Urartu announced squad list for UEFA Conference League matches against Neman

Yerevan-based FC Urartu has published its official squad list for the first qualifying round of the 2025/26 UEFA Conference League, where they will face Belarusian club Neman.

The matches will take place on July 10 and 17. The first leg will be held in Yerevan at Urartu Stadium, while the second leg will be played in the Hungarian city of Győr.

Only three newcomers are included in the Urartu squad: Montenegrin goalkeeper Andrija Dragojević and Ukrainian defenders Yevhen Tsymbalyuk and Anton Bratkov. The rest of the roster remains unchanged compared to the end of last season. Notably, Vladislav Yakovlev (on loan from CSKA Moscow) and Artemiy Gunko — son of former Urartu head coach Dmitri Gunko — remain with the team.

Urartu squad for the UEFA Conference League 1st qualifying round:
Goalkeepers:

• Gor Matinyan

• Andrija Dragojević (Montenegro)

Defenders:

• Erik Piloyan

• Arman Ghazaryan

• Anton Bratkov (Ukraine)

• Yevhen Tsymbalyuk (Ukraine)

• Zhora Dadamyan

• Erik Simonyan

• Jirair Margaryan

• Khariton Ayvazyan

Midfielders:

• Artemiy Gunko (Armenia/Russia)

• Alef Santos (Brazil)

• Sergey Mkrtchyan

• Narek Agasaryan

• Artem Polyarus (Ukraine)

• Maksim Palienko (Russia)

• Mikael Mirzoyan

• Bruno Michel (Brazil)

• Artur Israelyan

• Oleg Polyakov (Russia)

Forwards:

• Karen Melkonyan

• Nicholas Kaloukian

• Vladislav Yakovlev (Russia)

• Davit Harutyunyan

Coach: Robert Arzumanyan

Players from the club’s B list (academy graduates) may be added on matchday.

Neman squad list for matches against Urartu:
Goalkeepers:

• Artur Malievski

• Maksim Belov

• Nikita Robak

Defenders:

• Yegor Parkhomenko

• Yuriy Pantia (Ukraine)

• Sergey Pushnyakov

• Konstantin Kuchinsky

• Ivan Sadovnichy

• Amantur Shamurzaev (Kyrgyzstan)

• Aleksey Legchilin

• Aleksey Shalashnikov

Midfielders:

• Artur Nazarenka

• Yuriy Klochkov (Russia)

• Briy Gavrilov (Russia)

• Oleg Yevdokimov

• Andrey Yakimov

• Yuriy Pavlyukovets

• Isaac Ngoma (CTA)

• Mikhail Kozlov

• Anton Suchkov

• Pavel Savitskiy

Forwards:

• Leonard Gweht (Cameroon)

• Yegor Zubovich

• Maksim Kravtsov

Coach: Igor Kovalevich

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