FC Yerevan
Armenian professional football club
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FC Yerevan (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Երեւան – Futbolayin Akumb Yerevan) was an Armenian professional football club from the capital Yerevan.[1]
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| Full name | Football Club Yerevan | ||
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| Founded | 1995 | ||
| Dissolved | 2019 | ||
| Ground | Pyunik Stadium, Yerevan | ||
| President | Karen Harutyunyan | ||
| Manager | António Caldas | ||
| League | Armenian Premier League | ||
| 2019–20 | Armenian Premier League, 10th (withdrew) | ||
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History
FC Yerevan played in the Armenian Premier League and won the 1997 title. It was founded in 1995 and lasted for five years.[2] It played its home matches at the Hrazdan Stadium. After the 1999 season, the club was dissolved and the players moved on to other clubs in Yerevan.
On July 13, 2018, Football Federation of Armenia announced that the FC Yerevan is returning to professional football and will be taking part in the 2018-19 Armenian First League.[3]
On 5 September, Nebojša Petrović was relieved of his duties as Yerevan's manager,[4] with Assistant Coach Georgi Ghazaryan being placed in temporary charge for Yerevan's games against Lori on 13 September.[5] On 16 September, Vlad Goian was appointed as Manager on a one-year contract,[6] before being relieved of his duties and replaced by António Caldas on 4 October.[7] Caldas then resigned on 11 November 2019 following a 7–2 defeat to Ararat-Armenia.[8]
On 21 February 2020, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that FC Yerevan had withdrawn from the 2019–20 Armenian Premier League due to financial and technical problems.[9]
League and cup
| Season | League | National Cup | Top goalscorer | ||||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | GD | P | Name | League | ||
| 1995–96 | Armenian Premier League | 3 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 24 | +19 | 44 | Quarter-final |  Tigran Yesayan | 20 |
| 1996–97 | 3 | 22 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 58 | 24 | +34 | 50 | Semi-final | Tigran Yesayan | 11 | |
| 1997 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 10 | +31 | 43 | not held | Tigran Yesayan | 10 | |
| 1998 | 3 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 47 | 30 | +17 | 48 | Semi-final | Tigran Yesayan | 10 | |
| 1999 | 5 | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 60 | 43 | +17 | 51 | Quarter-final | Varazdat Avetisyan | 12 | |
| 2000–2018 | No participation | ||||||||||||
| 2018–19 | Armenian First League | 2 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 112 | 46 | +66 | 70 | Round of 16 |  Stanislav Yefimov | 46 |
| 2019-20 | Armenian Premier League | 10[9] | 18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 | 62 | -51 | 0 | Second round | Ramazan Isayev | 6 |
| 2020–present | No participation | ||||||||||||
| Indicates Winning the Division Title |
European record
As of August 15, 2018
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| UEFA Champions League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | −5 |
| UEFA Europa League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 |
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 17 | –15 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate | |
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| 1997–98 | UEFA Cup | 1Q |  Dnipro |
1–6 | 0–2 | 1–8 |  |
| 1998–99 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q |  HJK Helsinki |
0–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 | |
| 1999–00 | UEFA Cup | QR |  Hapoel Tel Aviv |
0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | |
- Home results are noted in bold
Current squad
- As of 31 August 2019
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Honours
- Armenian Premier League
- Champions (1): 1997
Club records
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Personnel
- Owner/President: Karen Harutyunyan
- Chief Executive Officer: Arman Harutyunyan
- Press Secretary: Norayr Harutyunyan
- Sporting director: Samvel Sargsyan
- Head coach: Nebojša Petrović
- Assistant coach: Georgi Ghazaryan
- Goalkeepers Coach: Martik Mkrtumyan
Managers
Gagik Tatevosyan, 1995- Vagarshak Aslanyan, 1995
- Samvel Darbinyan, 1995–1996
- Samvel Petrosyan, 1996–1997
- Samvel Darbinyan, 1997
- Ashot Khachatryan, 1997–1998
- Samvel Darbinyan, 1998–1999
- Aramais Tonoyan, 1999
- Samvel Sargsyan, 2018–2019
Eduard Pavlov, 2019
| Name | Nat. | From | To | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | %W | Honours | Notes |
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| Nebojša Petrović |  Serbia |
1 July 2019 | 5 September 2019[4] | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 0.00 | ||
| Georgi Ghazaryan (Caretaker) | Armenia |
5 September 2019[5] | 16 September 2019[5] | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | ||
| Vlad Goian |  Moldova |
16 September 2019[6] | 4 October 2019[7] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 0.00 | ||
| António Caldas |  Portugal |
4 October 2019[7] | 11 November 2019[8] | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 0.00 |