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FC Urartu

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

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.

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 Armenia Ashot Barseghyan 34 Varuzhan Sukiasyan
1993 3 28 23 2 3 111 21 +90 48 Semi-final Armenia Andranik Hovsepyan 26
1994 5 28 17 1 10 95 56 +39 35 Semi-final
1995-2000 No Participation
2001 Armenian Premier League 7 22 10 4 8 46 28 +18 34 First round Armenia Mkrtich Hovhannisyan 11
2002 3 22 16 2 4 43 15 +28 50 Quarter-final Armenia Tigran Yesayan 11
2003 2 28 21 3 4 89 15 +74 66 Finalist Armenia Ara Hakobyan 45 Oganes Zanazanyan
2004 3 28 12 7 9 40 39 +1 43 Finalist Armenia Samvel Melkonyan 8
2005 3 26 15 6 5 49 31 +18 51 Semi-final Armenia Aram Hakobyan 11 Oganes Zanazanyan
Ashot Barseghyan
2006 2 28 18 3 7 67 26 +41 57 Semi-final Armenia Aram Hakobyan 25 Ashot Barseghyan
Nikolay Kiselyov
2007 2 28 16 4 8 56 26 +30 52 Winner Armenia Arsen Balabekyan 15 Nikolay Kiselyov
Jan Poštulka
Nikolay Kostov
2008 5 28 11 8 9 34 25 +9 41 Finalist Armenia Arsen Balabekyan 7 Nikolay Kostov
Nedelcho Matushev
Kim Splidsboel
2009 4 28 13 5 10 40 29 +11 44 Finalist Armenia Samvel Melkonyan 12 Armen Gyulbudaghyants
2010 2 28 20 4 4 58 24 +34 64 Finalist Brazil Du Bala 11 Stevica Kuzmanovski
2011 4 28 12 8 8 42 30 +12 44 Semi-final Brazil Bruno Correa 16 Rafael Nazaryan
2011-12 Only Cup competition was held Quarter-final
2012-13 8 42 5 16 21 37 64 -27 31 First round Armenia Hovhannes Hambardzumyan 7 Rafael Nazaryan
Volodymyr Pyatenko
2013-14 1 28 14 8 6 38 23 +15 50 Semi-final Armenia Gevorg Nranyan 10 Zsolt Hornyák
2014-15 6 28 8 8 12 42 46 -4 32 Semi-final Armenia Gevorg Nranyan 7 Zsolt Hornyák
2015-16 6 28 7 12 9 36 34 +2 33 Winner Brazil Laércio 10 Aram Voskanyan
Tito Ramallo
2016-17 5 30 5 6 19 18 44 -26 21 Semi-final Brazil Laércio 3 Tito Ramallo
Artur Voskanyan
2017-18 2 30 11 11 8 42 34 +8 44 Semi-final Armenia 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 Russia 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 Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–2 1–1 2–3
2004–05 UEFA Cup 1Q Ukraine Illichivets Mariupol 0–2 0–2 0–4
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q Georgia (country) Locomotive Tbilisi 2–3 2–0 4–3
2Q Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–4 0–4 2–8
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1Q Georgia (country) Ameri Tbilisi 1–2 1–0 2–2 (a)
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q Switzerland Young Boys 1–1 0–4 1–5
2008–09 UEFA Cup 1Q Austria Red Bull Salzburg 0–3 0–7 0–10
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 1Q Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 0–2 1–0 1–2
2010–11 UEFA Europa League 1Q Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 0–1 0–3 0–4
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 1Q Georgia (country) Rustavi Metalurgist 0–1 1–1 1–2
2014–15 UEFA Champions League 1Q Andorra Santa Coloma 3–2 0–1 3–3 (a)
2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Cyprus Omonia 0–1 1–4 1–5
2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1Q Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo 1–2 0–3 1–5
2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1Q Serbia 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

  • Armenian Cup
    • Winner (3): 1992, 2007, 2016.
    • Runner-up (5): 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010.

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

Urartu-2

Urartu-2
FC Banants Logo.png
Founded2003
GroundUrartu Training Centre,
Yerevan
Capacity600
OwnerDzhevan Cheloyants & Oleg Mkrtchyan
Director GeneralHrach Aghabekian
ManagerRobert Arzumanyan
LeagueArmenian First League
2018–193rd
WebsiteClub website
Home colours
Away colours
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 Armenia ARM Erik Gharibyan
3 MF Armenia ARM Tigran Ayunts
4 DF Armenia ARM Gagik Maghakyan
5 MF Armenia ARM Albert Arzumanyan (third-captain)
6 MF Armenia ARM Erik Vardanyan (captain)
7 MF Armenia ARM Vardan Babakhanyan
8 MF Armenia ARM Narek Avagyan
9 FW Armenia ARM Abraham Portugalyan
10 MF Armenia ARM Mikhail Muradyan
11 MF Armenia ARM Artur Miskirijyan
12 GK Armenia ARM Narek Hovhannisyan
13 DF Armenia ARM Andranik Baghramyan
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 FW Armenia ARM Gevorg Tarakhchyan
15 DF Armenia ARM Artur Khachatryan
16 MF Armenia ARM Arsen Sadoyan
17 MF Armenia ARM Sergey Mkrtchyan
18 DF Armenia ARM Arsen Yeghiazaryan
19 DF Armenia ARM Narek Grigoryan
20 MF Armenia ARM Harut Harutyunyan
21 MF Armenia ARM Edgar Movsisyan
22 GK Armenia ARM Grigori Matevosyan
23 MF Armenia ARM David Paremuzyan
30 FW Brazil BRA Guilerme Rodriguez Torres da Silva
33 GK Armenia ARM Suren Aloyan (vice-captain)

Personnel

Technical staff

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

Management

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

Managerial history

  • Armenia Varuzhan Sukiasyan (1992–94)
  • Armenia Poghos Galstyan (July 1, 1996 – June 30, 1998)
  • Armenia Oganes Zanazanyan (2001–05)
  • Armenia Ashot Barseghyan (2005–06)
  • Russia Nikolay Kiselyov (2006–07)
  • Czech Republic Jan Poštulka (2007)
  • Bulgaria Nikolay Kostov (July 1, 2007 – April 8, 2008)
  • Bulgaria Nedelcho Matushev (April 8, 2008 – June 30, 2008)
  • Denmark Kim Splidsboel (2008)
  • Armenia Armen Gyulbudaghyants (Jan 1, 2009 – Dec 1, 2009)
  • Armenia Ashot Barseghyan (interim) (2009)
  • North Macedonia Stevica Kuzmanovski (Jan 1, 2010 – Dec 31, 2010)
  • Armenia Rafael Nazaryan (Jan 1, 2011 – Jan 15, 2012)
  • Ukraine Volodymyr Pyatenko (Jan 17, 2013 – June 30, 2013)
  • Slovakia Zsolt Hornyák (July 1, 2013 – May 30, 2015)
  • Armenia Aram Voskanyan (July 1, 2015 – Oct 11, 2015)
  • Spain Tito Ramallo (Oct 12, 2015 – Oct 3, 2016)
  • Armenia Artur Voskanyan (Oct 3, 2016 – Aug 11, 2018)
  • Russia Ilshat Faizulin (Aug 12, 2018 –Nov 24, 2019)
  • Armenia Aleksandr Grigoryan (Nov 25, 2019 –)

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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