Armenia Premier League | 08/30 15:00 | 5 |
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W | 3-1 | |
Armenia Premier League | 08/19 15:00 | 3 |
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L | 3-1 | |
UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 08/15 19:00 | 16 |
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D | 3-3 | |
Armenia Premier League | 08/11 13:00 | 2 |
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- | Postponed | |
UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 08/08 15:00 | 16 |
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L | 0-1 | |
Armenia Premier League | 08/04 13:00 | 1 |
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W | 0-2 | |
UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 08/01 15:00 | 15 |
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W | 3-1 | |
UEFA Conference League Qualifying | 07/25 16:45 | 15 |
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W | 0-3 | |
Armenia Premier League | 05/26 13:00 | 36 |
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W | 1-3 | |
Armenia Premier League | 05/21 16:00 | 35 |
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D | 1-1 | |
Armenia Premier League | 05/16 16:00 | 34 |
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L | 2-1 | |
Armenian Cup | 05/12 14:00 | 1 |
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W | 6-4 | |
Armenia Premier League | 05/07 15:00 | 33 |
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W | 4-1 | |
Armenia Premier League | 05/02 12:00 | 32 |
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W | 0-5 | |
Armenia Premier League | 04/27 12:00 | 31 |
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W | 0-1 | |
Armenia Premier League | 04/21 12:00 | 30 |
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D | 2-2 | |
Armenia Premier League | 04/17 15:00 | 29 |
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W | 2-0 | |
Armenia Premier League | 04/12 15:00 | 28 |
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W | 2-1 | |
Armenian Cup | 04/08 11:00 | 2 |
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W | 0-1 | |
Armenia Premier League | 04/04 12:00 | 27 |
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W | 2-1 | |
Armenia Premier League | 03/31 13:00 | 26 |
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W | 0-1 | |
Armenia Premier League | 03/15 15:00 | 25 |
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L | 0-1 | |
Armenian Cup | 03/11 14:00 | 3 |
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W | 2-3 | |
Armenia Premier League | 03/07 11:00 | 24 |
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W | 0-1 | |
Armenia Premier League | 03/03 11:00 | 23 |
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L | 0-2 | |
Armenia Premier League | 02/28 11:00 | 22 |
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D | 1-1 | |
Armenia Premier League | 02/23 14:00 | 21 |
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W | 3-1 | |
Europe Friendlies | 02/09 09:30 | - |
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L | 1-0 | |
Armenia Premier League | 12/09 14:00 | 20 |
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W | 1-3 | |
Armenia Premier League | 12/05 12:00 | 19 |
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W | 0-1 |
FC Ararat-Armenia (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ-Արմենիա) is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan, founded in 2017.
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. 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 an cooperation between themselves and FIFA licensed football agent Hrachya Ghambaryan, with whom they'll sign players through.
Season | League | Armenian Cup | Top goalscorer | Managers | |||||||||
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Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||
2017–18 | 2nd | 3rd | 27 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 65 | 41 | 46 | Quarterfinal | Armen Hovhannisyan | 15 | Artak Oseyan |
2018–19 | 1st | 1st | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 52 | 28 | 61 | Semifinal | Anton Kobyalko | 15 | Vadim Skripchenko Artak Oseyan (Caretaker) Vardan Minasyan |
2019–20 | 1st | 1st | 28 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 45 | 23 | 52 | Runners-up | Mailson Lima | 8 | Vardan Minasyan |
2020–21 | 1st | 5th | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 38 | Semifinal | Yusuf Otubanjo | 10 | David Campaña Armen Adamyan (Caretaker) Anatoly Baidachny |
2021–22 | 1st | 2nd | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 20 | 74 | Quarterfinal | Mailson Lima | 18 | Dmitri Gunko |
2022–23 | 1st | 3rd | 36 | 23 | 7 | 6 | 70 | 27 | 76 | Quarterfinal | Wilfried Eza | 13 | Vardan Bichakhchyan |
2023–24 | 1st | 3rd | 36 | 23 | 6 | 7 | 73 | 34 | 72 | Winners | Mohamed Yattara | 18 | Vardan Minasyan |
The second team of the club Ararat-Armenia-2 has been playing in the first league (2nd division) since the 2018–19 season.
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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UEFA Champions League | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 |
UEFA Europa League | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 11 | +5 |
UEFA Europa Conference League | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 |
Total | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 31 | 24 | +7 |
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
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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 (a.e.t.) | 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 |