Ulisses FC

This article is about the defunct Armenian football club. For the former English senior football club, see Ulysses F.C.

Ulisses Football Club (Armenian: Ուլիս Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ, romanized: Ulis Futbolayin Akumb, lit. 'Ulysses Football Club'), commonly known as Ulisses, is a defunct Armenian football club from Yerevan. The club played at the Armenian Premier League, the top division in Armenian football. They regularly used the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan and occasionally the City Stadium in Abovyan as their home ground.

Ulisses

Full name	Ulisses Football Club
Founded	2000; 25 years ago (2000)
Dissolved	2016; 9 years ago (2016)
Ground	Vazgen Sargsyan Stadium, Yerevan
Capacity	14,403
Owner	Valeri Hovhannisyan
Chairman	Genrikh Ghazandzhyan
Manager	Gagik Simonyan
League	Armenian Premier League
2015–16	8th (last)
Website	www.fculisses.am
Home colours Away colours Third colours

The club headquarters are located on Nalbandyan street 48/1, Yerevan.^[1] Like most other Armenian Premier League clubs, Ulisses FC had a reserve team that played in the Armenian First League.

In 2015–16, the club was owned by Armenian businessman Henrikh Ghazandzhyan and sponsored by the "Holiday" Group of Companies.

History

• 2000 – Founded as Dinamo-2000 Yerevan
• 2004 – Changed name to Dinamo-Zenit Yerevan (name change occurred as a result of a new sponsor)
• 2006 – Changed name to Ulisses FC (name change again occurred as a result of a new sponsor)
• 2016 – Dissolved due to both financial and non-financial shortcomings

Dinamo-2000 Yerevan

The club was founded in 2000 as Dinamo-2000 Yerevan, and made their debut at the 2001 Armenian Premier League season without initially playing in the Armenian First League.

Dinamo-Zenit Yerevan

In 2004, the club became known as FC Dinamo-Zenit Yerevan and took 5th place in the Armenian Premier League. In 2004 and 2005, 2 reserves teams of the club were represented in the Armenian First League: FC Dinamo-VZ Yerevan and FC Zenit Charentsavan.

Ulisses FC

V. Sargsyan Rep. Stadium, the last home stadium used by Ulisses FC

In 2006, the club changed their name with the arrival of new sponsor. they occupied the 8th place at the 2006 Armenian Premier League season grabbing the chance to save their place in the top league in a decisive match with FC Dinamo Yerevan. Winning the game, Ulisses FC secured their place in the top tier for the next season. In seasons 2007 and 2008 team play was much better, and there was no need of survival games.

At the beginning of 2008, the club's department was enlarged with the Shengavit football school of Yerevan, while the Vardanank-451 Stadium of Voskehat became the training base of the club.

In 2007, they played their home games in the Kasaghi Marzik Stadium in Ashtarak. In 2009, they moved to the Mika Stadium in Yerevan.

In 2011, Ulisses FC won the Armenian championship^[2] for the first time in club history, and ended Pyunik dominance of 10 consecutive championships.

On 3 February 2016, the club declared that it will not participate in the second half of the 2015-16 Armenian Premier League season.

League and cup history

Season	League									Armenian Cup	Top goalscorer		Managers
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
2001	1st	9th	22	4	4	14	18	48	16	First round
2002	1st	10th	22	3	3	16	19	63	12	Quarterfinal
2003	1st	6th	28	5	4	19	18	69	19	Quarterfinal
2004	1st	5th	20	2	2	16	12	41	8	Quarterfinal
2005	1st	6th	28	7	6	15	23	51	27	First round
2006	1st	8th	28	5	2	21	31	66	17	-
2007	1st	7th	28	8	6	14	21	46	30	Quarterfinal
2008	1st	6th	28	7	8	13	19	29	29	Quarterfinal
2009	1st	3rd	28	16	5	7	47	25	53	Semifinal	Artur Kocharyan	15
2010	1st	3rd	28	17	4	7	44	23	55	Semifinal
2011	1st	1st	28	15	8	5	38	22	53	Semifinal	Giorgi Krasovski	8
2012–13	1st	6th	42	11	12	19	41	50	45	Semifinal Quarterfinal	Arsen Balabekyan	10
2013–14	1st	7th	28	7	4	17	21	46	25	Quarterfinal
2014–15	1st	2nd	28	15	5	8	43	32	50	Quarterfinal	Hovhannes Goharyan	9
2015–16	1st	8th	28	0	2	26	8	76	2	Quarterfinal	Milutin Ivanović	2

European history

Main article: Ulisses FC in European football

As of match played 9 July 2015

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League	2	0	0	2	0	2
UEFA Europa League	6	0	2	4	1	9
Total	8	0	2	6	1	11

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv	0–0	0–1	0–1
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Ferencvárosi	0–2	0–3	0–5
2012–13	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–1	0–1	0–2
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Birkirkara	1–3	0–0	1–3

• Home results are noted in bold

Honours

• Armenian Premier League:
  • Champions (1): 2011
  • Runners-up (1): 2014–15

Last squad

As of 30 September 2015^[3]

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 2 DF  ARM Karen Avetisyan 3 DF  ARM Garnik Movsisyan 4 DF  ARM Hayk Hunanyan 5 DF  ARM Melik Sardaryan 7 FW  ARM Vigen Avetsiyan 8 MF  ARM Erik Sargsyan 9 MF  ARM Mikhayel Arustamyan 10 FW  ARM Orbeli Hambardzumyan 11 MF  ARM Artur Hakobyan 12 MF  ARM Arman Tutyan 13 MF  ARM Vardges Vardanyan 14 MF  ARM Narek Davtyan

No. Pos. Nation Player 15 MF  ARM Tatul Davtyan 19 FW  ARM Mher Harutyunyan 20 GK  ARM Vahe Andreasyan 21 FW  ARM Narek Makoyan 22 FW  ARM Narek Papoyan 24 DF  ARM Artak Andrikyan (captain) 28 MF  ARM Aleksandr Hovhannisyan 30 GK  ARM Tigran Davtyan 88 GK  ARM Papin Tevosyan — DF  ARM Artashes Arakelyan — MF  ARM Narek Gyozalyan — FW  ARM Edgar Harutyunyan

Ulisses FC-2 (reserves)

The Ulisses FC reserve squad played as Ulisses FC-2 in the Armenian First League. They played their home games at the Kasakhi Marzik Stadium in the town of Ashtarak.

As of 1 August 2015

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 — GK  ARM Vahe Andreasyan — GK  ARM Tigran Davtyan — DF  ARM Garnik Movsesyan — DF  ARM Narek Makoyan — DF  ARM Narek Hovnanyan — MF  ARM Narek Papoyan — MF  ARM Artur Hakobyan

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ARM Harutyun Ghazaryan — MF  ARM Ishkhan Yeghiazaryan — MF  ARM Vardges Vardanyan — FW  ARM Tatul Davtyan — FW  ARM Mikayel Arustamyan — FW  ARM Samvel Hovhannisyan

Manager: Ara Azaryan

Managers

• Vagharshak Aslanyan (2000–01)
• Albert Sarkisyan (2002)
• Vachagan Khachataryan (2002)
• Alesha Antonyan (2002–03)
• Ashot Kirakosyan (2004–05)
• Sevada Arzumanyan (July 1, 2005 – June 30, 2006)
• Arsen Chilingaryan (2006–07)
• Souren Barseghyan (2007–08)
• Sevada Arzumanyan (2008–Sept 7, 2012)
• Karen Barseghyan (Sept 8, 2012–July 24, 2014)
• Suren Chakhalyan (July 25, 2014–Oct 6, 2014)
• Gagik Simonyan (interim) (Oct 6, 2014–Feb 28, 2015)
• Fyodor Shcherbachenko (Feb 28, 2015–Apr 17, 2015)
• Suren Chakhalyan (April 18, 2015–Sep 1, 2015)
• Gagik Simonyan (interim) (Sep 1, 2015–Feb 3, 2016)