FC Yerevan

FC Yerevan (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Երեւան – Futbolayin Akumb Yerevan) was an Armenian professional football club from the capital Yerevan.^[1]

FC Yerevan

Full name	Football Club Yerevan
Founded	1995; 30 years ago (1995)
Dissolved	2019; 6 years ago (2019)
Ground	Pyunik Stadium, Yerevan
President	Karen Harutyunyan
Manager	António Caldas
League	Armenian Premier League
2019–20	Armenian Premier League, 10th (withdrew)
Home colours Away colours

History

FC Yerevan played in the Armenian Premier League and won the 1997 title. It was founded in 1995 and lasted for five years.^[2] It played its home matches at the Hrazdan Stadium. After the 1999 season, the club was dissolved and the players moved on to other clubs in Yerevan.

On July 13, 2018, Football Federation of Armenia announced that the FC Yerevan is returning to professional football and will be taking part in the 2018-19 Armenian First League.^[3]

On 5 September, Nebojša Petrović was relieved of his duties as Yerevan's manager,^[4] with Assistant Coach Georgi Ghazaryan being placed in temporary charge for Yerevan's games against Lori on 13 September.^[5] On 16 September, Vlad Goian was appointed as Manager on a one-year contract,^[6] before being relieved of his duties and replaced by António Caldas on 4 October.^[7] Caldas then resigned on 11 November 2019 following a 7–2 defeat to Ararat-Armenia.^[8]

On 21 February 2020, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that FC Yerevan had withdrawn from the 2019–20 Armenian Premier League due to financial and technical problems.^[9]

League and cup

Season	League										National Cup	Top goalscorer
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P		Name	League
1995–96	Armenian Premier League	3	22	13	5	4	43	24	+19	44	Quarter-final	Tigran Yesayan	20
1996–97		3	22	16	2	4	58	24	+34	50	Semi-final	Tigran Yesayan	11
1997		1	18	13	4	1	41	10	+31	43	not held	Tigran Yesayan	10
1998		3	26	15	3	8	47	30	+17	48	Semi-final	Tigran Yesayan	10
1999		5	32	15	6	11	60	43	+17	51	Quarter-final	Varazdat Avetisyan	12
2000–2018	No participation
2018–19	Armenian First League	2	33	22	4	7	112	46	+66	70	Round of 16	Stanislav Yefimov	46
2019-20	Armenian Premier League	10[9]	18	0	0	18	11	62	-51	0	Second round	Ramazan Isayev	6
2020–present	No participation

Indicates Winning the Division Title

European record

As of August 15, 2018

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Champions League	2	0	0	2	0	5	−5
UEFA Europa League	4	0	0	4	2	12	−10
Total	6	0	0	6	2	17	–15

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
1997–98	UEFA Cup	1Q	Dnipro	1–6	0–2	1–8
1998–99	UEFA Champions League	1Q	HJK Helsinki	0–2	0–3	0–5
1999–00	UEFA Cup	QR	Hapoel Tel Aviv	0–2	1–2	1–4

• Home results are noted in bold

Current squad

As of 31 August 2019

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  LVA Jānis Krūmiņš 2 DF  BRA William Gustavo 3 DF  ARM Aghavard Petrosyan 4 DF  RUS Maksim Evstigneev 5 DF  ARM Argishti Petrosyan 6 MF  ARM Aram Hovsepyan 7 FW  ARM Abraham Portugalyan 8 MF  RUS Yvgeny Yevgenyev (captain) 10 FW  ARM Edgar Mkrtchyan 11 MF  ARM Levon Badalyan 12 DF  RUS Denis Lyubimov 14 FW  BRA Jeferson Cruz 17 MF  ARM Roman Zavialov

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  ARM Vahe Movsisyan 19 DF  UKR Sviatoslav Hrabchak 20 MF  IRN Armin Mir Doraghi 21 MF  COD Antonio Lokwa 22 MF  MKD Adrien Ibraimi 23 MF  BRA Elias 25 MF  SEN Pape Demba Dieye 27 FW  ARM Gegham Tumbaryan 30 MF  UKR Dmytro Klimakov 31 FW  COL Jafett Del Portillo Bolaño 33 FW  ARM Viulen Ayvazyan 99 GK  ARM Grigor Makaryan — DF  ARM Ivan Mamakhanov

Honours

• Armenian Premier League
  • Champions (1): 1997

Club records

Most Caps # Player Caps 1 Tigran Yesayan 89 2 Arkadi Dokhoyan 86 3 Albert Achemyan 78 4 Karen Dokhoyan 78 5 Armen Markosyan 74 6 Karen Grigoryan 74 7 Armen Karapetyan 69 8 Armen Petikyan 62 9 Yervand Krbashyan 50 10 Arsen Ayvasyan 47

Top Goalscorers # Player Goals 1 Tigran Yesayan 56 2 Armen Karapetyan 30 3 Albert Achemyan 15 4 Varazdat Avetisyan 13 5 Karen Dokhoyan 12 6 Armen Markosyan 9 7 Mallal N'Diaye 8 8 Dede Tamboura 7 9 Kakha Gogoladze 7 10 Armen Sahakyan 7

Personnel

• Owner/President: Karen Harutyunyan
• Chief Executive Officer: Arman Harutyunyan
• Press Secretary: Norayr Harutyunyan
• Sporting director: Samvel Sargsyan
• Head coach: Nebojša Petrović
• Assistant coach: Georgi Ghazaryan
• Goalkeepers Coach: Martik Mkrtumyan

Managers

• Gagik Tatevosyan, 1995
• Vagarshak Aslanyan, 1995
• Samvel Darbinyan, 1995–1996
• Samvel Petrosyan, 1996–1997
• Samvel Darbinyan, 1997
• Ashot Khachatryan, 1997–1998
• Samvel Darbinyan, 1998–1999
• Aramais Tonoyan, 1999
• Samvel Sargsyan, 2018–2019
• Eduard Pavlov, 2019

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
Nebojša Petrović	Serbia	1 July 2019	5 September 2019[4]	5	0	0	5	3	10	000.00
Georgi Ghazaryan (Caretaker)	Armenia	5 September 2019[5]	16 September 2019[5]	1	0	0	1	0	1	000.00
Vlad Goian	Moldova	16 September 2019[6]	4 October 2019[7]	3	0	0	3	1	8	000.00
António Caldas	Portugal	4 October 2019[7]	11 November 2019[8]	4	0	0	4	5	17	000.00