Full name | FC Gandzasar Kapan | ||
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Nickname(s) | Արջեր Arjér (The Bears) | ||
Founded | 2004 | ||
Ground | Gandzasar Stadium, Kapan | ||
Capacity | 3,500 | ||
Owner | Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine CJSC | ||
Executive Director | Vardan Djhanyan | ||
Head Coach | Aram Voskanyan [1] | ||
League | Armenian First League | ||
Website | Club website | ||
FC Gandzasar Kapan is an Armenian football club based in the town of Kapan, Syunik Province. The team currently plays in Armenian First League. The club headquarters are located on 18 Garegin Nzhdeh street, Kapan. [2] 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.
The club was founded in 2004 and made their debut in the Armenian football league system in the 2004 Armenian First League competition. They spent 2 years playing in the Armenian First League before getting promoted to the Armenian Premier League for the 2006 season.[ citation needed ]
As of 2022-23 season, Gandzasar Kapan play in the Armenian First League, the second division in Armenian football. The home ground of team is the Gandzasar Stadium.[ citation needed ]
The club also runs a reserve team known as Gandzasar Kapan-2, which played in the First Division.[ citation needed ]
On 3 November 2020, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the Armenian Premier League and Armenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. [3] [4] They are currently playing in the Armenian First League, having entered in 2021-22 season. Following a 3rd-place finish in 2022-23 season (after FC West Armenia and BKMA Yerevan-2) Gandzasar stay in the First League.
Season | League | National Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
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Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||
2004 | Armenian First League | 3rd | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 52 | 32 | 57 | no participation | |||
2005 | 3rd | 24 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 62 | 24 | 51 | First Round | ||||
2006 | Armenian Premier League | 5th | 28 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 28 | 60 | 24 | Quarter-final | Artur Kocharyan | 15 | Vladimir Petrosyan Albert Sarkisyan |
2007 | 5th | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 35 | 31 | 39 | First round | Artur Kocharyan | 8 | Souren Barseghyan Abraham Khashmanyan Samvel Petrosyan | |
2008 | 3rd | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 39 | 27 | 47 | Quarter-final | Alexander Petrosyan | 9 | Samvel Petrosyan | |
2009 | 5th | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 47 | 38 | Quarter-final | Arsen Avetisyan | 14 | Samvel Petrosyan Avetik Sargsyan Slava Gabrielyan | |
2010 | 6th | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 24 | 45 | 27 | Quarter-final | Artur Kocharyan | 8 | Slava Gabrielyan Albert Sarkisyan | |
2011 | 3rd | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 31 | 16 | 46 | Quarter-final Quarter-final | Arsen Avetisyan | 5 | Abraham Khashmanyan | |
2012–13 | 3rd | 42 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 48 | 37 | 67 | Semi-final | Dhiego Lomba Farias | 9 | Abraham Khashmanyan Avetik Sargsyan Samvel Sargsyan Sevada Arzumanyan | |
2013–14 | 5th | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 36 | 31 | 35 | Runner-up | Narek Beglaryan | 8 | Sevada Arzumanyan Stepan Baghdasaryan Serhiy Puchkov | |
2014–15 | 7th | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 29 | Quarter-final | Gegham Harutyunyan Vasil Palagnyuk | 6 | Serhiy Puchkov Samvel Petrosyan | |
2015–16 | 4th | 28 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 35 | 27 | 45 | Semi-final | Gegham Harutyunyan Narek Beglaryan | 5 | Samvel Petrosyan Ashot Barseghyan | |
2016–17 | 2nd | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 24 | 57 | Semi-final | Gegham Harutyunyan | 12 | Ashot Barseghyan | |
2017–18 | 3rd | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 43 | 34 | 43 | Winner | Gegham Harutyunyan | 12 | Karen Barseghyan Ashot Barseghyan | |
2018–19 | 6th | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 38 | 33 | 38 | Quarter-final | Gegham Harutyunyan | 8 | Ashot Barseghyan Armen Petrosyan | |
2019–20 | 9th | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 29 | 25 | Semi-final | Gegham Harutyunyan | 6 | Armen Petrosyan | |
2020–21 | 10th | Withdrew | n/a | ||||||||||
2021–22 | Armenian First League | 3rd | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 38 | 47 | 37 | did not enter | Orbeli Hambardzumyan | 6 | Tigran Gevorgyan |
2022–23 | 3rd | 33 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 85 | 33 | 70 | Semi-final | Alen Karapetyan | 24 | Tigran Gevorgyan |
Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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UEFA Europa League | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 27 | –19 |
Total | 12 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 27 | –19 |
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | |
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2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | NAC Breda | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–8 | |
2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | EB/Streymur | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 (a) | |
2Q | Servette | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–5 | |||
2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Aktobe | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | |
2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Mladost Podgorica | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | |
2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Lech Poznań | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | |
The club play their home games at the Gandzasar Stadium, 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.[ citation needed ]
At the beginning of 2017 the team temporarily moved to the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan due to renovation works at the Gandzasar Stadium.[ citation needed ]
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 of the capital Yerevan.
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Founded | 2006 | ||
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Ground | Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre, Kapan | ||
Owner | Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine CJSC | ||
Executive Director | Garnik Aghababian | ||
Manager | Ashot Manucharyan | ||
League | Armenian First League | ||
2016–17 | 4th | ||
FC Gandzasar Kapan's reserve squad played as Gandzasar Kapan-2 in the Armenian First League. They played their home games at the training field with artificial turf of the Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre.
Position | Name |
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Executive Director | Vardan Djhanyan |
Deputy Director | Arthur Margaryan |
Press Secretary | Spartak Petrosyan |
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Tigran Gevorgyan |
Assistant coach | Norayr Tamrazyan |
Assistant coach | Tigran Ivanyan |
Goalkeepers Coach | Tigran Ghazaryan |
Doctor | Ara Aramyan |
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