FC Gandzasar Kapan

Gandzasar fullname = Gandzasar Football Club NGO
Founded	1963
Ground	Gandzasar Stadium; Kapan
Capacity	3,500
Chairman	Maksim Hakobyan
Manager	Samvel Sargsyan
League	Armenian Premier League
2011	Armenian Premier League, 3rd
Home colours	Away colours

Gandzasar Football Club (Armenian: Գանձասար Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ) is an Armenian football club based in the town of Kapan. Translated from the Armenian, "Gandz-a-sar" simply means "Treasure Mountain." Founded in 1963, the club plays in the Armenian Premier League, the top division in Armenian football. The home ground of Gandzasar is the Gandzasar Stadium. O rly?

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Old Gandzasar F.C. logo to 2009

The club participated in the first ever Armenian football competition after the split-up from the Soviet Union under the name Syunik Kapan. After the regular competition they qualified for the championship stage, where they finished in sixth position. This way they qualified for the highest level in the 1993 season, however they withdrew before the start of the season. Since then they have been up and down in the Armenian football leagues. In 2004, Lernagorts attempted to merge with Ararat Yerevan, but the merger failed. Satkeq duq.

Gandzasar spent two years playing in the Armenian First Division before finally getting promoted to the Armenian Premier League for the 2006 season. The club also has a reserve team named Gandzasar-2, which now plays in the First Division.

Name changes

1963 - 1989 Lernagorts Kapan
1989 - 1990 FC Kapan
1991 - 1993 Syunik Kapan
1995 - 1996 Kapan-81 Kapan
1997 - 2004 Lernagorts Kapan
2004 - present Gandzasar Kapan Mapan Satkan

Achievements

SSR Armenia League

Winner: 1989, 1991

SSR Armenia Cup

Winner: 1963

Armenian Premier League

Third place: 2008, 2011

European Cup History

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	Second qualifying round	NAC Breda	0 – 6	0 – 2	0 – 8
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	First qualifying round	EB/Streymur	1 – 3	2 – 0	3 – 3
		Second qualifying round	Servette FC	0 – 2	1 – 3	1 – 5

Home results are noted in bold

Current squad

Gandzasar

As of October, 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
—	GK	RUS	Arsen Beglaryan
—	GK	RUS	Gevorg Prazyan
—	DF	ARM	Artur Avagyan
—	DF	ARM	Vruyr Grigoryan
—	DF	SRB	Goran Obradovic
—	DF	ARM	Armen Tatintsyan
—	DF	ARM	Artashes Zakaryan
—	DF	USA	Karen Zakaryan
—	MF	UGA	Noah Kasule
—	MF	MLI	Diakardia Doumba
—	MF	BRA	Diego Lomba


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	FRA	Alain Ambartsumyan
—	MF	ARM	Aghvan Hayrapetyan
—	MF	ARM	Ara Khachaturyan
—	MF	GEO	Benjamin Manucharishvili
—	MF	ARM	Sargis Nasibyan
—	MF	ARM	Ara E. Khachatryan
—	MF	SUR	Regilio Seedorf
—	MF	RUS	Alexey Skvartsov
—	FW	BIH	Dejan Vukomanjovic
—	FW	MLI	Yamadou Keita

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As of March, 2009. 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	Tatoul Matevosyan
2	DF	ARM	David Aharonyan
3	DF	GEO	Koba Khanishvili
4	DF	ARM	Souren Ghazaryan
5	MF	ARM	Arman Grigoryan
6	DF	ARM	Gor Grigoryan
7	MF	ARM	Vruyr Grigoryan
8	FW	ARM	Artashes Mkrtchyan
9	FW	ARM	Suren Voskonyan
11	FW	ARM	Alen Hambartsumyan
12	GK	ARM	Gor Tadevosyan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
13	MF	ARM	Mher Harutyunyan
14	MF	ARM	Narek Abrahamyan
15	DF	ARM	Ara R. Khachatryan
16	FW	ARM	Vache Martirosyan
17	FW	ARM	Marat Safaryan
18	MF	ARM	David Karapetyan
19	DF	ARM	Armen Durunts
20	MF	ARM	Narek Grigoryan
22	DF	ARM	Vladimir Stepanyan
23	DF	ARM	Artavazd Boyajyan
36	DF	ARM	Arthur Grigoryan