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2020–21 FC Urartu Season
The 2020–21 season was Urartu's twentieth consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League. Season events On 30 July, Urartu's planned friendly match against BKMA Yerevan was cancelled. On 4 August, Urartu's planned friendly match against Pyunik on 6 August was cancelled. On 8 August, Urartu announced the signing of Jonel Désiré from Lori FC. On 11 August, Urartu announced the signing of Juesukobiruo Okotie from Sporting Warri FC, whilst defender Narek Petrosyan left Urartu the following day by mutual consent. On 17 August, the Football Federation of Armenia announced that that day's match between Urartu and Lori would not take place as Lori still had players and staff in isolation following an outbreak of COVID-19. On 31 August, Narek Petrosyan re-signed for Urartu. On 12 September, Urartu announced the signing of Pavlo Stepanets from Ararat Yerevan. On 29 September, the season was suspended indefinitely due to the escalating 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. On 13 Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Urartu
Football Club Urartu (, translated ''Futbolayin Akumb Urartu''), commonly known as Urartu, is an Armenian professional association football, football team based in the capital Yerevan that currently plays in the Armenian Premier League. The club won the Armenian Cup four times, in 1992, 2007, 2016, and 2023. In 2013–2014, they won the Armenian Premier League for the first time in their history. In early 2016, the Russia-based Armenian businessman Dzhevan Cheloyants became a co-owner of the club after purchasing the major part of the club shares. The club was known as FC Banants until 1 August 2019, when it was officially renamed FC Urartu. History Kotayk Urartu FC were founded as FC Banants by Sarkis Israelyan on 21 January 1992 in the village of Kotayk (village), Kotayk, representing the Kotayk Province. He named the club after his native village of ''Banants'' (currently known as ''Bayan, Dashkasan, Bayan''). Between 1992 and 1995, the club was commonly referred to as Banants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |