FC Ararat Yerevan

In 1935, a football team was established in Yerevan by Spartak sports society. The first time the team participated in the competitions of the national level. The first trophy of the club was the Armenian SSR Cup in 1940. In the next four years football was not played because of World War II.

In 1944, games of USSR Cup were resumed, and Spartak participated. A match was set up with their main rivals, fellow FC Dinamo Tbilisi. However, the match was not played through the fault of Yerevan.[3][4] In 1947, the team becomes silver medalist in the second league of the Transcaucasian region. The team finished just one point behind the ODL from Tbilisi. In this championship, Spartak, in a home match against Tbilisi Wings of the Soviets, showed the best result at the time, beating them by the score 7:1.[5][6] In Season 1948 Spartak was to start in the first group (the Premier League at the time), but after 30 games along with 15 other clubs had been withdrawn. All 16 clubs have continued to participate in the league below. Spartak have spent the next season in the second group, improved their performance and won the competition in the South Zone. The team won 13 matches out of 18. However, the first place in the zonal group did not guarantee promotion. According to the regulations of the USSR Championship, the winners of zones in the second league should have played each other in the final stage. At this stage, 6 teams participated. Games between the teams went into a circle. After 5 games Spartak has settled on the third place, which ensured the club a place in the first group.[7][8]

Hrazdan Stadium, the home ground of Ararat Yerevan between 1971 and 2015

In 1949 at Spartak participated for the first time in the Soviet Top League. The team performed poorly, finishing 12th. In the first two rounds the team lost, but in the 3rd round victory was recorded in a home game against the Air Force (Moscow).[9] To beat the team was able representatives of the second half of the table, and twice on the road. There were three major defeats: the double-0–6 from Moscow Lokomotiv and CDKA, and once 1–6 – from Tbilisi "Dynamo". However, despite the poor performance, the club remained in the top league for next season, as the latter two dropped out of the club, ranked 17th and 18th place in the standings.[10][11] Cup battles ended at the first stage, against the Dynamo "from Stalinabad.[12] In 1950 season, Spartak began to act more liberated. The first lesion was detected only in the fourth round of the Leningrad "Zenit". The team scored 31 points with team-mates from Kiev, but on goal difference in the Class "B" sunk Spartak. In the Soviet Cup team started with a 1/128 final. Having weak rivals in 1/16-oy stumbled on rivals in the face Dynamo Kiev. In the hard game, which was held in Kiev, Spartak celebrated victory 3–2. In 1/8 final meeting with "Dynamo," Moscow and lost with a score of 0–7.[13]

Between 1960–63 and later in 1966–91, the team participated in the Soviet Top League. In 1973, Ararat won the Top League as well as the Soviet Cup. In 1971 and 1976 (spring) seasons, they were runner-up at the top league, and in 1975 they won the Soviet Cup for the 2nd time.

In total the team participated in 33 Soviet Top League seasons, playing 1,026 matches, of which they won 352, drew 280, lost 394, scored 1,150 goals and conceded 1,306. By 1975 the team participated in the lottery three European Cups. In the last USSR Championship in 1991, the team was finished in seventh place.

Soviet championships

FC Ararat logo during the Soviet era

By 1945–47, Ararat swept the Armenian SSR League and by 1949 had won promotion into the Soviet Top League. The team played in the Top League in 1949–50, 1960–63, and 1965–91. In 1971, Ararat finished second in the Top League. In 1973, they won the Top League and the Soviet Cup (in a memorable final game against Dynamo Kyiv). They won the cup again in 1975. In 1971 and 1976 Spring (there were two Soviet championships in 1976 — Spring and Autumn) they were the league runners-up. In 1974–75 Ararat competed in the European Cup, reaching the quarter-finals before losing to defending and eventual champions Bayern Munich 2–1 on aggregate (0–2 in Munich and 1–0 in Yerevan). Since their debut in the European tournaments in 1972, they have won 16 of their 36 matches with 4 draws.

Ararat in 1973 final	Ararat in 1975 final

European history

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Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate 1972–73 UEFA Cup 1/32 EPA Larnaca 1–0 1–0 2–0 1/16 Grasshopper Zürich 4–2 3–1 7–3 1/8 Kaiserslautern 2–0 0–2 2–2 (4–5 p) 1974–75 UEFA European Cup 1/16 Viking Stavanger 4–2 2–0 6–2 1/8 Cork Celtic 5–0 2–1 7–1 QF Bayern Munich 1–0 0–2 1–2 1975–76 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1/16 Anorthosis Famagusta 9–0 1–1 10–1 1/8 West Ham United 1–1 1–3 2–4 1994–95 UEFA Cup 1/16 CSKA Sofia 0–0 0–3 0–3 1995–96 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1/32 GKS Katowice 2–0 0–2 2–2 (5–4 p) 1/16 Dynamo Moscow 0–1 1–3 1–4 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1/32 Dinamo Batumi 0–2 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 3–2 1/16 Copenhagen 0–2 0–3 0–5 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1/16 Bacău 1–0 1–0 2–0 1/8 Sint-Truiden 0–2 1–3 1–5 2000–01 UEFA Cup Q Košice 2–3 1–1 3–4 2001–02 UEFA Cup Q Hapoel Tel Aviv 0–2 0–3 0–5 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Shakhtyor Soligorsk 2–0 1–4 3–4 2008–09 UEFA Cup 1Q Bellinzona 0–1 1–3 1–4

Competition GP W D L GF GA UEFA Champions League 6 5 0 1 14 5 UEFA Europa League 0 0 0 0 0 0 UEFA Cup 14 6 2 7 15 5 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 12 4 1 5 19 17 UEFA Intertoto Cup 6 3 0 3 6 9 Total 38 18 3 16 54 36 Biggest Win in UEFA Competition: 17 September 1975, Ararat 9–0 Anorthosis, in Yerevan Biggest Defeat in UEFA Competition: 23 June 2007, Shakhtyor 4–1 Ararat, in Soligorsk Club Appearances in UEFA Competition: 12 Player with Most UEFA Appearances: Aleksei Abramian and Norik Mesropian – 16 appearances Top Scorer in UEFA Club Competitions: Eduard Markarov – 12 goals

Dzoraghbyur Training Centre

Ararat Yerevan run their own youth training academy in the village of Dzoraghbyur at the eastern outskirts of the capital Yerevan. Occupying an area of 48,000 m², the centre was opened by the club in 2007. It is home to natural-grass as well as artificial-turf training pitches, in addition to an indoor training centre.

• Soviet Top League (1):

1973

• Armenian Premier League (1):

1993

• Soviet First League (1):

1965

• Soviet Cup (2):

1973, 1975

• Armenian Cup (5):

1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2008

• Armenian Supercup (1):

2008

• IFA Shield (1):

1978

• European Cup

Quarter-finalist: 1974–75

• European Cup Winners' Cup

1/8 finalist: 1975–76

• UEFA Cup

1/8 finalist: 1972–73

As of 28 June 2020

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Sergei Revyakin 2 DF Sidney (loan from Rukh Lviv) 3 DF João Victor (loan from XV de Novembro) 4 DF Arkadi Kalaydzhyan 5 MF Zurab Arziani 7 MF Aleksandr Kozlov 8 MF Albert Mnatsakanyan 9 FW Georgy Chelidze 10 MF Zaven Badoyan 11 FW Ramazan Isayev 12 GK Yevgeni Kobozev 14 MF Ruslan Avagyan 15 DF Vahe Muradyan 17 FW Sancidino Silva 19 MF Petros Afajanyan 21 FW Emmanuel Odemis 23 DF Ivan Spychka 27 MF David Khurtsidze

No. Position Player 29 MF Arame Tsaturyan 30 FW Ganiyu Oseni 32 MF Pavlo Stepanets 34 DF Yevgeni Makeyev 36 DF Rafinha 37 FW Dmitri Ryzhov 45 DF Thomas Phibel 66 DF Konstantin Morozov 69 MF Denys Dedechko 70 MF Lukman Haruna 77 MF Vitinho 80 FW Gabriel Silva (loan from XV de Novembro) 88 DF James 90 FW Welsen Junior (loan from XV de Novembro) 94 FW David Arshakyan 97 FW David Davidyan 98 GK Poghos Ayvazyan 99 FW Razmik Hakobyan

Ararat Yerevan-2

Nickname(s)	White Eagles
Founded	2007 (2007)
Ground	Dzoraghbyur Training Centre, Dzoraghbyur
Owner	Vartan Sirmakes & Hrach Kaprielian
President	Hrach Kaprielian
League	Armenian First League
2016–17	3rd
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Ararat Yerevan's reserve squad play as Ararat Yerevan-2 in the Armenian First League. They currently play their home games at the training field with artificial turf of the Dzoraghbyur Training Centre in Dzoraghbyur village near Yerevan.[21]

Current squad

As of 15 January 2019

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Poghos Ayvazyan 2 DF Yuri Maghakyan 3 MF Seryozha Artenyan 4 DF Ruben Hovsepyanpos 5 DF Volodya Samsonyan 6 MF Aramayis Poghosyan 7 DF Narek Papoyan (captain) 8 DF Narek Sargsyan 9 FW Albert Zohrabyan

No. Position Player 10 FW Mikayel Arustamyan 11 DF Hunan Hakobyan 12 MF Rafik Gevorgyan 17 DF Gevorg Hovhannisyan 18 MF Andranik Hovhannisyan 21 FW Narek Sargsyan 22 GK Anushavan Tarverdyan 25 MF Ashot Khachatryan MF Ebot Derrick Ayuk Oru

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