[1] In 1996, he was working in the coaching staff of the Namangan club "Navbahor" headed by Viktor Jalilov, and he became the champion of Uzbekistan.

Following the results of the third, final qualifying round, Uzbekistan took fourth place (out of six) in Group A, conceding the national teams of Iran, South Korea and Syria.

[12] On 26 February 2019, the media reported on Babayan's appointment as an advisor to the president of the Lokomotiv football club from Tashkent.

The statement indicates that more than 10 thousand letters were forwarded to the UUFF from fans who complained to the portal of the President of the Uzbekistan with complaints about Babayan.

Further in the statement of the AFU it is said: “During the study of this case it was established that Samvel Babayan used the national team of Uzbekistan in his own interests.

However, later, FC "Bunyodkor" applied to the Executive Committee of the AFU with a request to remove the disqualification from the former coach of the national team of Uzbekistan under the personal guarantee of the club.

It is worth considering the fact that the head of our state has repeatedly issued decrees pardoning people who were accused of grave crimes, but deeply repented of their deeds and firmly embarked on the path of correction.

[19][20][21][22] On 22 June 2019, he was appointed head coach of Lokomotiv Tashkent after the dismissal of Andrey Fyodorov due to unsatisfactory results.

On 24 June, before the match of the next round of the Super League of Uzbekistan, the first press conference of Babayan as head coach took place.

Babayan noted about the story of life suspension that it was canceled 15 days after the decision of the Football Federation of Uzbekistan, and otherwise he would not have left to coach the Latvian club.