The 2017–18 season was
Ararat-Moskva's 1st season in existence, in which they finished Third in the
First League, gaining promotion to the
Armenian Premier League
The Armenian Premier League ( hy, VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the compet ...
, whilst they were knocked out of the
Armenian Cup
The VBET Armenian Cup ( hy, Հայաստանի Անկախության Գավաթ) is the main football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the Soviet Union. It s ...
by
Gandzasar Kapan in the Quarter-finals.
Season events
The club began the season under the name of Avan Academy, and featured predominately players from the
Yerevan Football Academy
Officially, the Technical Center-Academy of the Football Federation of Armenia ( hy, Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ֆեդերացիայի Տեխնիկական կենտրոն-ակադեմիա), commonly known as the Yerevan Football Academy o ...
and graduates from
Pyunik, and managed by Artak Oseyan.
At the beginning of 2018, the club was taken over by the Russian-Armenian businessman
Samvel Karapetyan who renamed the football club as Ararat-Moskva. The club was reorganized as soon as
FC Ararat Moscow
FC Ararat Moscow ( hy, «Արարատ Մոսկվա» ՖԱ, russian: ФК «Арарат» Москва) was a Russian football team based in Moscow that represented the Armenian diaspora in Russia. It was founded in 2017 and joined the Russian Pr ...
in Russia was denied certificate for the next season.
Gor Malakyan left Feniks and returned to his home country (Гор Малакян покинул Феникс и вернулся на родину)
Sport Arena. 3 July 2018
Squad
Transfers
In
Loans in
Out
Released
Competitions
Overall record
First League
Results summary
Results
Table
Armenian Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goals
, -
, colspan="16", ''Players away on loan:''
, -
, colspan="16", ''Players who left Ararat-Moskva during the season:''
Goal scorers
Clean sheets
Disciplinary Record
References
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FC Ararat-Armenia seasons
Ararat-Moskva