FC Gandzasar Kapan
| Full name | FC Gandzasar Kapan | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Արջեր Arjér (The Bears) | ||
| Founded | 2004 | ||
| Ground | Gandzasar Stadium, Kapan | ||
| Capacity | 3,500 | ||
| Owner | Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine CJSC | ||
| Executive Director | Vardan Djhanyan | ||
| Head Coach | Aram Voskanyan[1] | ||
| League | Armenian Premier League | ||
| Website | http://fcgandzasarkapan.am/ | ||
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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.[2] The Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre is located at the eastern outskirts of the town of Kapan. The club is under the ownership of Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine 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 before getting promoted to the Armenian Premier League for the 2006 season.[citation needed] As of 2024–25 season, Gandzasar Kapan will play in the Armenian Premier League, the top division in Armenian football. The home ground of team is the Gandzasar Stadium.[citation needed] The club also runs a reserve team known as Gandzasar Kapan-2, which played in the First Division.[citation needed] On 3 November 2020, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the Armenian Premier League and Armenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[3][4] They are currently playing in the Armenian First League, 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 Armenian Premier League for 2024-25 season (this will be their first season in the Premier after withdrawing in 2020)
Domestic history
| Season | League | National Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||
| 2004 | Armenian First League | 3rd | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 32 | 57 | no participation | |||
| 2005 | 3rd | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 62 | 24 | 51 | First Round | ||||
| 2006 | Armenian Premier League | 5th | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 28 | 60 | 24 | Quarter-final | Armenia Artur Kocharyan | 15 | Armenia Vladimir Petrosyan Armenia Albert Sarkisyan |
| 2007 | 5th | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 31 | 39 | First round | Armenia Artur Kocharyan | 8 | Armenia Souren Barseghyan Armenia Abraham Khashmanyan Armenia Samvel Petrosyan | |
| 2008 | 3rd | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 47 | Quarter-final | Armenia Alexander Petrosyan | 9 | Armenia Samvel Petrosyan | |
| 2009 | 5th | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 47 | 38 | Quarter-final | Armenia Arsen Avetisyan | 14 | Armenia Samvel Petrosyan Armenia Avetik Sargsyan Republic of Artsakh Slava Gabrielyan | |
| 2010 | 6th | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 45 | 27 | Quarter-final | Armenia Artur Kocharyan | 8 | Republic of Artsakh Slava Gabrielyan Armenia Albert Sarkisyan | |
| 2011 | 3rd | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 16 | 46 | Quarter-final Quarter-final |
Armenia Arsen Avetisyan | 5 | Armenia Abraham Khashmanyan | |
| 2012–13 | 3rd | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 37 | 67 | Semi-final | Brazil Dhiego Lomba Farias | 9 | Armenia Abraham Khashmanyan Armenia Avetik Sargsyan Armenia Samvel Sargsyan Armenia Sevada Arzumanyan | |
| 2013–14 | 5th | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 36 | 31 | 35 | Runner-up | Armenia Narek Beglaryan | 8 | Armenia Sevada Arzumanyan Armenia Stepan Baghdasaryan Ukraine Serhiy Puchkov | |
| 2014–15 | 7th | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 29 | Quarter-final | Armenia Gegham Harutyunyan Ukraine Vasil Palagnyuk |
6 | Ukraine Serhiy Puchkov Armenia Samvel Petrosyan | |
| 2015–16 | 4th | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 45 | Semi-final | Armenia Gegham Harutyunyan Armenia Narek Beglaryan |
5 | Armenia Samvel Petrosyan Armenia Ashot Barseghyan | |
| 2016–17 | 2nd | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 24 | 57 | Semi-final | Armenia Gegham Harutyunyan | 12 | Armenia Ashot Barseghyan | |
| 2017–18 | 3rd | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 34 | 43 | Winner | Armenia Gegham Harutyunyan | 12 | Armenia Karen Barseghyan Armenia Ashot Barseghyan | |
| 2018–19 | 6th | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 33 | 38 | Quarter-final | Armenia Gegham Harutyunyan | 8 | Armenia Ashot Barseghyan Armenia Armen Petrosyan | |
| 2019–20 | 9th | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 25 | Semi-final | Armenia Gegham Harutyunyan | 6 | Armenia Armen Petrosyan | |
| 2020–21 | 10th | Withdrew | n/a | ||||||||||
| 2021–22 | Armenian First League | 3rd | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 47 | 37 | did not enter | Armenia Orbeli Hambardzumyan | 6 | Armenia Tigran Gevorgyan |
| 2022–23 | 3rd | 33 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 85 | 33 | 70 | Semi-final | Armenia Alen Karapetyan | 24 | Armenia Tigran Gevorgyan | |
| 2023-24 | Armenian First League | 1st | 28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 69 | 17 | 74 | Second round | |||
European history
- As of match played 19 July 2018
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| UEFA Europa League | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 27 | –19 |
| Total | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 27 | –19 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
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| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | Netherlands NAC Breda | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–8 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg |
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Faroe Islands EB/Streymur | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 (a) | File:Symbol confirmed.svg |
| 2Q | Switzerland Servette | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–5 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg | ||
| 2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Kazakhstan Aktobe | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg |
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Montenegro Mladost Podgorica | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Poland Lech Poznań | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | File:Symbol delete vote.svg |
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Honours
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- Armenian Premier League[5]
- Armenian First League
- Armenian Cup[6]
- Armenian Super Cup
- Runners-up: 2018
Stadium
The club play their home games at the Gandzasar Stadium, 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.[citation needed] At the beginning of 2017 the team temporarily moved to the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan due to renovation works at the Gandzasar Stadium.[citation needed]
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 of the capital Yerevan.
Players
Current squad
- As of 16 August 2024
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Gandzasar Kapan-2
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| Founded | 2006 | ||
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| Ground | Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre, Kapan | ||
| Owner | Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine CJSC | ||
| Executive Director | Garnik Aghababian | ||
| Manager | Ashot Manucharyan | ||
| League | Armenian First League | ||
| 2016–17 | 4th | ||
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FC Gandzasar Kapan's reserve squad played as Gandzasar Kapan-2 in the Armenian First League. They played their home games at the training field with artificial turf of the Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre.
Personnel
Management
| Position | Name |
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| Executive Director | Armenia Vardan Djhanyan |
| Deputy Director | Armenia Arthur Margaryan |
| Press Secretary | Armenia Spartak Petrosyan |
Technical staff
| Position | Name |
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| Head coach | Armenia Tigran Gevorgyan |
| Assistant coach | Armenia Norayr Tamrazyan |
| Assistant coach | Armenia Tigran Ivanyan |
| Goalkeepers Coach | Armenia Tigran Ghazaryan |
| Doctor | Armenia Ara Aramyan |
Managerial history
- Armenia Albert Sarkisyan (1 February 2006 – 1 December 2006)
- Armenia Souren Barseghyan (2007)
- Armenia Abraham Khashmanyan (2007)
- Armenia Samvel Petrosyan (2007–09)
- Armenia Slava Gabrielyan (1 July 2009–10)
- Armenia Albert Sarkisyan (20 April 2010 – 20 December 2010)
- Armenia Abraham Khashmanyan (2010–12)
- Armenia Samvel Sargsyan (24 May 2012 – 12 September 12)
- Armenia Sevada Arzumanyan (8 September 2012 – 14 April 2014)
- Ukraine Serhiy Puchkov (30 April 2014 – 2 December 2014)
- Armenia Ashot Barseghyan (11 March 2015 – 12 July 2017)
- Armenia Karen Barseghyan (13 July 2017 – 26 March 2018)
- Armenia Ashot Barseghyan (26 March 2018 – 30 April 2019)
- Armenia Armen Petrosyan (1 May 2019 – 3 November 2020)
- Armenia Tigran Gevorgyan (1 May 2021 – )
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.facebook.com/syunikfc/videos/271928448856167 [bare URL]
- ↑ "Clubs". www.ffa.am. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
- ↑ "Բաց նամակ "Զանգեզուրի Պղնձամոլիբդենային կոմբինատ"". facebook.com/gandzasarkapanfc (in հայերեն). FC Gandzasar Kapan Facebook. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ↑ "Գանձասար-Կապանը պաշտոնական նամակ է ուղարկել ՀՖՖ". ffa.am/ (in հայերեն). Football Federation of Armenia. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ↑ RSSSF Armenia (and subpages per year)
- ↑ "FC Shirak achievements". fcshirak.am. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
External links
- Gandzasar at Weltfussball.de