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

Ararat-Armenia
Արարատ-Արմենիա
FC Ararat-Armenia logo.svg
Full nameFootball Club Ararat-Armenia
Founded2017; 6 years ago (2017)
GroundYerevan Football Academy Stadium
Capacity1,428
OwnerSamvel Karapetyan
Director GeneralPoghos Galstyan
ManagerVardan Bichakhchyan
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2021–22Armenian Premier League, 2nd
Current season

HistoryEdit

 
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.

At the beginning of 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]

League and cupEdit

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   Armen Hovhannisyan 15   Artak Oseyan
2018–19 1st 1st 32 18 7 7 52 28 61 Semifinal   Anton Kobyalko 15   Vadim Skripchenko
  Artak Oseyan (Caretaker)
  Vardan Minasyan
2019–20 1st 1st 28 15 7 6 45 23 52 Runners-up   Mailson Lima 8   Vardan Minasyan
2020–21 1st 5th 24 10 8 6 32 17 38 Semifinal   Yusuf Otubanjo 10   David Campaña
  Armen Adamyan (Caretaker)
  Anatoly Baidachny
2021–22 1st 2nd 32 3 5 4 56 20 74 Quarterfinal   Mailson Lima 18   Dmitri Gunko
2022–23 1st Quarterfinal   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.

EuropeanEdit

As of match played 28 July 2022
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 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
Total 14 7 2 5 19 16 +3
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2019–20 UEFA Champions League 1QR   AIK 2–1 1–3 3–4  
UEFA Europa League 2QR   Lincoln Red Imps 2–0 2–1 4–1  
3QR   Saburtalo Tbilisi 1–2 2–0 3–2  
PO   F91 Dudelange 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.) 3–3 (4–5 p)  
2020–21 UEFA Champions League 1QR   Omonia 0–1 (aet) — —  
UEFA Europa League 2QR   Fola Esch 4–3 (aet) — —  
3QR   Celje 1–0 (aet) — —  
PO   Red Star Belgrade 1–2 — —  
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR   Paide Linnameeskond 0–0 0–0 (aet) 0–0 (3–5 p)  


Current squadEdit

As of 28 February 2023

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   ARM Hayk Khachatryan
2 DF   BRA Alemão
3 DF   COL Junior Bueno
5 DF   ARM Davit Terteryan
7 FW   POR Hugo Firmino
8 MF   ARM Gevorg Ghazaryan
9 MF   ARM Artur Serobyan
10 MF   RUS Armen Ambartsumyan (captain)
11 MF   COL Jonathan Duarte
12 MF   KEN Amos Nondi
14 MF   CPV Mailson Lima
15 FW   NGA Tenton Yenne
16 DF   ARM Edgar Grigoryan
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW   NGA Hilary Gong
18 FW   ARM Artyom Avanesyan
19 MF   ARM Karen Muradyan
20 MF   KEN Alwyn Tera
21 MF   ARM Solomon Udo
25 DF   CRO Dragan Lovrić
27 FW   NGA Taofiq Jibril
29 FW   NGA Jesse Akila
32 DF   COL Carlos Pérez
33 GK   RUS Dmitry Abakumov
45 GK   RUS Vsevolod Ermakov
55 MF   ARM Hakob Hakobyan
88 FW   CIV Wilfried Eza

Out on loanEdit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
6 MF   ARM Wbeymar (at Alashkert)
9 FW   BRA Agdon (at Alashkert)
23 DF   ARM Styopa Mkrtchyan (at BKMA Yerevan)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF   ARM Albert Khachumyan (at BKMA Yerevan)
— MF   ARM Zhirayr Shaghoyan (at   CSKA Sofia)
— FW   ARM Misak Hakobyan (at BKMA Yerevan)

Ararat-Armenia-2Edit

Ararat Yerevan-2
Founded2018; 5 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.

PersonnelEdit

HonoursEdit

DomesticEdit

Managerial historyEdit

As of match played 17 March 2023. 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] 28 17 7 4 50 17 060.71

Player recordsEdit

Further information: List of FC Ararat-Armenia records and statistics

Armen Ambartsumyan is Ararat-Armenia's most capped player, with 129 appearances for the club, whilst Mailson Lima is the clubs leading goalscorer with 41 goal in 121 appearances across two stints.
Players in bold signifies current Ararat-Armenia player.

Most appearancesEdit

As of match played 17 March 2023
Name Years League Armenian Cup Supercup Europe Total
1   Armen Ambartsumyan 2018–Present 99 (6) 18 (0) 2 (0) 11 (0) 130 (6)
2   Mailson Lima 2019–2021, 2021–Present 98 (33) 9 (1) 2 (2) 12 (5) 121 (41)
3   Zakaria Sanogo 2019–2022 69 (6) 11 (1) 2 (0) 10 (0) 92 (7)
4   Furdjel Narsingh 2019–2022 66 (5) 7 (0) 0 (0) 12 (0) 85 (5)
4   Dmitry Abakumov 2018–Present 68 (0) 12 (0) 0 (0) 5 (0) 85 (0)
6   Artyom Avanesyan 2018–Present 67 (5) 10 (6) 0 (0) 2 (0) 79 (11)
7   Alemão 2020–Present 64 (5) 7 (0) 0 (0) 6 (0) 78 (5)
8   Yusuf Otubanjo 2020–2022 58 (26) 9 (3) 1 (0) 4 (0) 72 (29)
9   Anton Kobyalko 2018–2020 48 (19) 10 (7) 1 (0) 7 (4) 66 (30)
10   Serhiy Vakulenko 2020–2022 50 (5) 8 (0) 1 (0) 4 (2) 63 (7)

Top goalscorersEdit

As of match played 17 March 2023
Name Years League Armenian Cup Supercup Europe Total Ratio
1   Mailson Lima 2019–2021, 2021–Present 33 (98) 1 (9) 2 (2) 5 (12) 41 (121) 0.34
2   Anton Kobyalko 2018–2020 19 (48) 7 (10) 0 (1) 4 (7) 30 (66) 0.45
3   Yusuf Otubanjo 2020–2022 26 (58) 3 (9) 0 (1) 0 (4) 29 (72) 0.4
4   Wilfried Eza 2021–Present 17 (52) 3 (4) 0 (0) 0 (1) 20 (57) 0.35
5   Ogana Louis 2019–2021 9 (39) 8 (5) 0 (2) 2 (9) 19 (55) 0.35
6   Armen Hovhannisyan 2017–2018 15 (23) 0 (2) - (-) - (-) 15 (25) 0.71
7   Petros Avetisyan 2019–2020 9 (27) 2 (3) 0 (1) 3 (8) 14 (39) 0.36
8   Armen Nahapetyan 2017–2021 11 (49) 0 (9) 1 (1) 0 (0) 12 (59) 0.2
9   Zhirayr Shaghoyan 2017–2022 10 (55) 1 (5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 11 (60) 0.18
9   Artyom Avanesyan 2018–Present 5 (67) 6 (10) 0 (0) 0 (2) 11 (79) 0.14

Clean SheetsEdit

As of match played 17 March 2023
Competitive, professional matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.
Name Years League Armenian Cup Supercup Europe Total Ratio
1   Dmitry Abakumov 2018–Present 34 (68) 5 (12) 0 (0) 1 (5) 40 (85) 0.47
2   Vsevolod Ermakov 2022–Present 13 (24) 1 (1) - (-) 2 (2) 16 (27) 0.59
3   Valerio Vimercati 2021–2022 15 (30) 0 (0) - (-) - (-) 15 (30) 0.5
4   Stefan Čupić 2019–2021 5 (14) 1 (4) 0 (2) 2 (7) 8 (27) 0.3
5   Nikos Melikyan 2017–2019 7 (23) 0 (0) - (-) - (-) 7 (25) 0.28
6   Arsen Siukayev 2018–2019 0 (2) 1 (2) - (-) - (-) 1 (4) 0.25
7   Nikola Petrić 2021 0 (4) 0 (0) - (-) - (-) 0 (4) 0

ReferencesEdit

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  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.
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  6. ^ "Արարատ-Արմենիան դարձավ Հայաստանի չեմպիոն (VIDEO)". armfootball.com/ (in Armenian). Arm Football. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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  8. ^ a b "ԴԱՎԻԴ ԿԱՄՊԱՆՅԱՆ' "ԱՐԱՐԱՏ-ԱՐՄԵՆԻԱՅԻ" ԳԼԽԱՎՈՐ ՄԱՐԶԻՉ". facebook.com/ (in Armenian). FC Ararat-Armenia Facebook. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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  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.

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