FC Ararat-Armenia () is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan, founded in 2017.
History
It was founded in 2017 as FC Avan Academy by Ruben Hayrapetyan, on the basis of the young players of the Yerevan Football Academy graduates, as well as many young players from FC Pyunik.
They club's inaugural match took place in July 2017 against Erebuni SC. The friendly match ended up with a score of 3–1 in favour of Avan Academy.
In early 2018, the club was taken over by the Russian-Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan who renamed the football club as Ararat-Moskva, from Mount Ararat. The club was reorganized as soon as FC Ararat Moscow in Russia was denied certificate for the next season.Gor Malakyan left Feniks and returned to his home country (Гор Малакян покинул Феникс и вернулся на родину). Sport Arena. 3 July 2018 Artak Oseyan managed the club during the 2017–18 Armenian First League season.
After being promoted to the Armenian Premier League, it was again renamed, this time to Ararat-Armenia, and will participate in the Premier League with this name.
On 2 August 2018, Vadim Skripchenko was appointed as the new head coach of Ararat-Armenia, before being sacked on 25 September 2018, and Ararat-Armenia-2 manager Artak Oseyan being appointed as caretaker manager.
On 1 October 2018, Vardan Minasyan was appointed as the new head coach of Ararat-Armenia.
On 30 May 2019, Ararat-Armenia defeated Banants 1–0 to win their first Armenian Premier League title. As a result of winning the 2018–19 Armenian Premier League, Ararat-Armenia qualified for the UEFA Champions League.
On 14 July 2020, Ararat-Armenia defended their Armenian Premier League title, securing their second league title, after defeating FC Noah 2–0. Three days later, 17 July 2020, Manager Vardan Minasyan left the club after his contract expired. On 22 July 2020, Ararat-Armenia announced David Campaña as their new manager. On 5 March 2021, David Campaña left his role as head coach by mutual consent, with Armen Adamyan being appointed as the caretaker head coach. On 24 March 2021, Ararat-Armenia announced Anatoly Baidachny as their new head coach. Baidachny would leave Ararat-Armenia two and a half months later, on 8 June 2021 by mutual consent, having won just three of his twelve games in charge. On 14 June 2021, Ararat-Armenia announced that Dmitri Gunko had been appointed as the clubs new head coach. Following the conclusion of the 2021–22, Dmitri Gunko left his role as head coach after his contract was not extended. On 10 June 2022, Vardan Bichakhchyan was announced as Ararat-Armenia's new head coach. On 8 June 2023, Bichakhchyan left his role as head coach after his contract expired.
On 17 June 2023, Ararat-Armenia announced the return of Vardan Minasyan as their head coach.
In July 2023, Ararat-Armenia announced a cooperation between themselves and FIFA licensed football agent Hrachya Ghambaryan, with whom they'll sign players through.
On 28 May 2025, Ararat-Armenia announced that head coach Vardan Minasyan and his coaching staff had left the club at the end of their contract.
On 3 June 2025, Ararat-Armenia announced the appointment of Tulipa as their new head coach.
League and cup Season League Armenian Cup Top goalscorer Managers Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League2017–182nd3rd271449654146Quarterfinal Armen Hovhannisyan15 Artak Oseyan2018–191st1st321877522861Semifinal Anton Kobyalko15 Vadim Skripchenko Artak Oseyan (Caretaker) Vardan Minasyan2019–201st1st281576452352Runners-up Mailson Lima8 Vardan Minasyan2020–211st5th241086321738Semifinal Yusuf Otubanjo10 David Campaña Armen Adamyan Anatoly Baidachny2021–221st2nd322354562074Quarterfinal Mailson Lima18 Dmitri Gunko2022–231st3rd362376702776Quarterfinal Wilfried Eza13 Vardan Bichakhchyan2023–241st3rd362367733472Winners Mohamed Yattara18 Vardan Minasyan2024–251st2nd302136752866Runners-up Marius Noubissi18 Vardan Minasyan2025–261st1st271863502560Semi-final Artur Serobyan Arayik Eloyan7 Tulipa The second team of the club Ararat-Armenia-2 has been playing in the first league (2nd division) since the 2018–19 season.
European
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD UEFA Champions League 9 4 0 5 12 13 –1 UEFA Europa League 12 7 1 4 19 16 +3 UEFA Conference League 14 3 7 4 19 19 0 Total 35 14 8 13 50 48 +2 Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate 2019–20 UEFA Champions League 1QR AIK 2–1 1–3 3–4 UEFA Europa League 2QR Lincoln Red Imps 2–0 2–1 4–1 3QR Saburtalo Tbilisi 1–2 2–0 3–2 PO F91 Dudelange 2–1 1–2 3–3 (4–5 p) 2020–21 UEFA Champions League 1QR Omonia 0–1 (aet) UEFA Europa League 2QR Fola Esch 4–3 (aet) 3QR Celje 1–0 (aet) PO Red Star Belgrade 1–2 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR Paide Linnameeskond 0–0 0–0 (aet) 0–0 (3–5 p) 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Egnatia 1–1 4–4 5–5 (4–2 p) 2QR Aris Thessaloniki 1–1 0–1 1–2 2024–25 UEFA Conference League 2QR Zimbru Chișinău 3–1 3–0 6–1 3QR Puskás Akadémia 0–1 3–3 3–4 2025–26 UEFA Conference League 2QR Universitatea Cluj 0–0 2–1 2–1 3QR Sparta Prague 1–2 1–4 1–6 2026–27 UEFA Champions League 1QR Riga 2–0 2–3 4–3 2QR Shamrock Rovers 2–0 1–2 3–2 3QR Celje 2–1 0–2 2–3 UEFA Europa League PO Universitatea Craiova 1–0 1–1 2–1LP Sparta Prague 1–4 Jagiellonia Białystok AZ Alkmaar Torreense Red Bull Salzburg NEC Nijmegen Celje AC Milan
Current squad
Ararat-Armenia-2
Ararat-Armenia's reserve squad play as Ararat-Armenia-2 in the Armenian First League. They currently play their home games at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium in the Avan District of northern Yerevan.
Honours Domestic Armenian Premier League Champions: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2025–26 Armenian Cup Winners: 2023–24 Runners-up: 2019–20, 2024–25 Armenian Supercup Winners: 2019, 2024 Runners-up: 2020, 2025
Managerial history . Only competitive matches are counted. NameNat.FromToPWDLGSGA%WHonoursNotesArtak Oseyan1 July 201730 June 2018Andranik Babayan1 July 201830 July 2018Vadim Skripchenko2 August 201825 September 2018Artak Oseyan 25 September 20181 October 2018Vardan Minasyan1 October 201817 July 2020 Armenian Premier League (2) Armenian Supercup (1)David Campaña22 July 20205 March 2021Armen Adamyan 5 March 202124 March 2021Anatoly Baidachny24 March 20218 June 2021Dmitri Gunko14 June 20212 June 2022Vardan Bichakhchyan10 June 20228 June 2023Vardan Minasyan17 June 202328 May 2025Armenian Supercup (1)Tulipa3 June 2025Armenian Premier League (1)
Player records
Competitive, professional matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets. Armen Ambartsumyan is Ararat-Armenia's most capped player, with 251 appearances for the club, whilst Tenton Yenne is the clubs leading goalscorer with 47 goals in 114 appearances. Players in bold signifies current Ararat-Armenia player.
Most appearances
NameYearsLeagueArmenian CupSupercupEuropeTotal1 Armen Ambartsumyan2018–Present2 Karen Muradyan2021–Present3 Alwyn Tera2021–Present4 Junior Bueno2021–Present5 Zhirayr Shaghoyan2017–Present6 Mailson Lima2019–2021, 2021–20237 Edgar Grigoryan2023–Present8 Artyom Avanesyan2018–20248 Alemão2020–202410 Artur Serobyan2020–Present
Top goalscorers
NameYearsLeagueArmenian CupSupercupEuropeTotalRatio1 Tenton Yenne2022–20252 Mailson Lima2019–2021, 2021–20233 Anton Kobyalko2018–20204 Yusuf Otubanjo2020–20225 Wilfried Eza2021–20236 Artur Serobyan2020–Present6 Zhirayr Shaghoyan2017–Present8 Marius Noubissi2024–20259 Ogana Louis2019–202110 Mohamed Yattara2023–2024
Clean Sheets
NameYearsLeagueArmenian CupSupercupEuropeTotalRatio1 Dmitry Abakumov2018–20232 Vsevolod Ermakov2022–20243 Valerio Vimercati2021–20224 Arsen Beglaryan2023–20255 Bruno Pinto2025–20266 Stefan Čupić2019–20216 Arman Nersesyan2019–Present8 Nikos Melikyan2017–20198 Danylo Kucher2024–20258 Henri Avagyan202511 João Bravim2026–Present12 Damjan Shishkovski202413 Arsen Siukayev2018–201914 Nikola Petrić2021
See also
Football in Armenia Football Federation of Armenia
References
External links Official Facebook