FC Van Yerevan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Վան Երևան), is a defunct

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club from the capital

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, founded in 1990.

History

This club is named in honor of the Armenian historic city of Van, which was once the capital of the

Urartu Urartu (; Assyrian: ',Eberhard Schrader, ''The Cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament'' (1885), p. 65. Babylonian: ''Urashtu'', he, אֲרָרָט ''Ararat'') is a geographical region and Iron Age kingdom also known as the Kingdom of Va ...

Kingdom. The club participated in the first Armenian soccer championship, which took fifth place overall. During the six seasons the club has always participated in the

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. The team has strong problems, and the place occupied by the team were in the range from 4th to 10th position. But so, the club was disbanded in 1997 at the end of the championship.

League Record

Coaching history

* Azad Mangasarian (1992) *

Arsen Chilingaryan Arsen Chilingaryan ( hy, Արսեն Չիլինգարյան, 1965 - 14 May 2013) was a Soviet Armenian football defender. Chilingaryan was born in Yerevan. He made his debut in the Soviet Top League in 1984 for FC Ararat Yerevan. He managed Arme ...

(1992–1993) * Edward Asoyan (1993–1995) *

Varuzhan Sukiasyan Varuzhan Sukiasyan ( hy, Վարուժան Սուքիասյան, russian: Варужан Гарсеванович Сукиасян; born 5 August 1956 in Yerevan), is an Armenian association football manager and former player. He is the brother of ...

(1995) * Levon Hakobyan (1996) *

Ashot Khachatryan Ashot Sureni Khachatryan ( hy, Աշոտ Սուրենի Խաչատրյան; born 3 August 1959) is a retired football defender from Armenia. He obtained a total number of five caps for the national team. Khachatryan made his debut on 14 October ...

(1996–1997)

External links

Profile on klisf.info

Profile on weltfussballarchiv.com

Profile on foot.dk
FC Van Yerevan Defunct football clubs in Armenia Association football clubs established in 1990 Association football clubs disestablished in 1997 Football clubs in Yerevan 1990 establishments in Armenia 1997 disestablishments in Armenia {{Armenia-footyclub-stub