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| Full name | Football Club Urartu | ||
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| Nickname | Հպարտ ԱռյուծներHpart Aryutsner (Proud Lions) | ||
| Founded | January 20, 1992; 33 years ago (1992-01-20)[1] | ||
| Ground | Urartu Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 4,860[2] | ||
| Owner | Dzhevan Cheloyants | ||
| Director General | David Shakhbagyan | ||
| Head coach | Robert Arzumanyan | ||
| League | Armenian Premier League | ||
| 2024–25 | 3rd of 11 | ||
| Website | fcurartu | ||
 Current season | |||
Football Club Urartu (Armenian:Ուրարտու Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ, translatedFutbolayin Akumb Urartu), commonly known asUrartu, is an Armenian professionalfootball team based in the capitalYerevan that currently plays in theArmenian Premier League. The club won theArmenian Cup four times, in 1992, 2007, 2016, and 2023. In 2013–2014, they won the Armenian Premier League for the first time in their history.
In early 2016, the Russia-based Armenian businessman Dzhevan Cheloyants became a co-owner of the club after purchasing the major part of the club shares. The club was known asFC Banants until 1 August 2019, when it was officially renamedFC Urartu.
Urartu FC were founded as FC Banants by Sarkis Israelyan on 21 January 1992 in the village ofKotayk, representing theKotayk Province.[1] He named the club after his native village ofBanants (currently known asBayan). Between 1992 and 1995, the club was commonly referred to asBanants Kotayk.[3] During the1992 season, the club won the firstArmenian Cup. At the end of the1995 transitional season, Banants suffered a financial crisis. The club owners decided that it was better to merge the club withFC Kotayk ofAbovyan, rather than disband it. In2001, Banants demerged from FC Kotayk, and was moved from Abovyan to the capitalYerevan.
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In 2001, FC Banants was relocated to Yerevan.[4] At the beginning of 2003, Banants merged withFC Spartak Yerevan, but was able to limit the name of the new merger to FC Banants. Spartak became Banants's youth academy and later changed the name to Banants-2. Because of the merger, Banants acquired many players from Spartak Yerevan, includingSamvel Melkonyan. After the merger, Banants took a more serious approach and have finished highly in the league table ever since. The club managed to lift theArmenian Cup in 2007.Experience made way for youth for the2008 and2009 seasons. The departures of most of the experienced players have left the club's future to the youth. Along with two Ukrainian players, Ugandan international,Noah Kasule, has been signed.
The club headquarters are located on Jivani Street 2 of theMalatia-Sebastia District, Yerevan.[5]
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| UEFA Champions League | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 61 | –46 |
| UEFA Conference League | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 2 | -12 |
| Total | 40 | 7 | 3 | 30 | 31 | 89 | −58 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Opponent | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2003–04 | UEFA Cup | QR |  Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 |
| 2004–05 | UEFA Cup | 1Q |  Illichivets Mariupol | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| 2005–06 | UEFA Cup | 1Q |  Locomotive Tbilisi | 2–3 | 2–0 | 4–3 |
| 2Q | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2–4 | 0–4 | 2–8 | ||
| 2006–07 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | Ameri Tbilisi | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2(a) |
| 2007–08 | UEFA Cup | 1Q |  Young Boys | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–5 |
| 2008–09 | UEFA Cup | 1Q |  Red Bull Salzburg | 0–3 | 0–7 | 0–10 |
| 2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  Široki Brijeg | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  Anorthosis Famagusta | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 |
| 2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Rustavi Metalurgist | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q |  Santa Coloma | 3–2 | 0–1 | 3–3(a) |
| 2016–17 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Omonia | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–5 |
| 2018–19 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Sarajevo | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–5 |
| 2019–20 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  Čukarički | 0–5 | 0–3 | 0–8 |
| 2021–22 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 1Q |  Maribor | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| 2023–24 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q | Zrinjski Mostar | 0–1 | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | 3–3(3–4p) |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 2Q |  Farul Constanța | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–6 | |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 1Q |  Tallinna Kalev | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 2Q |  Baník Ostrava | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–7 | ||
| 2025–26 | UEFA Conference League | 1Q |  Neman Grodno | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–6 |
The construction of theUrartu Stadium was launched in 2006 in theMalatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan, with the assistance of the FIFA goal programme. It was officially opened in 2008 with a capacity of 3,600 seats. Further developments were implemented later in 2011, when the playing pitch was modernized and the capacity of the stadium was increased up to 4,860 seats (2,760 at the northern stand, 1,500 at the southern stand and 600 at the western stand).
Urartu Training Centre is the club's academy base located in theMalatia-Sebastia District ofYerevan. In addition to the main stadium, the centre houses 3 full-size training pitches, mini football pitches as well as an indoor facility. The current technical director of the academy is the former Russian footballerIlshat Faizulin.
The most active group of fans is theSouth West Ultras fan club, mainly composed of residents from several neighbourhoods within theMalatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan,[6] since the club is ade facto representer of the district. Members of the fan club benefit from events organized by the club and many facilities of the Banants training centre, such as the mini football pitch, the club store and other entertainments.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Name |
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| Head coach |  Robert Arzumanyan |
| Assistant coach |  Mikhail Galaydich |
| Assistant coach | Aras Ozbiliz |
| Assistant coach | Erik Nazaryan |
| Goalkeepers coach | Stepan Ghazaryan |
| Fitness Trainer |  Victor Gomes |
| Coach Analyst | Francisco Compañ |
| Team Doctor | Arsen Hambaryan |
| Team Manager | Areg Harutyunyan |
| Urartu-2 Head Coach | Karen Arakelyan |
| Position | Name |
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| President | Dzhevan Cheloyants |
| General Director | David Shakhbagyan |
| Executive Director | Sofia Cheloyants |
| Sporting Director | Erik Vardanyan |
| Deputy Director for Club Development | Eduard Markarov |
| Deputy General Director for Administration and Maintenance | Georgii Gzrayan |
| Deputy General Director for PR, Information and Marketing | Lusine Harutyunyan |
| Lawyer | Hamlet Petrosyan |
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| Founded | 2003 | ||
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| Ground | Urartu Training Centre, Yerevan | ||
| Capacity | 600 | ||
| Owner(s) | Dzhevan Cheloyants & Oleg Mkrtchyan | ||
| Director General | Arsen Petrosyan | ||
| Manager | Karen Arakelyan | ||
| League | Armenian First League | ||
| 2021–22 | 6th | ||
| Website | https://www.fcurartu.am | ||
Urartu has also the second team, Urartu-2 which plays in theArmenian First League. They play their home games at the training field with artificial turf of theUrartu Training Centre.
Varuzhan Sukiasyan (1992–94) Poghos Galstyan (July 1, 1996 – June 30, 1998)Oganes Zanazanyan (2001–05) Ashot Barseghyan (2005–06)Nikolay Kiselyov (2006–07)Jan Poštulka (2007)
Nikolay Kostov (July 1, 2007 – April 8, 2008)Nedelcho Matushev (April 8, 2008 – June 30, 2008)
Kim Splidsboel (2008)Armen Gyulbudaghyants (Jan 1, 2009 – Dec 1, 2009) Ashot Barseghyan(interim) (2009)
Stevica Kuzmanovski (Jan 1, 2010 – Dec 31, 2010)Rafael Nazaryan (Jan 1, 2011 – Jan 15, 2012)Volodymyr Pyatenko (Jan 17, 2013 – June 30, 2013)
Zsolt Hornyák (July 1, 2013 – May 30, 2015)Aram Voskanyan (July 1, 2015 – Oct 11, 2015)Tito Ramallo (Oct 12, 2015 – Oct 3, 2016)Artur Voskanyan (Oct 3, 2016 – Aug 11, 2018)Ilshat Faizulin (Aug 12, 2018 –Nov 24, 2019)Aleksandr Grigoryan (Nov 25, 2019 –Mar 10, 2021)Robert Arzumanyan (10 March 2021 – 24 June 2022)[7]Dmitri Gunko (27 June 2022 – 18 June 2025)[8][9]Robert Arzumanyan (19 June 2025–)[10]
