FC Van Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Վան Երևան), is a defunct
Armenia
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football club from the capital
Yerevan
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, founded in 1990.
History
This club is named in honor of the
Armenian historic city of Van, which was once the capital of the
Urartu
Urartu (; Assyrian: ',Eberhard Schrader, ''The Cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament'' (1885), p. 65. Babylonian: ''Urashtu'', he, אֲרָרָט ''Ararat'') is a geographical region and Iron Age kingdom also known as the Kingdom of Va ...
Kingdom. The club participated in
the first Armenian soccer championship, which took fifth place overall. During the six seasons the club has always participated in the
Premier League
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. The team has strong problems, and the place occupied by the team were in the range from 4th to 10th position. But so, the club was disbanded in 1997 at the end of the championship.
League Record
Coaching history
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Azad Mangasarian (1992)
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Arsen Chilingaryan
Arsen Chilingaryan ( hy, Արսեն Չիլինգարյան, 1965 - 14 May 2013) was a Soviet Armenian football defender.
Chilingaryan was born in Yerevan. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1984 for FC Ararat Yerevan. He managed Arme ...
(1992–1993)
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Edward Asoyan
Edward is an English given name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortune; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”.
History
The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-Sax ...
(1993–1995)
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Varuzhan Sukiasyan (1995)
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Levon Hakobyan Levon may refer to:
Music
* "Levon" (song), a song by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
* Levon & the Hawks, an original alternative name for The Band
*Love for Levon, a concert held on October 3, 2012 in New Jersey as a tribute to the late drummer/sing ...
(1996)
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Ashot Khachatryan
Ashot Sureni Khachatryan ( hy, Աշոտ Սուրենի Խաչատրյան; born 3 August 1959) is a retired football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the ...
(1996–1997)
External links
Profile on klisf.infoProfile on weltfussballarchiv.comProfile on foot.dk
FC Van Yerevan
Defunct football clubs in Armenia
Association football clubs established in 1990
Association football clubs disestablished in 1997
Football clubs in Yerevan
1990 establishments in Armenia
1997 disestablishments in Armenia
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