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FC Noah
Armenian football club

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.

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History

The club was founded as FC Artsakh in 2017 and played its first match in a goalless draw against FC Banants on 2 June 2017.2 Noah played its first competitive season in the 2017–18 Armenian First League, finishing second and achieving promotion to the Armenian Premier League.3

After a disappointing 8th-place finish in the 2018–19 season, the club was sold to Karen Abrahamyan, who rebranded it as FC Noah in 2019. The name references the biblical Noah, whose Ark came to rest on Mountains of Ararat, traditionally identified with Mount Ararat.4 Noah won the 2019–20 Armenian Cup, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties.5

In 2024, they qualified for the UEFA Conference League league phase after defeating Ružomberok 4-3 on aggregate in the play-off round, becoming the first club in Conference League history to successfully navigate all four rounds of qualification. They had beaten Shkëndija, Sliema Wanderers and Greek powerhouse AEK Athens in the previous qualifying rounds.

Records

Domestic

Season6LeagueNational cupTop goalscorerManagerKit manufacturerMain sponsor
Div.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAPNameLeague
2017–18Armenian First League2nd272124771665Quarter-finals Grigor Aghekyan18 Tigran Yesayan Armen SanamyanNikeRenault
2018–19Armenian Premier League8th3261016254928Quarter-finals Eduard Avagyan Vigen Avetisyan4 Rafael Nazaryan Sevada ArzumanyanVega
2019–202nd281468372748Winners Maksim Mayrovich11 Vadim BorețUmbroN/A
2020–212nd281257352041Semifinal Vladimir Azarov6 Vadim Boreț Dmitri GunkoAdidasN/A
2021–226th3291211384339Quarter-finals Maksim Mayrovich9 Viktor Bulatov Aram HakobyanVBET7
2022–238th368820346632Quarter-finals Levon Vardanyan8 Robert Arzumanyan
2023–242nd362628693380Quarter-finals Artur Miranyan23 Robert Arzumanyan Carlos Inarejosto.sport fm 96.3

European

Main article: FC Noah in European football

As of match played 19 December 2024
CompetitionPldWDLGFGAGD
UEFA Europa League100114–3
UEFA Conference League167272527-2
Total177282631–5
SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2020–21UEFA Europa League1QR Kairat—1–4—
2021–22UEFA Europa Conference League1QR KuPS1–00–51–5
2024–25UEFA Conference League1QR Shkëndija2–02–14–1
2QR Sliema Wanderers7–00–07–0
3QR AEK Athens3–10–13–2
PO Ružomberok3–01–34–3
League phase Mladá Boleslav2–0—31st
Rapid Wien—0–1
Chelsea—0–8
Víkingur Reykjavík0–0—
APOEL1–3—
TSC—3–4

UEFA Club Ranking

UEFA coefficient

As of 8 November 202489
RankTeamPoints
282 Kolos Kovalivka4.680
283 Desna Chernihiv4.680
284 FC Noah4.500
285 Ordabasy4.500
286 Iberia4.500

Colours and badge

As FC Artsakh the club's main kit colours were red and white, however following the rebranding, the club chose black and a light green to represent the club. Umbro became the kit supplier for the 2019–20, following two years of using Nike.

Badge history

From 2017 to 2019, the club operated as FC Artsakh, bearing a red round badge with an eagle. Following the 2019 rebranding as FC Noah, the club's emblem was changed to a simple black text:"Yerevan Armenia Football Club Noah".

Stadium

Main article: Mika Stadium

At the beginning phase of the 2018–19 Armenian Premier League season, FC Noah used the Mika Stadium, located in the Shengavit neighborhood of Yerevan, as their home ground until matchday 8. They were then forced to leave the Mika Stadium due to the inappropriate pitch conditions, and between matchday 9 and 14 they played at the Pyunik Stadium before moving to the artificial-turf pitch of the Dzoraghbyur Training Centre at the eastern outskirts of Yerevan. For the 2019–20 Armenian Premier League season, FC Noah played at the Alashkert Stadium located in the same neighbourhood of Yerevan.

After starting the 2021–22 Armenian Premier League season playing their home games at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium in Yerevan, Noah moved their home games to the Armavir City Stadium in Armavir in February 2022.10

Players

For a list of all former and current FC Noah players with a Wikipedia article, see Category: FC Noah players.

Current squad

As of 5 February 2025

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
3DF ARMSergey Muradyan
4DF ISLGuðmundur Þórarinsson
5DF BRAJames Santos
6DF BRAMarcos Pedro
7FW PORHélder Ferreira
8FW PORGonçalo Gregório
9FW BRAMatheus Aiás
10MF ARMArtak Dashyan
11FW ALBEraldo Çinari
12GK ARMArtyom Davidov
13MF ARMRobert Baghramyan
14DF ARGBryan Mendoza
17MF BFAGustavo Sangaré
18FW ARMArtyom Avanesyan
19DF ARMHovhannes Hambardzumyan (captain)
No.Pos. NationPlayer
20MF SVKMartin Gamboš
21MF PORBruno Almeida (on loan from Santa Clara)
22GK ARMOgnjen Čančarević
24FW ARMZaven Khudaverdyan
26DF SRBAleksandar Miljković
27MF ARMGor Manvelyan
29GK ARMArthur Coneglian
30FW ARMGrenik Petrosyan
37DF PORGonçalo Silva
44DF BIHNermin Zolotić
81MF NEDImran Oulad Omar
88MF CMRYan Eteki
92GK RUSAleksey Ploshchadny
93FW FRAVirgile Pinson

For recent transfers, see List of Armenian football transfers summer 2024.

Coaching staff

PositionName
Manager Rui Mota
Assistant manager Vítor Magalhães, Alexander Tadevosyan
Goalkeeper coach Gevorg Kasparov

Honours

FC Noah won their first trophy on 10 July 2020, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties to win the 2019–20 Armenian Cup.

Domestic

Player records

Most appearances

As of match played 10 March 2025
NameYearsLeagueArmenian CupSupercupEuropeTotal
1 Benik Hovhannisyan2019–202261 (2)6 (1)1 (0)3 (0)71 (3)
1 Sergey Muradyan2023–Present56 (1)3 (0)- (-)12 (0)71 (1)
3 Maksim Mayrovich2019–2021, 2021–202263 (22)6 (4)- (-)0 (0)69 (26)
4 Yuri Gareginyan2018–202157 (3)7 (0)1 (0)0 (0)65 (3)
5 Valerio Vimercati2019–2021, 2023–202455 (0)7 (0)1 (0)1 (0)64 (0)
6 Jordy Monroy2020–202254 (1)5 (0)1 (0)2 (0)62 (0)
7 Artur Grigoryan2017–201953 (2)4 (0)- (-)- (-)57 (2)
8 Aleksandar Miljković2023–Present40 (2)3 (0)- (-)12 (2)55 (4)
9 Karen Harutyunyan2017–201949 (3)5 (0)- (-)- (-)54 (3)
9 Alex Oliveira2020–202147 (6)5 (0)- (-)2 (0)54 (2)
9 Dmitri Lavrishchev2019–2020, 202248 (4)4 (1)1 (1)1 (0)54 (6)

Top goalscorers

As of match played 10 March 2025
NameYearsLeagueArmenian CupSupercupEuropeTotalRatio
1 Maksim Mayrovich2019–2021, 2021–202222 (63)4 (6)- (-)0 (0)26 (69)0.38
2 Artur Miranyan2023–202423 (36)1 (2)- (-)- (-)24 (38)0.63
2 Gonçalo Gregório2024–Present17 (18)1 (1)- (-)6 (14)24 (33)0.73
4 Grigor Aghekyan2017–201919 (40)2 (5)- (-)- (-)21 (45)0.47
5 Vladimir Azarov2019–202114 (41)3 (9)0 (0)0 (1)17 (51)0.33
6 Eraldo Çinari2024–Present11 (16)0 (1)- (-)1 (12)12 (29)0.41
6 Matheus Aiás2024–Present5 (15)1 (2)- (-)6 (14)12 (31)0.39
8 Petros Avetisyan2021–20229 (19)2 (4)- (-)0 (2)11 (25)0.44
9 Edgar Movsesyan2018–2019, 2023–20249 (46)0 (2)- (-)- (-)9 (48)0.19
9 Paul Gladon2023–20249 (22)0 (2)- (-)- (-)9 (24)0.38

See also

  • Soccer portal
  • Sports portal

References

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  10. "We are happy to inform that from now on Noah will hold its home matches in Armavir city stadium, which seats 3,100 spectators". facebook.com/noah.footballclub. FC Noah. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022. https://www.facebook.com/noah.footballclub/posts/1397320824057378?__cft__%5b0%5d=AZXSLureldFwtAWixfg3_rIbREihn0SgICiBcm0qeYrtOF1JM3cZQUaS7QHNWOESdX8H8VpphC4NiJRC0E8CFfdteRQGeG1UgT9_gjo3qhBRpNLlqt8Hk3dATQYZQID_6m6705FvP83zmkfoYgOhSW294E2aEiPHKjobPXZMLoRUvJ2mvwdoO3ktzj-bG-ME9vc&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R ↩