FC Van

FC Van
Full name	Football Club Van
Founded	2019; 5 years ago
Ground	Charentsavan City Stadium
Capacity	5,000
Owner	Oleg Ghukasov
President	Sergei Ghukasov
Manager	Arthur Hovhannisyan
League	Armenian Premier League
2023–24	Armenian Premier League, 9th
Home colours	Away colours

Football Club Van (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Վան) is an Armenian professional 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 given 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 Artur Asoyan 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		8	32	6	7	19	19	47	25	Semifinal	Zaven Badoyan	4	Artur Asoyan Sevada Arzumanyan
2022–23		5	36	11	7	18	38	59	40	Quarterfinal	Edgar Movsesyan	9	Artur Asoyan Humberto Viviani
2023–24		9	36	8	7	20	32	67	32	Quarterfinal	Christopher Boniface	8	Sevada Arzumanyan Arthur Hovhannisyan

Current squad

As of 22 August 2024

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.	Nation	Player
2	DF	ARM	Serob Grigoryan
3	DF	NGA	Emmanuel John
4	DF	ARM	Norayr Nikoghosyan
5	DF	ARM	Davit Terteryan
6	DF	RUS	Yaroslav Matyukhin
7	MF	ARM	Karen Nalbandyan (captain)
8	MF	ARM	Yuri Gareginyan
9	FW	NGA	Jesse Akila
10	MF	GHA	John Batigi (on loan from Botev Plovdiv)
11	FW	GUI	Momo Touré
13	GK	ARM	Narek Voskanyan
14	MF	NGA	Izuchukwu Okonkwo (on loan from Botev Plovdiv)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	DF	ARM	Arsen Sadoyan
17	FW	ARM	Levon Vardanyan
20	FW	NGA	Olawale Farayola
19	MF	CIV	Aliun Junior Dosso
22	DF	ARM	Robert Hakobyan
23	DF	NGA	Clever Ime Sampson
27	DF	SLE	Citta Ba
31	GK	RUS	Daniil Polyanski
44	DF	BRA	Klaidher Macedo
77	FW	GAM	Kajally Drammeh
99	FW	GUI	Mamadou Diallo

---> For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2024.

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 Hovhannisyan
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". Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
^ ""Վանը" կմասնակցի Հայաստանի Բարձրագույն խմբի առաջնությանը". ffa.am/ (in Armenian). Football Federation Armenia. 30 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 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. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. 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. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

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[1] "Չարենցավանում հիմնադրվում է նոր ակումբ. գլխավոր մարզիչը կլինի Կարեն Բարսեղյանը". Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 30 July 2019.

[2] ""Վանը" կմասնակցի Հայաստանի Բարձրագույն խմբի առաջնությանը". ffa.am/ (in Armenian). Football Federation Armenia. 30 July 2020. Archived from the original on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

[Sevada_Arzumanyan-3] "ՊԱՇՏՈՆԱԿԱՆ ՀԱՅՏԱՐԱՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ․ ԿԱՐԵՆ ԲԱՐՍԵՂՅԱՆ". facebook.com/FCVAN2019/ (in Armenian). FC Van Facebook. 31 July 2020. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. 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. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 2 February 2021.

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