FC Gandzasar Kapan

The club was founded in 2004 and made their debut in the Armenian football league system in the 2004 Armenian First League competition. They spent 2 years playing in the Armenian First League before getting promoted to the Armenian Premier League for the 2006 season.

As of 2014, Gandzasar Kapan play in the Armenian Premier League, the top division in Armenian football. The home ground of team is the Gandzasar Stadium.

The club also runs a reserve team known as Gandzasar Kapan-2, participating in the First Division.

On 3 November 2020, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the Armenian Premier League and Armenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[2][3]

Domestic history

Season	League									National Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
2004	Armenian First League	3rd	30	17	6	7	52	32	57	no participation
2005		3rd	24	16	3	5	62	24	51	First Round
2006	Armenian Premier League	5th	28	7	3	18	28	60	24	Quarter-final	Artur Kocharyan	15	Vladimir Petrosyan Albert Sarkisyan
2007		5th	28	11	6	11	35	31	39	First round	Artur Kocharyan	8	Souren Barseghyan Abraham Khashmanyan Samvel Petrosyan
2008		3rd	28	13	8	7	39	27	47	Quarter-final	Alexander Petrosyan	9	Samvel Petrosyan
2009		5th	28	12	2	14	32	47	38	Quarter-final	Arsen Avetisyan	14	Samvel Petrosyan Avetik Sargsyan Slava Gabrielyan
2010		6th	28	8	3	17	24	45	27	Quarter-final	Artur Kocharyan	8	Slava Gabrielyan Albert Sarkisyan
2011		3rd	28	12	10	6	31	16	46	Quarter-final Quarter-final	Arsen Avetisyan	5	Abraham Khashmanyan
2012–13		3rd	42	18	13	11	48	37	67	Semi-final	Dhiego Lomba Farias	9	Abraham Khashmanyan Avetik Sargsyan Samvel Sargsyan Sevada Arzumanyan
2013–14		5th	28	8	11	9	36	31	35	Runner-up	Narek Beglaryan	8	Sevada Arzumanyan Stepan Baghdasaryan Serhiy Puchkov
2014–15		7th	28	7	8	13	31	44	29	Quarter-final	Gegham Harutyunyan Vasil Palagnyuk	6	Serhiy Puchkov Samvel Petrosyan
2015–16		4th	28	11	12	5	35	27	45	Semi-final	Gegham Harutyunyan Narek Beglaryan	5	Samvel Petrosyan Ashot Barseghyan
2016–17		2nd	30	17	6	7	38	24	57	Semi-final	Gegham Harutyunyan	12	Ashot Barseghyan
2017–18		3rd	30	11	10	9	43	34	43	Winner	Gegham Harutyunyan	12	Karen Barseghyan Ashot Barseghyan
2018–19		6th	32	10	8	14	38	33	38	Quarter-final	Gegham Harutyunyan	8	Ashot Barseghyan Armen Petrosyan
2019–20		9th	22	6	7	9	25	29	25	Semi-final	Gegham Harutyunyan	6	Armen Petrosyan
2020–21		10th	Withdrew							n/a

European history

As of match played 19 July 2018

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Europa League	12	2	0	10	8	27	–19
Total	12	2	0	10	8	27	–19

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	2Q	NAC Breda	0–2	0–6	0–8
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1Q	EB/Streymur	2–0	1–3	3–3 (a)
		2Q	Servette	1–3	0–2	1–5
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Aktobe	1–2	1–2	2–4
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Mladost Podgorica	0–3	0–1	0–4
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Lech Poznań	2–1	0–2	2–3

Armenian Premier League[4]

• Runners-up: 2016–17
• Third: 2008, 2011, 2012–13, 2017–18

Armenian Cup[5]

• Winners: 2017–18
• Runners-up: 2013–14

Armenian Super Cup

• Runners-up: 2018

Gandzasar Stadium, the home of Gandzasar

The club play their home games at the Gandzasar Stadium, also known as Kapan City Stadium, which has a capacity of 3,500. It is situated at the centre of the town of Kapan, on the left bank of Voghji River.

At the beginning of 2017 the team temporarily moved to the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan due to renovation works at the Gandzasar Stadium.

Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre in Kapan

Gandzasar Kapan run their own youth training academy in the town of Kapan since its inauguration in May 2013. Being home to natural-grass as well as artificial-turf training pitches, the centre occupies an area of 35,000 m².

In addition to Kapan, the club also runs a football school in the Shengavit District of the capital Yerevan.

Gandzasar Kapan-2

Founded	2006 (2006)
Ground	Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre, Kapan
Owner	Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine CJSC
Executive Director	Garnik Aghababian
Manager	Ashot Manucharyan
League	Armenian First League
2016–17	4th
Home colours Away colours

FC Gandzasar Kapan's reserve squad play as Gandzasar Kapan-2 in the Armenian First League. They play their home games at the training field with artificial turf of the Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre.

Current squad

As of 16 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 Davit Altunyan 2 MF  ARM Varkhtang Grigoryan 3 DF  ARM Patvakan Mahtesyan 4 DF  ARM Armen Kharbutyan 5 DF  ARM Davit Markosyan 7 MF  ARM Suren Arakelyan 8 MF  ARM Davit Mayilyan 9 DF  ARM Tiran Petrosyan (captain) 10 MF  ARM Tigran Ivanyan 13 MF  ARM Alen Karapetyan 14 MF  ARM Yura Arakelyan 17 DF  ARM Gagik Khachatryan 18 MF  ARM Lernik Avetisyan

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  ARM Karen Gevorgyan 20 MF  ARM Ashot Adamyan 21 FW  ARM Mher Harutyunyan 22 MF  ARM Artur Karapetyan 23 MF  ARM Roman Hakhverdyan 27 DF  ARM Alen Stepanyan 28 MF  ARM Vache Avagimyan 33 MF  ARM Artur Badalyan 35 MF  ARM Ashot Karapetyan 55 GK  ARM Artyom Baghdasaryan 88 DF  ARM Hayk Sargsyan 89 GK  ARM Erik Harutyunyan 92 DF  AZE Vigar Alibabayev

• Albert Sarkisyan (February 1, 2006 – December 1, 2006)
• Souren Barseghyan (2007)
• Abraham Khashmanyan (2007)
• Samvel Petrosyan (2007–09)
• Slava Gabrielyan (July 1, 2009–10)
• Albert Sarkisyan (April 20, 2010 – December 20, 2010)
• Abraham Khashmanyan (2010–12)
• Samvel Sargsyan (May 24, 2012 – September 12)
• Sevada Arzumanyan (September 8, 2012 – April 14, 2014)
• Serhiy Puchkov (April 30, 2014 – December 2, 2014)
• Ashot Barseghyan (March 11, 2015 – July 12, 2017)
• Karen Barseghyan (July 13, 2017 – March 26, 2018)
• Ashot Barseghyan (March 26, 2018 – April 30, 2019)
• Armen Petrosyan (May 1, 2019 – )

• Gandzasar at www.Weltfussball.de