FC Noah
Armenian football club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Armenian football club From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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The 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.
| 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 | |||
| 2023–24 | 2nd | 36 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 69 | 33 | 80 | Quarter-finals | Artur Miranyan | 23 | Robert Arzumanyan  Carlos Inarejos | to.sport fm 96.3 | ||
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Europa League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | –3 |
| UEFA Conference League | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 20 | +1 |
| Total | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 22 | 24 | –2 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR |  Kairat |
— | 1–4 | — |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1QR |  KuPS |
1–0 | 0–5 | 1–5 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 1QR |  Shkëndija |
2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 2QR |  Sliema Wanderers |
7–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | ||
| 3QR |  AEK Athens |
3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | ||
| PO |  Ružomberok |
3–0 | 1–3 | 4–3 | ||
| League phase |  Mladá Boleslav |
2–0 | — | |||
 APOEL |
— | |||||
 Chelsea |
— | 0–8 | ||||
 Rapid Wien |
— | 0–1 | ||||
 Víkingur Reykjavík |
— | |||||
 TSC |
— |
| 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 |
As 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.
From 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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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]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Name |
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| Manager |  Rui Mota |
| Assistant manager | Vítor Magalhães, Alexander Tadevosyan |
| Goalkeeper coach | Gevorg Kasparov |
FC Noah won their first trophy on 10 July 2020, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties to win the 2019–20 Armenian Cup.
| Name | Years | League | Armenian Cup | Supercup | Europe | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Artur Grigoryan | 2017–2019 | 53 (2) | 4 (0) | - (-) | - (-) | 57 (2) |
| 7 | Karen Harutyunyan | 2017–2019 | 49 (3) | 5 (0) | - (-) | - (-) | 54 (3) |
| 7 | Alex Oliveira | 2020–2021 | 47 (6) | 5 (0) | - (-) | 2 (0) | 54 (2) |
| 7 | Dmitri Lavrishchev | 2019–2020, 2022 | 48 (4) | 4 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (0) | 54 (6) |
| 7 | Sergey Muradyan | 2023–Present | 45 (0) | 1 (0) | - (-) | 8 (0) | 54 (0) |
| 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 | Petros Avetisyan | 2021–2022 | 9 (19) | 2 (4) | - (-) | 0 (2) | 11 (25) | 0.44 |
| 5 | Gonçalo Gregório | 2024–Present | 5 (7) | 0 (0) | - (-) | 6 (10) | 11 (17) | 0.65 |
| 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 |
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