FC Yerevan () was an

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n professional

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club from the capital

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History

FC Yerevan played in the

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and won the

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title. It was founded in 1995 and lasted for five years. It played its home matches at the

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. After the

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season, the club was dissolved and the players moved on to other clubs in Yerevan. On July 13, 2018, Football Federation of Armenia announced that the FC Yerevan is returning to professional football and will be taking part in the 2018-19 Armenian First League. On 5 September,

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was relieved of his duties as Yerevan's manager, with Assistant Coach Georgi Ghazaryan being placed in temporary charge for Yerevan's games against Lori on 13 September. On 16 September, Vlad Goian was appointed as Manager on a one-year contract, before being relieved of his duties and replaced by António Caldas on 4 October. Caldas then resigned on 11 November 2019 following a 7–2 defeat to Ararat-Armenia. On 21 February 2020, the

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announced that FC Yerevan had withdrawn from the

2019–20 Armenian Premier League The 2019–20 Armenian Premier League season was the 28th since its establishment. Season events On 21 February, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that FC Yerevan had withdrawn from the league due to financial and technical problems. ...

due to financial and technical problems.

League and cup

European record

''As of August 15, 2018'' * Home results are noted in bold

Current squad

Honours

**Champions (1):

Club records

Personnel

* Owner/President: Karen Harutyunyan * Chief Executive Officer: Arman Harutyunyan * Press Secretary: Norayr Harutyunyan * Sporting director: Samvel Sargsyan * Head coach:

* Assistant coach: Georgi Ghazaryan * Goalkeepers Coach: Martik Mkrtumyan

Managers

* Gagik Tatevosyan, 1995 * Vagarshak Aslanyan, 1995 *

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, 1995–1996 *

Samvel Petrosyan Samvel Petrosyan (, ; born on 27 September 1954) in Yerevan, is a former Soviet football striker. Now is manager who has worked as the coach of several Armenian teams among which FC Pyunik, the Armenia U-21 team and FC Gandzasar Kapan. He bec ...

, 1996–1997 *

, 1997 *

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, 1997–1998 *

, 1998–1999 * Aramais Tonoyan, 1999 * Samvel Sargsyan, 2018–2019 * Eduard Pavlov, 2019

References

{{F.C. Yerevan managers Association football clubs established in 1995

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