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FC Noah

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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Noah
Նոա
Thumb
Full nameFootball Club Noah.
Founded2017; 8 years ago (2017)
GroundAbovyan City Stadium
Capacity3,946
OwnerVardges Vardanyan
ManagerRui Mota
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2023–24Armenian Premier League, 2nd of 10
Current season
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History

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.[citation needed] Noah played its first competitive season in the 2017–18 Armenian First League, finishing second and achieving promotion to the Armenian Premier League.[2]

After a disappointing 8th-place finish in the 2018–19 season, the club was sold to Karen Abrahamyan, who rebranded it as FC Noah in 2019. The name references the biblical Noah, whose Ark came to rest on Mountains of Ararat, traditionally identified with Mount Ararat.[3] Noah won the 2019–20 Armenian Cup, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties.[4]

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

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Domestic

More information Season, League ...
Season[5] League National cup Top goalscorer Manager Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2017–18Armenian First League2nd272124771665Quarter-finalsArmenia Grigor Aghekyan18Armenia Tigran Yesayan
Armenia Armen Sanamyan
NikeRenault
2018–19Armenian Premier League8th3261016254928Quarter-finalsArmenia Eduard Avagyan
Armenia Vigen Avetisyan
4Armenia Rafael Nazaryan
Armenia Sevada Arzumanyan
Vega
2019–202nd281468372748WinnersRussia Maksim Mayrovich11Moldova Vadim BorețUmbroN/A
2020–212nd281257352041SemifinalRussia Vladimir Azarov6Moldova Vadim Boreț
Russia Dmitri Gunko
AdidasN/A
2021–226th3291211384339Quarter-finalsRussia Maksim Mayrovich9Russia Viktor Bulatov
Armenia Aram Hakobyan
VBET[6]
2022–238th368820346632Quarter-finalsArmenia Levon Vardanyan8Armenia Robert Arzumanyan
2023–242nd362628693380Quarter-finalsArmenia Artur Miranyan23Armenia Robert Arzumanyan
Spain Carlos Inarejos
to.sport fm 96.3
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European

As of match played 19 December 2024
More information Competition, Pld ...
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Europa League 1 0 0 1 1 4 –3
UEFA Conference League 16 7 2 7 25 27 -2
Total 17 7 2 8 26 31 –5
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More information Season, Competition ...
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1QR Kazakhstan Kairat 1–4
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Finland KuPS 1–0 0–5 1–5
2024–25 UEFA Conference League 1QR North Macedonia Shkëndija 2–0 2–1 4–1
2QR Malta Sliema Wanderers 7–0 0–0 7–0
3QR Greece AEK Athens 3–1 0–1 3–2
PO Slovakia Ružomberok 3–0 1–3 4–3
League phase Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav 2–0 31st
Austria Rapid Wien 0–1
England Chelsea 0–8
Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík 0–0
Cyprus APOEL 1–3
Serbia TSC 3–4
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UEFA Club Ranking

UEFA coefficient

As of 8 November 2024[7][8]
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RankTeamPoints
282Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka4.680
283Ukraine Desna Chernihiv4.680
284Armenia FC Noah4.500
285Kazakhstan Ordabasy4.500
286Georgia (country) Iberia4.500
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Colours and badge

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.

Badge history

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".

Stadium

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.[9]

From 2023-24 season FC Noah started to play in Abovyan City Stadium named after Vahagn Tumasyan.

Players

Current squad

As of 25 March 2025

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

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Coaching staff

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Position Name
Manager Portugal Rui Mota
Assistant manager Portugal Andre Freixiero,
Goalkeeper coach Portugal Bruno Freitas
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Honours

FC Noah won their first trophy on 10 July 2020, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties to win the 2019–20 Armenian Cup.

Domestic

Player records

Most appearances

As of match played 6 April 2025
More information Name, Years ...
Name Years League Armenian Cup Supercup Europe Total
1Armenia Benik Hovhannisyan2019–202261 (2)6 (1)1 (0)3 (0)71 (3)
1Armenia Sergey Muradyan2023–Present56 (1)3 (0)- (-)12 (0)71 (1)
3Russia Maksim Mayrovich2019–2021, 2021–202263 (22)6 (4)- (-)0 (0)69 (26)
4Armenia Yuri Gareginyan2018–202157 (3)7 (0)1 (0)0 (0)65 (3)
5Italy Valerio Vimercati2019–2021, 2023–202455 (0)7 (0)1 (0)1 (0)64 (0)
6Armenia Jordy Monroy2020–202254 (1)5 (0)1 (0)2 (0)62 (0)
7Serbia Aleksandar Miljković2023–Present42 (2)4 (0)- (-)12 (2)58 (4)
8Armenia Artur Grigoryan2017–201953 (2)4 (0)- (-)- (-)57 (2)
9Armenia Hovhannes Hambardzumyan2023–Present42 (4)5 (1)- (-)9 (0)56 (5)
10Armenia Karen Harutyunyan2017–201949 (3)5 (0)- (-)- (-)54 (3)
10Portugal Alex Oliveira2020–202147 (6)5 (0)- (-)2 (0)54 (2)
10Russia Dmitri Lavrishchev2019–2020, 202248 (4)4 (1)1 (1)1 (0)54 (6)
10Armenia Gor Manvelyan2023–Present37 (5)5 (1)- (-)12 (1)54 (7)
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Top goalscorers

As of match played 6 April 2025
More information Name, Years ...
Name Years League Armenian Cup Supercup Europe Total Ratio
1Russia Maksim Mayrovich2019–2021, 2021–202222 (63)4 (6)- (-)0 (0)26 (69)0.38
2Portugal Gonçalo Gregório2024–Present18 (20)1 (1)- (-)6 (14)25 (35)0.71
3Armenia Artur Miranyan2023–202423 (36)1 (2)- (-)- (-)24 (38)0.63
4Armenia Grigor Aghekyan2017–201919 (40)2 (5)- (-)- (-)21 (45)0.47
5Russia Vladimir Azarov2019–202114 (41)3 (9)0 (0)0 (1)17 (51)0.33
6Brazil Matheus Aiás2024–Present7 (17)2 (3)- (-)6 (14)15 (34)0.44
7Albania Eraldo Çinari2024–Present11 (18)1 (2)- (-)1 (12)13 (32)0.41
8Armenia Petros Avetisyan2021–20229 (19)2 (4)- (-)0 (2)11 (25)0.44
9Armenia Edgar Movsesyan2018–2019, 2023–20249 (46)0 (2)- (-)- (-)9 (48)0.19
9Netherlands Paul Gladon2023–20249 (22)0 (2)- (-)- (-)9 (24)0.38
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