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FC Ararat-Armenia
FC Ararat-Armenia (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ-Արմենիա) is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan, founded in 2017.
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|---|---|---|
| Football Club Ararat-Armenia | ||
| 2017 (2017) | ||
| Yerevan Football Academy Stadium | ||
| 1,428 | ||
| Samvel Karapetyan | ||
| Poghos Galstyan | ||
| Tulipa | ||
| Armenian Premier League | ||
| Armenian Premier League, 2nd | ||
| fcararatarmenia.am | ||
| Home colours |
Away colours | Home colours | Away colours | | Home colours | Away colours | | | | | |
FC Ararat-Armenia (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ-Արմենիա) is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan, founded in 2017.
Former logo when the club was known as FC Avan Academy
It was founded in 2017 as FC Avan Academy by Ruben Hayrapetyan, on the basis of the young players of the Yerevan Football Academy graduates, as well as many young players from FC Pyunik.
They club's inaugural match took place in July 2017 against Erebuni SC. The friendly match ended up with a score of 3–1 in favour of Avan Academy.
In early 2018, the club was taken over by the Russian-Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan who renamed the football club as Ararat-Moskva, from Mount Ararat. The club was reorganized as soon as FC Ararat Moscow in Russia was denied certificate for the next season. Artak Oseyan managed the club during the 2017–18 Armenian First League season.
After being promoted to the Armenian Premier League, it was again renamed, this time to Ararat-Armenia, and will participate in the Premier League with this name.
On 2 August 2018, Vadim Skripchenko was appointed as the new head coach of Ararat-Armenia, before being sacked on 25 September 2018, and Ararat-Armenia-2 manager Artak Oseyan being appointed as caretaker manager.
On 1 October 2018, Vardan Minasyan was appointed as the new head coach of Ararat-Armenia.
On 30 May 2019, Ararat-Armenia defeated Banants 1–0 to win their first Armenian Premier League title. As a result of winning the 2018–19 Armenian Premier League, Ararat-Armenia qualified for the UEFA Champions League.
On 14 July 2020, Ararat-Armenia defended their Armenian Premier League title, securing their second league title, after defeating FC Noah 2–0. Three days later, 17 July 2020, Manager Vardan Minasyan left the club after his contract expired. On 22 July 2020, Ararat-Armenia announced David Campaña as their new manager. On 5 March 2021, David Campaña left his role as Head Coach by mutual consent, with Armen Adamyan being appointed as the Caretaker Head Coach. On 24 March 2021, Ararat-Armenia announced Anatoly Baidachny as their new Head Coach. Baidachny would leave Ararat-Armenia two and a half months later, on 8 June 2021 by mutual consent, having won just three of his twelve games in charge. On 14 June 2021, Ararat-Armenia announced that Dmitri Gunko had been appointed as the clubs new Head Coach. Following the conclusion of the 2021–22, Dmitri Gunko left his role as Head Coach after his contract was not extended. On 10 June 2022, Vardan Bichakhchyan was announced as Ararat-Armenia's new Head Coach. On 8 June 2023, Bichakhchyan left his role as Head Coach after his contract expired.
On 17 June 2023, Ararat-Armenia announced the return of Vardan Minasyan as their Head Coach.
In July 2023, Ararat-Armenia announced an cooperation between themselves and FIFA licensed football agent Hrachya Ghambaryan, with whom they'll sign players through.
On 28 May 2025, Ararat-Armenia announced that Head Coach Vardan Minasyan and his coaching staff had left the club at the end of their contract.
On 3 June 2025, Ararat-Armenia announced the appointment of Tulipa as their new Head Coach.
The second team of the club Ararat-Armenia-2 has been playing in the first league (2nd division) since the 2018–19 season.
As of match played 14 August 2025
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Champions League | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 |
| UEFA Europa League | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 |
| UEFA Conference League | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| Total | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 35 | +3 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019–20 | UEFA Champions League | 1QR | AIK | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–4 | |
| UEFA Europa League | 2QR | Lincoln Red Imps | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | ||
| 3QR | Saburtalo Tbilisi | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | |||
| PO | F91 Dudelange | 2–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | 3–3 (4–5 p) | |||
| 2020–21 | UEFA Champions League | 1QR | Omonia | 0–1 (aet) | —.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px;white-space:nowrap}N/a | —N/a | |
| UEFA Europa League | 2QR | Fola Esch | 4–3 (aet) | —N/a | —N/a | ||
| 3QR | Celje | 1–0 (aet) | —N/a | —N/a | |||
| PO | Red Star Belgrade | 1–2 | —N/a | —N/a | |||
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2QR | Paide Linnameeskond | 0–0 | 0–0 (aet) | 0–0 (3–5 p) | |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1QR | Egnatia | 1–1 | 4–4 | 5–5 (4–2 p) | |
| 2QR | Aris Thessaloniki | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | |||
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 2QR | Zimbru Chișinău | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 | |
| 3QR | Puskás Akadémia | 0–1 | 3–3 | 3–4 | |||
| 2025–26 | UEFA Conference League | 2QR | Universitatea Cluj | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
| 3QR | Sparta Prague | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–6 | |||
| 2026–27 |
As of 2 February 2026
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | ARM | Arman Nersesyan | ||||
| 2 | DF | POR | Hugo Oliveira | ||||
| 3 | DF | ARM | Junior Bueno | ||||
| 4 | DF | POR | João Queirós | ||||
| 5 | DF | ARM | Hakob Hakobyan | ||||
| 7 | FW | ARM | Zhirayr Shaghoyan | ||||
| 8 | MF | COL | Juan Balanta | ||||
| 9 | FW | ARM | Arayik Eloyan | ||||
| 10 | MF | RUS | Armen Ambartsumyan (captain) | ||||
| 11 | MF | GNB | Zidane Banjaqui | ||||
| 12 | GK | ARM | Shirak Badalyan | ||||
| 13 | DF | ARM | Kamo Hovhannisyan | ||||
| 16 | DF | ARM | Edgar Grigoryan | ||||
| 19 | MF | ARM | Karen Muradyan | ||||
| 20 | MF | KEN | Alwyn Tera | ||||
| 24 | GK | POR | Bruno Pinto | ||||
| 25 | FW | SEN | Alioune Ndour | ||||
| 27 | MF | ARM | Davit Petrosyan | ||||
| 28 | MF | ARM | Davit Barseghyan | ||||
| 33 | DF | MAR | Bouchaib Arrassi (on loan from Raja CA) | ||||
| 36 | MF | ARM | Vahram Makhsudyan | ||||
| 47 | DF | GRE | Alexandros Malis | ||||
| 77 | FW | ARM | Artur Serobyan | ||||
| 88 | MF | BRA | Welton | ||||
| 90 | FW | GHA | Paul Ayongo | ||||
| 91 | GK | ARM | Hayk Khachatryan |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player | No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | MF | ARM | Michel Ayvazyan (at BKMA Yerevan until 30 June 2026) | ||||
| 21 | MF | ARM | Narek Alaverdyan (at Gandzasar Kapan until 30 June 2026) | ||||
| 22 | FW | ARM | Misak Hakobyan (at Noah until 30 June 2026) | ||||
| 99 | MF | BRA | João Lima (at Feirense until 30 June 2026) |
| Founded | ||
|---|---|---|
| Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan | ||
| Samvel Karapetyan | ||
| Poghos Galstyan | ||
| Tigran Petrosyants | ||
| Armenian First League | ||
| 5th | ||
| Home colours |
Away colours | Home colours | Away colours | | Home colours | Away colours | | | | | |
Ararat-Armenia's reserve squad play as Ararat-Armenia-2 in the Armenian First League. They currently play their home games at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium in the Avan District of northern Yerevan.
- Armenian Premier League
- Champions: 2018–19, 2019–20
- Armenian Cup
- Winners: 2023–24
- Runners-up: 2019–20, 2024–25
- Armenian Supercup
- Winners: 2019, 2024
- Runners-up: 2020, 2025
As of match played 17 May 2026. Only competitive matches are counted.
Competitive, professional matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.
Armen Ambartsumyan is Ararat-Armenia's most capped player, with 246 appearances for the club, whilst Tenton Yenne is the clubs leading goalscorer with 47 goal in 114 appearances.
Players in bold signifies current Ararat-Armenia player.
As of match played 17 May 2026
| Name | Years | League | Armenian Cup | Supercup | Europe | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Armen Ambartsumyan | 2018–Present | 192 (17) | 30 (0) | 4 (0) | 20 (0) | 246 (17) |
| 2 | Karen Muradyan | 2021–Present | 143 (1) | 16 (0) | 2 (0) | 13 (0) | 174 (1) |
| 3 | Alwyn Tera | 2021–Present | 139 (8) | 12 (1) | 2 (0) | 13 (0) | 166 (9) |
| 4 | Junior Bueno | 2021–Present | 123 (2) | 18 (0) | 2 (0) | 14 (1) | 157 (3) |
| 5 | Zhirayr Shaghoyan | 2017–Present | 109 (22) | 17 (1) | 2 (0) | 4 (0) | 132 (23) |
| 6 | Mailson Lima | 2019–2021, 2021–2023 | 102 (33) | 9 (1) | 2 (2) | 12 (5) | 125 (41) |
| 7 | Artyom Avanesyan | 2018–2024 | 101 (7) | 12 (6) | 0 (0) | 6 (0) | 119 (13) |
| 7 | Alemão | 2020–2024 | 97 (8) | 11 (1) | 0 (0) | 10 (1) | 119 (10) |
| 9 | Tenton Yenne | 2022–2025 | 94 (43) | 9 (1) | 1 (1) | 9 (2) | 114 (47) |
| 10 | Edgar Grigoryan | 2023–Present | 87 (0) | 11 (0) | 2 (0) | 12 (0) | 112 (0) |
As of match played 17 May 2026
| Name | Years | League | Armenian Cup | Supercup | Europe | Total | Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tenton Yenne | 2022–2025 | 43 (94) | 1 (9) | 1 (1) | 2 (10) | 47 (114) | 0.41 |
| 2 | Mailson Lima | 2019–2021, 2021–2023 | 33 (102) | 1 (9) | 2 (2) | 5 (12) | 41 (125) | 0.33 |
| 3 | Anton Kobyalko | 2018–2020 | 19 (48) | 7 (10) | 0 (1) | 4 (7) | 30 (66) | 0.45 |
| 4 | Yusuf Otubanjo | 2020–2022 | 26 (58) | 3 (9) | 0 (1) | 0 (4) | 29 (72) | 0.4 |
| 5 | Wilfried Eza | 2021–2023 | 22 (68) | 3 (4) | 0 (0) | 2 (5) | 27 (77) | 0.35 |
| 6 | Artur Serobyan | 2020–Present | 20 (81) | 2 (10) | 0 (1) | 3 (8) | 25 (100) | 0.25 |
| 7 | Zhirayr Shaghoyan | 2017–Present | 22 (109) | 1 (17) | 0 (2) | 0 (4) | 23 (132) | 0.17 |
| 8 | Marius Noubissi | 2024–2025 | 18 (26) | 2 (5) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 22 (32) | 0.69 |
| 9 | Ogana Louis | 2019–2021 | 9 (39) | 8 (5) | 0 (2) | 2 (9) | 19 (55) | 0.35 |
| 10 | Mohamed Yattara | 2023–2024 | 18 (28) | 0 (2) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 18 (30) | 0.6 |
As of match played 17 May 2026
| Name | Years | League | Armenian Cup | Supercup | Europe | Total | Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dmitry Abakumov | 2018–2023 | 34 (68) | 5 (12) | 0 (0) | 1 (5) | 40 (85) | 0.47 |
| 2 | Vsevolod Ermakov | 2022–2024 | 19 (43) | 1 (1) | - (-) | 2 (6) | 21 (50) | 0.42 |
| 3 | Valerio Vimercati | 2021–2022 | 15 (30) | 0 (0) | - (-) | - (-) | 15 (30) | 0.5 |
| 4 | Arsen Beglaryan | 2023–2025 | 9 (28) | 2 (3) | - (-) | 1 (2) | 12 (33) | 0.36 |
| 5 | Stefan Čupić | 2019–2021 | 5 (14) | 1 (4) | 0 (2) | 2 (7) | 8 (27) | 0.3 |
| 5 | Bruno Pinto | 2025–Present | 7 (18) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 1 (4) | 8 (23) | 0.35 |
| 7 | Nikos Melikyan | 2017–2019 | 7 (23) | 0 (0) | - (-) | - (-) | 7 (25) | 0.28 |
| 7 | Danylo Kucher | 2024–2025 | 7 (13) | 0 (0) | - (-) | 0 (2) | 7 (15) | 0.47 |
| 7 | Henri Avagyan | 2025 | 4 (10) | 2 (5) | 1 (1) | - (-) | 7 (16) | 0.44 |
| 10 | Arman Nersesyan | 2019–Present | 3 (8) | 3 (4) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 6 (12) | 0.5 |
| 11 | Damjan Shishkovski | 2024 | 3 (8) | 0 (1) | - (-) | - (-) | 3 (9) | 0.33 |
| 12 | Arsen Siukayev | 2018–2019 | 0 (2) | 1 (2) | - (-) | - (-) | 1 (4) | 0.25 |
| 13 | Nikola Petrić | 2021 | 0 (4) | 0 (0) | - (-) | - (-) | 0 (4) | 0 |
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