: | Wilfried Eza (16) |
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| Prevseason: | 2021–22 |
| Nextseason: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 season was FC Ararat-Armenia's 5th season in Armenian Premier League, where they finished the season in third position. Ararat-Armenia also entered the Armenian Cup, reaching the Quarterfinals before being defeated by eventual champions Urartu. In European competition, Ararat-Armenia where knocked out of the 2022–UEFA Europa Conference League by Paide Linnameeskond.
On 8 June, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Gevorg Ghazaryan from Pyunik,[1] with Arman Hovhannisyan joining the following day, also from Pyunik,[2] and Vsevolod Ermakov signing from Ararat Yerevan on 10 June.[3]
On 24 June, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Hugo Firmino from Pyunik.[4]
On 1 July, Ararat-Armenia announced that Styopa Mkrtchyan had returned from his loan spell with BKMA Yerevan.[5]
On 4 July, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Agdon Menezes from Varzim, whilst Tenton Yenne signed from Noravank on 7 July.[6] [7]
On 10 July, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Hakob Hakobyan from Urartu, whilst Miloš Stamenković joined on 14 July from Akzhayik.[8] [9]
On 12 January, Ararat-Armenia announced the signings of Edgar Grigoryan and Taofiq Jibril.[10] [11]
On 16 January, Ararat-Armenia announced that Wbeymar and Agdon had joined Alashkert on loan for the remainder of the season.[12]
On 18 January, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Amos Nondi from Dila Gori.[13]
On 19 January, Ararat-Armenia announced that Romércio had left the club after his contract had expired.[14]
On 6 February, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Colombian defender Carlos Pérez from Alianza Petrolera.[15]
On 25 February, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Croatian defender Dragan Lovrić from Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.[16]
On 28 February, Styopa Mkrtchyan returned to BKMA Yerevan on loan for the remainder of the season.[17]
On 4 March, Miloš Stamenković left Ararat-Armenia.[18]
| Number | Name | Nationality | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Contract ends | Apps. | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeepers | ||||||||||
| 1 | Hayk Khachatryan |  | GK | 2023 6, df=yes | Academy | 2021 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 33 | Dmitry Abakumov |  | GK | 2023 6, df=yes | Luch Vladivostok | 2018 | 85 | 0 | ||
| 45 | Vsevolod Ermakov | | GK | 2023 6, df=yes | Ararat Yerevan | 2022 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Defenders | ||||||||||
| 2 | Alemão |  | DF | 2023 6, df=yes | Oliveirense | 2020[19] | 82 | 6 | ||
| 3 | Junior Bueno |  | DF | 2023 6, df=yes | Once Caldas | 2021[20] | 62 | 1 | ||
| 5 | Davit Terteryan | | DF | 2023 6, df=yes | Gandzasar Kapan | 2021[21] | 64 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Edgar Grigoryan | | DF | 2023 6, df=yes | Unattached | 2023 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 25 | Dragan Lovrić | DF | 2023 6, df=yes | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 2023 | 9 | 0 | |||
| 32 | Carlos Pérez | | DF | 2023 6, df=yes | Alianza Petrolera | 2023 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Midfielders | ||||||||||
| 8 | Gevorg Ghazaryan | | MF | 2023 6, df=yes | Pyunik | 2022 | 21 | 2 | ||
| 10 | Armen Ambartsumyan | | MF | 2023 6, df=yes | Fakel Voronezh | 2018 | 141 | 8 | ||
| 11 | Jonathan Duarte | | MF | 2023 6, df=yes | Orsomarso | 2022[22] | 38 | 7 | ||
| 12 | Amos Nondi |  | MF | 2023 6, df=yes | Dila Gori | 2023 | 14 | 1 | ||
| 14 | Mailson Lima |  | MF | 2023 6, df=yes | Dibba Al-Hisn | 2021[23] | 125 | 41 | ||
| 19 | Karen Muradyan | | MF | 2023 6, df=yes | Ararat Yerevan | 2021[24] | 66 | 0 | ||
| 20 | Alwyn Tera | | MF | 2023 6, df=yes | Saburtalo Tbilisi | 2021[25] | 61 | 2 | ||
| 21 | Solomon Udo | | MF | 2023 6, df=yes | Shakhter Karagandy | 2022[26] | 40 | 0 | ||
| 34 | Erik Smbatyan | | MF | 2023 6, df=yes | Academy | 2022 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 36 | Michel Ayvazyan | | MF | 2023 6, df=yes | Academy | 2022 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 55 | Hakob Hakobyan | | MF | 2023 6, df=yes | Urartu | 2022 | 26 | 2 | ||
| Forwards | ||||||||||
| 7 | Hugo Firmino | FW | 2023 6, df=yes | Pyunik | 2022 | 27 | 9 | |||
| 9 | Artur Serobyan | | FW | 2023 6, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 31 | 5 | ||
| 15 | Tenton Yenne | FW | 2023 6, df=yes | Noravank | 2022 | 37 | 10 | |||
| 17 | Hilary Gong | FW | 2023 6, df=yes | on loan from GBS Academy | 2023 | 10 | 0 | |||
| 18 | Artyom Avanesyan | | FW | 2023 6, df=yes | Ararat Moscow | 2018 | 88 | 11 | ||
| 27 | Taofiq Jibril | FW | 2023 6, df=yes | MŠK Žilina | 2023 | 15 | 4 | |||
| 29 | Jesse Akila | FW | 2023 6, df=yes | Plateau United | 2022 | 17 | 1 | |||
| 88 | Wilfried Eza |  | FW | 2023 6, df=yes | Van | 2021[27] | 69 | 24 | ||
| Away on loan | ||||||||||
| 6 | Wbeymar | | MF | 2023 6, df=yes | Gandzasar Kapan | 2020[28] | 52 | 1 | ||
| 9 | Agdon Menezes | | FW | 2023 6, df=yes | Varzim | 2022 | 15 | 4 | ||
| 23 | Styopa Mkrtchyan | | DF | 2023 6, df=yes | Academy | 2020 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Albert Khachumyan | | DF | 2023 6, df=yes | Academy | 2017 | 62 | 4 | |||
| Narek Alaverdyan | | MF | 2023 6, df=yes | Youth Team | 2019 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Zhirayr Shaghoyan | | MF | 2023 6, df=yes | Academy | 2017 | 60 | 11 | |||
| Left during the season | ||||||||||
| 4 | Arman Hovhannisyan | | DF | 2023 6, df=yes | Pyunik | 2022 | 17 | 0 | ||
| 22 | Miloš Stamenković |  | DF | 2023 6, df=yes | Akzhayik | 2022 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 30 | Romércio | | DF | 2023 6, df=yes | Remo | 2022[29] | 31 | 3 | ||
See main article: List of Armenian football transfers summer 2022 and List of Armenian football transfers winter 2022–23.
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Fee | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 June 2022 | MF | | Gevorg Ghazaryan | Pyunik | Undisclosed | ||
| 9 June 2022 | DF | | Arman Hovhannisyan | Pyunik | Undisclosed | ||
| 10 June 2022 | GK | | Vsevolod Ermakov | Ararat Yerevan | Undisclosed | ||
| 24 June 2022 | FW | Hugo Firmino | Pyunik | Undisclosed | |||
| 4 July 2022 | FW | | Agdon Menezes | Varzim | Undisclosed | ||
| 7 July 2022 | FW | Tenton Yenne | Noravank | Undisclosed | |||
| 10 July 2022 | MF | | Hakob Hakobyan | Urartu | Undisclosed | ||
| 14 July 2022 | DF | | Miloš Stamenković | Akzhayik | Undisclosed | ||
| 15 October 2022 | FW | Jesse Akila | Plateau United | Undisclosed | |||
| 12 January 2023 | DF | | Edgar Grigoryan | Unattached | Free | ||
| 12 January 2023 | FW | Taofiq Jibril | MŠK Žilina | Undisclosed | |||
| 18 January 2023 | MF | | Amos Nondi | Dila Gori | Undisclosed | ||
| 6 February 2023 | DF | | Carlos Pérez | Alianza Petrolera | Undisclosed | ||
| 25 February 2023 | DF | Dragan Lovrić | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Undisclosed |
| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Date to | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2020 | MF | | Narek Alaverdyan | BKMA Yerevan | Undisclosed | ||
| 23 August 2021 | FW | | Artur Serobyan | BKMA Yerevan | 27 February 2023 | [32] | |
| 20 January 2022 | DF | | Albert Khachumyan | BKMA Yerevan | End of season | [33] | |
| 29 June 2022 | MF | | Patvakan Avetisyan | Noah | End of season | [34] | |
| 19 July 2022 | DF | | Ruben Hovsepyan | Noah | End of season | [35] | |
| 29 July 2022 | MF | | Zhirayr Shaghoyan | BKMA Yerevan | 5 September 2022 | ||
| 6 September 2022 | MF | | Zhirayr Shaghoyan | CSKA Sofia | [36] | ||
| 16 January 2023 | MF | | Wbeymar | Alashkert | 30 June 2023 | ||
| 16 January 2023 | FW | | Agdon | Alashkert | 30 June 2023 | ||
| 28 February 2023 | DF | | Styopa Mkrtchyan | BKMA Yerevan | 30 June 2023 |
| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | Joined | Date | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 January 2023 | DF | | Romércio | São Bernardo | |||
| 4 March 2023 | DF | | Miloš Stamenković | Kuban Krasnodar | 16 March 2023 |
See main article: 2022–23 Armenian Premier League.
See main article: 2022–23 Armenian Cup.
See main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.
See main article: 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round.
|-|colspan="16"|Players away on loan:|-|colspan="16"|Players who left Ararat-Armenia during the season:|}
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FW | | 88 | Wilfried Eza | 13 | 3 | 0 | 16 | |||||||||
| 2 | FW | 15 | Tenton Yenne | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 3 | FW | 7 | Hugo Firmino | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 4 | DF | | 2 | Alemão | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||
| FW | | 9 | Artur Serobyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 6 | FW | 27 | Taofiq Jibril | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| FW | | 9 | Agdon Menezes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 8 | MF | | 11 | Jonathan Duarte | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||
| MF | | 10 | Armen Ambartsumyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| 10 | MF | | 14 | Mailson Lima | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||
| DF | | 30 | Romércio | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 55 | Hakob Hakobyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 8 | Gevorg Ghazaryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Own goal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 15 | FW | | 18 | Artyom Avanesyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| FW | 29 | Jesse Akila | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| DF | | 32 | Carlos Pérez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 12 | Amos Nondi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| MF | | 20 | Alwyn Tera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| TOTALS | 70 | 4 | 0 | 74 | |||||||||||||
| width=60 | Place | width=60 | Position | width=60 | Nation | width=60 | Number | width=200 | Name | width=150 | Premier League | width=150 | Armenian Cup | width=250 | UEFA Europa Conference League | width=80 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | | 45 | Vsevolod Ermakov | 17 | 1 | 2 | 20 | |||||||||
| TOTALS | 17 | 1 | 2 | 20 | |||||||||||||
| Number | Nation | Position | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total | ||||||
| 2 | | DF | Alemão | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | DF | Junior Bueno | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 5 | | DF | Davit Terteryan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 7 | FW | Hugo Firmino | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||
| 8 | | MF | Gevorg Ghazaryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | FW | Artur Serobyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 10 | | MF | Armen Ambartsumyan | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | MF | Jonathan Duarte | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | MF | Amos Nondi | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 14 | | MF | Mailson Lima | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 15 | FW | Tenton Yenne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 16 | | DF | Edgar Grigoryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 18 | | FW | Artyom Avanesyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 19 | | MF | Karen Muradyan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 20 | | MF | Alwyn Tera | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 21 | | MF | Solomon Udo | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 25 | DF | Dragan Lovrić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 29 | FW | Jesse Akila | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 32 | | DF | Carlos Pérez | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| 45 | | GK | Vsevolod Ermakov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 55 | | MF | Hakob Hakobyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 88 | | FW | Wilfried Eza | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Players away on loan: | |||||||||||||
| 6 | | MF | Wbeymar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | FW | Agdon Menezes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 23 | | DF | Styopa Mkrtchyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Players who left Ararat-Armenia during the season: | |||||||||||||
| 4 | | DF | Arman Hovhannisyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 30 | | DF | Romércio | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| TOTALS | 88 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 97 | 2 | |||||