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| Full name | Football Club Van | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Founded | 2019 | ||
| Ground | Charentsavan City Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||
| Owner | Oleg Ghukasov | ||
| President | Sergei Ghukasov | ||
| Manager | Arthur Hovhannisyan | ||
| League | Armenian Premier League | ||
| 2023–24 | Armenian Premier League, 9th | ||
Football Club Van (Armenian : Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Վան) is an Armenian professional football club based in Charentsavan, Kotayk Province.
FC Van was founded on 31 May 2019 in the town of Charentsavan, Kotayk Province, by Armenian-Russian businessman Oleg Ghukasov. The club will take part in the 2019–20 Armenian First League season. [1]
On 30 July 2020, it was announced that Van had been given a license to compete in the Armenian Premier League for the 2020–21 season. [2] On 31 July 2020, Vice-president Karen Barseghyan announced that he was stepping down as head coach to concentrate on being vice-president, with Sevada Arzumanyan being appointed as the club's new head coach. [3] On 2 February 2021, Van announced that Artur Asoyan had replaced Sevada Arzumanyan as their Head Coach. [4]
| Season | League | National Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | Goals | |||
| 2019–20 | Armenian First League | 1 | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 90 | 18 | 70 | Quarterfinal |  Wilfried Eza | 32 |  Karen Barseghyan |
| 2020–21 | Armenian Premier League | 6 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 30 | 31 | Quarterfinal | Wilfried Eza | 8 | Sevada Arzumanyan Artur Asoyan |
| 2021–22 | 8 | 32 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 47 | 25 | Semifinal | Zaven Badoyan | 4 | Artur Asoyan Sevada Arzumanyan | |
| 2022–23 | 5 | 36 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 59 | 40 | Quarterfinal | Edgar Movsesyan | 9 | Artur Asoyan  Humberto Viviani | |
| 2023–24 | 9 | 36 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 32 | 67 | 32 | Quarterfinal |  Christopher Boniface | 8 | Sevada Arzumanyan Arthur Hovhannisyan | |
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| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| President |  Sergei Ghukasov |
| Vice-president | Karen Barseghyan |
| Executive Director | Gagik Galstyan |
| Sporting director | Sevada Arzumanyan |
| Press Secretary | Arsen Antikyan |
| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Artur Hovhannisyan |
| Assistant coach |  |
| Goalkeepers Coach | Mayis Azizyan |
| Analyst Coach | Hayk Avetisyan |
| Name | Nat. | From | To | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | %W | Honours | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Barseghyan | Armenia | 31 May 2019 [3] | 31 July 2020 [3] | 28 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 90 | 18 | 78.57 | Armenian First League (1) | |
| Sevada Arzumanyan | Armenia | 31 July 2020 [3] | 2 February 2021 [4] | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 30.77 | ||
| Artur Asoyan | Armenia | 2 February 2021 [4] | 18 February 2022 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 40 | 31.25 | ||
| Sevada Arzumanyan | Armenia | 19 February 2022 | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 16.67 |
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