FC Gandzasar Kapan

Gandzasar Kapan-2
Founded	2006; 18 years ago
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
Home colours	Away colours

FC Gandzasar
Full name	FC Gandzasar Kapan
Nickname(s)	Արջեր Arjér (The Bears)
Founded	2004; 20 years ago
Ground	Gandzasar Stadium, Kapan
Capacity	3,500
Owner	Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine CJSC
Executive Director	Vardan Djhanyan
Head Coach	Aram Voskanyan
League	Armenian First League
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

FC Gandzasar Kapan is an

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

2006 season.^{[citation needed}

]

As of 2022-23 season, Gandzasar Kapan play in the Armenian First League, the second 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

2022-23 season (after FC West Armenia and BKMA Yerevan-2) Gandzasar stay in the First League

.

Domestic history

Season	League									National Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	National Cup	Name	League	Manager
2004	Armenian First League	3rd	30	17	6	7	52	32	57	no participation
2005	Armenian First League	3rd	24	16	3	5	62	24	51	First Round
2006	Armenian Premier League	5th	28	7	3	18	28	60	24	Quarter-final	Artur Kocharyan	15	Vladimir Petrosyan Albert Sarkisyan
2007		5th	28	11	6	11	35	31	39	First round	Artur Kocharyan	8	Souren Barseghyan Abraham Khashmanyan Samvel Petrosyan
2008		3rd	28	13	8	7	39	27	47	Quarter-final	Alexander Petrosyan	9	Samvel Petrosyan
2009		5th	28	12	2	14	32	47	38	Quarter-final	Arsen Avetisyan	14	Samvel Petrosyan Avetik Sargsyan Slava Gabrielyan
2010		6th	28	8	3	17	24	45	27	Quarter-final	Artur Kocharyan	8	Slava Gabrielyan Albert Sarkisyan
2011		3rd	28	12	10	6	31	16	46	Quarter-final Quarter-final	Arsen Avetisyan	5	Abraham Khashmanyan
2012–13		3rd	42	18	13	11	48	37	67	Semi-final	Dhiego Lomba Farias	9	Abraham Khashmanyan Avetik Sargsyan Samvel Sargsyan Sevada Arzumanyan
2013–14		5th	28	8	11	9	36	31	35	Runner-up	Narek Beglaryan	8	Sevada Arzumanyan Stepan Baghdasaryan Serhiy Puchkov
2014–15		7th	28	7	8	13	31	44	29	Quarter-final	Gegham Harutyunyan Vasil Palagnyuk	6	Serhiy Puchkov Samvel Petrosyan
2015–16		4th	28	11	12	5	35	27	45	Semi-final	Gegham Harutyunyan Narek Beglaryan	5	Samvel Petrosyan Ashot Barseghyan
2016–17		2nd	30	17	6	7	38	24	57	Semi-final	Gegham Harutyunyan	12	Ashot Barseghyan
2017–18		3rd	30	11	10	9	43	34	43	Winner	Gegham Harutyunyan	12	Karen Barseghyan Ashot Barseghyan
2018–19		6th	32	10	8	14	38	33	38	Quarter-final	Gegham Harutyunyan	8	Ashot Barseghyan Armen Petrosyan
2019–20		9th	22	6	7	9	25	29	25	Semi-final	Gegham Harutyunyan	6	Armen Petrosyan
2020–21		10th	Withdrew							n/a
2021–22	Armenian First League	3rd	28	10	7	11	38	47	37	did not enter	Orbeli Hambardzumyan	6	Tigran Gevorgyan
2022–23	Armenian First League	3rd	33	22	4	7	85	33	70	Semi-final	Alen Karapetyan	24	Tigran Gevorgyan

European history

As of match played 19 July 2018

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
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
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	2Q	NAC Breda	0–2	0–6	0–8
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1Q	EB/Streymur	2–0	1–3	3–3 ( a )
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Servette	1–3	0–2	1–5
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Aktobe	1–2	1–2	2–4
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Mladost Podgorica	0–3	0–1	0–4
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Lech Poznań	2–1	0–2	2–3

Honours

Armenian Premier League^[5]
- Runners-up: 2016–17
- Third place:
  2008, 2011, 2012–13, 2017–18

Armenian Cup^[6]
- Winners: 2017–18
- Runners-up: 2013–14
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 3 August 2023

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ARM	Edvin Hakobyan
3	DF	NGA	Ofoeke Chibuike Emmanuel
4	DF	EGY	Youssef Osama Mohammed Al Nasser
5	DF	ARM	Ruben Khachatyran
7	FW	ARM	Orbeli Hambardzumyan
8	FW	ARM	Erik Petrosyan
9	FW	ARM	Tiran Gasparyan
12	GK	JPN	Shotaro Ishii
14	MF	EGY	Khalil Hagy
15	MF	EGY	Saleh Nasr
16	MF	ARM	Zhora Savadyan
18	FW	NGA	Julius Obinna
19	DF	ARM	Vache Avagimyan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	ARM	Artur Miskirijyan
21	FW	JPN	Yuzuki Miyajima
25	DF	EGY	Omar Mansour
26	FW	SEN	Ousmane Faye
33	MF	ARM	Tigran Muradyan
57	MF	ARM	Martin Mikayelyan
58	DF	ARM	Spartak Gevorgyan
59	DF	ARM	Valera Tevatrosyan
60	MF	ARM	Robert Fidanyan
69	GK	ARM	Gurgen Barseghyan
—	DF	ARM	Gabriel Yeghiazaryan
—	MF	ARM	Hayk Martirosyan

Gandzasar Kapan-2

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
Executive Director	Vardan Djhanyan
Deputy Director	Arthur Margaryan
Press Secretary	Spartak Petrosyan

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Tigran Gevorgyan
Assistant coach	Norayr Tamrazyan
Assistant coach	Tigran Ivanyan
Goalkeepers Coach	Tigran Ghazaryan
Doctor	Ara Aramyan

Managerial history

Albert Sarkisyan
(1 February 2006 – 1 December 2006)
Souren Barseghyan (2007)
Abraham Khashmanyan (2007)
Samvel Petrosyan (2007–09)
Slava Gabrielyan (1 July 2009–10)
Albert Sarkisyan
(20 April 2010 – 20 December 2010)
Abraham Khashmanyan (2010–12)
Samvel Sargsyan (24 May 2012 – 12 September 12)
Sevada Arzumanyan (8 September 2012 – 14 April 2014)
Serhiy Puchkov (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

^ 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 Armenian). FC Gandzasar Kapan Facebook. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
^ "Գանձասար-Կապանը պաշտոնական նամակ է ուղարկել ՀՖՖ". ffa.am/ (in Armenian). 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

[1] ttp://www.facebook.com/syunikfc/videos/271928448856167 ^{[bare URL]}

[2] "Clubs". www.ffa.am. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

[3] "Բաց նամակ "Զանգեզուրի Պղնձամոլիբդենային կոմբինատ"". facebook.com/gandzasarkapanfc (in Armenian). FC Gandzasar Kapan Facebook. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

[4] "Գանձասար-Կապանը պաշտոնական նամակ է ուղարկել ՀՖՖ". ffa.am/ (in Armenian). Football Federation of Armenia. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[5] RSSSF Armenia (and subpages per year)

[6] "FC Shirak achievements". fcshirak.am. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

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2023–24 Premier League		Alashkert Ararat-Armenia Ararat Yerevan BKMA Noah Pyunik Shirak Urartu Van West Armenia
2023-24 First League	BKMA-2 Alashkert-2 Ararat-Armenia-2 Gandzasar Kapan Pyunik-2 Shirak-2 Urartu-2 Lernayin Artsakh Ararat-2 Noah-2 Mika Syunik Onor Andranik Nikarm