The 2020–21 season was Pyunik's 27th season in the

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Season events

On 20 July, Artak Oseyan was announced as Pyunik's new manager. On 23 July, Pyunik announced the signing of Artur Grigoryan from Gandzasar Kapan, with

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joining from Ararat-Armenia the following day. On 29 July, Muhammad Ladan joined the club on loan from

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for the season, and

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joined from

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. On 1 August, Alexandre Yeoule signed for Pyunik after leaving Lori. On 3 August, Pyunik announced the singing of Gor Malakyan, and a new technical partnership with

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to supply their kit. On 4 August, Pyunik's planned friendly match against

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on 6 August was cancelled. On 5 August, Pyunik announced the signing of Artyom Avanesyan on loan from Ararat-Armenia for the season, whilst goalkeeper Andrija Dragojević left the club by mutual consent. On 10 August,

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left Pyunik to join

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. On 15 August, Pyunik announced the signing of Dramane Salou from

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. On 21 August, Pyunik announced the signing of Julius Ufuoma from Lori. On 1 September, Pyunik announced the signings of Magomed Musalov and

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. On 2 September, Pyunik announced that Erik Azizyan had extended his contract until the summer of 2023, and that Levon Vardanyan had signed a new deal until the summer of 2025. On 17 September, Pyunik announced the signing of Armen Nahapetyan on loan from Ararat-Armenia for the season. On 29 September, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating

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. On 13 October, the FFA announced that the season would resume on 17 October. On 22 October, Pyunik's match against

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was postponed due to positive

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cases within the Noah team. On 2 November, Pyunik's game against

was postponed due to positive

cases within the Pyunik team. On 9 December, Pyunik extended their contract with Serob Grigoryan. On 13 December, Artak Oseyan left his role as Head Coach of Pyunik. On 7 January, Yegishe Melikyan was announced as Pyunik's new manager. On 25 January, Arman Hovhannisyan returned to Pyunik. The following day, 26 January, Pyunik announced the signing of Ihor Honchar from Alashkert, and on 27 January, Anton Bratkov joined from Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, and Robert Darbinyan from

. On 29 January, Pyunik announced the signing of

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. The following day, 30 January,

left Pyunik by mutual consent. On 1 February, Pyunik announced the signing of Herman Penkov from

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. Two days later, 3 February, Pyunik announced the signing of Brazilian midfielder Higor from Botafogo da Paraíba. On 4 February, Pyunik announced the signing of

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on a free transfer after he'd left Ararat-Armenia. On 5 February, Pyunik announced the signings of Rommell Ibarra and José Balza on loan from

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. On 10 February, Pyunik announced that Arthur Nadiryan had retired from football due to injuries, with Valeriy Boldenkov signing for the club the following day. On 12 February, Levon Vardanyan joined

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on loan for the rest of the season. On 15 February, Pyunik announced the signing of José Caraballo from Real Santa Cruz. On 17 February, Alexandre Yeoule left Pyunik by mutual consent, and Edmon Movsisyan moved to West Armenia. On 20 February, Pyunik announced the signing of Oleh Kozhushko, whilst Robert Hakobyan, Arsen Sargsyan and Narek Hovhannisyan all left the club by mutual consent. On 1 March, Pyunik announced the signing of Yevhen Budnik from

Squad

Out on loan

Transfers

In

Loans in

Out

Loans out

Released

Friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Premier League

Results summary

Results by round

Results

Table

Armenian Cup

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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