FC Van
Full nameFootball Club Van
Founded2019; 5 years ago (2019)
GroundCharentsavan City Stadium
Capacity5,000
OwnerOleg Ghukasov
PresidentSergei Ghukasov
ManagerSevada Arzumanyan
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2022–23Armenian Premier League, 5th
Van playing against Urartu Yerevan (Armenian Premier League, May 11, 2021)

Football Club Van (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Վան) is an Armenian professional football club based in Charentsavan, Kotayk Province.

History

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]

Domestic

Season League National Cup Top goalscorer Manager
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 Ivory Coast Wilfried Eza 32 Armenia Karen Barseghyan
2020–21 Armenian Premier League 6 24 9 4 11 25 30 31 Quarterfinal Ivory Coast Wilfried Eza 8 Armenia Sevada Arzumanyan
Armenia Artur Asoyan
2021–22 8 32 6 7 19 19 47 25 Semifinal Armenia Zaven Badoyan 4 Armenia Artur Asoyan
Armenia Sevada Arzumanyan
2022–23 5 36 11 7 18 38 59 40 Quarterfinal Armenia Edgar Movsesyan 9 Armenia Artur Asoyan
Bolivia Humberto Viviani

Current squad

As of 18 February 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Armenia ARM Hovhannes Nazaryan
5 DF Nigeria NGA Deou Dosa
6 DF Armenia ARM Armen Manucharyan
8 DF Armenia ARM Karen Muradyan (on loan from Pyunik)
9 MF Armenia ARM Benik Hovhannisyan
10 FW Ivory Coast CIV Ipehe Williams
11 MF Armenia ARM David Manoyan
14 MF Nigeria NGA Christopher Boniface
17 MF Nigeria NGA Buhari Sani
18 MF Armenia ARM Narek Hovhannisyan
19 FW Armenia ARM Vrezh Chiloyan (on loan from Pyunik)
20 FW South Africa RSA Jaisen Clifford
23 MF Armenia ARM Albert Mnatsakanyan
24 GK Ghana GHA Raymond Nsoy
27 MF Ivory Coast CIV Josue Gaba
28 DF Armenia ARM Arsen Yeghiazaryan
No. Pos. Nation Player
30 MF Russia RUS Anton Sholokh
37 DF Nigeria NGA Yahaya Ibrahim
45 GK Armenia ARM Aram Ter-Minasyan
70 FW Nigeria NGA Olaoluwa Ojetunde
77 MF Ghana GHA Mohammed Fatau
87 FW Armenia ARM Grisha Paronyan
99 DF Armenia ARM Arman Mkrtchyan
— GK Serbia SRB Miloš Čupić
— GK Russia RUS Aleksey Ploshchadnyi
— DF Serbia SRB Nemanja Kojčić
— DF Armenia ARM Hakob Hakobyan (on loan from Ararat-Armenia)
— MF Portugal POR Serginho
— MF Ghana GHA Collins Boah (on loan from Dreams FC)
— FW Guinea GUI Momo Fanyé Touré
— FW Nigeria NGA Mathew Gbomadu (on loan from Ararat-Armenia)

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2023.

Personnel

Management

Position Name
President Russia Sergei Ghukasov
Vice-president Armenia Karen Barseghyan
Executive Director Armenia Gagik Galstyan
Sporting director Armenia Sevada Arzumanyan
Press Secretary Armenia Arsen Antikyan

Technical staff

Position Name
Head coach Armenia Sevada Arzumanyan
Assistant coach
Goalkeepers Coach Armenia Mayis Azizyan
Analyst Coach Armenia Hayk Avetisyan

Managerial history

As of match played 10 December 2020
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 18 078.57 Armenian First League (1)
Sevada Arzumanyan  Armenia 31 July 2020[3] 2 February 2021[4] 13 4 2 7 9 11 030.77
Artur Asoyan  Armenia 2 February 2021[4] 18 February 2022 32 10 7 15 31 40 031.25
Sevada Arzumanyan  Armenia 19 February 2022 18 3 5 10 10 29 016.67

References

  1. ^ "Չարենցավանում հիմնադրվում է նոր ակումբ. գլխավոր մարզիչը կլինի Կարեն Բարսեղյանը". Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  2. ^ ""Վանը" կմասնակցի Հայաստանի Բարձրագույն խմբի առաջնությանը". ffa.am/ (in Armenian). Football Federation Armenia. 30 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "ՊԱՇՏՈՆԱԿԱՆ ՀԱՅՏԱՐԱՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ․ ԿԱՐԵՆ ԲԱՐՍԵՂՅԱՆ". facebook.com/FCVAN2019/ (in Armenian). FC Van Facebook. 31 July 2020. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "There have been some changes in the coaching staff of our club". facebook.com/FCVAN2019/. FC Van Facebook. 2 February 2021. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
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