FC Vagharshapat () was an

Armenia Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...

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club from the town of

Vagharshapat Vagharshapat ( ) is the List of cities and towns in Armenia, 5th-largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about west of the capital Yerevan, and north of the closed Turkish-Armenian border ...

(Etchmiadzin),

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History

The club was founded in 2003 as FC Vagharshapat, and participated in the

Armenian First League The Armenian First League () is currently the second level association football, football competition in Armenia after the Armenian Premier League. The competition exists mostly out of reserve teams of several Premier League clubs; however, other ...

. The team achieved 2nd place in the league during its first season, but was unable to achieve promotion to the

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. The following two seasons the club finished in 4th and 8th places respectively. In 2006 the club was unable to find a sponsor and disbanded.

League record

References

External links

Vagarshapat at www.weltfussballarchiv.com

Defunct football clubs in Armenia Association football clubs established in 1967 Association football clubs disestablished in 2005 1967 establishments in Armenia 2005 disestablishments in Armenia Vagharshapat {{Armenia-footyclub-stub