FC Van

FC Van
	File:FC Van logo.png
Full name	Football Club Van
Founded	2019; 4 years ago
Ground	Charentsavan City Stadium, Charentsavan
Capacity	5,000
Owner	Oleg Ghukasov
President	Sergei Ghukasov
Manager	Artur Asoyan
League	Armenian Premier League
2021–22	Armenian Premier League, 8th
Home colours	Away colours

Van playing against Urartu Yerevan (Armenian Premier League, May 11, 2021)

Football Club Van (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Վան), is an Armenian 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 giving 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 Konstantin Zaytsev had replaced Sevada Arzumanyan as their Head Coach.^[4]

Domestic

Season	League									National Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager
Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	National Cup	Name	Goals	Manager
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	Armenian Premier League	8	32	6	7	19	19	47	25	Semifinal	Zaven Badoyan	4	Artur Asoyan Sevada Arzumanyan

Current squad

As of 16 September 2022

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	RUS	Samur Agamagomedov
2	DF	ARM	Vaspurak Minasyan
3	DF	ARM	Hamlet Asoyan
4	DF	UKR	Bohdan Mytsyk
6	DF	RUS	Daur Chanba
7	FW	ARM	Edgar Movsesyan
8	MF	GEO	Shota Gvazava
10	FW	CIV	Ipehe Williams
11	MF	ARM	Eduard Avagyan
12	GK	ARM	Arman Meliksetyan
13	MF	GHA	Emmanuel Mireku
14	MF	NGA	Christopher Boniface
17	MF	NGA	Buhari Sani
18	MF	ARM	Narek Hovhannisyan
19	MF	KAZ	Gevorg Najaryan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	DF	ECU	Silvio Gutiérrez
21	GK	ARM	David Papikyan
22	FW	ARM	Gegham Harutyunyan
23	MF	ARM	Pavel Gorelov (on loan from Rostov)
27	MF	CIV	Josue Gaba
28	DF	ARM	Alexander Hovhannisyan
30	DF	ARM	Artur Stepanyan
33	MF	RUS	Alan Tatayev
37	DF	NGA	Yahaya Ibrahim
70	DF	RUS	Kirill Antropov
77	DF	SRB	Milan Lalic
91	FW	NGA	Mubarak Ahmed
94	FW	ARM	David Arshakyan
99	MF	UKR	Artem Bilyi

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2022.

Personnel

Management

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

Technical staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Artur Asoyan
Assistant Coach
Goalkeepers Coach	Mayis Azizyan
Analyst Coach	Hayk Avetisyan

Managerial history

As of match played 10 December 2020

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours
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

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

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[1] Չարենցավանում հիմնադրվում է նոր ակումբ. գլխավոր մարզիչը կլինի Կարեն Բարսեղյանը

[2] ""Վանը" կմասնակցի Հայաստանի Բարձրագույն խմբի առաջնությանը". ffa.am/ (in Armenian). Football Federation Armenia. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[Sevada_Arzumanyan-3] "ՊԱՇՏՈՆԱԿԱՆ ՀԱՅՏԱՐԱՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ․ ԿԱՐԵՆ ԲԱՐՍԵՂՅԱՆ". facebook.com/FCVAN2019/ (in Armenian). FC Van Facebook. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.

[Konstantin_Zaytsev-4] "There have been some changes in the coaching staff of our club". facebook.com/FCVAN2019/. FC Van Facebook. 2 February 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

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