The Russian Youth League season has ended — how did the Armenian footballers perform?

The U19 Russian Youth League season, which has been held in the “spring–autumn” format since 2024, has come to an end. After 30 rounds, Zenit St. Petersburg’s youth team became the champion. CSKA Moscow finished just one point behind, while Krasnodar took third place.

However, our primary focus is on the footballers of Armenian origin who played for various teams in the Russian U19 Championship — including Armenia U21 national team player Stepa Gigolyan, who moved from his hometown club Krasnodar to Sochi at the beginning of the year.

Statistics of Armenian footballers in the 2025 Russian Youth League U19 season

Lokomotiv Moscow U19 (4th place)

Artur Ananyan (central midfielder, 19) — 8 matches (1 start), 2 assists. Appeared in the last eight rounds.

Akron Konoplev Academy U19 (9th place)

Eduard Martirosyan (right-back, 17) — 20 matches (19 starts), 2 assists. Former Russia U17 national team player (4 matches).

Fakel U19 (11th place)

Garik Elazyan (defender, 18) — 25 matches (12 starts).

Artyom Dalakyants (defender, 18) — 12 matches (1 start), 1 goal and 2 assists.

Ural U19 (12th place)

Grant Sarkisyan (centre-back, 18) — 22 matches (9 starts). Also played 2 matches in the Second Division for Ural II.

Tigran Arabachyan (attacking midfielder, 18) — 17 matches (13 starts), 2 goals and 4 assists. Also played 9 matches for Ural II in the Second Division and 1 match in the Russian Cup for Ural’s senior team.

Sochi U19 (13th place)

Yervand Khostyan (goalkeeper, 17) — 0 matches.

Ruslan Amirkhanyan (defender, 18) — 21 matches (11 starts).

Stepan Gigoloyan (centre-back, 19) — 24 matches (23 starts), 1 goal and 2 assists. Armenia U21 national team player; previously played for Armenia U19 and U17 (6 and 5 matches).

Robert Gamalyan (attacking midfielder, 18) — 30 matches (28 starts), 4 goals and 6 assists.

David Khachikyan (central midfielder, 18) — 23 matches (17 starts), 2 goals.

Vartan Markaryan (attacking midfielder, 18) — 24 matches (17 starts), 3 goals and 2 assists.