FC Gandzasar Kapan is an

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club based in the town of

Kapan Kapan ( ) is a town in southeast Armenia, serving as the administrative centre of the Kapan Municipality and also as the provincial capital of Syunik Province. It is located in the valley of the Voghji (river), Voghji River and is on the norther ...

Syunik Province Syunik (, ) is the southernmost province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south. Its capital and larg ...

. The team plays in

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. The club headquarters are located on 18 Garegin Nzhdeh street, Kapan. The

Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre 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 ...

is located at the eastern outskirts of the town of Kapan. The club is under the ownership of

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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 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 ...

before getting promoted to the

for the 2006 season. As of 2024–25 season, Gandzasar Kapan will play in the

, the top division in Armenian football. The home ground of team is the

Gandzasar Stadium Gandzasar Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Kapan, the capital of Syunik Province, Armenia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Gandzasar and Syunik. With a capacity of 3,500, Gandzasar Stadium is l ...

. The club also runs a reserve team known as Gandzasar Kapan-2, which played in the

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. On 3 November 2020, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the

and

Armenian Cup The Armenian Cup () is the main football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the Soviet Union. It served as a qualification tournament for the Soviet Cup, and it ...

due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing

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and the

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. They are currently playing in the

, having entered in 2021–22 season. Following a 3rd-place finish in 2022–23 season (after FC West Armenia and BKMA Yerevan-2) Gandzasar stayed in the First League for the 2023–24 season. After playing 26 games (out of 28) in 2023–24 season, Gandzasar were officially declared champions and therefore directly promoted to the

for 2024–25 season (this will be their first season in the Premier after withdrawing in 2020)

Domestic history

European history

Honours

** Runners-up: 2016–17 ** Third place:

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, 2017–18 *

** Winners: 2023–24 ** Runners-up:

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** Third place: 2021–22 *

** Winners: 2017–18 ** Runners-up: 2013–14 *

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** Runners-up:

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Stadium

The club play their home games at the

, also known as Kapan City Stadium, which has a capacity of 3,500. It is situated at the centre of the town of Kapan, on the left bank of

Voghji River The Voghji () or Okchuchay () is a river on the south slopes of the Lesser Caucasus range, and is a left tributary of the Aras. It flows through the territory of Armenia and Azerbaijan. In its upper reaches, the Voghji has formed a deep canyon ...

. At the beginning of 2017 the team temporarily moved to the

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium (), also known as the Republican Stadium (), is an all-seater stadium, all-seater multi-use stadium located on 65 Vardanants Street, in the Armenian capital Yerevan. The stadium was built between 1933 and 1935. ...

in Yerevan due to renovation works at the Gandzasar Stadium.

Youth academy

Gandzasar Kapan run their own youth training academy in the town of Kapan since its inauguration in May 2013. Being home to natural-grass as well as artificial-turf training pitches, the centre occupies an area of 35,000 m². In addition to Kapan, the club also runs a football school in the

Shengavit District Shengavit (), is one of the Districts of Yerevan, 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, located at the southwestern part of the city. It has common borders with the districts of Malatia-Sebastia District, Malatia-Sebastia, Kentron Dist ...

of the capital

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Players

Current squad

Gandzasar Kapan-2

FC Gandzasar Kapan's reserve squad played as Gandzasar Kapan-2 in the

. They played their home games at the training field with

artificial turf Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass, used in sports arenas, residential lawns and commercial applications that traditionally use grass. It is much more durable than grass and easily maintained wi ...

of the Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre.

Personnel

Management

Technical staff

Managerial history

* Albert Sarkisyan (1 February 2006 – 1 December 2006) *

Souren Barseghyan Souren Barseghyan (; born 12 October 1959) is an Armenian association football manager, born in Yerevan, who managed the Armenia national team during UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying in 1998-99. He was the head coach of Mika Yerevan. Barseghyan also ma ...

(2007) *

Abraham Khashmanyan Abraham Khashmanyan (; born 11 November 1967) is an Armenian football manager and former player. Honours Alashkert * Armenian Premier League 2015–16, 2016–17 * Armenian Cup: 2018–19 * Armenian Supercup The Armenian Supercup is a mat ...

(2007) *

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 ...

(2007–09) * Slava Gabrielyan (1 July 2009–10) * Albert Sarkisyan (20 April 2010 – 20 December 2010) *

(2010–12) * Samvel Sargsyan (24 May 2012 – 12 September 12) * Sevada Arzumanyan (8 September 2012 – 14 April 2014) *

Serhiy Puchkov Serhiy Valentynovych Puchkov (; born 17 April 1962) is a Ukrainian former football player and manager who played as a midfielder. Career Puchkov is a former head-coach of FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia in the Ukrainian Premier ...

(30 April 2014 – 2 December 2014) * Ashot Barseghyan (11 March 2015 – 12 July 2017) * Karen Barseghyan (13 July 2017 – 26 March 2018) * Ashot Barseghyan (26 March 2018 – 30 April 2019) * Armen Petrosyan (1 May 2019 – 3 November 2020) * Tigran Gevorgyan (1 May 2021 – )

References

External links

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