2022–23 FC Urartu season

The 2022–23 season was FC Urartu's twenty-second consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League.

Urartu

2022–23 season
CEO	Artur Sahakyan
Manager	Dmitri Gunko
Stadium	Alashkert Stadium
Premier League	1st (champions)
Armenian Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Dmytro Khlyobas (9) All: Dmytro Khlyobas (10)
Home colours Away colours
← 2021–22 2023–24 →

Season events

On 28 June, Urartu announced the signing of Maksim Mayrovich on a free transfer from Noah.^[1]

On 4 July, Urartu announced the signing of Leon Sabua from Krasnodar.^[2]

On 22 July, Urartu announced the signings of Zhirayr Margaryan from Veres Rivne and Everson from Goiás.^[3][4] The following day, 23 July, Yevgeni Nazarov joined from Bohemians 1905.^[5]

On 3 August, Urartu announced the signing of Aleksandr Melikhov from Akhmat Grozny.^[6]

On 11 August, Urartu announced the signing of Marcos Júnior from Volta Redonda.^[7]

On 26 August, Urartu announced the loan signing of Buiu from Noroeste.^[8]

On 1 September, Yevgeni Nazarov left Urartu by mutual consent having played twice for the club.^[9]

On 9 September, Urartu announced the signing of David Khurtsidze from Alashkert.^[10]

On 13 December, Everson left Urartu by mutual consent having played five times for the club.^[11]

On 20 December, Edgar Grigoryan left Urartu by mutual consent having played five times for the club.^[12]

On the 29 December, Erik Vardanyan announced his retirement from football due to a knee injury, and that he would become a football scout for Urartu.^[13]

On 17 January, Urartu announced the signing of Aras Özbiliz.^[14]

On 25 January, Urartu announced the signing of Rafael Carioca from América de Natal.^[15]

On 27 January, Urartu announced the signing of free-agent Yaya Sanogo.^[16]

On 4 February, Urartu announced the signing of Ivan Zotko from Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.^[17]

On 11 February, Urartu announced the signing of Dramane Salou who'd previously played for Noah.^[18]

On 21 February, Temur Dzhikiya joined Urartu on loan from Volga Ulyanovsk.^[19]

Squad

As of match played 6 June 2023

Number	Name	Nationality	Position	Date of birth (Age)	Signed from	Signed in	Contract ends	Apps.	Goals
Goalkeepers
22	Mkhitar Umreyan		GK	(2004-09-23)23 September 2004 (aged 18)	Academy	2022		0	0
24	Arsen Beglaryan		GK	(1996-01-06)6 January 1996 (aged 27)	Dnyapro Mogilev	2020[20]		66	0
42	Aleksandr Melikhov		GK	(1998-03-23)23 March 1998 (aged 25)	Akhmat Grozny	2022[6]		24	0
Defenders
2	Nana Antwi		DF	(2000-08-10)10 August 2000 (aged 22)	Lori	2021		60	0
4	Yevhen Tsymbalyuk		DF	(1996-06-19)19 June 1996 (aged 26)	Desna Chernihiv	2022		27	4
6	Arman Ghazaryan		DF	(2001-07-24)24 July 2001 (aged 21)	Academy	2019		44	1
31	Ivan Zotko		DF	(1996-07-09)9 July 1996 (aged 26)	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	2023[17]		9	1
34	Erik Piloyan		DF	(2001-01-29)29 January 2001 (aged 22)	Academy	2019		14	1
35	Rafael Carioca		DF	(1992-07-18)18 July 1992 (aged 30)	América de Natal	2023[15]		10	0
36	Khariton Ayvazyan		DF	(2003-11-08)8 November 2003 (aged 19)	Academy	2020		30	0
38	Barry Isaac		DF	(2001-08-21)21 August 2001 (aged 21)	Right2Win SA	2022		1	0
67	Vadym Paramonov		DF	(1991-03-18)18 March 1991 (aged 32)	Rukh Lviv	2021[21]		53	1
88	Zhirayr Margaryan		DF	(1997-09-13)13 September 1997 (aged 25)	Veres Rivne	2022[3]		58	4
Midfielders
8	Ugochukwu Iwu		MF	(1999-11-28)28 November 1999 (aged 23)	Lori	2020[22]		93	7
9	Narek Aghasaryan		MF	(2001-07-15)15 July 2001 (aged 21)	Academy	2021		68	1
17	Garnik Minasyan		MF	(2005-07-12)12 July 2005 (aged 17)	Academy	2022		1	0
19	Sergey Mkrtchyan		MF	(2001-06-26)26 June 2001 (aged 21)	Academy	2021		51	3
20	Artur Israelyan		MF	(2004-01-16)16 January 2004 (aged 19)	Academy	2022		1	0
23	Aras Özbiliz		MF	(1990-03-09)9 March 1990 (aged 33)	Unattached	2023[14]		9	4
25	Dramane Salou		MF	(1998-05-22)22 May 1998 (aged 25)	Unattached	2023[18]		11	0
27	David Khurtsidze		MF	(1993-07-04)4 July 1993 (aged 29)	Alashkert	2022[10]		31	4
28	David Ghiasyan		MF	(2006-04-21)21 April 2006 (aged 17)	Academy	2022		1	0
33	Marcos Júnior		MF	(1995-05-13)13 May 1995 (aged 28)	Volta Redonda	2022[7]		36	4
39	Levon Bashoyan		MF	(2005-09-15)15 September 2005 (aged 17)	Academy	2022		1	0
77	Temur Dzhikiya		MF	(1998-05-08)8 May 1998 (aged 25)	on loan from Volga Ulyanovsk	2023[19]	2023[19]	7	4
90	Oleg Polyakov		MF	(1990-11-29)29 November 1990 (aged 32)	Armavir	2020[23]		91	8
Forwards
10	Karen Melkonyan		FW	(1999-03-25)25 March 1999 (aged 24)	Academy	2017		154	14
13	Dmytro Khlyobas		FW	(1994-05-09)9 May 1994 (aged 29)	Ordabasy	2022[24]		41	13
15	Maksim Mayrovich		FW	(1996-02-06)6 February 1996 (aged 27)	Noah	2022[1]		29	9
16	Edik Vardanyan		FW	(2005-03-25)25 March 2005 (aged 18)	Academy	2022		1	0
18	Leon Sabua		FW	(2000-09-01)1 September 2000 (aged 22)	Krasnodar	2022[2]		23	7
21	Narek Grigoryan		FW	(2001-06-17)17 June 2001 (aged 21)	Academy	2019		60	12
29	Edik Vardanyan		FW	(2005-03-25)25 March 2005 (aged 18)	Academy	2022		0	0
55	Samvel Hakobyan		FW	(2003-04-30)30 April 2003 (aged 20)	Academy	2020		4	1
99	Yaya Sanogo		FW	(1993-01-27)27 January 1993 (aged 30)	Unattached	2023		1	2
Players away on loan
20	Gor Lulukyan		MF	(2003-01-02)2 January 2003 (aged 20)	Academy	2020		19	2
28	Robert Baghramyan		MF	(2002-06-29)29 June 2002 (aged 20)	BKMA Yerevan	2020		4	0
29	Hamlet Sargsyan		MF	(2004-05-20)20 May 2004 (aged 19)	Academy	2022		1	0
77	Erik Simonyan		DF	(2003-06-12)12 June 2003 (aged 19)	Academy	2019		5	0
Players who left during the season
5	Yevgeni Nazarov		DF	(1997-04-07)7 April 1997 (aged 26)	Bohemians 1905	2022[5]		2	0
17	Tigran Ayunts		MF	(2000-03-15)15 March 2000 (aged 23)	Academy	2017		6	0
23	Erik Vardanyan		MF	(1998-06-07)7 June 1998 (aged 24)	Sochi	2022[25]		7	0
25	Edgar Grigoryan		DF	(1998-08-25)25 August 1998 (aged 24)	Academy	2019		51	0
30	Everson		DF	(1997-07-24)24 July 1997 (aged 25)	Goiás	2022[4]		5	0
38	Buiu		FW	(2004-06-24)24 June 2004 (aged 18)	on loan from Noroeste	2022		1	0

Transfers

Main articles: List of Armenian football transfers summer 2022 and List of Armenian football transfers winter 2022–23

In

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
28 June 2022	FW		Maksim Mayrovich	Noah	Free	[1]
4 July 2022	FW		Leon Sabua	Krasnodar	Undisclosed	[2]
22 July 2022	DF		Zhirayr Margaryan	Veres Rivne	Undisclosed	[3]
22 July 2022	DF		Everson	Goiás	Undisclosed	[4]
23 July 2022	DF		Yevgeni Nazarov	Bohemians 1905	Undisclosed	[5]
3 August 2022	GK		Aleksandr Melikhov	Akhmat Grozny	Undisclosed	[6]
11 August 2022	MF		Marcos Júnior	Volta Redonda	Undisclosed	[7]
9 September 2022	MF		David Khurtsidze	Alashkert	Undisclosed	[10]
17 January 2023	MF		Aras Özbiliz	Unattached	Free	[14]
25 January 2023	DF		Rafael Carioca	América de Natal	Undisclosed	[15]
27 January 2023	FW		Yaya Sanogo	Unattached	Free	[16]
4 February 2023	DF		Ivan Zotko	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Undisclosed	[17]
11 February 2023	MF		Dramane Salou	Unattached	Free	[18]

Loans in

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	From	Date to	Ref.
26 August 2022	FW		Buiu	Noroeste	End of season	[8]
21 February 2023	MF		Temur Dzhikiya	Volga Ulyanovsk	End of season	[19]

Loans out

Date from	Position	Nationality	Name	To	Date to	Ref.
29 July 2022	MF		Robert Baghramyan	Noah	End of season	[26]
8 September 2022	MF		Gor Lulukyan	BKMA Yerevan	End of season	[27]
18 January 2023	MF		Hamlet Sargsyan	BKMA Yerevan	End of season	[28]

Released

Date	Position	Nationality	Name	Joined	Date	Ref.
4 July 2022	MF		Hakob Hakobyan	Ararat-Armenia	10 July 2022	[29][30]
6 July 2022	FW		Artur Miranyan	Alashkert	5 February 2023	[31][32]
6 July 2022	FW		Jonel Désiré	Olympiakos Nicosia	6 July 2022	[33][34]
29 July 2022	GK		Anatoliy Ayvazov	Noah	31 July 2022	[35][36]
1 August 2022	DF		Pyotr Ten			[37]
1 September 2022	DF		Yevgeni Nazarov	Dinamo Samarqand	24 February 2023	[9]
13 December 2022	DF		Everson	Santa Cruz	20 January 2023	[11]
20 December 2022	DF		Edgar Grigoryan	Ararat-Armenia	12 January 2023	[12][38]
29 December 2022	MF		Erik Vardanyan	Retirement		[13]

Friendlies

Urartu v United FC

2 February 2023	Urartu	4–2	United FC	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
16:00 (UTC+4)	Melkonyan Júnior Mayrovich Grigoryan	Report		Stadium: Al Hamriya Training Ground

Urartu v Lokomotiv Moscow

5 February 2023	Urartu	0–1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:30 (UTC+4)	31' E.Piloyan 76' (o.g.)  81'	Report

Urartu v Zenit St.Petersburg

9 February 2023	Urartu	0–1	Zenit St.Petersburg	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
17:00 (UTC+4)		Report	Sutormin 59'

Urartu v Gulf United

12 February 2023	Urartu	7–2	Gulf United	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
(UTC+4)	Júnior Iwu Polyakov Melkonyan Ed.Vardanyan N.Grigoryan	Report

Competitions

Overall record

Competition	First match	Last match	Starting round	Final position	Record
					Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Premier League	31 July 2022	6 June 2023	Matchday 1	Winners	36	26	5	5	68	25	+43	072.22
Armenian Cup	26 November 2022	13 May 2023	Quarterfinal	Winners	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	100.00
Total					39	29	5	5	78	26	+52	074.36

Last updated: 6 June 2023
Source: Competitions

Premier League

Main article: 2022–23 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
36	26	5	5	68	25	+43	83	12	2	4	26	16	+10	14	3	1	42	9	+33

Last updated: 6 June 2023.
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	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H[a]	H[b]	A[c]	A[d]	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H
Result	W	W	L	W	L	W	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	D
Position	3	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

Updated to match(es) played on 6 June 2023. Source: See Results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss; P = Postponed; V = Void

1. matchday 18
2. matchday 19
3. matchday 20
4. matchday 17

Results

Urartu v Ararat-Armenia

31 July 2022 1	Urartu	1–0	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
20:30 (UTC+4)	Polyakov 59' Everson  82'	Report	Ambartsumyan  37' Lima  53'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Artem Gasparyan

Shirak v Urartu

8 August 2022 2	Shirak	0–2	Urartu	Gyumri
17:30 (UTC+4)	Kodia  81'	Report	Mayrovich 8' N.Grigoryan  46' Aghasaryan  63' Khlyobas 70'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Urartu v Van

13 August 2022 3	Urartu	0–1	Van	Yerevan
20:30 (UTC+4)	Paramonov  75'  75' Nazarov  89' Beglaryan  90+5'	Report	Williams 8' Harutyunyan  72' Gorelov  90+5'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan

Noah v Urartu

20 August 2022 4	Noah	0–6	Urartu	Armavir
17:00 (UTC+4)	Danielyan  75'	Report	Polyakov 32'  86' Sabua 44' Mayrovich 70' Khlyobas 76', 78', 82' Ayvazyan  88'	Stadium: Armavir City Stadium Referee: Vardan Manukyan

Urartu v Lernayin Artsakh

28 August 2022 5	Urartu	2–3	Lernayin Artsakh	Yerevan
20:30 (UTC+4)	Melkonyan 15' Polyakov  19' Margaryan 26' Marcos Júnior  48'	Report	Palacios 7'  56' Margaryan 71' (o.g.), 80' (o.g.) Sow  73' Khachatryan  86' Angulo  90+1'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Henrik Nalbandian

BKMA Yerevan v Urartu

4 September 2022 6	BKMA Yerevan	1–4	Urartu	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	Mirzoyan 51' Samsonyan  68'	Report	Mayrovich 18', 47', 81' Mkrtchyan 26'	Stadium: FFA Stadium Referee: Yura Mahtesyan

Urartu v Alashkert

10 September 2022 7	Urartu	1–1	Alashkert	Yerevan
20:00 (UTC+4)	Khurtsidze 57'	Report	Galvão 16' Mensah  32'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Urartu v Pyunik

19 September 2022 8	Urartu	2–1	Pyunik	Yerevan
20:00 (UTC+4)	Ghazaryan  24' Kovalenko 54' (o.g.) N.Grigoryan 76' Melikhov  88'	Report	Otubanjo 66'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Ararat Yerevan v Urartu

30 September 2022 9	Ararat Yerevan	0–2	Urartu	Yerevan
19:30 (UTC+4)	Hakobyan  55' Galstyan  73' Darbinyan  86'	Report	Tsymbalyuk  45+1' Khlyobas 90'  90+1' Sabua 90+4' N.Grigoryan  90+4'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan

Ararat-Armenia v Urartu

9 October 2022 10	Ararat-Armenia	0–1	Urartu	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Tera  31' S.Mkrtchyan  45+1' Lima  56' Wbeymar  70' Muradyan  88'	Report	N.Grigoryan  27' Antwi  34' Aghasaryan  40' Sabua 45+1' (pen.) Polyakov  54' Melikhov  81' Tsymbalyuk  90+4'	Stadium: FFA Stadium Referee: Henrik Nalbandian

Urartu v Shirak

15 October 2022 11	Urartu	1–0	Shirak	Yerevan
20:00 (UTC+4)	Tsymbalyuk  61' Marcos Júnior 70' Ghazaryan  73' Khurtsidze  81' Polyakov  90+1'	Report	Kodia  73' Mryan  86'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Yura Mahtesyan

Van v Urartu

19 October 2022 12	Van	0–1	Urartu	Charentsavan
15:00 (UTC+4)	Gorelov  14' N.Hovhannisyan  74'	Report	Asoyan 69' (o.g.) N.Grigoryan  72'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan

Urartu v Noah

23 October 2022 13	Urartu	3–1	Noah	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	Mayrovich 11' Mkrtchyan  26' Marcos Júnior 74' Ghazaryan  78' Khlyobas 86'	Report	Friday 70' Ebenezer  75' Yesayan  89' Nalbandyan  90+1'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Henrik Nalbandian

Lernayin Artsakh v Urartu

29 October 2022 14	Lernayin Artsakh	1–2	Urartu	Vayk
15:00 (UTC+4)	Ojetunde 5' (pen.)  56' Khachatryan  32' Obonde  58' Palacios  85'	Report	Polyakov  23' 36' Tsymbalyuk 44'  80' Melkonyan  85' Antwi  88'	Stadium: Arevik Stadium Referee: Vardan Manukyan

Urartu v BKMA Yerevan

4 November 2022 15	Urartu	1–0	BKMA Yerevan	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Paramonov  71' Marcos Júnior 76' Khlyobas  86'	Report	Petrosyan  31' H.Avagyan  65' Khachumyan  90+4'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Henrik Nalbandian

Alashkert v Urartu

10 November 2022 16	Alashkert	0–0	Urartu	Yerevan
14:00 (UTC+4)	James  11' Yedigaryan  35' T.Voskanyan  81' Reyes  90+4'	Report	Margaryan  40' Iwu  44' Antwi  83' Aghasaryan  89'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan

Urartu v Ararat Yerevan

22 November 2022 18	Urartu	2–1	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	Tsymbalyuk 6' Melkonyan 34'	Report	Traoré 22' Mkoyan  88'  88'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Artem Gasparyan

Urartu v Ararat-Armenia

30 November 2022 19	Urartu	0–3	Ararat-Armenia	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Iwu  17' Khlyobas  37'	Report	Eza 13', 42' Muradyan  25' Bueno  31' Duarte 57' Ermakov  64' Udo  75' Agdon  85'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Henrik Nalbandyan

Shirak v Urartu

4 December 2022 20	Shirak	2–3	Urartu	Gyumri
18:00 (UTC+4)	Doumbia 19' Kodia 36'  57' Karapetyan  80' Traore  90+4'	Report	E. Grigoryan  33' N.Grigoryan 45', 90', 90+2' Polyakov  90+3'	Stadium: Gyumri City Stadium Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Pyunik v Urartu

9 December 2022 17	Pyunik	0–3	Urartu	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	Baranov  5' Miljković  32' Harutyunyan  72'	Report	Polyakov  12' Aghasaryan  48' Iwu  51' 84' Marcos Júnior 63' Ghazaryan  70' Khlyobas 90'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Referee: Henrik Nalbandian

Urartu v Van

1 March 2022 21	Urartu	2–0	Van	Armavir
15:00 (UTC+4)	Grigoryan 43' Mayrovich 60' Aghasaryan  71' Ghazaryan  89' Sabua  90+1'	Report	Barrios  38' Asoyan  52'	Stadium: Armavir City Stadium Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan
Note: Match played at the Armavir City Stadium in Armavir, instead of Urartu's regular Urartu Stadium in Yerevan.[39]

Noah v Urartu

6 March 2023 22	Noah	0–2	Urartu	Armavir
15:00 (UTC+4)	S.Muradyan  27' Danielyan  84' Friday  90+1' Ebenezer  90+3'	Report	Piloyan  12' Zotko  23' Margaryan 89' Grigoryan 90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Armavir City Stadium Referee: Henrik Nalbandian

Urartu v Lernayin Artsakh

11 March 2023 23	Urartu	3–0	Lernayin Artsakh	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	Dzhikiya 27' Tsymbalyuk 45' Aghasaryan  45+4' Grigoryan 54' (pen.) Zotko  84'	Report	Ojetunde  43' Dosa  50'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan

BKMA Yerevan v Urartu

16 March 2023 24	BKMA Yerevan	0–2	Urartu	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	Simonyan  13' Aghbalyan  87' Khachumyan  89'	Report	Aghasaryan  11' N.Grigoryan  63' Dzhikiya 75', 90+6'  89' Polyakov  77'	Stadium: FFA Stadium Referee: Henrik Nalbandian

Urartu v Alashkert

2 April 2023 25	Urartu	1–0	Alashkert	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Melkonyan 37' Khurtsidze  53' Aghasaryan  62' Beglaryan  90+6'	Report	Rudoselsky  39' Mužek  53' Ustinov  83' Čančarević  90+8'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Henrik Nalbandian

Urartu v Pyunik

11 April 2023 26	Urartu	1–3	Pyunik	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Ghazaryan 5' (pen.) Tsymbalyuk  39' Zotko  56'	Report	Miljković 39' Otubanjo 45+5' Dashyan  49' Désiré  51' Juričić 66' Caraballo  75' Buchnev  90+7'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Artem Gasparyan

Ararat Yerevan v Urartu

16 April 2023 27	Ararat Yerevan	0–0	Urartu	Yerevan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Mkoyan  90+4'	Report	Ghazaryan  37' Zotko  67'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Referee: Ashot Ghaltakhchyan

Ararat-Armenia v Urartu

22 April 2023 28	Ararat-Armenia	2–2	Urartu	Yerevan
18:00 (UTC+4)	Serobyan 32' Nondi  37' Yenne 69' Ambartsumyan  77' Avanesyan  82' E. Grigoryan  88' Ermakov  90+4'	Report	Margaryan  30' Sabua  56' Paramonov  59' Özbiliz 86' Grigoryan 90+4'	Stadium: FFA Stadium Referee: Henrik Nalbandian

Urartu v Shirak

27 April 2023 29	Urartu	3–1	Shirak	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	Khlyobas 6' (pen.) Piloyan 79'  79' Melikhov  88' Melkonyan 90'	Report	Kodia  67' Hakobyan  69' Cisse 89' (pen.) Tsarukyan  90+7'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Van v Urartu

2 May 2023 30	Van	0–5	Urartu	Charentsavan
16:00 (UTC+4)	Manucharyan  12' Sani  45+1' Cifuentes  81'	Report	Khurtsidze 36' Khlyobas  61' Margaryan 70' Piloyan  73' Morello 77' (o.g.) Polyakov 82' Sabua 86' Carioca  88'	Stadium: Charentsavan City Stadium Referee: Yura Mahtesyan

Urartu v Noah

8 May 2023 31	Urartu	1–0	Noah	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Özbiliz 49' Sabua  63' Marcos Júnior  89'	Report	Musakhanyan  77' Llovet  90+1' Melkonyan  90+6'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Vardan Manukyan

Lernayin Artsakh v Urartu

17 May 2023 32	Lernayin Artsakh	0–4	Urartu	Vayk
16:00 (UTC+4)	Harutyunyan  45+2' Adamyan  48'	Report	Sabua 2', 50' Zotko 45+5' Salou  60' Khlyobas 66'	Stadium: Arevik Stadium Referee: Artem Gasparyan

Urartu v BKMA Yerevan

22 May 2023 33	Urartu	1–0	BKMA Yerevan	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Sabua 19' Piloyan  83' Khurtsidze  88' N.Grigoryan  90+6'	Report	Simonyan  23' Alaverdyan  54' Grigoryan  64' G.Petrosyan  79'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Yura Mahtesyan

Alashkert v Urartu

27 May 2023 34	Alashkert	3–2	Urartu	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	Mužek 6' Galvão 8' Yedigaryan 66' (pen.) Agdon  71' A.Grigoryan  90'	Report	Margaryan  63' Khurtsidze  67' Sanogo 74', 90+7' Tsymbalyuk  79' Ghazaryan  83' Carioca  90+8'	Stadium: Alashkert Stadium Referee: Vardan Manukyan

Pyunik v Urartu

2 June 2023 35	Pyunik	0–1	Urartu	Yerevan
20:00 (UTC+4)	Davidyan  65' Bratkov  88' Miljković  90+5' Juričić  90+5'	Report	Antwi  20' Khurtsidze  55' Salou  71' Piloyan  77' Melikhov  90+1' Tsymbalyuk 90+3' Ghazaryan  90+5'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Referee: Henrik Nalbandian

Urartu v Ararat Yerevan

6 June 2023 36	Urartu	1–1	Ararat Yerevan	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	Mayrovich 5' Ayvazyan  23' Carioca  44' Marcos Júnior  68' Ghazaryan  90+6'	Report	Ra.Hakobyan 24'  53'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Artem Gasparyan

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Urartu (C)	36	26	5	5	68	25	+43	83	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Pyunik	36	25	5	6	72	23	+49	80	Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round[a]
3	Ararat-Armenia	36	23	7	6	70	27	+43	76
4	Alashkert	36	20	6	10	58	37	+21	66
5	Van	36	11	7	18	38	59	−21	40
6	Ararat Yerevan	36	10	8	18	29	42	−13	38
7	Shirak	36	10	6	20	25	55	−30	36
8	Noah	36	8	8	20	34	66	−32	32[b]
9	BKMA	36	7	11	18	36	53	−17	32[b]
10	Lernayin Artsakh (R)	36	5	7	24	16	59	−43	22	Relegation to the Armenian First League

Source: FFA Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Matches won; 6) Goal difference; 7) Less red cards; 8) Less yellow cards ; 9) Fair-play ranking 10) Draw^[40]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The 2022–23 Armenian Cup winners qualified for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round. Since the cup winners (Urartu) qualified based on league position, the Europa Conference League spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.
2. Games won: Noah 8, BKMA 7.

Armenian Cup

Main article: 2022–23 Armenian Cup

Ararat-Armenia v Urartu

26 November 2022 Quarterfinal	Ararat-Armenia	0–4	Urartu	Yerevan
17:00 (UTC+4)	Lima  82' Alemão  90+5'	Report	Mayrovich 10' Beglaryan  74' Khurtsidze 75' Aghasaryan  77' Khlyobas 87' N.Grigoryan 89'	Stadium: FFA Stadium Referee: Zaven Hovhannisyan

Urartu v Gandzasar Kapan

6 April 2023 Semifinal	Urartu	4–0	Gandzasar Kapan	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Melkonyan  58' Margaryan 67' Dzhikiya 70' Özbiliz 87' (pen.), 90+1' Marcos Júnior  89'	Report	Faye  32' Paremuzyan  37' Emmanuel  65' Hovhannisyan  72' Arakelyan  90+3'  90+3'	Stadium: Urartu Stadium Referee: Yura Mahtesyan

Shirak v Urartu

13 May 2023 Final	Shirak	1–2	Urartu	Yerevan
19:00 (UTC+4)	Bakayoko 6'  65'  72' Mryan  18'	Report	Khurtsidze 1' Melkonyan 85'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Referee: Andris Treimanis

Statistics

As of match played 6 June 2023

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Armenian Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
2	DF	GHA	Nana Antwi	29	0	23+4	0	2	0
4	DF	UKR	Yevhen Tsymbalyuk	27	4	24+1	4	2	0
6	DF	ARM	Arman Ghazaryan	29	1	22+5	1	2	0
8	MF	ARM	Ugochukwu Iwu	35	1	31+1	1	3	0
9	MF	ARM	Narek Aghasaryan	32	0	22+9	0	0+1	0
10	FW	ARM	Karen Melkonyan	34	5	22+9	4	2+1	1
13	FW	UKR	Dmytro Khlyobas	28	10	6+19	9	1+2	1
15	FW	RUS	Maksim Mayrovich	29	9	19+7	8	2+1	1
16	FW	ARM	Edik Vardanyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
17	MF	ARM	Garnik Minasyan	1	0	1	0	0	0
18	FW	RUS	Leon Sabua	23	7	11+11	7	0+1	0
19	MF	ARM	Sergey Mkrtchyan	20	1	13+6	1	1	0
20	MF	ARM	Artur Israelyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
21	FW	ARM	Narek Grigoryan	35	9	21+11	8	1+2	1
23	MF	ARM	Aras Özbiliz	9	4	3+4	2	1+1	2
24	GK	ARM	Arsen Beglaryan	15	0	14	0	1	0
25	MF	BFA	Dramane Salou	10	0	3+5	0	0+2	0
27	MF	RUS	David Khurtsidze	30	4	17+10	2	3	2
28	MF	ARM	David Ghiasyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
31	DF	UKR	Ivan Zotko	9	1	5+3	1	1	0
33	MF	BRA	Marcos Júnior	36	4	19+14	4	2+1	0
34	DF	ARM	Erik Piloyan	14	1	11+2	1	1	0
35	DF	BRA	Rafael Carioca	10	0	2+7	0	0+1	0
36	DF	ARM	Khariton Ayvazyan	9	0	4+5	0	0	0
38	DF	NGA	Barry Isaac	1	0	1	0	0	0
39	MF	ARM	Levon Bashoyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
42	GK	RUS	Aleksandr Melikhov	24	0	22	0	2	0
67	DF	UKR	Vadym Paramonov	18	0	12+5	0	0+1	0
77	MF	RUS	Temur Dzhikiya	7	4	5+1	3	0+1	1
88	DF	ARM	Zhirayr Margaryan	37	4	32+2	3	3	1
90	MF	RUS	Oleg Polyakov	34	4	23+8	4	3	0
99	FW	FRA	Yaya Sanogo	1	2	0+1	2	0	0
Players away on loan:
29	MF	ARM	Hamlet Sargsyan	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
Players who left Urartu during the season:
5	DF	RUS	Yevgeni Nazarov	2	0	0+2	0	0	0
17	MF	ARM	Tigran Ayunts	1	0	0+1	0	0	0
25	DF	ARM	Edgar Grigoryan	9	0	3+6	0	0	0
30	DF	BRA	Everson	5	0	5	0	0	0
38	FW	BRA	Buiu	1	0	0+1	0	0	0

Goal scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	Total
1	FW		13	Dmytro Khlyobas	9	1	10
2	FW		21	Narek Grigoryan	8	1	9
	FW		15	Maksim Mayrovich	8	1	9
4	FW		18	Leon Sabua	7	0	7
5	MF		10	Karen Melkonyan	4	1	5
6	MF		33	Marcos Júnior	4	0	4
	MF		90	Oleg Polyakov	4	0	4
	DF		4	Yevhen Tsymbalyuk	4	0	4
	MF		77	Temur Dzhikiya	3	1	4
	DF		88	Zhirayr Margaryan	3	1	4
	MF		23	Aras Özbiliz	2	2	4
	MF		27	David Khurtsidze	2	2	4
13				Own goal	3	0	3
14	FW		99	Yaya Sanogo	2	0	2
15	MF		19	Sergey Mkrtchyan	1	0	1
	MF		8	Ugochukwu Iwu	1	0	1
	DF		6	Arman Ghazaryan	1	0	1
	DF		34	Erik Piloyan	1	0	1
	DF		31	Ivan Zotko	1	0	1
				TOTALS	68	10	78

Clean sheets

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	Armenian Cup	Total
1	GK		42	Aleksandr Melikhov	13	1	14
2	GK		24	Arsen Beglaryan	8	1	9
				TOTALS	21	2	23

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		Armenian Cup		Total
2		DF	Nana Antwi	3	1	0	0	3	1
4		DF	Yevhen Tsymbalyuk	6	0	0	0	6	0
6		DF	Arman Ghazaryan	9	0	0	0	9	0
8		MF	Ugochukwu Iwu	3	0	0	0	3	0
9		MF	Narek Aghasaryan	8	0	1	0	9	0
10		MF	Karen Melkonyan	1	0	1	0	2	0
13		FW	Dmytro Khlyobas	4	0	0	0	4	0
18		FW	Leon Sabua	2	1	0	0	2	1
19		MF	Sergey Mkrtchyan	1	0	0	0	1	0
21		FW	Narek Grigoryan	6	0	0	0	6	0
24		GK	Arsen Beglaryan	2	0	1	0	3	0
25		MF	Dramane Salou	2	0	0	0	2	0
27		MF	David Khurtsidze	5	0	0	0	5	0
31		DF	Ivan Zotko	4	0	0	0	4	0
33		MF	Marcos Júnior	3	0	1	0	4	0
34		DF	Erik Piloyan	5	0	0	0	5	0
35		DF	Rafael Carioca	3	0	0	0	3	0
36		DF	Khariton Ayvazyan	2	0	0	0	2	0
42		GK	Aleksandr Melikhov	4	0	0	0	4	0
67		DF	Vadym Paramonov	3	1	0	0	3	1
77		MF	Temur Dzhikiya	1	0	0	0	1	0
88		DF	Zhirayr Margaryan	3	0	0	0	3	0
90		MF	Oleg Polyakov	8	0	0	0	8	0
Players away on loan:
Players who left Urartu during the season:
5		DF	Yevgeni Nazarov	1	0	0	0	1	0
25		DF	Edgar Grigoryan	1	0	0	0	1	0
30		DF	Everson	1	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	91	3	4	0	95	3

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