FC Ararat-Armenia
FC Ararat-Armenia, is an Armenian 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.
At the beginning of 2018, the club was taken over by the Russian-Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan who renamed the football club as Ararat-Moskva. The club was reorganized as soon as FC Ararat Moscow in Russia was denied certificate for the next season. 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.
League and cup
European
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
| UEFA Champions League | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | –1 |
| UEFA Europa League | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 |
| Total | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 |
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.Personnel
- Owner: Samvel Karapetyan
- Director General: Poghos Galstyan
- Press secretary: Diana Ghazaryan
- Head coach: David Campaña
- Assistant coaches: Arthur Mkrtchyan, Razmik Grigoryan
Honours
Domestic
; Armenian Premier League : 2018–19, 2019–20; Armenian Supercup : 2019
; Armenian Cup: Runner-up : 2019–20
Managerial history
Information correct as of match played 14 July 2020. Only competitive matches are counted.| Name | Nat. | From | To | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | %W | Honours | Notes |
| Artak Oseyan | 1 July 2017 | 30 June 2018 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Andranik Babayan | 1 July 2018 | 30 July 2018 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Vadim Skripchenko | 2 August 2018 | 25 September 2018 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Artak Oseyan | 25 September 2018 | 1 October 2018 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Vardan Minasyan | 1 October 2018 | 17 July 2020 | Armenian Premier League Armenian Supercup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| David Campaña | 22 July 2020 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |