FC Van

FC Van

Full name	Football Club Van
Founded	2019; 5 years ago (2019)
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

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

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
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	Goals
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	Notes
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

See also

• Football in Armenia
• Football Federation of Armenia

References

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.
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.
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.