FC Lori
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| Full name | Football Club Lori | ||
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| Founded | 1936 | ||
| Ground |
Vanadzor Football Academy, Vanadzor | ||
| Chairman |
 Robert Grigoryan | ||
| Manager |
Armen Adamyan | ||
| League | Armenian First League | ||
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FC Lori (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Լոռի), is an Armenian football club from Vanadzor, Lori Province. Founded in 1936, Lori is among the oldest football clubs in Armenia.
Overview
The club participated in the first ever Armenian football competition after the split-up from the Soviet Union. After the regular competition they did not qualify for the championship stage, but were forced to play in the relegation stage. Here they finished in seventh position, which forced them to play in the Armenian First League (second level) for the 1993 season. In that season they finished first in their group (the league was split-up in two groups) which gave them promotion to the Armenian Premier League. Lori then became a yo-yo team referring to their up-and-go history of promotion and relegation. In 2002 they played their last season in the Premier League as of today and relegated to the First League.
In 2006, the club was dissolved due to financial difficulties and withdrew from the professional league system. However, after the opening of the Vanadzor Football Academy in late 2016, FC Lori was revived in 2017 by a group of football fans in Vanadzor. The club will participate in the 2017-18 Armenian First League competition.
League Record
FC Lori league record since 1992:[1]
| Year | Division | Position | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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| 1992 | Armenian Premier League | 19 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 63 |
| 1993 | Armenian First League | 1 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 46 | 7 |
| 1994 | Armenian Premier League | 13 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 22 | 65 |
| 1995 | Armenian First League | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 24 | 16 |
| 1995/96 | Armenian First League | 3 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 16 |
| 1996/97 | Armenian First League | 2 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 42 | 13 |
| 1997 | Armenian Premier League | 10 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 76 |
| 1998 | Armenian First League | 2 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 42 | 16 |
| 1999 | Armenian First League | 3 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 10 |
| 2000 | Armenian First League | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 24 |
| 2001 | Armenian Premier League | 12 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 83 |
| 2002 | Armenian Premier League | 12 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 15 | 100 |
| 2003 | Armenian First League | 10 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 36 | 74 |
| 2004 | Armenian First League | 14 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 35 | 68 |
| 2005 | Armenian First League | 11 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 39 | 77 |
| 2017 | Armenian First League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Current squad
- As of 29 July 2017[2]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Personnel
- President: Robert Grigoryan.
- Press secretary: Spartak Petrosyan.
- Head coach: Armen Adamyan.
- Assistant coach: Mamikon Gharibjanyan.
- Goalkeepers coach: Mayis Azizyan.
References
- ↑ RSSSF Armenia (and subpages per year)
- ↑ "FC Lori squad". armsport.am (in Armenian). Armsport. Retrieved 30 July 2017.