Araks Ararat FC (), is

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club from the town of Ararat,

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Club history

The club was founded in 1960 as FC Ararat to represent the town of Ararat. With the independence of Armenia, the

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Factory took over FC Ararat in 1993 and the club was renamed FC Tsement Ararat. They played in the

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and won two titles, the first in 1998 as Tsement and the 2nd in 2000 as Araks Ararat. The following year, Tsement yielded the championship to

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by two points and ended up on the third spot behind

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. However, after many successful years, the club president ''Abraham Babayan'' was unable to finance the club. Eventually, the rights were sold in late 2000 to a new sponsor based in Yerevan and Araks Ararat FC was dissolved. The club was resurrected a year later for the 2002 season, but since it gave its license for participating in the Premier League to Spartak Yerevan, was unable to participate in Premier League and had to settle to restart from the First League. Since 2021, the team plays in the Amateur A-League, and since 2024 have their reserve team play in the Amateur B-League.

Honours

**Winners (2): 1998, 2000 *

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**Winners (3): 1997, 1998, 1999 *

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**Winners (1): 1998

Domestic history

Araks Ararat in European competitions

''As of June, 2010.'' Notes: * Home results are noted in Bold.

References

{{Armenian Premier League Association football clubs established in 1960

Araks Ararat Araks Ararat FC (), is Armenian association football, football club from the town of Ararat, Armenia, Ararat, Ararat Province. Club history The club was founded in 1960 as FC Ararat to represent the town of Ararat, Armenia, Ararat. With the indep ...

1960 establishments in Armenia 2005 disestablishments in Armenia