Stepanakert or Khankendi is a city in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. The city was under the control and the capital city of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh prior to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in the region. The city is located in a valley on the eastern slopes of the Karabakh mountain range, on the left bank of the Qarqarçay (Karkar) river.
A wide array of sports are played in Armenia. Popular sports in Armenia include football, basketball, volleyball, and ice hockey. Further, the country sends athletes to the Olympics in boxing, wrestling, weightlifting, judo, gymnastics, track and field, diving, swimming, and shooting. Armenia's mountainous terrain provides great opportunities for the practice of sports like skiing and rock climbing. Being a landlocked country, water sports can only be practiced on lakes, notably Lake Sevan. Competitively, Armenia has been very successful at chess, weightlifting, and wrestling at the international level. Armenia is also an active member of the international sports community, with full membership in the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), Federation of International Bandy (FIB), International School Sport Federation, International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), among others. It also hosts the Pan-Armenian Games.
Robert Arzumanyan is an Armenian former international footballer who played as a defender and recently, the manager of FC Noah.
Lernayin Artsakh FC is an association football club based in unrecognized Stepanakert, Artsakh Republic but is registered in the town of Vayk, Vayots Dzor Province, Armenia. The club was founded in 1927 in Soviet Azerbaijan and its current name translates from Armenian as "Mountainous Artsakh".
Yerazank Football Club, is a football club established in Stepanakert, and participated in the Artsakh Football League.
1995–96 in Armenian football was the fourth season of independent football after the split-up from the Soviet Union. It was the first of two seasons in Armenia that were different from the others. Including the 1996–97 season these were the only winter competitions, while all other Armenian seasons were summer competitions. The Armenian Premier League for 1995–96 consisted of 12 teams of which the lowest ranked team would relegate to the Armenian First League. The eleventh ranked team would face the second ranked team from the First League in a promotion/relegation play-off.
Football Club Noah, commonly known as Noah is an Armenian professional football club based in Armavir. Founded in 2017 as FC Artsakh, they currently play in the Armenian Premier League.
The Armenia Basketball League A, is the top men's official basketball league in Armenia. The first season of the competition was launched in 2017.
The 2017–18 Armenia Basketball League A season, was the inaugural season of the new official competition of basketball first division in Armenia.
Urartu Basketball Club, also currently known as Urartu Vivaro for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team in Armenia, currently based in Yerevan. Founded in 2016 in Yerevan. The team is a founding member of the Armenia Basketball League A.
BC Grand Sport is a professional basketball team based in Yerevan, Armenia. Founded in 2011 by Grand Holding Co. Ltd., it currently plays in the Armenia Basketball League A.
Shirak SC Basketball is the professional basketball section of Shirak SC, a football club based in Gyumri, Armenia. Founded in 2017, it currently plays in the Armenia Basketball League A.
Artik Basketball Club, also known as Artik Man Holding for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball team based in Artik, Armenia. It currently plays in the Armenia Basketball League A.
Engineer Yerevan, are a professional basketball team formed in 2017, representing the National University of Architecture and Construction of Armenia.
The 2018–19 season was FC Ararat-Armenia's 1st season in Armenian Premier League, in which they won their first Championship and reached the Semifinal of the Armenian Cup.
The 2018–19 Armenia Basketball League A is the second season of the basketball first division of Armenia.
The 2019–20 Armenian First League season was the 28th since its establishment. The season was launched on August 6, 2019, and concluded on May 27, 2020. Sevan are the defending champions.
Karen Aghasi Jalavyan, also known by his nom de guerreKyokh, is an Armenian military officer, colonel of the Artsakh Defence Army, commander of the Yeghnikner military unit and recipient of the award Hero of Artsakh.
The Armenian Women's Volleyball Championship is an annual competition of women 's volleyball teams of Armenia. It has been held since 1992 under the "spring-autumn" system. Teams from the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic have also participated in a number of the tournament Editions. Since 2013 the championship is held under the name of the Women's National League and it is controlled by the Armenian Volleyball Federation.
From the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 to the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, the city of Stepanakert was the capital of the unrecognized breakaway Republic of Artsakh, while being internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan.
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