Football Club Gandzasar Kapan ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Գանձասար Կապան), commonly known as Gandzasar, is an Armenian

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club based in the town of

Kapan Kapan ( hy, Կապան) is a town in southeast Armenia, serving as the administrative center of the urban community of Kapan as well as the provincial capital of Syunik Province. It is located in the valley of the Voghji River and is on the nort ...

Syunik Province Syunik ( hy, Սյունիք, ) is the southernmost province of Armenia. It is bordered by the Vayots Dzor Province to the north, Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic exclave to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran to the south. I ...

. Translated from the

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, "Gandz-a-sar" simply means "Treasure Mountain". The club headquarters are located on Shinararner street 1, Kapan. 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 The 2004 Armenian First League season started on 1 May 2004. The last matches were played on 15 November 2004. Pyunik-2 became the league champions, but because they are a reserve team they were unable to promote to the Armenian Premier League. ...

competition. They spent 2 years playing in the

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 Lea ...

before getting promoted to 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 ...

for the 2006 season. As of 2014, Gandzasar Kapan play in the

, the top division in Armenian football. The home ground of team is the

Gandzasar Stadium Gandzasar Stadium ( hy, Գանձասար մարզադաշտ) is a multi-purpose stadium in Kapan, the capital of Syunik Province, Armenia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Gandzasar. With a capacity of 3 ...

. The club also runs a reserve team known as Gandzasar Kapan-2, participating in the First Division. On 3 November 2020, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the

and

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due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing

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and the

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, the surrounding territories. It was a major escalation of ...

Domestic history

European history

Honours

* Runners-up: 2016–17 * Third:

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, 2012–13, 2017–18

* Winners: 2017–18 * Runners-up: 2013–14

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* Runners-up:

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Stadium

The club play their home games at the

, 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 The Voghji ( hy, Ողջի, translit=Oġǰi) or Okchuchay ( az, Oxçuçay) is a river on the south slopes of the Lesser Caucasus range, and is a left tributary of Aras. It flows through the territory of Armenia and Azerbaijan. In its upper reach ...

. At the beginning of 2017 the team temporarily moved to the

Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium ( hy, Վազգեն Սարգսյանի անվան Հանրապետական մարզադաշտ) also known as the Republican Stadium ( hy, Հանրապետական մարզադաշտ, translit=Hanrapetakan Marzada ...

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 Shengavit ( hy, Շենգավիթ վարչական շրջան, ''Šengavit' varčakan šrĵan''), is one of the 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, located at the southwestern part of the city. It has common borders with the distric ...

of the capital

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Y ...

Players

Current squad

Gandzasar Kapan-2

FC Gandzasar Kapan's reserve squad play as Gandzasar Kapan-2 in the

. They play their home games at the training field with

artificial turf Artificial turf is a surface of synthetic fibers made to look like natural grass. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass. However, it is now being used on residential lawns and commer ...

of the Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre.

Current squad

Personnel

Management

Technical staff

Managerial history

Albert Sarkisyan Albert Sarkisyan ( hy, Ալբերտ Սարգսյան, born 15 May 1975) is a Armenian football coach and a former player who is the head coach of the Under-16 team of Strogino Moscow. A midfielder, Sarkisyan was a member of the Armenia nation ...

(1 February 2006 – 1 December 2006) * Souren Barseghyan (2007) *

Abraham Khashmanyan Abraham Khashmanyan ( hy, Աբրահամ Խաշմանյան; born 11 November 1967) is an Armenian football manager and former player. Honours Alashkert * Armenian Premier League 2015–16, 2016–17 * Armenian Cup: 2018–19 * Armenian S ...

(2007) *

Samvel Petrosyan Samvel Petrosyan ( hy, Սամվել Պետրոսյան, russian: Самвел Александрович Петросян; born on 27 September 1954) in Yerevan, is a former Soviet football striker. Now is manager who has worked as the coach of ...

(2007–09) * Slava Gabrielyan (1 July 2009–10) *

(20 April 2010 – 20 December 2010) *

(2010–12) * Samvel Sargsyan (24 May 2012 – 12 September 12) * Sevada Arzumanyan (8 September 2012 – 14 April 2014) * Serhiy Puchkov (30 April 2014 – 2 December 2014) * Ashot Barseghyan (11 March 2015 – 12 July 2017) * Karen Barseghyan (13 July 2017 – 26 March 2018) * Ashot Barseghyan (26 March 2018 – 30 April 2019) * Armen Petrosyan (1 May 2019 – )

References

External links

Gandzasar at www.Weltfussball.de
{{Authority control 2004 establishments in Armenia Association football clubs established in 2004 Gandzasar