FC Van

Football Club Van (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Վան), is an Armenian football club based in Charentsavan, Kotayk Province.

FC Van
Full nameFootball Club Van
Founded2019 (2019)
GroundCharentsavan City Stadium
Capacity5,000
OwnerOleg Ghukasov
PresidentSergei Ghukasov
ManagerSevada Arzumanyan
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2022–23Armenian Premier League, 5th
Van playing against Urartu Yerevan (Armenian Premier League, May 11, 2021)

History

FC Van was founded on 31 May 2019 in the town of Charentsavan, Kotayk Province, by Armenian-Russian businessman Oleg Ghukasov. The club will take part in the 2019–20 Armenian First League season.[1]

On 30 July 2020, it was announced that Van had been giving a license to compete in the Armenian Premier League for the 2020–21 season.[2] On 31 July 2020, Vice-president Karen Barseghyan announced that he was stepping down as head coach to concentrate on being vice-president, with Sevada Arzumanyan being appointed as the club's new head coach.[3] On 2 February 2021, Van announced that Konstantin Zaytsev had replaced Sevada Arzumanyan as their Head Coach.[4]

Domestic
Season League National Cup Top goalscorer Manager
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name Goals
2019–20Armenian First League1282242901870QuarterfinalIvory Coast Wilfried Eza32Armenia Karen Barseghyan
2020–21Armenian Premier League6249411253031QuarterfinalIvory Coast Wilfried Eza8Armenia Sevada Arzumanyan
Armenia Artur Asoyan
2021–228326719194725SemifinalArmenia Zaven Badoyan4Armenia Artur Asoyan
Armenia Sevada Arzumanyan
2022–2353611718385940QuarterfinalArmenia Edgar Movsesyan9Armenia Artur Asoyan
Bolivia Humberto Viviani

Current squad
As of 4 October 2023

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 Armenia ARM Hovhannes Nazaryan
5 DF Nigeria NGA Deou Dosa
6 DF Armenia ARM Karen Muradyan (on loan from Pyunik)
9 MF Armenia ARM Benik Hovhannisyan
10 FW Ivory Coast CIV Ipehe Williams
11 MF Armenia ARM David Manoyan
12 GK Armenia ARM Arman Meliksetyan
14 MF Nigeria NGA Christopher Boniface
17 MF Nigeria NGA Buhari Sani
18 MF Armenia ARM Narek Hovhannisyan
19 FW Armenia ARM Vrezh Chiloyan (on loan from Pyunik)
20 FW South Africa RSA Jaisen Clifford
21 DF Colombia COL Daniel Cifuentes
23 MF Armenia ARM Albert Mnatsakanyan
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 GK Ghana GHA Raymond Nsoy
27 MF Ivory Coast CIV Josue Gaba
28 DF Armenia ARM Arsen Yeghiazaryan
30 MF Russia RUS Anton Sholokh
33 DF Armenia ARM Hamlet Asoyan
37 DF Nigeria NGA Yahaya Ibrahim
45 GK Armenia ARM Aram Ter-Minasyan
70 FW Nigeria NGA Olaoluwa Ojetunde
77 MF Ghana GHA Mohammed Fatau
87 FW Armenia ARM Grisha Paronyan
88 DF Serbia SRB Kristian Močić
94 DF Nigeria NGA Chukwuebuka Okoronkwo
99 DF Armenia ARM Arman Mkrtchyan

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2023.

Personnel

Management
Position Name
President Russia Sergei Ghukasov
Vice-president Armenia Karen Barseghyan
Executive Director Armenia Gagik Galstyan
Sporting director Armenia Sevada Arzumanyan
Press Secretary Armenia Arsen Antikyan

Technical staff
Position Name
Head coach Armenia Artur Asoyan
Assistant coach
Goalkeepers Coach Armenia Mayis Azizyan
Analyst Coach Armenia Hayk Avetisyan

Managerial history
As of match played 10 December 2020
Name Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W Honours Notes
Karen Barseghyan  Armenia 31 May 2019[3] 31 July 2020[3] 28 22 4 2 90 18 078.57 Armenian First League (1)
Sevada Arzumanyan  Armenia 31 July 2020[3] 2 February 2021[4] 13 4 2 7 9 11 030.77
Artur Asoyan  Armenia 2 February 2021[4] 18 February 2022 32 10 7 15 31 40 031.25
Sevada Arzumanyan  Armenia 19 February 2022 18 3 5 10 10 29 016.67

References
  1. "Չարենցավանում հիմնադրվում է նոր ակումբ. գլխավոր մարզիչը կլինի Կարեն Բարսեղյանը". Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. ""Վանը" կմասնակցի Հայաստանի Բարձրագույն խմբի առաջնությանը". ffa.am/ (in Armenian). Football Federation Armenia. 30 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  3. "ՊԱՇՏՈՆԱԿԱՆ ՀԱՅՏԱՐԱՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ․ ԿԱՐԵՆ ԲԱՐՍԵՂՅԱՆ". facebook.com/FCVAN2019/ (in Armenian). FC Van Facebook. 31 July 2020. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. "There have been some changes in the coaching staff of our club". facebook.com/FCVAN2019/. FC Van Facebook. 2 February 2021. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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