The 2019–20 season was a FC Ararat-Armenia's 2nd season in Armenian Premier League, of which they were defending champions. Ararat-Armenia finished the season as Armenian Premier League Champions for the second year in a row and were Runners-up to FC Noah in the Armenian Cup. In Europe, AIK knocked them out of the UEFA Champions League in the first qualifying round, resulting in Ararat-Armenia dropping into the UEFA Europa League, where they reached the playoff round before defeat to Dudelange.
Season events On 18 June, Ararat-Armenia were drawn against Allsvenskan Champions AIK in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. The following day, 19 June, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Ângelo Meneses. On 20 June, Sergi left Ararat-Armenia after his contract expired, whilst Aleksey Pustozyorov and Giovanny Martínez left the club after their contracts where ended by mutual consent. On 24 June, Ararat-Armenia announced their second signing of the summer, with Ilja Antonov joining from Hermannstadt, with Rochdi Achenteh signing the following day, and Furdjel Narsingh signed on 26 June. Zakaria Sanogo signed for Ararat-Armenia on 5 July, with Ararat-Armenia winning their first ever European match on 9 July, a 2–1 victory over AIK at home with Petros Avetisyan scoring both goals. On 13 July, David Davidyan left Ararat-Armenia by mutual consent, whilst Ararat-Armenia traveled to Stockholm to face AIK at the Friends Arena on 17 July, losing 3–1 on the night and 4–3 on aggregate, dropping them into the UEFA Europa League qualifying stages. After dropping into the UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round, Ararat-Armenia were drawn against Lincoln Red Imps of the Gibraltar National League. The first leg took place at the Republican Stadium in Yerevan on 23 July, finishing 2–0 to Ararat-Armenia after goals from Anton Kobyalko and Kódjo. The return leg took place on 30 July at the Victoria Stadium in Gibraltar, with Ararat-Armenia running out 2-1 winners, 4–1 on aggregate, with both goals coming from Ogana Louis.
On 31 December, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Marcos Pizzelli, however on 11 January, Ararat-Armenia and Pizzelli announced that he was retiring for football due to injury. On 12 January, Petros Avetisyan moved to FC Tobol.
On 1 February, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Yoan Gouffran.
On 12 March 2020, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that all Armenian Premier League games had been postponed until 23 March, and that the Armenian Cup Semifinal second legs had also been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Squad
Number Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Signed from Signed in Contract ends Apps. Goals Goalkeepers 1 Suren Aloyan GK Youth Team 2019 0 0 33 Dmitry Abakumov GK Luch Vladivostok 2018 60 0 44 Stefan Čupić GK Voždovac 2019 17 0 Defenders 3 Ângelo Meneses DF Famalicão 2019 36 2 4 Albert Khachumyan DF Youth Team 2017 41 4 15 Dmitry Guz DF Tyumen 2018 60 4 20 Rochdi Achenteh DF FC Eindhoven 2019 25 0 21 Aleksandar Damčevski DF Ermis Aradippou 2018 35 1 22 Artur Danielyan DF Stal Kamianske 2019 35 2 93 Alex Christian DF Gandzasar Kapan 2019 39 0 Midfielders 7 Armen Nahapetyan MF Pyunik 2017 55 12 8 Gor Malakyan MF Stal Kamianske 2018 50 0 9 Yoan Gouffran MF 2020 15 1 10 Armen Ambartsumyan MF Fakel Voronezh 2018 56 3 11 Hovhannes Harutyunyan MF Zemplín Michalovce 2019 26 6 23 Aram Khamoyan MF Lokomotiv Yerevan 2019 0 0 25 Davit Nalbandyan MF Youth Team 2017 26 0 27 Furdjel Narsingh MF De Graafschap 2019 31 4 63 Kódjo MF Feirense 2019 49 3 67 Ilja Antonov MF Hermannstadt 2019 29 1 79 Serhiy Vakulenko MF Karpaty Lviv 2020 12 3 94 Mailson Lima MF Viitorul Constanța 2019 54 12 Forwards 17 Zakaria Sanogo FW Rahimo 2019 36 3 18 Artyom Avanesyan FW Ararat Moscow 2018 21 5 19 Narek Alaverdyan FW Youth Team 2019 2 0 24 Yusuf Otubanjo FW LASK 2020 16 9 32 Anton Kobyalko FW Baltika Kaliningrad 2018 66 30 99 Ogana Louis FW Žalgiris 2019 42 17 Away on loan 11 Zhirayr Shaghoyan MF Youth Team 2017 34 8 Left during the season 6 Georgi Pashov DF Etar 2018 45 2 12 Nikos Melikyan GK Youth Team 2017 25 0 77 Petros Avetisyan MF Pyunik 2019 39 14 97 David Davidyan FW Ararat Moscow 2019 3 0 Marcos Pizzelli FW Aktobe 2019 0 0 Jean-Jacques Bougouhi FW Shirak 2019 7 3
Out on loan
Transfers
In Date Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.19 June 2019DFÂngelo MenesesFamalicãoUndisclosed24 June 2019MFIlja AntonovHermannstadtUndisclosed25 June 2019DFRochdi AchentehFC EindhovenUndisclosed27 June 2019MFFurdjel NarsinghDe GraafschapUndisclosed5 July 2019FWZakaria SanogoRahimoUndisclosed31 December 2019FWMarcos PizzelliAktobeFree23 January 2020FWYusuf OtubanjoLASKUndisclosed29 January 2020MFSerhiy VakulenkoKarpaty LvivUndisclosed1 February 2020MFYoan Gouffran Free
Out Date Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.Summer 2019FWIvaylo DimitrovArda KardzhaliUndisclosed12 January 2020MFPetros AvetisyanTobolUndisclosed15 January 2020MFErik AzizyanPyunikUndisclosed
Loans out Date from Position Nationality Name To Date to Ref.Summer 2019MFZhirayr ShaghoyanBKMA YerevanEnd of 2020/21 Season
Released Date Position Nationality Name Joined Date Ref20 June 2019DFSergiAlavés 20 June 2019MFAleksey PustozyorovSlutsk 20 June 2019MFGiovanny MartínezRionegro Águilas 13 July 2019FWDavid DavidyanArarat Yerevan18 July 201911 January 2020FWMarcos PizzelliRetired23 January 2020DFGeorgi PashovZhetysu26 January 202030 June 2020FWJean-Jacques BougouhiAl-Mina'a5 October 2020 18 July 2020DFRochdi AchentehKozakken Boys6 July 202119 July 2020DFDmitry GuzUrartu21 July 2020 20 July 2020FWAnton KobyalkoPyunik24 July 2020
Friendlies
Competitions Overall record
Armenian Supercup
Premier League
Regular season
Results summary
Results
Table
Championship round
Results summary
Results
Table
Armenian Cup
Final
UEFA Champions League
Qualifying rounds
UEFA Europa League
Qualifying rounds
Statistics
Appearances and goals
|colspan="16"|Players away on loan: |- |colspan="16"|Players who left Ararat-Armenia during the season:
Goal scorers PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueArmenian CupArmenian SupercupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal1 FW99Ogana Louis38002132 MF94Mailson Lima80102113 FW24Yusuf Otubanjo720009FW32Anton Kobyalko4101395 MF77Petros Avetisyan3202186 FW18Artyom Avanesyan0500057 MF27Furdjel Narsingh400004 Own goal2200049 MF79Serhiy Vakulenko300003DF15Dmitry Guz300003MF10Armen Ambartsumyan300003FW17Zakaria Sanogo30000313DF3 Ângelo Meneses110002MF63Kódjo10001215MF11Hovhannes Harutyunyan010001DF21Aleksandar Damčevski010001MF9 Yoan Gouffran010001MF7 Armen Nahapetyan001001DF22Artur Danielyan001001MF67Ilja Antonov000011TOTALS4524331085
Clean sheets PlacePositionNationNumberNamePremier LeagueArmenian CupArmenian SupercupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal1 GK33Dmitry Abakumov102001132 GK44Stefan Čupić110013TOTALS11300216
Disciplinary record NumberNationPositionNamePremier LeagueArmenian CupArmenian SupercupChampions LeagueEuropa LeagueTotal3 DFÂngelo Meneses4000000010504 DFAlbert Khachumyan3010000000408 MFGor Malakyan7000001010909 MFYoan Gouffran30000000003010MFArmen Ambartsumyan40100000207011MFHovhannes Harutyunyan10100000002015DFDmitry Guz41000000408117FWZakaria Sanogo30001000105020DFRochdi Achenteh20100000104021DFAleksandar Damčevski31000000104122DFArtur Danielyan40000000004024FWYusuf Otubanjo10000000001032FWAnton Kobyalko20100000104033GKDmitry Abakumov20100000003044GKStefan Čupić00200000002063MFKódjo810100002010267MFIlja Antonov41000010106179MFSerhiy Vakulenko10000000001093DFAlex Christian20100000104094MFMailson Lima400000000040Players who left Ararat-Armenia during the season:6 DFGeorgi Pashov30000000205077MFPetros Avetisyan200000002040TOTALS674911020200995
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