2019–20 FC Pyunik season

The 2019–20 season was Pyunik's 26th season in the Armenian Premier League.

Pyunik

2019-20 season
Chairman	Rafik Hayrapetyan
Manager	Aleksandr Tarkhanov (Until 30 October) Suren Chakhalyan (Caretaker) (30 October-8 January) Roman Berezovsky From 8 January)
Stadium	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Premier League	7th
Armenian Cup	Second Round
Europa League	Third qualifying round vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Top goalscorer	League: Denis Mahmudov (9) All: Denis Mahmudov (9)
Home colours Away colours
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

Season events

On 24 October, Erik Vardanyan extended his contract with Pyunik.^[1]

On 30 October, manager Aleksandr Tarkhanov became Vice President of Development with Assistant manager Suren Chakhalyan being appointed acting Head Coach.^[2]

On 5 November, Pyunik announced that Erik Vardanyan would move to PFC Sochi on 1 January 2020.^[3][4]

On 2 December, Nirisarike signed a new contract with Pyunik.^[5]

On 12 December, goalkeeper Sevak Aslanyan extended his contract,^[6] with Levon Vardanyan signing his first professional contract on 17 December.^[7]

On 8 January, Roman Berezovsky was confirmed as the new manager of Pyunik.^[8]

On 25 January, Pyunik announced the signing of Joseph Adah.^[9]

On 12 March 2020, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that all Armenian Premier League games had been postponed until 23 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[10]

On 6 May, Pyunik signed a cooperation agreement with Chinese club FC Shanghai Linkman.^[11]

On 30 June, Pyunik announced that they had extended Aras Özbiliz's contract for an additional year.^[12]

On 9 July, Pyunik announced that they had extended their contracts with Arthur Nadiryan, Norayr Ghazaryan and Serob Grigoryan.^[13]

Squad

As of 1 July 2020^[14]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 2 DF  ARM Serob Grigoryan 3 DF  ARM Artur Kartashyan 4 DF  RUS Anton Belov 5 DF  ARM Armen Manucharyan 6 MF  ARM Karlen Mkrtchyan (captain) 7 MF  ARM Artem Simonyan 8 DF  MKD Antonio Stankov 9 FW  ARM Artur Miranyan 11 DF  COD Guy Magema 12 GK  ARM Sevak Aslanyan 13 MF  ARM Erik Azizyan 14 MF  ARM Artur Nadiryan 17 MF  ARM Artak Yedigaryan 18 MF  ARM Alik Arakelyan 22 DF  ARM Robert Hakobyan

No. Pos. Nation Player 23 MF  ARM Aras Özbiliz 24 DF  RWA Salomon Nirisarike 25 GK  MNE Andrija Dragojević 31 GK  RUS Vladimir Sugrobov (loan from Tambov) 42 FW  NGA Steven Alfred (loan from Sochi) 44 MF  ARM Norayr Ghazaryan 55 DF  ARM Perch Poghikyan 63 DF  ALB Kristi Marku 65 MF  RUS Dmitri Malyaka 66 DF  RUS Maksim Zhestokov 70 MF  UKR Serhiy Shevchuk 77 FW  MKD Denis Mahmudov 79 MF  ARM Levon Vardanyan 80 MF  ARM Daniel Aghbalyan 96 MF  NGA Joseph Adah

Transfers

Main articles: List of Armenian football transfers summer 2019 and List of Armenian football transfers winter 2019–20

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
Summer 2019	DF		Antonio Stankov	Dordrecht	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	MF		Artem Simonyan	Ararat Yerevan	Undisclosed
Summer 2019	MF		Artak Yedigaryan	Alashkert	Undisclosed
6 June 2019	MF		Stanislav Yefimov	Yerevan	Undisclosed	[15]
6 June 2019	MF		Serhiy Shevchuk	Tambov	Undisclosed	[16]
6 June 2019	FW		Edgar Manucharyan	Alashkert	Free	[17]
16 June 2019	DF		Anton Belov	Anzhi Makhachkala	Undisclosed	[18]
4 July 2019	MF		Eduard Avagyan	Noah	Undisclosed	[19]
17 July 2019	MF		Marko Burzanović	Inter Zaprešić	Undisclosed	[20]
17 July 2019	FW		Denis Mahmudov	Excelsior	Undisclosed	[20]
31 August 2019	MF		Aras Özbiliz	Beşiktaş	Free	[21]
31 August 2019	FW		Dmitri Sychev		Free	[22]
1 September 2019	DF		Salomon Nirisarike	Tubize	Undisclosed	[23]
15 January 2020	MF		Erik Azizyan	Ararat-Armenia II	Undisclosed	[24]
25 January 2020	MF		Joseph Adah	Slutsk	Free	[9]
26 January 2020	DF		Maksim Zhestokov	Pyunik	Free	[25]
24 February 2020	DF		Guy Magema	Urartu	Undisclosed	[26]
25 February 2020	MF		Dmitri Malyaka	Gomel	Undisclosed	[27]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
5 July 2019	MF		Aleksandr Galimov	Ural Yekaterinburg	10 January 2020	[28][29]
5 July 2019	FW		Steven Alfred	Sochi	End of Season	[28]
29 August 2019	MF		Ugochukwu Iwu	Lori	End of Season	[30]
17 January 2020	GK		Vladimir Sugrobov	Tambov	End of Season	[31]

Out

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 October 2019	MF		Daouda Toure	Al Dhafra	Undisclosed
5 November 2019†	MF		Erik Vardanyan	Sochi	Undisclosed	[3][4]

† Vardanyan's transfer was announced on the above date, becoming official on 1 January 2020.

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date
31 May 2019[32]	MF		Vahagn Hayrapetyan	Alashkert	5 July 2019[33]
1 June 2019[34]	DF		Sergei Kolychev
1 June 2019[34]	DF		Vyacheslav Dmitriyev	Ararat Moscow
1 June 2019[34]	MF		Mohammed Usman	Tambov
1 June 2019[34]	FW		Lassina Dao
1 June 2019[34]	FW		Mohamed Konaté	Tambov
1 June 2019[34]	FW		Denis Dorozhkin	Novosibirsk
14 June 2019[35]	MF		Denis Talalay	Tom Tomsk
16 June 2019[36]	MF		Maksym Trusevych	Juniors Shpytky
19 June 2019[37]	MF		Rumyan Hovsepyan	Arda Kardzhali	26 June 2019[38]
19 August 2019[39]	GK		Gor Manukyan	Alashkert	26 August 2019[40]
19 August 2019[39]	MF		Eduard Avagyan	Alashkert	26 August 2019[40]
2 December 2019[41]	MF		Stanislav Yefimov	Van
6 December 2019[42]	GK		Yevgeni Kobozev	Ararat Yerevan	29 January 2020[43]
6 December 2019[42]	MF		Hovhannes Ilangyozyan	Van
6 December 2019[42]	MF		Hovhannes Poghosyan	Telavi
6 December 2019[42]	MF		Marko Burzanović	OFK Grbalj
6 December 2019[42]	FW		Dmitri Sychev	Retired	10 December 2019[44]
19 December 2019[45]	DF		Maksim Zhestokov	Pyunik	26 January 2020[25]
24 December 2019[46]	FW		Edgar Manucharyan	Alashkert	4 March 2020[47]
30 June 2020	MF		Serhiy Shevchuk	Juniors Shpytky
2 July 2020[48]	DF		Guy Magema	AS Vita
2 July 2020[48]	DF		Antonio Stankov
2 July 2020[48]	MF		Artem Simonyan	Noah	1 August 2020[49]
2 July 2020	MF		Artak Yedigaryan	Ararat Yerevan	25 July 2020[50]
2 July 2020[48]	MF		Dmitri Malyaka	Lernayin Artsakh Goris
2 July 2020[48]	FW		Denis Mahmudov	Roeselare	5 August 2020[51]
3 July 2020[52]	MF		Anton Belov	Tom Tomsk
7 July 2020[53]	MF		Karlen Mkrtchyan
12 July 2020[54]	MF		Joseph Adah	Gandzasar Kapan
31 July 2020	DF		Maksim Zhestokov	Akron Tolyatti	4 September 2020
31 July 2020	FW		Artur Miranyan	Urartu	1 March 2021[55]

Friendlies

Dynamo Moscow v Pyunik

13 October 2019	Dynamo Moscow	2 – 0	Pyunik	Moscow, Russia
17:00 (UTC+4)	Igboun  23' Neustädter 67', 71'	Report		Stadium: VTB Novogorks-Dynamo Training Centre Attendance: 0 Referee: Alexey Sukhoi

Pyunik v Shirak

18 January 2020	Pyunik	0 – 2	Shirak	Yerevan
13:00 (UTC+4)		Report	A.Aslanyan L.Mryan	Stadium: Pyunik Stadium

Pyunik v Oleksandriya

26 January 2020	Pyunik	2 – 5	Oleksandriya	Alanya, Turkey
(UTC+4)	Shendrik 29' (o.g.) Yedigaryan 68'	Report

Pyunik v Levski Sofia

29 January 2020	Pyunik	2 – 3	Levski Sofia	Alanya, Turkey
18:30 (UTC+4)	Iwu 13' Shevchuk 74' (pen.)	Report	Spierings 10' Dimitrov 78' Nascimento 87'

Pyunik v Vitosha Bistritsa

1 February 2020	Pyunik	1 – 1	Vitosha Bistritsa	Alanya, Turkey
(UTC+4)	Arakelyan	Report

Pyunik v Caspiy

11 February 2020	Pyunik	3 – 1	Caspiy	Alanya, Turkey
(UTC+4)	Simonyan Trialist Arakelyan	Report

Pyunik v Gorodeya

15 February 2020	Pyunik	0 – 2	Gorodeya	Alanya, Turkey
17:00 (UTC+4)		Report

Pyunik v AFC Eskilstuna

17 February 2020	Pyunik	3 – 1	AFC Eskilstuna	Alanya, Turkey
(UTC+4)	Yedigaryan Mahmudov Marku	Report

Pyunik v Spartaks Jūrmala

19 February 2020	Pyunik	0 – 2	Spartaks Jūrmala	Alanya, Turkey
(UTC+4)		Report

Noah v Pyunik

16 May 2020	Noah	1 – 1	Pyunik	Yerevan
(UTC+4)	L.Vardanyan	Report	Deobald	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 0

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	11 August 2019	1 July 2020	Matchday 1	8th	22	8	2	12	39	42	−3	036.36
Armenian Cup	2 November 2019	2 November 2019	Second round	Second round	1	0	1	0	0	0	+0	000.00
UEFA Europa League	11 July 2019	15 August 2019	First qualifying round	Third qualifying round	6	2	2	2	7	13	−6	033.33
Total					29	10	5	14	46	55	−9	034.48

Last updated: 1 July 2020
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2019–20 Armenian Premier League

Regular season

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
18	7	2	9	35	36	−1	23	4	0	5	13	16	−3	3	2	4	22	20	+2

Last updated: 23 May 2020.
Source: See Results

Results

Urartu v Pyunik

11 August 2019 2	Urartu	0 – 3	Pyunik	Yerevan
19:30 (UTC+4)	J.Grgec  65'	Report	Belov  19' Yedigaryan 78' Miranyan 82' Simonyan 90+1'	Stadium: Banants Stadium Attendance: 730 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Pyunik v Ararat Yerevan

19 August 2019 3	Pyunik	1 – 4	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
19:15 (UTC+4)	Simonyan 65' Belov  75'	Report	João Victor  16' Dedechko 45', 85' Morozov  45' Khurtsidze  71' Badoyan 79' Welsen Junior 90+2'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 820 Referee: Suren Baliyan

Shirak v Pyunik

25 August 2019 4	Shirak	3 – 1	Pyunik	Gyumri
17:00 (UTC+4)	A.Aslanyan  6' M.Kone 37', 63', 80'	Report	Stankov  68' A.Manucharyan  90+1'  90+2' Miranyan 90+3'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 800 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Pyunik v Yerevan

30 August 2019 5	Pyunik	4 – 1	Yerevan	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	Mahmudov 9', 42' Simonyan 21' M.Evstigneev 45+1' (o.g.)	Report	Isayev 84'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

Pyunik v Alashkert

13 September 2019 6	Pyunik	0 – 3	Alashkert	Yerevan
19:15 (UTC+4)	Simonyan  40' Grigoryan  41' Zhestokov  45+1' Marku  64' A.Manucharyan  71' Iwu  79'	Report	Marmentini 27', 57' Cametá  52' Voskanyan  59' Galvão 85' Daghbashyan  90'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan

Gandzasar Kapan v Pyunik

17 September 2019 7	Gandzasar Kapan	1 – 2	Pyunik	Yerevan
17:30 (UTC+4)	H.Asoyan  39' A.Kocharyan 82' D.Minasyan  89' G.Harutyunyan  90'	Report	Mahmudov 12' Özbiliz 59'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 170 Referee: Suren Baliyan
Note: Match played at the Yerevan Football Academy in Yerevan, instead of Gandzasar Kapan regular Gandzasar Stadium in Kapan.

Pyunik v Noah

22 September 2019 8	Pyunik	1 – 2	Noah	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	Miranyan 30' Marku  55'  82' Yedigaryan  80'	Report	Mayrovich 27' Lavrishchev 60' Gareginyan  88' Deobald  90+2'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Pyunik v Lori

26 September 2019 1	Pyunik	3 – 1	Lori	Yerevan
19:30 (UTC+4)	Nirisarike 11' Miranyan 68' Alfred 75'	Report	L.Matheus  61' Désiré 81'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Suren Baliyan
Note: Match originally scheduled for 4 August 2019.

Ararat-Armenia v Pyunik

30 September 2019 9	Ararat-Armenia	3 – 1	Pyunik	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Mailson 19' Pashov  31' Guz  39' Kobyalko 58' Achenteh  65' Avetisyan 70'	Report	Özbiliz 6'  10' Vardanyan  86'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 900 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

Lori v Pyunik

5 October 2019 10	Lori	2 – 2	Pyunik	Vanadzor
19:30 (UTC+4)	Désiré 30' (pen.), 61' (pen.) Zayerko  44' X.Auzmendi  69'	Report	Yedigaryan  14' 35' (pen.) Mahmudov  25' Simonyan  40' Vardanyan  57' Miranyan 78'	Stadium: Vanadzor Football Academy Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan

Pyunik v Urartu

20 October 2019 11	Pyunik	1 – 2	Urartu	Yerevan
17:30 (UTC+4)	Grigoryan  21' Marku  36' Alfred  40' Yedigaryan 81' Dragojević  90+2' E.Manucharyan  90+3'	Report	Juan Carlos Azocar 8' Voskanyan  17' Budnik 26' Kobzar  45+1' A.Ayvazov  88'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 600 Referee: Artur Safaryan

Ararat Yerevan v Pyunik

27 October 2019 12	Ararat Yerevan	4 – 2	Pyunik	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Toboyev  24' Dedechko  31' 45+1' Welsen Junior 54' Khurtsidze 58' João Victor  66' Spychka  81' Aleksanyan 90+1' (pen.)  90+2'	Report	Mahmudov 22' Iwu  45' Vardanyan  67' Stankov 90+3' Grigoryan  90+4'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

Pyunik v Shirak

8 November 2019 13	Pyunik	1 – 0	Shirak	Yerevan
18:30 (UTC+4)	Mahmudov 14' Zhestokov  17' R.Hakobyan  27'  51'	Report	Prljević  8' Miličić  62' Gevorkyan  73'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 250 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Yerevan v Pyunik

25 November 2019 14	Yerevan	2 – 8	Pyunik	Vanadzor
14:00 (UTC+4)	A.Mir Doraghi  16' Isayev 58' A.Portugalyan 78' Elias  84'	Report	Arakelyan 14' Mahmudov 16' (pen.), 20', 32', 78'  29' A.Manucharyan 25' Shevchuk 29' Stankov  46' Miranyan 85' (pen.)	Stadium: Vanadzor City Stadium Attendance: 20 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan
Note: Match played at the Vanadzor City Stadium in Vanadzor, instead of Yerevan's regular Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan.

Alashkert v Pyunik

1 December 2019 15	Alashkert	1 – 1	Pyunik	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Thiago Galvão 34' (pen.) Baranov  40'  70' Miljković  60'	Report	Yedigaryan 23'  27' Dragojević  33'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Pyunik v Gandzasar Kapan

28 February 2020 16	Pyunik	2 – 0	Gandzasar Kapan	Yerevan
14:45 (UTC+4)	Özbiliz 33' (pen.) Mkrtchyan 41'	Report	A.Mensah  31' Wbeymar  78'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan
Note: Match played at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium in Yerevan, instead of Pyunik's regular Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan.

Noah v Pyunik

7 March 2020 17	Noah	4 – 2	Pyunik	Yerevan
14:15 (UTC+4)	Deobald 2' Azarov 17', 84' (pen.) H.Manga  34' A.Tatayev  43' V.Vimercati  44' Spătaru 61' Kovalenko  75'	Report	Özbiliz 44' (pen.), 55' Zhestokov  61' Nirisarike  76' Stankov  83' Dragojević  87'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan
Note: Match played at the Alashkert Stadium in Yerevan, instead of Noah's regular Mika Stadium in Yerevan.

Pyunik v Ararat-Armenia

23 May 2020 18	Pyunik	0 – 3	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
18:15 (UTC+4)	E.Azizyan  77'	Report	Otubanjo 21' (pen.) Sanogo 23' Sugrobov 30'	Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artur Safaryan
Note: Match played behind closed doors. Match was originally scheduled for 17 March, but postponed on 13 March due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ararat-Armenia	18	11	3	4	33	15	+18	36	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Lori	18	9	5	4	27	19	+8	32
3	Alashkert	18	9	4	5	33	20	+13	31
4	Ararat	18	9	4	5	25	18	+7	31
5	Noah	18	9	3	6	25	19	+6	30
6	Shirak	18	8	4	6	25	18	+7	28
7	Pyunik	18	7	2	9	35	36	−1	23	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Urartu	18	6	5	7	22	24	−2	23
9	Gandzasar	18	4	6	8	20	25	−5	18
10	Yerevan	18	0	0	18	11	62	−51	0	Withdrawn[56]

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.^[57]

Relegation round

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
4	1	0	3	4	6	−2	3	0	0	2	3	5	−2	1	0	1	1	1	0

Last updated: 1 July 2020.
Source: See Results

Results

Pyunik v Urartu

9 June 2020 21	Pyunik	1 – 2	Urartu	Yerevan
18:30 (UTC+4)	Belov  71' E.Azizyan 89'  90+2' Manucharyan  90+4'	Report	H. Hakobyan  26' E.Petrosyan 63' A.Portugalyan 80'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Erik Galstyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gandzasar Kapan v Pyunik

13 June 2020 22	Gandzasar Kapan	1 – 0	Pyunik	Yerevan
18:30 (UTC+4)	A.Grigoryan  29' A.Zoko 55'  66'	Report		Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Attendance: 0 Referee: Artem Gasparyan
Note: Match played at the Yerevan Football Academy in Yerevan, instead of Gandzasar Kapan regular Gandzasar Stadium in Kapan. Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Urartu v Pyunik

28 June 2020 25	Urartu	0 – 1	Pyunik	Yerevan
19:30 (UTC+4)		Report	Adah 41' Belov  70' A.Manucharyan  74'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artem Gasparyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pyunik v Gandzasar Kapan

1 July 2020 26	Pyunik	2 – 3	Gandzasar Kapan	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Simonyan  36' E.Azizyan  75' Manucharyan 77' (pen.) L.Vardanyan  79' A.Sargsyan 88'	Report	Simonyan 15' (o.g.) A.Hovhannisyan  76' G.Harutyunyan 80' (pen.), 90+4' E.Yeghiazaryan  90+3'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artem Gasparyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Urartu	22	8	6	8	26	27	−1	30
2	Pyunik	22	8	2	12	39	42	−3	26
3	Gandzasar	22	6	7	9	25	29	−4	25

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.

Armenian Cup

Main article: 2019–20 Armenian Cup

Pyunik v Urartu

2 November 2019 Second Round	Pyunik	0 – 0 (3 – 5 p)	Urartu	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Stankov  80' Robert Hakobyan  90'	Report		Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 350 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Pyunik v Shkupi

11 July 2019 First qualifying round 1st leg	Pyunik	3 – 3	Shkupi	Gyumri, Armenia
17:30 (UTC+4)	Vardanyan 4' (pen.) Zhestokov 80' E.Manucharyan 85'	Report	Bajrami 26', 60' Ilieski 43'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 2,050[58] Referee: Luca Barbeno (San Marino)
Note: Pyunik played their home match at Gyumri City Stadium, Gyumri, instead of their regular stadium Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan.

Shkupi v Pyunik

18 July 2019 First qualifying round 2nd leg	Shkupi	1 – 2 (4 – 5 agg.)	Pyunik	Skopje, North Macedonia
22:30 (UTC+4)	Adili  34' Bajrami  70' Jurina 82' Serginho  86'	Report	Edigaryan 7' Simonyan  9' Miranyan 31' Shevchuk  44' Marku  79' Zhestokov  87' Dragojević  90+5'	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Attendance: 8,045[58] Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Ukraine)
Note: Shkupi play their home matches at Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje, instead of their regular stadium Čair Stadium, Skopje which does not meet UEFA requirements.

Pyunik v Jablonec

25 July 2019 Second qualifying round 1st leg	Pyunik	2 – 1	Jablonec	Gyumri, Armenia
17:30 (UTC+4)	Miranyan 6', 30' Marku  25' Zhestokov  68' Yedigaryan  90+4'	Report	Doležal 53' Acosta  90+3'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 1,940[59] Referee: Fedayi San (Switzerland)
Note: Pyunik played their home match at Gyumri City Stadium, Gyumri, instead of their regular stadium Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan.

Jablonec v Pyunik

1 August 2019 Second qualifying round 2nd leg	Jablonec	0 – 0 (1 – 2 agg.)	Pyunik	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
21:00 (UTC+4)	Břečka  32'  88' Sýkora  37' Jugas  37' Hübschman  54'	Report	Stankov  29' A.Manucharyan  52' Vardanyan  68'  87'	Stadium: Stadion Střelnice Attendance: 3,675[59] Referee: Sergey Lapochkin (Russia)

Pyunik v Wolverhampton Wanderers

8 August 2019 Third qualifying round 1st leg	Pyunik	0 – 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Gyumri, Armenia
20:00 (UTC+4)		Report	Doherty 29' Saïss  32' Jiménez 42', 46' Moutinho  70' Neves 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 13,050[60] Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)
Note: Pyunik played their home match at Gyumri City Stadium, Gyumri, instead of their regular stadium Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan.

Wolverhampton Wanderers v Pyunik

15 August 2019 Third qualifying round 2nd leg	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4 – 0 (8 – 0 agg.)	Pyunik	Wolverhampton, England
22:45 (UTC+4)	Vallejo  27' Neto 54' Gibbs-White 58' Vinagre 64' Jota 87'	Report		Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 29,391[60] Referee: Donatas Rumsas (Lithuania)
Note: Bastian Dankert (Germany) was originally appointed to referee this match by UEFA but was replaced due to injury.

Statistics

As of match played 1 July 2020

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Armenian Cup		Europa League
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	ARM	Serob Grigoryan	17	0	15+1	0	1	0	0	0
3	DF	ARM	Artur Kartashyan	7	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
4	DF	RUS	Anton Belov	9	0	5+3	0	0	0	1	0
5	DF	ARM	Armen Manucharyan	23	2	14+2	2	1	0	6	0
6	MF	ARM	Karlen Mkrtchyan	11	1	6	1	0	0	5	0
7	MF	ARM	Artem Simonyan	26	3	13+6	3	0+1	0	5+1	0
8	DF	MKD	Antonio Stankov	20	1	10+3	1	1	0	6	0
9	FW	ARM	Artur Miranyan	19	9	10+2	6	1	0	6	3
11	DF	COD	Guy Magema	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
12	GK	ARM	Sevak Aslanyan	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
13	MF	ARM	Erik Azizyan	5	1	3+2	1	0	0	0	0
14	MF	ARM	Artur Nadiryan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
17	MF	ARM	Artak Yedigaryan	23	5	11+6	4	1	0	4+1	1
18	MF	ARM	Alik Arakelyan	10	1	7+2	1	0+1	0	0	0
22	DF	ARM	Robert Hakobyan	9	0	7+1	0	1	0	0	0
23	MF	ARM	Aras Özbiliz	11	5	9+2	5	0	0	0	0
24	DF	RWA	Salomon Nirisarike	11	1	10	1	1	0	0	0
25	GK	MNE	Andrija Dragojević	24	0	17	0	1	0	6	0
26	DF	ARM	Arsen Sargsyan	2	1	0+2	1	0	0	0	0
31	GK	RUS	Vladimir Sugrobov	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
42	FW	NGA	Steven Alfred	13	1	3+6	1	0	0	0+4	0
44	MF	ARM	Norayr Ghazaryan	5	0	0+5	0	0	0	0	0
55	DF	ARM	Perch Poghikyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
63	DF	ALB	Kristi Marku	10	0	5	0	0	0	5	0
65	MF	RUS	Dmitri Malyaka	3	0	2+1	0	0	0	0	0
66	DF	RUS	Maksim Zhestokov	24	1	17	0	1	0	6	1
70	MF	UKR	Serhiy Shevchuk	23	1	12+4	1	0+1	0	6	0
77	FW	MKD	Denis Mahmudov	19	9	12+4	9	1	0	1+1	0
79	MF	ARM	Levon Vardanyan	6	0	3+3	0	0	0	0	0
80	MF	ARM	Daniel Aghbalyan	4	0	3+1	0	0	0	0	0
96	MF	NGA	Joseph Adah	6	1	5+1	1	0	0	0	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Pyunik during the season:
10	MF	ARM	Erik Vardanyan	14	1	8+1	0	0	0	5	1
11	FW	ARM	Edgar Manucharyan	4	1	0+3	0	0	0	0+1	1
13	MF	RUS	Stanislav Yefimov	9	0	3+1	0	0	0	5	0
20	MF	NGA	Ugochukwu Iwu	15	0	13+1	0	1	0	0	0
26	MF	ARM	Hovhannes Ilangyozyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
65	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Galimov	6	0	0+4	0	0	0	0+2	0
98	MF	MNE	Marko Burzanović	4	0	1+1	0	0+1	0	0+1	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	FW		77	Denis Mahmudov	9	0	0	9
	FW		9	Artur Miranyan	6	0	3	9
3	MF		23	Aras Özbiliz	5	0	0	5
	MF		17	Artak Yedigaryan	4	0	1	5
5	MF		7	Artem Simonyan	3	0	0	3
6	DF		5	Armen Manucharyan	2	0	0	2
7	DF		24	Salomon Nirisarike	1	0	0	1
	FW		42	Steven Alfred	1	0	0	1
	DF		8	Antonio Stankov	1	0	0	1
	MF		18	Alik Arakelyan	1	0	0	1
	MF		70	Serhiy Shevchuk	1	0	0	1
	MF		6	Karlen Mkrtchyan	1	0	0	1
	MF		13	Erik Azizyan	1	0	0	1
	MF		96	Joseph Adah	1	0	0	1
	DF		26	Arsen Sargsyan	1	0	0	1
	MF		10	Erik Vardanyan	0	0	1	1
	DF		66	Maksim Zhestokov	0	0	1	1
	FW		11	Edgar Manucharyan	0	0	1	1
				Own goal	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	39	0	7	46

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	Europa League	Total
1	GK		25	Andrija Dragojević	3	1	1	5
2	GK		31	Vladimir Sugrobov	1	0	0	1
				TOTALS	4	1	1	6

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Armenian Cup		Europa League		Total
2		DF	Serob Grigoryan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
4		DF	Anton Belov	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
5		DF	Armen Manucharyan	5	1	0	0	1	0	6	1
7		MF	Artem Simonyan	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
8		DF	Antonio Stankov	3	0	1	0	1	0	5	0
13		MF	Erik Azizyan	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
17		MF	Artak Yedigaryan	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
22		DF	Robert Hakobyan	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1
23		MF	Aras Özbiliz	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
24		DF	Salomon Nirisarike	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25		GK	Andrija Dragojević	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	0
42		FW	Steven Alfred	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
63		DF	Kristi Marku	4	1	0	0	2	0	6	1
66		DF	Maksim Zhestokov	3	0	0	0	2	0	5	0
70		MF	Serhiy Shevchuk	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
77		FW	Denis Mahmudov	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
79		DF	Levon Vardanyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Players who left Pyunik during the season:
10		MF	Erik Vardanyan	2	1	0	0	2	1	4	2
11		FW	Edgar Manucharyan	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		MF	Ugochukwu Iwu	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	47	4	2	0	12	1	61	5