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Banants
FC Banants
Full nameFootball Club Banants
Nickname(s)Proud Eagles
FoundedJanuary 20, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-01-20)
GroundBanants Stadium
Yerevan
Capacity6,000
ChairmanSargis Israelyan
ManagerRafael Nazaryan
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2011Armenian Premier League, 4th

Football Club Banants (Armenian: Բանանց Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ) is an Armenian professional football team, playing in the capital, Yerevan. The club plays in the Armenian Premier League and has won the Armenian Cup twice, in 1992 and 2007.

History

Banants Kotayk

FC Banants was founded in 1992 in the city of Abovyan, and represented the region of Kotayk. For this reason, from 1992 to 1995, the club was referred to as Banants Kotayk.[1] During the 1992 season, the club won the first Armenian Cup. At the end of the 1995 transitional season, Banants went into financial crisis. The club owners decided that it was better to merge the club with the other Abovyan club, Kotayk Abovian, rather than disband it. In 2001, Banants demerged from Kotayk Abovian, and was moved from Abovyan to the capital Yerevan. Banana Boys!

Banants Yerevan

In the beginning of 2003, Banants merged with Spartak Yerevan, but was able to limit the name of the new merger to FC Banants. Spartak became Banants's youth academy and later changed the name to Banants-2. Because of the merger, Banants acquired many of Spartak's players, including one of its top players, Samvel Melkonyan. After the merger, Banants took a more serious approach and has finished in high ranks ever since. The club managed to lift the Armenian Cup in 2007. Experience is making way for youth for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. The departures of most of the experienced players have left the club's future to the youth. Along with two Ukrainian players, Ugandan international, Noah Kasule, has been signed. In season 2010 FC Banants played really good and had a really good chance to become the champion of Armenian League, but white-blue eagles could not stand till the end. Last 5 games were really difficult for the team and in the end FC Pyunik became the champion, but the difference with FC Banants was only 1 point. However, in 2010 eagles made a good turn in the history. There is another significant fact in 2010: FC Banants finally got his fan Club (Proud Eagles) and now FC Banants can be proud of it, because this fan club is the best one in Armenia so far. Club has motivation to win Armenian Championship in 2011, that is why they had very good training period before the start of the season.However, in the season 2011 "Banants" had very bad start.

Achievements

Banants in European Cups

As of July, 2011.

Competition Pld W D L GF GA
UEFA Cup/Europa League 20 3 3 14 13 43
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2003/04 UEFA Cup Q Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 1 - 1 1 - 2 2 - 3
2004/05 UEFA Cup 1Q Ukraine Illychivets Mariupol 0 - 2 0 - 2 0 - 4
2005/06 UEFA Cup 1Q Georgia (country) Lokomotivi Tbilisi 2 - 3 2 - 0 4 - 3
2Q Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 - 4 0 - 4 2 - 8
2006/07 UEFA Cup 1Q Georgia (country) Ameri Tbilisi 1 - 0 1 - 2 2 - 2*
2007/08 UEFA Cup 1Q Switzerland Young Boys Berne 1 - 1 0 - 4 1 - 5
2008/09 UEFA Cup 1Q Austria Red Bull Salzburg 0 - 7 0 - 3 0 - 10
2009/10 UEFA Europa League 1Q Bosnia and Herzegovina Široki Brijeg 0 - 2 1 - 0 1 - 2
2010/11 UEFA Europa League 1Q Cyprus Anorthosis Famagusta 0 - 3 0 - 1 0 - 4
2011/12 UEFA Europa League 1Q Georgia (country) Rustavi Metalurgist 0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2
  • Home results are noted in bold

Current squad

As of 22 April 2012.

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 Armenia ARM Artur Toroyan
3 DF Armenia ARM Gagik Daghbashyan
4 MF Armenia ARM Aram Shakhnazaryan
5 DF Armenia ARM Artashes Arakelyan
6 MF Armenia ARM Argishti Petrosyan
7 MF Armenia ARM Artak Dashyan
8 DF Armenia ARM Valter Poghosyan
10 FW Armenia ARM Sargis Karapetyan
11 MF Armenia ARM Narek Gyozalyan
12 MF Armenia ARM Artur Hakobyan
13 FW Armenia ARM Khachatur Avetisyan
14 MF Armenia ARM Davit Sujyan
15 DF Armenia ARM Andranik Kocharyan
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Armenia ARM Grisha Khachatryan
17 MF Armenia ARM Benik Hovhannisyan
18 DF Armenia ARM Sipan Davtyan
19 MF Armenia ARM Hovhannes Hambardzumyan
20 FW Armenia ARM Gevorg Karapetyan
21 MF Armenia ARM Nairi Minasyan
22 GK Armenia ARM Stepan Ghazaryan
23 GK Armenia ARM Tigran Davtyan
24 MF Armenia ARM Ararat Poghosyan
28 GK Armenia ARM Nikolay Sargsyan
— DF Armenia ARM Ararat Arakelyan
— FW Bulgaria BUL Andrey Atanasov

Notable players

Managers

References

  1. ^ History of Football Club Banants, from fcbanants.com, retrieved 1 May 2009

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