2016–17 FC Shirak season

Shirak
2016-17 season
Chairman	Arman Sahakyan
Manager	Vardan Bichakhchyan
Stadium	Gyumri City Stadium
Premier League	3rd
Armenian Cup	Winners
Europa League	Second qualifying round vs Spartak Trnava
Top goalscorer	League: Viulen Ayvazyan (8); All: Viulen Ayvazyan (8)
Highest home attendance	2,747 vs Spartak Trnava ; (14 July 2016)
Lowest home attendance	225 vs Gandzasar Kapan ; (31 May 2017)
Average home league attendance	793 (31 May 2017)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was Shirak's 26th consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League and covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Squad edit

As of match played 31 May 2017

No.	Name	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	Sokrat Hovhannisyan	GK	(1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 21)	Youth team	2016		0	0
13	Anatoliy Ayvazov	GK	(1996-06-08)8 June 1996 (aged 20)	Pyunik	2016		32	0
45	Vsevolod Yermakov	GK	(1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (aged 21)		2015		10	0
Defenders
2	Arman Hovhannisyan	DF	(1993-07-07)7 July 1993 (aged 23)	Alashkert	2015		56	1
3	Artyom Mikaelyan	DF	(1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 25)	Youth team	2010		76	0
4	Semen Datsenko	DF	(1994-05-10)10 May 1994 (aged 23)	Inhulets Petrove	2017		8	0
6	Marko Prljević	DF	(1988-08-02)2 August 1988 (aged 28)	Borac Banja Luka	2016		8	0
14	Arman Tadevosyan	DF	(1994-09-26)26 September 1994 (aged 22)	Youth team	2013		11	0
21	Gevorg Hovhannisyan	DF	(1983-06-16)16 June 1983 (aged 33)	Youth team	2003
23	Robert Darbinyan	DF	(1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 26)		2016		49	1
25	Aghvan Davoyan	DF	(1990-03-21)21 March 1990 (aged 27)	Youth team	2010
Midfielders
8	Rumyan Hovsepyan	MF	(1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 25)	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	2016		44	6
16	Arman Aslanyan	MF	(1994-01-30)30 January 1994 (aged 23)	Youth team	2013		8	0
17	Vahan Bichakhchyan	MF	(1999-07-09)9 July 1999 (aged 17)	Youth team	2015		28	6
19	Solomon Udo	MF	(1995-07-15)15 July 1995 (aged 21)	Ulisses	2016		46	1
20	Oumarou Kaina	MF	(1996-10-16)16 October 1996 (aged 20)		2017		12	1
22	Ghukas Poghosyan	MF	(1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 23)		2016		22	3
28	Mohamed Kaba	MF	(1989-04-05)5 April 1989 (aged 28)	Al Ahli	2015		56	3
37	Rudik Mkrtchyan	MF	(1998-10-26)26 October 1998 (aged 18)	Youth team	2016		2	0
39	Milutin Ivanović	MF	(1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 26)	Car Konstantin	2017		4	0
42	Artush Mirzakhanyan	MF	(1998-09-30)30 September 1998 (aged 18)	Youth team	2016		1	0
88	Moussa Bakayoko	MF	(1996-12-27)27 December 1996 (aged 20)	Raja Casablanca	2017		14	2
Forwards
7	Viulen Ayvazyan	FW	(1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 22)	Pyunik	2015		66	15
18	Aram Muradyan	FW	(1995-04-14)14 April 1995 (aged 22)	Youth Team	2013		69	4
27	Aram Tosunyan	FW	(1993-05-29)29 May 1993 (aged 24)	Youth team	2011
38	Kyrian Nwabueze	FW	(1992-12-11)11 December 1992 (aged 24)		2017		12	3
41	Arlen Tsaturyan	FW	(1999-01-05)5 January 1999 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2016		2	0
55	Fatawu Safiu	FW	(1994-07-16)16 July 1994 (aged 22)	loan from International Allies	2017	2017	9	0
Players out on loan
Players who left during the season
1	Norayr Abrahamyan	GK	(1985-10-30)30 October 1985 (aged 31)	Youth team	2009
4	Kostyantyn Shults	MF	(1993-06-24)24 June 1993 (aged 23)	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk	2016		4	0
9	Konan Kouakou	FW	(1995-10-27)27 October 1995 (aged 21)		2015		25	6
9	Bryan de la Fuente	MF	(1992-07-01)1 July 1992 (aged 24)	Ararat Yerevan	2016		12	1
10	Davit Hakobyan	MF	(1993-03-21)21 March 1993 (aged 24)	Youth team	2010
11	Edvard Panosyan	FW	(1992-10-11)11 October 1992 (aged 24)	Youth team	2013		31	1
15	Karen Aleksanyan	MF	(1980-06-17)17 June 1980 (aged 36)	Ulisses	2011
17	Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou	MF	(1995-12-25)25 December 1995 (aged 21)		2016		1	0
36	Drissa Diarrassouba	FW	(1994-11-15)15 November 1994 (aged 22)	Ivoire Academie	2016		49	7
55	Georgy Gogichayev	FW	(1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 26)	Alania Vladikavkaz	2016		12	1
77	Nemanja Stošković	MF	(1990-02-21)21 February 1990 (aged 27)		2016		28	2

Transfers edit

In edit

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	GK	Anatoliy Ayvazov	Pyunik	Undisclosed	^[1]
1 July 2016	MF	Ghukas Poghosyan		Free	^[2]
1 July 2016	MF	Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou		Undisclosed	^[3]
1 July 2016	MF	Mohamed Doumouya	SC Gagnoa	Undisclosed	^[3]
9 August 2016	DF	Kostyantyn Shults	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk	Undisclosed	^[4]
12 August 2016	DF	Marko Prljević	Borac Banja Luka	Undisclosed
26 August 2016	MF	Akihiri Takada	METTA/Latvijas Universitāte	Undisclosed	^[5]
30 August 2016	FW	Georgy Gogichayev	Alania Vladikavkaz	Undisclosed	^[6]
1 September 2016	MF	Bryan de la Fuente	Ararat Yerevan	Undisclosed	^[7]
28 February 2017	GK	Vsevolod Yermakov		Free	^[8]
28 February 2017	DF	Semen Datsenko	Inhulets Petrove	Undisclosed	^[8]
28 February 2017	MF	Oumarou Kaina		Free	^[8]
28 February 2017	MF	Moussa Bakayoko	Raja Casablanca	Undisclosed	^[8]
28 February 2017	MF	Milutin Ivanović	Car Konstantin	Undisclosed	^[8]
28 February 2017	FW	Kyrian Nwabueze		Free	^[8]

Loan in edit

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
28 February 2017	FW		Fatawu Safiu	International Allies	9 June 2017	^[8]^[9]

Out edit

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
29 July 2016	FW		Drissa Diarrassouba	Padideh	Undisclosed	^[10]
14 October 2016	MF		Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou	Ararat Yerevan	Undisclosed	^[11]

Released edit

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date
1 August 2016	FW	Eder Arreola	Arizona United	28 April 2017^[12]
10 October 2016^[13]	MF	Akihiri Takada	Topvar Topoľčany	23 February 2017
30 December 2016^[14]	DF	Kostyantyn Shults	Atlantas	17 January 2017^[15]
30 December 2016^[14]	MF	Bryan de la Fuente	California United
30 December 2016^[14]	MF	Nemanja Stošković	Sloboda Užice	1 August 2017
30 December 2016^[14]	FW	Georgy Gogichayev	Dacia Chișinău	14 September 2017
31 December 2016	GK	Norayr Abrahamyan
31 December 2016	MF	Mohamed Doumouya	Stade Tunisien	15 December 2017
31 December 2016	FW	Edvard Panosyan
31 December 2016	FW	Konan Kouakou	Atlantis	1 May 2017
7 January 2017	MF	Karen Aleksanyan	Retired
1 February 2017	MF	Davit Hakobyan	Retired	1 July 2018
9 June 2017^[9]	MF	Milutin Ivanović	Radnički Niš	2 August 2017
9 June 2017^[9]	MF	Rumyan Hovsepyan	Banants
30 June 2017	DF	Arman Hovhannisyan	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi
30 June 2017	DF	Gevorg Hovhannisyan	Banants
30 June 2017	DF	Arman Tadevosyan
30 June 2017	MF	Ghukas Poghosyan	Banants

Competitions edit

Premier League edit

Results summary edit


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	16	5	9	31	24	+7	53	7	3	5	13	10	+3	9	2	4	18	14	+4

Last updated: 31 May 2017.
Source: See Results

Results edit

6 August 2016 1	Shirak	3 – 1	Pyunik	Gyumri
17:30 (UTC+4)	G. Hovhannisyan 16' Ayvazyan 21', 45+1' A.Davoyan 25' 81' A.Hovhannisyan 60' A.Tadevosyan 89' A.Muradyan 90+4'	Report	D.Manoyan 61' (pen.) Ra.Hakobyan 72'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Artur Safaryan

14 August 2016 2	Banants	0 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	A.Bareghamyan 34'	Report	Shults 15' Hakobyan 90' Udo 90'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

20 August 2016 3	Shirak	1 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	Bichakhchyan 86' A.Muradyan 89'	Report	H.Simelela 88'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

27 August 2016 4	Shirak	2 – 2	Alashkert	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	Daghbashyan 16' (o.g.) Ayvazyan 44' A.Davoyan 57' M.Kaba 68'	Report	K.Veranyan 4' Kvekveskiri 26' 47' Mikaelyan 61' (o.g.) Tasić 69'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Suren Baliyan

11 September 2016 5	Gandzasar Kapan	0 – 1	Shirak	Kapan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Claudir 37' H.Asoyan 68' Arm.Petrosyan 85' Harutyunyan 89'	Report	G.Hovhannisyan 31' Mikaelyan 39' A.Hovhannisyan 63' A.Muradyan 88' A.Ayvazov 90+2'	Stadium: Gandzasar Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Suren Baliyan

18 September 2016 6	Pyunik	0 – 0	Shirak	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)		Report	M.Kaba 42' A.Davoyan 77' Mikaelyan 90+1'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

27 September 2016 7	Shirak	0 – 1	Banants	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)	Stošković 39' Aleksanyan 55' M.Kaba 65' A.Davoyan 80' A.Muradyan 89'	Report	N.Minasyan 51' Burayev 89'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Artur Safaryan

1 October 2016 8	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	V.Arzoyan 29' Daudov 45' Kone 61' A.Loretsyan 80'	Report	Hovsepyan 50' Stošković 55' Hakobyan 70'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Artur Simonyan

16 October 2016 9	Alashkert	1 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Gyozalyan 33' (pen.) Khovbosha 38' Minasyan 53' Tasić 86'	Report	Gogichayev 75'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Suren Baliyan

22 October 2016 10	Shirak	1 – 0	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	M.Kaba 28' de la Fuente 47' Hakobyan 63'	Report	A.Khachatryan 40' Memović 60'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

26 October 2016 11	Shirak	0 – 1	Pyunik	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	Hovsepyan 83'	Report	Kartashyan 41'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Artur Simonyan

29 October 2016 12	Banants	1 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	H.Avagyan 5' Adams 12' G.Aghekyan 22' 26' H.Hambardzumyan 41' V.Ayvazyan 81'	Report	Ayvazyan 6' (pen.) Hovsepyan 34' M.Kaba 45+1' A.Hovhannisyan 56' Hakobyan 82' Prljević 90+2'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Artur Safaryan

4 November 2016 13	Shirak	2 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	Ayvazyan 17' Stošković 25' Poghosyan 83' A.Davoyan 88'	Report	S.Mkrtchyan 86' A.Petrosyan 88'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Artur Safaryan

20 November 2016 14	Shirak	0 – 0	Alashkert	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	A.Hovhannisyan 23' Hakobyan 47' Udo 73'	Report	Voskanyan 64' Grigoryan 90'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Artur Simonyan

23 November 2016 15	Gandzasar Kapan	1 – 0	Shirak	Kapan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Harutyunyan 62' Al.Petrosyan 67'	Report	Poghosyan 38' M.Kaba 67'	Stadium: Gandzasar Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

26 November 2016 17	Pyunik	0 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	S.Grigoryan 13' Avetisyan 45'	Report	Ayvazyan 11', 71' G.Hovhannisyan 20' Gogichayev 49' de la Fuente 54' Udo 89'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Suren Baliyan

4 December 2016 17	Banants	0 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	V.Ayvazyan 85'	Report	Mikaelyan 60' M.Kaba 82' Bichakhchyan 89' A.Ayvazov 90+3'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Artur Safaryan

5 March 2017 18	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	G.Tumbaryan 11' Go.Poghosyan 21' R.Safaryan 58'	Report	Bichakhchyan 29' Darbinyan 50' Hovsepyan 74'	Stadium: Banants-3 Attendance: 300 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

12 March 2017 19	Alashkert	3 – 0	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Arta.Yedigaryan 11' Dashyan 37' Nenadović 45' Artu.Yedigaryan 72'	Report	A.Muradyan 61' Darbinyan 88'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

18 March 2017 20	Shirak	1 – 2	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
14:00 (UTC+4)	Bichakhchyan 76' 79' Bakayoko 90'	Report	V.Bakalyan 71' Memović 73' Ishkhanyan 85' Kpodo 90+1'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Suren Baliyan

1 April 2017 21	Shirak	0 – 2	Pyunik	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	G.Hovhannisyan 6' A.Davoyan 41' A.Hovhannisyan 56' Hovsepyan 68' Safiu 90+3'	Report	Kartashyan 37' Avetisyan 39' (pen.) 43'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Artur Simonyan

7 April 2017 22	Shirak	1 – 0	Banants	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)	Ivanović 24' Darbinyan 61' Nwabueze 89' 89'	Report	V.Ayvazyan 26'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Artur Safaryan

15 April 2017 23	Shirak	1 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)	Bichakhchyan 27' Safiu 90+5' Poghosyan 90+5'	Report	R.Yeghiazaryan 73' P.Ayvazyan 90+5'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Artur Safaryan

23 April 2017 24	Shirak	0 – 1	Alashkert	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	A.Hovhannisyan 90'	Report	Arakelyan 25' Voskanyan 90+4'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Suren Baliyan

29 April 2017 25	Gandzasar Kapan	3 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Musonda 17' 34' Claudir 62' Walmerson 81' 90+4'	Report	Hovsepyan 41' (pen.) Bakayoko 56' G.Hovhannisyan 90+3'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Simonyan

6 May 2017 26	Pyunik	0 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Arutyunyan 83'	Report	Hovsepyan 29' Ayvazyan 65' Datsenko 89' Poghosyan 90+2'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Simonyan

14 May 2017 27	Shirak	1 – 0	Banants	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	Ayvazyan 39' Udo 78'	Report	H.Hambardzumyan 19' V.Ayvazyan 58'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Simonyan

20 May 2017 28	Ararat Yerevan	2 – 3	Shirak	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	R.Safaryan 6' 44' V.Arzoyan 45' 90'	Report	Hovsepyan 7' Prljević 36' Gh.Poghosyan 43' Nwabueze 63' A.Ayvazov 90+1'	Stadium: Banants-3 Attendance: 500 Referee: Artur Ayvazov

28 May 2017 29	Alashkert	3 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	Voskanyan 15' Arta.Yedigaryan 41' Artu.Yedigaryan 44' M.Manasyan 54' Nenadović 63'	Report	Udo 43' M.Kaba 47' A.Muradyan 67' 90+2'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Suren Baliyan

31 May 2017 30	Shirak	0 – 0	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	Nwabueze 3' G.Hovhannisyan 3' Udo 40' A.Mirzakhanyan 60'	Report	A.Petrosyan 3'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 225 Referee: Artur Safaryan

Table edit

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alashkert (C)	30	19	7	4	59	26	+33	64	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Gandzasar Kapan	30	17	6	7	38	24	+14	57	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
3	Shirak	30	16	5	9	31	24	+7	53
4	Pyunik	30	12	9	9	35	27	+8	45
5	Banants	30	5	6	19	18	44	−26	21
6	Ararat Yerevan	30	3	3	24	17	53	−36	12

Source: Football Federation of Armenia (in Armenian), 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.^[16]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Shirak qualified for Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Armenian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

Armenian Cup edit

22 September 2016 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Kotayk	0 – 0	Shirak	Abovyan
16:00 (UTC+4)	A.Ghazaryan 35' E.Mkrtchyan 89'	Report		Stadium: Abovyan City Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Shahen Aghayan

18/19 October 2016 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Shirak	3 – 0 (3 – 0 agg.)	Kotayk	Gyumri
(UTC+4)				Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium
Note: Match awarded 3-0 to Shirak.

12 April 2017 Semifinal 1st leg	Gandzasar Kapan	0 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Harutyunyan 88'	Report	A.Davoyan 35' O.Kaina 45' Hovsepyan 85' Bakayoko 88'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

26 April 2017 Semifinal 2nd leg	Shirak	1 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)	O.Kaina 20' Safiu 44' Prljević 64' V.Minasyan 66' (o.g.) Yermakov 90+1' Udo 90+3'	Report	Musonda 40' (pen.) Walmerson 84' Ishkhanyan 90+3'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Final edit

24 May 2017	Pyunik	0 – 3	Shirak	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	V.Pogosyan 65'	Report	Nwabueze 6', 38' Bichakhchyan 28' Ayvazyan 89'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

UEFA Europa League edit

Qualifying rounds edit

30 June 2016 First qualifying round 1st leg	Dila Gori	1 – 0	Shirak	Gori, Georgia
19:00 (UTC+4)	Gongadze 24' Modebadze 36' T.Tsikaridze 40' G.Samkharadze 41' L.Nonikashvili 75' Razmadze 88'	Report	M.Kaba 12' D.Hakobyan 44' K.Kouakou 80' G. Hovhannisyan 90+7'	Stadium: Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium Attendance: 2,512^[17] Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko (Ukraine)

7 July 2016 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Shirak	1 – 0 (a.e.t.) (1 – 1 agg.) (4 – 1 p)	Dila Gori	Gyumri, Armenia
18:00 (UTC+4)	D.Hakobyan 27' Bichakhchyan 84' A.Davoyan 84'	Report	G.Samkharadze 60'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 2,400^[17] Referee: Sergejus Slyva (Lithuania)
	Penalties
	Hovsepyan Darbinyan Ayvazyan D.Hakobyan		Gongadze Kvirkvelia Razmadze

14 July 2016 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Shirak	1 – 1	Spartak Trnava	Gyumri, Armenia
18:00 (UTC+4)	D.Hakobyan 16' 71' Mikaelyan 55'	Report	Yao 39' Sloboda 82' Jirka 87'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 2,747^[18] Referee: Artyom Kuchin (Kazakhstan)

21 July 2016 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Spartak Trnava	2 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Shirak	Trnava, Slovakia
23:15 (UTC+4)	Schranz 57' Tambe 61'	Report	K.Kouakou 16' Darbinyan 71' Diarrassouba 90+2'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 6,129^[18] Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)

Statistics edit

As of match played 31 May 2017

Appearances and goals edit

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Armenian Cup		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ARM	Arman Hovhannisyan	25	0	18+2	0	1	0	2+2	0
3	DF	ARM	Artyom Mikaelyan	35	0	26+1	0	2+2	0	4	0
4	DF	UKR	Semen Datsenko	8	0	3+3	0	2	0	0	0
6	DF	SRB	Marko Prljević	23	1	19	1	4	0	0	0
7	FW	ARM	Viulen Ayvazyan	34	8	23+5	8	2+2	0	0+2	0
8	MF	ARM	Rumyan Hovsepyan	34	3	24+4	3	3	0	3	0
13	GK	ARM	Anatoliy Ayvazov	32	0	27	0	1	0	4	0
14	DF	ARM	Arman Tadevosyan	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	ARM	Arman Aslanyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	ARM	Vahan Bichakhchyan	27	6	4+17	4	2+2	1	0+2	1
18	FW	ARM	Aram Muradyan	26	2	5+18	2	1+1	0	0+1	0
19	MF	NGA	Solomon Udo	36	1	28	1	4	0	4	0
20	MF	CMR	Oumarou Kaina	12	1	7+3	0	2	1	0	0
21	DF	ARM	Gevorg Hovhannisyan	21	0	16	0	1	0	4	0
22	MF	ARM	Ghukas Poghosyan	22	3	5+13	3	2	0	0+2	0
23	DF	ARM	Robert Darbinyan	18	0	12	0	2	0	4	0
25	DF	ARM	Aghvan Davoyan	30	0	23	0	4	0	2+1	0
28	MF	CIV	Mohamed Kaba	28	1	20+2	1	1+2	0	3	0
37	MF	ARM	Rudik Mkrtchyan	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW	NGA	Kyrian Nwabueze	12	3	9+1	1	1+1	2	0	0
39	MF	SRB	Milutin Ivanović	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
41	FW	ARM	Arlen Tsaturyan	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	ARM	Artush Mirzakhanyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
45	GK	RUS	Vsevolod Yermakov	5	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
55	FW	GHA	Fatawu Safiu	9	0	6+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
88	MF	CIV	Moussa Bakayoko	14	2	6+5	2	2+1	0	0	0
Players who left Shirak during the season:
1	GK	ARM	Norayr Abrahamyan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	UKR	Kostyantyn Shults	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	CIV	Konan Kouakou	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9	MF	USA	Bryan de la Fuente	12	1	6+6	1	0	0	0	0
10	MF	ARM	Davit Hakobyan	20	2	14+2	1	0+1	0	3	1
15	MF	ARM	Karen Aleksanyan	6	0	3+2	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF	CIV	Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
36	FW	CIV	Drissa Diarrassouba	4	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0
55	FW	RUS	Georgy Gogichayev	12	1	5+6	1	1	0	0	0
77	MF	SRB	Nemanja Stošković	19	0	8+6	0	1	0	4	0

Goal scorers edit

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	FW	7	Viulen Ayvazyan	8	0	0	8
2	MF	17	Vahan Bichakhchyan	4	1	1	6
3	MF	8	Rumyan Hovsepyan	3	0	0	3
	MF	22	Ghukas Poghosyan	3	0	0	3
	FW	18	Aram Muradyan	3	0	0	3
	FW	38	Kyrian Nwabueze	1	2	0	3
7	MF	88	Moussa Bakayoko	2	0	0	2
	MF	10	Davit Hakobyan	1	0	1	2
			Own goal	1	1	0	2
10	FW	55	Georgy Gogichayev	1	0	0	1
	MF	9	Bryan de la Fuente	1	0	0	1
	MF	28	Mohamed Kaba	1	0	0	1
	MF	19	Solomon Udo	1	0	0	1
	DF	6	Marko Prljević	1	0	0	1
	MF	20	Oumarou Kaina	0	1	0	1
			TOTALS	31	5	2	38

Clean sheets edit

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	GK	13	Anatoliy Ayvazov	15	1	1	17
2	GK	45	Vsevolod Yermakov	1	2	0	3
3	GK	1	Norayr Abrahamyan	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	17	3	1	21

Disciplinary record edit

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Armenian Cup		UEFA Europa League		Total
2		DF	Arman Hovhannisyan	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
3		DF	Artyom Mikaelyan	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
4		DF	Semen Datsenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6		DF	Marko Prljević	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
7		FW	Viulen Ayvazyan	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
8		MF	Rumyan Hovsepyan	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
13		GK	Anatoliy Ayvazov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14		DF	Arman Tadevosyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17		MF	Vahan Bichakhchyan	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
18		FW	Aram Muradyan	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
19		MF	Solomon Udo	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
20		MF	Oumarou Kaina	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
21		DF	Gevorg Hovhannisyan	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
22		MF	Ghukas Poghosyan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23		DF	Robert Darbinyan	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
25		DF	Aghvan Davoyan	7	1	1	0	1	0	9	1
28		MF	Mohamed Kaba	7	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
38		FW	Kyrian Nwabueze	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
39		MF	Milutin Ivanović	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
42		MF	Artush Mirzakhanyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
45		GK	Vsevolod Yermakov	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
55		FW	Fatawu Safiu	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
88		MF	Moussa Bakayoko	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Shirak during the season:
4		MF	Kostyantyn Shults	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9		FW	Konan Kouakou	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
9		MF	Bryan de la Fuente	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Davit Hakobyan	4	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
15		MF	Karen Aleksanyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
36		FW	Drissa Diarrassouba	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
55		FW	Georgy Gogichayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77		MF	Nemanja Stošković	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	78	1	6	0	11	0	96	1

References edit

^ "FC Shirak signed Anatoliy Ayvazov". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 20 June 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ "FC Shirak signed Ghukas Poghosyan". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Two African players joined FC Shirak". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ "FC Shirak signed Ukrainian midfielder". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ "FC Shirak signed 3 years contract with Japanese player". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
^ "FC Shirak signed Russian player". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 30 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "FC Shirak signed 7 new players". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 28 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Երկկողմանի համաձայնությամո խզվեցին պայմանագրերը երեք ֆուտբոլիստների հետ". fcshirak.am (in Armenian). FC Shirak. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
^ "Drissa Diarrassouba will play in Iran". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "7 newcomers". fcararat.am. FC Ararat Yerevan. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
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^ "Շիրակը հրաժարվեց Ակիհիրո Տակադայի ծառայություններից". fcshirak.am (in Armenian). FC Shirak. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
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^ ^a ^b "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.61692724265946-16] Shirak qualified for Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Armenian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

[1] "FC Shirak signed Anatoliy Ayvazov". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 20 June 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[2] "FC Shirak signed Ghukas Poghosyan". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[Two_African_players_joined_FC_Shirak-3] "Two African players joined FC Shirak". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[4] "FC Shirak signed Ukrainian midfielder". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[5] "FC Shirak signed 3 years contract with Japanese player". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[6] "FC Shirak signed Russian player". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 30 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[7] "Bryan De La Fuente will play in FC Shirak". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[7_Signed-8] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "FC Shirak signed 7 new players". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 28 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

[Three_Leave-9] "Երկկողմանի համաձայնությամո խզվեցին պայմանագրերը երեք ֆուտբոլիստների հետ". fcshirak.am (in Armenian). FC Shirak. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.

[10] "Drissa Diarrassouba will play in Iran". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

[11] "7 newcomers". fcararat.am. FC Ararat Yerevan. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[12] "Phoenix Rising Football Club Adds Three More Players To Roster". Phoenix Rising FC. April 28, 2017. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2017.

[13] "Շիրակը հրաժարվեց Ակիհիրո Տակադայի ծառայություններից". fcshirak.am (in Armenian). FC Shirak. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.

[Four_Leave-14] "Չորս ֆուտբոլիստներ հեռացան Շիրակից". fcshirak.am (in Armenian). FC Shirak. 30 December 2016. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.

[15] ""Atlantas" sudarė sutartis su K.Šulcu ir A.Čofu" (in Lithuanian). FK Atlantas. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.

[17] "Premier League 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

[AttendanceQR1-18] "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

[AttendanceQR2-19] "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

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Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	16	5	9	31	24	+7	53	7	3	5	13	10	+3	9	2	4	18	14	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	16	5	9	31	24	+7	53	7	3	5	13	10	+3	9	2	4	18	14	+4

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	16	5	9	31	24	+7	53	7	3	5	13	10	+3	9	2	4	18	14	+4