FC Vagharshapat

Vagharshapat

Full name	Football Club Vagarshapat
Founded	1967 (1967)
Dissolved	2005 (2005)
Ground	Vagarshapat Stadium Vagharshapat
Ground Capacity	3,000

FC Vagharshapat (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Վաղարշապատ), is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin}, Armavir Province.

History

The club is founded in 1967 during the Soviet period. Before the formation of Championship of Independent Armenia, the team itself is nowhere really could not show, only in 1990 start a professional stage in the second league of the USSR where they were in the 7th place.

In 1992 the team performed in the championship of Armenia in the Premier League, on the basis of which they occupied 10th place and booked a place in the highest league in the next year.

In the Armenian Cup the team reached the quarterfinals and beat team Van Yerevan 0:2. These results remain the best in the history of the team's performance in the elite league of the Armenian championship. Though poor results in subsequent seasons which was 13th and 14th sent the team in lower division in the First League, where they will continue the performance. In the unofficial championship of 1995 team takes third place and bronze medals. However, through the biennial team will come down from competing in the tournament.

The revival of the club was after 6 years under the new name Vagarshapat, and striking a shot in the first league championship. As a result of the season the team were awarded silver medals in small denominations, but the 2nd place does not allow raising. Subsequent seasons were repeated from previous years. In the 2004 season – 4th place in the season 2005 – 8th place. Unfortunately it was 2005 will be the last in a short period of revival of the team. After the end of the championship the club was disbanded.

League Record

Year	Club Name	Division	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	PTS
1990	Zvartnots Etchmiadzin	Armenian SSR League	7	32	12	8	12	53	60	32
1991	Zvartnots Etchmiadzin	Armenian SSR League	11	38	14	4	20	59	76	32
1992	Zvartnots Echmiadzin	Armenian Premier League	10	22	3	5	14	30	61	11
1993	Zvartnots Etchmiadzin	Armenian Premier League	13	28	6	4	18	42	78	16
1994	SKA-Arai Etchmiadzin	Armenian Premier League	14	28	5	5	18	38	85	15
1995	SKA-Arai Etchmiadzin	Armenian First League	3	14	8	1	5	35	9	25
1995/96	SKA-Arai Etchmiadzin	Armenian First League	10	22	7	2	13	26	44	23
1996/97	SKA-Arai Etchmiadzin	Armenian First League	10	22	6	7	9	24	28	25
1997	SKA-Arai Etchmiadzin	Armenian First League	7	16	4	1	11	25	45	13
1998–2002	-	no participation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Vagharshapat	Armenian First League	2	22	16	2	4	61	24	50
2004	Vagharshapat	Armenian First League	4	30	17	3	10	61	42	54
2005	Vagharshapat	Armenian First League	8	24	8	4	12	38	59	28
2006–present	-	no participation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Head coach

Roy Hogdson (1990) ^[1]
Samvel Ayvazian (1991)
Arkady Andriasyan (1992–1993)
Ashot Martirosyan (1993)
Rudik Avanesyan (1993)
Gevond Pogosyan (1994)

References

↑ Состав команды на 1990 год (Russian)

External links

Football clubs in Armenia

Active clubs

Premier League	Alashkert Ararat Yerevan Banants Gandzasar Kapan Pyunik Shirak

First League	Erebuni Alashkert-2 Ararat Yerevan-2 Banants-2 Gandzasar Kapan-2 Pyunik-2 Shirak-2

Defunct clubs

Vagharshapat

Places of worship	Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin Etchmiadzin Cathedral Saint Hripsime Church Saint Gayane Church Zvartnots Cathedral Shoghakat Church Holy Mother of God Cathedral Church of the Holy Archangels Saints Vartan and Hovhannes Baptistery

Education and culture	Gevorkian Theological Seminary Catholicosal Museum Khrimian Museum Alex and Marie Manoogian Treasury House Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Manuscript Depository Karekin I Centre of Theology and Armenology

Other	Nersisian Park Komitas Square Vagharshapat City Stadium FC Vagharshapat Diocese of Armavir

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