2020–21 FC Van season

The 2020–21 season is FC Van's 1st season in Armenian Premier League, and second in existence.

Van

2020–21 season
Owner	Oleg Ghukasov
Manager	Sevada Arzumanyan (until 2 February) Konstantin Zaytsev (from 2 February)
Stadium	Charentsavan City Stadium
Premier League	7th
Armenian Cup	Quarterfinals
Top goalscorer	League: Wilfried Eza (4) All: Wilfried Eza (4)
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Season events

On 30 July 2020, it was announced that Van had been giving a license to compete in the Armenian Premier League for the 2020–21 season.^[1] On 31 July, Van confirmed Sevada Arzumanyan as their Head Coach.^[2]

On 24 August, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that that day's match between Van and Lori had been postponed due to cases of COVID-19 within the Lori squad.^[3]

On 9 September, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that Van's games away to Shirak, scheduled for 11 September, had been postponed.^[4]

On 29 September, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.^[5]

Transfers

On the 29 July, Anushavan Tarverdyan, Arsen Kaytov, Sos Tadevosyan, Aleksandr Ladik, Batraz Tedeyev and Evgeni Gavrilov all left the club after their contracts where terminated by mutual consent.^[6]

On 30 July, Vigen Begoyan, Vardan Bakalyan and Hovhannes Ilangyozyan all had their contracts with the club terminated by mutual consent.^[7][8]

On 31 July, Van announced the signing of Ebert and Vahagn Ayvazyan.^[9][10]

On 1 August, Van announced the permanent signing of Arman Khachatryan from Ararat-Armenia, after he played for the club on loan during the 2019–20 season.^[11]

On 2 August, Deou Dosa's contract with Van was terminated by mutual consent.^[12]

On 5 August, Van announced the signing of Henri Avagyan from Alashkert,^[13] David Ghandilyan and Mihran Manasyan from Lori,^[14][15] and Davit Nalbandyan on loan from Ararat-Armenia.^[16]

On 9 August, Van announced the signing of Aleksandr Tenyayev.^[17]

On 21 August, Van announced the signing of Garegin Kirakosyan.^[18] On 13 October, the FFA announced that the season would resume on 17 October.^[19]

On 3 October, Van announced the signing of Orbeli Hambardzumyan from Alay Osh.^[20]

On 23 January, Van announced the departure by mutual consent of Ashot Ayvazyan, Davit Ayvazyan, Arman Khachatryan, Ebert, Michael Gnolou, Mihran Petrosyan, Lie Pato Ngavouka-Tseke, Media Traore, Muslim Bammatgereev, David Ghandilyan, Orbeli Hambardzumyan and Mihran Manasyan.^[21]

On 1 February, Van confirmed that Stanislav Yefimov had left the club after his contract had expired.^[22]

On 2 February, Van announced the appointment of Konstantin Zaytsev as their new Head Coach.^[23]

On 4 February, Van announced the signings of David Papikyan, Alexander Hovhannisyan, Deou Dosa, Ruslan Isaev, Vladislav Vasilyev, Maxim Zestarev and Aleksandr Maksimenko.^[24]

On 9 February, Van announced the signing of Viulen Ayvazyan from Sevan.^[25]

On 18 February, Van announced the signings of Pavel Korkin and Aleksey Shishkin.^[26]

On 4 April, Van announced Emmanuel Mireku had now joined the club having signed a contract with Van in the winter transfer window and being unable to travel to Armenia from Ghana due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[27]

Squad

As of 4 April 2021

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 GK  RUS Samur Agamagomedov 3 DF  ARM Andranik Voskanyan 5 DF  RUS Aleksandr Tenyayev 6 DF  ARM Argishti Petrosyan 7 MF  RUS Vladislav Vasilyev 10 FW  CIV Wilfried Eza 11 MF  RUS Maxim Zestarev 12 GK  ARM Henri Avagyan 13 MF  GHA Emmanuel Mireku 14 MF  RUS Pavel Korkin 15 DF  NGA Deou Dosa 17 MF  CIV Stéphane Adjouman

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 DF  ARM Vahagn Ayvazyan 20 FW  ARM Edgar Movsesyan 22 FW  ARM Viulen Ayvazyan 23 DF  ARM Alexander Hovhannisyan 25 MF  ARM Davit Nalbandyan (on loan from Ararat-Armenia) 26 MF  NGA Ededem Essien 27 DF  CIV Josue Gaba 28 DF  RUS Ruslan Isaev 33 GK  RUS David Papikyan 63 FW  RUS Aleksandr Maksimenko 88 MF  RUS Aleksey Shishkin 98 MF  ARM Garegin Kirakosyan

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.
31 July 2020	DF		Vahagn Ayvazyan	Urartu	Free	[10]
31 July 2020	DF		Ebert	Urartu	Free	[9]
1 August 2020	MF		Arman Khachatryan	Ararat-Armenia	Undisclosed	[11]
5 August 2020	GK		Henri Avagyan	Alashkert	Undisclosed	[13]
5 August 2020	FW		David Ghandilyan	Lori	Undisclosed	[14]
5 August 2020	FW		Mihran Manasyan	Lori	Undisclosed	[15]
9 August 2020	DF		Aleksandr Tenyayev	Mordovia Saransk	Undisclosed	[17]
21 August 2020	MF		Garegin Kirakosyan	Kyzyltash Bakhchisaray	Undisclosed	[18]
3 October 2020	FW		Orbeli Hambardzumyan	Alay Osh	Undisclosed	[20]
4 February 2021	GK		David Papikyan	Torpedo Yerevan	Undisclosed	[24]
4 February 2021	DF		Alexander Hovhannisyan	Gandzasar Kapan	Free	[24]
4 February 2021	DF		Deou Dosa	Lori	Free	[24]
4 February 2021	DF		Ruslan Isaev	Anzhi Makhachkala	Undisclosed	[24]
4 February 2021	MF		Vladislav Vasilyev	Spartak-2 Moscow	Undisclosed	[24]
4 February 2021	MF		Maxim Zestarev	Ural Yekaterinburg	Undisclosed	[24]
4 February 2021	FW		Aleksandr Maksimenko	SKA-Khabarovsk	Undisclosed	[24]
9 February 2021	FW		Viulen Ayvazyan	Sevan	Undisclosed	[25]
18 February 2021	MF		Pavel Korkin	Unattached	Free	[26]
18 February 2021	MF		Aleksey Shishkin	Unattached	Free	[26]
4 April 2021	MF		Emmanuel Mireku	Unattached	Free	[27]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
5 August 2020	MF		Davit Nalbandyan	Ararat-Armenia	End of season	[16]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
29 July 2020	GK		Anushavan Tarverdyan	Sevan		[6]
29 July 2020	DF		Arsen Kaytov	Lernayin Artsakh		[6]
29 July 2020	MF		Sos Tadevosyan			[6]
29 July 2020	MF		Aleksandr Ladik			[6]
29 July 2020	MF		Batraz Tedeyev	Lernayin Artsakh		[6]
29 July 2020	FW		Evgeni Gavrilov			[6]
30 July 2020	MF		Vigen Begoyan	Noravank		[7]
30 July 2020	FW		Vardan Bakalyan	Shirak	27 July 2020	[8][28]
30 July 2020	FW		Hovhannes Ilangyozyan			[7]
31 July 2020	FW		Ghukas Poghosyan	Alashkert	17 September 2020
2 August 2020	DF		Deou Dosa	Lori	10 September 2020	[7][29]
23 January 2021	GK		Ashot Ayvazyan			[21]
23 January 2021	DF		Davit Ayvazyan	Sevan		[21]
23 January 2021	DF		Arman Khachatryan	Noravank		[21]
23 January 2021	DF		Ebert	Metal Kharkiv		[21]
23 January 2021	DF		Michael Gnolou			[21]
23 January 2021	MF		Mihran Petrosyan			[21]
23 January 2021	FW		Lie Pato Ngavouka-Tseke			[21]
23 January 2021	FW		Media Traore			[21]
23 January 2021	FW		Muslim Bammatgereev	Krasny		[21]
23 January 2021	FW		David Ghandilyan	Noravank		[21]
23 January 2021	FW		Orbeli Hambardzumyan			[21]
23 January 2021	FW		Mihran Manasyan	Alashkert	21 February 2021	[21][30]
1 February 2021	MF		Stanislav Yefimov	Ekenäs	17 February 2021	[22][31]
30 June 2021	GK		Henri Avagyan	Noravank	28 January 2022	[32]
30 June 2021	DF		Rustam Isaev
30 June 2021	MF		Garegin Kirakosyan
30 June 2021	MF		Pavel Korkin
30 June 2021	MF		Vladislav Vasilyev	Druzhba Maykop
30 June 2021	MF		Maxim Zestarev
30 June 2021	FW		Viulen Ayvazyan

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

Alashkert v Van

28 July 2020	Alashkert	0 – 1	Van	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium

Van v West Armenia

1 August 2020	Van	4 – 0	West Armenia	Charentsavan
18:00 (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium

Pyunik v Van

6 August 2020	Pyunik	2 – 4	Van	Dilijan
12:00 (UTC+4)		Report	V.Ayvazyan M.Manasyan

Alashkert v Van

5 September 2020	Alashkert	2 – 1	Van	Yerevan
12:00 (UTC+4)	Glišić Aghekyan	Report		Stadium: Alashkert Stadium

Urartu v Van

30 January 2021	Urartu	0 – 3	Van	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)		Report	E.Simonyan 20' (o.g.) V.Ayvazyan 62' G.Kirakosyan 67'

Van v Alashkert

2 February 2021	Van	1 – 0	Alashkert	Charentsavan
(UTC+4)	G.Kirakosyan	Report		Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium

BKMA Yerevan v Van

6 February 2021	BKMA Yerevan	3 – 1	Van	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Yerevan Football Academy Stadium

Van v Noravank

9 February 2021	Van	2 – 1	Noravank	Charentsavan
14:00 (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium

Van v Lori

13 February 2021	Van	1 – 3	Lori	Charentsavan
14:00 (UTC+4)	G.Kirakosyan	Report		Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium

Van v Noravank

25 March 2021	Van	2 – 3	Noravank	Charentsavan
14:00 (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: Charentsavan City 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
24	9	4	11	25	30	−5	31	5	1	6	15	13	+2	4	3	5	10	17	−7

Last updated: 28 May 2021.
Source: See Results

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Ground	-	H	A	H	A	H	-	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	-	W	W	L	L	L	-	L	D	W	L	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	W	W	D	L	W	W	W
Position	-	1	1	2	2	7	-	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Updated to match(es) played on 28 May 2021. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Van v Gandzasar Kapan

15 August 2020 1	Van	2 – 1	Gandzasar Kapan	Charentsavan
17:30 (UTC+4)	Eza 19' (pen.)  27' M.Manasyan 68'	Report	A.Zoko  12' Harutyunyan 27' (pen.)	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Match annulled after Gandzasar Kapan dropped out of the league.

Van v Pyunik

29 August 2020 3	Van	1 – 0	Pyunik	Charentsavan
16:45 (UTC+4)	Eza 43'	Report	A.Avanesyan  75' Özbiliz  90+3'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Lori v Van

15 September 2020 2	Lori	0 – 1	Van	Vanadzor
17:00 (UTC+4)	Alexis  5' A.Avagyan  63' Fernandinho  74' Rudoselskiy  90+4'	Report	Ebert  12' Tenyayev  51' L.Ngavouka-Tseke  56' E.Essien  65' A.Petrosyan  73' J.Gaba  88' E.Movsesyan 90+2'  90+4'	Stadium: Vanadzor Football Academy Attendance: 0 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan
Note: Match originally scheduled for 23 August, but postponed on 24 August.[3] Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Van v Alashkert

24 September 2020 5	Van	0 – 1	Alashkert	Charentsavan
16:30 (UTC+4)	J.Gaba  36' M.Bammatgereev  56' A.Petrosyan  76'	Report	Daghbashyan  44' D.Davidyan 61' Čančarević  87' Gome  90+4'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artem Gasparyan

Urartu v Van

19 October 2020 8	Urartu	2 – 0	Van	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Vitinho  7' Désiré 23', 90+4'	Report	L.Ngavouka-Tseke  45' Tenyayev  59' J.Gaba  73' Ebert  77'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Van v Ararat-Armenia

25 October 2020 9	Van	0 – 1	Ararat-Armenia	Charentsavan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Eza  80'	Report	Mailson 55' Abakumov  90+4'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gandzasar Kapan v Van

31 October 2020 10	Gandzasar Kapan	1 – 3	Van	Yerevan
19:30 (UTC+4)	D.Terteryan  8' R.Krusnauskas 27' Adah  61'	Report	M.Bammatgereev 9' (pen.) M.Petrosyan  17' Tenyayev  39' J.Gaba  58' Yefimov 75' (pen.) G.Kirakosyan  82' Eza 90' M.Traore  90+5'	Stadium: Football Academy Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Match annulled after Gandzasar Kapan dropped out of the league.

Van v Lori

4 November 2020 11	Van	1 – 2	Lori	Charentsavan
15:30 (UTC+4)	M.Petrosyan 37' Tenyayev  90'	Report	A.Kocharyan  36' Alexis  50' Claudir 71', 80' N.Antwi  90+2'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pyunik v Van

21 November 2020 12	Pyunik	0 – 0	Van	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)		Report	V.Ayvazyan  55' Ebert  85' E.Movsesyan  88'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Shahen Aghayan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Van v Shirak

26 November 2020 13	Van	3 – 1	Shirak	Charentsavan
14:30 (UTC+4)	M.Manasyan 24' Va.Ayvazyan  50' Eza 71' E.Movsesyan 81'	Report	A.Muradyan 37' A.Davoyan  50'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Alashkert v Van

30 November 2020 14	Alashkert	2 – 1	Van	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Glišić  24' 36' (pen.) D.Davidyan 69'	Report	Tenyayev  35' G.Kirakosyan 75'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artem Gasparyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Van v Noah

5 December 2020 15	Van	0 – 1	Noah	Charentsavan
14:00 (UTC+4)	A.Petrosyan  68' G.Kirakosyan  82'	Report	Mayrovich 27' Emsis  58' Spătaru  90+2' A.Mkrtchyan  90+5'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artak Simonyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Van v Ararat Yerevan

10 December 2020 7	Van	0 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Charentsavan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Ebert  39'	Report	Nenadović 40' Badoyan  90' V.Yermakov  90'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan
Note: Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Noah v Van

19 February 2021 6	Noah	4 – 0	Van	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Azarov 9' (pen.) A.Oliveira 52' Kireyenko 54' (pen.) Paireli 63' (pen.)	Report	E.Essien  30' Va.Ayvazyan  42' Voskanyan  45'	Stadium: Pyunik Training Centre Referee: Artur Safaryan

Shirak v Van

24 February 2021 4	Shirak	0 – 0	Van	Gyumri
18:00 (UTC+4)	P.Afajanyan  26' Y.Silue  33'	Report	Voskanyan  29'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Gevorg Eghoyan
Note: Match originally scheduled for 11 September, but postponed on 9 September.[4] Match played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ararat Yerevan v Van

1 March 2021 16	Ararat Yerevan	0 – 0	Van	Yerevan
15:30 (UTC+4)		Report	Avagyan  76' D.Nalbandyan  90+6'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Van v Urartu

6 March 2021 17	Van	3 – 1	Urartu	Charentsavan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Va.Ayvazyan 24' Tenyayev 27' A.Ayvazov 78' (o.g.) R.Isaev  80'	Report	U.Iwu  80' Aliyu 81' Nirisarike  90+3'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Attendance: 200 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan

Ararat-Armenia v Van

18 March 2021 18	Ararat-Armenia	3 – 0	Van	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Tenyayev 12' (o.g.) Otubanjo 24', 83' Sanogo  61' Bueno  77'	Report	Va.Ayvazyan  42'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

Ararat-Armenia v Van

8 April 2021 19	Ararat-Armenia	2 – 3	Van	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Karapetian 34' Wbeymar  17' Otubanjo 90+4'	Report	S.Adjouman 4'  47' Tenyayev 50' D.Dosa  78' E.Movsesyan 88'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

Van v Pyunik

14 April 2021 20	Van	0 – 3	Pyunik	Charentsavan
14:30 (UTC+4)	D.Dosa  29' Voskanyan  66' E.Mireku  75'	Report	Arakelyan 31' Tatarkov  51' Higor 82' Caraballo 85' Salou  89'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Artur Tavakalyan

Shirak v Van

23 April 2021 21	Shirak	1 – 2	Van	Gyumri
16:00 (UTC+4)	Stanojević 15' J.Avo  34' L.Mryan  75'	Report	S.Adjouman 21' Va.Ayvazyan  36' A.Petrosyan  48' Eza  62' 81' (pen.)	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Van v Ararat Yerevan

5 May 2021 22	Van	1 – 1	Ararat Yerevan	Charentsavan
16:00 (UTC+4)	E.Essien  26' Eza 41' S.Agamagomedov  66' D.Dosa  67'	Report	Nenadović 21' Khurtsidze  60'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

Urartu v Van

11 May 2021 23	Urartu	2 – 1	Van	Yerevan
19:30 (UTC+4)	A.Petrosyan 42' (o.g.) Polyakov 90'	Report	S.Adjouman 34'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan

Van v Alashkert

19 May 2021 24	Van	3 – 1	Alashkert	Charentsavan
15:30 (UTC+4)	E.Essien  38' Eza 51', 63' Va.Ayvazyan 53'	Report	Gome 71' Grigoryan  78'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Artem Gasparyan

Noah v Van

28 May 2021 25	Noah	1 – 2	Van	Yerevan
17:30 (UTC+4)	S.Gomes  45' Avetisyan 67' Monroy  85' Emsis  86' Kovalenko  90+6'	Report	Va.Ayvazyan  18' D.Dosa 80' E.Movsesyan 87'  87'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Van v Lori

30 May 2021 26	Van	3 – 0	Lori	Yerevan
12:00 (UTC+4)		Report		Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium
Note: Match awarded 3-0 to Van.

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Alashkert (C)	24	13	7	4	25	15	+10	46	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Noah	24	12	5	7	35	20	+15	41	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3	Urartu	24	12	5	7	28	19	+9	41
4	Ararat[a]	24	11	7	6	34	18	+16	40
5	Ararat-Armenia	24	10	8	6	32	17	+15	38
6	Van	24	9	4	11	25	30	−5	31
7	Pyunik	24	6	7	11	20	18	+2	25
8	Lori[b]	24	7	2	15	16	44	−28	23
9	Shirak (R)	24	2	7	15	19	53	−34	13	Relegation to First League
10	Gandzasar (R, D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Club disqualified[c]

Source: FFA 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.^[33]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Ararat qualified for Europa Conference League first qualifying round as winners of 2020–21 Armenian Cup.
2. Round 19–27 matches involving Lori were all declared 3–0 forfeits in favor of the remaining 8 teams.
3. Gandzasar were excluded from the league On 3 November, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the League and Armenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Armenian Cup

Main article: 2020–21 Armenian Cup

Van v Noravank

18 September 2020 First Round 1st leg	Van	0 – 0	Noravank	Charentsavan
16:30 (UTC+4)	A.Khachatryan  67' S.Adjouman  81'	Report		Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Artak Simonyan

Noravank v Van

9 November 2020 First Round 2nd leg	Noravank	0 – 2 (0 – 2 agg.)	Van	Charentsavan
14:30 (UTC+4)	D.Quaye  60'	Report	M.Gnolou  64' M.Manasyan 76' Yefimov 83'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Artak Simonyan

Van v Ararat-Armenia

12 March 2021 Quarterfinal 1st leg	Van	0–1	Ararat-Armenia	Charentsavan
14:00 (UTC+4)	Deou Dosa  45' Aleksey Shishkin  71' Argishti Petrosyan  90'	Report	Khachumyan  29' Sanogo 74'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Ararat-Armenia v Van

4 April 2021 Quarterfinal 2nd leg	Ararat-Armenia	0–1 (a.e.t.) (1–1 agg.) (5 – 4 p)	Van	Yerevan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Vakulenko  70'	Report	D.Dosa  67' E.Movsesyan 90' E.Mireku  116'	Stadium: FFA Academy Stadium Referee: Ashot Ghaltakchyan
	Penalties
	Alemão Wbeymar Ambartsumyan Vakulenko Karapetian		Voskanyan Vi.Ayvazyan Tenyayev G.Kirakosyan

Statistics

As of match played 28 May 2021

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Armenian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	GK	RUS	Samur Agamagomedov	20	0	15+2	0	3	0
3	DF	ARM	Andranik Voskanyan	28	0	24+1	0	3	0
5	DF	RUS	Aleksandr Tenyayev	26	2	20+2	2	4	0
6	DF	ARM	Argishti Petrosyan	24	0	22	0	2	0
7	MF	RUS	Vladislav Vasilyev	13	0	11+1	0	1	0
9	MF	ARM	Garegin Kirakosyan	22	1	4+14	1	1+3	0
10	FW	CIV	Wilfried Eza	26	8	19+3	8	2+2	0
11	MF	RUS	Maxim Zestarev	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
12	GK	ARM	Henri Avagyan	10	0	9	0	1	0
13	MF	GHA	Emmanuel Mireku	7	0	2+4	0	0+1	0
14	MF	RUS	Pavel Korkin	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
15	DF	NGA	Deou Dosa	12	1	9+1	1	2	0
17	MF	CIV	Stéphane Adjouman	16	3	11+2	3	1+2	0
18	DF	ARM	Vahagn Ayvazyan	23	2	17+4	2	2	0
20	FW	ARM	Edgar Movsesyan	29	5	11+14	4	2+2	1
22	FW	ARM	Viulen Ayvazyan	7	0	3+3	0	0+1	0
23	DF	ARM	Alexander Hovhannisyan	10	0	7+2	0	1	0
25	MF	ARM	Davit Nalbandyan	6	0	0+4	0	0+2	0
26	MF	NGA	Ededem Essien	28	0	24+1	0	3	0
27	DF	CIV	Josue Gaba	14	0	10+2	0	1+1	0
28	DF	RUS	Ruslan Isaev	8	0	6+1	0	1	0
63	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Maksimenko	11	0	2+7	0	1+1	0
88	MF	RUS	Aleksey Shishkin	12	0	7+3	0	2	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Van during the season:
4	MF	CIV	Media Traore	4	0	0+3	0	0+1	0
7	DF	BRA	Ebert	15	0	12+1	0	2	0
8	MF	ARM	Davit Ayvazyan	3	0	0+1	0	1+1	0
9	FW	ARM	Mihran Manasyan	10	2	3+6	2	1	0
11	FW	ARM	David Ghandilyan	8	0	0+7	0	1	0
13	MF	RUS	Stanislav Yefimov	14	2	5+7	1	2	1
14	DF	ARM	Arman Khachatryan	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
21	MF	RUS	Muslim Bammatgereev	15	1	13	1	1+1	0
22	DF	CIV	Michael Gnolou	2	0	0+1	0	1	0
25	FW	ARM	Orbeli Hambardzumyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
88	MF	ARM	Mihran Petrosyan	11	1	2+7	1	1+1	0
91	MF	CGO	Lie Pato Ngavouka-Tseke	8	0	6+2	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	Total
1	FW		10	Wilfried Eza	8	0	8
2	FW		20	Edgar Movsesyan	4	1	5
3	MF		17	Stéphane Adjouman	3	0	3
	FW		9	Mihran Manasyan	2	1	3
5	DF		5	Aleksandr Tenyayev	2	0	2
	DF		18	Vahagn Ayvazyan	2	0	2
	MF		13	Stanislav Yefimov	1	1	2
8	MF		21	Muslim Bammatgereev	1	0	1
	MF		88	Mihran Petrosyan	1	0	1
	MF		98	Garegin Kirakosyan	1	0	1
	DF		15	Deou Dosa	1	0	1
				Own goal	1	0	1
				Awarded	3	0	3
				TOTALS	30	3	33

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	Total
1	GK		2	Samur Agamagomedov	4	2	6
2	GK		12	Henri Avagyan	2	1	3
				TOTALS	5	3	8

Avagyan & Agamagomedov both played in Van's 0-0 draw with Ararat Yerevan on 1 March 2021

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Armenian Cup		Total
2		GK	Samur Agamagomedov	1	0	0	0	1	0
3		DF	Andranik Voskanyan	3	0	0	0	3	0
5		DF	Aleksandr Tenyayev	5	0	0	0	5	0
6		DF	Argishti Petrosyan	4	0	1	0	5	0
10		FW	Wilfried Eza	3	0	0	0	3	0
12		GK	Henri Avagyan	0	1	0	0	0	1
13		MF	Emmanuel Mireku	1	0	1	0	2	0
15		DF	Deou Dosa	2	1	2	0	4	1
17		MF	Stéphane Adjouman	1	0	1	0	2	0
18		DF	Vahagn Ayvazyan	6	0	0	0	6	0
20		FW	Edgar Movsesyan	3	0	0	0	3	0
25		MF	Davit Nalbandyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
26		MF	Ededem Essien	4	0	0	0	4	0
27		DF	Josue Gaba	4	0	0	0	4	0
28		DF	Ruslan Isaev	1	0	0	0	1	0
98		MF	Garegin Kirakosyan	2	0	0	0	2	0
Players who left Van during the season:
4		MF	Media Traore	1	0	0	0	1	0
7		DF	Ebert	4	0	0	0	4	0
14		DF	Arman Khachatryan	0	0	1	0	1	0
21		MF	Muslim Bammatgereev	1	0	0	0	1	0
22		DF	Michael Gnolou	0	0	1	0	1	0
88		MF	Mihran Petrosyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
91		MF	Lie Pato Ngavouka-Tseke	2	0	0	0	2	0
			TOTALS	50	2	8	0	58	2