FC Urartu

Football Club Urartu (, translated Futbolayin Akumb Urartu), commonly known as Urartu, is an Armenian professional football team based in the capital Yerevan that currently plays in the Armenian Premier League. The club won the Armenian Cup four times, in 1992, 2007, 2016, and 2023. In 2013–2014, they won the Armenian Premier League for the first time in their history.

In early 2016, the Russia-based Armenian businessman Dzhevan Cheloyants became a co-owner of the club after purchasing the major part of the club shares. The club was known as FC Banants until 1 August 2019, when it was officially renamed FC Urartu.

History Kotayk Urartu FC were founded as FC Banants by Sarkis Israelyan on 21 January 1992 in the village of Kotayk, representing the Kotayk Province. He named the club after his native village of Banants (currently known as Bayan). Between 1992 and 1995, the club was commonly referred to as Banants Kotayk.History of Football Club Banants, from fcbanants.com, retrieved 1 May 2009. During the 1992 season, the club won the first Armenian Cup. At the end of the 1995 transitional season, Banants suffered a financial crisis. The club owners decided that it was better to merge the club with FC Kotayk of Abovyan, rather than disband it. In 2001, Banants demerged from FC Kotayk, and was moved from Abovyan to the capital Yerevan.

Yerevan

In 2001, FC Banants was relocated to Yerevan. At the beginning of 2003, Banants merged with FC Spartak Yerevan, but was able to limit the name of the new merger to FC Banants. Spartak became Banants's youth academy and later changed the name to Banants-2. Because of the merger, Banants acquired many players from Spartak Yerevan, including Samvel Melkonyan. After the merger, Banants took a more serious approach and have finished highly in the league table ever since. The club managed to lift the Armenian Cup in 2007. Experience made way for youth for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. The departures of most of the experienced players have left the club's future to the youth. Along with two Ukrainian players, Ugandan international, Noah Kasule, has been signed.

The club headquarters are located on Jivani Street 2 of the Malatia-Sebastia District, Yerevan.

Domestic Season League National Cup Top goalscorer Manager Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA GD P Name League1992Armenian Premier League3 34283312534 +9159Winner Ashot Barseghyan34Varuzhan Sukiasyan19933 28232311121 +9048Semi-final Andranik Hovsepyan261994528171109556 +3935Semi-final 1995-2000 No Participation2001Armenian Premier League722 10484628 +1834First round Mkrtich Hovhannisyan112002322 16244315 +2850Quarter-final Tigran Yesayan112003228 21348915 +7466Finalist Ara Hakobyan45Oganes Zanazanyan2004328 12794039 +143Finalist Samvel Melkonyan8200532615654931 +1851Semi-final Aram Hakobyan11Oganes Zanazanyan Ashot Barseghyan2006228 18376726 +4157Semi-final Aram Hakobyan25Ashot Barseghyan Nikolay Kiselyov200722816485626 +3052Winner Arsen Balabekyan15Nikolay Kiselyov Jan Poštulka Nikolay Kostov2008528 11893425 +941Finalist Arsen Balabekyan7Nikolay Kostov Nedelcho Matushev Kim Splidsboel2009428 135104029 +1144Finalist Samvel Melkonyan12Armen Gyulbudaghyants201022820445824 +3464Finalist Du Bala11Stevica Kuzmanovski201142812884230 +1244Semi-final Bruno Correa16Rafael Nazaryan 2011-12 Only Cup competition was heldQuarter-final2012-13842516213764 -2731First round Hovhannes Hambardzumyan7Rafael Nazaryan Volodymyr Pyatenko2013-1412814863823 +1550Semi-final Gevorg Nranyan10Zsolt Hornyák2014-1562888124246 -432Semi-final Gevorg Nranyan7Zsolt Hornyák2015-1662871293634 +233Winner Laércio10 Aram Voskanyan Tito Ramallo2016-1753056191844 -2621Semi-final Laércio3Tito Ramallo Artur Voskanyan2017-18230111184234 +844Semi-final Rumyan Hovsepyan8Artur Voskanyan2018-19332141084335 +852Semi-final Vahagn Ayvazyan Walmerson Aleksandar Glišić5Artur Voskanyan Ilshat Fayzulin2019–207228682627 -130Semi-final Yevgeni Kobzar7Ilshat Fayzulin Aleksandr Grigoryan2020–213 2412572819 +941Quarter-final Jonel Désiré8Aleksandr Grigoryan Tigran Yesayan Robert Arzumanyan2021–22532913103732 +540Finalist Artur Miranyan10Arsen Petrosyan Robert Arzumanyan 2022–2313626556825 +4383Winners Dmytro Khlyobas9Dmitri Gunko2023–244361311124949 050Finalist Temur Dzhikiya11Dmitri Gunko2024–2533019566431 +3362Quarter-final Ivan Ignatyev13Dmitri Gunko2025–2652714764326 +1749Runners Up Bruno Michel18Robert Arzumanyan

European

CompetitionPldWDLGFGAGD UEFA Champions League 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup 26 3 3 20 15 61 –46 UEFA Conference League 10 2 0 8 10 2 -12 Total 40 7 3 30 31 89 −58

Season Competition Round Opponent Home Away Aggregate 2003–04 UEFA Cup QR Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–2 1–1 2–3 2004–05 UEFA Cup 1Q Illichivets Mariupol 0–2 0–2 0–4 2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q Locomotive Tbilisi 2–3 2–0 4–3 2Q Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2–4 0–4 2–8 2006–07 UEFA Cup 1Q Ameri Tbilisi 1–2 1–0 2–2 2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q Young Boys 1–1 0–4 1–5 2008–09 UEFA Cup 1Q Red Bull Salzburg 0–3 0–7 0–10 2009–10 UEFA Europa League 1Q Široki Brijeg 0–2 1–0 1–2 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 1Q Anorthosis Famagusta 0–1 0–3 0–4 2011–12 UEFA Europa League 1Q Rustavi Metalurgist 0–1 1–1 1–2 2014–15 UEFA Champions League 1Q Santa Coloma 3–2 0–1 3–3 2016–17 UEFA Europa League 1Q Omonia 0–1 1–4 1–5 2018–19 UEFA Europa League 1Q Sarajevo 1–2 0–3 1–5 2019–20 UEFA Europa League 1Q Čukarički 0–5 0–3 0–8 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1Q Maribor 0–1 0–1 0–2 2023–24 UEFA Champions League 1Q Zrinjski Mostar 0–1 3–2 3–3 UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Farul Constanța 2–3 2–3 4–6 2024–25 UEFA Conference League 1Q Tallinna Kalev 2–0 2–1 4–1 2Q Baník Ostrava 0–2 1–5 1–7 2025–26 UEFA Conference League 1Q Neman Grodno 1–2 0–4 1–6

Stadium

The construction of the Urartu Stadium was launched in 2006 in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan, with the assistance of the FIFA goal programme. It was officially opened in 2008 with a capacity of 3,600 seats. Further developments were implemented later in 2011, when the playing pitch was modernized and the capacity of the stadium was increased up to 4,860 seats (2,760 at the northern stand, 1,500 at the southern stand and 600 at the western stand).

Training centre/academy Urartu Training Centre is the club's academy base located in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan. In addition to the main stadium, the centre houses 3 full-size training pitches, mini football pitches as well as an indoor facility. The current technical director of the academy is the former Russian footballer Ilshat Faizulin.

Fans The most active group of fans is the South West Ultras fan club, mainly composed of residents from several neighbourhoods within the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan, since the club is a de facto representer of the district. Members of the fan club benefit from events organized by the club and many facilities of the Banants training centre, such as the mini football pitch, the club store and other entertainments.

Honours Armenian Premier League Winners (2): 2013–14, 2022–23 Runners-up (5): 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017–18 Armenian Cup Winners (4): 1992, 2007, 2016, 2022–23 Runners-up (8): 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2025–26 Armenian Supercup Winners (1): 2014 Runners-up (5): 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016

Current squad

Out on loan

Personnel Technical staff PositionName Head coach Robert Arzumanyan Assistant coach Mikhail Galaydich Assistant coach Aras Ozbiliz Assistant coach Erik Nazaryan Goalkeepers coach Stepan Ghazaryan Fitness Trainer Victor Gomes Coach Analyst Francisco Compañ Team Doctor Arsen Hambaryan Team Manager Areg Harutyunyan Urartu-2 Head Coach Karen Arakelyan

Management PositionName President Dzhevan Cheloyants General Director David Shakhbagyan Executive Director Sofia Cheloyants Sporting Director Erik Vardanyan Deputy Director for Club Development Eduard Markarov Deputy General Director for Administration and Maintenance Georgii Gzrayan Deputy General Director for PR, Information and Marketing Lusine Harutyunyan Lawyer Hamlet Petrosyan

Urartu-2

Urartu has also the second team, Urartu-2 which plays in the Armenian First League. They play their home games at the training field with artificial turf of the Urartu Training Centre.

Managerial history Varuzhan Sukiasyan (1992–94) Poghos Galstyan (July 1, 1996 – June 30, 1998) Oganes Zanazanyan (2001–05) Ashot Barseghyan (2005–06) Nikolay Kiselyov (2006–07) Jan Poštulka (2007) Nikolay Kostov (July 1, 2007 – April 8, 2008) Nedelcho Matushev (April 8, 2008 – June 30, 2008) Kim Splidsboel (2008) Armen Gyulbudaghyants (Jan 1, 2009 – Dec 1, 2009) Ashot Barseghyan (interim) (2009) Stevica Kuzmanovski (Jan 1, 2010 – Dec 31, 2010) Rafael Nazaryan (Jan 1, 2011 – Jan 15, 2012) Volodymyr Pyatenko (Jan 17, 2013 – June 30, 2013) Zsolt Hornyák (July 1, 2013 – May 30, 2015) Aram Voskanyan (July 1, 2015 – Oct 11, 2015) Tito Ramallo (Oct 12, 2015 – Oct 3, 2016) Artur Voskanyan (Oct 3, 2016 – Aug 11, 2018) Ilshat Faizulin (Aug 12, 2018 –Nov 24, 2019) Aleksandr Grigoryan (Nov 25, 2019 –Mar 10, 2021) Robert Arzumanyan (10 March 2021 – 24 June 2022) Dmitri Gunko (27 June 2022 – 18 June 2025) Robert Arzumanyan (19 June 2025–)

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