Today, July 25, the winner of the Armenian Cup and bronze medalist of the championship, FC Ararat-Armenia, will play its first official match of the season. This will be the first match of the second qualifying round of the Conference League against Moldova's Zimbru away.
The team lineup for the two matches against Zimbru is already known. The squad shows that the core of the club has not changed, and the team's main star, Tenton Yenne, is still in the lineup, which is pleasing. Head coach Vardan Minasyan also remains in charge.
Official squad of FC Ararat-Armenia for the Conference League matches against Moldova's Zimbru:
New team members in bold.
Goalkeepers:
Arsen Beglaryan (Armenia)
Rafael Manasyan (Armenia)
Danilo Kucher (Ukraine) transferred from Romanian FC Arad.
Defenders:
Junior Bueno (Colombia)
João Queirós (Portugal) transferred from Portuguese Marfa.
Hakob Hakobyan (Armenia)
Kamo Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
Edgar Grigoryan (Armenia)
Aleksandr Pavlovets (Belarus) transferred from Russian Orenburg.
Midfielders:
Michel Ayvazyan (Armenia)
Hovhannes Harutyunyan (Armenia) on loan from Russian Sochi.
Armen Hambardzumyan (Armenia)
Amos Nondi (Kenya)
Karen Muradyan (Armenia)
Alvin Tera (Kenya)
Narek Alaverdyan (Armenia)
Davit Petrosyan (Armenia)
Forwards:
Alexis Rodriguez (Argentina)
Artur Serobyan (Armenia)
Jonathan Duarte (Colombia)
Tenton Yenne (Nigeria)
Matthew Gbomadu (Nigeria) returned from loan at Van.
Eric Okansi (Ghana) transferred from Belgian club Lierse.
The Zimbru vs. Ararat-Armenia match will take place in Chisinau on July 25 at 20:45 Yerevan time.
