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2003 Armenian First League
The 2003 Armenian First League is the 13th season of the Armenian First League. It started on 1 May and ended 14 November. FC Kilikia from Yerevan became the league champions, and were promoted to the 2004 Armenian Premier League. Overview * Newly created FC Vagharshapat are introduced to the league. * FC Dinamo Yerevan and Yerazank FC returned to professional football. * Spartak Yerevan FC merged with FC Banants and was dropped to the First League as a result. Participating clubs League table Top goalscorers See also * 2003 Armenian Premier League * 2003 Armenian Cup * 2003 in Armenian football References External links RSSSF: Armenia 2003 - Second Level {{2003 in Armenian football Armenian First League seasons 2 Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenian First League
The Armenian First League is currently the second level football competition in Armenia after the Armenian Premier League The Armenian Premier League ( hy, VBET Հայաստանի Պրեմիեր Լիգա, known as the VBET Armenian Premier League for sponsorship reasons) is the top association football, football competition in Armenia. From 1936 to 1991, the compet .... The competition exists mostly out of reserve teams of several Premier League clubs; however, other teams also participate. The reserve teams are not eligible for promotion to the highest level, resulting in situations where a club promotes even when they finish the season in a mid-table position. 2021–22 Member Clubs Winners {{UEFA second leagues 2 Second level football leagues in Europe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hrazdan Stadium
Hrazdan Stadium ( hy, Հրազդան մարզադաշտ) is a multi-use, all-seater stadium in Yerevan, Armenia, opened in 1970. Being the largest sports venue in Armenia, Hrazdan was mostly used for football matches. It was the home stadium of the Armenia national football team until 1999 and has hosted the occasional international game since then. The stadium is able to host 54,208 spectators after the most recent reconstruction in 2008, which converted the stadium into an all-seater one. Before the reconstruction, Hrazdan was able to hold up to 70,000 spectators. It was among the top four stadiums of the Soviet Union by its capacity. The stadium hosted the Armenian Cup finals on many occasions, as well as the opening ceremony of the Pan-Armenian Games in 2003. The Soviet Union national team played two games, against Finland and Greece, in Hrazdan in 1978. History Origin and construction The earliest idea of building a football stadium in the valley of Hrazdan river was propose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Dinamo Yeghvard
FC Dinamo Yeghvard ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Դինամո Եղվարդ), is a defunct Armenian football club from Yeghvard, Kotayk Province Kotayk ( hy, Կոտայք, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. It is located at the central part of the country. Its capital is Hrazdan and the largest city is Abovyan. It is named after the Kotayk canton of the historic Ayrarat province .... The club was formed in 2002 and participated in the Armenian First League during the same year. However, the club was dissolved in 2003 prior to the kick-off of the First League. League record References Association football clubs established in 2002 Association football clubs disestablished in 2003 Dinamo Yeghvard 2002 establishments in Armenia 2003 disestablishments in Armenia {{Armenia-footyclub-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIMA Yerevan
FIMA Yerevan ( hy, ՖԻՄԱ Երևան) or ( hy, Ֆիզիկուլտուրայի Ինստիտուտի Մարզական Ակումբ Երևան; ''Fizkulturayi instituti marzakan akumb Yerevan''), meaning ''Physical-culture Institute Sports Club of Yerevan'', was also known with its Russian abbreviation as SKIF Yerevan (Спортивный клуб института физкультуры (СКИФ)), is an Armenian sports club from the capital Yerevan, that represents the Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and Sport. The club was founded in 1945 with the establishment of the Institute of Physical Culture. Men's football The football section, five times champion of the SSR Armenia League, was dissolved in 2006 and is currently inactive. They were known as Hay Ari during their final appearance in domestic football in 2006. Achievements * SSR Armenia League: 5 :: 1956, 1958, 1959, 1971, 1974 Basketball section The basketball section is one of the seven founder clubs o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etchmiadzin Stadium
Etchmiadzin Stadium ( hy, Էջմիածին Մարզադաշտ), is an abandoned football stadium in Vagharshapat, Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' .... Owned by the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the stadium is located near the southern walls of the Mother See complex. It is named after the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin which is considered the spiritual centre of Christian Armenians worldwide. Overview The stadium was opened in 1973 and has a capacity of 3,000 spectators. It was home to FC Vagharshapat until 2005, when the club was dissolved and retired from professional football. In 2005, the ownership of the stadium was transferred to the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin by the decision of the government of Armenia. It is located around 250 met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etchmiadzin
Vagharshapat ( hy, Վաղարշապատ ) is the 4th-largest city in Armenia and the most populous municipal community of Armavir Province, located about west of the capital Yerevan, and north of the closed Turkish-Armenian border. It is commonly known as Ejmiatsin (also spelled Echmiadzin or Etchmiadzin, , ), which was its official name between 1945 and 1995. It is still commonly used colloquially and in official bureaucracy ( dual naming). The city is best known as the location of Etchmiadzin Cathedral and Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, the center of the Armenian Apostolic Church. It is thus unofficially known in Western sources as a "holy city" and in Armenia as the country's "spiritual capital" (). It was one of the major cities and a capital of the ancient Kingdom of Greater Armenia. Reduced to a small town by the early 20th century, it experienced large expansion during the Soviet period becoming, effectively, a suburb of Yerevan. Its population stands just over 37,000 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abovyan City Stadium
Abovyan City Stadium ( hy, Աբովյանի Քաղաքային Մարզադաշտ) is an all-seater stadium, all-seater association football, football stadium in Abovyan, Armenia. Overview Abovyan City Stadium was opened in 1966 and currently holds a capacity of 3,100 seats. The stadium which was known as Kotayk Stadium until 2006, used to have a capacity of 5,500 spectators. In 2006, the venue was turned into an all-seater stadium, thus reducing the capacity down to 3,946 seats (2,498 at the eastern stand and 1,448 at the western stand). The stadium was renamed Abovyan City Stadium during the same year. Major renovation works were executed in 2021-22. The stadium used to be FC Kotayk, FC Kotayk Abovian's home ground during the Soviet Union, Soviet period and after the independence of Armenia. However, when the club was dissolved, the stadium has been used by various Yerevan clubs as a temporary home venue. The stadium is also the home ground of the Armenia national rugby union ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abovyan
Abovyan or Abovian ( hy, Աբովյան), is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia within the Kotayk Province. It is located northeast of Yerevan and southeast of the province centre Hrazdan. As of the 2011 census, the population of the town is 43,495, down from 59,000 reported at the 1989 census. Currently, the town has an approximate population of 44,900 as per the 2020 official estimate. With a motorway and railway running through the city connecting Yerevan with the areas of the northeast, Abovyan is considered a satellite city of the Armenian capital. Therefore, Abovyan is generally known as the "northern gate of Yerevan". Abovyan covers an area of around . Etymology The site of present-day Abovyan was previously occupied by a small village known as ''Elar''. One folk tradition connects the name Elar with the legend of Ara the Handsome: the Assyrian queen Semiramis is said to have brought the body of the murdered Armenian king to the village and ordered the inh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanadzor City Stadium
Vanadzor City Stadium ( hy, Վանաձորի քաղաքային մարզադաշտ), is a multi-use stadium in Vanadzor, Armenia, currently used for football matches. Opened in 1958 as ''Lori Stadium'' ( hy, Լոռի մարզադաշտ) with a capacity of 5,000 spectators, it served as home to Lori Vanadzor and FC Vanadzor FC Vanadzor ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Վանաձոր), is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Vanadzor, Lori Province. The club made its professional debut in the independent Armenian leagues in the 1992 Armenian F .... Future plans In October 2010, an agreement was achieved between the Vanadzor City Council and the Football Federation of Armenia to renovate the stadium, under the operation of the FFA. However, in August 2011, the Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly-Vanadzor Office appealed against the Vanadzor municipality to abolish the agreement. As a result of the appeal, the 2011-scheduled renovation with an envisaged cost of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanadzor
Vanadzor ( hy, Վանաձոր) is an urban municipal community and the third-largest city in Armenia, serving as the capital of Lori Province in the northern part of the country. It is located about north of the capital Yerevan. As of the 2011 census, the city had a population of 86,199, down from 148,876 reported at the 1979 official census. Currently, the town has a population of approximately 76,200. Vanadzor is the seat of the Diocese of Gougark of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Etymology Vanadzor was previously known as ''Gharakilisa'' (), meaning "black church" in Turkic. In the official records of the Russian Empire, the city was labelled as ''Karakilis Bolshoye'' (). Following the Sovietization of Armenia, the city was renamed ''Martunashen'' (, alternatively ''Martunakan'') in 1926 after Armenian Bolshevik revolutionary Alexander Miasnikian. On 3 January 1935, it was renamed ''Kirovakan'' (), after the popular Russian Bolshevik leader Sergey Kirov. A close associate of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyumri City Stadium
Gyumri City Stadium ( hy, Գյումրիի քաղաքային մարզադաշտ) is an all-seater football stadium in Gyumri, Armenia. It is currently the home venue of the Armenian Premier League club FC Shirak of Gyumri. The current capacity of the stadium is 4,000 seats. History The stadium was built and opened in 1924 to become the first stadium in the modern history of Armenia. When Shirak was founded in 1958, the stadium became the regular home ground of the team for the Soviet First League competition. Starting from 1991, the stadium witnessed many glorious moments of FC Shirak in the Armenian Premier League and the Armenian Independence Cup. The stadium hosted the 2011–12 Armenian Cup final match when Shirak defeated Impulse to win the title for the first time in their history. The venue was reconstructed in 1999 and turned into an all-seater stadium. The total capacity of the stadium became 2,844 seats (1,413 at the western stand and 1,431 at the eastern stand). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyumri
Gyumri ( hy, Գյումրի, ) is an urban municipal community and the second-largest city in Armenia, serving as the administrative center of Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. By the end of the 19th century, when the city was known as Alexandropol,; hy, Ալեքսանդրապոլ it became the largest city of Russian-ruled Eastern Armenia with a population above that of Yerevan. The city became renown as a cultural hub, while also carrying significance as a major center of Russian troops during Russo-Turkish wars of the 19th century. The city underwent a tumultuous period during and after World War 1. While Russian forces withdrew from the South Caucasus due to the October Revolution, the city became host to large numbers of Armenian refugees fleeing the Armenian Genocide, in particular hosting 22,000 orphaned children in around 170 orphanage buildings. It was renamed to Leninakan; russian: Ленинакан during the Soviet period and became a major i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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