2016–17 FC Shirak season

Shirak
2016-17 season
Chairman	Arman Sahakyan
Manager	Vardan Bichakhchyan
Stadium	Gyumri City Stadium
Premier League	3rd
Armenian Cup	Winners
Europa League	Second qualifying round vs Spartak Trnava
Top goalscorer	League: Viulen Ayvazyan (8); All: Viulen Ayvazyan (8)
Highest home attendance	2,747 vs Spartak Trnava ; (14 July 2016)
Lowest home attendance	225 vs Gandzasar Kapan ; (31 May 2017)
Average home league attendance	793 (31 May 2017)
	← 2015–16 2017–18 →

The 2016–17 season was Shirak's 26th consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League and covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Squad

As of match played 31 May 2017

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
12	Sokrat Hovhannisyan	Armenia	GK	(1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 21)	Youth team	2016		0	0
13	Anatoliy Ayvazov	Armenia	GK	(1996-06-08)8 June 1996 (aged 20)	Pyunik	2016		32	0
45	Vsevolod Yermakov	Russia	GK	(1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (aged 21)		2015		10	0
Defenders
2	Arman Hovhannisyan	Armenia	DF	(1993-07-07)7 July 1993 (aged 23)	Alashkert	2015		56	1
3	Artyom Mikaelyan	Armenia	DF	(1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 25)	Youth team	2010		76	0
4	Semen Datsenko	Ukraine	DF	(1994-05-10)10 May 1994 (aged 23)	Inhulets Petrove	2017		8	0
6	Marko Prljević	Serbia	DF	(1988-08-02)2 August 1988 (aged 28)	Borac Banja Luka	2016		8	0
14	Arman Tadevosyan	Armenia	DF	(1994-09-26)26 September 1994 (aged 22)	Youth team	2013		11	0
21	Gevorg Hovhannisyan	Armenia	DF	(1983-06-16)16 June 1983 (aged 33)	Youth team	2003
23	Robert Darbinyan	Armenia	DF	(1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 26)		2016		49	1
25	Aghvan Davoyan	Armenia	DF	(1990-03-21)21 March 1990 (aged 27)	Youth team	2010
Midfielders
8	Rumyan Hovsepyan	Armenia	MF	(1991-11-13)13 November 1991 (aged 25)	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	2016		44	6
16	Arman Aslanyan	Armenia	MF	(1994-01-30)30 January 1994 (aged 23)	Youth team	2013		8	0
17	Vahan Bichakhchyan	Armenia	MF	(1999-07-09)9 July 1999 (aged 17)	Youth team	2015		28	6
19	Solomon Udo	Nigeria	MF	(1995-07-15)15 July 1995 (aged 21)	Ulisses	2016		46	1
20	Oumarou Kaina	Cameroon	MF	(1996-10-16)16 October 1996 (aged 20)		2017		12	1
22	Ghukas Poghosyan	Armenia	MF	(1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 23)		2016		22	3
28	Mohamed Kaba	Ivory Coast	MF	(1989-04-05)5 April 1989 (aged 28)	Al Ahli	2015		56	3
37	Rudik Mkrtchyan	Armenia	MF	(1998-10-26)26 October 1998 (aged 18)	Youth team	2016		2	0
39	Milutin Ivanović	Serbia	MF	(1990-10-30)30 October 1990 (aged 26)	Car Konstantin	2017		4	0
42	Artush Mirzakhanyan	Armenia	MF	(1998-09-30)30 September 1998 (aged 18)	Youth team	2016		1	0
88	Moussa Bakayoko	Ivory Coast	MF	(1996-12-27)27 December 1996 (aged 20)	Raja Casablanca	2017		14	2
Forwards
7	Viulen Ayvazyan	Armenia	FW	(1995-01-01)1 January 1995 (aged 22)	Pyunik	2015		66	15
18	Aram Muradyan	Armenia	FW	(1995-04-14)14 April 1995 (aged 22)	Youth Team	2013		69	4
27	Aram Tosunyan	Armenia	FW	(1993-05-29)29 May 1993 (aged 24)	Youth team	2011
38	Kyrian Nwabueze	Nigeria	FW	(1992-12-11)11 December 1992 (aged 24)		2017		12	3
41	Arlen Tsaturyan	Armenia	FW	(1999-01-05)5 January 1999 (aged 18)	Youth Team	2016		2	0
55	Fatawu Safiu	Ghana	FW	(1994-07-16)16 July 1994 (aged 22)	loan from International Allies	2017	2017	9	0
Players out on loan
Players who left during the season
1	Norayr Abrahamyan	Armenia	GK	(1985-10-30)30 October 1985 (aged 31)	Youth team	2009
4	Kostyantyn Shults	Ukraine	MF	(1993-06-24)24 June 1993 (aged 23)	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk	2016		4	0
9	Konan Kouakou	Ivory Coast	FW	(1995-10-27)27 October 1995 (aged 21)		2015		25	6
9	Bryan de la Fuente	United States	MF	(1992-07-01)1 July 1992 (aged 24)	Ararat Yerevan	2016		12	1
10	Davit Hakobyan	Armenia	MF	(1993-03-21)21 March 1993 (aged 24)	Youth team	2010
11	Edvard Panosyan	Armenia	FW	(1992-10-11)11 October 1992 (aged 24)	Youth team	2013		31	1
15	Karen Aleksanyan	Armenia	MF	(1980-06-17)17 June 1980 (aged 36)	Ulisses	2011
17	Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou	Ivory Coast	MF	(1995-12-25)25 December 1995 (aged 21)		2016		1	0
36	Drissa Diarrassouba	Ivory Coast	FW	(1994-11-15)15 November 1994 (aged 22)	Ivoire Academie	2016		49	7
55	Georgy Gogichayev	Russia	FW	(1991-01-16)16 January 1991 (aged 26)	Alania Vladikavkaz	2016		12	1
77	Nemanja Stošković	Serbia	MF	(1990-02-21)21 February 1990 (aged 27)		2016		28	2

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 2016	GK	Armenia	Anatoliy Ayvazov	Pyunik	Undisclosed	^[1]
1 July 2016	MF	Armenia	Ghukas Poghosyan		Free	^[2]
1 July 2016	MF	Ivory Coast	Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou		Undisclosed	^[3]
1 July 2016	MF	Ivory Coast	Mohamed Doumouya	SC Gagnoa	Undisclosed	^[3]
9 August 2016	DF	Ukraine	Kostyantyn Shults	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk	Undisclosed	^[4]
12 August 2016	DF	Serbia	Marko Prljević	Borac Banja Luka	Undisclosed
26 August 2016	MF	Japan	Akihiri Takada	METTA/Latvijas Universitāte	Undisclosed	^[5]
30 August 2016	FW	Russia	Georgy Gogichayev	Alania Vladikavkaz	Undisclosed	^[6]
1 September 2016	MF	United States	Bryan de la Fuente	Ararat Yerevan	Undisclosed	^[7]
28 February 2017	GK	Russia	Vsevolod Yermakov		Free	^[8]
28 February 2017	DF	Ukraine	Semen Datsenko	Inhulets Petrove	Undisclosed	^[8]
28 February 2017	MF	Cameroon	Oumarou Kaina		Free	^[8]
28 February 2017	MF	Ivory Coast	Moussa Bakayoko	Raja Casablanca	Undisclosed	^[8]
28 February 2017	MF	Serbia	Milutin Ivanović	Car Konstantin	Undisclosed	^[8]
28 February 2017	FW	Nigeria	Kyrian Nwabueze		Free	^[8]

Loan in

Start date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	End date	Ref.
28 February 2017	FW	Ghana	Fatawu Safiu	International Allies	9 June 2017	^[8]^[9]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
29 July 2016	FW	Ivory Coast	Drissa Diarrassouba	Padideh	Undisclosed	^[10]
14 October 2016	MF	Ivory Coast	Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou	Ararat Yerevan	Undisclosed	^[11]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
1 August 2016	FW	United States	Eder Arreola	Arizona United	28 April 2017^[12]
10 October 2016^[13]	MF	Japan	Akihiri Takada	Topvar Topoľčany	23 February 2017
30 December 2016^[14]	DF	Ukraine	Kostyantyn Shults	Atlantas	17 January 2017^[15]
30 December 2016^[14]	MF	United States	Bryan de la Fuente	California United
30 December 2016^[14]	MF	Serbia	Nemanja Stošković	Sloboda Užice	1 August 2017
30 December 2016^[14]	FW	Russia	Georgy Gogichayev	Dacia Chișinău	14 September 2017
31 December 2016	GK	Armenia	Norayr Abrahamyan
31 December 2016	MF	Ivory Coast	Mohamed Doumouya	Stade Tunisien	15 December 2017
31 December 2016	FW	Armenia	Edvard Panosyan
31 December 2016	FW	Ivory Coast	Konan Kouakou	Atlantis	1 May 2017
7 January 2017	MF	Armenia	Karen Aleksanyan	Retired
1 February 2017	MF	Armenia	Davit Hakobyan	Retired	1 July 2018
9 June 2017^[9]	MF	Serbia	Milutin Ivanović	Radnički Niš	2 August 2017
9 June 2017^[9]	MF	Armenia	Rumyan Hovsepyan	Banants
30 June 2017	DF	Armenia	Arman Hovhannisyan	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi
30 June 2017	DF	Armenia	Gevorg Hovhannisyan	Banants
30 June 2017	DF	Armenia	Arman Tadevosyan
30 June 2017	MF	Armenia	Ghukas Poghosyan	Banants

Competitions

Premier League

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
30	16	5	9	31	24	+7	53	7	3	5	13	10	+3	9	2	4	18	14	+4

Last updated: 31 May 2017.
Source: See Results

Results

6 August 2016 1	Shirak	3 – 1	Pyunik	Gyumri
17:30 (UTC+4)	G. Hovhannisyan Yellow card 16' Ayvazyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 21', 45+1' A.Davoyan Yellow card 25' Yellow-red card 81' A.Hovhannisyan Yellow card 60' A.Tadevosyan Yellow card 89' A.Muradyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+4'	Report	D.Manoyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' (pen.) Ra.Hakobyan Yellow card 72'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Artur Safaryan

14 August 2016 2	Banants	0 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	A.Bareghamyan Yellow card 34'	Report	Shults Yellow card 15' Hakobyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Udo Yellow card 90'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

20 August 2016 3	Shirak	1 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	Bichakhchyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' A.Muradyan Yellow card 89'	Report	H.Simelela Yellow card 88'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

27 August 2016 4	Shirak	2 – 2	Alashkert	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	Daghbashyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 16' (o.g.) Ayvazyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' A.Davoyan Yellow card 57' M.Kaba Yellow card 68'	Report	K.Veranyan Yellow card 4' Kvekveskiri Yellow card 26'File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Mikaelyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' (o.g.) Tasić Yellow card 69'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Suren Baliyan

11 September 2016 5	Gandzasar Kapan	0 – 1	Shirak	Kapan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Claudir Yellow card 37' H.Asoyan Yellow card 68' Arm.Petrosyan Yellow card 85' Harutyunyan Yellow card 89'	Report	G.Hovhannisyan Yellow card 31' Mikaelyan Yellow card 39' A.Hovhannisyan Yellow card 63' A.Muradyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 88' A.Ayvazov Yellow card 90+2'	Stadium: Gandzasar Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Suren Baliyan

18 September 2016 6	Pyunik	0 – 0	Shirak	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)		Report	M.Kaba Yellow card 42' A.Davoyan Yellow card 77' Mikaelyan Yellow card 90+1'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

27 September 2016 7	Shirak	0 – 1	Banants	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)	Stošković Yellow card 39' Aleksanyan Yellow card 55' M.Kaba Yellow card 65' A.Davoyan Yellow card 80' A.Muradyan Yellow card 89'	Report	N.Minasyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Burayev Yellow card 89'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Artur Safaryan

1 October 2016 8	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	V.Arzoyan Yellow card 29' Daudov Yellow card 45' Kone Yellow card 61' A.Loretsyan Yellow card 80'	Report	Hovsepyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Stošković Yellow card 55' Hakobyan Yellow card 70'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Artur Simonyan

16 October 2016 9	Alashkert	1 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Gyozalyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' (pen.) Khovbosha Yellow card 38' Minasyan Yellow card 53' Tasić Yellow card 86'	Report	Gogichayev File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Suren Baliyan

22 October 2016 10	Shirak	1 – 0	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	M.Kaba Yellow card 28' de la Fuente File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' Hakobyan Yellow card 63'	Report	A.Khachatryan Yellow card 40' Memović Yellow card 60'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

26 October 2016 11	Shirak	0 – 1	Pyunik	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	Hovsepyan Yellow card 83'	Report	Kartashyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 41'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Artur Simonyan

29 October 2016 12	Banants	1 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	H.Avagyan Yellow card 5' Adams Yellow card 12' G.Aghekyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 22'Yellow card 26' H.Hambardzumyan Yellow card 41' V.Ayvazyan Yellow card 81'	Report	Ayvazyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 6' (pen.) Hovsepyan Yellow card 34' M.Kaba File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1' A.Hovhannisyan Yellow card 56' Hakobyan Yellow card 82' Prljević Yellow card 90+2'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Artur Safaryan

4 November 2016 13	Shirak	2 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	Ayvazyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Stošković Yellow card 25' Poghosyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' A.Davoyan Yellow card 88'	Report	S.Mkrtchyan Yellow card 86' A.Petrosyan Yellow card 88'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Artur Safaryan

20 November 2016 14	Shirak	0 – 0	Alashkert	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	A.Hovhannisyan Yellow card 23' Hakobyan Yellow card 47' Udo Yellow card 73'	Report	Voskanyan Yellow card 64' Grigoryan Yellow card 90'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Artur Simonyan

23 November 2016 15	Gandzasar Kapan	1 – 0	Shirak	Kapan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Harutyunyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Al.Petrosyan Yellow card 67'	Report	Poghosyan Yellow card 38' M.Kaba Yellow card 67'	Stadium: Gandzasar Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

26 November 2016 17	Pyunik	0 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	S.Grigoryan Yellow card 13' Avetisyan Yellow card 45'	Report	Ayvazyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 71' G.Hovhannisyan Yellow card 20' Gogichayev Yellow card 49' de la Fuente Yellow card 54' Udo Yellow card 89'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Suren Baliyan

4 December 2016 17	Banants	0 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	V.Ayvazyan Yellow card 85'	Report	Mikaelyan Yellow card 60' M.Kaba Yellow card 82' Bichakhchyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' A.Ayvazov Yellow card 90+3'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Artur Safaryan

5 March 2017 18	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	G.Tumbaryan Yellow card 11' Go.Poghosyan Yellow card 21' R.Safaryan Yellow card 58'	Report	Bichakhchyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 29' Darbinyan Yellow card 50' Hovsepyan Yellow card 74'	Stadium: Banants-3 Attendance: 300 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

12 March 2017 19	Alashkert	3 – 0	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Arta.Yedigaryan File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Dashyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Nenadović File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Artu.Yedigaryan Yellow card 72'	Report	A.Muradyan Yellow card 61' Darbinyan Yellow card 88'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

18 March 2017 20	Shirak	1 – 2	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
14:00 (UTC+4)	Bichakhchyan Yellow card 76' Yellow-red card 79' Bakayoko File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	V.Bakalyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Memović Yellow card 73' Ishkhanyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' Kpodo Yellow card 90+1'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Suren Baliyan

1 April 2017 21	Shirak	0 – 2	Pyunik	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	G.Hovhannisyan Yellow card 6' A.Davoyan Yellow card 41' A.Hovhannisyan Yellow card 56' Hovsepyan Yellow card 68' Safiu Yellow card 90+3'	Report	Kartashyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Avetisyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' (pen.)Yellow card 43'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Artur Simonyan

7 April 2017 22	Shirak	1 – 0	Banants	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)	Ivanović Yellow card 24' Darbinyan Yellow card 61' Nwabueze File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'Yellow card 89'	Report	V.Ayvazyan Yellow card 26'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Artur Safaryan

15 April 2017 23	Shirak	1 – 0	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)	Bichakhchyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Safiu Yellow card 90+5' Poghosyan Yellow card 90+5'	Report	R.Yeghiazaryan Yellow card 73' P.Ayvazyan Red card 90+5'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Artur Safaryan

23 April 2017 24	Shirak	0 – 1	Alashkert	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	A.Hovhannisyan Yellow card 90'	Report	Arakelyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 25' Voskanyan Red card 90+4'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Suren Baliyan

29 April 2017 25	Gandzasar Kapan	3 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Musonda File:Soccerball shade.svg 17' Yellow card 34' Claudir File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Walmerson File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Yellow card 90+4'	Report	Hovsepyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' (pen.) Bakayoko File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' G.Hovhannisyan Yellow card 90+3'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Simonyan

6 May 2017 26	Pyunik	0 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Arutyunyan Yellow card 83'	Report	Hovsepyan Yellow card 29' Ayvazyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Datsenko Yellow card 89' Poghosyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Simonyan

14 May 2017 27	Shirak	1 – 0	Banants	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	Ayvazyan Yellow card 39' Udo File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'	Report	H.Hambardzumyan Yellow card 19' V.Ayvazyan Yellow card 58'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Simonyan

20 May 2017 28	Ararat Yerevan	2 – 3	Shirak	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	R.Safaryan Yellow card 6' File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' V.Arzoyan Yellow card 45' File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	Hovsepyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Prljević File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' Gh.Poghosyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 43' Nwabueze Yellow card 63' A.Ayvazov Yellow card 90+1'	Stadium: Banants-3 Attendance: 500 Referee: Artur Ayvazov

28 May 2017 29	Alashkert	3 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	Voskanyan Yellow card 15' Arta.Yedigaryan File:Soccerball shade.svg 41' Artu.Yedigaryan Yellow card 44' M.Manasyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Nenadović File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Report	Udo Yellow card 43' M.Kaba Yellow card 47' A.Muradyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 67' Yellow card 90+2'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Suren Baliyan

31 May 2017 30	Shirak	0 – 0	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	Nwabueze Yellow card 3' G.Hovhannisyan Yellow card 3' Udo Yellow card 40' A.Mirzakhanyan Yellow card 60'	Report	A.Petrosyan Yellow card 3'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 225 Referee: Artur Safaryan

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alashkert (C)	30	19	7	4	59	26	+33	64	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Gandzasar Kapan	30	17	6	7	38	24	+14	57	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Shirak	30	16	5	9	31	24	+7	53
4	Pyunik	30	12	9	9	35	27	+8	45
5	Banants	30	5	6	19	18	44	−26	21
6	Ararat Yerevan	30	3	3	24	17	53	−36	12

Source: Football Federation of Armenia (in Armenian), 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.^[16]
(C) Champions
Notes:

↑ Shirak qualified for Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Armenian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

Armenian Cup

22 September 2016 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Kotayk	0 – 0	Shirak	Abovyan
16:00 (UTC+4)	A.Ghazaryan Yellow card 35' E.Mkrtchyan Yellow card 89'	Report		Stadium: Abovyan City Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Shahen Aghayan

18/19 October 2016 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Shirak	3 – 0 (3 – 0 agg.)	Kotayk	Gyumri
(UTC+4)				Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium
Note: Match awarded 3-0 to Shirak.

12 April 2017 Semifinal 1st leg	Gandzasar Kapan	0 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Harutyunyan Yellow card 88'	Report	A.Davoyan Yellow card 35' O.Kaina File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' Hovsepyan Yellow card 85' Bakayoko Yellow card 88'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

26 April 2017 Semifinal 2nd leg	Shirak	1 – 1 (2 – 1 agg.)	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)	O.Kaina Yellow card 20' Safiu Yellow card 44' Prljević Yellow card 64' V.Minasyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' (o.g.) Yermakov Yellow card 90+1' Udo Yellow card 90+3'	Report	Musonda File:Soccerball shade.svg 40' (pen.) Walmerson Yellow card 84' Ishkhanyan Yellow card 90+3'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Final

24 May 2017	Pyunik	0 – 3	Shirak	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	V.Pogosyan Yellow card 65'	Report	Nwabueze File:Soccerball shade.svg 6', 38' Bichakhchyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' Ayvazyan Yellow card 89'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

30 June 2016 First qualifying round 1st leg	Dila Gori Georgia (country)	1 – 0	Armenia Shirak	Gori, Georgia
19:00 (UTC+4)	Gongadze Yellow card 24' Modebadze File:Soccerball shade.svg 36' T.Tsikaridze Yellow card 40' G.Samkharadze Yellow card 41' L.Nonikashvili Yellow card 75' Razmadze Yellow card 88'	Report	M.Kaba Yellow card 12' D.Hakobyan Yellow card 44' K.Kouakou Yellow card 80' G. Hovhannisyan Yellow card 90+7'	Stadium: Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium Attendance: 2,512^[17] Referee: Anatoliy Zhabchenko (Ukraine)

7 July 2016 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Shirak Armenia	1 – 0 (a.e.t.) (1 – 1 agg.) (4 – 1 p)	Georgia (country) Dila Gori	Gyumri, Armenia
18:00 (UTC+4)	D.Hakobyan Yellow card 27' Bichakhchyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 84' A.Davoyan Yellow card 84'	Report	G.Samkharadze Yellow card 60'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 2,400^[17] Referee: Sergejus Slyva (Lithuania)
	Penalties
	Hovsepyan soccer ball with check mark Darbinyan soccer ball with check mark Ayvazyan soccer ball with check mark D.Hakobyan soccer ball with check mark		soccer ball with red X Gongadze soccer ball with red X Kvirkvelia soccer ball with check mark Razmadze

14 July 2016 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Shirak Armenia	1 – 1	Slovakia Spartak Trnava	Gyumri, Armenia
18:00 (UTC+4)	D.Hakobyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 16'Yellow card 71' Mikaelyan Yellow card 55'	Report	Yao Yellow card 39' Sloboda Yellow card 82' Jirka File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 2,747^[18] Referee: Artyom Kuchin (Kazakhstan)

21 July 2016 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Spartak Trnava Slovakia	2 – 0 (3 – 1 agg.)	Armenia Shirak	Trnava, Slovakia
23:15 (UTC+4)	Schranz File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Tambe File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'	Report	K.Kouakou Yellow card 16' Darbinyan Yellow card 71' Diarrassouba Yellow card 90+2'	Stadium: Štadión Antona Malatinského Attendance: 6,129^[18] Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland)

Statistics

As of match played 31 May 2017

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	Armenia ARM	Arman Hovhannisyan	25	0	18+2	0	1	0	2+2	0
3	DF	Armenia ARM	Artyom Mikaelyan	35	0	26+1	0	2+2	0	4	0
4	DF	Ukraine UKR	Semen Datsenko	8	0	3+3	0	2	0	0	0
6	DF	Serbia SRB	Marko Prljević	23	1	19	1	4	0	0	0
7	FW	Armenia ARM	Viulen Ayvazyan	34	8	23+5	8	2+2	0	0+2	0
8	MF	Armenia ARM	Rumyan Hovsepyan	34	3	24+4	3	3	0	3	0
13	GK	Armenia ARM	Anatoliy Ayvazov	32	0	27	0	1	0	4	0
14	DF	Armenia ARM	Arman Tadevosyan	3	0	1+2	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Armenia ARM	Arman Aslanyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	Armenia ARM	Vahan Bichakhchyan	27	6	4+17	4	2+2	1	0+2	1
18	FW	Armenia ARM	Aram Muradyan	26	2	5+18	2	1+1	0	0+1	0
19	MF	Nigeria NGA	Solomon Udo	36	1	28	1	4	0	4	0
20	MF	Cameroon CMR	Oumarou Kaina	12	1	7+3	0	2	1	0	0
21	DF	Armenia ARM	Gevorg Hovhannisyan	21	0	16	0	1	0	4	0
22	MF	Armenia ARM	Ghukas Poghosyan	22	3	5+13	3	2	0	0+2	0
23	DF	Armenia ARM	Robert Darbinyan	18	0	12	0	2	0	4	0
25	DF	Armenia ARM	Aghvan Davoyan	30	0	23	0	4	0	2+1	0
28	MF	Ivory Coast CIV	Mohamed Kaba	28	1	20+2	1	1+2	0	3	0
37	MF	Armenia ARM	Rudik Mkrtchyan	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
38	FW	Nigeria NGA	Kyrian Nwabueze	12	3	9+1	1	1+1	2	0	0
39	MF	Serbia SRB	Milutin Ivanović	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
41	FW	Armenia ARM	Arlen Tsaturyan	2	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
42	MF	Armenia ARM	Artush Mirzakhanyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
45	GK	Russia RUS	Vsevolod Yermakov	5	0	2	0	3	0	0	0
55	FW	Ghana GHA	Fatawu Safiu	9	0	6+1	0	1+1	0	0	0
88	MF	Ivory Coast CIV	Moussa Bakayoko	14	2	6+5	2	2+1	0	0	0
Players who left Shirak during the season:
1	GK	Armenia ARM	Norayr Abrahamyan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	Ukraine UKR	Kostyantyn Shults	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Ivory Coast CIV	Konan Kouakou	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9	MF	United States USA	Bryan de la Fuente	12	1	6+6	1	0	0	0	0
10	MF	Armenia ARM	Davit Hakobyan	20	2	14+2	1	0+1	0	3	1
15	MF	Armenia ARM	Karen Aleksanyan	6	0	3+2	0	1	0	0	0
17	MF	Ivory Coast CIV	Kouadio Franck Ismael Brou	1	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
36	FW	Ivory Coast CIV	Drissa Diarrassouba	4	0	0	0	0	0	3+1	0
55	FW	Russia RUS	Georgy Gogichayev	12	1	5+6	1	1	0	0	0
77	MF	Serbia SRB	Nemanja Stošković	19	0	8+6	0	1	0	4	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	FW	Armenia	7	Viulen Ayvazyan	8	0	0	8
2	MF	Armenia	17	Vahan Bichakhchyan	4	1	1	6
3	MF	Armenia	8	Rumyan Hovsepyan	3	0	0	3
	MF	Armenia	22	Ghukas Poghosyan	3	0	0	3
	FW	Armenia	18	Aram Muradyan	3	0	0	3
	FW	Nigeria	38	Kyrian Nwabueze	1	2	0	3
7	MF	Ivory Coast	88	Moussa Bakayoko	2	0	0	2
	MF	Armenia	10	Davit Hakobyan	1	0	1	2
				Own goal	1	1	0	2
10	FW	Russia	55	Georgy Gogichayev	1	0	0	1
	MF	United States	9	Bryan de la Fuente	1	0	0	1
	MF	Ivory Coast	28	Mohamed Kaba	1	0	0	1
	MF	Nigeria	19	Solomon Udo	1	0	0	1
	DF	Serbia	6	Marko Prljević	1	0	0	1
	MF	Cameroon	20	Oumarou Kaina	0	1	0	1
				TOTALS	31	5	2	38

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	GK	Armenia	13	Anatoliy Ayvazov	15	1	1	17
2	GK	Russia	45	Vsevolod Yermakov	1	2	0	3
3	GK	Armenia	1	Norayr Abrahamyan	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	17	3	1	21

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Armenian Cup		UEFA Europa League		Total
2	Armenia	DF	Arman Hovhannisyan	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
3	Armenia	DF	Artyom Mikaelyan	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
4	Ukraine	DF	Semen Datsenko	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
6	Serbia	DF	Marko Prljević	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
7	Armenia	FW	Viulen Ayvazyan	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
8	Armenia	MF	Rumyan Hovsepyan	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
13	Armenia	GK	Anatoliy Ayvazov	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
14	Armenia	DF	Arman Tadevosyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	Armenia	MF	Vahan Bichakhchyan	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
18	Armenia	FW	Aram Muradyan	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
19	Nigeria	MF	Solomon Udo	5	0	1	0	0	0	6	0
20	Cameroon	MF	Oumarou Kaina	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
21	Armenia	DF	Gevorg Hovhannisyan	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	0
22	Armenia	MF	Ghukas Poghosyan	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
23	Armenia	DF	Robert Darbinyan	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
25	Armenia	DF	Aghvan Davoyan	7	1	1	0	1	0	9	1
28	Ivory Coast	MF	Mohamed Kaba	7	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
38	Nigeria	FW	Kyrian Nwabueze	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
39	Serbia	MF	Milutin Ivanović	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
42	Armenia	MF	Artush Mirzakhanyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
45	Russia	GK	Vsevolod Yermakov	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
55	Ghana	FW	Fatawu Safiu	2	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
88	Ivory Coast	MF	Moussa Bakayoko	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Shirak during the season:
4	Ukraine	MF	Kostyantyn Shults	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	Ivory Coast	FW	Konan Kouakou	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0
9	United States	MF	Bryan de la Fuente	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10	Armenia	MF	Davit Hakobyan	4	0	0	0	3	0	7	0
15	Armenia	MF	Karen Aleksanyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
36	Ivory Coast	FW	Drissa Diarrassouba	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
55	Russia	FW	Georgy Gogichayev	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
77	Serbia	MF	Nemanja Stošković	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
			TOTALS	78	1	6	0	11	0	96	1

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[table_note_res_EL1Q0.68634013910142-16] Shirak qualified for Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2016–17 Armenian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

[1] "FC Shirak signed Anatoliy Ayvazov". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 20 June 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[2] "FC Shirak signed Ghukas Poghosyan". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 31 May 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[Two_African_players_joined_FC_Shirak-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Two African players joined FC Shirak". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 22 June 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[4] "FC Shirak signed Ukrainian midfielder". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 9 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[5] "FC Shirak signed 3 years contract with Japanese player". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[6] "FC Shirak signed Russian player". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 30 August 2016. Archived from the original on 19 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[7] "Bryan De La Fuente will play in FC Shirak". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 3 September 2016. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.

[7_Signed-8] 8.0 ^8.1 ^8.2 ^8.3 ^8.4 ^8.5 ^8.6 "FC Shirak signed 7 new players". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 28 February 2017. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2017.

[Three_Leave-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 "Երկկողմանի համաձայնությամո խզվեցին պայմանագրերը երեք ֆուտբոլիստների հետ". fcshirak.am (in Armenian). FC Shirak. 9 June 2017. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[10] "Drissa Diarrassouba will play in Iran". fcshirak.am. FC Shirak. 29 July 2016. Retrieved 14 September 2016.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[11] "7 newcomers". fcararat.am. FC Ararat Yerevan. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[12] "Phoenix Rising Football Club Adds Three More Players To Roster". Phoenix Rising FC. April 28, 2017. Archived from the original on February 15, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2017.

[13] "Շիրակը հրաժարվեց Ակիհիրո Տակադայի ծառայություններից". fcshirak.am (in Armenian). FC Shirak. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[Four_Leave-14] 14.0 ^14.1 ^14.2 ^14.3 "Չորս ֆուտբոլիստներ հեռացան Շիրակից". fcshirak.am (in Armenian). FC Shirak. 30 December 2016. Archived from the original on 4 January 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[15] ""Atlantas" sudarė sutartis su K.Šulcu ir A.Čofu" (in Lithuanian). FK Atlantas. 23 January 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[17] "Premier League 2016/2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 18 October 2016. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

[AttendanceQR1-18] 17.0 ^17.1 "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 2 July 2016.

[AttendanceQR2-19] 18.0 ^18.1 "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 2". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 July 2016.

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