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2017–18 Armenian Cup
The 2017–18 Armenian Cup was the 27th season of the football knockout competition in Armenia. The winners of the cup this season earned a place in the 2018–19 Europa League and would begin play in the first qualifying round. Shirak won the cup final in the previous season and were the defending champions. The tournament began on 13 September 2017 with the quarter-final round, which was contested by the six Premier League clubs and two clubs from the First League. Format The Armenian Football Cup this season was contested over three rounds. The quarter-final and semi-final rounds were played over two legs, and the final was a single match to determine the cup winner. Quarter–finals ---- ---- ---- Semi–finals ---- Final Scorers 4 goals: * Artur Yedigaryan - Alashkert 3 goals: * Mihran Manasyan - Alashkert * Gevorg Nranyan - Gandzasar Kapan * Moussa Paul Bakayoko - Shirak 2 goals: * Artak Dashyan - Alashkert * Artak Yedigaryan - Alashkert * N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Gandzasar Kapan
FC Gandzasar Kapan is an Armenian football club based in the town of Kapan, Syunik Province. The team plays in Armenian Premier League. The club headquarters are located on 18 Garegin Nzhdeh street, Kapan. The Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre is located at the eastern outskirts of the town of Kapan. The club is under the ownership of Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine Closed Joint-Stock Company since 25 February 2015. History The club was founded in 2004 and made their debut in the Armenian football league system in the 2004 Armenian First League competition. They spent 2 years playing in the Armenian First League before getting promoted to the Armenian Premier League for the 2006 season. As of 2024–25 season, Gandzasar Kapan will play in the Armenian Premier League, the top division in Armenian football. The home ground of team is the Gandzasar Stadium. The club also runs a reserve team known as Gandzasar Kapan-2, which played in the First Division. On 3 November 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Junior Christian
Alex Junior Christian (born 5 December 1993) is a Haitian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for West Armenia and the Haiti national team. Club career Alex Christian began his career with Haitian Premier League Side Violette. After a few years with Violette, he moved overseas and joined American semi-pro side Ironbound SC. After a few games with Ironbound, he earned a move to Portugal and was signed by Vila Real. In January 2015, Christian signed a six-month contract with Vila Real, before joining Boavista in June 2015 until the summer of 2018. In June 2017, Christian signed for Armenian Premier League club FC Gandzasar Kapan on a one-year contract. On 11 January 2019, Christian signed for FC Ararat-Armenia. On 21 January 2021, Ararat-Armenia confirmed that Christian had left the club following the expiration of his contract. On 5 August 2024, Christian return to the Armenian Premier League to sign for West Armenia. International career On 16 May 2019, Chri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banants Stadium
Urartu Stadium () is an all-seater football stadium in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan, Armenia. The stadium is home to Urartu FC and has a capacity of 4,860 seats. It was known as Banants Stadium until 1 August 2019, when it was officially renamed Urartu Stadium. Overview Urartu Stadium is located within the sports complex of Urartu Training Centre, occupying the southern part of the complex. The construction of the stadium was launched in 2006 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. The surrounding training centre of the club consists of 3 regular-sized training fields as well as 4 mini-football grounds, and an indoor mini-football training field. The s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petros Avetisyan
Petros Avetisyan (; born 7 January 1996) is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Alashkert. Club career Banants Born in Yerevan, Avetisyan started his career at Malatia football school that later was renamed as FC Banants. After progressing through the club's youth system, he became top scorer of Banants-2 in Armenian First league in 2014–15 season and moved to the first team of the club. On 11 November 2014, he made his debut in Armenia Premier League in away match against Pyunik. In two weeks he already was in starting line-up of Banants. In 2015–16 he was one of the key players of Banants. The club won the Armenian Cup. Pyunik On 29 July 2016, Avetisyan signed for Pyunik on a six-month loan deal, and played almost all the matches in Starting line-up of the club in the first half of 2016–17 season. On 23 January 2017, he officially was transferred from Banants to Pyunik. At the beginning of 2018 he was linked to moving to Ukrainian clu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ognjen Krasić
Ognjen Krasić ( sr-Cyrl, Огњен Красић; born 9 April 1988) is a Serbian footballer. Career In February 2016, Krasić signed for FK Voždovac. On 26 July 2018, FC Banants 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 f ... announced that Krasić had left the club following the expiration of his contract. References External links * Ognjen Krasić statsat utakmica.rs * 1988 births Living people Footballers from Zrenjanin Men's association football midfielders Serbian men's footballers FK Proleter Zrenjanin players FK Vojvodina players FK Tekstilac Odžaci players FK Proleter Novi Sad players FK Palić players FK Sloboda Tuzla players FC Taraz players FC Tobol players FK Voždovac players FC Nasaf players FC Urartu players FK Inđija players Serbi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumyan Hovsepyan
Rumyan Hovsepyan (, born 13 November 1991) is an Armenian football player who plays for Alashkert. Hovsepyan is also a member of the Armenia national football team. He usually plays as a defensive midfielder. Career Club Hovsepyan left Shirak on 9 June 2017 by mutual consent. On 26 June 2019 he signed a contract with the newly promoted to the Bulgarian First League team Arda Kardzhali. On 27 July, he scored the historic first ever goal for the team from Kardzhali in the top division of Bulgarian football, netting the equalizer in the 3:1 home win over Beroe. International Hovsepyan played his first international game with the national team on 27 May 2014, in a friendly against the United Arab Emirates. He scored his first international goal on his debut match. Career statistics Club International ''Statistics accurate as of match played 9 November 2017'' International goals :''Scores and results list Armenia's goal tally first.'' Family His father Andranik Hovse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nenad Injac
Nenad Injac (; born 4 September 1985) is a Serbian retired football forward. Career Born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, he previously played for FK Radnički Jugopetrol, FK Železničar Beograd, OFK Mladenovac, FK Borac Čačak, FC Amkar Perm, FC Volga Nizhny Novgorod, OFK Beograd, Al-Ansar, Bežanija, Atyrau, Rad, Voždovac and Ergotelis Ergotelis Football Club () is a Greek professional Association football, football club based in Heraklion, Crete, which competes in the Heraklion Football Clubs Association, FCA Heraklion A1, the fourth tier of the Greek football league system, .... References External links * at Srbijafudbal Nenad Injac Statsat Utakmica.rs 1985 births Living people Footballers from Belgrade Men's association football forwards Serbia and Montenegro men's footballers Serbian men's footballers FK Radnički Beograd players FK Železničar Beograd players OFK Mladenovac players FK Borac Čačak players FC Amkar Perm players FC Volga Nizhny Novgoro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Banants
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. During the 1992 season, the club won the first A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Pyunik
Football Club Pyunik (), commonly known as Pyunik (), is an Armenian professional sports club based in the Kentron neighbourhood of Yerevan. Pyunik is mostly known for its professional football team which, since its creation in 1992, has always played in the Armenian Premier League, becoming the most successful team of Armenia in number of official titles, with 34 won to date. Pyunik is also known to be one of the most popular football clubs in Armenia, along with Urartu, Shirak and Ararat. Pyunik has always had a fierce rivalry with Ararat, as both clubs are considered to be the most successful clubs in Armenia, the latter due to its Soviet accomplishments. Both clubs are also the two most popular in the country and favorites within the Armenian Diaspora. Pyunik also shares a rivalry with Urartu which began when Urartu relocated from Abovyan to Yerevan in 2001, and became the third largest team in the city. The Pyunik-Urartu rivalry is seen as one of the biggest clashes in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyumri
Gyumri (, ) is an urban municipal community and the List of cities and towns in Armenia, second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city was known as Alexandropol, it became the largest city of Russian-ruled Eastern Armenia with a population above that of Yerevan. The city became renowned as a cultural hub, while also carrying significance as a major center of Russian troops during Russo-Turkish wars of the 19th century. The city underwent a tumultuous period during and after World War I. While Russian forces withdrew from the South Caucasus due to the October Revolution, the city became host to large numbers of Armenian refugees fleeing the Armenian genocide, in particular hosting 22,000 orphaned children in around 170 orphanage buildings. It was renamed Leninakan during the Soviet period and became a major industrial and textile center in Soviet Armenia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyumri City Stadium
Gyumri City Stadium () is an all-seater football stadium in Gyumri, Armenia. It is currently the home venue of the Armenian Premier League club FC Shirak of Gyumri. The current capacity of the stadium is 4,000 seats. History The stadium was built and opened in 1924 to become the first stadium in the modern history of Armenia. When Shirak was founded in 1958, the stadium became the regular home ground of the team for the Soviet First League competition. Starting from 1991, the stadium witnessed many glorious moments of FC Shirak in the Armenian Premier League and the Armenian Independence Cup. The stadium hosted the 2011–12 Armenian Cup final match when Shirak defeated Impulse to win the title for the first time in their history. The venue was reconstructed in 1999 and turned into an all-seater stadium. The total capacity of the stadium became 2,844 seats (1,413 at the western stand and 1,431 at the eastern stand). During 2012, the playing pitch and many other facilities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Ararat Yerevan
Football Club Ararat Yerevan (), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenia, Armenian professional Association football, football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League. Since 1999 the club has been owned by the Swiss-Armenian businessman Vartan Sirmakes. The badge shows a white eagle standing on a football and is a reference to the club nickname. The badge also displays the name of Ararat in both Latin (Ararat) and Armenian (ԱՐԱՐԱՏ) text. History In 1935, a football team was established in Yerevan by Spartak sports society. The first time the team participated in the competitions of the national level. The first trophy of the club was the Armenian Cup, Armenian SSR Cup in 1940. In the next four years football was not played because of World War II. In 1944, games of USSR Cup were resumed, and Spartak participated. A match was set up with their main rivals, fellow FC Dinamo Tbilisi. However, the match was not played through the fault of Yerev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
