FC Gandzasar Kapan is an Armenian football club based in the town of Kapan, Syunik Province. The team plays in Armenian Premier League. The club headquarters are located on 18 Garegin Nzhdeh street, Kapan. The Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre is located at the eastern outskirts of the town of Kapan.
The club is under the ownership of Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine Closed Joint-Stock Company since 25 February 2015.
History The club was founded in 2004 and made their debut in the Armenian football league system in the 2004 Armenian First League competition. They spent 2 years playing in the Armenian First League before getting promoted to the Armenian Premier League for the 2006 season.
As of 2024–25 season, Gandzasar Kapan will play in the Armenian Premier League, the top division in Armenian football. The home ground of team is the Gandzasar Stadium.
The club also runs a reserve team known as Gandzasar Kapan-2, which played in the First Division.
On 3 November 2020, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the Armenian Premier League and Armenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. They played in the Armenian First League, having entered in 2021–22 season. Following a 3rd-place finish in 2022–23 season (after FC West Armenia and BKMA Yerevan-2) Gandzasar stayed in the First League for the 2023–24 season. After playing 26 games (out of 28) in 2023–24 season, Gandzasar were officially declared champions and therefore directly promoted to the Armenian Premier League for 2024–25 season (this will be their first season in the Premier after withdrawing in 2020).
Domestic history Season League National Cup Top goalscorer Manager Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League2004Armenian First League3rd301767523257no participation20053rd241635622451First Round2006Armenian Premier League5th287318286024Quarter-final Artur Kocharyan15 Vladimir Petrosyan Albert Sarkisyan20075th2811611353139First round Artur Kocharyan8 Souren Barseghyan Abraham Khashmanyan Samvel Petrosyan20083rd281387392747Quarter-final Alexander Petrosyan9 Samvel Petrosyan20095th2812214324738Quarter-final Arsen Avetisyan14 Samvel Petrosyan Avetik Sargsyan Slava Gabrielyan20106th288317244527Quarter-final Artur Kocharyan8 Slava Gabrielyan Albert Sarkisyan20113rd2812106311646Quarter-final Quarter-final Arsen Avetisyan5 Abraham Khashmanyan2012–133rd42181311483767Semi-final Dhiego Lomba Farias9 Abraham Khashmanyan Avetik Sargsyan Samvel Sargsyan Sevada Arzumanyan2013–145th288119363135Runner-up Narek Beglaryan8 Sevada Arzumanyan Stepan Baghdasaryan Serhiy Puchkov2014–157th287813314429Quarter-final Gegham Harutyunyan Vasil Palagnyuk6 Serhiy Puchkov Samvel Petrosyan2015–164th2811125352745Semi-final Gegham Harutyunyan Narek Beglaryan5 Samvel Petrosyan Ashot Barseghyan2016–172nd301767382457Semi-final Gegham Harutyunyan12 Ashot Barseghyan2017–183rd3011109433443Winner Gegham Harutyunyan12 Karen Barseghyan Ashot Barseghyan2018–196th3210814383338Quarter-final Gegham Harutyunyan8 Ashot Barseghyan Armen Petrosyan2019–209th22679252925Semi-final Gegham Harutyunyan6 Armen Petrosyan2020–2110thWithdrewFirst Round2021–22Armenian First League3rd2810711384737did not enter Orbeli Hambardzumyan6 Tigran Gevorgyan2022–233rd332247853370Semi-final Alen Karapetyan24 Tigran Gevorgyan2023-241st282422691774Second round2024–25Armenian Premier League10th302424167310Quarter-final Bertrand Mani3 Karen Barseghyan
European history
CompetitionPldWDLGFGAGD UEFA Europa League 12 2 0 10 8 27 –19Total122010827–19 Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2009–10 UEFA Europa League 2Q NAC Breda 0–2 0–6 0–8 2012–13 UEFA Europa League 1Q EB/Streymur 2–0 1–3 3–3 (a) 2Q Servette 1–3 0–2 1–5 2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1Q Aktobe 1–2 1–2 2–4 2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1Q Mladost Podgorica 0–3 0–1 0–4 2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1Q Lech Poznań 2–1 0–2 2–3
Honours
Armenian Premier LeagueRSSSF Armenia (and subpages per year) Runners-up: 2016–17 Third place: 2008, 2011, 2012–13, 2017–18 Armenian First League Winners: 2023–24 Runners-up: 2022–23 Third place: 2021–22 Armenian Cup Winners: 2017–18 Runners-up: 2013–14 Armenian Super Cup Runners-up: 2018
Stadium
The club play their home games at the Gandzasar Stadium, also known as Kapan City Stadium, which has a capacity of 3,500. It is situated at the centre of the town of Kapan, on the left bank of Voghji River.
At the beginning of 2017 the team temporarily moved to the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan due to renovation works at the Gandzasar Stadium.
Youth academy
Gandzasar Kapan run their own youth training academy in the town of Kapan since its inauguration in May 2013. Being home to natural-grass as well as artificial-turf training pitches, the centre occupies an area of 35,000 m2.
In addition to Kapan, the club also runs a football school in the Shengavit District of the capital Yerevan.
Players
Current squad
Gandzasar Kapan-2
FC Gandzasar Kapan's reserve squad played as Gandzasar Kapan-2 in the Armenian First League. They played their home games at the training field with artificial turf of the Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre.
Personnel
Management PositionName Executive Director Vardan Djhanyan Deputy Director Arthur Margaryan Press Secretary Spartak Petrosyan
Technical staff PositionName Head coach Tigran Gevorgyan Assistant coach Norayr Tamrazyan Assistant coach Tigran Ivanyan Goalkeepers Coach Tigran Ghazaryan Doctor Ara Aramyan
Managerial history Albert Sarkisyan (1 February 2006 – 1 December 2006) Souren Barseghyan (2007) Abraham Khashmanyan (2007) Samvel Petrosyan (2007–09) Slava Gabrielyan (1 July 2009–10) Albert Sarkisyan (20 April 2010 – 20 December 2010) Abraham Khashmanyan (2010–12) Samvel Sargsyan (24 May 2012 – 12 September 12) Sevada Arzumanyan (8 September 2012 – 14 April 2014) Serhiy Puchkov (30 April 2014 – 2 December 2014) Ashot Barseghyan (11 March 2015 – 12 July 2017) Karen Barseghyan (13 July 2017 – 26 March 2018) Ashot Barseghyan (26 March 2018 – 30 April 2019) Armen Petrosyan (1 May 2019 – 3 November 2020) Tigran Gevorgyan (1 May 2021 – )
See also
Football in Armenia Football Federation of Armenia
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