2020–21 FC Urartu season

The 2020–21 season is Urartu's twentieth consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League.

Urartu

2020-21 season
Chairman	Hrach Aghabekian
Manager	Aleksandr Grigoryan
Stadium	Urartu Stadium

Season events

On 30 July, Urartu's planned friendly match against BKMA Yerevan was cancelled.[1]

On 30 July, Urartu's planned friendly match against BKMA Yerevan was cancelled.[1]

On 4 August, Urartu's planned friendly match against Pyunik on 6 August was cancelled.[2]

On 8 August, Urartu announced the signing of Jonel Désiré from Lori FC.[3]

On 11 August, Urartu announced the signing of Juesukobiruo Okotie from Sporting Warri FC,[4] whilst defender Narek Petrosyan left Urartu the following day by mutual consent.[5]

Squad

As of 24 July 2020

No.	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
24	Arsen Beglaryan		GK	(1996-01-06) 6 January 1996	Dnyapro Mogilev	2020[6]		4	0
96	Anatoliy Ayvazov		GK	(1996-06-08) 8 June 1996	Shirak	2018[7]		20	0
Defenders
15	Dmitry Guz		DF	(1988-05-15) 15 May 1988	Ararat-Armenia	2020[8]		0	0
19	Yevgeni Osipov		DF	(1986-10-29) 29 October 1986	FCI Levadia	2020[9]		6	0
25	Edgar Grigoryan		DF	(1998-08-25) 25 August 1998	Academy	2019		0	0
26	Annan Mensah		DF	(1996-06-06) 6 June 1996	Lori	2020[10]		0	0
77	Erik Simonyan		DF	(2003-06-12) 12 June 2003	Academy	2019		1	0
88	James		DF	(1995-07-15) 15 July 1995	Ararat Yerevan	2020[11]		0	0
99	Robert Darbinyan		DF	(1995-10-04) 4 October 1995	Ararat-Armenia	2019[12]		31	0
	Hrachya Geghamyan		DF	(1999-12-02) 2 December 1999	Academy	2018		3	0
	Arsen Sadoyan		DF	(1999-03-16) 16 March 1999	Academy	2019		1	0
Midfielders
5	Hakob Hakobyan		MF	(1997-03-29) 29 March 1997	Academy	2013		128	2
6	Peter Mutumosi		MF	(1998-05-25) 25 May 1998	Motema Pembe	2019	2021	12	0
8	Maksim Mashnev		MF	(1993-01-12) 12 January 1993	Chayka Peschanokopskoye	2020[13]		0	0
10	Karen Melkonyan		MF	(1999-03-25) 25 March 1999	Academy	2017		68	5
16	David Papikyan		MF	(2001-07-08) 8 July 2001	Academy	2020		0	0
30	Uguchukwu Iwu		MF	(1999-11-28) 28 November 1999	Lori	2020[14]		0	0
33	Vitinho		MF	(1997-09-08) 8 September 1997	Ararat Yerevan	2020[15]		0	0
90	Oleg Polyakov		MF	(1990-11-29) 29 November 1990	Armavir	2020[16]		0	0
	Joseph Sunday		MF	(2002-02-23) 23 February 2002	loan from ?	2020	2021	2	0
	Uchenna Udoka		MF	(2000-05-06) 6 May 2000	loan from ?	2019	2021	0	0
Forwards
9	Yevgeni Kobzar		FW	(1992-08-09) 9 August 1992	Spartaks Jūrmala	2019[17]		37	11
11	Gevorg Tarakhchyan		FW	(2002-03-15) 15 March 2002	Academy	2019		6	0
12	Jonel Désiré		FW	(1997-02-12) 12 February 1997	Lori	2020		0	0
18	Aleksandr Radchenko		FW	(1993-09-14) 14 September 1993	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	2020[18]		0	0
21	Erik Petrosyan		FW	(1998-02-19) 19 February 1998	Pyunik	2018[19]		12	3
55	Samvel Hakobyan		FW	(2003-04-30) 30 April 2003	Academy	2020		1	0
70	Abraham Portugalyan		FW	(1999-01-08) 8 January 1999	Academy	2020		6	1
Players out on loan
Players who left during the season

Transfers

Main articles: List of Armenian football transfers summer 2020 and List of Armenian football transfers winter 2020–21

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
17 July 2020	DF		James	Ararat Yerevan	Undisclosed	[11]
17 July 2020	MF		Vitinho	Ararat Yerevan	Undisclosed	[15]
21 July 2020	DF		Dmitry Guz	Ararat-Armenia	Free	[8]
15 July 2020	MF		Maksim Mashnev	Chayka Peschanokopskoye	Undisclosed	[13]
14 July 2020	MF		Oleg Polyakov	Armavir	Undisclosed	[16]
24 July 2020	FW		Aleksandr Radchenko	Tekstilshchik Ivanovo	Undisclosed	[18]
29 July 2020	DF		Annan Mensah	Lori	Undisclosed	[10]
7 August 2020	MF		Uguchukwu Iwu	Lori	Undisclosed	[14]
8 August 2020	FW		Jonel Désiré	Lori	Undisclosed	[3]
11 August 2020	MF		Juesukobiruo Okotie	Sporting Warri	Undisclosed	[4]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
31 July 2020	FW		Juan Carlos Azocar
12 August 2020[5]	DF		Narek Petrosyan

Friendlies

Urartu v Van

23 July 2020	Urartu	3 – 2	Van	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	E.Grigoryan  40' Guz  47' Kobzar  50' (pen.)	Report	J.Gaba  31' A.Mnatsakanyan  45+2'	Stadium: Urartu Training Centre

Urartu v Gandzasar Kapan

25 July 2020	Urartu	1 – 0	Gandzasar Kapan	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Urartu Training Centre

Urartu v BKMA Yerevan

30 July 2020	Urartu	v	BKMA Yerevan	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)				Stadium: Urartu Training Centre
Note: Match cancelled on 30 July.[1]

Urartu v Pyunik

6 August 2020	Urartu	v	Pyunik	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)				Stadium: Urartu Training Centre
Note: Match cancelled on 4 August.[2]

Alashkert v Urartu

8 August 2020	Alashkert	v	Urartu	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)				Stadium: Alashkert Stadium

Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2020–21 Armenian 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
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Last updated: 23 May 2020.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Round	1
Ground
Result
Position

Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Urartu v Lori

13 August 2020 1	Urartu	v	Lori	Yerevan
(UTC+4)				Stadium: Urartu Stadium

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Van	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Alashkert	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
3	Ararat-Armenia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
4	Lori	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Ararat	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Noah	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Shirak	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Pyunik	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Urartu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10	Gandzasar	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0

Updated to match(es) played on 15 August 2020. 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.[20]

Armenian Cup

v

		v
(UTC+4)

Statistics

References

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