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2020–21 FC Ararat-Armenia Season
The 2020–21 season was FC Ararat-Armenia's 3rd season in Armenian Premier League, of which they were defending champions. Ararat-Armenia finished the season in 5th position, reached the semifinals of the Armenian Cup, the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League and the playoff round of the UEFA Europa League. Season events After Vardan Minasyan left the club on 17 July 2020 after his contract expired, Ararat-Armenia announced the appointment of David Campaña as their new manager on 22 July. On 23 July, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Alemão from Oliveirense. On 25 July, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of Sargis Shahinyan from Lori. On 30 July, Ararat-Armenia announced the departure of Gor Malakyan after his contract expired. On 5 August, Ararat-Armenia announced the signing of David Bollo, whilst Artyom Avanesyan joined Pyunik on loan for the season. On 6 August, Van announced the arrival of Davit Nalbandyan on loan from Ararat-Armenia for th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Ararat-Armenia
FC Ararat-Armenia () is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan, founded in 2017. History It was founded in 2017 as FC Avan Academy by Ruben Hayrapetyan, on the basis of the young players of the Yerevan Football Academy graduates, as well as many young players from FC Pyunik. They club's inaugural match took place in July 2017 against Erebuni SC. The friendly match ended up with a score of 3–1 in favour of Avan Academy. In early 2018, the club was taken over by the Russian-Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan who renamed the football club as Ararat-Moskva, from Mount Ararat. The club was reorganized as soon as FC Ararat Moscow in Russia was denied certificate for the next season. Artak Oseyan managed the club during the 2017–18 Armenian First League season. After being promoted to the Armenian Premier League, it was again renamed, this time to Ararat-Armenia, and will participate in the Premier League with this name. On 2 August 2018, Vadim Skripch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vardan Minasyan
Vardan Minasyan (; born 5 January 1974) is an Armenian football manager and former player who is the football manager of Ararat-Armenia in the Armenian Premier League. He played as a midfielder in his native Armenia, in Switzerland and in Russia. Minasyan has been largely credited for advancing Armenia international and domestic football. He led Armenia to a record 3rd-place finish in Euro 2012 qualifications, where Armenia scored 22 goals, in his first qualification cycle. Minasyan was also the longest serving manager of the Armenian national squad to date and has the best match record of all the former managers of the national team. When he resigned in October 2013 after the FIFA 2014 qualifications, Armenia was ranked #38 by FIFA, the highest rank in the Armenia national team's history. Club career Vardan Minasyan had played for several clubs in the Armenian Premier League. His main achievements had been made playing for Pyunik Yerevan. Minasyan was a member of Pyunik befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GSP Stadium
The GSP Stadium () is a association football, football stadium in Strovolos, Nicosia District, Cyprus. Although small by international standards, it is the largest stadium in Cyprus, with a capacity of 22,859 and was opened in 1999. It serves as the home stadium for the 3 biggest football clubs of Nicosia APOEL FC, APOEL, Olympiakos & AC Omonia, Omonia. It is also the home stadium of the Cyprus national football team. A stadium under the same name, the GSP Stadium (1902), old GSP Stadium, existed from 1902 until 1999 in the centre of Nicosia and had a capacity of 12,000. History Designed by Theo. David Architects, the new GSP Stadium opened for use on 6 October 1999. The complex has three arenas: a football stadium, an athletics stadium and an auxiliary football pitch intended for training. The stadium is owned by the Pancyprian Gymnastic Association. With an official seating capacity of 22,859 the GSP Stadium is the largest football venue in Cyprus. It is located at the entranc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, surrounding occupied territories. It was a major escalation of an unresolved Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, conflict over the region, involving Azerbaijan, Armenia and the Political status of Nagorno-Karabakh, self-declared Armenian breakaway state of Republic of Artsakh, Artsakh. The war lasted for 44 days and resulted in Azerbaijani victory, with the defeat igniting 2020–2021 Armenian protests, anti-government protests in Armenia. Post-war skirmishes continued in the region, including substantial clashes in 2022. Fighting began on the morning of 27 September, with an Azerbaijani offensive along the Line of Contact (Nagorno-Karabakh), line of contact established in the aftermath of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988–1994). Clashes were particularly intense in the less mountainous district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 Armenian Premier League
The 2020–21 Armenian Premier League season is the 29th since its establishment. Season events On 30 July, it was announced that FC Van had been giving a license to compete in the Armenian Premier League, with the season commencing on 14 August 2020. On 29 September, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. On 13 October, the FFA announced that the season would resume on 17 October. On 3 November, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the League and Armenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. On 16 March, Lori walked off at the start of their match against Ararat Yerevan in protest of their Matchday 1 fixture being awarded to Urartu after Lori where unable to field a team due to COVID-19. Lori later submitted their resignation from the Premier League on 5 April. Teams * 1 Gandzasar played their home games at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
