FC Ararat-Armenia

For other football clubs named Ararat, see FC Ararat.

FC Ararat-Armenia (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ-Արմենիա) is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan, founded in 2017.

Ararat-Armenia

Full name	Football Club Ararat-Armenia
Founded	2017; 8 years ago (2017)
Ground	Yerevan Football Academy Stadium
Capacity	1,428
Owner	Samvel Karapetyan
Director General	Poghos Galstyan
Manager	Tulipa
League	Armenian Premier League
2024–25	Armenian Premier League, 2nd
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

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.^[1]

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.^[2] Artak Oseyan managed the club during the 2017–18 Armenian First League season.^[3]

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,^[4] before being sacked on 25 September 2018, and Ararat-Armenia-2 manager Artak Oseyan being appointed as caretaker manager.^[5]

On 1 October 2018, Vardan Minasyan was appointed as the new head coach of Ararat-Armenia.^{[citation needed]}

On 30 May 2019, Ararat-Armenia defeated Banants 1–0 to win their first Armenian Premier League title.^[6] 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.^[7] On 22 July 2020, Ararat-Armenia announced David Campaña as their new manager.^[8] On 5 March 2021, David Campaña left his role as Head Coach by mutual consent,^[9] with Armen Adamyan being appointed as the Caretaker Head Coach.^[10] On 24 March 2021, Ararat-Armenia announced Anatoly Baidachny as their new Head Coach.^[11] 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.^[12] On 14 June 2021, Ararat-Armenia announced that Dmitri Gunko had been appointed as the clubs new Head Coach.^[13] Following the conclusion of the 2021–22, Dmitri Gunko left his role as Head Coach after his contract was not extended.^[14] On 10 June 2022, Vardan Bichakhchyan was announced as Ararat-Armenia's new Head Coach.^[15] On 8 June 2023, Bichakhchyan left his role as Head Coach after his contract expired.^[16]

On 17 June 2023, Ararat-Armenia announced the return of Vardan Minasyan as their Head Coach.^[17]

In July 2023, Ararat-Armenia announced an cooperation between themselves and FIFA licensed football agent Hrachya Ghambaryan, with whom they'll sign players through.^[18]

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.^[19]

On 3 June 2025, Ararat-Armenia announced the appointment of Tulipa as their new Head Coach.^[20]

League and cup

Season	League									Armenian Cup	Top goalscorer		Managers
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
2017–18	2nd	3rd	27	14	4	9	65	41	46	Quarterfinal	Armen Hovhannisyan	15	Artak Oseyan
2018–19	1st	1st	32	18	7	7	52	28	61	Semifinal	Anton Kobyalko	15	Vadim Skripchenko Artak Oseyan (Caretaker) Vardan Minasyan
2019–20	1st	1st	28	15	7	6	45	23	52	Runners-up	Mailson Lima	8	Vardan Minasyan
2020–21	1st	5th	24	10	8	6	32	17	38	Semifinal	Yusuf Otubanjo	10	David Campaña Armen Adamyan (Caretaker) Anatoly Baidachny
2021–22	1st	2nd	32	23	5	4	56	20	74	Quarterfinal	Mailson Lima	18	Dmitri Gunko
2022–23	1st	3rd	36	23	7	6	70	27	76	Quarterfinal	Wilfried Eza	13	Vardan Bichakhchyan
2023–24	1st	3rd	36	23	6	7	73	34	72	Winners	Mohamed Yattara	18	Vardan Minasyan
2024–25	1st	2nd	30	21	3	6	75	28	66	Runners-up	Marius Noubissi	18	Vardan Minasyan

The second team of the club Ararat-Armenia-2 has been playing in the first league (2nd division) since the 2018–19 season.

European

As of match played 15 August 2024

Main article: FC Ararat-Armenia in European football

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	10	2	6	2	15	12	+3
Total	22	9	6	7	34	28	+6

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)	—	—
	UEFA Europa League	2QR	Fola Esch	4–3 (aet)	—	—
		3QR	Celje	1–0 (aet)	—	—
		PO	Red Star Belgrade	1–2	—	—
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

Current squad

As of 17 June 2025

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 1 GK  ARM Rafael Manasyan 3 DF  COL Junior Bueno 4 DF  POR João Queirós 5 DF  ARM Hakob Hakobyan 7 FW  ARM Zhirayr Shaghoyan 10 MF  RUS Armen Ambartsumyan (captain) 11 FW  COL Jonathan Duarte 12 MF  KEN Amos Nondi 13 DF  ARM Kamo Hovhannisyan 16 DF  ARM Edgar Grigoryan 17 FW  NGA Matthew Gbomadu 19 MF  ARM Karen Muradyan 20 MF  KEN Alwyn Tera 21 MF  ARM Narek Alaverdyan

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 MF  ARM Davit Barseghyan 96 GK  ARM Henri Avagyan — GK  ARM Hayk Khachatryan — GK  ARM Arman Nersesyan — GK  POR Bruno Pinto — DF  GRE Alexandros Malis — DF  POR Hugo Oliveira — MF  ARM Michel Ayvazyan — MF  ARM Davit Petrosyan — MF  BRA Welton — MF  COL Juan Balanta — FW  ARM Arayik Eloyan — FW  GHA Paul Ayongo

Out on loan

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 — FW  ARM Misak Hakobyan (at Egnatia Rrogozhinë) — FW  ARM Artur Serobyan (at Sheriff Tiraspol)

Ararat-Armenia-2

Ararat Yerevan-2

Founded	2018; 7 years ago (2018)
Ground	Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan
Owner	Samvel Karapetyan
President	Poghos Galstyan
Manager	Tigran Petrosyants
League	Armenian First League
2021–22	5th
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.

Honours

Domestic

• 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

Managerial history

As of match played 28 May 2025. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
Artak Oseyan	Armenia	1 July 2017	30 June 2018	29	14	4	11	65	48	048.28
Andranik Babayan	Armenia	1 July 2018	30 July 2018	0	0	0	0	0	0	!—
Vadim Skripchenko	Belarus	2 August 2018[4]	25 September 2018[5]	9	4	2	3	16	12	044.44
Artak Oseyan Caretaker	Armenia	25 September 2018[5]	1 October 2018	1	0	1	0	0	0	000.00
Vardan Minasyan	Armenia	1 October 2018[citation needed]	17 July 2020[7]	68	40	15	13	130	56	058.82	Armenian Premier League (2) Armenian Supercup (1)
David Campaña	Spain	22 July 2020[8]	5 March 2021[9]	17	7	4	6	23	16	041.18
Armen Adamyan Caretaker	Armenia	5 March 2021[10]	24 March 2021[11]	3	2	1	0	5	1	066.67
Anatoly Baidachny	Russia	24 March 2021[11]	8 June 2021[12]	12	3	4	5	10	13	025.00
Dmitri Gunko	Russia	14 June 2021[13]	2 June 2022[14]	34	24	5	5	59	23	070.59
Vardan Bichakhchyan	Armenia	10 June 2022[15]	8 June 2023[16]	40	24	9	7	74	31	060.00
Vardan Minasyan	Armenia	17 June 2023[17]	28 May 2025[19]	83	52	14	17	175	83	062.65	Armenian Supercup (1)
Tulipa	Portugal	3 June 2025[20]		0	0	0	0	0	0	!—

Player records

Further information: List of FC Ararat-Armenia records and statistics

Armen Ambartsumyan is Ararat-Armenia's most capped player, with 202 appearances for the club, whilst Mailson Lima is the clubs leading goalscorer with 41 goal in 125 appearances across two stints.
Players in bold signifies current Ararat-Armenia player.

Most appearances

As of match played 28 May 2025

	Name	Years	League	Armenian Cup	Supercup	Europe	Total
1	Armen Ambartsumyan	2018–Present	170 (15)	27 (0)	3 (0)	19 (0)	219 (15)
2	Karen Muradyan	2021–Present	119 (1)	12 (0)	1 (0)	9 (0)	141 (1)
3	Alwyn Tera	2021–Present	117 (8)	9 (1)	1 (0)	10 (0)	137 (9)
4	Mailson Lima	2019–2021, 2021–2023	102 (33)	9 (1)	2 (2)	12 (5)	125 (41)
4	Junior Bueno	2021–Present	100 (2)	14 (0)	1 (0)	10 (1)	125 (3)
6	Artyom Avanesyan	2018–2024	101 (7)	12 (6)	0 (0)	6 (0)	119 (13)
6	Alemão	2020–2024	97 (8)	11 (1)	0 (0)	10 (1)	119 (10)
8	Tenton Yenne	2022–2025	94 (43)	9 (1)	1 (1)	9 (2)	114 (47)
9	Zhirayr Shaghoyan	2017–Present	84 (19)	13 (1)	1 (0)	0 (0)	98 (20)
10	Jonathan Duarte	2022–Present	77 (14)	10 (1)	1 (0)	6 (2)	94 (17)

Top goalscorers

As of match played 28 May 2025

	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	Marius Noubissi	2024–2025	18 (26)	2 (5)	2 (1)	0 (0)	22 (32)	0.69
7	Zhirayr Shaghoyan	2017–Present	19 (84)	1 (13)	0 (1)	0 (0)	20 (98)	0.2
8	Ogana Louis	2019–2021	9 (39)	8 (5)	0 (2)	2 (9)	19 (55)	0.35
9	Mohamed Yattara	2023–2024	18 (28)	0 (2)	0 (0)	0 (0)	18 (30)	0.6
9	Artur Serobyan	2020–Present	13 (60)	2 (6)	0 (0)	3 (8)	18 (74)	0.24

Clean Sheets

As of match played 28 May 2025

Competitive, professional matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.

	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
6	Nikos Melikyan	2017–2019	7 (23)	0 (0)	- (-)	- (-)	7 (25)	0.28
6	Danylo Kucher	2024–2025	7 (13)	0 (0)	- (-)	0 (2)	7 (15)	0.47
6	Henri Avagyan	2025–Present	4 (10)	2 (5)	1 (1)	- (-)	7 (16)	0.44
9	Damjan Shishkovski	2024	3 (8)	0 (1)	- (-)	- (-)	3 (9)	0.33
10	Arsen Siukayev	2018–2019	0 (2)	1 (2)	- (-)	- (-)	1 (4)	0.25
11	Nikola Petrić	2021	0 (4)	0 (0)	- (-)	- (-)	0 (4)	0

See also

• Soccer portal
• Sports portal

• Football in Armenia
• Football Federation of Armenia