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Gandzasar
logo
Full nameGandzasar Football Club NGO
Founded1963
GroundGandzasar Stadium
Kapan
Capacity3,500
ChairmanMaksim Hakobyan
ManagerSevada Arzumanyan
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2011Armenian Premier League, 3rd

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.

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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.

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

Achievements

Winner: 1989, 1991
Winner: 1963
Third place: 2008, 2011

European Cup History

Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Netherlands NAC Breda 0 – 6 0 – 2 0 – 8
2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round Faroe Islands EB/Streymur 1 – 3 2 – 0 3 – 3
Second qualifying round Switzerland 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 Russia RUS Arsen Beglaryan
GK Armenia ARM Gevorg Prazyan
DF Armenia ARM Artur Avagyan
DF Armenia ARM Vruyr Grigoryan
DF Serbia SRB Goran Obradovic
DF Armenia ARM Armen Tatintsyan
DF Armenia ARM Artashes Zakaryan
DF Armenia ARM Karen Zakaryan
MF Uganda UGA Noah Kasule
MF Mali MLI Diakardia Doumba
MF Brazil BRA Diego Lomba
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF France FRA Alain Ambartsumyan
MF Armenia ARM Aghvan Hayrapetyan
MF Armenia ARM Ara Khachaturyan
MF Armenia ARM Benjamin Manucharyan
MF Armenia ARM Sargis Nasibyan
MF Armenia ARM Ara E. Khachatryan
MF Netherlands NED Regilio Seedorf
MF Russia RUS Alexey Skvartsov
FW Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Dejan Vukomanjovic
FW Mali MLI Yamadou Keita

Gandzasar-2

As of January, 2013. 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 Tatoul Matevosyan
2 DF Armenia ARM David Aharonyan
3 DF Georgia (country) GEO Koba Khanishvili
4 DF Armenia ARM Souren Ghazaryan
5 MF Armenia ARM Arman Grigoryan
6 DF Germany GER Gor Grigoryan
7 MF Armenia ARM Vruyr Grigoryan
8 FW Armenia ARM Artashes Mkrtchyan
9 FW Armenia ARM Suren Voskonyan
11 FW France FRA Alen Hambartsumyan
12 GK Armenia ARM Gor Tadevosyan
No. Pos. Nation Player
13 MF Armenia ARM Mher Harutyunyan
14 MF Armenia ARM Narek Abrahamyan
15 DF Armenia ARM Ara R. Khachatryan
16 FW Armenia ARM Vache Martirosyan
17 FW Azerbaijan AZE Marat Safarov
18 MF Armenia ARM David Karapetyan
19 DF Turkey TUR Recep Durunç
20 MF Armenia ARM Narek Grigoryan
22 DF Russia RUS Vladimir Stepanov
23 DF Armenia ARM Artavazd Boyajyan
36 DF Armenia ARM Arthur Grigoryan

Notable former players

Managers

References

  • [1] «Гандзасар» (Высшая лига)

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