FC Kotayk

FC Kotayk (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Կոտայք) was an Armenian football club based in the town of Abovyan, Kotayk Province.

FC Kotayk

Full name	Football Club Kotayk
Founded	1955; 70 years ago (1955)
Dissolved	2005
Ground	Kotayk Stadium, Abovyan
Capacity	3,946
Chairman	Samvel Petrosyan
Manager	Tigran Yesayan
League	Armenian First League
2005	Armenian Premier League, 4th
Home colours Away colours

History

Founded in 1955, Kotayk was one of the oldest football clubs in Armenia. After playing several years in the Armenian SSR League as well as the Soviet First League, Kotayk made their debut in the Armenian Premier League in 1992.

They participated in the European Cups for the first time in 1996–97. In the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winning 1–0 at home against AEK Larnaca from Cyprus. After losing the 2nd leg away from home with a result of 0–5, they were eliminated.

However, the club was dissolved in 2005 due to both financial and non-financial shortcomings.

In June 2016, many Armenian football websites announced that the club will return to professional football with the assistance of many contributors from the Kotayk Province, under the management of Samvel Petrosyan.^[1] After playing few games in the Armenian First League, the club was forced to leave the competition due to financial difficulties.

League record

Year	Division	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	PTS
1978	Soviet Second League	7	46	23	5	18	66	64	51
1979		5	46	26	6	14	83	43	58
1980		2	30	19	4	7	62	24	42
1981		1	44	29	10	5	79	37	68
1982		1	32	23	3	6	80	29	49
1983		2	32	18	10	4	72	40	46
1984		1	32	21	4	7	66	34	46
1985	Soviet First League	10	42	16	5	21	54	65	37
1986		19	46	14	13	19	46	54	40
1987		13	42	15	8	19	55	59	38
1988		18	42	14	7	21	55	83	35
1989		9	42	19	7	16	60	53	45
1990		14	38	12	9	17	44	52	33
1991		17	42	15	7	20	30	48	37
1992	Armenian Premier League	7	22	7	3	12	32	45	17
1993		11	28	9	1	18	57	76	19
1994		7	28	12	3	13	73	53	27
1995		3	10	4	3	3	18	13	15
1995–96		6	22	11	3	8	31	33	36
1996–97		7	22	8	4	10	41	27	28
1997		7	18	5	4	9	31	33	19
1998	no participation
1999
2000	Armenian First League	4	16	9	6	9	36	27	28
2001	Armenian Premier League	10	22	3	3	16	19	65	12
2002		11	22	2	5	15	17	62	11
2003		5	28	8	7	13	29	56	31
2004		7	28	6	6	16	31	54	24
2005		4	20	8	7	5	22	19	31
2005–present	no participation

Honours

• SSR Armenia League: 4

1967, 1973, 1975, 1976

Kotayk in European competitions

Summary

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	2	1	0	1	1	5
UEFA Intertoto Cup	2	1	0	1	3	3
Total	4	2	0	2	4	8

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg
1996–97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR	AEK Larnaca	1–0	0–5
2003	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Brno	0–1	3–2

• Home results are noted in bold