Lori FC
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| Full name | Lori Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1936 | ||
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Vanadzor Football Academy (temporary) Vanadzor City Stadium (under construction) | ||
| Owner | Tovmas Grigoryan | ||
| President | Robert Grigoryan | ||
| Manager | Armen Adamyan | ||
| League | Armenian Premier League | ||
| 2017–18 | Armenian First League, 1st (promotion) | ||
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Lori FC (Armenian: Լոռի Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ), is an Armenian football club from Vanadzor, Lori Province. Originally founded in 1936, Lori has participated in the domestic football competition of Soviet Armenia. After retiring from professional football in 2002, the club was revived in 2017 winning the 2017–18 Armenian First League competition.
History
The club participated in the first ever Armenian football competition after the split-up from the Soviet Union. After the regular competition they did not qualify for the championship stage, but were forced to play in the relegation stage. Here they finished in seventh position, which forced them to play in the Armenian First League (second level) for the 1993 season. In that season they finished first in their group (the league was split-up in two groups) which gave them promotion to the Armenian Premier League. Lori then became a yo-yo team referring to their up-and-go history of promotion and relegation. In 2002 they played their last season in the Premier League as of today and relegated to the First League.
The reestablishment of Lori FC was officially announced on 2 March 2017, by Tovmas Grigoryan; a native businessman of the city of Vanadzor. The club made its debut at professional football through the 2017–18 Armenian First League competition.
The club uses the Vanadzor Football Academy as their training ground. The academy is temporarily being used as a home ground for their official matches in the Armenian First League competition, as the Vanadzor City Stadium is currently being reconstructed and is set to be ready during summer 2019.
League and cup record
Lori FC league record since 1987:[1][2][3]
| Season | League | National Cup | Top goalscorer | Managers | ||||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | Pts | Name | League | ||||
| 1987 | Soviet Second League | 12 | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 34 | 28 | |||||
| 1988 | 12 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 16 | 49 | 54 | 39 | ||||||
| 1989 | 6 | 42 | 23 | 5 | 14 | 66 | 54 | 51 | ||||||
| 1990 | 18 | 50 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 47 | 59 | 44 | ||||||
| 1991 | 22 | 42 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 32 | 98 | 29 | ||||||
| 1992 | Armenian Premier League | 19 | 22 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 63 | 22 | |||||
| 1993 | Armenian First League | 1 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 7 | 30 | |||||
| 1994 | Armenian Premier League | 13 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 65 | 16 | |||||
| 1995 | Armenian First League | 4 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 18 | |||||
| 1995/96 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 16 | 42 | ||||||
| 1996/97 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 13 | 50 | ||||||
| 1997 | Armenian Premier League | 10 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 76 | 1 | |||||
| 1998 | Armenian First League | 2 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 16 | 54 | |||||
| 1999 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 10 | 31 | ||||||
| 2000 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 29 | ||||||
| 2001 | Armenian Premier League | 12 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 83 | 5 | |||||
| 2002 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 100 | 5 | ||||||
| 2003 | Armenian First League | 10 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 36 | 74 | 15 | |||||
| 2004 | 14 | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 68 | 24 | Preliminary round | |||||
| 2005 | 11 | 24 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 39 | 77 | 18 | did not participate | |||||
| 2006–2017 | No Participation | |||||||||||||
| 2017-18 | Armenian First League | 1 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 74 | 16 | 69 | did not participate |  | 12 |  | |
| 2018-19 | Armenian Premier League | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | Round of 16 |  | 3 | | |
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.
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Personnel
- Owner: Tovmas Grigoryan.
- President: Robert Grigoryan.
- Press secretary: Spartak Petrosyan.
- Head coach: Armen Adamyan.
- Assistant coach: Mamikon Gharibjanyan.
- Goalkeepers coach: Felix Hakobyan.