2018–19 FC Ararat Yerevan season

Ararat Yerevan
2018–19 season
President	Hiraç Yagan
Manager	Armen Stepanyan ; (30 July-30 September ; Abraham Khashmanyan ; (from 1 October)
Stadium	Hrazdan Stadium
Premier League	9th
Armenian Cup	Second Round vs Banants
Top goalscorer	League: Artem Simonyan (6); All: Artem Simonyan (6)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was FC Ararat Yerevan's 28th consecutive season in Armenian Premier League. They finished the season in ninth and last place, in the Armenian Premier League whilst being knocked out of the Armenian Cup by Banants in the Second Round.

Season events

On 30 July, Armen Stepanyan was appointed as Ararat Yerevan's new Head Coach.^[1]

On 4 August, Ararat announced the singings of Zaven Badoyan, Alan Tatayev, Roni and Dmitri Malyaka, whilst Arman Meliksetyan, Argishti Petrosyan and Gegham Tumbaryan were all released by mutual consent.^[2]

Squad

As of match played 30 May 2019

Number	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Mikhail Petrushchenkov	GK	(1993-06-28)28 June 1993 (aged 25)	Zelenograd	2018		23	0
12	Poghos Ayvazyan	GK	(1995-06-09)9 June 1995 (aged 23)	Mika	2016		20	0
	Suren Aloyan	GK	(1997-08-10)10 August 1997 (aged 21)	Banants	2019		0	0
Defenders
3	Matvey Guyganov	DF	(1994-07-28)28 July 1994 (aged 24)	Sevastopol	2019		13	0
4	Kevin Ntika	DF	(1995-07-24)24 July 1995 (aged 23)	Trakai	2019		9	0
5	Vardan Arzoyan	DF	(1995-04-30)30 April 1995 (aged 24)	Pyunik	2016		76	2
7	Gor Poghosyan	DF	(1988-06-11)11 June 1988 (aged 30)	Kotayk	2017		66	2
14	Mykhaylo Kaluhin	DF	(1994-11-20)20 November 1994 (aged 24)	Isloch Minsk Raion	2019		7	0
18	Hayk Sargsyan	DF	(1998-03-12)12 March 1998 (aged 21)	Gandzasar Kapan	2019		2	0
20	Rafael Safaryan (captain)	DF	(1986-01-30)30 January 1986 (aged 33)		2016
	Vahe Chopuryan	DF	(1997-12-01)1 December 1997 (aged 20)	Youth team	2018		15	0
	Volodya Samsonyan	DF	(2001-02-24)24 February 2001 (aged 17)	Youth team	2018		10	0
	Magomed Abidinov	DF	(1989-02-03)3 February 1989 (aged 30)	Legion Dynamo Makhachkala	2018		5	0
Midfielders
6	Ruslan Avagyan	MF	(1995-06-24)24 June 1995 (aged 22)	Youth team	2016		55	1
8	Sargis Shahinyan	MF	(1995-09-10)10 September 1995 (aged 22)	Alashkert	2019		12	0
11	Artem Simonyan	MF	(1995-02-20)20 February 1995 (aged 23)	Alashkert	2019		15	6
15	Andriy Yakovlyev	MF	(1989-02-20)20 February 1989 (aged 29)	Volyn Lutsk	2019		10	0
17	Zaven Badoyan	MF	(1989-12-22)22 December 1989 (aged 28)	Shabab Al Sahel	2019		33	5
21	Andranik Kocharyan (vice-captain)	MF	(1994-01-29)29 January 1994 (aged 25)	Kotayk	2017		43	5
23	Dejan Vukomanović	MF	(1990-10-31)31 October 1990 (aged 27)	Novi Pazar	2019		13	1
	Stepan Harutyunyan	MF	(1997-07-11)11 July 1997 (aged 20)	Lori	2019		1	0
	Karen Shirkhanyan	MF	(2000-04-06)6 April 2000 (aged 18)	Youth team	2019		1	0
	Mpumelelo Zwane	MF	(1996-07-28)28 July 1996 (aged 21)		2019		1	0
Forwards
10	Razmik Hakobyan	FW	(1996-02-09)9 February 1996 (aged 23)	Alashkert	2019		11	1
19	Sargis Metoyan	FW	(1997-09-06)6 September 1997 (aged 21)	Dvin Artashat	2016		58	5
	Orbeli Hamvardzumyan	FW	(1996-03-26)26 March 1996 (aged 23)	Banants	2018		34	4
	Mikael Arustamyan	FW	(1996-01-18)18 January 1996 (aged 23)	Banants	2016		1	0
Away on loan
Left during the season
2	Maksim Starkov	DF	(1996-04-25)25 April 1996 (aged 22)	Krasnodar	2018		5	0
3	David Azin	MF	(1990-01-11)11 January 1990 (aged 28)		2018		11	0
8	Anthony Trajkoski	MF	(1998-04-28)28 April 1998 (aged 20)		2018		18	0
10	Garegin Kirakosyan	MF	(1995-11-26)26 November 1995 (aged 22)	Kotayk	2017		50	5
14	Dmitri Ostrovski	FW	(1998-04-15)15 April 1998 (aged 20)	Vulkan Moskau	2018		15	0
14	Andrey Chukhley	MF	(1987-10-02)2 October 1987 (aged 30)	Dnepr Mogilev	2019		3	0
15	Dmitri Malyaka	DF	(1990-01-15)15 January 1990 (aged 28)	Luch Vladivostok	2018		9	2
16	Sergey Mkrtchyan	DF	(1995-05-20)20 May 1995 (aged 23)	Ulisses	2016		37	1
18	David Zakharyan	MF	(1997-08-08)8 August 1997 (aged 20)	Erebuni	2018		5	0
18	Aboubacar Gassama	DF	(1994-04-27)27 April 1994 (aged 24)		2019		4	0
18	Sim Woon-sub	MF	(1990-02-24)24 February 1990 (aged 28)	PDRM	2019		6	0
22	Hossin Lagoun	GK	(1995-12-04)4 December 1995 (aged 22)	loan from AFC Eskilstuna	2019	2019	0	0
23	Roni	FW	(1997-03-02)2 March 1997 (aged 21)	Apis Jędrzychowice	2018		8	0
25	Alan Tatayev	DF	(1995-08-03)3 August 1995 (aged 22)	Kolomna	2018		9	0
25	Pape Demba Dieye	MF	(1998-03-25)25 March 1998 (aged 20)		2018		9	1
99	Vyacheslav Marikoda	GK	(1991-03-27)27 March 1991 (aged 27)	Druzhba Maykop	2018		8	0
	Armen Derdzyan	MF	(1993-11-17)17 November 1993 (aged 24)	Youth team	2017		27	0
	Rostislav Golovach	MF	(1996-07-04)4 July 1996 (aged 21)	Artsakh	2018		0	0
	Ebot Derrick Ayuk Oru	MF		Njalla Quan Sport Academy	2018		0	0

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
27 July 2018	GK	Mikhail Petrushchenkov	Zelenograd	Undisclosed	^[3]
27 July 2018	MF	David Zakharyan			^[4]
27 July 2018	MF	Ebot Derrick Ayuk Oru	Njalla Quan Sport Academy	Undisclosed	^[5]
27 July 2018	MF	Rostislav Golovach	Artsakh	Undisclosed	^[6]
27 July 2018	MF	Fyodor Stukalov	Lokomotiv Moscow	Undisclosed	^[7]
27 July 2018	MF	Pape Demba Dieye			^[8]
27 July 2018	FW	Dmitri Ostrovski			^[9]
4 August 2018	DF	Dmitri Malyaka	Luch Vladivostok	Undisclosed	^[10]^[2]
4 August 2018	DF	Alan Tatayev	Kolomna	Undisclosed	^[10]^[2]
4 August 2018	MF	Zaven Badoyan	Shabab Al-Sahel	Undisclosed	^[10]^[2]
4 August 2018	FW	Roni	Apis Jędrzychowice	Undisclosed	^[10]^[2]
5 August 2018	GK	Vyacheslav Marikoda	Druzhba Maykop	Undisclosed	^[11]
5 August 2018	DF	Magomed Abidinov	Legion-Dynamo Makhachkala	Undisclosed	^[11]
5 August 2018	DF	Maksim Starkov	Krasnodar	Undisclosed	^[11]
27 August 2018	MF	David Azin			^[12]
3 December 2018	MF	Artem Simonyan	Alashkert	Undisclosed	^[13]
7 December 2018	FW	Razmik Hakobyan	Alashkert	Undisclosed	^[14]
12 January 2019	DF	Matvey Guyganov	Sevastopol	Undisclosed	^[15]
23 January 2019	DF	Andriy Yakovlyev	Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuyevo	Undisclosed	^[16]
23 January 2019	MF	Dejan Vukomanović	Novi Pazar	Undisclosed	^[16]
23 January 2019	MF	Andrey Chukhley	Dnepr Mogilev	Undisclosed	^[16]
26 January 2019	DF	Kevin Ntika	Trakai	Undisclosed	^[17]
26 January 2019	MF	Mpumelelo Zwane			^[17]
30 January 2019	MF	Sim Woon-sub	PDRM	Undisclosed	^[18]
1 February 2019	DF	Hayk Sargsyan	Gandzasar Kapan	Undisclosed
1 February 2019	MF	Stepan Harutyunyan	Lori	Undisclosed
8 February 2019	DF	Mykhaylo Kaluhin	Isloch Minsk Raion	Undisclosed
13 February 2019	MF	Sargis Shahinyan	Alashkert	Free	^[19]
21 February 2019	DF	Aboubacar Gassama	Ekenäs IF	Free	^[20]

Loans in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	End date	Ref.
13 February 2019	GK		Hossin Lagoun	AFC Eskilstuna	20 May 2019	^[21]^[22]

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date	Ref
4 August 2018	GK	Arman Meliksetyan	Artsakh		^[2]
4 August 2018	DF	Argishti Petrosyan	Artsakh		^[2]
4 August 2018	FW	Gegham Tumbaryan	Lokomotiv Yerevan		^[2]
2 October 2018	GK	Vyacheslav Marikoda			^[23]
2 October 2018	DF	Dmitri Malyaka	Gomel		^[23]
2 October 2018	DF	Maksim Starkov			^[23]
2 October 2018	DF	Alan Tatayev	Artsakh		^[23]
2 October 2018	MF	David Zakharyan			^[23]
18 December 2018	MF	Armen Derdzyan	Junior Sevan		^[24]
18 December 2018	MF	Garegin Kirakosyan	Sfântul Gheorghe		^[24]
18 December 2018	MF	Sergey Mkrtchyan			^[24]
18 December 2018	FW	Roni	Kalteng Putra	15 April 2019	^[24]
18 December 2018	FW	Dmitri Ostrovski	Alay Osh		^[24]
31 December 2018	MF	Arman Zeinalyan
31 December 2018	MF	Fyodor Stukalov
31 December 2018	MF	Pape Demba Dieye	Yerevan	4 September 2019
31 December 2018	FW	Hovhannes Papazyan
12 February 2019	MF	David Azin	Persela Lamongan		^[25]
19 March 2019	MF	Andrey Chukhley	Slavia Mozyr		^[26]
20 May 2019	DF	Aboubacar Gassama			^[22]
20 May 2019	MF	Anthony Trajkoski	Smederevo 1924		^[22]
20 May 2019	MF	Sim Woon-sub	Gimpo Citizen		^[22]
30 June 2019	GK	Edvard Hovhannisyan
30 June 2019	DF	Vardan Arzoyan	Gandzasar Kapan
30 June 2019	DF	Vahe Chopuryan
30 June 2019	DF	Gor Poghosyan	Alashkert
30 June 2019	DF	Volodya Samsonyan	BKMA Yerevan
30 June 2019	DF	Hayk Sargsyan	Aragats
30 June 2019	DF	Kevin Ntika	Pepingen-Halle	2 January 2020
30 June 2019	DF	Matvey Guyganov	Palanga
30 June 2019	DF	Magomed Abidinov	Legion Dynamo Makhachkala
30 June 2019	DF	Mykhaylo Kaluhin	Dnyapro Mogilev
30 June 2019	MF	Sargis Shahinyan	Alashkert	8 July 2019	^[27]
30 June 2019	MF	Artem Simonyan	Pyunik
30 June 2019	MF	Rostislav Golovach
30 June 2019	MF	Valeri Yaroshenko	Ararat Moscow
30 June 2019	MF	Ebot Derrick Ayuk Oru
30 June 2019	MF	Dejan Vukomanović
30 June 2019	MF	Mpumelelo Zwane
30 June 2019	MF	Andriy Yakovlyev	Palanga
30 June 2019	FW	Mikayel Arustamyan
30 June 2019	FW	Orbeli Hambardzumyan	Alay Osh
30 June 2019	FW	Andranik Kocharyan	Gandzasar Kapan
30 June 2019	FW	Sargis Metoyan

Competitions

Armenian Premier League

Results

5 August 2018 1	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 1	Alashkert	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	S.Mkrtchyan 53' R.Avagyan 54' V.Chopuryan 67' V.Arzoyan 67' G.Poghosyan 75'	Report	Simonyan 48' Stojković 58' Poghosyan 66' Arta.Yedigaryan 70'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

12 August 2018 2	Ararat-Armenia	1 – 2	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Dimitrov 21' Pustozerov 37'	Report	Badoyan 16' Mkoyan 46' (o.g.) Abidinov 71'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Simonyan

19 August 2018 3	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 0	Shirak	Yerevan
16:30 (UTC+4)	G.Poghosyan 29' R.Safaryan 72' D.Zakharyan 85'	Report	A.Muradyan 45+1' R.Mkrtchyan 77'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

22 August 2018 4	Artsakh	1 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	E.Yeghiazaryan 43' H.Asoyan 67' E.Avagyan 82'	Report	Tatayev 50' R.Safaryan 60' V.Arzoyan 62' Badoyan 63' R.Avagyan 72'	Stadium: Mika Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Simonyan

25 August 2018 5	Ararat Yerevan	2 – 4	Banants	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	G.Poghosyan 46' A.Kocharyan 51' O.Hambardzumyan 80'	Report	Asamoah 11' 54' V.Ayvazyan 22', 44' Kpodo 58'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

29 August 2018 6	Lori	1 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Vanadzor
16:00 (UTC+4)	U.Iwu 67' A.Azatyan 76' U.Etop 81' Désiré 88'	Report	G.Kirakosyan 63' Malyaka 77'	Stadium: Vanadzor Football Academy Attendance: 400 Referee: Artur Safaryan

16 September 2018 7	Ararat Yerevan	1 – 3	Pyunik	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Malyaka 6' 38' (pen.) R.Safaryan 86' Azin 88'	Report	Avetisyan 7' Voynov 7' 51' Trusevych 34' Dmitriyev 83'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan

22 September 2018 8	Gandzasar Kapan	4 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Musonda 24', 38' Diarrassouba 30' D.Terteryan 67' M.Manasyan 78'	Report	V.Arzoyan 44'	Stadium: Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

30 September 2018 9	Alashkert	2 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Nenadović 25', 78' Grigoryan 27' Marmentini 65'	Report	A.Kocharyan 67' Malyaka 87'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

7 October 2018 10	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 1	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)		Report	Oslonovsky 42' Malakyan 47'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Suren Baliyan

20 October 2018 11	Shirak	1 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	Gogichayev 25' A.Shakhnazaryan 73' Mikaelyan 79' Shabani 79'	Report	A.Trajkoski 23' R.Safaryan 43'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Suren Baliyan

27 October 2018 12	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 0	Artsakh	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	R.Safaryan 27'	Report	A.Petrosyan 18' E.Nazaryan 64' H.Asoyan 78' E.Avagyan 86'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Artur Safaryan

31 October 2018 13	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 2	Banants	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)		Report	Asamoah 12' Stanojević 66'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Artur Simonyan

4 November 2018 14	Ararat Yerevan	2 – 2	Lori	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	S.Metoyan 74' G.Poghosyan 90+4' V.Arzoyan 90+5'	Report	Désiré 65' (pen.) 90+5' I.Fuseini 78' N.Francis 86' I.Aliyu 90+2'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Safaryan

25 November 2018 15	Pyunik	0 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	V.Hayrapetyan 73' R.Hakobyan 82'	Report	O.Hambardzumyan 35' Badoyan 57' A.Kocharyan 82'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Suren Baliyan

28 November 2018 16	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 2	Gandzasar Kapan	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	V.Arzoyan 34' G.Kirakosyan 45'	Report	M.Manasyan 12' G.Poghosyan 24' (o.g.) V.Minasyan 43'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Artur Safaryan

2 December 2018 17	Ararat Yerevan	1 – 0	Alashkert	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	G.Poghosyan 8' V.Arzoyan 20' 45' R.Avagyan 83' Petrushchenkov 90+8' A.Trajkoski 90+8'	Report	Nenadović 27' Grigoryan 30'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

2 March 2019 18	Ararat-Armenia	4 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Bougouhi 11', 51' Khozin 27' Pashov 49' Kódjo 69' Kobyalko 84' Avetisyan 90'	Report	Kaluhin 4' Simonyan 62' (pen.)	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

6 March 2019 19	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	G.Poghosyan 75'	Report	K.Ntika 16' (o.g.) M.Bakayoko 48' (pen.) D.Ghandilyan 51'	Stadium: Banants Artificial Field Attendance: 300

10 March 2019 20	Artsakh	0 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Gyozalyan 31'	Report	Gassama 17' Vukomanović 33'	Stadium: Pyunik Training Centre Attendance: 200 Referee: Artur Simonyan

17 March 2019 21	Banants	3 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Kobzar 23' K.Melkonyan 31' 69' H. Hakobyan 50' Darbinyan 77' Udo 79' A.Glisic 88'	Report	R.Safaryan 14' Simonyan 49' G.Poghosyan 56' S.Metoyan 79' S.Shahinyan 90+3'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

31 March 2019 22	Lori	2 – 2	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	N.Antwi 26' Désiré 39' U.Iwu 45+1'	Report	V.Arzoyan 60' S.Metoyan 69' M.Guyganov 74' R.Hakobyan 79'	Stadium: Pyunik Training Centre Attendance: 200 Referee: Asot Ghaltakchyan

11 April 2019 23	Ararat Yerevan	1 – 2	Pyunik	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	R.Avagyan 67' Simonyan 77'	Report	Trusevych 10' Zhestokov 73' Usman 83' Vardanyan 88'	Stadium: Banants-3 Attendance: 200 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

14 April 2019 24	Gandzasar Kapan	1 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	H.Asoyan 6' Harutyunyan 39'	Report	Kaluhin 20' M.Guyganov 70' K.Ntika 79' Badoyan 85'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan

19 April 2019 25	Alashkert	2 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Poghosyan 6' Damahou 23' Voskanyan 27'	Report	Simonyan 81'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

26 April 2019 26	Ararat Yerevan	2 – 6	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	K.Ntika 53' Simonyan 60' Kaluhin 79' Vukomanović 85'	Report	Kobyalko 14' Khozin 19' Pustozyorov 30' Avetisyan 31', 55' Louis 69' Mailson 70' Danielyan 90+1'	Stadium: Banants-3 Stadium Attendance: 210 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

2 May 2019 27	Shirak	3 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)	M.Bakayoko 53' Gevorkyan 58' 62' A.Muradyan 72'	Report	M.Guyganov 6'	Stadium: Gyumri Football Academy Attendance: 400 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan

6 May 2019 28	Ararat Yerevan	2 – 1	Artsakh	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Simonyan 11' (pen.) Badoyan 67' Kaluhin 85' R.Hakobyan 90+1' P.Ayvazyan 90+5'	Report	A.Meliksetyan 10' Gareginyan 31' Hovhannisyan 37' V.Bakalyan 45' E.Yeghiazaryan 85'	Stadium: Banants-3 Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Artur Safaryan

10 May 2019 29	Banants	1 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
19:30 (UTC+4)	A.Glisic 15' 36' V.Ayvazyan 73' Ayrapetyan 90+4'	Report	A.Kocharyan 31' Yakovlyev 62' M.Guyganov 90+6'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Simonyan

14 May 2019 30	Ararat Yerevan	1 – 0	Lori	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	G.Poghosyan 45' R.Hakobyan 47' 70' Vukomanović 90'	Report	Ingbede 14'	Stadium: Banants Stadium-3 Attendance: 200 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

26 May 2019 31	Pyunik	2 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	Mkrtchyan 33' Miranyan 39' Trusevych 88'	Report	V.Arzoyan 26' Badoyan 43' M.Guyganov 51'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

30 May 2019 32	Ararat Yerevan	1 – 7	Gandzasar Kapan	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	Simonyan 54' (pen.) Abidinov 58'	Report	A.Magallanes 1' Harutyunyan 5', 21', 30' (pen.), 68' 58' Adamyan 13' D.Minasyan 19' M.Manasyan 77'	Stadium: Pyunik Training Centre Attendance: 100 Referee: Artur Safaryan

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ararat-Armenia (C)	32	18	7	7	53	28	+25	61	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Pyunik	32	18	6	8	46	32	+14	60	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
3	Banants	32	14	10	8	43	35	+8	52
4	Alashkert	32	15	6	11	37	27	+10	51
5	Lori	32	11	11	10	42	40	+2	44
6	Gandzasar	32	10	8	14	38	33	+5	38
7	Shirak	32	7	15	10	26	30	−4	36
8	Artsakh	32	6	10	16	25	49	−24	28
9	Ararat Yerevan	32	5	7	20	24	60	−36	22

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Matches won; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head matches won; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Head-to-head away goals scored; 9) Goal difference; 10) Goals scored.^[28]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Alashkert qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Armenian Cup.

Armenian Cup

19 September 2018 First Round 1st leg	Lokomotiv Yerevan	1 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Malyaka 20' (o.g.) A.Kocharyan 84'	Report	Azin 13' Malyaka 59' (pen.) 90' D.Zakharyan 77'	Stadium: Mika Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan

3 October 2018 First Round 2nd leg	Ararat Yerevan	3 – 1 (4 – 2 agg.)	Lokomotiv Yerevan	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	R.Avagyan 17' G.Kirakosyan 28' Badoyan 29'	Report	G.Mkrtumyan 27' K.Manukyan 64' D.Margaryan 90+1'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Artur Simonyan

24 October 2018 Second Round 1st leg	Banants	3 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	A.Abdullahi 16', 90+4' A.Loretsyan 25' 28' Kpodo 22' 60' Solovyov 88'	Report	V.Chopuryan 54' G.Kirakosyan 74' P.Dieye 79'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

8 November 2018 Second Round 2nd leg	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 1 (1 – 4 agg.)	Banants	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	G.Poghosyan 3' V.Chopuryan	Report	E.Petrosyan 50'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Artur Simonyan

Statistics

As of match played 30 May 2019

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Armenian Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	RUS	Mikhail Petrushchenkov	23	0	20	0	3	0
3	DF	RUS	Matvey Guyganov	13	0	13	0	0	0
4	DF	BEL	Kevin Ntika	9	0	8+1	0	0	0
5	DF	ARM	Vardan Arzoyan	29	1	25+1	1	3	0
6	MF	ARM	Ruslan Avagyan	23	1	16+4	0	3	1
7	DF	ARM	Gor Poghosyan	30	2	24+2	2	4	0
10	FW	ARM	Razmik Hakobyan	11	1	2+9	1	0	0
11	MF	ARM	Artem Simonyan	15	6	12+3	6	0	0
14	DF	UKR	Mykhaylo Kaluhin	7	0	7	0	0	0
15	MF	UKR	Andriy Yakovlyev	10	0	7+3	0	0	0
17	MF	ARM	Zaven Badoyan	33	5	23+6	4	4	1
19	FW	ARM	Sargis Metoyan	24	2	11+9	2	2+2	0
20	DF	ARM	Rafael Safaryan	32	0	29+1	0	2	0
21	MF	ARM	Andranik Kocharyan	35	4	26+5	4	4	0
23	MF	SRB	Dejan Vukomanović	13	1	10+3	1	0	0
25	MF	SEN	Pape Demba Dieye	9	1	0+6	0	0+3	1
	GK	ARM	Poghos Ayvazyan	6	0	5+1	0	0	0
	DF	ARM	Vahe Chopuryan	10	0	7	0	3	0
	DF	ARM	Volodya Samsonyan	8	0	2+4	0	1+1	0
	DF	ARM	Hayk Sargsyan	2	0	1+1	0	0	0
	DF	RUS	Magomed Abidinov	5	0	5	0	0	0
	MF	ARM	Stepan Harutyunyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
	MF	ARM	Sargis Shahinyan	12	0	12	0	0	0
	MF	ARM	Karen Shirkhanyan	1	0	1	0	0	0
	MF	RSA	Mpumelelo Zwane	1	0	1	0	0	0
	FW	ARM	Mikayel Arustamyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
	FW	ARM	Orbeli Hambardzumyan	22	1	14+5	1	3	0
Players who left Ararat Yerevan during the season:
2	DF	RUS	Maksim Starkov	5	0	4	0	0+1	0
3	MF	GER	David Azin	11	0	7+1	0	3	0
8	MF	AUS	Anthony Trajkoski	12	0	8+2	0	2	0
10	FW	ARM	Garegin Kirakosyan	19	1	12+4	0	3	1
14	FW	RUS	Dmitri Ostrovski	15	0	4+8	0	1+2	0
15	DF	RUS	Dmitri Malyaka	9	2	8	1	1	1
16	MF	ARM	Sergey Mkrtchyan	2	0	2	0	0	0
18	MF	ARM	David Zakharyan	5	0	1+4	0	0	0
18	DF	FRA	Aboubacar Gassama	4	0	4	0	0	0
23	FW	BRA	Roni	8	0	2+4	0	0+2	0
25	DF	RUS	Alan Tatayev	9	0	6+2	0	1	0
99	GK	RUS	Vyacheslav Marikoda	8	0	7	0	1	0
	MF	ARM	Armen Derdzyan	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
	MF	BLR	Andrey Chukhley	3	0	2+1	0	0	0
	MF	KOR	Sim Woon-sub	6	0	4+2	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	Total
1	MF	11	Artem Simonyan	6	0	6
2	MF	17	Zaven Badoyan	4	1	5
3	MF	21	Andranik Kocharyan	4	0	4
4	DF	7	Gor Poghosyan	2	0	2
	FW	19	Sargis Metoyan	2	0	2
	DF	15	Dmitri Malyaka	1	1	2
7	FW	11	Orbeli Hambardzumyan	1	0	1
	DF	5	Vardan Arzoyan	1	0	1
	DF	23	Dejan Vukomanović	1	0	1
	FW	10	Razmik Hakobyan	1	0	1
	MF	6	Ruslan Avagyan	0	1	1
	FW	10	Garegin Kirakosyan	0	1	1
	MF	25	Pape Demba Dieye	0	1	1
			Own goal	1	0	1
			TOTALS	24	5	29

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Total
1	GK	1	Mikhail Petrushchenkov	4	4
2	GK	99	Vyacheslav Marikoda	1	1
2	GK		Poghos Ayvazyan	1	1
			TOTALS	6	6

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Armenian Cup		Total
1		GK	Mikhail Petrushchenkov	1	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Matvey Guyganov	5	0	0	0	5	0
4		DF	Kevin Ntika	2	0	0	0	2	0
5		DF	Vardan Arzoyan	8	1	0	0	8	1
6		MF	Ruslan Avagyan	4	0	0	0	4	0
7		DF	Gor Poghosyan	6	0	1	0	7	0
10		FW	Razmik Hakobyan	3	0	0	0	3	0
11		MF	Artem Simonyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
14		DF	Mykhaylo Kaluhin	2	2	0	0	2	2
15		MF	Andriy Yakovlyev	1	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Zaven Badoyan	2	0	0	0	2	0
19		FW	Sargis Metoyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
20		DF	Rafael Safaryan	6	0	0	0	6	0
23		MF	Dejan Vukomanović	2	0	0	0	2	0
		GK	Poghos Ayvazyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
		DF	Magomed Abidinov	2	0	0	0	2	0
		MF	Sargis Shahinyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
		FW	Orbeli Hambardzumyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Ararat Yerevan during the season:
3		MF	David Azin	1	0	1	0	2	0
4		DF	Vahe Chopuryan	1	0	1	1	2	1
8		MF	Anthony Trajkoski	2	0	0	0	2	0
10		FW	Garegin Kirakosyan	2	0	1	0	3	0
15		MF	Sergey Mkrtchyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
15		DF	Dmitri Malyaka	3	0	1	0	4	0
18		MF	David Zakharyan	1	0	1	0	2	0
18		DF	Aboubacar Gassama	1	0	0	0	1	0
25		DF	Alan Tatayev	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	63	3	6	1	69	4

References

^ Իսպանիայում աշխատած մարզիչը գլխավորեց Արարատը
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Զավեն Բադոյանը միացել է Արարատին, թիմն ունի ևս 3 նորեկ արտասահմանից
^ "Mixail Petrushenkov". instagram.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Instagram. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "David Zaharyan". instagram.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Instagram. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "Ebot Derrick Ayuk Oru". instagram.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Instagram. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "Rostislav Golovach". instagram.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Instagram. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "Fedor Stukalov". instagram.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Instagram. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "Dieye Pape Demba". instagram.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Instagram. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "Dmitri Ostrovski". instagram.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Instagram. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "4 Signings". twitter.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Twitter. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "3 Signings". twitter.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Twitter. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
^ "Официально. Давид Азин присоединился к "Арарату"". armfootball.com/ (in Russian). Arm Football. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
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^ "Официально. Покинувший "Алашкерт" форвард пополнил "Арарат"". armfootball.com (in Russian). ArmFootball. 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
^ "Պաշտոնական. Ռուս պաշտպանը համալրեց Երևանի "Արարատը"". armfootball.com (in Armenian). ArmFootball. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Серб, беларус и украинец пополнили Арарат". armfootball.com (in Russian). Arm Football. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Официально. "Арарат" приобрел бельгийца и африканца". armfootball.com/ (in Russian). Arm Football. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
^ "Պաշտոնական. Հարավային Կորեան ներկայացնող կիսապաշտպանը համալրեց Արարատը". armfootball.com (in Armenian). Arm Football. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
^ "FC Ararat has sign a contract with 23-year-old midfielder Sargis Shahinyan". armfootball.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Twitter. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ "Официально. "Арарат" подписал французского защитника". armfootball.com/ (in Russian). ArmFootball. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
^ "AFC Eskilstuna goalkeeper Hossin Lagoun joins FC Ararat on loan". armfootball.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Twitter. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
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^ "FC Ararat terminated contract with Andrey Chukhley with mutual agreement". armfootball.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Twitter. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
^ "Ալաշկերտի 6 նորեկները". fcalashkert.am (in Armenian). FC Alashkert. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
^ "Premier League 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.83222650775324-28] Alashkert qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Armenian Cup.

[1] Իսպանիայում աշխատած մարզիչը գլխավորեց Արարատը

[4_in,_3_out-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Զավեն Բադոյանը միացել է Արարատին, թիմն ունի ևս 3 նորեկ արտասահմանից

[3] "Mixail Petrushenkov". instagram.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Instagram. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[4] "David Zaharyan". instagram.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Instagram. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[5] "Ebot Derrick Ayuk Oru". instagram.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Instagram. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[6] "Rostislav Golovach". instagram.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Instagram. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[7] "Fedor Stukalov". instagram.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Instagram. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[8] "Dieye Pape Demba". instagram.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Instagram. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[9] "Dmitri Ostrovski". instagram.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Instagram. 27 July 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[4_Signings-10] "4 Signings". twitter.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Twitter. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[3_Signings-11] "3 Signings". twitter.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Twitter. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.

[12] "Официально. Давид Азин присоединился к "Арарату"". armfootball.com/ (in Russian). Arm Football. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

[13] "Artem Simonyan joins Ararat". armfootball.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Twitter. 3 December 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[14] "Официально. Покинувший "Алашкерт" форвард пополнил "Арарат"". armfootball.com (in Russian). ArmFootball. 7 December 2018. Archived from the original on 18 August 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

[15] "Պաշտոնական. Ռուս պաշտպանը համալրեց Երևանի "Արարատը"". armfootball.com (in Armenian). ArmFootball. 12 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[3_Signings_2-16] "Серб, беларус и украинец пополнили Арарат". armfootball.com (in Russian). Arm Football. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

[2_New_Signings-17] "Официально. "Арарат" приобрел бельгийца и африканца". armfootball.com/ (in Russian). Arm Football. 26 January 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.

[18] "Պաշտոնական. Հարավային Կորեան ներկայացնող կիսապաշտպանը համալրեց Արարատը". armfootball.com (in Armenian). Arm Football. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

[19] "FC Ararat has sign a contract with 23-year-old midfielder Sargis Shahinyan". armfootball.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Twitter. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[20] "Официально. "Арарат" подписал французского защитника". armfootball.com/ (in Russian). ArmFootball. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.

[21] "AFC Eskilstuna goalkeeper Hossin Lagoun joins FC Ararat on loan". armfootball.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Twitter. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[Four_Leave-22] "ՊԱՇՏՈՆԱԿԱՆ". facebook.com (in Armenian). FC Ararat Yerevan Facebook. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 21 May 2019.

[5_Leave-23] ""Սեփական նախաձեռնություն". "Արարատի" 5 ֆուտբոլիստներ հեռացել են ակումբից". armfootball.com (in Armenian). ArmFootball. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2018.

[5_More_Leave-24] "FC Ararat termited contracts". facebook.com/fcararatyerevanofficial/. FC Ararat Yerevan Facebook. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 20 December 2018.

[25] "Պաշտոնական. "Արարատը" խզել է Դավիթ Ազինի հետ պայմանագիրը". armfootball.com (in Armenian). Arm Football. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.

[26] "FC Ararat terminated contract with Andrey Chukhley with mutual agreement". armfootball.com. FC Ararat Yerevan Twitter. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2019.

[Alashkert_Sign_6-27] "Ալաշկերտի 6 նորեկները". fcalashkert.am (in Armenian). FC Alashkert. 5 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

[29] "Premier League 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

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