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FC Noah

Football Club Noah (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Նոա), commonly known as Noah is an Armenian professional football club based in Armavir. Founded in 2017 as FC Artsakh, they currently play in the Armenian Premier League.[1]

Noah
Նոա
Full nameFootball Club Noah
Founded2017; 7 years ago (2017)
GroundArmavir City Stadium
Capacity3,100
7,200
OwnerVardges Vardanyan
Sports DirectorArtur Voskanyan
ManagerCarlos Inarejos
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2022–238th
Current season

History edit

The club was founded as FC Artsakh in 2017 and played its first match in a goalless draw against FC Banants on 2 June 2017.[2] Noah played its first competitive season in the 2017–18 Armenian First League, finishing second and achieving promotion to the Armenian Premier League.[3]

After a disappointing 8th-place finish in the 2018–19 season, the club was sold to Karen Abrahamyan, who rebranded the club FC Noah in 2019.

Noah won the 2019–20 Armenian Cup, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties.

Domestic edit

Season[4] League National cup Top goalscorer Manager Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2017–18 Armenian First League 2nd 27 21 2 4 77 16 65 Quarter-finals   Grigor Aghekyan 18   Tigran Yesayan
  Armen Sanamyan		 Nike Renault
2018–19 Armenian Premier League 8th 32 6 10 16 25 49 28 Quarter-finals   Eduard Avagyan
  Vigen Avetisyan		 4   Rafael Nazaryan
  Sevada Arzumanyan		 Vega
2019–20 2nd 28 14 6 8 37 27 48 Winners   Maksim Mayrovich 11   Vadim Boreț Umbro N/A
2020–21 2nd 28 12 5 7 35 20 41 Semifinal   Vladimir Azarov 6   Vadim Boreț
  Dmitri Gunko		 Adidas N/A
2021–22 6th 32 9 12 11 38 43 39 Quarter-finals   Maksim Mayrovich 9   Viktor Bulatov
  Aram Hakobyan		 VBET[5]
2022–23 8th 36 8 8 20 34 66 32 Quarter-finals   Levon Vardanyan 8   Robert Arzumanyan

European edit

As of match played 15 July 2021
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Europa League 1 0 0 1 1 4 –3
UEFA Europa Conference League 2 1 0 1 1 5 –4
Total 3 1 0 2 2 9 –7
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1QR   Kairat — 1–4 —
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR   KuPS 1–0 0–5 1–5

Colours and badge edit

As FC Artsakh the club's main kit colours were red and white, however following the rebranding, the club chose black and a light green to represent the club. Umbro became the kit supplier for the 2019–20, following two years of using Nike.

Badge history edit

From 2017 to 2019, the club operated as FC Artsakh, bearing a red round badge with an eagle. Following the 2019 rebranding as FC Noah, the club's emblem was changed to a simple black text:
"Yerevan Armenia Football Club Noah".

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    Club crest (2019–present)

Stadium edit

Main article: Mika Stadium
 
The stadium's main East stand
 
The North and West stands

At the beginning phase of the 2018–19 Armenian Premier League season, FC Noah used the Mika Stadium, located in the Shengavit neighborhood of Yerevan, as their home ground until matchday 8. They were then forced to leave the Mika Stadium due to the inappropriate pitch conditions, and between matchday 9 and 14 they played at the Pyunik Stadium before moving to the artificial-turf pitch of the Dzoraghbyur Training Centre at the eastern outskirts of Yerevan. For the 2019–20 Armenian Premier League season, FC Noah played at the Alashkert Stadium located in the same neighbourhood of Yerevan.

After starting the 2021–22 Armenian Premier League season playing their home games at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium in Yerevan, Noah moved their home games to the Armavir City Stadium in Armavir in February 2022.[6]

Players edit

For a list of all former and current FC Noah players with a Wikipedia article, see Category: FC Noah players.

Current squad edit

As of 1 March 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
3 DF   ARM Sergey Muradyan
4 DF   POR Pedro Farrim
5 DF   NED Jordy Tutuarima
6 MF   POR Martim Maia
7 FW   ARM Edgar Movsesyan
9 FW   ARM Artur Miranyan
10 FW   URU Nico Varela
11 FW   NED Ilias Alhaft
13 MF   ARM Robert Baghramyan (on loan from Urartu)
14 FW   NED Paul Gladon
17 MF   ARM Tigran Sargsyan
19 DF   ARM Vaspurak Minasyan
20 MF   SVK Martin Gamboš
21 MF   NGA Haggai Katoh
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK   ARM Ognjen Čančarević
23 MF   ARM Hayk Ghevondyan
24 FW   NZL Logan Rogerson
26 DF   SRB Aleksandar Miljković
27 MF   ARM Gor Manvelyan
28 DF   BRA Pablo Santos
31 DF   ARM Hovhannes Hambardzumyan
55 DF   MOZ David Malembana
71 DF   ARM Artur Danielyan
77 GK   ITA Valerio Vimercati
81 MF   SEN Alfred N'Diaye
88 MF   NED Justin Mathieu
93 MF   FRA Virgile Pinson
99 GK   ARM Harutyun Melkonyan (on loan from Pyunik)

Noah II edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF   ARM Erjanik Ghubasaryan
— FW   BRA Allef

Out on loan edit

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
5 DF   ARM Norayr Nikoghosyan (at BKMA)
For recent transfers, see List of Armenian football transfers summer 2023.

Coaching staff edit

Position Name
Manager   Robert Arzumanyan
Assistant coach   Hayk Hovhannisyan
Goalkeepers Coach   Gevorg Kasparov
Fitness coach  
Team Doctor  

Honours edit

FC Noah won their first trophy on 10 July 2020, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties to win the 2019–20 Armenian Cup.

Domestic edit

Records edit

Most appearances edit

Competitive, professional matches only. Up to date as of 11 November 2023

Rank Player Years League Cup Europe Other Total
1   Benik Hovhannisyan 2019-2022 61 7 3 0 71
2   Maksim Mayrovich 2019-2022 63 6 0 0 69
3   Yuri Gareginyan 2018-2021 57 8 0 0 65
4   Jordy Monroy 2020-2022 54 6 1 0 62
5   Valerio Vimercati 2019-2021
2023-Present		 50 6 1 0 57
6   Artur Grigoryan 2017-2019 53 4 0 0 57
7   Alex Oliveira 2020-2022 48 5 2 0 55
8   Karen Harutyunyan 2017-2019 49 5 0 0 54
9   Dmitriy Lavrishchev 2019-2021; 2022 48 5 1 0 54
10   Saná Gomes 2020-2022 44 5 3 0 52

Top goalscorers edit

Competitive, professional matches only. Up to date as of 11 November 2023

Rank Player Years League Cup Europe Matches Total
1   Maksim Mayrovich 2019–2022 22 3 0 71 25
2   Grigor Aghekyan 2017-2019 19 2 0 45 21
3   Vladimir Azarov 2019-2021 14 3 0 51 17
4   Petros Avetisyan 2021-2022 9 2 0 25 11
5   Artur Miranyan 2023–Present 8 0 0 16 8
6   Alexandre Llovet 2023–Present 8 0 0 29 8
7   Pavel Kireenko 2021-2022 8 0 0 34 8
8   Levon Vardanyan 2022-2023 8 0 0 34 8
9   Eduard Avagyan 2017-2019 8 0 0 41 8
10   Emil Yeghiazaryan 2018-2019 6 1 0 38 7

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Կայացավ Արցախ ֆուտբոլային ակումբի շնորհանդեսը" (in Armenian). totalfootball.am. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Բանանցը չկարողացավ հաղթել Արցախին ստուգողական խաղում". armsport.am. Retrieved 22 March 2018.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Հայտնի է Հայաստանի Առաջին խմբի առաջնության խաղացանկը". armsport.am (in Armenian). 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
  4. ^ RSSSF Armenia (and subpages per year)
  5. ^ "VBET HAS BECOME THE TITLE SPONSOR OF FC NOAH". fcnoah.am. FC Noah. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  6. ^ "We are happy to inform that from now on Noah will hold its home matches in Armavir city stadium, which seats 3,100 spectators". facebook.com/noah.footballclub. FC Noah. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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