FC Urartu

Football Club Urartu (Armenian: Ուրարտու Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ, translated Futbolayin Akumb Urartu), commonly known as Urartu, is an Armenian professional football team based in the capital Yerevan, currently playing at the Armenian Premier League. The club won the Armenian Cup three times, in 1992, 2007 and 2016. In 2013–2014, they won the Armenian Premier League for the first time in their history.

Urartu
Ուրարտու
Full nameFootball Club Urartu
Nickname(s)Հպարտ Արծիվներ Hpart Artsivner (Proud Eagles)
FoundedJanuary 20, 1992 (1992-01-20)
GroundUrartu Stadium
Yerevan
Capacity4,860[1]
OwnerDzhevan Cheloyants & Oleg Mkrtchyan
Director GeneralHrach Aghabekian[2]
ManagerAleksandr Grigoryan
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2019–207th
WebsiteClub website

In early 2016, the Russia-based Armenian businessman Dzhevan Cheloyants became a co-owner of the club after purchasing the major part of the club shares. The club was known as FC Banants until 1 August 2019, when it was officially renamed FC Urartu.

History

Kotayk

Urartu FC were founded as FC Banants by Sarkis Israelyan on 21 January 1992 in the village of Kotayk, representing the Kotayk Province. He named the club after his native village of Banants (currently known as Bayan). Between 1992 and 1995, the club was commonly referred to as Banants Kotayk.[3] During the 1992 season, the club won the first Armenian Cup. At the end of the 1995 transitional season, Banants suffered a financial crisis. The club owners decided that it was better to merge the club with FC Kotayk of Abovyan, rather than disband it. In 2001, Banants demerged from FC Kotayk, and was moved from Abovyan to the capital Yerevan.

Yerevan
FC Urartu headquarters

FC Banants was relocated to Yerevan in 2001. At the beginning of 2003, Banants merged with FC Spartak Yerevan, but was able to limit the name of the new merger to FC Banants. Spartak became Banants's youth academy and later changed the name to Banants-2. Because of the merger, Banants acquired many players from Spartak Yerevan, including Samvel Melkonyan. After the merger, Banants took a more serious approach and have finished highly in the league table ever since. The club managed to lift the Armenian Cup in 2007. Experience is making way for youth for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. The departures of most of the experienced players have left the club's future to the youth. Along with two Ukrainian players, Ugandan international, Noah Kasule, has been signed.

The club headquarters are located on Jivani Street 2 of the Malatia-Sebastia District, Yerevan.[4]

Domestic
Season League National Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Name League
1992 Armenian Premier League 3 34 28 3 3 125 34 +91 59 Winner Ashot Barseghyan 34 Varuzhan Sukiasyan
1993 3 28 23 2 3 111 21 +90 48 Semi-final Andranik Hovsepyan 26
1994 5 28 17 1 10 95 56 +39 35 Semi-final
1995-2000No Participation
2001 Armenian Premier League 7 22 10 4 8 46 28 +18 34 First round Mkrtich Hovhannisyan 11
2002 3 22 16 2 4 43 15 +28 50 Quarter-final Tigran Yesayan 11
2003 2 28 21 3 4 89 15 +74 66 Finalist Ara Hakobyan 45 Oganes Zanazanyan
2004 3 28 12 7 9 40 39 +1 43 Finalist Samvel Melkonyan 8
2005 3 26 15 6 5 49 31 +18 51 Semi-final Aram Hakobyan 11 Oganes Zanazanyan
Ashot Barseghyan
2006 2 28 18 3 7 67 26 +41 57 Semi-final Aram Hakobyan 25 Ashot Barseghyan
Nikolay Kiselyov
2007 2 28 16 4 8 56 26 +30 52 Winner Arsen Balabekyan 15 Nikolay Kiselyov
Jan Poštulka
Nikolay Kostov
2008 5 28 11 8 9 34 25 +9 41 Finalist Arsen Balabekyan 7 Nikolay Kostov
Nedelcho Matushev
Kim Splidsboel
2009 4 28 13 5 10 40 29 +11 44 Finalist Samvel Melkonyan 12 Armen Gyulbudaghyants
2010 2 28 20 4 4 58 24 +34 64 Finalist Du Bala 11 Stevica Kuzmanovski
2011 4 28 12 8 8 42 30 +12 44 Semi-final Bruno Correa 16 Rafael Nazaryan
2011-12Only Cup competition was held Quarter-final
2012-13 8 42 5 16 21 37 64 -27 31 First round Hovhannes Hambardzumyan 7 Rafael Nazaryan
Volodymyr Pyatenko
2013-14 1 28 14 8 6 38 23 +15 50 Semi-final Gevorg Nranyan 10 Zsolt Hornyák
2014-15 6 28 8 8 12 42 46 -4 32 Semi-final Gevorg Nranyan 7 Zsolt Hornyák
2015-16 6 28 7 12 9 36 34 +2 33 Winner Laércio 10 Aram Voskanyan
Tito Ramallo
2016-17 5 30 5 6 19 18 44 -26 21 Semi-final Laércio 3 Tito Ramallo
Artur Voskanyan
2017-18 2 30 11 11 8 42 34 +8 44 Semi-final Rumyan Hovsepyan 8 Artur Voskanyan
2018-19 3 32 14 10 8 43 35 +8 52 Semi-final Three Players 5 Artur Voskanyan
Ilshat Fayzulin
2019–20 7 22 8 6 8 26 27 -1 30 Semi-final Yevgeni Kobzar 7 Ilshat Fayzulin
Aleksandr Grigoryan

European
As of match played 16 July 2019
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Champions League 2 1 0 1 3 3 0
UEFA Cup 14 2 2 10 11 35 –24
UEFA Europa League 12 1 1 10 7 29 -22
Total 28 4 3 21 21 67 –46
Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate
2003–04 UEFA Cup QR Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–2 1–1 2–3
2004–05 UEFA Cup 1Q Illichivets Mariupol 0–2 0–2 0–4
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q Locomotive Tbilisi 2–3 2–0 4–3
2Q Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–4 0–4 2–8
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1Q Ameri Tbilisi 1–2 1–0 2–2 (a)
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q Young Boys 1–1 0–4 1–5
2008–09 UEFA Cup 1Q Red Bull Salzburg 0–3 0–7 0–10
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 1Q Široki Brijeg 0–2 1–0 1–2
2010–11 UEFA Europa League 1Q Anorthosis Famagusta 0–1 0–3 0–4
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 1Q Rustavi Metalurgist 0–1 1–1 1–2
2014–15 UEFA Champions League 1Q Santa Coloma 3–2 0–1 3–3 (a)
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Omonia 0–1 1–4 1–5
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1Q Sarajevo 1–2 0–3 1–5
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1Q Čukarički 0–5 0–3 0–8

Stadium
Main article: Banants Stadium
Banants Stadium

The construction of the Banants Stadium was launched in 2006 in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan, with the assistance of the FIFA goal programme. It was officially opened in 2008 with a capacity of 3,600 seats. Further developments were implemented later in 2011, when the playing pitch was modernized and the capacity of the stadium was increased up to 4,860 seats (2,760 at the northern stand, 1,500 at the southern stand and 600 at the western stand).

Training centre/academy

Banants Training Centre is the club's academy base located in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan. In addition to the main stadium, the centre houses 3 full-size training pitches, mini football pitches as well as an indoor facility. The current technical director of the academy is the former Russian footballer Ilshat Faizulin.

Fans

The most active group of fans is the South West Ultras fan club, mainly composed of residents from several neighbourhoods within the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan,[5] since the club is a de facto representer of the district. Members of the fan club benefit from events organized by the club and many facilities of the Banants training centre, such as the mini football pitch, the club store and other entertainments.

Achievements

Current squad
As of 12 September 2020[6]

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 Anatoliy Ayvazov
5 MF  ARM Hakob Hakobyan
6 MF  COD Peter Mutumosi
9 FW  RUS Yevgeni Kobzar
10 FW  ARM Karen Melkonyan
11 FW  ARM Gevorg Tarakhchyan
12 FW  HAI Jonel Désiré
16 MF  ARM David Papikyan
17 MF  ARM Tigran Ayunts
19 DF  RUS Yevgeni Osipov
21 FW  ARM Erik Petrosyan
23 DF  ARM Narek Petrosyan
24 GK  ARM Arsen Beglaryan
No. Pos. Nation Player
25 DF  ARM Edgar Grigoryan
26 MF  GHA Annan Mensah
30 MF  NGA Uguchukwu Iwu
33 MF  BRA Vitinho
38 MF  NGA Isah Aliyu
55 FW  ARM Samvel Hakobyan
70 FW  ARM Abraham Portugalyan
77 DF  ARM Erik Simonyan
88 DF  BRA James
90 MF  RUS Oleg Polyakov
99 DF  ARM Robert Darbinyan
— DF  UKR Vadym Paramonov

Urartu-2
Urartu-2
Founded2003
GroundUrartu Training Centre,
Yerevan
Capacity600
OwnerDzhevan Cheloyants & Oleg Mkrtchyan
Director GeneralHrach Aghabekian
ManagerRobert Arzumanyan
LeagueArmenian First League
2018–193rd
WebsiteClub website
Banants Training Centre

FC Banants' reserve squad play as FC Banants-2 in the Armenian First League. They play their home games at the training field with artificial turf of the Banants 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
2 DF  ARM Erik Gharibyan
3 MF  ARM Tigran Ayunts
4 DF  ARM Gagik Maghakyan
5 MF  ARM Albert Arzumanyan (third-captain)
6 MF  ARM Erik Vardanyan (captain)
7 MF  ARM Vardan Babakhanyan
8 MF  ARM Narek Avagyan
9 FW  ARM Abraham Portugalyan
10 MF  ARM Mikhail Muradyan
11 MF  ARM Artur Miskirijyan
12 GK  ARM Narek Hovhannisyan
13 DF  ARM Andranik Baghramyan
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW  ARM Gevorg Tarakhchyan
15 DF  ARM Artur Khachatryan
16 MF  ARM Arsen Sadoyan
17 MF  ARM Sergey Mkrtchyan
18 DF  ARM Arsen Yeghiazaryan
19 DF  ARM Narek Grigoryan
20 MF  ARM Harut Harutyunyan
21 MF  ARM Edgar Movsisyan
22 GK  ARM Grigori Matevosyan
23 MF  ARM David Paremuzyan
30 FW  BRA Guilerme Rodriguez Torres da Silva
33 GK  ARM Suren Aloyan (vice-captain)

Personnel

Technical staff
Position Name
Head Coach Aram Voskanyan
Coach Ara Nigoyan
Coach Aram Hakobyan
Coach Analyst Manuk Sargsyan
Goalkeepers Coach Tigran Aslanyan
Doctor Karen Stepanyan
Masseur Eduard Gevorgyan
Masseur Arman Yeghikyan
Team Administrator Davit Shahbagyan
Kit Manager Harutyun Jangchyan
Banants-2 Coach Ara Nigoyan

Management
Position Name
Owners Dzhevan Cheloyants, Oleg Mkrtchyan
Director General Hrach Aghabekian
Deputy Director Karen Davtyan
Lawyer Ashot Gyureghyan
Press Secretary Mher Khudaverdyan

Managerial history

References
  1. Banants Stadium Archived 2016-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. "РУКОВОДСТВО "БАНАНЦА"". www.fcbanants.am. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. History of Football Club Banants, from fcbanants.com, retrieved 1 May 2009.
  4. "Clubs". www.ffa.am. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  5. ""Banants Ultras"". www.fcbanants.am. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  6. "URARTU SQUAD". fcbanants.am. FC Banants. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
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