Football Club Ararat Yerevan, commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League.
Sargis Hovsepyan is an Armenian professional football coach and a former player who played as a right-back. Hovsepyan was the long-time captain of the Armenia national team. He participated in 133 international matches and scored two goals since his debut in the national team's first game in a home friendly match against Moldova on 14 October 1992. Hovsepyan ended his career on 14 November 2012 at the age of 39, just over a month before turning 40 years old. He was the last member of the first Armenia national team to retire. After his final match, he was awarded the Medal of the City Hall. A month after the completion of his playing career, he was appointed director of the Armenia national team.
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.
Hrayr Mkoyan is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Shirak, which he captains, and the Armenia national team.
Marcos Pinheiro Pizzelli, commonly known as Marcos, is a former professional footballer. Born in Brazil, Marcos represented Armenia internationally between 2008 and 2019.
Varuzhan Sukiasyan, is an Armenian association football manager and former player. He is the brother of Yervand Sukiasyan.
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.
Mariam Stepanyan is an Armenian retired professional footballer who played as a forward in Armenia women's national football team. Before she started to play football she was on the Armenian National woman's Team of Handball. She started to play football for FC Banants. She won the Armenian league champion twice with FC Urartu, and twice with Yerevan FC G.M and got best defenders title of the season.
Artak Yedigaryan is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Alashkert and the Armenia national team.
The 2010 Armenian Premier League season was the nineteenth since its establishment. The season began in March 2010 and ended in November 2010. FC Pyunik were the defending champions, having won their twelfth championship last season.
Varazdat Haroyan is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a central defender for Chinese Super League club Qingdao West Coast and captains the Armenia national team.
Kristin Marion Demann is a German football defender, currently playing for VfL Wolfsburg.
Taron Voskanyan is an Armenian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Alashkert and the Armenia national team.
Yaşam Göksu is a Turkish female football defender, who plays in the Turkish Women's Football Super League for Fenerbahçe. She has been part of the Turkey women's national football teams since 2010.
Justine Vanhaevermaet is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Everton of the FA Women's Super League, and for the Belgium national team.
The 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship was the 18th edition of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-19 national teams of Europe. Armenia, which was selected by UEFA on 9 December 2016, hosted the final tournament.
Melisa Dilber Ertürk is a women's football midfielder playing in Canada and the United States. Born in Canada, she was a member of the Turkey women's U17, U19 and Turkey women's national teams.
Aïssatou Tounkara is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Division 1 Féminine club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team.
Sofie Svava is a Danish professional footballer who plays for Division 1 Féminine club Lyon and the Denmark national team. She has previously played for FC Rosengård of the Swedish Damallsvenskan, Brøndby IF of the Danish Elitedivisionen, VfL Wolfsburg of the German Bundesliga, and Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga F. Svava plays as a left wing-back or midfielder.
Lynn Anke Hannie Wilms is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a right-back or a centre-back for Frauen-Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Netherlands national team.
