FC Noah

Noah
Նոա
Full name	Football Club Noah
Founded	2017
Ground	Armavir City Stadium
Capacity	3,100 ; 7,200
Owner	Vardges Vardanyan
Sports Director	Artur Voskanyan
Manager	Carlos Inarejos
League	Armenian Premier League
2022–23	8th
Home colours	Away colours

Football Club Noah (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Նոա), 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.^[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 the club FC Noah in 2019.

Noah won the 2019–20 Armenian Cup, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties.

Domestic

Season^[4]	League									National cup	Top goalscorer		Manager	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
Season^[4]	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	National cup	Name	League	Manager	Kit manufacturer	Main sponsor
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	Nike	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^[5]
2022–23		8th	36	8	8	20	34	66	32	Quarter-finals	Levon Vardanyan	8	Robert Arzumanyan		VBET^[5]

European

As of match played 15 July 2021

Competition	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Europa League	1	0	1	1	4	–3
UEFA Europa Conference League	2	1	1	1	5	–4
Total	3	1	2	2	9	–7

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

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".

Club crest (2019–present)

Stadium

The stadium's main East stand

The North and West stands

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.^[6]

Players

Current squad

As of 15 September 2023

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
4	DF	POR	Pedro Farrim
5	DF	NED	Jordy Tutuarima
6	MF	POR	Martim Maia
7	FW	ARM	Edgar Movsesyan
8	MF	ARM	Rumyan Hovsepyan
9	FW	ARM	Artur Miranyan
10	MF	URU	Nico Varela
11	FW	BRA	Allef
13	MF	ARM	Robert Baghramyan
14	FW	NED	Paul Gladon
17	MF	ARM	Tigran Sargsyan
19	DF	ARM	Vaspurak Minasyan
20	MF	SVK	Martin Gamboš
21	MF	NGA	Haggai Katoh
22	GK	CGO	Christoffer Mafoumbi
23	MF	ARM	Hayk Ghevondyan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
25	FW	COD	Dieumerci Mbokani
26	DF	SRB	Aleksandar Miljković
27	MF	ARM	Gor Manvelyan
28	MF	ARM	Robert Baghramyan (on loan from Urartu)
30	MF	ISR	Ahmad Switat
31	DF	ARM	Hovhannes Hambardzumyan
55	DF	MOZ	David Malembana
66	DF	ARM	Sergey Muradyan
70	FW	FRA	Alexandre Llovet
71	DF	ARM	Artur Danielyan
77	GK	ITA	Valerio Vimercati
78	FW	BIH	Aleksandar Glišić
88	MF	NED	Justin Mathieu
97	MF	NED	Ilias Alhaft
99	GK	ARM	Harutyun Melkonyan (on loan from Pyunik)
—	MF	ARM	Erjanik Ghubasaryan

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
5	DF	ARM	Norayr Nikoghosyan (at BKMA)

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Robert Arzumanyan
Assistant coach	Hayk Hovhannisyan
Goalkeepers Coach	Gevorg Kasparov
Fitness coach
Team Doctor

Honours

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

Domestic

Armenian Cup
- Winners (1): 2019–20
Armenian Supercup
- Winners (1): 2020

Records

Most appearances

Competitive, professional matches only. Up to date as of 11 November 2023

Rank	Player	Years	League	Cup	Europe	Total
1	Benik Hovhannisyan	2019-2022	61	7	3	71
2	Maksim Mayrovich	2019-2022	63	6	0	69
3	Yuri Gareginyan	2018-2021	57	8	0	65
4	Jordy Monroy	2020-2022	54	6	1	62
5	Valerio Vimercati	2019-2021 2023-Present	50	6	1	57
6	Artur Grigoryan	2017-2019	53	4	0	57
7	Alex Oliveira	2020-2022	48	5	2	55
8	Karen Harutyunyan	2017-2019	49	5	0	54
9	Dmitriy Lavrishchev	2019-2021; 2022	48	5	1	54
10	Saná Gomes	2020-2022	44	5	3	52

Top goalscorers

Competitive, professional matches only. Up to date as of 11 November 2023

Rank	Player	Years	League	Cup	Matches	Total
1	Maksim Mayrovich	2019–2022	22	3	71	25
2	Grigor Aghekyan	2017-2019	19	2	45	21
3	Vladimir Azarov	2019-2021	14	3	51	17
4	Petros Avetisyan	2021-2022	9	2	25	11
5	Artur Miranyan	2023–Present	8	0	16	8
6	Alexandre Llovet	2023–Present	8	0	29	8
7	Pavel Kireenko	2021-2022	8	0	34	8
8	Levon Vardanyan	2022-2023	8	0	34	8
9	Eduard Avagyan	2017-2019	8	0	41	8
10	Emil Yeghiazaryan	2018-2019	6	1	38	7

References

↑ "Կայացավ Արցախ ֆուտբոլային ակումբի շնորհանդեսը" (in Armenian). totalfootball.am. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
↑ "Բանանցը չկարողացավ հաղթել Արցախին ստուգողական խաղում". armsport.am. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
↑ "Հայտնի է Հայաստանի Առաջին խմբի առաջնության խաղացանկը". armsport.am (in Armenian). 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.
↑ RSSSF Armenia (and subpages per year)
↑ "VBET HAS BECOME THE TITLE SPONSOR OF FC NOAH". fcnoah.am. FC Noah. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
↑ "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.

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[1] "Կայացավ Արցախ ֆուտբոլային ակումբի շնորհանդեսը" (in Armenian). totalfootball.am. 18 June 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

[2] "Բանանցը չկարողացավ հաղթել Արցախին ստուգողական խաղում". armsport.am. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

[3] "Հայտնի է Հայաստանի Առաջին խմբի առաջնության խաղացանկը". armsport.am (in Armenian). 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2017.

[4] RSSSF Armenia (and subpages per year)

[5] "VBET HAS BECOME THE TITLE SPONSOR OF FC NOAH". fcnoah.am. FC Noah. 19 July 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

[6] "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.

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