The 2020–21 season was
FC Ararat Yerevan
Football Club Ararat Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian association football, football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League.
Si ...
's 30th consecutive season in
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 ...
.
Season events
On 23 July, Vardan Bichakhchyan was appointed as Ararat Yerevan's manager.
On 25 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of
Artak Yedigaryan,
and
David Manoyan.
On 26 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of Juan Bravo from
Lori,
and
Karen Muradyan
Karen Muradyan ( hy, Կարեն Մուրադյան, born 1 November 1992 in Gyumri) is an Armenian Association football, football player who plays as a midfielder for the Armenian Premier League club FC Ararat-Armenia.
Career Club
Karen Muradyan ...
from
Shirak.
On 27 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the double signing of
Edgar Malakyan and Vsevolod Yermakov from
Shirak.
On 28 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of
Hrayr Mkoyan
Hrayr Mkoyan ( hy, Հրայր Մկոյան, born 2 September 1986) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Shirak, which he captains, and the Armenia national team.
Club career Ararat Yerevan
Hrayr Mkoyan spent h ...
from Shirak, and Christian Jiménez from
Lori.
On 29 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of
Zhirayr Margaryan from Shirak, and
Igor Stanojević from
Mačva Šabac
Mačva ( sr-Cyrl, Мачва, ; hu, Macsó) is a geographical and historical region in the northwest of Central Serbia, on a fertile plain between the Sava and Drina rivers. The chief town is Šabac. The modern Mačva District of Serbia is nam ...
.
On 31 July, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of
Marko Prljević and
Uroš Nenadović
Uroš Nenadović (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Ненадовић; born 28 January 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Armenian Premier League club Alashkert.
Career
In September 2019, Nenadović left AC Horsens ...
from
Shirak.
On 15 August, 2 from Ararat and 6 players from Ararat-2 tested positive for
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. Two days later, Ararat reported another 7 players had tested positive.
On 18 August, the
FFA postponed the match between
Shirak and Ararat Yerevan due to the COVID-19 outbreak within the Ararat squad.
On 25 August, summer signings from
Shirak,
Zhirayr Margaryan,
Hrayr Mkoyan
Hrayr Mkoyan ( hy, Հրայր Մկոյան, born 2 September 1986) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Shirak, which he captains, and the Armenia national team.
Club career Ararat Yerevan
Hrayr Mkoyan spent h ...
,
Marko Prljević,
Edgar Malakyan,
David Manoyan,
Karen Muradyan
Karen Muradyan ( hy, Կարեն Մուրադյան, born 1 November 1992 in Gyumri) is an Armenian Association football, football player who plays as a midfielder for the Armenian Premier League club FC Ararat-Armenia.
Career Club
Karen Muradyan ...
and
Uroš Nenadović
Uroš Nenadović (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Ненадовић; born 28 January 1994) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Armenian Premier League club Alashkert.
Career
In September 2019, Nenadović left AC Horsens ...
, were all loaned back to Shirak to help Shirak in their
UEFA Europa League
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qualifying game on 27 August.
On 4 September, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of
Aghvan Papikyan from
Alashkert.
On 5 September, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of
Spasoje Stefanović from
Sinđelić Beograd.
On 10 September, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of
Solomon Udo
Solomon Ime Udo ( hy, Սոլոմոն Իմե Ուդո; born 15 July 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Nigeria, he represents the Armenia national team.
Club career
On 13 June 2018, Udo signed for Banants.
O ...
and Mory Kone from
Shirak.
On 18 September, the
FFA postponed the match between Ararat Yerevan and
Ararat-Armenia due to Ararat-Armenia being involved in a
UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (abbreviated as UEL, or sometimes, UEFA EL), formerly the UEFA Cup, is an annual football club competition organised since 1971 by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It ...
match on 24 September.
On 29 September, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, the surrounding territories. It was a major escalation of ...
. On 13 October, the FFA announced that the season would resume on 17 October.
On 22 October, Ararat's match against
Alashkert was postponed due to 4 positive
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...
cases within the Alashkert team.
On 7 January, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of
Artur Danielyan
Artur Gegamovych Danielyan ( arm, Արթուր Դանիելյան; uk, Артур Гегамович Данієлян; born 9 February 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Noah. Born in Ukraine, he has represented Arm ...
from
Ararat-Armenia on a free transfer,
with
Grigor Meliksetyan joining the following day after leaving of
Gandzasar Kapan.
On 15 January, Ararat Yerevan announced that they had terminated their contract with
Spasoje Stefanović by mutual consent,
with Dimitrije Pobulić signing the following day from
Grafičar Beograd.
On 4 February, Ararat Yerevan announced the signing of
Maksym Zaderaka from
Oleksandriya
Oleksandriia () is a city located in Oleksandriia Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast (region) in central Ukraine. Administratively, Oleksandriia serves as the administrative center of Oleksandriia Raion (district). Oleksandriia also hosts the administrat ...
.
On 17 February, Vahe Muradyan and Robert Marutyan left Ararat Yerevan.
On 22 February,
Solomon Udo
Solomon Ime Udo ( hy, Սոլոմոն Իմե Ուդո; born 15 July 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in Nigeria, he represents the Armenia national team.
Club career
On 13 June 2018, Udo signed for Banants.
O ...
left Ararat Yerevan to sign for
Shakhter Karagandy.
On 16 March,
Lori walked off at the start of their match against Ararat Yerevan in protest of their Matchday 1 fixture being awarded to
Urartu
Urartu (; Assyrian: ',Eberhard Schrader, ''The Cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament'' (1885), p. 65. Babylonian: ''Urashtu'', he, אֲרָרָט ''Ararat'') is a geographical region and Iron Age kingdom also known as the Kingdom of Va ...
after Lori where unable to field a team due to COVID-19.
With the match later being awarded to Ararat Yerevan 3–0.
Squad
Left club during season
Transfers
In
Out
Loans out
Released
Friendlies
Competitions
Premier League
Results summary
Results by round
Results
Table
Armenian Cup
Final
Statistics
Appearances and goals
, -
, colspan="16", ''Players who left Ararat Yerevan during the season:''
Goal scorers
Clean sheets
Disciplinary Record
References
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FC Ararat Yerevan seasons
Ararat Yerevan
Football Club Ararat Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League.
Since 1999, the club is ...