[2][3] Pavlyuchenko was soon joined at Ararat by two more former national team players, Marat Izmailov and Aleksei Rebko.
[8] On 17 November 2017, Samvel Karapetyan was appointed the president of the club and Igor Zvezdin as the head coach.
[9] Dmitri Beznyak is officially registered with the league as the head coach and Zvezdin as senior coach-analyst.
[10] On 28 April 2018, Ararat secured first place in the Centre Zone of the PFL and the right to promotion to the second-tier Russian Football National League.
[15] On 5 February 2020, Russian Football Union excluded Ararat from RPFL once again for failing licensing.