2017–18 FC Shirak season

Shirak
2017-18 season
Chairman	Arman Sahakyan
Manager	Vardan Bichakhchyan
Stadium	Gyumri City Stadium
Premier League	4th
Armenian Cup	Semifinal vs Gandzasar Kapan
Europa League	First qualifying round vs Gorica
Top goalscorer	League: Moussa Bakayoko (7); All: Moussa Bakayoko (11)
Highest home attendance	2,100 vs Gorica ; (29 June 2017)
Lowest home attendance	0 vs Banants ; (5 November 2017)
Average home league attendance	604 (9 May 2018)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 season was Shirak's 27th consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League. Shirak finished the season in 4th place after they were deducted 12 points in May 2018 as it was alleged that Shirak's sporting director Ararat Harutyunyan had offered Edward Kpodo of Banants a bride to fix their upcoming match.^[1] Shirak were knocked out of the Armenian Cup by Gandzasar Kapan at the Semifinal stage and the Europa League by Gorica in the first qualifying round.

Squad

As of match played 12 May 2018

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
1	Sokrat Hovhannisyan	Armenia	GK	(1996-04-05)5 April 1996 (aged 22)	Youth team	2016	0	0
13	Anatoliy Ayvazov	Armenia	GK	(1996-06-08)8 June 1996 (aged 21)	Pyunik	2016	68	0
	Ferdinand Muradyan	Armenia	GK	(1999-10-29)29 October 1999 (aged 18)	Youth team	2017	0	0
Defenders
3	Artyom Mikaelyan	Armenia	DF	(1991-07-12)12 July 1991 (aged 26)	Youth team	2010	100	1
6	Marko Prljević	Serbia	DF	(1988-08-02)2 August 1988 (aged 29)	Proleter Novi Sad	2018	23	1
7	Hrayr Mkoyan	Armenia	DF	(1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 31)	Esteghlal	2018
20	Zhirayr Margaryan	Armenia	DF	(1997-09-13)13 September 1997 (aged 20)	Banants	2018	15	1
23	Robert Darbinyan	Armenia	DF	(1990-06-01)1 June 1990 (aged 27)		2016	81	1
25	Aghvan Davoyan	Armenia	DF	(1990-03-21)21 March 1990 (aged 28)	Youth team	2010
40	Artur Amiryan	Armenia	DF	(1997-07-06)6 July 1997 (aged 20)	Youth team	2017	6	0
43	Styopa Gevorgyan	Armenia	DF	(1999-09-30)30 September 1999 (aged 18)	Youth team	2017	1	0
44	Hakob Vardanyan	Armenia	DF	(1999-06-01)1 June 1999 (aged 18)	Youth team	2017	0	0
	Armen Darbinyan	Armenia	DF	(1999-08-30)30 August 1999 (aged 18)	Youth team	2017	0	0
Midfielders
16	Arman Aslanyan	Armenia	MF	(1994-01-30)30 January 1994 (aged 24)	Youth team	2013	10	0
18	Rafik Misakyan	Armenia	MF	(2000-01-02)2 January 2000 (aged 18)	Banants	2018	2	0
19	Solomon Udo	Nigeria	MF	(1995-07-15)15 July 1995 (aged 22)	Ulisses	2016	80	6
22	Igor Stanojević	Serbia	MF	(1991-10-24)24 October 1991 (aged 26)	Zemun	2017	34	6
28	Mohamed Kaba	Ivory Coast	MF	(1989-04-05)5 April 1989 (aged 29)	Al Ahli	2015	89	6
37	Rudik Mkrtchyan	Armenia	MF	(1998-10-26)26 October 1998 (aged 19)	Youth team	2016	19	0
41	Mher Safaryan	Armenia	MF	(1997-10-10)10 October 1997 (aged 20)	Youth team	2017	7	0
42	Martun Mkhitaryan	Armenia	MF	(1997-11-09)9 November 1997 (aged 20)	Youth team	2018	11	1
88	Moussa Bakayoko	Ivory Coast	MF	(1996-12-27)27 December 1996 (aged 21)	Raja Casablanca	2017	48	13
	Karapet Harutyunyan	Armenia	MF	(2001-01-05)5 January 2001 (aged 17)	Youth team	2017	0	0
	Artush Mirzakhanyan	Armenia	MF	(1998-09-30)30 September 1998 (aged 19)	Youth team	2016	1	0
	Gagik Poghosyan	Armenia	MF	(1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 25)	Virgen del Camino	2017	0	0
Forwards
9	Aram Muradyan	Armenia	FW	(1995-04-14)14 April 1995 (aged 23)	Youth Team	2013	101	9
10	Vardan Bakalyan	Armenia	FW	(1995-04-04)4 April 1995 (aged 23)	Gandzasar Kapan	2017	33	5
14	David Ghandilyan	Armenia	FW	(1993-06-04)4 June 1993 (aged 24)	Deren	2018	15	1
17	Arlen Tsaturyan	Armenia	FW	(1999-01-05)5 January 1999 (aged 19)	Youth Team	2016	10	0
27	Aram Tosunyan	Armenia	FW	(1993-05-29)29 May 1993 (aged 24)	Youth team	2011
35	Yoro Lamine Ly	Senegal	FW	(1988-08-27)27 August 1988 (aged 29)		2018	87	24
39	Levon Mryan	Armenia	FW	(2000-05-11)11 May 2000 (aged 18)	Youth team	2017	0	0
Players out on loan
Players who left during the season
5	Edward Kpodo	Ghana	DF	(1990-01-14)14 January 1990 (aged 28)	Gandzasar Kapan	2017	18	0
8	Ghukas Poghosyan	Armenia	MF	(1994-02-06)6 February 1994 (aged 24)		2016	23	3
7	Aleksandar Ilić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	FW	(1994-04-08)8 April 1994 (aged 24)	Bregalnica Štip	2017	20	2
10	Kyrian Nwabueze	Nigeria	FW	(1992-12-11)11 December 1992 (aged 24)		2017	14	3
17	Vahan Bichakhchyan	Armenia	MF	(1999-07-09)9 July 1999 (aged 17)	Youth team	2015	30	6
20	Oumarou Kaina	Cameroon	MF	(1996-10-16)16 October 1996 (aged 21)		2017	14	1
45	Vsevolod Yermakov	Russia	GK	(1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (aged 22)		2015	10	0

Transfers

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2017	DF	Ghana	Edward Kpodo	Gandzasar Kapan	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	MF	Serbia	Igor Stanojević	Zemun	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	MF	Armenia	Gagik Poghosyan	Virgen del Camino	Undisclosed
1 July 2017	FW	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Aleksandar Ilić	Bregalnica Štip	Undisclosed
1 August 2017	FW	Armenia	Vardan Bakalyan	Bregalnica Štip	Undisclosed
30 January 2018	DF	Armenia	Hrayr Mkoyan	Esteghlal	Undisclosed
10 February 2018	DF	Armenia	Zhirayr Margaryan	Banants	Undisclosed
10 February 2018	DF	Serbia	Marko Prljevic	Proleter Novi Sad	Undisclosed
10 February 2018	MF	Armenia	Rafik Misakyan	Banants	Undisclosed
10 February 2018	FW	Armenia	David Ghandilyan	Deren	Undisclosed
1 March 2018	FW	Senegal	Yoro Lamine Ly		Free

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
24 July 2017	MF	Armenia	Vahan Bichakhchyan	Žilina	Undisclosed	^[2]
5 August 2017	DF	Ukraine	Semen Datsenko	Mosta	Undisclosed
7 February 2018	FW	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Aleksandar Ilić	Vitez	Undisclosed
23 February 2018	DF	Ghana	Edward Kpodo	Banants	Undisclosed

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
1 August 2017^[3]	GK	Russia	Vsevolod Yermakov	Zenit-Izhevsk
1 August 2017^[3]	DF	Serbia	Marko Prljević	Proleter Novi Sad	25 August 2017
1 August 2017^[3]	MF	Cameroon	Oumarou Kaina	Al-Talaba	1 January 2018
1 August 2017^[3]	FW	Nigeria	Kyrian Nwabueze	Gorica	15 September 2017^[4]
13 June 2018	MF	Nigeria	Solomon Udo	Banants	13 June 2018^[5]
15 June 2018	MF	Serbia	Igor Stanojević	Banants	15 June 2018^[6]
20 June 2018	GK	Armenia	Anatoliy Ayvazov	Banants	20 June 2018^[7]
30 June 2018	DF	Armenia	Robert Darbinyan	Ararat-Armenia	2 July 2018
30 June 2018	DF	Armenia	Hrayr Mkoyan	Ararat-Armenia	2 July 218
30 June 2018	DF	Serbia	Marko Prljević	Tsarsko Selo Sofia	5 July 2018
30 June 2018	MF	Armenia	Martun Mkhitaryan
30 June 2018	MF	Armenia	Gagik Poghosyan	Virgen del Camino	1 July 2018
30 June 2018	MF	Ivory Coast	Mohamed Kaba
30 June 2018^[8]	MF	Ivory Coast	Moussa Bakayoko	Shirak	1 September 2018^[8]
30 June 2018	FW	Armenia	Vardan Bakalyan	Ararat-Armenia	2 July 2018
30 June 2018	FW	Senegal	Yoro Lamine Ly

Competitions

Armenian Supercup

24 September 2017	Alashkert	0 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
19:30 (UTC+4)	Grigoryan Yellow card 30' Minasyan Yellow card 55' Voskanyan Yellow card 59'	Report	M.Kaba Yellow card 28' A.Davoyan Yellow card 59' Darbinyan Yellow card 65' Bakayoko File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' M.Mkhitaryan File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Suren Baliyan

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	14	8	8	37	31	+6	50	8	3	4	16	11	+5	6	5	4	21	20	+1

Last updated: 20 May 2018.
Source: See Results

Results

4 August 2017 1	Shirak	2 – 1	Alashkert	Gyumri
17:30 (UTC+4)	Mikaelyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 45+1'Yellow card 85' A.Muradyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 55'Yellow card 58' R.Mkrtchyan Yellow card 55' Stanojević Yellow card 90+5'	Report	M.Manasyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 28' A.Beglaryan Yellow card 66' Yedigaryan Yellow card 88'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

13 August 2017 2	Shirak	1 – 0	Banants	Gyumri
17:30 (UTC+4)	V.Bakalyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 9' A.Davoyan Yellow card 39' A.Ayvazov Yellow card 90+4'	Report	Injac Yellow card 39' Krasić Yellow card 51'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Artur Safaryan

19 August 2017 3	Gandzasar Kapan	0 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	A.Yakovtsev Yellow card 39' V.Minasyan Yellow card 63' Memović Yellow card 81' Musonda Yellow card 90+1'	Report	Mikaelyan Yellow card 76' Ilić File:Soccerball shade.svg 80' Darbinyan Yellow card 87' Stanojević Yellow card 90+1'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Suren Baliyan

26 August 2017 4	Shirak	2 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	Udo File:Soccerball shade.svg 45' M.Kaba Yellow card 55' Mikaelyan Yellow card 64' Kpodo Yellow card 66' Ilić File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'	Report	V.Arzoyan Yellow card 15' R.Yeghiazaryan File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' S.Mkrtchyan Yellow card 54'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Safaryan

10 September 2017 5	Pyunik	0 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	A.Shakhnazaryan Yellow card 4'	Report	Udo Yellow card 20' Bakayoko File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' Stanojević File:Soccerball shade.svg 75' Mikaelyan Yellow card 88'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

16 September 2017 6	Alashkert	1 – 0	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Artem Yellow card 35' Nenadović File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Minasyan Yellow card 68' Voskanyan Yellow card 69' Yellow-red card 88' Beglaryan Yellow card 85'	Report	Darbinyan Yellow card 4' V.Bakalyan Yellow card 31' Mikaelyan Yellow card 55' A.Muradyan Yellow card 69' Yellow-red card 70'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

27 September 2017 7	Banants	3 – 0	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Đoković File:Soccerball shade.svg 32' V.Ayvazyan Yellow card 48' K.Sibo Yellow card 60'File:Soccerball shade.svg 82' A.Loretsyan Yellow card 66' M.Guydanov Yellow card 68' Gyozalyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	M.Safaryan Yellow card 45' Kpodo Yellow card 47'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Simonyan

1 October 2017 8	Shirak	1 – 1	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)	Udo Yellow card 59' Bakayoko Yellow card 59'File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+6' (pen.) M.Kaba Yellow card 75'	Report	Yashin Yellow card 41' Wbeymar File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' H.Ishkhanyan Yellow card 59' A.Azatyan Yellow card 59' A.Khachatryan Yellow card 86' G.Nranyan Yellow card 90+4'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Suren Baliyan

13 October 2017 9	Ararat Yerevan	2 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	R.Safaryan Yellow card 30' Ar.Kocharyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' G. Kirakosyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'	Report	Stanojević File:Soccerball shade.svg 35' (pen.) A.Muradyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Mikaelyan Yellow card 73'	Stadium: Mika Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

21 October 2017 10	Shirak	0 – 0	Pyunik	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	Darbinyan Yellow card 20' Udo Yellow card 62' M.Kaba Yellow card 73' Mikaelyan Yellow card 76' V.Bakalyan Yellow card 90' A.Ayvazov Yellow card 90+5'	Report	Kadio Yellow card 11' Yellow-red card 50' A.Kartashyan Yellow card 24' E.Vardanyan Yellow card 65'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

29 October 2017 11	Shirak	0 – 1	Alashkert	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	R.Mkrtchyan Yellow card 51' Bakayoko Yellow card 56'	Report	Simonyan Yellow card 61' Peltier File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Suren Baliyan

5 November 2017 12	Shirak	0 – 1	Banants	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	A.Amiryan Yellow card 22' A.Davoyan Yellow card 35' A.Muradyan Yellow card 77'	Report	N.Petrosyan Yellow card 3' Krasić Yellow card 35' Jovanović Yellow card 38' Walmerson File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

18 November 2017 13	Gandzasar Kapan	2 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Yashin File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Musonda File:Soccerball shade.svg 46' Wbeymar Yellow card 57' V.Minasyan Yellow card 89'	Report	M.Kaba Yellow card 44'File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Udo Yellow card 58' Stanojević Yellow card 65' A.Muradyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Suren Baliyan

25 November 2017 14	Shirak	0 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	A.Muradyan Yellow card 49'	Report	An.Kocharyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+1'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 120 Referee: Artur Safaryan

2 December 2017 15	Pyunik	3 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Vardanyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 10' Avetisyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' (pen.) V.Hayrapetyan Yellow card 31' Kadio Yellow card 71'File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+3' A.Kartashyan Yellow card 86' Grigoryan Yellow card 90+5' N.Aslanyan Yellow card 90+5'	Report	A.Ayvazov Yellow card 37' Mikaelyan Yellow card 69' M.Kaba Yellow card 72' A.Muradyan Yellow card 75' Udo File:Soccerball shade.svg 13', 68'Yellow card 90+5'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Suren Baliyan

28 February 2018 16	Alashkert	0 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Nenadović Yellow card 86'	Report	Stanojević File:Soccerball shade.svg 14' Bakayoko Yellow card 89'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

4 March 2018 17	Banants	3 – 0	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Gyozalyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Hovsepyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 21' K.Sibo Yellow card 23'File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report		Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

10 March 2018 18	Shirak	2 – 1	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
14:00 (UTC+4)	M.Kaba File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Bakayoko File:Soccerball shade.svg 80'	Report	G.Nranyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Živković Yellow card 44' Wbeymar Yellow card 84'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Artur Simonyan

18 March 2018 19	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	O.Hamvardzumyan Yellow card 41' V.Arzoyan Yellow card 47'	Report	Udo File:Soccerball shade.svg 47' (pen.) V.Bakalyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 71'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Suren Baliyan

31 March 2018 20	Shirak	2 – 0	Pyunik	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	V.Bakalyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' Bakayoko File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'	Report	A.Kartashyan Yellow card 16' Mkrtchyan Yellow card 42'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

4 April 2018 21	Shirak	1 – 0	Alashkert	Gyumri
15:00 (UTC+4)	M.Kaba Yellow card 16' D.Ghandilyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'	Report	B.Hovhannisyan Yellow card 65' Stojković Yellow card 71'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Artur Simonyan

8 April 2018 22	Shirak	1 – 0	Banants	Gyumri
14:00 (UTC+4)	Stanojević File:Soccerball shade.svg 39'Yellow card 51' Udo Yellow card 74'	Report	Kpodo Yellow card 32' H. Hakobyan Yellow card 37' Jovanović Yellow card 45+2'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 700 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

14 April 2018 23	Gandzasar Kapan	1 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Musonda File:Soccerball shade.svg 54'	Report	Darbinyan Yellow card 39' Yashin File:Soccerball shade.svg 89' (o.g.)	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

21 April 2018 24	Shirak	4 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	A.Muradyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 9', 21' A.Davoyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Ly Yellow card 62' V.Bakalyan Yellow card 76' Z.Margaryan File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'	Report	V.Chopuryan Yellow card 26' A.Petrosyan Yellow card 58' Gareginyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 68' Dragojević Yellow card 76'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

29 April 2018 25	Pyunik	1 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	H.Poghosyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'	Report	Stanojević File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' Bakayoko File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Artur Simonyan

2 May 2018 26	Alashkert	0 – 0	Shirak	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	Simonyan Yellow card 84'	Report	A.Davoyan Yellow card 33' A.Muradyan Yellow card 56'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

5 May 2018 27	Banants	0 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	A.Hovhannisyan Yellow card 42' Peltier Yellow card 53' Ayrapetyan Yellow card 87'	Report	Z.Margaryan Yellow card 19' Mkoyan Yellow card 38' Bakayoko Yellow card 53'File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Udo File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Suren Baliyan

9 May 2018 28	Shirak	0 – 0	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	A.Davoyan Yellow card 88'	Report	G.Nranyan Yellow card 17' A.Khachatryan Yellow card 45'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: Artak Simonyan Referee: 1,200

12 May 2018 29	Ararat Yerevan	4 – 4	Shirak	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	An.Kocharyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 43', 71' D.Minasyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 54' Darbinyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 61' (o.g.)	Report	Stanojević File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' V.Bakalyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 7' Bakayoko File:Soccerball shade.svg 19' Prljević File:Soccerball shade.svg 27' Z.Margaryan Yellow card 82'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Suren Baliyan

20 May 2018 30	Shirak	0 – 3	Pyunik	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan
Note: Shirak refused to the play the match after being docked 12 points due to a fixing scandal.^[9]

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alashkert (C)	30	14	8	8	44	31	+13	50	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Banants	30	11	11	8	42	34	+8	44	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Gandzasar Kapan	30	11	10	9	43	34	+9	43
4	Shirak	30	14	8	8	37	31	+6	38^{[lower-alpha 2]}
5	Pyunik	30	9	9	12	37	41	−4	36	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
6	Ararat Yerevan	30	5	6	19	33	65	−32	21

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.^[11]
(C) Champions
Notes:

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Gandzasar Kapan qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Armenian Cup.
↑ Shirak were deducted 12 points on decision of Disciplinary Committee, upheld on May 18, due to match fixing scandal.^[10]

Armenian Cup

13 September 2017 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Shirak	1 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)	Bakayoko File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' A.Amiryan Yellow card 43' Darbinyan Yellow card 89' Ilić Yellow card 90+2'	Report	R.Safaryan File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

25 October 2017 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 2 (1 – 3 agg.)	Shirak	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	G.Kirakosyan Yellow card 63' R.Safaryan Yellow card 85'	Report	V.Bakalyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 65' Bakayoko File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'Yellow card 90+1'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 20 Referee: Artur Simonyan

7 March 2018 Semifinal 1st leg	Gandzasar Kapan	1 – 1	Shirak	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	A.Khachatryan File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' H.Velic Yellow card 44' V.Minasyan Yellow card 52' M.Grigoryan Yellow card 59' Wbeymar Yellow card 77'	Report	Bakayoko File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' A.Muradyan Yellow card 63'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Suren Baliyan

18 April 2018 Semifinal 2nd leg	Shirak	0 – 1 (1 – 2 agg.)	Gandzasar Kapan	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)		Report	Musonda File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' A.Karapetyan Yellow card 22' Meliksetyan Yellow card 80'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Suren Baliyan

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

29 June 2017 First qualifying round 1st leg	Shirak Armenia	0 – 2	Slovenia Gorica	Gyumri, Armenia
16:00 (UTC+4)	Kpodo Yellow card 74'	Report	Kapić File:Soccerball shade.svg 15', 69' Boben Yellow card 38'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 2,100^[12] Referee: Mikhail Vilkov (Russia)

6 July 2017 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Gorica Slovenia	2 – 2 (4 – 2 agg.)	Armenia Shirak	Nova Gorica, Slovenia
22:30 (UTC+4)	Prljević File:Soccerball shade.svg 13' (o.g.) Celcer Yellow card 44' Kapić Yellow card 60' Osuji File:Soccerball shade.svg 90+2'	Report	M.Kaba File:Soccerball shade.svg 34' A.Davoyan Red card 50' Bichakhchyan File:Soccerball shade.svg 56' Nwabueze File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Darbinyan Yellow card 88' Yellow-red card 89'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 1,200^[12] Referee: Peter Kjærsgaard-Andersen (Denmark)

Statistics

As of match played 12 May 2018

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Armenian Cup		Armenian Supercup		UEFA Europa League
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
3	DF	Armenia ARM	Artyom Mikaelyan	24	1	15+4	1	2	0	1	0	1+1	0
6	DF	Serbia SRB	Marko Prljević	15	1	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0
7	DF	Armenia ARM	Hrayr Mkoyan	16	0	14	0	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
9	FW	Armenia ARM	Aram Muradyan	32	5	21+6	5	3+1	0	0	0	0+1	0
10	FW	Armenia ARM	Vardan Bakalyan	33	5	25+3	4	1+3	1	1	0	0	0
13	GK	Armenia ARM	Anatoly Ayvazov	36	0	29	0	4	0	1	0	2	0
14	FW	Armenia ARM	David Ghandilyan	15	1	2+11	1	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	Armenia ARM	Arman Aslanyan	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
17	FW	Armenia ARM	Arlen Tsaturyan	8	0	0+7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	Armenia ARM	Rafik Misakyan	2	0	0+2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	MF	Nigeria NGA	Solomon Udo	34	5	28	5	3	0	1	0	2	0
20	DF	Armenia ARM	Zhirayr Margaryan	15	1	5+8	1	1+1	0	0	0	0	0
22	MF	Serbia SRB	Igor Stanojević	34	6	28	6	3	0	1	0	1+1	0
23	DF	Armenia ARM	Robert Darbinyan	32	0	26	0	2+1	0	1	0	2	0
25	DF	Armenia ARM	Aghvan Davoyan	35	1	28	1	4	0	1	0	2	0
28	MF	Ivory Coast CIV	Mohamed Kaba	33	3	27	2	3	0	1	0	2	1
35	FW	Senegal SEN	Yoro Ly	10	0	0+9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	MF	Armenia ARM	Rudik Mkrtchyan	17	0	6+7	0	3	0	0+1	0	0	0
40	DF	Armenia ARM	Artur Amiryan	6	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
41	MF	Armenia ARM	Mher Safaryan	7	0	2+2	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0	0
42	MF	Armenia ARM	Martun Mkhitaryan	11	1	0+9	0	1	0	0+1	1	0	0
43	DF	Armenia ARM	Styopa Gevorgyan	1	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
88	MF	Ivory Coast CIV	Moussa Bakayoko	34	11	27+1	7	4	3	1	1	1	0
Players who left Shirak during the season:
5	DF	Ghana GHA	Edward Kpodo	16	0	11	0	2	0	1	0	2	0
7	FW	Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH	Aleksandar Ilić	20	2	8+7	2	0+2	0	1	0	1+1	0
8	MF	Armenia ARM	Ghukas Poghosyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
10	FW	Nigeria NGA	Kyrian Nwabueze	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
11	FW	Armenia ARM	Vahan Bichakhchyan	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
20	MF	Cameroon CMR	Oumarou Kaina	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	Armenian Supercup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	MF	Ivory Coast	88	Moussa Bakayoko	7	3	1	0	11
2	MF	Serbia	22	Igor Stanojević	6	0	0	0	6
3	FW	Armenia	9	Aram Muradyan	5	0	0	0	5
	MF	Nigeria	19	Solomon Udo	5	0	0	0	5
	FW	Armenia	10	Vardan Bakalyan	4	1	0	0	5
6	MF	Ivory Coast	28	Mohamed Kaba	2	0	0	1	3
7	FW	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	Aleksandar Ilić	2	0	0	0	2
8	DF	Armenia	3	Artyom Mikaelyan	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	Armenia	14	David Ghandilyan	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Armenia	25	Aghvan Davoyan	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Armenia	20	Zhirayr Margaryan	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Serbia	6	Marko Prljević	1	0	0	0	1
	MF	Armenia	42	Martun Mkhitaryan	0	0	1	0	1
	FW	Armenia	11	Vahan Bichakhchyan	0	0	0	1	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	0	1
				TOTALS	36	4	2	2	44

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	Armenian Supercup	UEFA Europa League	Total
1	GK	Armenia	13	Anatoliy Ayvazov	12	1	1	0	14
				TOTALS	12	1	1	0	14

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card	Yellow card	Red card
Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Armenian Cup		Armenian Supercup		UEFA Europa League		Total
3	Armenia	DF	Artyom Mikaelyan	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
7	Armenia	DF	Hrayr Mkoyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
9	Armenia	FW	Aram Muradyan	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
10	Armenia	FW	Vardan Bakalyan	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
10	Nigeria	FW	Kyrian Nwabueze	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
13	Armenia	GK	Anatoly Ayvazov	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
19	Nigeria	MF	Solomon Udo	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
20	Armenia	DF	Zhirayr Margaryan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
22	Serbia	MF	Igor Stanojević	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
23	Armenia	DF	Robert Darbinyan	4	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	8	1
25	Armenia	DF	Aghvan Davoyan	4	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	7	1
28	Ivory Coast	MF	Mohamed Kaba	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	7	0
35	Senegal	FW	Yoro Ly	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
37	Armenia	MF	Rudik Mkrtchyan	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
40	Armenia	DF	Artur Amiryan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
41	Armenia	MF	Mher Safaryan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
88	Ivory Coast	MF	Moussa Bakayoko	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Players who left Shirak during the season:
5	Ghana	DF	Edward Kpodo	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	FW	Aleksandar Ilić	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	58	1	5	0	3	0	6	2	72	3

References

↑ "ՀՖՖ կարգապահական կոմիտեի 05.05.2018թ. որոշման կիրառման պարզաբանումը". ffa.am (in Armenian). Football Federation of Armenia. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ "Vahan Bichakhchyan signs 5-year contract with MSK Zilina". sport.mediamax.am/. Media Max Sport. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 "Четыре легионера покинули Ширак". armfootball.com (in Russian). Armfootball. 3 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 3 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ "ŠE JUNIJA PROTI NAM, DANES Z NAMI". nd-gorica.com (in Slovenian). ND Gorica. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ "Официальное заявление: Соломон Удо". fcbanants.am (in Russian). FC Banants. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ "Официальное заявление: Игорь Станоевич". fcbanants.am (in Russian). FC Banants. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ "Официальное заявление: Анатолий Айвазов". fcbanants.am (in Russian). FC Banants. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 "Официально. Карен Мурадян и Мусса Пол Бакайоко также вернулись в Ширак". armfootball.com (in Russian). Arm Football. 1 September 2018. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ "Շիրակը չի մասնակցի հաջորդ հանդիպմանը, ակումբը պահանջում է Հայրապետյանի հրաժարականը". armfootball.com (in Armenian). ArmFootball. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
↑ ՀՖՖ կարգապահական կոմիտեի 05.05.2018թ. որոշման կիրառման պարզաբանումը [Clarification of application of decision]. AFF (in հայերեն). 19 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
↑ "Premier League 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.89084920049219-10] 1.0 ^1.1 Gandzasar Kapan qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017–18 Armenian Cup.

[table_hth_SHI0.89084920049219-12] Shirak were deducted 12 points on decision of Disciplinary Committee, upheld on May 18, due to match fixing scandal.^[10]

[1] "ՀՖՖ կարգապահական կոմիտեի 05.05.2018թ. որոշման կիրառման պարզաբանումը". ffa.am (in Armenian). Football Federation of Armenia. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[2] "Vahan Bichakhchyan signs 5-year contract with MSK Zilina". sport.mediamax.am/. Media Max Sport. 25 July 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

[Four_Leave-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 "Четыре легионера покинули Ширак". armfootball.com (in Russian). Armfootball. 3 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-08-03. Retrieved 3 August 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[4] "ŠE JUNIJA PROTI NAM, DANES Z NAMI". nd-gorica.com (in Slovenian). ND Gorica. 15 September 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[5] "Официальное заявление: Соломон Удо". fcbanants.am (in Russian). FC Banants. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[6] "Официальное заявление: Игорь Станоевич". fcbanants.am (in Russian). FC Banants. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[7] "Официальное заявление: Анатолий Айвазов". fcbanants.am (in Russian). FC Banants. 20 June 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[Muradyan_&_Bakayoko_Return-8] 8.0 ^8.1 "Официально. Карен Мурадян и Мусса Пол Бакайоко также вернулись в Ширак". armfootball.com (in Russian). Arm Football. 1 September 2018. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[9] "Շիրակը չի մասնակցի հաջորդ հանդիպմանը, ակումբը պահանջում է Հայրապետյանի հրաժարականը". armfootball.com (in Armenian). ArmFootball. 19 May 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[11] ՀՖՖ կարգապահական կոմիտեի 05.05.2018թ. որոշման կիրառման պարզաբանումը [Clarification of application of decision]. AFF (in հայերեն). 19 May 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.

[13] "Premier League 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 19 March 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2017.

[AttendanceQR1-14] 12.0 ^12.1 "Summary UEFA Europa League - Round 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 1 July 2017.

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