Lori FC

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.

On 18 June 2019, David Campaña Piquer was appointed as the new manager of Lori on a contract until the summer of 2020.[1] On 2 June 2020, Lori announced that manager David Campaña and his assistants Francisco Compan, Jorge Gomez, Agustin Perez and Enrique Gil had all left the club as their contracts could not be extended due to travel restrictions in returning to Armenia due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Later the same day, Armen Sanamyan was announced as Lori's caretaker manager.[3] On 4 August 2020, Armen Sanamyan left Lori to become manager of Sevan,[4] with Lori announcing Albert Solomonov as their new manager on 5 August 2020, with Solomonov signing a one-year contract.[5]

League and cup

Lori FC league record since 1987:[6][7][8]

Season	League									National Cup	Top goalscorer		Managers
	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	1/8 Final
1993	Armenian First League	1	20	13	4	3	46	7	30	1/16 Final
1994	Armenian Premier League	13	28	5	6	17	22	65	16	1/16 Final
1995	Armenian First League	4	12	6	0	6	24	16	18	did not participate
1995/96		3	22	12	6	4	33	16	42	1/16 Final
1996/97		2	22	15	5	2	42	13	50	1/8 Final
1997	Armenian Premier League	10	18	0	1	17	7	76	1	-
1998	Armenian First League	2	24	16	6	2	42	16	54	1/8 Final
1999		3	16	9	4	3	32	10	31	1/8 Final
2000		3	16	9	2	5	34	24	29	1/8 Final
2001	Armenian Premier League	12	22	1	2	19	17	83	5	1/8 Final
2002		12	22	1	2	19	15	100	5	1/8 Final
2003	Armenian First League	10	22	5	0	17	36	74	15	did not participate
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	Tinga Kofi Tei	12	Armen Adamyan
2018–19	Armenian Premier League	5	32	11	11	10	42	40	44	Runner-up	Jonel Désiré	17	Armen Adamyan Artur Petrosyan Vahe Gevorgyan
2019–20		5	28	10	10	8	35	36	40	Quarter-final	Jonel Désiré	12	David Campaña Armen Sanamyan (Caretaker)

As of 4 November 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  BLR Artem Gomelko 2 DF  GHA Nana Antwi 4 DF  ARM Derenik Sargsyan 5 DF  HAI Djimy Alexis 7 FW  ARM Robert Minasyan 8 MF  ARM Aram Kocharyan 11 MF  POR Fernandinho 13 GK  ARM David Davtyan 14 MF  BRA Victor Cesar 18 DF  ARM Arsen Yeghiazaryan

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 DF  SRB Ivan Božović 21 DF  ARM Artur Avagyan 23 MF  ARM Davit Paremuzyan 25 DF  KAZ Timur Rudoselskiy 27 DF  ARM Arman Asilyan 28 FW  BRA Claudir 73 MF  RUS Pavel Osipov 90 MF  RUS Yevgeni Skoblikov 91 DF  RUS Aleksandr Stepanov

• Owner: Tovmas Grigoryan
• President: Robert Grigoryan
• Vice President: Vahan Danielyan
• CEO: Artur Hovhannisyan
• Sporting Director: Arsen Margaryan
• General Manager: Spartak Petrosyan
• Head coach: Albert Solomonov
• Assistant Coach: Vitaliy Starovik
• Assistant Coach: Sergei Chikishev
• Goalkeepers Coach: Slavik Sukiasyan
• Fitness Coach: Roman Chupryna
• Doctor: Hovsep Petrosyan
• Physiotherapist: Arshak Tumanyan

Managers of Lori FC since the club revived in 2017:

As of match played 23 September 2020

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
Armen Adamyan	Armenia	1 July 2017	13 December 2018	44	29	7	8	99	37	065.91	Armenian First League (1)
Artur Petrosyan	Armenia	25 December 2018	8 May 2019	14	4	6	4	14	11	028.57
Vahe Gevorgyan	Armenia	8 May 2019	19 June 2019	4	1	2	1	6	6	025.00
David Campaña Piquer	Spain	30 June 2019[1]	2 June 2020[2]	20	9	6	5	30	23	045.00
Armen Sanamyan (Caretaker)	Armenia	2 June 2020[3]	4 August 2020[4]	8	1	4	3	6	12	012.50
Albert Solomonov	Israel	5 August 2020[5]		7	4	1	2	7	7	057.14