FC Noah
| Full name | Football Club Noah | ||
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| Founded | 2017 | ||
| Ground | Abovyan City Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 3,946 | ||
| Owner | Vardges Vardanyan | ||
| Manager | Sandro Perković | ||
| League | Armenian Premier League | ||
| 2024–25 | Armenian Premier League, 1st of 11 (champions) | ||
| Website | noah.am | ||
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Football Club Noah (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Նոա, romanized: Futbolayin Akumb Noa), 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.[1]
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. Noah played its first competitive season in the 2017–18 Armenian First League, finishing second and achieving promotion to the Armenian Premier League.[2]
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.[3] Noah won the 2019–20 Armenian Cup, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties.[4]
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.[5]
At the end of the 2024–25 season, Noah completed their first League and Cup double.[6]
Records
Domestic
| Season[7] | League | National cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor | |||||||||
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| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||||
| 2017–18 | Armenian First League | 2nd | 27 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 77 | 16 | 65 | Quarter-finals | Grigor Aghekyan | 18 | Tigran Yesayan Armen Sanamyan |
Nike | Renault |
| 2018–19 | Armenian Premier League | 8th | 32 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 25 | 49 | 28 | Quarter-finals | Eduard Avagyan Vigen Avetisyan |
4 | Rafael Nazaryan Sevada Arzumanyan |
Vega | |
| 2019–20 | 2nd | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 48 | Winners | Maksim Mayrovich | 11 | Vadim Boreț | Umbro | N/A | |
| 2020–21 | 2nd | 28 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 41 | Semifinal | Vladimir Azarov | 6 | Vadim Boreț Dmitri Gunko |
Adidas | N/A | |
| 2021–22 | 6th | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 43 | 39 | Quarter-finals | Maksim Mayrovich | 9 | Viktor Bulatov Aram Hakobyan |
VBET[8] | ||
| 2022–23 | 8th | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 66 | 32 | Quarter-finals | Levon Vardanyan | 8 | Robert Arzumanyan | |||
| 2023–24 | 2nd | 36 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 69 | 33 | 80 | Quarter-finals | Artur Miranyan | 23 | Robert Arzumanyan Carlos Inarejos |
to.sport fm 96.3 | ||
| 2024–25 | 1st | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 92 | 20 | 75 | Winners | Gonçalo Gregório | 20 | Rui Mota | Imagine Live | ||
European
- As of match played 8 July 2025
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Champions League | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 |
| UEFA Europa League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | –3 |
| UEFA Conference League | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 27 | -2 |
| Total | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 31 | –4 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–21 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Kairat | — | 1–4 | — |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1QR | KuPS | 1–0 | 0–5 | 1–5 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 1QR | Shkëndija | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 2QR | Sliema Wanderers | 7–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 | ||
| 3QR | AEK Athens | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | ||
| PO | Ružomberok | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–3 | ||
| League phase | Mladá Boleslav | 2–0 | — | 31st | ||
| Rapid Wien | — | 0–1 | ||||
| Chelsea | — | 0–8 | ||||
| Víkingur Reykjavík | 0–0 | — | ||||
| APOEL | 1–3 | — | ||||
| TSC | — | 3–4 | ||||
| 2025–26 | UEFA Champions League | 1QR | Budućnost Podgorica | 1–0 |
UEFA Club Ranking
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 282 | Kolos Kovalivka | 4.680 |
| 283 | Desna Chernihiv | 4.680 |
| 284 | FC Noah | 4.500 |
| 285 | Ordabasy | 4.500 |
| 286 | Iberia | 4.500 |
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".
From 2024-25 season FC Noah rebranded own logo.[11]
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Club crest (2019–2024)
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FC Noah logo from 2024-25 season
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.[12]
From 2023-24 season FC Noah started to play in Abovyan City Stadium named after Vahagn Tumasyan.
Players
Current squad
- As of 4 July 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.
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Coaching staff
| Position | Name |
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| Manager | Sandro Perković |
| Assistant manager | Zlatko Bašić |
| Goalkeeper coach | Romeo Mitrović |
| Physio Coach | Mislav Juričević |
| Video analyst | Paolo Pereša |
Honours
FC Noah won their first trophy on 10 July 2020, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties to win the 2019–20 Armenian Cup.[13]
Domestic
- Armenian Premier League
- Winners (1): 2024–25
- Armenian Cup
- Armenian Supercup
- Winners (1): 2020
Player records
Most appearances
- As of match played 8 July 2025
| Name | Years | League | Armenian Cup | Supercup | Europe | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sergey Muradyan | 2023–Present | 63 (1) | 6 (0) | - (-) | 13 (0) | 82 (1) |
| 2 | Benik Hovhannisyan | 2019–2022 | 61 (2) | 6 (1) | 1 (0) | 3 (0) | 71 (3) |
| 3 | Maksim Mayrovich | 2019–2021, 2021–2022 | 63 (22) | 6 (4) | - (-) | 0 (0) | 69 (26) |
| 4 | Yuri Gareginyan | 2018–2021 | 57 (3) | 7 (0) | 1 (0) | 0 (0) | 65 (3) |
| 5 | Valerio Vimercati | 2019–2021, 2023–2024 | 55 (0) | 7 (0) | 1 (0) | 1 (0) | 64 (0) |
| 5 | Hovhannes Hambardzumyan | 2023–Present | 49 (5) | 7 (1) | - (-) | 9 (0) | 65 (6) |
| 7 | Gor Manvelyan | 2023–Present | 44 (6) | 7 (1) | - (-) | 13 (1) | 64 (8) |
| 8 | Aleksandar Miljković | 2023–2025 | 45 (2) | 5 (0) | - (-) | 12 (2) | 62 (4) |
| 9 | Jordy Monroy | 2020–2022 | 54 (1) | 5 (0) | 1 (0) | 2 (0) | 62 (0) |
| 10 | Artur Grigoryan | 2017–2019 | 53 (2) | 4 (0) | - (-) | - (-) | 57 (2) |
Top goalscorers
- As of match played 8 July 2025
| Name | Years | League | Armenian Cup | Supercup | Europe | Total | Ratio | |
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| 1 | Gonçalo Gregório | 2024–Present | 20 (26) | 1 (3) | - (-) | 6 (15) | 27 (44) | 0.61 |
| 2 | Maksim Mayrovich | 2019–2021, 2021–2022 | 22 (63) | 4 (6) | - (-) | 0 (0) | 26 (69) | 0.38 |
| 3 | Artur Miranyan | 2023–2024 | 23 (36) | 1 (2) | - (-) | - (-) | 24 (38) | 0.63 |
| 4 | Grigor Aghekyan | 2017–2019 | 19 (40) | 2 (5) | - (-) | - (-) | 21 (45) | 0.47 |
| 5 | Matheus Aiás | 2024–Present | 9 (21) | 4 (6) | - (-) | 6 (15) | 19 (42) | 0.45 |
| 6 | Vladimir Azarov | 2019–2021 | 14 (41) | 3 (9) | 0 (0) | 0 (1) | 17 (51) | 0.33 |
| 7 | Eraldo Çinari | 2024–2025 | 14 (26) | 1 (5) | - (-) | 1 (12) | 16 (43) | 0.37 |
| 8 | Hélder Ferreira | 2024–Present | 9 (23) | 2 (5) | - (-) | 2 (15) | 13 (43) | 0.3 |
| 9 | Petros Avetisyan | 2021–2022 | 9 (19) | 2 (4) | - (-) | 0 (2) | 11 (25) | 0.44 |
| 10 | Imran Oulad Omar | 2024–Present | 8 (21) | 1 (4) | - (-) | 1 (12) | 10 (37) | 0.27 |
Clean sheets
- As of match played 8 July 2025
| Name | Years | League | Armenian Cup | Supercup | Europe | Total | Ratio | |
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| 1 | Valerio Vimercati | 2019–2021, 2023–2024 | 24 (55) | 3 (7) | 0 (1) | 0 (1) | 27 (62) | 0.44 |
| 2 | Ognjen Čančarević | 2024–Present | 12 (31) | 1 (3) | 0 (0) | 5 (11) | 18 (45) | 0.4 |
| 3 | Aleksey Ploshchadny | 2024–Present | 10 (13) | 1 (1) | 0 (0) | 2 (4) | 13 (18) | 0.72 |
| 4 | Arman Meliksetyan | 2018–2019 | 8 (22) | 1 (4) | - (-) | - (-) | 9 (26) | 0.35 |
| 4 | Vardan Shahatuni | 2022 | 8 (22) | 1 (2) | - (-) | 0 (0) | 9 (24) | 0.38 |
| 6 | Grigor Makaryan | 2017–2018 | 7 (14) | 0 (1) | - (-) | - (-) | 7 (15) | 0.47 |
| 6 | Samur Agamagomedov | 2018–2019 | 7 (19) | 0 (0) | - (-) | - (-) | 7 (19) | 0.37 |
| 8 | Maksim Shvagirev | 2019–2021 | 2 (4) | 2 (4) | - (-) | - (-) | 4 (8) | 0.67 |
| 8 | Christoffer Mafoumbi | 2023 | 4 (9) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (9) | 0.44 |
| 10 | Grigori Matevosyan | 2021–2022 | 3 (20) | 0 (1) | - (-) | 0 (0) | 3 (21) | 0.14 |
See also
References
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