FC Noah

The club was founded as FC Artsakh in 2017 and played its first match in a goalless draw against FC Banants on 2 June 2017.^{[citation needed]} Noah played its first competitive season in the 2017–18 Armenian First League, finishing second and achieving promotion to the Armenian Premier League.^{[2][AI-retrieved source]}

After a disappointing 8th-place finish in the 2018–19 season, the club was sold to Karen Abrahamyan, who rebranded it as FC Noah in 2019. The name references the biblical Noah, whose Ark came to rest on Mountains of Ararat, traditionally identified with Mount Ararat.^[3] Noah won the 2019–20 Armenian Cup, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties.^[4]

In 2024, they qualified for the UEFA Conference League league phase after defeating Ružomberok 4–3 on aggregate in the play-off round, becoming the first club in Conference League history to successfully navigate all four rounds of qualification. They had beaten Shkëndija, Sliema Wanderers and Greek powerhouse AEK Athens in the previous qualifying rounds.^[5]

At the end of the 2024–25 season, Noah completed their first League and Cup double.^[6]

Noah, in the 2025/26 season, became the first Armenian club to qualify for the main stage of a European club competition for the second year in a row. That same season, Noah became the first club in Armenian history to reach the playoff stage of a European tournament.^[7]

As FC Artsakh the club's main kit colours were red and white, however following the rebranding, the club chose black and a light green to represent the club. Umbro became the kit supplier for the 2019–20, following two years of using Nike.

At the beginning phase of the 2018–19 Armenian Premier League season, FC Noah used the Mika Stadium, located in the Shengavit neighborhood of Yerevan, as their home ground until matchday 8. They were then forced to leave the Mika Stadium due to inappropriate pitch conditions, and between matchdays 9 and 14 they played at the Pyunik Stadium before moving to the artificial-turf pitch of the Dzoraghbyur Training Centre on the eastern outskirts of Yerevan. For the 2019–20 Armenian Premier League season, FC Noah played at the Alashkert Stadium, located in the same neighborhood of Yerevan.

After starting the 2021–22 Armenian Premier League season playing their home games at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium in Yerevan, Noah moved their home games to the Armavir City Stadium in Armavir in February 2022.^[13]

From the 2023–24 Armenian Premier League season, FC Noah started to play at the Abovyan City Stadium named after Vahagn Tumasyan.

FC Noah won their first trophy on 10 July 2020, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties to win the 2019–20 Armenian Cup.^[14]

• Football in Armenia
• Football Federation of Armenia