Football Club Banants (Armenian: Բանանց Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ) is an Armenian professional football team, playing in the capital, Yerevan. The club plays in the Armenian First League and has won the Armenian Cup twice, in 1992 and 2007.
History
Banants Kotayk
FC Banants was founded in 1992 in the city of Abovyan, and represented the region of Kotayk. For this reason, from 1992 to 1995, the club was referred to as Banants Kotayk.[1] During the 1992 season, the club won the first Armenian Cup. At the end of the 1995 transitional season, Banants went into financial crisis. The club owners decided that it was better to merge the club with the other Abovyan club, Kotayk Abovian, rather than disband it. In 2001, Banants demerged from Kotayk Abovian, and was moved from Abovyan to the capital Yerevan.
Banants Yerevan
In the beginning of 2003, Banants merged with Spartak Yerevan, but was able to limit the name of the new merger to FC Banants. Spartak became Banants's youth academy and later changed the name to Banants-2. Because of the merger, Banants acquired many of Spartak's players, including one of its top players, Samvel Melkonyan. After the merger, Banants took a more serious approach and has finished in high ranks ever since. The club managed to lift the Armenian Cup in 2007.
Experience is making way for youth for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. The departures of most of the experienced players have left the club's future to the youth. Along with two Ukrainian players, Ugandan international, Noah Kasule, has been signed.
Achievements
Banants in European Cups
As of July, 2011.
| Competition |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
| UEFA Cup/Europa League | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 43 |
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- Home results are noted in bold
Current squad
As of 3 January, 2014.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. |
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Position |
Player
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| 1 |
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GK |
Artur Toroyan
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| 2 |
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DF |
Lubos Hanzel
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| 3 |
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DF |
Gagik Daghbashyan
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| 4 |
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DF |
Aram Shakhnazaryan
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| 5 |
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DF |
Artashes Arakelyan
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| 8 |
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MF |
Valter Poghosyan
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| 9 |
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FW |
Gevorg Karapetyan
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| 10 |
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MF |
Narek Gyozalyan
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| 11 |
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MF |
Narek Gyozalyan
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| 12 |
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MF |
Gor Oganesyan
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| 13 |
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FW |
Khachatur Avetisyan
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| 15 |
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MF |
Andranik Kocharyan |
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Managers
- Varuzhan Sukiasyan (1992–94)
- Oganes Zanazanyan (2001–05)
- Ashot Barseghyan (2005–06)
- Nikolai Kiselev (2006–07)
Jan Poštulka (2007)
Nikolay Kostov (July 1, 2007–April 8, 2008)- Nedelcho Matushev (April 8, 2008–June 30, 2008)
Kim Splidsboel (2008)- Armen Gyulbudaghyants (Jan 1, 2009–Dec 1, 2009)
- Ashot Barseghyan (assistant) (2009)
Stevica Kuzmanovski (Jan 1, 2010–Dec 31, 2010)- Rafael Nazaryan (Jan 1, 2011–Jan 15, 2013)
Volodymyr Pyatenko (Jan 17, 2013–June 30, 2013)- Zsolt Hornyak (July 1, 2013–)
References
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