FC Gandzasar Kapan

Gandzasar Kapan-2
Founded	2006; 18 years ago
Ground	Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre,; Kapan
Owner	Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine CJSC
Executive Director	Garnik Aghababian
Manager	Ashot Manucharyan
League	Armenian First League
2016–17	4th
Home colours	Away colours

Gandzasar Kapan
Գանձասար Կապան
Full name	Football Club Gandzasar Kapan
Nickname(s)	Արջեր Arjér (The Bears)
Founded	2004; 20 years ago
Ground	Football Academy Stadium, Yerevan (temporary) ; Gandzasar Stadium, Kapan
Capacity	1,428 ; 3,500
Owner	Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine CJSC
Executive Director	Garnik Aghababian
Head Coach	Armen Petrosyan
League	Armenian Premier League
2019–20	9th
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours
	Current season

Football Club Gandzasar Kapan (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Գանձասար Կապան), commonly known as Gandzasar, is an Armenian football club based in the town of Kapan, Syunik Province. Translated from the Armenian, "Gandz-a-sar" simply means "Treasure Mountain". The club headquarters are located on Shinararner street 1, Kapan.^[1] The Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre is located at the eastern outskirts of the town of Kapan.

The club is under the ownership of Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine Closed Joint-Stock Company since 25 February 2015.

History

The club was founded in 2004 and made their debut in the Armenian football league system in the 2004 Armenian First League competition. They spent 2 years playing in the Armenian First League before getting promoted to the Armenian Premier League for the 2006 season.^{[citation needed]}

As of 2014, Gandzasar Kapan play in the Armenian Premier League, the top division in Armenian football. The home ground of team is the Gandzasar Stadium.^{[citation needed]}

The club also runs a reserve team known as Gandzasar Kapan-2, participating in the First Division.^{[citation needed]}

On 3 November 2020, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the Armenian Premier League and Armenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.^[2]^[3]

Domestic history

Season	League									National Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	National Cup	Name	League	Manager
2004	Armenian First League	3rd	30	17	6	7	52	32	57	no participation
2005	Armenian First League	3rd	24	16	3	5	62	24	51	First Round
2006	Armenian Premier League	5th	28	7	3	18	28	60	24	Quarter-final	Artur Kocharyan	15	Vladimir Petrosyan Albert Sarkisyan
2007		5th	28	11	6	11	35	31	39	First round	Artur Kocharyan	8	Souren Barseghyan Abraham Khashmanyan Samvel Petrosyan
2008		3rd	28	13	8	7	39	27	47	Quarter-final	Alexander Petrosyan	9	Samvel Petrosyan
2009		5th	28	12	2	14	32	47	38	Quarter-final	Arsen Avetisyan	14	Samvel Petrosyan Avetik Sargsyan Slava Gabrielyan
2010		6th	28	8	3	17	24	45	27	Quarter-final	Artur Kocharyan	8	Slava Gabrielyan Albert Sarkisyan
2011		3rd	28	12	10	6	31	16	46	Quarter-final Quarter-final	Arsen Avetisyan	5	Abraham Khashmanyan
2012–13		3rd	42	18	13	11	48	37	67	Semi-final	Dhiego Lomba Farias	9	Abraham Khashmanyan Avetik Sargsyan Samvel Sargsyan Sevada Arzumanyan
2013–14		5th	28	8	11	9	36	31	35	Runner-up	Narek Beglaryan	8	Sevada Arzumanyan Stepan Baghdasaryan Serhiy Puchkov
2014–15		7th	28	7	8	13	31	44	29	Quarter-final	Gegham Harutyunyan Vasil Palagnyuk	6	Serhiy Puchkov Samvel Petrosyan
2015–16		4th	28	11	12	5	35	27	45	Semi-final	Gegham Harutyunyan Narek Beglaryan	5	Samvel Petrosyan Ashot Barseghyan
2016–17		2nd	30	17	6	7	38	24	57	Semi-final	Gegham Harutyunyan	12	Ashot Barseghyan
2017–18		3rd	30	11	10	9	43	34	43	Winner	Gegham Harutyunyan	12	Karen Barseghyan Ashot Barseghyan
2018–19		6th	32	10	8	14	38	33	38	Quarter-final	Gegham Harutyunyan	8	Ashot Barseghyan Armen Petrosyan
2019–20		9th	22	6	7	9	25	29	25	Semi-final	Gegham Harutyunyan	6	Armen Petrosyan
2020–21		10th	Withdrew							n/a

European history

As of match played 19 July 2018

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Europa League	12	2	0	10	8	27	–19
Total	12	2	0	10	8	27	–19

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	2Q	NAC Breda	0–2	0–6	0–8
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1Q	EB/Streymur	2–0	1–3	3–3 (a)
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Servette	1–3	0–2	1–5
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Aktobe	1–2	1–2	2–4
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Mladost Podgorica	0–3	0–1	0–4
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Lech Poznań	2–1	0–2	2–3

Honours

Armenian Premier League^[4]

Runners-up: 2016–17
Third: 2008, 2011, 2012–13, 2017–18

Armenian Cup^[5]

Winners: 2017–18
Runners-up: 2013–14

Armenian Super Cup

Runners-up: 2018

Stadium

The club play their home games at the Gandzasar Stadium, also known as Kapan City Stadium, which has a capacity of 3,500. It is situated at the centre of the town of Kapan, on the left bank of Voghji River.

At the beginning of 2017 the team temporarily moved to the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan due to renovation works at the Gandzasar Stadium.

Youth academy

Gandzasar Kapan run their own youth training academy in the town of Kapan since its inauguration in May 2013. Being home to natural-grass as well as artificial-turf training pitches, the centre occupies an area of 35,000 m².

In addition to Kapan, the club also runs a football school in the Shengavit District of the capital Yerevan.

Players

Current squad

As of 23 August 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
2	DF	ARM	Hakob Hambardzumyan
3	DF	ARM	David Atayan
4	MF	ARM	Alen Tatintsyan
5	MF	ARM	Davit Terteryan
6	MF	ARM	Wbeymar
7	MF	NGA	Joseph Adah
8	MF	ARM	Narek Aslanyan
9	FW	ARM	Gevorg Nranyan (captain)
10	FW	BRA	Israel
11	MF	ARM	Ashot Adamyan
12	GK	ARM	Grigor Meliksetyan
13	GK	ARM	Arman Meliksetyan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	GK	ARM	Mihran Hovhannisyan
17	FW	LTU	Rokas Krusnauskas
18	DF	ARM	Hayk Ishkhanyan
19	DF	ARM	Vaspurak Minasyan
21	DF	ARM	Ashot Kocharyan
22	FW	ARM	Gegham Harutyunyan
27	MF	BFA	Abdoul Zoko
28	DF	ARM	Alexander Hovhannisyan
55	DF	POR	Diogo Coelho
77	MF	ARM	Davit Minasyan
94	FW	ARM	Andranik Kocharyan
96	MF	ARM	Edvard Avagyan

Gandzasar Kapan-2

FC Gandzasar Kapan's reserve squad play as Gandzasar Kapan-2 in the Armenian First League. They play their home games at the training field with artificial turf of the Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre.

Current squad

As of 16 January 2019

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	Davit Altunyan
2	MF	ARM	Varkhtang Grigoryan
3	DF	ARM	Patvakan Mahtesyan
4	DF	ARM	Armen Kharbutyan
5	DF	ARM	Davit Markosyan
7	MF	ARM	Suren Arakelyan
8	MF	ARM	Davit Mayilyan
9	DF	ARM	Tiran Petrosyan (captain)
10	MF	ARM	Tigran Ivanyan
13	MF	ARM	Alen Karapetyan
14	MF	ARM	Yura Arakelyan
17	DF	ARM	Gagik Khachatryan
18	MF	ARM	Lernik Avetisyan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
19	MF	ARM	Karen Gevorgyan
20	MF	ARM	Ashot Adamyan
21	FW	ARM	Mher Harutyunyan
22	MF	ARM	Artur Karapetyan
23	MF	ARM	Roman Hakhverdyan
27	DF	ARM	Alen Stepanyan
28	MF	ARM	Vache Avagimyan
33	MF	ARM	Artur Badalyan
35	MF	ARM	Ashot Karapetyan
55	GK	ARM	Artyom Baghdasaryan
88	DF	ARM	Hayk Sargsyan
89	GK	ARM	Erik Harutyunyan
92	DF	AZE	Vigar Alibabayev

Personnel

Management

Position	Name
Executive Director	Garnik Aghababian
Sporting Director	Ashot Barseghyan
General Manager	Ashot Martirosyan
Press Secretary	Armen Ayvazyan
Team Manager	Garik Karapoghosyan

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Armen Petrosyan
Assistant Coach	Tigran Gevorgyan
Assistant Coach	Ara Khachatryan
Goalkeepers Coach	Martik Mktrtumyan
Coach Analyst	Ghazar Hakobjanyan
Doctor	Ara Aramyan
Masseur	Tigran Mansuryan
Masseur	Samvel Hovhannisyan
Administrator	Arsen Ayvazyan

Managerial history

Albert Sarkisyan (February 1, 2006 – December 1, 2006)
Souren Barseghyan (2007)
Abraham Khashmanyan (2007)
Samvel Petrosyan (2007–09)
Slava Gabrielyan (July 1, 2009–10)
Albert Sarkisyan (April 20, 2010 – December 20, 2010)
Abraham Khashmanyan (2010–12)
Samvel Sargsyan (May 24, 2012 – September 12)
Sevada Arzumanyan (September 8, 2012 – April 14, 2014)
Serhiy Puchkov (April 30, 2014 – December 2, 2014)
Ashot Barseghyan (March 11, 2015 – July 12, 2017)
Karen Barseghyan (July 13, 2017 – March 26, 2018)
Ashot Barseghyan (March 26, 2018 – April 30, 2019)
Armen Petrosyan (May 1, 2019 – )

References

^ "Clubs". www.ffa.am. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
^ "Բաց նամակ «Զանգեզուրի Պղնձամոլիբդենային կոմբինատ»". facebook.com/gandzasarkapanfc (in Armenian). FC Gandzasar Kapan Facebook. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
^ "Գանձասար-Կապանը պաշտոնական նամակ է ուղարկել ՀՖՖ". ffa.am/ (in Armenian). Football Federation of Armenia. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
^ RSSSF Armenia (and subpages per year)
^ "FC Shirak achievements". fcshirak.am. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

External links

Gandzasar at www.Weltfussball.de

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[1] "Clubs". www.ffa.am. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

[2] "Բաց նամակ «Զանգեզուրի Պղնձամոլիբդենային կոմբինատ»". facebook.com/gandzasarkapanfc (in Armenian). FC Gandzasar Kapan Facebook. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

[3] "Գանձասար-Կապանը պաշտոնական նամակ է ուղարկել ՀՖՖ". ffa.am/ (in Armenian). Football Federation of Armenia. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[4] RSSSF Armenia (and subpages per year)

[5] "FC Shirak achievements". fcshirak.am. Archived from the original on 24 May 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2019.

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