Lori FC

Lori
Լոռի

Full name	Lori Football Club
Founded	1936 (1936)
Ground	Vanadzor Football Academy (temporary) Vanadzor City Stadium (under construction)
Capacity	1,000 4,000 (upon completion)
Owner	Tovmas Grigoryan
President	Robert Grigoryan
Manager	Armen Sanamyan (Caretaker)
League	Armenian Premier League
2018–19	Armenian Premier League, 5th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Lori FC (Armenian: Լոռի Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ), is an Armenian football club from Vanadzor, Lori Province. Originally founded in 1936, Lori has participated in the domestic football competition of Soviet Armenia. After retiring from professional football in 2002, the club was revived in 2017 winning the 2017–18 Armenian First League competition.

History

The club participated in the first ever Armenian football competition after the split-up from the Soviet Union. After the regular competition they did not qualify for the championship stage, but were forced to play in the relegation stage. Here they finished in seventh position, which forced them to play in the Armenian First League (second level) for the 1993 season. In that season they finished first in their group (the league was split-up in two groups) which gave them promotion to the Armenian Premier League. Lori then became a yo-yo team referring to their up-and-go history of promotion and relegation. In 2002 they played their last season in the Premier League as of today and relegated to the First League.

The reestablishment of Lori FC was officially announced on 2 March 2017, by Tovmas Grigoryan; a native businessman of the city of Vanadzor. The club made its debut at professional football through the 2017–18 Armenian First League competition.

The club uses the Vanadzor Football Academy as their training ground. The academy is temporarily being used as a home ground for their official matches in the Armenian First League competition, as the Vanadzor City Stadium is currently being reconstructed and is set to be ready during summer 2019.

On 18 June 2019, David Campaña Piquer was appointed as the new manager of Lori on a contract until the summer of 2020. On 2 June 2020, Lori announced that manager David Campaña and his assistants Francisco Compan, Jorge Gomez, Agustin Perez and Enrique Gil had all left the club as their contracts could not be extended due to travel restrictions in returning to Armenia due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later the same day, Armen Sanamyan was announced as Lori's caretaker manager.

League and cup

Lori FC league record since 1987:

Season	League									National Cup	Top goalscorer		Managers
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	Pts		Name	League
1987	Soviet Second League	12	30	12	4	14	31	34	28
1988		12	38	17	5	16	49	54	39
1989		6	42	23	5	14	66	54	51
1990		18	50	17	10	23	47	59	44
1991		22	42	12	5	25	32	98	29
1992	Armenian Premier League	19	22	9	4	9	45	63	22	1/8 Final
1993	Armenian First League	1	20	13	4	3	46	7	30	1/16 Final
1994	Armenian Premier League	13	28	5	6	17	22	65	16	1/16 Final
1995	Armenian First League	4	12	6	0	6	24	16	18	did not participate
1995/96		3	22	12	6	4	33	16	42	1/16 Final
1996/97		2	22	15	5	2	42	13	50	1/8 Final
1997	Armenian Premier League	10	18	0	1	17	7	76	1	-
1998	Armenian First League	2	24	16	6	2	42	16	54	1/8 Final
1999		3	16	9	4	3	32	10	31	1/8 Final
2000		3	16	9	2	5	34	24	29	1/8 Final
2001	Armenian Premier League	12	22	1	2	19	17	83	5	1/8 Final
2002		12	22	1	2	19	15	100	5	1/8 Final
2003	Armenian First League	10	22	5	0	17	36	74	15	did not participate
2004		14	30	7	6	17	35	68	24	Preliminary round
2005		11	24	6	0	18	39	77	18	did not participate
2006–2017	No Participation
2017-18	Armenian First League	1	27	22	3	2	74	16	69	did not participate	Tinga Kofi Tei	12	Armen Adamyan
2018-19	Armenian Premier League	5	32	11	11	10	42	40	44	Runner-up	Jonel Désiré	17	Armen Adamyan Artur Petrosyan Vahe Gevorgyan
2019-20													David Campaña Armen Sanamyan (Caretaker)

Current squad

As of 8 June 2020

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	POR	Mickaël Meira
4	FW	CIV	Anicet Oura
5	MF	NGA	Julius Ufuoma
7	FW	ARM	Robert Minasyan
8	MF	ARM	Sargis Shahinyan
9	FW	ARG	Agustín Maziero
10	FW	HAI	Jonel Désiré
11	FW	ARM	David Ghandilyan
13	GK	ARM	Vardan Shahatuni
14	MF	ESP	Yeray Jiménez
15	DF	HAI	Djimy Alexis
16	FW	ESP	Xabi Auzmendi
17	DF	URU	Gianni Rodríguez

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	NGA	Uguchukwu Iwu
21	DF	ARM	Artur Avagyan
23	MF	ARM	Davit Paremuzyan (loan from Urartu II)
24	DF	CIV	Alexandre Yeoule
27	DF	ESP	Christian Jiménez
28	MF	RUS	Ruslan Zayerko
31	GK	ESP	Diego Barrios
44	DF	COL	Juan Bravo
55	DF	POR	Diogo Coelho
92	DF	ARM	Alexandre Demirdjian
99	DF	ARM	Arman Mkrtchyan
—	DF	AUT	Tode Đaković
—	DF	BRA	Luiz Matheus

Out on loan

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	DF	GHA	Nana Antwi (at Lille)
6	DF	GHA	Annan Mensah (at Gandzasar Kapan)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	FW	NGA	Sunday Ingbede (at Alashkert)

Personnel

• Owner: Tovmas Grigoryan
• President: Robert Grigoryan
• General Director: Vahan Danielyan
• Press secretary: Mariam Galoyan
• Sporting Director: Spartak Petrosyan
• Team Manager: Aramayis Ulikhanyan
• Caretaker Head coach: Armen Sanamyan
• Assistant Coach:
• Goalkeepers Coach:
• Fitness Coach:
• Physiotherapist:

Managerial history

Managers of Lori FC since the club revived in 2017:

As of match played 8 June 2020

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
Armen Adamyan	Armenia	1 July 2017	13 December 2018	44	29	7	8	99	37	065.91	Armenian First League (1)
Artur Petrosyan	Armenia	25 December 2018	8 May 2019	14	4	6	4	14	11	028.57
Vahe Gevorgyan	Armenia	8 May 2019	19 June 2019	4	1	2	1	6	6	025.00
David Campaña Piquer	Spain	30 June 2019	2 June 2020	20	9	6	5	30	23	045.00
Armen Sanamyan (Caretaker)	Armenia	2 June 2020		2	0	2	0	1	1	000.00