2021–22 FC Urartu season
# 2021–22 FC Urartu season

The 2021–22 season was FC Urartu's twenty-first consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League. Urartu will participate in the Armenian Premier League, Armenian Cup and the UEFA Europa Conference League.

## Season events

On 17 June, Urartu announced the signing of Nana Antwi from Lori.

On 21 June, Urartu announced that Narek Aghasaryan, Sergey Mkrtchyan and Narek Grigoryan had all returned to the club following loan spells at BKMA Yerevan the previous season.

Urartu announced their second signing of the summer on 28 June, with Livio Milts joining the club from Roda JC Kerkrade.

On 30 July, Urartu announced the signing of Vardan Arzoyan from Shirak.

On 18 August, Urartu announced the signing of Armen Manucharyan after he'd left Aktobe in June.

On 17 November, Urartu announced that Arsen Petrosyan had returned to his role with the clubs youth teams, and that Robert Arzumanyan had been appointed as Acting Head Coach.

On 14 December, Urartu announced that Livio Milts had left the club by mutual consent.

On 17 February, Urartu announced the signing of Erik Vardanyan from Sochi.

On 17 February, Urartu announced the signing of Dmytro Khlyobas from Ordabasy.

## Squad

    As of match played 28 May 2022

| Number | Name | Position | Date of birth (Age) | Signed from | Signed in | Apps. | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||
| 24 | Arsen Beglaryan | GK | (1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (aged 26) | Dnyapro Mogilev | 2020 | 51 | 0 |
| 96 | Anatoly Ayvazov | GK | (1996-06-08)8 June 1996 (aged 25) | Shirak | 2018 | 35 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||
| 2 | Nana Antwi | DF | (2000-08-10)10 August 2000 (aged 21) | Lori | 2021 | 31 | 0 |
| 4 | Armen Manucharyan | DF | (1995-02-03)3 February 1995 (aged 27) | Unattached | 2021 | 42 | 0 |
| 6 | Arman Ghazaryan | DF | (2001-07-24)24 July 2001 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | 14 | 0 |
| 14 | Pyotr Ten | DF | (1992-07-12)12 July 1992 (aged 29) | Minsk | 2021 | 39 | 0 |
| 15 | Annan Mensah | DF | (1996-06-06)6 June 1996 (aged 25) | Lori | 2020 | 28 | 0 |
| 18 | Salomon Nirisarike | DF | (1993-03-23)23 March 1993 (aged 29) | Pyunik | 2021 | 27 | 0 |
| 25 | Edgar Grigoryan | DF | (1998-08-25)25 August 1998 (aged 23) | Academy | 2019 | 42 | 0 |
| 36 | Khariton Ayvazyan | DF | (2003-11-08)8 November 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2020 | 21 | 0 |
| 67 | Vadym Paramonov | DF | (1991-03-18)18 March 1991 (aged 31) | Rukh Lviv | 2021 | 35 | 1 |
| 88 | Zhirayr Margaryan | DF | (1997-09-13)13 September 1997 (aged 24) | on loan from Veres Rivne | 2022 | 21 | 0 |
| 95 | Vardan Arzoyan | DF | (1995-04-30)30 April 1995 (aged 27) | Shirak | 2021 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||
| 5 | Hakob Hakobyan | MF | (1997-03-29)29 March 1997 (aged 25) | Academy | 2013 | 182 | 3 |
| 8 | Ugochukwu Iwu | MF | (1999-11-28)28 November 1999 (aged 22) | Lori | 2020 | 58 | 6 |
| 9 | Narek Aghasaryan | MF | (2001-07-15)15 July 2001 (aged 20) | Academy | 2021 | 36 | 1 |
| 17 | Tigran Ayunts | MF | (2000-03-15)15 March 2000 (aged 22) | Academy | 2017 | 5 | 0 |
| 19 | Sergey Mkrtchyan | MF | (2001-06-26)26 June 2001 (aged 20) | Academy | 2021 | 31 | 2 |
| 20 | Gor Lulukyan | MF | (2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 19) | Academy | 2020 | 19 | 2 |
| 23 | Erik Vardanyan | MF | (1998-06-07)7 June 1998 (aged 23) | Sochi | 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| 28 | Robert Baghramyan | MF | (2002-06-29)29 June 2002 (aged 19) | BKMA Yerevan | 2020 | 4 | 0 |
| 90 | Oleg Polyakov | MF | (1990-11-29)29 November 1990 (aged 31) | Armavir | 2020 | 57 | 7 |
| Forwards ||||||||||
| 10 | Karen Melkonyan | FW | (1999-03-25)25 March 1999 (aged 23) | Academy | 2017 | 118 | 9 |
| 12 | Jonel Désiré | FW | (1997-02-12)12 February 1997 (aged 25) | Lori | 2020 | 49 | 13 |
| 13 | Dmytro Khlyobas | FW | (1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 28) | Ordabasy | 2022 | 13 | 3 |
| 21 | Narek Grigoryan | FW | (2001-06-17)17 June 2001 (aged 20) | Academy | 2019 | 26 | 3 |
| 22 | Artur Miranyan | FW | (1995-12-27)27 December 1995 (aged 26) | Pyunik | 2021 | 36 | 13 |
| 55 | Samvel Hakobyan | FW | (2003-04-30)30 April 2003 (aged 19) | Academy | 2020 | 4 | 1 |
| Players away on loan ||||||||||
| 77 | Erik Simonyan | DF | (2003-06-12)12 June 2003 (aged 18) | Academy | 2019 | 5 | 0 |
| Players who left during the season ||||||||||
| 6 | Peter Mutumosi | MF | (1998-05-25)25 May 1998 (aged 24) | Motema Pembe | 2019 | 30 | 1 |
| 23 | Livio Milts | MF | (1997-10-04)4 October 1997 (aged 24) | Roda JC Kerkrade | 2021 | 11 | 0 |
| 33 | Vitinho | MF | (1997-09-08)8 September 1997 (aged 24) | Ararat Yerevan | 2020 | 31 | 1 |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 June 2021 | DF | Nana Antwi | Lori | Undisclosed |
| 28 June 2021 | MF | Livio Milts | Roda JC Kerkrade | Undisclosed |
| 30 July 2021 | DF | Vardan Arzoyan | Shirak | Undisclosed |
| 18 August 2021 | DF | Armen Manucharyan | Unattached | Free |
| 17 February 2022 | MF | Erik Vardanyan | Sochi | Undisclosed |
| 18 February 2022 | FW | Dmytro Khlyobas | Ordabasy | Undisclosed |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Nationality | Name | From | Date to | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 March 2022 | DF | | Zhirayr Margaryan | Veres Rivne | End of season | |

### Out

| Date | Position | Nationality | Name | To | Fee | Ref. |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 3 August 2021 | MF | | Gevorg Tarakhchyan | Sevan | Undisclosed | |
| 24 February 2022 | MF | | Vitinho | Alashkert | Undisclosed | |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date to |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 August 2019 | DF | Arman Ghazaryan | BKMA Yerevan | 18 January 2022 |
| 29 July 2021 | DF | Erik Piloyan | BKMA Yerevan | End of season |
| 2 February 2022 | DF | Erik Simonyan | BKMA Yerevan | End of season |

### Released

| Date | Position | Name | Joined | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 June 2021 | FW | Yevgeni Kobzar | Noravank | 8 February 2022 |
| 10 June 2021 | MF | Isah Aliyu | Ararat Yerevan | 22 July 2021 |
| 11 June 2021 | DF | Narek Petrosyan | | |
| 16 June 2021 | DF | James | Alashkert | 2 July 2021 |
| 14 December 2021 | MF | Livio Milts | PAEEK | 2 January 2022 |
| 28 January 2022 | MF | Peter Mutumosi | AS Vita Club | 2 February 2022 |
| 2 June 2022 | DF | Armen Manucharyan | Van | 15 February 2023 |
| 2 June 2022 | DF | Annan Mensah | Alashkert | |
| 2 June 2022 | DF | Salomon Nirisarike | | |

## Competitions

### Overall record

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % |
| Premier League | 1 August 2021 | 28 May 2022 | Matchday 1 | 5th | 32 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 028.13 |
| Armenian Cup | 21 November2021 | 8 May 2022 | Quarterfinal | Runners Up | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 066.67 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 8 July 2021 | 15 July 2021 | First qualifying round | First qualifying round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −2 | 000.00 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 37 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 029.73 |

Last updated: 28 May 2022 Source: 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: 28 May 2022. Source: See Results

**Results by round**

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ground | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H |
| Result | W | V | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | V | D | L | W | L | D | D | W | D | P | D | D | W | L | D | D | W | L | L | D | W | D | D | L | D | W |
| Position | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 |

**Table**

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Pyunik (C) | 32 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 25 | +27 | 75 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Ararat-Armenia | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 20 | +36 | 74 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Alashkert | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 38 | 30 | +8 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Ararat Yerevan | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 36 | +11 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
| 5 | Urartu | 32 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 40 | |
| 6 | Noah | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 39 | |
| 7 | Noravank | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 36 | 55 | −19 | 28 | |
| 8 | Van | 32 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 47 | −28 | 25 | |
| 9 | BKMA (O) | 32 | 4 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 60 | −35 | 18 | Qualification to the relegation play-offs |
| 10 | Sevan (D, R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to the Armenian First League |

* ↑ Between matchday 15 and 16, Sevan were expelled from the league.
* ↑ The 2021–22 Armenian Cup winners, Noravank, did not obtain an UEFA license and was replaced.
* ↑ Sevan was expelled from the league on 1 December 2021.

## Statistics

    As of match played 28 May 2022

### Appearances and goals

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | GHA | Nana Antwi | 32 | 0 | 21+6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | ARM | Armen Manucharyan | 20 | 0 | 17+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | MF | ARM | Hakob Hakobyan | 31 | 1 | 23+4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ARM | Arman Ghazaryan | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | NGA | Ugochukwu Iwu | 34 | 5 | 27+2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | ARM | Narek Aghasaryan | 37 | 1 | 29+3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | ARM | Karen Melkonyan | 30 | 4 | 10+17 | 4 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | HAI | Jonel Désiré | 29 | 5 | 17+9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | FW | UKR | Dmytro Khlyobas | 14 | 3 | 2+11 | 3 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | RUS | Pyotr Ten | 24 | 0 | 17+2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | GHA | Annan Mensah | 15 | 0 | 12+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | ARM | Tigran Ayunts | 3 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | RWA | Salomon Nirisarike | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | ARM | Sergey Mkrtchyan | 32 | 2 | 17+11 | 2 | 2+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | ARM | Gor Lulukyan | 13 | 2 | 6+7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | ARM | Narek Grigoryan | 19 | 3 | 9+7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | ARM | Artur Miranyan | 26 | 11 | 16+5 | 10 | 2+1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | ARM | Erik Vardanyan | 7 | 0 | 3+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | ARM | Arsen Beglaryan | 28 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | ARM | Edgar Grigoryan | 26 | 0 | 10+13 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ARM | Robert Baghramyan | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | DF | ARM | Khariton Ayvazyan | 14 | 0 | 8+4 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 55 | FW | ARM | Samvel Hakobyan | 3 | 1 | 0+3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 67 | DF | UKR | Vadym Paramonov | 22 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | ARM | Zhirayr Margaryan | 12 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | RUS | Oleg Polyakov | 35 | 3 | 19+11 | 3 | 1+2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 96 | GK | ARM | Anatoly Ayvazov | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Urartu during the season: ||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | COD | Peter Mutumosi | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | BEL | Livio Milts | 11 | 0 | 7+2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 |
| 33 | MF | BRA | Vitinho | 5 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FW | 22 | Artur Miranyan | 10 | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 12 | Jonel Désiré | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | MF | 8 | Ugochukwu Iwu | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | MF | 10 | Karen Melkonyan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | FW | 21 | Narek Grigoryan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | MF | 90 | Oleg Polyakov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | FW | 13 | Dmytro Khlyobas | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | MF | 19 | Sergey Mkrtchyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | MF | 20 | Gor Lulukyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | MF | 9 | Narek Aghasaryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | FW | 55 | Samvel Hakobyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | 5 | Hakob Hakobyan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 37 | 5 | 0 | 42 |

### Clean sheets

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | 24 | Arsen Beglaryan | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | GK | 96 | Anatoly Ayvazov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 11 | 2 | 0 | 13 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Armenian Cup | Armenian Cup | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA Europa Conference League | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2 | DF | Nana Antwi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 5 | MF | Hakob Hakobyan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Arman Ghazaryan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Ugochukwu Iwu | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | MF | Narek Aghasaryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | FW | Jonel Désiré | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Pyotr Ten | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | MF | Tigran Ayunts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | MF | Sergey Mkrtchyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | FW | Narek Grigoryan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | Artur Miranyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Erik Vardanyan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | GK | Arsen Beglaryan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | Edgar Grigoryan | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 33 | MF | Vitinho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | Khariton Ayvazyan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 67 | DF | Vadym Paramonov | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 88 | DF | Zhirayr Margaryan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 90 | MF | Oleg Polyakov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Players away on loan: ||||||||||||
| Players who left Urartu during the season: ||||||||||||
| 23 | MF | Livio Milts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| | | TOTALS | 43 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 2 |
