FC Artsakh

FC Artsakh

Full name	Football Club Artsakh
Founded	2017 (2017)
Ground	Mika Stadium, Yerevan
Ground Capacity	7,250
Owner	Sevan Aslanyan
Chairman	Sevan Aslanyan
Manager	Tigran Yesayan
League	Armenian First League
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Artsakh (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արցախ), is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan. It was founded in 2017 by a group of football fans from the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

Overview

They club's inaugural match took place on July 2, 2017, against FC Banants in the Banants Stadium. The friendly match ended with a goalless draw.^[1]

Currently managed by Tigran Yesayan,^[2] Artsakh will participate in the 2017–18 Armenian First League competition.^[3]

The club's football school is based in the city of Stepanakert; the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

Current squad

As of 1 August 2017^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Albert Ohanyan 2 DF Zhora Nazaryan 3 DF Vazgen Yeranosyan 4 DF Armen Durunts 5 DF Gor Mkrtumyan (captain) 6 MF Vahan Adloyan 7 MF Karen Harutyunyan 8 MF Artur Grigoryan 9 FW Grigor Aghekyan 11 MF Eduard Avagyan 14 DF Artur Sahakyan 16 MF Vahe Mirakyan 17 MF Davit Babayan 19 DF Armo Adamyan

No. Position Player 21 MF Arsen Hovhannisyan 22 FW Karen Shakhkeldyan 77 FW Narek Ghasumyan 95 GK Grigor Makaryan GK Arman Hovhannisyan MF Stepan Kocharyan MF Tigran Simonyan MF Vadim Hayiryan FW Alen Koryan DF Hamlet Asoyan DF Narek Gyozalyan FW Arsen Harutyunyan FW Edgar Mkrtchyan

Personnel

• President: Sevan Aslanyan.
• Press secretary: Arman Arakelyan.
• Head coach: Tigran Yesayan.
• Assistant coach: Tigran Gspeyan.
• Assistant coach: Albert Achemyan.
• Assistant coach: Tigran Voskanyan.

References