The 2020–21 season was
Pyunik
Football Club Pyunik Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Փյունիկ Երևան, Futbolayin Akumb P’yunik Yerevan), commonly known as Pyunik (" Phoenix"), is an Armenian professional sports club based in the Kentron neighbourho ...
's 27th season in the
Armenian Premier League
The Armenian Premier League ( hy, VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the competition was held as a r ...
.
Season events
On 20 July, Artak Oseyan was announced as Pyunik's new manager.
On 23 July, Pyunik announced the signing of Artur Grigoryan from
Gandzasar Kapan
Football Club Gandzasar Kapan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Գանձասար Կապան), commonly known as Gandzasar, is an Armenian football club based in the town of Kapan, Syunik Province. Translated from the Armenian, "Gandz-a- ...
,
with
Anton Kobyalko
Anton Igorevich Kobyalko (russian: Антон Игоревич Кобялко; born 14 May 1986) is a Russian professional footballer. He plays for Tyumen.
Club career
Kobyalko made his professional debut in the Russian First Division in 2004 ...
joining from
Ararat-Armenia the following day.
On 29 July, Muhammad Ladan joined the club on loan from
Sochi for the season,
and
Stanislav Buchnev joined from
Fakel Voronezh.
On 1 August, Alexandre Yeoule signed for Pyunik after leaving
Lori
Lori may refer to:
*Lori (given name)
*Lori Province, Armenia
*Lori Fortress, a fortress in Armenia
*Lori Berd, a village in Armenia
*Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget, a historical Armenian kingdom from c. 980 to 1240, sometimes known as the Kingdom of L ...
.
On 3 August, Pyunik announced the singing of
Gor Malakyan
Gor Malakyan ( hy, Գոռ Մալաքյան; born 12 June 1994) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays for Ararat Yerevan and the Armenia national team.
Biography
Gor Malakyan was born on 12 June 1994 in Yerevan, Armenia. He is the y ...
,
and a new technical partnership with
Joma
Joma () is a Spanish sports clothing manufacturer that currently produces footwear and clothing for football, futsal, handball, basketball, volleyball, running, tennis, and padel. Its headquarters are located in Portillo de Toledo, Spain.
Hi ...
to supply their kit.
On 4 August, Pyunik's planned friendly match against
Urartu
Urartu (; Assyrian: ',Eberhard Schrader, ''The Cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament'' (1885), p. 65. Babylonian: ''Urashtu'', he, אֲרָרָט ''Ararat'') is a geographical region and Iron Age kingdom also known as the Kingdom of Va ...
on 6 August was cancelled.
On 5 August, Pyunik announced the signing of
Artyom Avanesyan
Artyom Aregovich Avanesyan ( hy, Արտյոմ Ավանեսյան; russian: Артём Арегович Аванесян; born 17 July 1999) is a professional footballer who plays for FC Ararat-Armenia. Born in Russia, he plays for the Armenia nat ...
on loan from
Ararat-Armenia for the season,
whilst goalkeeper
Andrija Dragojević left the club by mutual consent.
On 10 August,
Armen Manucharyan
Armen Manucharyan (born 3 February 1995) is an Armenian international footballer who plays as a right back, for Van.
Club career
Born in Yerevan, he has played club football for Banants and Pyunik.
On 10 August 2020, he signed with Russian Pre ...
left Pyunik to join
Rotor Volgograd
SC Rotor Volgograd (russian: СK Ротор) is a Russian professional football club from the large city of Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast (formerly Stalingrad). The club will play in the third-tier Russian Football National League 2 in the 2022– ...
.
On 15 August, Pyunik announced the signing of
Dramane Salou
Dramane Salou (born 22 May 1998) is a Burkinabé footballer, who plays as a defensive midfielder for Noah. He debuted for Burkina Faso national football team in 2017.
Club career
Born in Ouagadougou, Salou has started his career with the local ...
from
Slutsk
Slutsk ( officially transliterated as Sluck, be, Слуцк; russian: Слуцк; pl, Słuck, lt, Sluckas, Yiddish/Hebrew: סלוצק ''Slutsk'') is a city in Belarus, located on the Sluch River south of Minsk. As of 2022, its population is ...
.
On 21 August, Pyunik announced the signing of Julius Ufuoma from
Lori
Lori may refer to:
*Lori (given name)
*Lori Province, Armenia
*Lori Fortress, a fortress in Armenia
*Lori Berd, a village in Armenia
*Kingdom of Tashir-Dzoraget, a historical Armenian kingdom from c. 980 to 1240, sometimes known as the Kingdom of L ...
.
On 1 September, Pyunik announced the signings of
Magomed Musalov and
Artem Habelok
Artem Yuriyovych Habelok ( ua, Артем Юрійович Габелок; born 2 January 1995) is a Ukrainian football player who plays for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.
Club career
He was raised in the youth teams of Shakhtar Donetsk, representing ...
.
On 2 September, Pyunik announced that Erik Azizyan had extended his contract until the summer of 2023, and that Levon Vardanyan had signed a new deal until the summer of 2025.
On 17 September, Pyunik announced the signing of Armen Nahapetyan on loan from
Ararat-Armenia for the season.
On 29 September, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding territories. It was a major escalation of an unresolved conflict over the region, involving Azerbai ...
. On 13 October, the FFA announced that the season would resume on 17 October.
On 22 October, Pyunik's match against
Noah
Noah ''Nukh''; am, ኖህ, ''Noḥ''; ar, نُوح '; grc, Νῶε ''Nôe'' () is the tenth and last of the pre-Flood patriarchs in the traditions of Abrahamic religions. His story appears in the Hebrew Bible (Book of Genesis, chapters 5� ...
was postponed due to positive
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickl ...
cases within the Noah team.
On 2 November, Pyunik's game against
Urartu
Urartu (; Assyrian: ',Eberhard Schrader, ''The Cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament'' (1885), p. 65. Babylonian: ''Urashtu'', he, אֲרָרָט ''Ararat'') is a geographical region and Iron Age kingdom also known as the Kingdom of Va ...
was postponed due to positive
COVID-19
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickl ...
cases within the Pyunik team.
On 9 December, Pyunik extended their contract with
Serob Grigoryan.
On 13 December, Artak Oseyan left his role as Head Coach of Pyunik.
On 7 January,
Yegishe Melikyan
Yegishe Melikyan ( hy, Եղիշե Մելիքյան, born on 13 August 1979 in Yerevan) is a retired Armenian football defender and manager.
Career International
Melikyan was a member of the Armenia national team, participated in 29 internatio ...
was announced as Pyunik's new manager.
On 25 January,
Arman Hovhannisyan
Arman Hovhannisyan ( hy, Արման Հովհաննիսյան, born 7 July 1993) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Pyunik Yerevan.
Career
Born in Yerevan, Hovhannisyan is a product of his native Pyunik Yerevan ...
returned to Pyunik.
The following day, 26 January, Pyunik announced the signing of
Ihor Honchar
Ihor Viktorovych Honchar ( uk, Ігор Вікторович Гончар; born 10 January 1993) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Mynai.
Career
Honchar is a product of the Bukovyna Chernivtsi and RVUFK Kyiv ...
from
Alashkert,
and on 27 January,
Anton Bratkov joined from
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv,
and
Robert Darbinyan
Robert Darbinyan ( hy, Ռոբերտ ԴԱՐԲԻՆՅԱՆ, rus, Дарбинян Роберт Меликович; born 4 October 1995) is a Russian-born, Armenian footballer who plays for Shirak
Shirak or Širak may refer to:
Places
*Shirak Pr ...
from
Urartu
Urartu (; Assyrian: ',Eberhard Schrader, ''The Cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament'' (1885), p. 65. Babylonian: ''Urashtu'', he, אֲרָרָט ''Ararat'') is a geographical region and Iron Age kingdom also known as the Kingdom of Va ...
.
On 29 January, Pyunik announced the signing of
Mykyta Tatarkov
Mykyta Tatarkov ( ua, Микита Станіславович Татарков; born 4 January 1995) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.
Career
Tatarkov is a product of the youth team system ...
.
The following day, 30 January,
Artem Habelok
Artem Yuriyovych Habelok ( ua, Артем Юрійович Габелок; born 2 January 1995) is a Ukrainian football player who plays for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.
Club career
He was raised in the youth teams of Shakhtar Donetsk, representing ...
left Pyunik by mutual consent.
On 1 February, Pyunik announced the signing of
Herman Penkov
Herman Yuriyovych Penkov ( ua, Герман Юрійович Пеньков; born 26 May 1994) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as goalkeeper for LNZ Cherkasy.
Career
Penkov is a product of the Knyazha Shchaslyve and Metalurh D ...
from
Lviv
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukra ...
.
Two days later, 3 February, Pyunik announced the signing of Brazilian midfielder
Higor from
Botafogo da Paraíba.
On 4 February, Pyunik announced the signing of
Hovhannes Harutyunyan
Hovhannes Harutyunyan ( hy, Հովհաննես Հարությունյան; born 25 May 1999) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Armenian Premier League club Pyunik and Armenian national U21 team.
Career Club
On ...
on a free transfer after he'd left
Ararat-Armenia.
On 5 February, Pyunik announced the signings of
Rommell Ibarra
Rommell Jhoan Ibarra Hernández (born 24 March 2000) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a defender for Deportivo La Guaira.
Career
On 5 February 2021, FC Pyunik announced the signing of Ibarra on loan from Deportivo La Guaira
Deportivo ...
and José Balza on loan from
Deportivo La Guaira
Deportivo La Guaira (formerly known as Real Esppor) is a professional football club promoted to the Venezuelan league in 2009, based in La Guaira but playing its home games in Caracas at the Estadio Olímpico de la UCV.
History Real Esppor
Th ...
.
On 10 February, Pyunik announced that Arthur Nadiryan had retired from football due to injuries,
with
Valeriy Boldenkov signing for the club the following day.
On 12 February, Levon Vardanyan joined
BKMA Yerevan
BKMA Yerevan ( hy, ԲԿՄԱ Երևան or hy, Բանակի Կենտրոնական Մարզական Ակումբ Երևան; ''Banaki Kentronakan Marzakan Akumb Yerevan''), meaning ''Central Sport Club of the Army Yerevan'', is an Armenian footb ...
on loan for the rest of the season.
On 15 February, Pyunik announced the signing of
José Caraballo from
Real Santa Cruz
Club Real Santa Cruz is a football club from Santa Cruz, Bolivia currently playing in the top-flight División Profesional after winning promotion in 2019. The club last played in the first division in 2004; they also played the Copa Bolivi ...
.
On 17 February, Alexandre Yeoule left Pyunik by mutual consent, and Edmon Movsisyan moved to
West Armenia.
On 20 February, Pyunik announced the signing of
Oleh Kozhushko,
whilst Robert Hakobyan, Arsen Sargsyan and Narek Hovhannisyan all left the club by mutual consent.
On 1 March, Pyunik announced the signing of
Yevhen Budnik
Yevhen Vitaliyovych Budnik ( uk, Євген Віталійович Буднік; born 4 September 1990) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-forward for Krasava Eny Ypsonas.
Career Arsenal Kharkiv
Budnik is a youth prod ...
from
Urartu
Urartu (; Assyrian: ',Eberhard Schrader, ''The Cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament'' (1885), p. 65. Babylonian: ''Urashtu'', he, אֲרָרָט ''Ararat'') is a geographical region and Iron Age kingdom also known as the Kingdom of Va ...
.
Squad
Out on loan
Transfers
In
Loans in
Out
Loans out
Released
Friendlies
Competitions
Overall record
Premier League
Results summary
Results by round
Results
Table
Armenian Cup
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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, colspan="16", ''Players away on loan:''
, -
, colspan="16", ''Players who left Pyunik during the season:''
Goal scorers
Clean sheets
Disciplinary Record
References
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Pyunik
Football Club Pyunik Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Փյունիկ Երևան, Futbolayin Akumb P’yunik Yerevan), commonly known as Pyunik (" Phoenix"), is an Armenian professional sports club based in the Kentron neighbourho ...