FC Ararat-Armenia

FC Ararat-Armenia
Full name Football Club Ararat-Armenia
Founded 2017 (2017) (as Avan Academy)
Ground Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Capacity 14,403
Owner Samvel Karapetyan
Director Poghos Galstyan
Manager Vardan Minasyan
League Armenian Premier League
2017-18 Armenian First League, 3rd (promotion)

FC Ararat-Armenia (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ-Արմենիա), is an Armenian 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 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 club as Ararat-Moskva. The club was reorganized as soon as FC Ararat Moscow in Russia was denied certificate for the next season.[2]

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.

Managed by Artak Oseyan, the club played at the 2017–18 Armenian First League competition.[3]

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

Current squad

As of 1 September 2018

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

No. Position Player
2 Spain DF Sergi
4 Russia MF Aleksey Pustozyorov
5 Armenia DF Robert Darbinyan
6 Bulgaria DF Georgi Pashov
7 Colombia MF Jerry Ortiz
8 Armenia MF Gor Malakyan
9 Brazil FW Kayron
10 Armenia MF Armen Ambartsumyan
11 Armenia MF Zhirayr Shagoyan
12 Armenia GK Nikos Melikyan
13 Russia MF Danila Yashchuk
14 Bulgaria FW Ivaylo Dimitrov
15 Russia DF Dmitry Guz (captain)
16 Australia MF Liam Rose
No. Position Player
17 Colombia MF Giovanny Martínez
18 Russia FW Artyom Avanesyan
19 Armenia DF Arman Hovhannisyan
21 Republic of Macedonia DF Aleksandar Damčevski
22 Armenia DF Artur Danielyan
23 Colombia FW Charles Monsalvo
24 Russia GK Arsen Siukayev
25 Armenia MF Davit Nalbandyan
29 Russia DF Vladimir Khozin (loan from Ural Yekaterinburg)
32 Russia FW Anton Kobyalko
33 Russia GK Dmitry Abakumov
71 Armenia MF Samvel Spertsyan
77 Russia MF Vladislav Oslonovsky
88 Armenia FW Vardan Bakalyan

Managerial history

  • Artak Oseyan (1 July 2017 – 30 June 2018)
  • Andranik Babayan (1 July 2018 – 30 July 2018)
  • Vadim Skripchenko (1 August 2018 – 25 September 2018)
  • Vardan Minasyan (1 October 2018 – present)

References

  1. ↑ "Armsport: FC Avan Academy".
  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. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
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