2018–19 FC Pyunik season

Pyunik
2018-19 season
Chairman	Rafik Hayrapetyan
Manager	Andrei Talalayev ; (Until 9 April, ; Banned on 6 December) ; Aleksandr Tarkhanov ; (from 11 April)
Stadium	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Armenian Premier League	2st
Armenian Cup	Quarterfinal vs Lori
Europa League	Third Qualifying Round vs Maccabi Tel Aviv
Top goalscorer	League: Erik Vardanyan (8); All: Two Players (8)
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 season was Pyunik's 25th season in the Armenian Premier League.

Season events

On 2 December, during Pyunik's match against Gandzasar Kapan, manager Andrei Talalayev was sent off for insulting the Fourth official. Talalayev was subsequently banned from football until the end of the season, 31 May 2019, on 6 December 2018.^[1]^[2] On 9 April, Talalayev left Pyunik by mutual consent,^[3] with Aleksandr Tarkhanov being appointed as the new manager on 11 April.^[4]

Squad

As of 2 April 2019

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARM	Gor Manukyan
2	DF	ARM	Serob Grigoryan
3	DF	ARM	Artur Kartashyan
5	DF	ARM	Armen Manucharyan
6	MF	ARM	Karlen Mkrtchyan (captain)
8	MF	ARM	Rumyan Hovsepyan
9	FW	ARM	Artur Miranyan
10	MF	ARM	Erik Vardanyan
11	FW	CIV	Mohamed Konaté
12	GK	ARM	Sevak Aslanyan
13	FW	RUS	Denis Dorozhkin
15	MF	UKR	Maksym Trusevych
16	DF	ARM	Robert Hakobyan
17	MF	ARM	Hovhannes Poghosyan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	ARM	Alik Arakelyan
19	MF	RUS	Denis Talalay
21	DF	RUS	Vitali Stezhko (on loan from Krasnodar)
23	MF	NGA	Mohammed Usman
25	GK	MNE	Andrija Dragojević
26	MF	ARM	Hovhannes Ilangyozyan
27	DF	RUS	Vyacheslav Dmitriev
30	MF	ARM	Vahagn Hayrapetyan
31	GK	RUS	Yevgeni Kobozev
33	FW	CIV	Lassina Dao
63	DF	ALB	Kristi Marku
66	DF	RUS	Maksim Zhestokov
67	DF	RUS	Sergei Kolychev
70	DF	UKR	Serhiy Shevchuk (on loan from Tambov)

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 2018	DF	Vyacheslav Dmitriyev		Free
Summer 2018	DF	Sergei Kolychev	Rotor Volgograd	Undisclosed
Summer 2018	MF	Albert Bogatyryov	Tyumen	Undisclosed
Summer 2018	MF	Denis Voynov	Avangard Kursk	Undisclosed
Summer 2018	FW	Ruslan Koryan	SKA-Khabarovsk	Undisclosed
24 June 2018	GK	Andrija Dragojević	Alashkert	Undisclosed	^[5]
24 June 2018	GK	Yevgeni Kobozev	Zorky Krasnogorsk	Undisclosed	^[5]
24 June 2018	DF	Maksim Zhestokov	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Undisclosed	^[5]
24 June 2018	MF	Maksym Trusevych	Tambov	Undisclosed	^[5]
24 June 2018	FW	Mohamed Konaté	Gomel	Undisclosed	^[5]
24 July 2018	MF	Rumyan Hovsepyan	Banants	Undisclosed	^[6]
Winter 2019	FW	Artur Miranyan		Free
22 January 2019	DF	Kristi Marku	KF Ferizaj	Undisclosed	^[7]
17 February 2019	MF	Denis Talalay	Khimki	Undisclosed	^[8]
21 February 2019	MF	Mohammed Usman	Sarpsborg 08	Undisclosed	^[9]
2 April 2019	FW	Lassina Dao		Free	^[10]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
Summer 2018	DF		Vitali Stezhko	Krasnodar	End of Season
9 January 2019	DF		Serhiy Shevchuk	Tambov	End of Season	^[11]

Out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
Summer 2018	GK	Valeriy Voskonyan	MFC Mykolaiv	Undisclosed
Summer 2018	DF	Levon Hayrapetyan	Artsakh	Undisclosed
Summer 2018	DF	Didier Kadio	SJK	Undisclosed	^[12]
Summer 2018	MF	Marat Burayev	Artsakh	Undisclosed
Winter 2019	DF	Petros Avetisyan	Ararat-Armenia	Undisclosed	^[13]

Released

Date	Position	Name	Joined	Date
Summer 2018	GK	Gor Manukyan
Summer 2018	MF	Marshal Johnson	Akwa United
3 August 2018^[14]	FW	Drissa Diarrassouba	Gandzasar Kapan	11 August 2018^[15]
3 August 2018^[14]	DF	Bacar Baldé	Gandzasar Kapan	11 August 2018^[16]
Winter 2019	GK	Valeriy Voskonyan
Winter 2019	DF	Edmon Movsisyan
Winter 2019	MF	Albert Bogatyryov	SKA Rostov-on-Don
Winter 2019	MF	Denis Voynov	Murom
Winter 2019	FW	Ruslan Koryan	Istiklol
Winter 2019	FW	Robert Minasyan

Friendlies

26 January 2019	Pyunik	2 – 1	Montana	Alanya, Turkey
(UTC+4)	Trialist Arakelyan	Report

26 January 2019	Pyunik	1 – 0	Slavia Sofia	Alanya, Turkey
(UTC+4)	H.Poghosyan	Report

1 February 2019	Pyunik	1 – 4	Universitatea Cluj	Alanya, Turkey
(UTC+4)	Trialist	Report

1 February 2019	Pyunik	0 – 2	Oleksandriya	Alanya, Turkey
(UTC+4)		Report

FNL Cup

Group stage

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Rotor Volgograd	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9
Mordovia Saransk	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
FC Pyunik	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
FC Murom	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

8 February 2019 1	Murom	1 – 1	Pyunik	Paphos, Cyprus
11:00 (UTC+4)	Voynov 3' Karpukhin 46' Pashtov 67'	Report	Arakelyan 9' Trusevych 21' 83' Miranyan 46' Talalay 63'	Stadium: Eroskipu Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Anton Anopa

11 February 2019 2	Pyunik	1 – 1	Mordovia Saransk	Paphos, Cyprus
13:45 (UTC+4)	Arakelyan 22' 23'	Report	Kireyev 17' Lebedev 22' Rusl.Mukhametshin 33' Navlyotov 46' Adayev 80'	Stadium: Eroskipu Stadium Referee: Vladimir Seldyakov

14 February 2019 3	Rotor Volgograd	1 – 0	Pyunik	Kouklia, Cyprus
13:45 (UTC+4)	Mullin 24' Sanaya 77'	Report	Talalay 58' Marku 65'	Stadium: Kouklia Community Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Yevgeny Bulanov

Knouckout Stages

17 February 2019 9-12 Semifinal	Pyunik	1 – 4	Riga	Kouklia, Cyprus
13:45 (UTC+4)	Stezhko 25' Talalay 30' 66' Miranyan 41' Trusevych 45' Shevchuk 86'	Report	Višņakovs 32' 72' Panić 48' Karašausks 76', 77'	Stadium: Kouklia Community Stadium Referee: Artem Petrenko

21 February 2019 11-12 Semifinal	Pyunik	2 – 2 (2 – 3 p)	Krasnodar-2	Paphos, Cyprus
16:30 (UTC+4)	Miranyan 17' Stezhko 26' Marku 28' H.Muradyan 72' Hovsepyan 78'	Report	Stezhko 4' (o.g.) Adamov 16' Bochko 32' 41' Onugkha 35' Tekuchyov 75'	Stadium: Euroskipu Referee: Vera Opeykina
	Penalties
	Hovsepyan H.Ilangyozyan Talalay Mkrtchyan H.Muradyan		Utkin Sabua M.Kolomytsev Tekuchev

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	5 August 2018	26 May 2019	Matchday 1	2nd	32	18	6	8	46	32	+14	056.25
Armenian Cup	25 October 2018	8 November 2018	Quarterfinal	Quarterfinal	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	000.00
UEFA Europa League	12 July 2018	16 August 2018	First qualifying round	Third qualifying round	6	3	1	2	6	4	+2	050.00
Total					40	21	8	11	53	39	+14	052.50

Last updated: 26 May 2019
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Results

5 August 2018 1	Pyunik	–	Gandzasar Kapan	Yerevan
(UTC+4)				Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium

12 August 2018 2	Alashkert	–	Pyunik	Yerevan
(UTC+4)				Stadium: Alashkert Stadium

19 August 2018 3	Pyunik	3 – 1	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
21:30 (UTC+4)	R.Minasyan 38' H.Ilangyozyan 45' Stezhko 58' Konaté 85' Kobozev 90'	Report	Dimitrov 39' (pen.) Mkoyan 77' Ambartsumyan 87' Malakyan 90+1'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

22 August 2018 4	Shirak	1 – 2	Pyunik	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	Arreola 2' Z.Margaryan 21'	Report	R.Hakobyan 16' Vardanyan 46' Konaté 64' Kolychev 90+3'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Artur Safaryan

26 August 2018 5	Pyunik	2 – 0	Artsakh	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Hovsepyan 35' (pen.) Vardanyan 58' 59' Manucharyan 61' Kolychev 81'	Report	H.Asoyan 35' K.Harutyunyan 40' V.Poghosyan 62'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

29 August 2018 6	Banants	4 – 2	Pyunik	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Stezhko 46' (o.g.) A.Bareghamyan 65' Stanojević 71' V.Ayvazyan 79' Wal 83'	Report	Konaté 27' R.Hakobyan 44' Vardanyan 66' (pen.) A.Kartashyan 82' Hovsepyan 85' Manucharyan 90+3'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Artur Simonyan

1 September 2018 7	Pyunik	0 – 3	Lori	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Trusevych 50' Kolychev 65'	Report	I.Aliyu 3', 27' Ingbede 6'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

16 September 2018 8	Ararat Yerevan	1 – 3	Pyunik	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Malyaka 6' 38' (pen.) R.Safaryan 86' Azin 88'	Report	Avetisyan 7' Voynov 7' 51' Trusevych 34' Dmitriyev 83'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan

19 September 2018 2	Alashkert	1 – 2	Pyunik	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Grigoryan 19' 72' Yedigaryan 43' Poghosyan 63' (pen.) 81' Voskanyan 84'	Report	Stezhko 7' 45+1' Avetisyan 16' 82' Zhestokov 74' Dragojević 90+4'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

30 September 2018 9	Gandzasar Kapan	1 – 2	Pyunik	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	D.Terteryan 31' Yuspashyan 36' A.Hovhannisyan 60' Aslanyan 74' M.Manasyan 90+2'	Report	Voynov 45+1' V.Hayrapetyan 49' V.Begoyan 66' Koryan 72' Zhestokov 86'	Stadium: Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Artur Simonyan

3 October 2018 1	Pyunik	0 – 1	Gandzasar Kapan	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	V.Hayrapetyan 22' 68' Kolychev 53' R.Hakobyan 61' Dragojević 90+3'	Report	G.Nranyan 26' Diarrassouba 48' Musonda 53' A.Hovhannisyan 57' M.Manasyan 68' A.Karapetyan 72' V.Minasyan 90'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Suren Baliyan

7 October 2018 10	Pyunik	0 – 1	Alashkert	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	Zhestokov 1' Grigoryan 67'	Report	Dashyan 62' Sekulić 88'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

21 October 2018 11	Ararat-Armenia	0 – 0	Pyunik	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	Pashov 24' Pustozyorov 62'	Report	Dorozhkin 5' A.Kartashyan 78' Stezhko 90+2'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Artur Simonyan

28 October 2018 12	Pyunik	1 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	A.Arakelyan 34' Dmitriyev 62' Kolychev 70' Zhestokov 90+2'	Report	M.Bakayoko 15'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

31 October 2018 13	Artsakh	0 – 0	Pyunik	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	H.Nazaryan 37' K.Harutyunyan 88'	Report		Stadium: Mika Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

4 November 2018 14	Pyunik	2 – 0	Banants	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	A.Arakelyan 7', 84'	Report	V.Ayvazyan 49'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

11 November 2018 15	Lori	0 – 1	Pyunik	Vanadzor
14:00 (UTC+4)	U.Iwu 65' I.Aliyu 65' S.Adjuman 67' I.Fuseini 76'	Report	Hovsepyan 58' 65' A.Arakelyan 65' V.Hayrapetyan 65' Dmitriyev 78' A.Kartashyan 90+1'	Stadium: Vanadzor Football Academy Attendance: 600 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

25 November 2018 16	Pyunik	0 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	V.Hayrapetyan 73' R.Hakobyan 82'	Report	O.Hambardzumyan 35' Badoyan 57' A.Kocharyan 82'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Suren Baliyan

2 December 2018 17	Pyunik	1 – 3	Gandzasar Kapan	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Dragojević 16' Trusevych 67' Manucharyan 77' Vardanyan 89' (pen.)	Report	M.Manasyan 17' (pen.) Junior 19' D.Terteryan 57' G.Ohanyan 69' Musonda 72'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

2 March 2019 18	Alashkert	1 – 2	Pyunik	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Stojković 31' Stezhko 65' (o.g.) Arta.Yedigaryan 76' Prudnikov 77'	Report	Miranyan 3' Usman 33' Trusevych 41' Talalay 51' Vardanyan 90+1'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Suren Baliyan

6 March 2019 19	Pyunik	0 – 3	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Stezhko 31' Marku 71' Zhestokov 79'	Report	Pashov 12' Martínez 26' Kobyalko 65'	Stadium: Pyunik Training Centre Attendance: 300

10 March 2019 20	Shirak	0 – 2	Pyunik	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	Prljević 73'	Report	Miranyan 75' Vardanyan 78' Trusevych 86' Shevchuk 87'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

16 March 2019 21	Pyunik	1 – 0	Artsakh	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Mkrtchyan 19' Konaté 29' Shevchuk 32' Marku 45+2'	Report	D.Klimakov 34' A.Petrosyan 54'	Stadium: Pyunik Training Centre Attendance: 190 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan

31 March 2019 22	Banants	1 – 1	Pyunik	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	V.Ayvazyan 2' W.Cagro 54' Gadzhibekov 90+4'	Report	Talalay 49' Marku 64' Hovsepyan 90+2'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

7 April 2019 23	Pyunik	1 – 2	Lori	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Usman 43' Hovsepyan 75' (pen.) Marku 79'	Report	Ingbede 29' Désiré 56' Siukayev 90+2'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Suren Baliyan

11 April 2019 24	Ararat Yerevan	1 – 2	Pyunik	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	R.Avagyan 67' Simonyan 77'	Report	Trusevych 10' Zhestokov 73' Usman 83' Vardanyan 88'	Stadium: Banants-3 Attendance: 200 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

20 April 2019 25	Gandzasar Kapan	0 – 1	Pyunik	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	G.Nranyan 22' V.Minasyan 30' Meliksetyan 85'	Report	R.Hakobyan 19' Stezhko 45' Hovsepyan 90+3' Dao 90+4'	Stadium: Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Safaryan

27 April 2019 26	Pyunik	1 – 0	Alashkert	Vagharshapat
14:00 (UTC+4)	Marku 64' Grigoryan 78' (o.g.)	Report	Stojković 74'	Stadium: Fut Akademia Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

1 May 2019 27	Ararat-Armenia	1 – 4	Pyunik	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Khozin 47' Kódjo 49' Kobyalko 69' (pen.) Malakyan 77'	Report	Usman 48' Miranyan 50' Vardanyan 68' Talalay 86'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Simonyan

5 May 2019 28	Pyunik	2 – 0	Shirak	Vagharshapat
16:00 (UTC+4)	Zhestokov 5' Dao 48' Mkrtchyan 68' Marku 83' Miranyan 89'	Report	A.Muradyan 43'	Stadium: Fut Akademia Attendance: 300 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

10 May 2019 29	Artsakh	0 – 3	Pyunik	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)		Report	Marku 10' Zhestokov 23' Konaté 39'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Suren Baliyan

15 May 2019 30	Pyunik	1 – 1	Banants	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	Marku 22' Miranyan 47' Grigoryan 87' Mkrtchyan 90'	Report	Darbinyan 26' 86' K.Melkonyan 45' 55' Kpodo 88'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

20 May 2019 31	Lori	2 – 2	Pyunik	Vanadzor
15:00 (UTC+4)	Désiré 51', 82'	Report	Hovsepyan 15' Vardanyan 49' Konaté 70' Stezhko 73' Usman 90+7'	Stadium: Vanadzor Football Academy Attendance: 200 Referee: Artak Simonyan

26 May 2019 32	Pyunik	2 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	Mkrtchyan 33' Miranyan 39' Trusevych 88'	Report	V.Arzoyan 26' Badoyan 43' M.Guyganov 51'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz

Table

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
3	Banants	32	14	10	8	43	35	+8	52
4	Alashkert	32	15	6	11	37	27	+10	51
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

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Play-off (only if deciding champion); 3) Matches won; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head matches won; 6) Head-to-head goal difference; 7) Head-to-head goals scored; 8) Head-to-head away goals scored; 9) Goal difference; 10) Goals scored.^[17]
(C) Champions
Notes:

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

Armenian Cup

25 October 2018 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Pyunik	0 – 2	Lori	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	Kolychev 11' R.Hakobyan 30' Trusevych 45' Stezhko 54'	Report	U.Iwu 12' A.Azatyan 22' Ingbede 83'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

8 November 2018 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Lori	1 – 1 (3 – 1 agg.)	Pyunik	Vanadzor
14:00 (UTC+4)	S.Harutyunyan 87' Konov 90+2' U.Iwu 90+4'	Report	R.Minasyan 33' A.Arakelyan 40' A.Kartashyan 73'	Stadium: Vanadzor Football Academy Attendance: 400 Referee: Suren Baliyan

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

12 July 2018 First qualifying round 1st leg	Pyunik	1 – 0	Vardar	Yerevan, Armenia
18:00 (UTC+4)	Konaté 28' Grigoryan 56' Avetisyan 73' R.Hakobyan 80'	Report	Bitang 23' Barseghyan 54'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 2,000^[18] Referee: Michal Ocenáš (Slovakia)
Note: Pyunik played their home matches at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Pyunik Stadium, Yerevan

19 July 2018 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Vardar	0 – 2 (0 – 3 agg.)	Pyunik	Skopje, Macedonia
21:00 (UTC+4)	Barseghyan 14'	Report	Grigoryan 9' Stezhko 72' Balde 85', 89'	Stadium: Philip II Arena Attendance: 5,823^[18] Referee: Ian McNabb (Northern Ireland)

26 July 2018 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Tobol	2 – 1	Pyunik	Kostanay, Kazakhstan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Fedin 49' Nurgaliev 80'	Report	V.Hayrapetyan 20' Koryan 90'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 7,700^[19] Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

31 July 2018 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Pyunik	1 – 0 ((a) 2 – 2 agg.)	Tobol	Yerevan, Armenia
20:00 (UTC+4)	Trusevych 24' Avetisyan 66' 89' Konaté 82' 90+1'	Report	Nurgaliev 39' Žulpa 50' Nusserbayev 90'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 8,000^[19] Referee: Petr Ardeleanu (Czech Republic)
Note: Pyunik played their home matches at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Pyunik Stadium, Yerevan

7 August 2018 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Pyunik	0 – 0	Maccabi Tel Aviv	Yerevan, Armenia
20:00 (UTC+4)	Trusevych 48'	Report	Glazer 16' Jair 56'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 12,500^[20] Referee: Pol van Boekel (Netherlands)
Note: Pyunik played their home matches at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan, instead of their regular stadium Pyunik Stadium, Yerevan

16 August 2018 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Pyunik	Netanya, Israel
21:30 (UTC+4)	Shechter 52' Micha 55' Atar 68'	Report	Voynov 11' A.Arakelyan 33' Grigoryan 44' Konaté 57' Hovsepyan 77'	Stadium: Netanya Stadium Referee: Ville Nevalainen (Finland)
Note: Maccabi Tel Aviv play their home matches at Netanya Stadium, Netanya, instead of their regular stadium Bloomfield Stadium, Tel Aviv, due to renovation.

Statistics

As of match played 26 May 2019

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Armenian Cup		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ARM	Serob Grigoryan	16	0	8+1	0	1	0	6	0
3	DF	ARM	Artur Kartashyan	10	0	5+4	0	1	0	0	0
5	DF	ARM	Armen Manucharyan	20	0	16+3	0	1	0	0	0
6	MF	ARM	Karlen Mkrtchyan	25	1	13+9	1	1+1	0	0+1	0
8	MF	ARM	Rumyan Hovsepyan	32	4	19+8	4	0+1	0	3+1	0
9	FW	ARM	Artur Miranyan	15	5	15	5	0	0	0	0
10	MF	ARM	Erik Vardanyan	21	8	10+11	8	0	0	0	0
11	FW	CIV	Mohamed Konaté	22	8	7+8	6	0+1	0	5+1	2
13	FW	RUS	Denis Dorozhkin	19	0	11+6	0	1+1	0	0	0
15	MF	UKR	Maksym Trusevych	29	1	20+2	1	1	0	6	0
16	DF	ARM	Robert Hakobyan	19	0	14+3	0	1	0	0+1	0
18	MF	ARM	Alik Arakelyan	31	3	22+1	2	2	1	5+1	0
19	MF	RUS	Denis Talalay	14	2	12+2	2	0	0	0	0
21	DF	RUS	Vitali Stezhko	23	1	19+1	1	1	0	1+1	0
23	MF	NGA	Mohammed Usman	13	2	10+3	2	0	0	0	0
25	GK	MNE	Andrija Dragojević	34	0	28	0	2	0	3+1	0
26	MF	ARM	Hovhannes Ilangyozyan	4	1	2+2	1	0	0	0	0
27	DF	RUS	Vyacheslav Dmitriyev	31	0	21+2	0	1+1	0	6	0
30	MF	ARM	Vahagn Hayrapetyan	21	0	7+6	0	2	0	6	0
31	GK	RUS	Yevgeni Kobozev	7	0	4	0	0	0	3	0
33	FW	CIV	Lassina Dao	6	1	0+6	1	0	0	0	0
63	DF	ALB	Kristi Marku	11	1	11	1	0	0	0	0
66	DF	RUS	Maksim Zhestokov	32	5	25	5	1	0	6	0
67	DF	RUS	Sergei Kolychev	17	0	12+1	0	2	0	0+2	0
70	DF	UKR	Serhiy Shevchuk	15	1	14+1	1	0	0	0	0
	MF	ARM	Arsen Gyulambaryan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Pyunik-2 players:
9	FW	ARM	Grenik Petrsoyan	9	0	0+8	0	0+1	0	0	0
10	MF	ARM	Vigen Begoyan	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0
11	DF	ARM	Artak Asatryan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ARM	Artur Nadiryan	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
18	FW	ARM	Ashot Kocharyan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	ARM	Vahe Muradyan	2	0	0+1	0	1	0	0	0
Players who left Pyunik during the season:
4	DF	ARM	Edmon Movsisyan	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	ARM	Petros Avetisyan	15	2	7+4	2	1	0	3	0
9	FW	ARM	Ruslan Koryan	11	2	2+3	1	0	0	2+4	1
10	FW	ARM	Robert Minasyan	8	0	4+1	0	1+1	0	0+1	0
21	MF	RUS	Albert Bogatyryov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0+3	0
23	MF	RUS	Denis Voynov	19	2	8+4	1	1	0	6	1
24	DF	GNB	Bacar Baldé	1	2	0	0	0	0	0+1	2
33	DF	CIV	Didier Kadio	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	MF	10	Erik Vardanyan	8	0	0	8
1	FW	11	Mohamed Konaté	6	0	2	8
3	DF	66	Maksim Zhestokov	5	0	0	5
3	FW	9	Artur Miranyan	5	0	0	5
5	MF	8	Rumyan Hovsepyan	4	0	0	4
6	MF	18	Alik Arakelyan	2	1	0	3
7	MF	7	Petros Avetisyan	2	0	0	2
	MF	19	Denis Talalay	2	0	0	2
	MF	23	Mohammed Usman	2	0	0	2
	MF	23	Denis Voynov	1	0	1	2
	FW	9	Ruslan Koryan	1	0	1	2
	DF	24	Bacar Baldé	0	0	2	2
13	MF	8	Hovhannes Ilangyozyan	1	0	0	1
	DF	19	Vitali Stezhko	1	0	0	1
	MF	15	Maksym Trusevych	1	0	0	1
	DF	70	Serhiy Shevchuk	1	0	0	1
	FW	33	Lassina Dao	1	0	0	1
	DF	63	Kristi Marku	1	0	0	1
	MF	6	Karlen Mkrtchyan	1	0	0	1
			Own goal	1	0	0	1
			TOTALS	47	1	6	54

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	Europa League	Total
1	GK	25	Andrija Dragojević	10	2	12
2	GK	31	Yevgeni Kobozev	1	2	3
			TOTALS	11	4	15

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Armenian Cup		UEFA Europa League		Total
2		DF	Serob Grigoryan	2	0	0	0	3	0	5	0
3		DF	Artur Kartashyan	3	0	1	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Armen Manucharyan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
6		MF	Karlen Mkrtchyan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
8		MF	Rumyan Hovsepyan	4	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
9		FW	Artur Miranyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
11		FW	Mohamed Konaté	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
13		FW	Denis Dorozhkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
15		MF	Maksym Trusevych	6	0	1	0	2	0	9	0
16		DF	Robert Hakobyan	5	0	1	0	1	0	7	0
18		MF	Alik Arakelyan	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
19		DF	Denis Talalay	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		DF	Vitali Stezhko	6	1	1	0	1	0	8	1
23		MF	Mohammed Usman	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
25		GK	Andrija Dragojević	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
27		DF	Vyacheslav Dmitriyev	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
30		MF	Vahagn Hayrapetyan	5	1	0	0	1	0	6	1
31		GK	Yevgeni Kobozev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
33		FW	Lassina Dao	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
61		DF	Kristi Marku	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
66		DF	Maksim Zhestokov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
67		DF	Sergei Kolychev	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
70		DF	Serhiy Shevchuk	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
98		MF	Erik Vardanyan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Pyunik-2 players:
10		MF	Vigen Begoyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Pyunik during the season:
7		MF	Petros Avetisyan	1	0	0	0	3	1	4	1
10		FW	Robert Minasyan	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
23		MF	Denis Voynov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	75	3	6	0	15	1	96	4

References

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^ "Անդրեյ Տալալաևը հեռացավ Փյունիկից". fcpyunik.am/ (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
^ "Ալեքսանդր Թարխանովը՝ Փյունիկի գլխավոր մարզիչ". fcpyunik.am/ (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
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^ "ՌՈՒՄՅԱՆ ՀՈՎՍԵՓՅԱՆԸ ՏԵՂԱՓՈԽՎԵԼ Է "ՓՅՈՒՆԻԿ"". fcpyunik.am (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
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^ "Նոր համալրում Փյունիկում". fcpyunik.am/ (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
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^ "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.44011785669258-17] Alashkert qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2018–19 Armenian Cup.

[1] "Талалаев дисквалифицирован до конца сезона в чемпионате Армении за оскорбление арбитра". sport-express.ru (in Russian). Sport Express. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

[2] "Российский тренер дисквалифицирован до конца сезона за оскорбление судьи". gazeta.ru (in Russian). Gazeta. 6 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

[3] "Անդրեյ Տալալաևը հեռացավ Փյունիկից". fcpyunik.am/ (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

[4] "Ալեքսանդր Թարխանովը՝ Փյունիկի գլխավոր մարզիչ". fcpyunik.am/ (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 11 April 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

[5_Join_Pyunik-5] "ՓՅՈՒՆԻԿԸ ՀԻՆԳ ՆՈՐԵԿ ՈՒՆԻ". fcpyunik.am/ (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 24 June 2018. Archived from the original on 5 October 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.

[6] "ՌՈՒՄՅԱՆ ՀՈՎՍԵՓՅԱՆԸ ՏԵՂԱՓՈԽՎԵԼ Է "ՓՅՈՒՆԻԿ"". fcpyunik.am (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[7] "Уже oфициально". facebook.com/fcpyunik (in Russian). FC Pyunik. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

[8] "27 year-old Russian midfielder Denis Talalay officially became a player of FC Pyunik". facebook.com/fcpyunik (in Russian). FC Pyunik. 17 February 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.

[9] "24-year-old Nigerian midfielder Usman Mohammed officially became a FC Pyunik player". facebook.com/fcpyunik (in Russian). FC Pyunik. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

[10] "Նոր համալրում Փյունիկում". fcpyunik.am/ (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

[11] "Сергей Шевчук арендован Пюником". fc-tambov.ru (in Russian). FC Tambov. 9 January 2019. Retrieved 13 January 2019.

[12] "Tervetuloa Didier Boris Kadio". sjk.fi (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[13] "Petros Avetisyan will continue his performances in FC Ararat-Armenia". facebook.com/fcpyunik (in Russian). FC Pyunik. 26 February 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2019.

[Two_Leave-14] ""ՓՅՈՒՆԻԿԸ" ՀՐԱԺԵՇՏ ՏՎԵՑ ԵՐԿՈՒ ՖՈՒՏԲՈԼԻՍՏԻ". fcpyunik.am/ (in Armenian). FC Pyunik. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.

[15] "Официально. Дриса Диарасуба также перешел в "Гандзасар-Капан"". armfootball.com/ (in Russian). Arm Football. 11 August 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[Gandzasar_Kapan_Sign_3-16] "Официально. "Гандзасар-Капан" подписал трех новичков (ФОТО)". armfootball.com (in Russian). Arm Football. 11 August 2018. Archived from the original on 17 November 2019. Retrieved 13 August 2018.

[18] "Premier League 2018/2019 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2018.

[AttendanceQR1-19] "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 July 2018.

[AttendanceQR2-20] "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 3 August 2018.

[AttendanceQR3-21] "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 3". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 August 2018.

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