2018–19 Shirak SC season
# 2018–19 Shirak SC season

The 2018–19 season was Shirak's 28th consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League, in which they finished the season in 7th place, their worst positioning since the 2011 season. Shirak also took part in the Armenian Cup, where they were knocked out by Artsakh in the first round.

## Squad

    As of match played 31 May 2019

| No. | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 1 | Sokrat Hovhannisyan | GK | (1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 23) | Youth team | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
| 45 | Vsevolod Yermakov | GK | (1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (aged 23) | Zenit-Izhevsk | 2018 | 43 | 0 |
| | Ferdinand Muradyan | GK | (1999-10-29)29 October 1999 (aged 19) | Youth team | 2017 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 3 | Aram Shakhnazaryan | DF | (1994-04-21)21 April 1994 (aged 25) | Alashkert | 2018 | 26 | 0 |
| 4 | Artyom Mikaelyan | DF | (1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 27) | Youth team | 2010 | 129 | 3 |
| 6 | Marko Prljević | DF | (1988-08-02)2 August 1988 (aged 30) | Proleter Novi Sad | 2018 | 38 | 1 |
| 20 | Zhirayr Margaryan | DF | (1997-09-13)13 September 1997 (aged 21) | Banants | 2018 | 49 | 1 |
| 25 | Aghvan Davoyan | DF | (1990-03-21)21 March 1990 (aged 29) | Youth team | 2010 | | |
| 40 | Artur Amiryan | DF | (1997-07-06)6 July 1997 (aged 21) | Youth team | 2017 | 7 | 0 |
| 43 | Seryozha Urushanyan | DF | (1997-08-01)1 August 1997 (aged 21) | Youth team | 2018 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 7 | Arman Aslanyan | MF | (1994-01-30)30 January 1994 (aged 25) | Youth team | 2013 | 37 | 0 |
| 10 | Khoren Veranyan | MF | (1986-09-04)4 September 1986 (aged 32) | Alashkert | 2018 | 23 | 0 |
| 18 | Rafik Misakyan | MF | (2000-01-02)2 January 2000 (aged 19) | Banants | 2018 | 20 | 0 |
| 19 | Karen Muradyan | MF | (1992-11-01)1 November 1992 (aged 26) | Alashkert | 2018 | 135 | 3 |
| 20 | Rudik Mkrtchyan | MF | (1998-10-26)26 October 1998 (aged 20) | Youth team | 2016 | 19 | 0 |
| 41 | Fatjon Jusufi | MF | (1995-12-17)17 December 1995 (aged 23) | Partizani Tirana | 2019 | 2 | 1 |
| 44 | Levon Darbinyan | MF | (2002-01-24)24 January 2002 (aged 17) | Youth team | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Moussa Bakayoko | MF | (1996-12-27)27 December 1996 (aged 22) | | 2018 | 71 | 17 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 5 | Artyom Gevorkyan | FW | (1993-05-21)21 May 1993 (aged 26) | Chayka Peschanokopskoye | 2019 | 13 | 1 |
| 9 | Aram Muradyan | FW | (1995-04-14)14 April 1995 (aged 24) | Youth Team | 2013 | 127 | 13 |
| 11 | David Ghandilyan | FW | (1993-06-04)4 June 1993 (aged 25) | Homenetmen Beirut | 2019 | 30 | 2 |
| 17 | Arlen Tsaturyan | FW | (1999-01-05)5 January 1999 (aged 20) | Youth Team | 2016 | 18 | 0 |
| 22 | Bunjamin Shabani | FW | (1991-01-30)30 January 1991 (aged 28) | Shkupi | 2018 | 26 | 1 |
| Players out on loan ||||||||||
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 2 | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi | FW | (1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 26) | SO de l'Armée | 2018 | 44 | 25 |
| 11 | Pablo Cruz | MF | (1991-12-30)30 December 1991 (aged 27) | California United | 2018 | 12 | 2 |
| 13 | Eder Arreola | FW | (1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 27) | Ventura County Fusion | 2018 | 21 | 1 |
| 15 | Georgy Gogichayev | FW | (1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 28) | Alania Vladikavkaz | 2018 | 21 | 2 |
| 38 | Moussa Diakité | MF | (1998-11-17)17 November 1998 (aged 20) | Atlético Astorga | 2018 | 9 | 0 |
| 58 | Henri Junior Ndong | DF | (1992-08-23)23 August 1992 (aged 26) | Samtredia | 2018 | 3 | 2 |
| 99 | Kadima Kabangu | FW | (1993-06-15)15 June 1993 (aged 25) | Budapest Honvéd | 2018 | 16 | 2 |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 July 2018 | GK | Vsevolod Yermakov | Zenit-Izhevsk | Undisclosed |
| 24 July 2018 | FW | Georgy Gogichayev | | Free |
| 27 July 2018 | MF | Eder Arreola | California United | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2018 | MF | Pablo Cruz | California United | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2018 | DF | Darko Ilieski | Pobeda | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2018 | DF | Aram Shakhnazaryan | Pyunik | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2018 | MF | Khoren Veranyan | Alashkert | Undisclosed |
| 1 August 2018 | FW | Bunjamin Shabani | Shkupi | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2018 | MF | Moussa Diakité | Atlético Astorga | Undisclosed |
| 2 August 2018 | FW | Kadima Kabangu | Budapest Honvéd | Undisclosed |
| 25 August 2018 | DF | Henri Junior Ndong | Samtredia | Undisclosed |
| 1 September 2018 | MF | Karen Muradyan | | Free |
| 1 September 2018 | MF | Moussa Bakayoko | | Free |
| 1 September 2018 | FW | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi | İstanbulspor | Undisclosed |
| 3 February 2019 | DF | Marko Prljević | Tsarsko Selo Sofia | Undisclosed |
| 6 February 2019 | MF | David Ghandilyan | Homenetmen Beirut | Undisclosed |
| 18 February 2019 | MF | Fatjon Jusufi | Partizani Tirana | Undisclosed |
| 18 February 2019 | FW | Artyom Gevorkyan | Chayka Peschanokopskoye | Undisclosed |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 August 2018 | DF | | Darko Ilieski | Tikves | Undisclosed | |
| 31 August 2018 | MF | | David Ghandilyan | Homenetmen Beirut | Undisclosed | |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 24 October 2018 | MF | Pablo Cruz | Las Vegas Lights | 9 January 2019 |
| 24 October 2018 | FW | Eder Arreola | Orange County | 18 April 2019 |
| 21 December 2018 | DF | Henri Junior Ndong | Al-Ahly | |
| 21 December 2018 | MF | Moussa Diakité | Botoșani | 10 January 2019 |
| 21 December 2018 | FW | Kadima Kabangu | Motema Pembe | |
| 21 December 2018 | FW | Georgy Gogichayev | Kuban-Holding Pavlovskaya | |
| 11 January 2019 | FW | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi | Ararat-Armenia | 17 January 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | Mher Safaryan | | |
| 30 June 2019 | DF | Aram Shakhnazaryan | Alashkert | 5 July 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | David Ghandilyan | Alashkert | 11 August 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Khoren Veranyan | Torpedo Yerevan | 7 July 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | MF | Fatjon Jusufi | Shkupi | 1 July 2019 |
| 30 June 2019 | FW | Bunjamin Shabani | Drita | 15 July 2019 |

## Competitions

### Premier League

**Results summary**

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |

Last updated: 30 May 2019. Source: See Results

**Table**

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 |
| 3 | Banants | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 52 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Alashkert | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 37 | 27 | +10 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round |
| 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 | |

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

## Statistics

    As of match played 30 May 2019

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | ARM | Sokrat Hovhannisyan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | ARM | Aram Shakhnazaryan | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARM | Artyom Mikaelyan | 29 | 2 | 26+1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | RUS | Artyom Gevorkyan | 13 | 1 | 7+6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SRB | Marko Prljević | 15 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | ARM | Arman Aslanyan | 27 | 0 | 13+14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | ARM | Zhirayr Margaryan | 34 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | ARM | Aram Muradyan | 26 | 4 | 13+11 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | ARM | Khoren Veranyan | 23 | 0 | 14+7 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ARM | David Ghandilyan | 15 | 1 | 10+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | ARM | Arlen Tsaturyan | 8 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | ARM | Rafik Misakyan | 18 | 0 | 9+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARM | Karen Muradyan | 25 | 1 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARM | Rudik Mkrtchyan | 26 | 1 | 19+5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | MKD | Bunjamin Shabani | 26 | 1 | 19+6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARM | Aghvan Davoyan | 31 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | DF | ARM | Artur Amiryan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 41 | MF | MKD | Fatjon Jusufi | 2 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | MF | ARM | Levon Darbinyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | GK | RUS | Vsevolod Yermakov | 33 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | CIV | Moussa Bakayoko | 23 | 4 | 18+4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Players who left Shirak during the season: ||||||||||
| 2 | FW | CIV | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi | 12 | 1 | 7+3 | 1 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | USA | Pablo Cruz | 12 | 2 | 7+3 | 2 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | USA | Eder Arreola | 11 | 1 | 9+1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | FW | RUS | Georgy Gogichayev | 9 | 1 | 5+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | MLI | Moussa Diakité | 9 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 58 | DF | GAB | Henri Junior Ndong | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 99 | FW | COD | Kadima Kabangu | 16 | 2 | 6+9 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | MF | 88 | Moussa Bakayoko | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Aram Muradyan | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Pablo Cruz | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | FW | 99 | Kadima Kabangu | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | MF | 4 | Artyom Mikaelyan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | DF | 58 | Henri Junior Ndong | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | | | Own goal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 13 | Eder Arreola | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 20 | Rudik Mkrtchyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 15 | Georgy Gogichayev | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 2 | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 22 | Bunjamin Shabani | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 11 | David Ghandilyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | FW | 5 | Artyom Gevorkyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 19 | Karen Muradyan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | MF | 41 | Fatjon Jusufi | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 26 | 1 | 27 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Nation | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | | 45 | Vsevolod Yermakov | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| | | | | TOTALS | 16 | 1 | 17 |

### Disciplinary Record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 | DF | Aram Shakhnazaryan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Artyom Mikaelyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 5 | FW | Artyom Gevorkyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Marko Prljević | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Arman Aslanyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | DF | Zhirayr Margaryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Aram Muradyan | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Khoren Veranyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | David Ghandilyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Arlen Tsaturyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Rafik Misakyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Karen Muradyan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | Rudik Mkrtchyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Bunjamin Shabani | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Aghvan Davoyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Moussa Bakayoko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players who left Shirak during the season: ||||||||||
| 2 | FW | Jean-Jacques Bougouhi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | Eder Arreola | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | MF | Moussa Diakité | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Kadima Kabangu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 54 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 0 |
