Urartu BC

Urartu Basketball Club (Armenian: Ուրարտու բասկետբոլային ակումբ), also currently known as Urartu Vivaro for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team in Armenia, currently based in Yerevan. Founded in 2016 in Yerevan. The team is a founding member of the Armenia Basketball League A.

Urartu Vivaro
Nickname	Արաբկիրի հին խաղացողները (Arabkir's old players)
League	Armenia Basketball League A
Founded	2016
Arena	Armenia Sports Arena
Capacity	950
Location	Yerevan, Armenia
Team colors	Yellow, Purple
President	Karen Giloyan
Head coach	Mikael Pogosian
Championships	1 Armenian SuperCup
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History

Urartu was founded in 2016 with the players who participated for national team in the European Championship for Small Countries played just months before. In its debut first season, the club joined the Russian Basketball Super League,^[1] but after nine rounds the team resigned to continue playing due to financial difficulties.^[2]

In 2017, the team joined the newly created Armenia Basketball League A, becoming one of the seven clubs that played the first season.^[3] Despite finishing the regular season with a perfect balance of 12 wins in 12 games, Urartu was eliminated in the semifinals by Artsakh.^[4]

Ara Poghosyan was the first president of the club who chaired between 2016 and 2017, followed by Karen Giloyan. Tigran Gyokchyan managed the team during the same period until late 2017 when he was replaced by Sargis Stepanyan.

Season by season

Season	Tier	Division	Pos.
2017–18	1	League A	3rd
2018–19	1	League A	2nd

Current roster

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Urartu BC roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Nat. Name Ht. Wt. Age SG 6 Danielyan, Arman 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 94 kg (207 lb) 26 – (1999-07-21)21 July 1999 C 11 Podkolzin, Georgii 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) 26 – (1999-05-27)27 May 1999 G 25 MClain, Akil 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) 27 – (1997-12-08)8 December 1997 G 23 Johnson, David 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 27 – (1997-11-04)4 November 1997 PG 12 Vardanyan, Mkhitar 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 31 – (1994-04-03)3 April 1994 PG Gasparyan, Babken PG 8 Nouchanthavong, Jose 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 33 – (1992-02-21)21 February 1992 F White, DeWan 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) 28 – (1997-07-04)4 July 1997 F Khachatryan, Karapet G Khachatryan, Gevorg	Head coach Mikael Pogosian Assistant coach(es) Arayik Poghosyan Legend (C) Team captain Injured Roster Updated: December 23, 2021

Notable players

• Arizona Reid

Trophies

• Armenian SuperCup (1): 2019