Football Club Noah (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Նոա, romanized: Futbolayin Akumb Noa), commonly known as Noah, is an Armenian professional football club based in Armavir. Founded in 2017 as FC Artsakh, they currently play in the Armenian Premier League.[1]
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| Full name | Football Club Noah. | ||
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| Founded | 2017 | ||
| Ground | Armavir City Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 3,300 | ||
| Owner | Vardges Vardanyan | ||
| Manager | Rui Mota | ||
| League | Armenian Premier League | ||
| 2023–24 | 2nd of 10 | ||
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History
editThe club was founded as FC Artsakh in 2017 and played its first match in a goalless draw against FC Banants on 2 June 2017.[2] Noah played its first competitive season in the 2017–18 Armenian First League, finishing second and achieving promotion to the Armenian Premier League.[3]
After a disappointing 8th-place finish in the 2018–19 season, the club was sold to Karen Abrahamyan, who rebranded the club FC Noah in 2019. The name references the biblical Noah, whose Ark came to rest on Mountains of Ararat, traditionally identified with Mount Ararat in Armenia.[4]
Noah won the 2019–20 Armenian Cup, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties.[5]
In 2024, they qualified for the UEFA Conference League league phase after defeating Ružomberok 4-3 on aggregate in the play-off round, becoming the first club in Conference League history to successfully navigate all four rounds of qualification. They had beaten Shkëndija, Sliema Wanderers and Greek powerhouse AEK Athens in the previous qualifying rounds.
Records
editDomestic
edit| Season[6] | League | National cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor | |||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||||
| 2017–18 | Armenian First League | 2nd | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 77 | 16 | 65 | Quarter-finals |  Grigor Aghekyan |
18 | Tigran Yesayan Armen Sanamyan |
Nike | Renault |
| 2018–19 | Armenian Premier League | 8th | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 49 | 28 | Quarter-finals | Eduard Avagyan Vigen Avetisyan |
4 | Rafael Nazaryan Sevada Arzumanyan |
Vega | |
| 2019–20 | 2nd | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 48 | Winners |  Maksim Mayrovich |
11 |  Vadim Boreț |
Umbro | N/A | |
| 2020–21 | 2nd | 28 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 41 | Semifinal | Vladimir Azarov |
6 | Vadim Boreț Dmitri Gunko |
Adidas | N/A | |
| 2021–22 | 6th | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 43 | 39 | Quarter-finals | Maksim Mayrovich |
9 | Viktor Bulatov Aram Hakobyan |
VBET[7] | ||
| 2022–23 | 8th | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 66 | 32 | Quarter-finals | Levon Vardanyan |
8 | Robert Arzumanyan
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| 2023–24 | 2nd | 36 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 69 | 33 | 80 | Quarter-finals | Artur Miranyan |
23 | Robert Arzumanyan  Carlos Inarejos |
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European
edit- As of match played 28 November 2024
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Europa League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | –3 |
| UEFA Conference League | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 20 | +1 |
| Total | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 24 | –2 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR |  Kairat
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— | 1–4 | — |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1QR |  KuPS
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1–0 | 0–5 | 1–5 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 1QR |  Shkëndija
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2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 2QR |  Sliema Wanderers
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7–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | ||
| 3QR |  AEK Athens
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3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | ||
| PO |  Ružomberok
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3–0 | 1–3 | 4–3 | ||
| League phase |  Mladá Boleslav
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2–0 | — | |||
 Rapid Wien
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— | 0–1 | ||||
 Chelsea
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— | 0–8 | ||||
 Víkingur Reykjavík
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0–0 | — | ||||
 APOEL
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— | |||||
 TSC
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— |
UEFA Club Ranking
edit| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 282 |  Kolos Kovalivka |
4.680 |
| 283 | Desna Chernihiv |
4.680 |
| 284 | FC Noah |
4.500 |
| 285 | Ordabasy |
4.500 |
| 286 |  Iberia |
4.500 |
Colours and badge
editAs FC Artsakh the club's main kit colours were red and white, however following the rebranding, the club chose black and a light green to represent the club. Umbro became the kit supplier for the 2019–20, following two years of using Nike.
Badge history
editFrom 2017 to 2019, the club operated as FC Artsakh, bearing a red round badge with an eagle. Following the 2019 rebranding as FC Noah, the club's emblem was changed to a simple black text:
"Yerevan Armenia Football Club Noah".
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Club crest (2019–2024)
Stadium
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At the beginning phase of the 2018–19 Armenian Premier League season, FC Noah used the Mika Stadium, located in the Shengavit neighborhood of Yerevan, as their home ground until matchday 8. They were then forced to leave the Mika Stadium due to the inappropriate pitch conditions, and between matchday 9 and 14 they played at the Pyunik Stadium before moving to the artificial-turf pitch of the Dzoraghbyur Training Centre at the eastern outskirts of Yerevan. For the 2019–20 Armenian Premier League season, FC Noah played at the Alashkert Stadium located in the same neighbourhood of Yerevan.
After starting the 2021–22 Armenian Premier League season playing their home games at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium in Yerevan, Noah moved their home games to the Armavir City Stadium in Armavir in February 2022.[10]
Players
editCurrent squad
edit- As of 26 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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Coaching staff
editThis section needs to be updated. (July 2022) |
| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Rui Mota
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| Assistant manager | Vítor Magalhães, Alexander Tadevosyan
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| Goalkeeper coach | Gevorg Kasparov
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Honours
editFC Noah won their first trophy on 10 July 2020, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties to win the 2019–20 Armenian Cup.
Domestic
edit- Armenian Cup
- Winners (1): 2019–20
- Armenian Supercup
- Winners (1): 2020
Player records
editMost appearances
edit- As of match played 28 November 2024
| Name | Years | League | Armenian Cup | Supercup | Europe | Total | |
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| 1 | Benik Hovhannisyan |
2019–2022 | 61 (2) | 6 (1) | 1 (0) | 3 (0) | 71 (3) |
| 2 | Maksim Mayrovich |
2019–2021, 2021–2022 | 63 (22) | 6 (4) | - (-) | 0 (0) | 69 (26) |
| 3 | Yuri Gareginyan |
2018–2021 | 57 (3) | 7 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 65 (3) |
| 4 |  Valerio Vimercati |
2019–2021, 2023–2024 | 55 (0) | 7 (0) | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | 64 (0) |
| 5 | Jordy Monroy |
2020–2022 | 54 (1) | 5 (0) | 1 (0) | 2 (0) | 62 (0) |
| 6 | Sergey Muradyan |
2023–Present | 50 (1) | 1 (0) | - (-) | 10 (0) | 61 (1) |
| 7 | Artur Grigoryan |
2017–2019 | 53 (2) | 4 (0) | - (-) | - (-) | 57 (2) |
| 8 | Karen Harutyunyan |
2017–2019 | 49 (3) | 5 (0) | - (-) | - (-) | 54 (3) |
| 8 | Alex Oliveira |
2020–2021 | 47 (6) | 5 (0) | - (-) | 2 (0) | 54 (2) |
| 8 | Dmitri Lavrishchev |
2019–2020, 2022 | 48 (4) | 4 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (0) | 54 (6) |
Top goalscorers
edit- As of match played 28 November 2024
| Name | Years | League | Armenian Cup | Supercup | Europe | Total | Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maksim Mayrovich |
2019–2021, 2021–2022 | 22 (63) | 4 (6) | - (-) | 0 (0) | 26 (69) | 0.38 |
| 2 | Artur Miranyan |
2023–2024 | 23 (36) | 1 (2) | - (-) | - (-) | 24 (38) | 0.63 |
| 3 | Grigor Aghekyan |
2017–2019 | 19 (40) | 2 (5) | - (-) | - (-) | 21 (45) | 0.47 |
| 4 | Vladimir Azarov |
2019–2021 | 14 (41) | 3 (9) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 17 (51) | 0.33 |
| 5 | Gonçalo Gregório |
2024–Present | 6 (12) | 0 (0) | - (-) | 6 (12) | 12 (24) | 0.5 |
| 6 | Petros Avetisyan |
2021–2022 | 9 (19) | 2 (4) | - (-) | 0 (2) | 11 (25) | 0.44 |
| 7 | Edgar Movsesyan |
2018–2019, 2023–2024 | 9 (46) | 0 (2) | - (-) | - (-) | 9 (48) | 0.19 |
| 7 |  Paul Gladon |
2023–2024 | 9 (22) | 0 (2) | - (-) | - (-) | 9 (24) | 0.38 |
| 9 | Eduard Avagyan |
2017–2019 | 8 (40) | 0 (1) | - (-) | - (-) | 8 (41) | 0.2 |
| 9 | Pavel Kireyenko |
2021–2022 | 8 (27) | 0 (5) | - (-) | 0 (2) | 8 (34) | 0.24 |
| 9 | Levon Vardanyan |
2022–2023 | 8 (33) | 0 (1) | - (-) | - (-) | 8 (34) | 0.24 |
| 9 |  Alexandre Llovet |
2023 | 8 (30) | 0 (1) | - (-) | - (-) | 8 (31) | 0.26 |
| 9 |  Matheus Aiás |
2024–Present | 5 (11) | 0 (0) | - (-) | 3 (12) | 8 (23) | 0.35 |
See also
edit
References
edit- ^ "Կայացավ Արցախ ֆուտբոլային ակումբի շնորհանդեսը" (in Armenian). totalfootball.am. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Բանանցը չկարողացավ հաղթել Արցախին ստուգողական խաղում". armsport.am. Retrieved 22 March 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Հայտնի է Հայաստանի Առաջին խմբի առաջնության խաղացանկը". armsport.am (in Armenian). 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
- ^ "Luis Figo posts photo from Yerevan, with Mount Ararat in background (PHOTOS) | NEWS.am Sport - All about sports". sport.news.am.
- ^ "FC Noah claimes title of Vbet Armenian Cup 2019/20 - Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com.
- ^ "Armenia - List of Champions". www.rsssf.org.
- ^ "VBET HAS BECOME THE TITLE SPONSOR OF FC NOAH". fcnoah.am. FC Noah. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
- ^ "UEFA Club Coefficient Ranking". RankingandPrize.Com. n.d. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
- ^ "FC Noah UEFA Coefficient Ranking". RankingandPrize.Com. n.d. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
- ^ "We are happy to inform that from now on Noah will hold its home matches in Armavir city stadium, which seats 3,100 spectators". facebook.com/noah.footballclub. FC Noah. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.