Arkady Georgievich Andreasyan was a Soviet Armenian football player and manager. He played as midfielder for Ararat Yerevan in most of his club career and for the Soviet Union national football team. He was a member of the Ararat Yerevan team that won the Soviet Top League in 1973 and the Soviet Cup in 1973 and 1975 and a member of the Soviet Olympic football team that won bronze at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Andreasyan was awarded the Master of Sport of the USSR title in 1971, the Honoured Coach of the Armenian SSR title in 1982 and the Order For Merit to the Fatherland of Armenia in 2011. He was the manager of Ararat Yerevan.
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.
Football is the most popular sport in Armenia.
The 2008 Armenian Premier League season was the seventeenth since its establishment. It started on 6 April 2008, while the last matches were played on 15 November 2008. FC Pyunik were the defending champions. The Yerevan side won their seventh consecutive league title the previous season, their tenth overall. FC Dinamo Yerevan were supposed to be the team to get promoted, but they withdrew from the Premier League, and were disbanded.
The 2008 Armenian Cup was the 17th edition of the Armenian Cup, a football competition. In 2008, the tournament had 14 participants, out of which 6 were reserve teams.
The Armenian Olympic Committee (ARMNOC) is responsible for Armenia's participation in the Olympic Games. It is headquartered in Yerevan.
Kentron, is one of the 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It comprises the downtown, the commercial centre of the city. As of the 2011 census, the district has a population of 125,453.
The 2011 Armenian Premier League football season was the twentieth since its establishment. The season began in March 2011 and ended in November 2011. FC Pyunik were the defending champions, having won their thirteenth championship last season, their tenth in a row.
Hovik Hayrapetyan Equestrian Centre, is a large equestrian complex and horse racing hippodrome in Yerevan, Armenia, opened in 2001. The centre occupies an area of 85 hectares at the southern Shengavit District of the capital city.
The Yerevan Football Academy Stadium, officially the FFA Technical Center-Academy Stadium, commonly known as the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium or the Avan Academy Stadium, is an all-seater football stadium in Yerevan, Armenia. It is located in the northern Avan District of the city, within the Technical Center-Academy complex of the Football Federation of Armenia. The stadium is sometimes known as the Avan Football Academy Stadium.
The 2013–14 season was FC Ararat Yerevan's 23rd consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League. Ararat finished the season in 4th position, missing out on European football by 3points. In the Armenian Cup they were knocked out by Pyunik in the Quarterfinals.
Officially, the Technical Center-Academy of the Football Federation of Armenia, commonly known as the Yerevan Football Academy or Avan Football Academy, is a modern football training school located in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.
Urartu Training Centre, is the training ground and academy base of the Armenian football club Urartu. It houses the club's main stadium, 3 additional full-size training pitches, mini football pitches as well as an indoor facility. The current technical director of the academy is the former Armenian footballer Rafael Nazaryan.
The 2015–16 season is a FC Ararat Yerevan's 25th consecutive season in Armenian Premier League. This article shows player statistics and all official matches that the club will play during the 2015–16 season.
The 2016–17 season is a FC Ararat Yerevan's 26th consecutive season in Armenian Premier League. This article shows player statistics and all official matches that the club will play during the 2016–17 season.
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 2016–17 season was FC Banants's sixteenth consecutive season in the Armenian Premier League. The club finished the previous season in 5th and reached the Semifinal of the Armenian Cup.
The 2018–19 Armenian Cup was the 28th edition of the football knockout competition in Armenia. This season's cup winners earned a place in the 2019–20 Europa League. The tournament began on 19 September 2018 and ended on 7 May 2019.
The 2016–17 season was Pyunik's 23rd season in the Armenian Premier League.
The 2015–16 season was Banants's 15th season in the Armenian Premier League. They finished the season sixth in the league, whilst they also won the Armenian Cup, earning entry in to the UEFA Europa League at the first qualifying stage.
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