The 2022–23 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 29th 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 11 June, Pyunik announced the signing of

Yusuf Otubanjo Yusuf Otubanjo (born 12 September 1992) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Armenian Premier League club Pyunik. Career Club On 23 January 2020, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Otubanjo. On 4 June 2022, Ara ...

from Ararat-Armenia. The next day, 12 June, Pyunik announced the loan signing of Milad Jahani from

Sepahan Foolad Mobarakeh Sepahan Sport Club ( fa, باشگاه فرهنگی ورزشی فولاد مبارکه سپاهان اصفهان, ''Bâšgâh-è Varzeši-ye Fulâd-è Mobârake-ye Sepâhân''), commonly known as Sepahan S.C., are an Iranian spor ...

. On 3 July, Pyunik announced the signings of Arthur Avagyan, Luka Juričić,

Boris Varga Boris Varga ( sr-cyr, Борис Варга; born 14 August 1993) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a defender for Bosnian Premier League club Sloga Meridian. Career On 3 July 2022, Pyunik Football Club Pyunik Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբո ...

, Andre Mensalao,

Mikhail Kovalenko Mikhail Vadimovich Kovalenko (russian: Михаил Вадимович Коваленко; born 25 January 1995) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Armenian Premier League club Pyunik. Club career Kovalenko made his ...

, Nemanja Mladenović,

Marjan Radeski Marjan Radeski ( mk, Марјан Радески; born 10 February 1995) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays for Struga as a winger. Club career Radeski kicked off his career with FK 11 Oktomvri in 2011, before being transferred t ...

, Serhiy Vakulenko and

David Davidyan David Rudikovich Davidyan ( hy, Դավիթ Ռուդիկի Դավիդյան; russian: Давид Рудикович Давидян; born 14 December 1997) is a professional footballer who plays for Pyunik. Born in Russia, he plays for the Armenia ...

. On 19 July, Pyunik announced the signing of

Alan Aussi Alan Hozanovych Aussi ( uk, Алан Гозанович Ауссі; born 30 June 2001) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Liga I club CFR Cluj. Career Born in Donetsk, Aussi is a product of the Donetsk Oblast y ...

on loan from

Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offic ...

. On 13 August, Pyunik announced the signing of Aleksandar Miljković from

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. On 21 August, Pyunik announced the signing of Roman Karasyuk from Rukh Lviv. On 29 August, Pyunik announced the signing of

Robert Hehedosh Robert Volodymyrovych Hehedosh ( uk, Роберт Володимирович Гегедош; born 2 May 1993) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Biography Metalist Kharkiv In 2011, he signed a contract with Metalist ...

on loan from Peremoha Dnipro. On 2 September, Pyunik announced the signing of Stefan Spirovski from

MTK Budapest Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycling, gymnastics, athletics, fencing, canoeing, boxing, wrest ...

, Grenik Petrosyan from

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 ...

and

Aleksandr Karapetyan Aleksandr Karapetyan ( hy, Ալեքսանդր Կարապետյան; born 23 December 1987) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a forward. Club career Karapetyan began his playing career in the German fourth-tier Regionalliga wit ...

who was last at Alashkert. On 7 September, Pyunik announced the signing of

Dame Diop Dame Diop (born 15 February 1993) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward. Career Club Dame Diop started his career at Touré Kunda. He signed with the Russian club FC Khimki, but failed to make a league appearance before ...

who'd last played for

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. On 13 September, Pyunik announced the signing of

Kire Ristevski Kire Ristevski ( mk, Кире Ристевски; born 22 October 1990) is a Macedonian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Armenian Premier League club Pyunik and the North Macedonia national team. Club career Slavia Sofia ...

who'd last played for

AEL Limassol Athlitiki Enosi Lemesou ( el, Αθλητική Ένωση Λεμεσού, translation=Athletic Union of Limassol) commonly known as AEL, is a Cypriot sports club based in the city of Limassol, most famous for its football team. AEL also maintain ...

. On 24 December, Pyunik announced that

David Yurchenko David Viktorovich Yurchenko ( hy, Դավիթ Յուրչենկո; russian: Давид Викторович Юрченко; born 27 March 1986) is a football goalkeeper. Born in Turkmenistan, Yurchenko represents the Armenia national football tea ...

had left the club, whilst the following day, 25 December,

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also left the club after his contract expired. On 27 December,

Artak Dashyan Artak Dashyan ( hy, Արտակ Դաշյան, born on 20 November 1989 in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Pyunik and the Armenia national team. Club career Artak Dashyan is a graduate of t ...

extended his contract with Pyunik until the summer of 2024. On the same day, Pyunik announced that Alexander González, Uroš Nenadović and Renzo Zambrano were all leaving the club. The following day, 28 December, Pyunik announced that

Aras Özbiliz Aras Özbiliz ( hy, Արաս Օզբիլիզ; born 9 March 1990) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a winger for FC Pyunik and the Armenia national team. Early life Özbiliz was born on 9 March 1990 in the Bakırköy district ...

had also left the club, and that they had signed Henri Avagyan from

. On 29 December, Pyunik announced a new one-year contract for

Eugeniu Cociuc Eugeniu Cociuc (born 11 May 1993) is a Moldovan professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Armenian Premier League club Pyunik and the Moldova national team. Career Club Cociuc returned to Žilina after six-months on loan a ...

, and that

, Nemanja Mladenović,

and

had left the club. On 11 January, Pyunik announced the signing of Jonel Désiré. The following day, 12 January, Pyunik announced the signing of Edgar Malakyan. On 17 January, Pyunik announced that Andre Mensalao and

had left the club. On 18 January, Pyunik announced the signing of James Santos, who'd played for Alashkert during the first half of the season. On 3 February,

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 ...

extended his contract with Pyunik, until the summer of 2024. On 7 February, Pyunik announced the singing of Juan Bravo, who'd played for Ararat Yerevan during the first half of the season. On 8 February, Luka Juričić extended his contract with Pyunik until the end of the 2023/24 season. On the same day, the

Football Federation of Armenia The Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) ( hy, Հայաստանի Ֆուտբոլի Ֆեդերացիա, ''Hayastani Futboli Federats’ia'') is the governing body of association football in Armenia. Its headquarters are located in Yerevan. The Fe ...

announced that Pyunik would be recognised as the 2022

Armenian Supercup The Armenian Supercup is a match that is played between the Armenian Premier League Champion and Armenian Cup Winner. It is named after Hakob Tonoyan and typically takes place in May every year with some exceptions. Results Results by team Si ...

Champions even the match had failed to take place due to various circumstances. On 15 February, Pyunik announced the singing of Lucas Villela, who'd played for

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during the first half of the season. On 9 May, Stanislav Buchnev, Anton Bratkov, Serhiy Vakulenko and

all extended their contract with Pyunik until the summer of 2024.

Squad

Transfers

In

Loans in

Loans out

Released

Friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Supercup

Premier League

Results summary

Results by round

Results

Table

Armenian Cup

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying rounds

Statistics

Appearances and goals

, - , colspan="16", ''Players away on loan:'' , - , colspan="16", ''Players who left Pyunik during the season:''

Season events

Squad

Transfers

In

Loans in

Loans out

Released

Friendlies

Competitions

Overall record

Supercup

Premier League

Results summary

Results by round

Results

Table

Armenian Cup

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying rounds

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying rounds

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Goal scorers

Clean sheets

Disciplinary Record

References