FC Ararat-Armenia

Ararat-Armenia
Արարատ-Արմենիա
Full nameFootball Club Ararat-Armenia
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
GroundYerevan Football Academy Stadium
Capacity1,428
OwnerSamvel Karapetyan
Director GeneralPoghos Galstyan
ManagerVardan Minasyan
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2022–23Armenian Premier League, 3rd
Current season

FC Ararat-Armenia (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ-Արմենիա) is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan, founded in 2017.

History

Former logo when the club was known as FC Avan Academy

It was founded in 2017 as FC Avan Academy by Ruben Hayrapetyan, on the basis of the young players of the Yerevan Football Academy graduates, as well as many young players from FC Pyunik.[1]

They club's inaugural match took place in July 2017 against Erebuni SC. The friendly match ended up with a score of 3–1 in favour of Avan Academy.

In early 2018, the club was taken over by the Russian-Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan who renamed the football club as Ararat-Moskva, from Mount Ararat. The club was reorganized as soon as FC Ararat Moscow in Russia was denied certificate for the next season.[2] Artak Oseyan managed the club during the 2017–18 Armenian First League season.[3]

After being promoted to the Armenian Premier League, it was again renamed, this time to Ararat-Armenia, and will participate in the Premier League with this name.

On 2 August 2018, Vadim Skripchenko was appointed as the new head coach of Ararat-Armenia,[4] before being sacked on 25 September 2018, and Ararat-Armenia-2 manager Artak Oseyan being appointed as caretaker manager.[5]

On 1 October 2018, Vardan Minasyan was appointed as the new head coach of Ararat-Armenia.[citation needed]

On 30 May 2019, Ararat-Armenia defeated Banants 1–0 to win their first Armenian Premier League title.[6] As a result of winning the 2018–19 Armenian Premier League, Ararat-Armenia qualified for the UEFA Champions League.

On 14 July 2020, Ararat-Armenia defended their Armenian Premier League title, securing their second league title, after defeating FC Noah 2-0. Three days later, 17 July 2020, Manager Vardan Minasyan left the club after his contract expired.[7] On 22 July 2020, Ararat-Armenia announced David Campaña as their new manager.[8] On 5 March 2021, David Campaña left his role as Head Coach by mutual consent,[9] with Armen Adamyan being appointed as the Caretaker Head Coach.[10] On 24 March 2021, Ararat-Armenia announced Anatoly Baidachny as their new Head Coach.[11] Baidachny would leave Ararat-Armenia two and a half months later, on 8 June 2021 by mutual consent, having won just three of his twelve games in charge.[12] On 14 June 2021, Ararat-Armenia announced that Dmitri Gunko had been appointed as the clubs new Head Coach.[13] Following the conclusion of the 2021–22, Dmitri Gunko left his role as Head Coach after his contract was not extended.[14] On 10 June 2022, Vardan Bichakhchyan was announced as Ararat-Armenia's new Head Coach.[15] On 8 June 2023, Bichakhchyan left his role as Head Coach after his contract expired.[16]

On 17 June 2023, Ararat-Armenia announced the return of Vardan Minasyan as their Head Coach.[17]

In July 2023, Ararat-Armenia announced an cooperation between themselves and FIFA licensed football agent Hrachya Ghambaryan, with whom they'll sign players through.[18]

League and cup

Season League Armenian Cup Top goalscorer Managers
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2017–18 2nd 3rd 27 14 4 9 65 41 46 Quarterfinal Armenia Armen Hovhannisyan 15 Armenia Artak Oseyan
2018–19 1st 1st 32 18 7 7 52 28 61 Semifinal Russia Anton Kobyalko 15 Belarus Vadim Skripchenko
Armenia Artak Oseyan (Caretaker)
Armenia Vardan Minasyan
2019–20 1st 1st 28 15 7 6 45 23 52 Runners-up Cape Verde Mailson Lima 8 Armenia Vardan Minasyan
2020–21 1st 5th 24 10 8 6 32 17 38 Semifinal Nigeria Yusuf Otubanjo 10 Spain David Campaña
Armenia Armen Adamyan (Caretaker)
Russia Anatoly Baidachny
2021–22 1st 2nd 32 23 5 4 56 20 74 Quarterfinal Cape Verde Mailson Lima 18 Russia Dmitri Gunko
2022–23 1st 3rd 36 23 7 6 70 27 76 Quarterfinal Ivory Coast Wilfried Eza 13 Armenia Vardan Bichakhchyan

The second team of the club Ararat-Armenia-2 has been playing in the first league (2nd division) since the 2018–19 season.

European

As of match played 3 August 2023
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Champions League 3 1 0 2 3 5 –2
UEFA Europa League 9 6 0 3 16 11 +5
UEFA Europa Conference League 6 0 5 1 6 7 -1
Total 18 7 5 6 25 23 +2
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2019–20 UEFA Champions League 1QR Sweden AIK 2–1 1–3 3–4
UEFA Europa League 2QR Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 2–0 2–1 4–1
3QR Georgia (country) Saburtalo Tbilisi 1–2 2–0 3–2
PO Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.) 3–3 (4–5 p)
2020–21 UEFA Champions League 1QR Cyprus Omonia 0–1 (aet) — —
UEFA Europa League 2QR Luxembourg Fola Esch 4–3 (aet) — —
3QR Slovenia Celje 1–0 (aet) — —
PO Serbia Red Star Belgrade 1–2 — —
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR Estonia Paide Linnameeskond 0–0 0–0 (aet) 0–0 (3–5 p)
2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Albania Egnatia 1–1 4–4 5–5 (4–2 p)
2QR Greece Aris Thessaloniki 1–1 0–1 1–2

Current squad

As of 27 January 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Armenia ARM Rafael Manasyan
2 DF Brazil BRA Alemão
3 DF Colombia COL Junior Bueno
5 DF Armenia ARM Davit Terteryan
7 FW Portugal POR Adriano Castanheira
8 MF Argentina ARG Alexis Rodríguez
9 FW Armenia ARM Artur Serobyan
10 MF Russia RUS Armen Ambartsumyan (captain)
11 MF Colombia COL Jonathan Duarte
12 MF Kenya KEN Amos Nondi
13 MF Russia RUS Nikolai Kipiani
14 DF Brazil BRA Léo
15 FW Nigeria NGA Tenton Yenne
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Armenia ARM Edgar Grigoryan
18 FW Armenia ARM Artyom Avanesyan
19 MF Armenia ARM Karen Muradyan
20 MF Kenya KEN Alwyn Tera
21 MF Armenia ARM Narek Alaverdyan
22 MF Armenia ARM Kamo Hovhannisyan
23 MF Armenia ARM Zhirayr Shaghoyan
24 GK Armenia ARM Arsen Beglaryan
27 FW Guinea GUI Mohamed Yattara
30 GK North Macedonia MKD Damjan Shishkovski
41 DF Brazil BRA Cássio Scheid
77 MF Armenia ARM Petros Avetisyan (on loan from Khimki)

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Armenia ARM Hayk Khachatryan (at BKMA Yerevan)
55 MF Armenia ARM Hakob Hakobyan (at Van)
— MF Armenia ARM Wbeymar (at Alashkert)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Armenia ARM Misak Hakobyan (at BKMA Yerevan)
— FW Brazil BRA Agdon (at Alashkert)
— FW Nigeria NGA Matthew Gbomadu (at Van)

Ararat-Armenia-2

Ararat Yerevan-2
Founded2018; 6 years ago (2018)
GroundYerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan
OwnerSamvel Karapetyan
PresidentPoghos Galstyan
ManagerTigran Petrosyants
LeagueArmenian First League
2021–225th

Ararat-Armenia's reserve squad play as Ararat-Armenia-2 in the Armenian First League. They currently play their home games at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium in the Avan District of northern Yerevan.

Personnel

  • Owner: Samvel Karapetyan
  • Director General: Poghos Galstyan
  • Press secretary: Diana Ghazaryan
  • Head coach: Vardan Minasyan
  • Assistant coaches: Arthur Mkrtchyan, Artak Oseyan
  • Chief scout: Mher Pilosyan
  • Fitness trainer: Denis Zmeu
  • Doctor: Karen Stepanyan

Honours

Domestic

Managerial history

As of match played 17 April 2024. Only competitive matches are counted.
Name Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W Honours Notes
Artak Oseyan  Armenia 1 July 2017 30 June 2018 29 14 4 11 65 48 048.28
Andranik Babayan  Armenia 1 July 2018 30 July 2018 0 0 0 0 0 0 !—
Vadim Skripchenko  Belarus 2 August 2018[4] 25 September 2018[5] 9 4 2 3 16 12 044.44
Artak Oseyan Caretaker  Armenia 25 September 2018[5] 1 October 2018 1 0 1 0 0 0 000.00
Vardan Minasyan  Armenia 1 October 2018[citation needed] 17 July 2020[7] 68 40 15 13 130 56 058.82 Armenian Premier League (2)
Armenian Supercup (1)
David Campaña  Spain 22 July 2020[8] 5 March 2021[9] 17 7 4 6 23 16 041.18
Armen Adamyan Caretaker  Armenia 5 March 2021[10] 24 March 2021[11] 3 2 1 0 5 1 066.67
Anatoly Baidachny  Russia 24 March 2021[11] 8 June 2021[12] 12 3 4 5 10 13 025.00
Dmitri Gunko  Russia 14 June 2021[13] 2 June 2022[14] 34 24 5 5 59 23 070.59
Vardan Bichakhchyan  Armenia 10 June 2022[15] 8 June 2023[16] 40 24 9 7 74 31 060.00
Vardan Minasyan  Armenia 17 June 2023[17] 36 22 7 7 67 36 061.11

Player records

Armen Ambartsumyan is Ararat-Armenia's most capped player, with 175 appearances for the club, whilst Mailson Lima is the clubs leading goalscorer with 41 goal in 125 appearances across two stints.
Players in bold signifies current Ararat-Armenia player.

Most appearances

As of match played 17 April 2024
Name Years League Armenian Cup Supercup Europe Total
1 Russia Armen Ambartsumyan 2018–Present 137 (9) 21 (0) 2 (0) 15 (0) 175 (9)
2 Cape Verde Mailson Lima 2019–2021, 2021–2023 102 (33) 9 (1) 2 (2) 12 (5) 125 (41)
3 Armenia Artyom Avanesyan 2018–Present 98 (7) 11 (6) 0 (0) 6 (0) 115 (13)
4 Brazil Alemão 2020–Present 91 (8) 10 (1) 0 (0) 10 (1) 112 (10)
5 Armenia Karen Muradyan 2021–Present 87 (0) 6 (0) 0 (0) 6 (0) 99 (0)
6 Kenya Alwyn Tera 2021–Present 83 (5 4 (0) 0 (0) 6 (0) 93 (5)
7 Burkina Faso Zakaria Sanogo 2019–2022 69 (6) 11 (1) 2 (0) 10 (0) 92 (7)
8 Netherlands Furdjel Narsingh 2019–2022 66 (5) 7 (0) 0 (0) 12 (0) 85 (5)
8 Russia Dmitry Abakumov 2018–2023 68 (0) 12 (0) 0 (0) 5 (0) 85 (0)
8 Colombia Junior Bueno 2021–Present 71 (2) 8 (0) 0 (0) 6 (1) 85 (3)

Top goalscorers

As of match played 17 April 2024
Name Years League Armenian Cup Supercup Europe Total Ratio
1 Cape Verde Mailson Lima 2019–2021, 2021–2023 33 (102) 1 (9) 2 (2) 5 (12) 41 (125) 0.33
2 Russia Anton Kobyalko 2018–2020 19 (48) 7 (10) 0 (1) 4 (7) 30 (66) 0.45
3 Nigeria Yusuf Otubanjo 2020–2022 26 (58) 3 (9) 0 (1) 0 (4) 29 (72) 0.4
4 Ivory Coast Wilfried Eza 2021–2023 22 (68) 3 (4) 0 (0) 2 (5) 27 (77) 0.35
5 Nigeria Tenton Yenne 2022–Present 24 (60) 0 (4) 0 (0) 1 (5) 25 (70) 0.36
6 Nigeria Ogana Louis 2019–2021 9 (39) 8 (5) 0 (2) 2 (9) 19 (55) 0.35
7 Guinea Mohamed Yattara 2023–Present 16 (23) 0 (2) 0 (0) 0 (0) 16 (25) 0.64
8 Armenia Armen Hovhannisyan 2017–2018 15 (23) 0 (2) - (-) - (-) 15 (25) 0.71
8 Armenia Petros Avetisyan 2019–2020, 2024–Present 10 (34) 2 (3) 0 (1) 3 (8) 15 (46) 0.33
10 Armenia Artyom Avanesyan 2018–Present 7 (98) 6 (11) 0 (0) 0 (6) 13 (115) 0.11

Clean Sheets

As of match played 17 April 2024
Competitive, professional matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.
Name Years League Armenian Cup Supercup Europe Total Ratio
1 Russia Dmitry Abakumov 2018–2023 34 (68) 5 (12) 0 (0) 1 (5) 40 (85) 0.47
2 Russia Vsevolod Ermakov 2022–2024 19 (43) 1 (1) - (-) 2 (6) 21 (50) 0.42
3 Italy Valerio Vimercati 2021–2022 15 (30) 0 (0) - (-) - (-) 15 (30) 0.5
4 Serbia Stefan Čupić 2019–2021 5 (14) 1 (4) 0 (2) 2 (7) 8 (27) 0.3
4 Armenia Arsen Beglaryan 2023–Present 6 (18) 2 (2) - (-) 0 (0) 8 (20) 0.4
6 Armenia Nikos Melikyan 2017–2019 7 (23) 0 (0) - (-) - (-) 7 (25) 0.28
7 Russia Arsen Siukayev 2018–2019 0 (2) 1 (2) - (-) - (-) 1 (4) 0.25
7 North Macedonia Damjan Shishkovski 2024–Present 1 (4) 0 (1) - (-) - (-) 1 (5) 0.2
9 Serbia Nikola Petrić 2021 0 (4) 0 (0) - (-) - (-) 0 (4) 0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Armsport: FC Avan Academy". Archived from the original on 2018-07-29. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  2. ^ Gor Malakyan left Feniks and returned to his home country (Гор Малакян покинул Феникс и вернулся на родину). Sport Arena. 3 July 2018
  3. ^ "Հայտնի է Հայաստանի Առաջին խմբի առաջնության խաղացանկը – Սպորտային լուրեր | 2017–18 Armenian First League matches". armsport.am. Archived from the original on 2017-07-26. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
  4. ^ a b ""Արարատ-Արմենիա" ֆուտբոլային ակումբի նոր գլխավոր մարզիչն է Վադիմ Վիկտորի Սկրիպչենկոն". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  5. ^ a b c "Պաշտոնական Հայտարարություն". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Արարատ-Արմենիան դարձավ Հայաստանի չեմպիոն (VIDEO)". armfootball.com/ (in Armenian). Arm Football. 30 May 2019. Archived from the original on 9 September 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Հարգելի ֆուտբոլասերներ". facebook.com/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b "ԴԱՎԻԴ ԿԱՄՊԱՆՅԱՆ' "ԱՐԱՐԱՏ-ԱՐՄԵՆԻԱՅԻ" ԳԼԽԱՎՈՐ ՄԱՐԶԻՉ". facebook.com/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Հարգելի ֆուտբոլասերներ". facebook.com/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Հարգելի Ֆուտբոլասերներ". facebook.com/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 5 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  11. ^ a b c "ԱՆԱՏՈԼԻ ԲԱՅԴԱՉՆԻՆ` «ԱՐԱՐԱՏ-ԱՐՄԵՆԻԱՅԻ» ԳԼԽԱՎՈՐ ՄԱՐԶԻՉ". facebook.com/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  12. ^ a b "Արարատ-Արմենիա ֆուտբոլային ակումբը և մարզիչ Անատոլի Բայդաչնին երկկողմանի համաձայնությամբ լուծել են պայմանագիրը". facebook.com/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 8 June 2021. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Դմիտրի Գունկոն` «ԱՐԱՐԱՏ-ԱՐՄԵՆԻԱՅԻ» ԳԼԽԱՎՈՐ ՄԱՐԶԻՉ". facebook.com/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Հարգելի ֆուտբոլասերներ, «Արարատ-Արմենիա» ֆուտբոլային ակումբի և Դմիտրի Գունկոյի ու իր մարզչական շտաբի միջև կնքված պայմանագրի ժամկետը լրացել է և կողմերը որոշել են չշարունակել համագործակցությունը:". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc (in Armenian). FC Ararat Armenia Facebook. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  15. ^ a b "Ամենագլխավոր նորությունը #WelcomeBICHAKHCHYAN:". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc (in Armenian). FC Ararat Armenia Facebook. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  16. ^ a b "«Արարատ-Արմենիա» ֆուտբոլային ակումբի և Վարդան Բիչախչյանի ու իր մարզչական շտաբի միջև կնքված պայմանագրի ժամկետը լրացել է, և կողմերը որոշել են չշարունակել համագործակցությունը:". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  17. ^ a b "#WelcomeBackMINASYAN". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  18. ^ "New cooperation announcement". facebook.com/araratarmeniafc. FC Ararat-Armenia. 11 July 2023. Retrieved 12 July 2023.

External links

  • Official Facebook
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