FC Ararat Yerevan

Football Club Ararat Yerevan (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League.[2]

For other football clubs named Ararat, see FC Ararat.

FC Ararat
ՖԱ Արարատ
Full nameFootball Club Ararat
Nickname(s)White Eagles
Founded10 May 1935 (1935-05-10)
GroundVazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium,
Yerevan
Capacity14,403
OwnerVartan Sirmakes & Hrach Kaprielian
PresidentHrach Kaprielian[1]
ManagerVardan Bichakhchyan
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2018–199th
WebsiteClub website

Since 1999, the club is owned by the Switzerland Armenian businessmen Vartan Sirmakes. The badge shows a white eagle standing on a football and is a reference to the club nickname. The badge also displays the name of Ararat in both Latin (Ararat) and Armenian (ԱՐԱՐԱՏ) text.

History

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was to start in the first group (the Premier League at the time), but after 30 games along with 15 other clubs had been withdrawn.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

Modern history

Since the 1991 dissolution of Soviet Union, Ararat has attained the Armenian Championship only once in 1993 and won four silver prizes (1997, 1999, 2000 and 2008) and one bronze prize (1994). In addition, the club has won the Armenian Cup five times (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997 and 2008) and were finalists in 2001 and 2007. They also were very close to taking the Armenian title in 2007, however the unexpected resignation of head coach Varuzhan Sukiasyan changed the atmosphere on the team and the club ended up in fourth place. In March 2008, former coach Varuzhan Sukiasyan returned to take charge of the team again. After failing to take the title from Pyunik in 2008, Varuzhan Sukiasyan left the club.

The club headquarters are located on Agatangeghos Street 2, Yerevan.[14] The club's Dzoraghbyur Training Centre is located in the Dzoraghbyur village of Kotayk Province, at the eastern outskirts of Yerevan.

In August 2016, Arkady Andreasyan became the head coach.[15] However, in August 2017, Albert Safaryan was appointed as a head coach, while Arkady Andreasyan became the club's sports director. As of 2018-2019 season, Abraham Khashmanyan is the head coach of the team.

On 16 July 2018, Ararat Yerevan released a statement against the naming of Ararat-Armenia.[16]

On 29 July 2019, Sergei Bulatov resigned citing family circumstances, with Sergei Boyko being appointed as interim-manager the same day.[17] On 16 September 2019, Boyko resigned with Gagik Simonyan being placed in interim charge.[18] On 6 January 2020, Igor Kolyvanov was announced as the new manager of Ararat Yerevan.[19]

Domestic history
Season League National Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Division Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
1992 1st 4th 22 15 4 3 78 15 34 Second Round Vahe Yaghmuryan 38 A.Sarkisyan
1993 1st 1st 28 23 5 0 92 9 51 Winner Vahe Yaghmuryan 20 A.Sarkisyan
1994 1st 3rd 28 21 5 2 109 21 47 Winner Vahe Yaghmuryan 18 A.Sarkisyan
1995 1st 1st1 10 6 2 2 34 11 20 Winner Armen Shahgeldyan,
Levon Stepanyan		 7 S.Darbinyan
1995–96 1st 4th 22 12 3 7 58 28 39 Semi-final S.Darbinyan / A.Andreasyan
1996–97 1st 2nd 22 17 1 4 54 18 52 Winner A.Andreasyan
1997 1st 6th 18 7 6 5 32 21 27 A.Andreasyan
1998 1st 4th 26 10 5 11 40 40 35 Quarter-final A.Andreasyan
1999 1st 2nd 32 22 6 4 63 21 72 Quarter-final A.Andreasyan
2000 1st 2nd 28 18 5 5 50 23 59 Semi-final Tigran Yesayan 17 A.Andreasyan
2001 1st 5th 22 13 3 6 42 22 42 Runner-Up A.Andreasyan
2002 1st 5th 22 9 6 7 39 22 33 Quarter-final A.Andreasyan
20032 1st - A.Andreasyan
2004 2nd 7th 30 16 1 13 83 50 49 Quarter-final S.Arzumanyan
2005 2nd 2nd 24 18 2 4 72 18 56 Quarter-final A.Khashmanyan
2006 1st 4th 28 15 4 9 48 35 49 Quarter-final A.Khashmanyan / V.Sukiasyan
2007 1st 4th 28 15 4 9 49 42 49 Runner-Up Marcos Pizzelli 22 V.Sukiasyan / D.Mijić
2008 1st 2nd 28 18 5 5 48 23 59 Winner Marcos Pizzelli 17 D.Mijić / V.Sukiasyan
2009 1st 8th 28 2 8 18 20 54 14 Quarter-final A.Kirakosyan / A.Andreasyan
2010 2nd 1st 24 17 4 3 50 19 55 T.Yesayan
2011 1st 8th 28 2 4 22 14 57 10 Quarter-final Koren Veranyan,
Ara Hakobyan		 3 A.Andreasyan
2011-12Only Cup competition was held Quarter-final
2012–13 1st 7th 42 9 6 27 27 70 33 Quarter-final Tigran Voskanyan 5 A.Safaryan / A.Khashmanyan
2013–14 1st 4th 28 12 8 8 30 23 44 Quarter-final Aleksandar Rakić 10 A.Khashmanyan
2014–15 1st 8th 28 3 4 21 28 69 13 Quarter-final Aleksandar Rakić 10 D.Mijić / S.Darbinyan / S.Chakhalyan / A.Minasyan & V.Sukiasyan
2015–16 1st 5th 28 9 10 9 28 31 37 Quarter-final Gevorg Nranyan,
Bryan de la Fuente		 5 V.Sukiasyan
2016–17 1st 6th 30 3 3 24 17 53 12 Quarter-final Gegham Tumbaryan 3 A.Andreasyan
2017–18 1st 6th 30 5 6 19 33 55 21 Quarter-final Andranik Kocharyan 9 A.Safaryan
2018–19 1st 9th 32 5 7 20 24 60 22 Quarter-final Artem Simonyan 6 A.Stepanyan / A.Khashmanyan / T.Yesayan
2019–20 1st 6th 28 10 6 12 34 36 36 Second Round Denys Dedechko 6 S.Boyko / G.Simonyan
    • Due to the 1995 season being a transitional season, there was no official winner of championship.
    • Ararat Yerevan were expelled before start of the season..

    European history

    [20]

    As of match played 31 July 2008
    Competition GP W D L GF GA
    UEFA Champions League6501145
    UEFA Europa League000000
    UEFA Cup145271521
    UEFA Cup Winners' Cup123271818
    UEFA Intertoto Cup630369
    Total38164185653
    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
    • 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

    Youth academy
    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.

    Honours
    1973
    1993
    1965
    1973, 1975
    1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 2008
    • Armenian Supercup (1):
    2008
    1978


    Quarter-finalist: 1974–75
    1/8 finalist: 1975–76
    1/8 finalist: 1972–73

    Current squad
    As of 10 September 2020

    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 Poghos Ayvazyan
    2 DF  ESP Christian Jiménez
    4 DF  ARM Vahe Muradyan
    5 DF  ARM Hrayr Mkoyan
    6 MF  ARM Ruslan Avagyan
    7 MF  ARM Aghvan Papikyan
    8 DF  ARM Zhirayr Margaryan
    9 FW  ARM Razmik Hakobyan
    10 MF  ARM Zaven Badoyan
    11 MF  ARM David Manoyan
    12 MF  ARM Solomon Udo
    16 MF  SRB Dimitrije Pobulić
    17 MF  ARM Artak Yedigaryan
    18 MF  ARM Edgar Malakyan
    No. Pos. Nation Player
    19 MF  ARM Karen Muradyan
    20 DF  SRB Marko Prljević
    22 MF  SRB Igor Stanojević
    23 DF  UKR Ivan Spychka
    27 MF  RUS David Khurtsidze
    29 MF  ARM Arame Tsaturyan
    33 GK  ARM Grigor Meliksetyan
    44 DF  COL Juan Bravo
    45 GK  RUS Vsevolod Yermakov
    70 FW  SRB Uroš Nenadović
    80 MF  FRA Seroj Titizian
    98 FW  CIV Mory Kone
    — MF  UKR Maksym Zaderaka

    Ararat Yerevan-2
    Ararat Yerevan-2
    Nickname(s)White Eagles
    Founded2007 (2007)
    GroundDzoraghbyur Training Centre, Dzoraghbyur
    OwnerVartan Sirmakes & Hrach Kaprielian
    PresidentHrach Kaprielian
    LeagueArmenian First League
    2016–173rd
    WebsiteClub website

    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. Pos. Nation Player
    1 GK  ARM Poghos Ayvazyan
    2 DF  ARM Yuri Maghakyan
    3 MF  ARM Seryozha Artenyan
    4 DF  ARM Ruben Hovsepyanpos
    5 DF  ARM Volodya Samsonyan
    6 MF  ARM Aramayis Poghosyan
    7 DF  ARM Narek Papoyan (captain)
    8 DF  ARM Narek Sargsyan
    9 FW  ARM Albert Zohrabyan
    No. Pos. Nation Player
    10 FW  ARM Mikayel Arustamyan
    11 DF  ARM Hunan Hakobyan
    12 MF  ARM Rafik Gevorgyan
    17 DF  ARM Gevorg Hovhannisyan
    18 MF  ARM Andranik Hovhannisyan
    21 FW  ARM Narek Sargsyan
    22 GK  ARM Anushavan Tarverdyan
    25 MF  ARM Ashot Khachatryan
    — MF  CMR Ebot Derrick Ayuk Oru

    Personnel

    Technical staff
    Position Name
    Head Coach Igor Kolyvanov
    Assistant Coach Ara Nigoyan
    Assistant Coach Georgi Minasov
    Goalkeepers Coach Edik Yeritsyan
    Masseur Karen Mkrtchyan
    Ararat Yerevan-2 Coach

    Management
    Position Name
    Owners Vartan Sirmakes, Hrach Kaprielian
    President Hrach Kaprielian
    Executive Officer Artyom Hakobyan
    Sporting Director Tigran Gharabaghtsyan
    Press Secretary Grigor Grigoryan

    Managerial history
    Name Nat From To
    Vramshapuh Merangulyan 1935 1938
    Suren Atanesyan March 1939 Oct 1939
    Yuri Yesenin March 1940 Oct 1944
    Viktor Andreev March 1945 Oct 1945
    Mikhail Sushkov March 1946 Oct 1946
    Viktor Grechishnikov March 1947 Oct 1947
    Hayk Andreasyan March 1948 9 June 1949
    Boris Apukhtin June 1949 July 1949
    Viktor Filipov July 1949 Oct 1949
    Gleb Ryabikov March 1950 7 June 1951
    Ilya Evranov 8 June 1951 Dec 1951
    Hayk Andreasyan March 1952 Oct 1954
    Abraham Dangulov March 1955 Oct 1956
    Hayk Andreasyan March 1957 Oct 1957
    Boris Smyslov March 1958 Oct 1960
    Hayk Andreasyan March 1961 July 1961
    Anatoliy Akimov Aug 1961 July 1962
    Arutyun Kegeyan Aug 1962 Dec 1962
    Hayk Andreasyan Jan 1963 28 September 1963
    Alexander Abramov 2 October 1963 Dec 1963
    Georgiy Zharkov March 1964 Oct 1964
    Artyom Falyan 1 March 1965 2 January 1968
    Eduard Grigoryan March 1968 Oct 1968
    Oleksandr Ponomarov March 1969 Oct 1970
    Nikolay Glebov March 1971 Oct 1972
    Nikita Simonyan 1 January 1973 31 December 1974
    Victor Maslov March 1975 Oct 1975
    Eduard Markarov March 1976 Oct 1977
    Nikolay Gulyayev March 1978 July 1978
    Leonid Zakharov Aug 1978 Oct 1978
    Yozhef Betsa March 1979 Oct 1981
    Arkady Andreasyan March 1982 Oct 1983
    Name Nat From To
    Nikita Simonyan 1 January 1984 30 June 1985
    Leonid Zakharov June 1985 June 1986
    Arkady Andreasyan July 1986 June 1989
    Nikolay Kazaryan July 1989 Oct 1989
    Armen Sarkisyan March 1990 Oct 1994
    Samvel Darbinyan March 1995 Oct 1995
    Arkady Andreasyan Jan 1996 Nov 2003
    Sevada Arzumanyan Nov 2003 Nov 2004
    Abraham Khashmanyan Nov 2004 June 2006
    Varuzhan Sukiasyan June 2006 July 2007
    Dušan Mijić July 2007 March 2008
    Varuzhan Sukiasyan March 2008 31 December 2008
    Ashot Kirakosyan Dec 2008 March 2009
    Arkady Andreasyan March 2009 Jan 2010
    Tigran Yesayan Jan 2010 Dec 2010
    Arkady Andreasyan Jan 2011 Feb 2012
    Albert Safaryan Feb 2012 July 2012
    Abraham Khashmanyan July 2012 26 April 2014
    Dušan Mijić 4 July 2014 26 September 2014
    Samvel Darbinyan 26 September 2014 1 December 2014
    Suren Chakhalyan 13 December 2014 14 April 2015
    Varuzhan Sukiasyan 28 April 2015 August 2016
    Arkady Andreasyan August 2016 5 August 2017
    Albert Safaryan 6 August 2017 30 July 2018
    Armen Stepanyan 30 July 2018 30 September 2018
    Abraham Khashmanyan 1 October 2018 12 April 2019
    Tigran Yesayan 19 April 2019 31 May 2019
    Sergey Bulatov 1 July 2019 29 July 2019
    Sergei Boyko (Interim) 29 July 2019 16 September 2019
    Gagik Simonyan (Interim) 16 September 2019 14 October 2019
    Vadym Lazorenko 14 October 2019 28 December 2019
    Igor Kolyvanov 6 January 2020[19]

    See also

    The Invincibles (football)

    Notes
    1. Ararat Yerevan were awarded a 3–0 win in the qualifying round first leg after Dinamo Batumi were found guilty of fielding an ineligible player ― Sotogashvili. The match originally ended as a 4–2 win for Dinamo Batumi.

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