Araks Ararat FC
Araks Ararat FC (Armenian: Արաքս Արարատ Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ), is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Ararat, Ararat Province.
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| Full name | Araks Ararat Football Club | ||
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| Founded | 1960, as FC Ararat 1993, as FC Tsement Ararat 2000, as Araks Ararat FC | ||
| Dissolved | 2005 | ||
| Ground | Ayg Stadium, Ararat | ||
| Capacity | 1,280 | ||
| Chairman | Abraham Babayan | ||
| Manager | Varuzhan Sukiasyan | ||
| 2000 | Armenian Premier League, 1st | ||
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Club history
The club was founded in 1960 as FC Ararat to represent the town of Ararat. With the independence of Armenia, the Ararat Cement Factory took over FC Ararat in 1993 and the club was renamed FC Tsement Ararat.[1] They played in the Armenian Premier League and won two titles, the first in 1998 as Tsement and the 2nd in 2000 as Araks Ararat. The following year, Tsement yielded the championship to FC Shirak by two points and ended up on the third spot behind FC Ararat Yerevan. However, after many successful years, the club president Abraham Babayan was unable to finance the club. Eventually, the rights were sold in late 2000 to a new sponsor based in Yerevan and Araks Ararat FC was dissolved.
The club was resurrected a year later for the 2002 season,[2] but since it gave its license for participating in the Premier League to Spartak Yerevan, was unable to participate in Premier League and had to settle to restart from the First League.
Honours
- Winners (2): 1998, 2000
- Winners (3): 1997, 1998, 1999
- Winners (1): 1998
Domestic history
| Season | Name | League | Armenian Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | ||||
| 1992 | Ararat | Armenian First League | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 18 | First round | |||
| 1993 | Tsement Ararat | Armenian Premier League | 6 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 50 | 30 | Quarter-final | |||
| 1994 | 6 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 54 | 49 | 28 | First round | |||||
| 1995 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 16 | Semi-final | |||||
| 1995–96 | 5 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 57 | 33 | 39 | Quarter-final | |||||
| 1996–97 | 5 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 26 | 42 | Semi-final | |||||
| 1997 | 5 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 27 | Winner | |||||
| 1998 | 1 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 70 | 22 | 64 | ||||||
| 1999 | Araks Ararat | 3 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 19 | 71 | Winner | ||||
| 2000 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 65 | 33 | 61 | Quarter-final | |||||
| 2001 | Club did not participate. | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | Armenian First League | 2 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 85 | 18 | 77 | |||||
| 2003 | Armenian Premier League | 8 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 86 | 9 | First round | ||||
| 2004 | Armenian First League | 6 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 57 | 31 | 51 | Quarter-final | ||||
Araks Ararat in European competitions
As of June, 2010.
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Champions League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998–99 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | QR | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Lausanne Sports | 1–5 | 1–2 |
| 1999–2000 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q |  Zalgiris Vilnius | 0–2 | 0–3 |
Notes:
- Home results are noted in Bold.
References
- "Armenia - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- LLC, Helix Consulting. "Ակումբային ֆուտբոլի պատմություն. "ԱՐԱՔՍ" (ԱՐԱՐԱՏ) - Սպորտային լուրեր". www.armsport.am. Archived from the original on 25 December 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2019.