{{short description|Armenian football club}} {{distinguish|Urartu Yerevan}} {{Infobox football club | clubname = Urartu | image = FC Banants Logo.png | image_size = 155px | fullname = Football Club Urartu | founded = {{Start date and age|1992|01|20}}<ref name="20-1-1992"/> | nickname = Հպարտ Առյուծներ ''Hpart Aryutsner'' (Proud Lions) | ground = Urartu Stadium | capacity = 4,860<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160430162107/http://banants.horizondvp.org/am/stadium.html Banants Stadium]}}</ref> | owner = Dzhevan Cheloyants | chrtitle = Director General | chairman = David Shakhbagyan | mgrtitle = Head coach | manager = Robert Arzumanyan | league = Armenian Premier League | season = 2025–26 | position = 5th of 10 | website = {{URL|http://fcurartu.am/am}} | current = 2025–26 FC Urartu season | pattern_la1 = _pumaglory22nc | pattern_b1 = _pumaultimate23nc | pattern_ra1 = _pumaglory22nc | pattern_sh1 = _pumaliga2122nc | leftarm1 = FFAD01 | body1 = FFAD01 | rightarm1 = FFAD01 | shorts1 = FFAD01 | socks1 = FFAD01 | pattern_la2 = _pumaglory22lb | pattern_b2 = _pumaultimate23lb | pattern_ra2 = _pumaglory22lb | pattern_sh2 = | leftarm2 = 80BFFF | body2 = 80BFFF | rightarm2 = 80BFFF | shorts2 = 80BFFF | socks2 = 80BFFF | pattern_la3 = | pattern_b3 = | pattern_ra3 = | pattern_sh3 = | leftarm3 = | body3 = | rightarm3 = | shorts3 = | socks3 = }} '''Football Club Urartu''' ({{langx|hy|Ուրարտու Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ}}, translated ''Futbolayin Akumb Urartu''), commonly known as '''Urartu''', is an Armenian professional football team based in the capital Yerevan that currently plays in the Armenian Premier League. The club won the Armenian 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 as '''FC Banants''' until 1 August 2019, when it was officially renamed '''FC Urartu'''.
==History== ===Kotayk=== Urartu FC were founded as FC Banants by Sarkis Israelyan on 21 January 1992 in the village of Kotayk, representing the Kotayk Province.<ref name="20-1-1992">{{cite web |title=ФУТБОЛЬНОМУ КЛУБУ "УРАРТУ" 32 ГОДА! |url=https://fcurartu.am/ru/urartu-football-club-is-32-years-old-2024-1-20-39-11-65aba2cf31d47 |website=fcurartu.am |publisher=FC Urartu |access-date=20 January 2024 |language=Russian |date=20 January 2024}}</ref> He named the club after his native village of ''Banants'' (currently known as ''Bayan''). Between 1992 and 1995, the club was commonly referred to as '''Banants Kotayk'''.<ref>[http://www.fcbanants.com/main.php?type=history&lang=eng History of Football Club Banants]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, from fcbanants.com, retrieved 1 May 2009.</ref> During the 1992 season, the club won the first Armenian Cup. At the end of the 1995 transitional season, Banants suffered a financial crisis. The club owners decided that it was better to merge the club with FC Kotayk of Abovyan, rather than disband it. In 2001, Banants demerged from FC Kotayk, and was moved from Abovyan to the capital Yerevan.
===Yerevan=== thumb|FC Urartu headquarters In 2001, FC Banants was relocated to Yerevan.<ref>{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.yerevan.am/en/old-yerevan/ |access-date=3 June 2023 |website=Yerevan}}</ref> At the beginning of 2003, Banants merged with FC 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, including Samvel 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 the Armenian Cup in 2007. Experience made way for youth for the 2008 and 2009 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 the Malatia-Sebastia District, Yerevan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ffa.am/en/clubs|title=Clubs|website=www.ffa.am|access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref>
===Domestic=== {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size:90%; text-align:center;" |- style="background:#efefef;" ! rowspan="2" | Season ! colspan="10" | League ! rowspan="2" | National Cup ! colspan="2" | Top goalscorer ! rowspan="2" | Manager |- ! Div. ! Pos. ! Pl. ! W ! D ! L ! GS ! GA ! GD ! P ! Name ! League |- |1992 |rowspan="3"|Armenian Premier League | bgcolor="#CD7F32" |3 |34 |28 |3 |3 |125 |34 || +91 |59 | bgcolor="FCC200" |Winner | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Ashot Barseghyan |34 |rowspan="3"|Varuzhan Sukiasyan |- |1993 | bgcolor="#CD7F32" |3 |28 |23 |2 |3 |111 |21 || +90 |48 |Semi-final | style="text-align: left;" bgcolor="FCC200" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Andranik Hovsepyan |26 |- |1994 |5 |28 |17 |1 |10 |95 |56 || +39 |35 |Semi-final | | |- align="left" | 1995-2000 ||colspan="16"| No Participation |- |2001 |rowspan="26"|Armenian Premier League |7 |22 |10 |4 |8 |46 |28 || +18 |34 |First round | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Mkrtich Hovhannisyan |11 | |- |2002 | bgcolor="#CD7F32" |3 |22 |16 |2 |4 |43 |15 || +28 |50 |Quarter-final | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Tigran Yesayan |11 | |- |2003 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |2 |28 |21 |3 |4 |89 |15 || +74 |66 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |Finalist | style="text-align: left;" bgcolor="FCC200" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Ara Hakobyan |45 |rowspan="2"|Oganes Zanazanyan |- |2004 | bgcolor="#CD7F32" |3 |28 |12 |7 |9 |40 |39 || +1 |43 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |Finalist | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Samvel Melkonyan |8 |- |2005 | bgcolor="#CD7F32" |3 |26 |15 |6 |5 |49 |31 || +18 |51 |Semi-final | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Aram Hakobyan |11 |Oganes Zanazanyan <br> Ashot Barseghyan |- |2006 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |2 |28 |18 |3 |7 |67 |26 || +41 |57 |Semi-final | style="text-align: left;" bgcolor="FCC200" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Aram Hakobyan |25 |Ashot Barseghyan <br> Nikolay Kiselyov |- |2007 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |2 |28 |16 |4 |8 |56 |26 || +30 |52 | bgcolor="FCC200" |Winner | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Arsen Balabekyan |15 |Nikolay Kiselyov <br> Jan Poštulka <br> Nikolay Kostov |- |2008 |5 |28 |11 |8 |9 |34 |25 || +9 |41 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |Finalist | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Arsen Balabekyan |7 |Nikolay Kostov <br> Nedelcho Matushev <br> Kim Splidsboel |- |2009 |4 |28 |13 |5 |10 |40 |29 || +11 |44 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |Finalist | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Samvel Melkonyan |12 |Armen Gyulbudaghyants |- |2010 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |2 |28 |20 |4 |4 |58 |24 || +34 |64 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |Finalist | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Du Bala |11 |Stevica Kuzmanovski |- |2011 |4 |28 |12 |8 |8 |42 |30 || +12 |44 |Semi-final | style="text-align: left;" bgcolor="FCC200" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Correa |16 |Rafael Nazaryan |- | 2011-12 ||colspan="9"| Only Cup competition was held |Quarter-final |colspan="3"| |- |2012-13 |8 |42 |5 |16 |21 |37 |64 || -27 |31 |First round | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Hovhannes Hambardzumyan |7 |Rafael Nazaryan <br> Volodymyr Pyatenko |- |2013-14 | bgcolor="FCC200" |1 |28 |14 |8 |6 |38 |23 || +15 |50 |Semi-final | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Gevorg Nranyan |10 |Zsolt Hornyák |- |2014-15 |6 |28 |8 |8 |12 |42 |46 | -4 |32 |Semi-final | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Gevorg Nranyan |7 |Zsolt Hornyák |- |2015-16 |6 |28 |7 |12 |9 |36 |34 | +2 |33 | bgcolor="FCC200"|Winner | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Laércio |10 |Aram Voskanyan <br> Tito Ramallo |- |2016-17 |5 |30 |5 |6 |19 |18 |44 | -26 |21 |Semi-final | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Laércio |3 |Tito Ramallo <br> Artur Voskanyan |- |2017-18 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |2 |30 |11 |11 |8 |42 |34 | +8 |44 |Semi-final | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Rumyan Hovsepyan |8 |Artur Voskanyan |- |2018-19 | bgcolor="#CD7F32" |3 |32 |14 |10 |8 |43 |35 | +8 |52 |Semi-final | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Vahagn Ayvazyan <br> {{flagicon|BRA}} Walmerson <br> {{flagicon|BIH}} Aleksandar Glišić |5 |Artur Voskanyan <br> Ilshat Fayzulin |- |2019–20 |7 |22 |8 |6 |8 |26 |27 | -1 |30 |Semi-final |style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} Yevgeni Kobzar |7 |Ilshat Fayzulin <br> Aleksandr Grigoryan |- |2020–21 | bgcolor="#CD7F32" |3 |24 |12 |5 |7 |28 |19 | +9 |41 |Quarter-final |style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|HAI}} Jonel Désiré |8 |Aleksandr Grigoryan <br> Tigran Yesayan {{small|(Caretaker)}} <br> Robert Arzumanyan |- |2021–22 |5 |32 |9 |13 |10 |37 |32 | +5 |40 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |Finalist |style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|ARM}} Artur Miranyan |10 |Arsen Petrosyan <br> Robert Arzumanyan {{small|(Caretaker)}} |- |2022–23 | bgcolor="FCC200" |1 |36 |26 |5 |5 |68 |25 || +43 |83 | bgcolor="FCC200" |Winners | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|UKR}} Dmytro Khlyobas |9 |Dmitri Gunko |- |2023–24 |4 |36 |13 |11 |12 |49 |49 || 0 |50 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |Finalist | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} Temur Dzhikiya |11 |Dmitri Gunko |- |2024–25 |3 |30 |19 |5 |6 |64 |31 || +33 |62 |Quarter-final | style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|RUS}} Ivan Ignatyev |13 |Dmitri Gunko |- |2025–26 |5 |27 |14 |7 |6 |43 |26 || +17 |49 | bgcolor="#C0C0C0" |Runners Up | style="text-align: left;" bgcolor="FCC200" |{{flagicon|BRA}} Bruno Michel |18 |Robert Arzumanyan |}
===European=== {{main|FC Urartu in European football}} {{updated|match played 17 July 2025}} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;" ! width="250"|Competition ! width="30"|Pld ! width="30"|W ! width="30"|D ! width="30"|L ! width="30"|GF ! width="30"|GA ! width="30"|GD |- | 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 |- |- class="unsortable" | '''Total''' || '''40''' || '''7''' || '''3''' || '''30''' || '''31''' || '''89''' || '''−58''' |}
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="font-size:90%; text-align:left;" |- ! Season ! Competition ! Round ! Opponent ! Home ! Away ! Aggregate |- | rowspan="1"| 2003–04 | rowspan="1"| UEFA Cup | QR | {{flagicon|ISR}} Hapoel Tel Aviv | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–2 | bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''2–3''' |- | rowspan="1"| 2004–05 | rowspan="1"| UEFA Cup | 1Q | {{flagicon|UKR}} Illichivets Mariupol | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–2 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–2 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''0–4''' |- | rowspan="2"| 2005–06 | rowspan="2"| UEFA Cup | 1Q | {{flagicon|GEO}} Locomotive Tbilisi | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–3 | bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 | bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| '''4–3''' |- | 2Q | {{flagicon|UKR}} Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–4 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–4 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''2–8''' |- | rowspan="1"| 2006–07 | rowspan="1"| UEFA Cup | 1Q | {{flagicon|GEO}} Ameri Tbilisi | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–2 | bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''2–2 {{small|(a)}}''' |- | rowspan="1"| 2007–08 | rowspan="1"| UEFA Cup | 1Q | {{flagicon|SUI}} Young Boys | bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–4 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''1–5''' |- | rowspan="1"| 2008–09 | rowspan="1"| UEFA Cup | 1Q | {{flagicon|AUT}} Red Bull Salzburg | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–7 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''0–10''' |- | rowspan="1"| 2009–10 | rowspan="1"| UEFA Europa League | 1Q | {{flagicon|BIH}} Široki Brijeg | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–2 | bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–0 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''1–2''' |- | rowspan="1"| 2010–11 | rowspan="1"| UEFA Europa League | 1Q | {{flagicon|CYP}} Anorthosis Famagusta | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''0–4''' |- | rowspan="1"| 2011–12 | rowspan="1"| UEFA Europa League | 1Q | {{flagicon|GEO}} Rustavi Metalurgist | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 | bgcolor="#ffffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–1 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''1–2''' |- | rowspan="1"| 2014–15 | rowspan="1"| UEFA Champions League | 1Q | {{flagicon|AND}} Santa Coloma | bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 3–2 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''3–3 {{small|(a)}}''' |- | rowspan="1"| 2016–17 | rowspan="1"| UEFA Europa League | 1Q | {{flagicon|CYP}} Omonia | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–4 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''1–5''' |- | rowspan="1"| 2018–19 | rowspan="1"| UEFA Europa League | 1Q | {{flagicon|BIH}} Sarajevo | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–2 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''1–5''' |- | rowspan="1"| 2019–20 | rowspan="1"| UEFA Europa League | 1Q | {{flagicon|SRB}} Čukarički | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–5 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–3 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''0–8''' |- | rowspan="1"| 2021–22 | rowspan="1"| UEFA Europa Conference League | 1Q | {{flagicon|SVN}} Maribor | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''0–2''' |- | rowspan="2"| 2023–24 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q | {{fbicon|BIH}} Zrinjski Mostar | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–1 | bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 3–2 {{aet}} | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''3–3 {{pso|3–4}}''' |- | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2Q | {{fbicon|ROU}} Farul Constanța | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–3 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–3 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''4–6''' |- | rowspan="2"| 2024–25 | rowspan="2"| UEFA Conference League | 1Q | {{fbicon|EST}} Tallinna Kalev | bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–0 | bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| 2–1 | bgcolor="#ddffdd" style="text-align:center;"| '''4–1''' |- | 2Q | {{fbicon|CZE}} Baník Ostrava | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–2 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–5 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''1–7''' |- | 2025–26 | UEFA Conference League | 1Q | {{fbicon|BLR}} Neman Grodno | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 1–2 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| 0–4 | bgcolor="#ffdddd" style="text-align:center;"| '''1–6''' |}
==Stadium== {{main|Urartu Stadium}} [[File:Banants stadium, Yerevan, 1 Sept. 2015.jpg|thumb|Urartu Stadium]] The construction of the Urartu Stadium was launched in 2006 in the Malatia-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).
===Training centre/academy=== Urartu Training Centre is the club's academy base located in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan. 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 footballer Ilshat Faizulin.
==Fans== The most active group of fans is the ''South West Ultras'' fan club, mainly composed of residents from several neighbourhoods within the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcbanants.am/en/fans_general_information.html|title="Banants Ultras"|website=www.fcbanants.am|access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref> since the club is a ''de 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.
==Honours== * '''Armenian Premier League''' ** '''Winners (2)''': 2013–14, 2022–23 ** ''Runners-up (5)'': 2003, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017–18 * '''Armenian Cup''' ** '''Winners (4)''': 1992, 2007, 2016, 2022–23 ** ''Runners-up (8)'': 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2021–22, 2023–24, 2025–26 * '''Armenian Supercup''' ** '''Winners (1)''': 2014 ** ''Runners-up (5)'': 2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2016
==Current squad== {{updated|1 March 2026}} {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 1|nat=ARM|pos=GK|name=Gor Matinyan}} {{Fs player|no= 2|nat=RUS|pos=MF|name=Artemi Gunko}} {{Fs player|no= 3|nat=ARM|pos=DF|name=Erik Piloyan}} {{Fs player|no= 4|nat=ARM|pos=DF|name=Arman Ghazaryan}} {{Fs player|no= 6|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Alef Santos}} {{Fs player|no= 7|nat=ARM|pos=MF|name=Sergey Mkrtchyan}} {{Fs player|no= 8|nat=ARM|pos=MF|name=Narek Agasaryan}} {{Fs player|no= 9|nat=FRA|pos=FW|name=Alexandre Llovet}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=ARM|pos=FW|name=Karen Melkonyan}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=NGR|pos=DF|name=Okezie Ebenezer}} {{Fs player|no=14|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Artem Polyarus}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=ARM|pos=MF|name=Garnik Minasyan}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=UKR|pos=MF|name=Anton Bratkov}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=ARM|pos=FW|name=Edik Vardanyan}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=22|nat=ARM|pos=MF|name=Mikayel Mirzoyan}} {{Fs player|no=23|nat=ARM|pos=FW|name=Nicholas Kaloukian}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=ARM|pos=MF|name=Levon Bashoyan}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=POR|pos=FW|name=Miguel Velosa}} {{Fs player|no=30|nat=BRA|pos=MF|name=Bruno Michel}} {{Fs player|no=33|nat=MNE|pos=GK|name=Andrija Dragojević}} {{Fs player|no=44|nat=UKR|pos=DF|name=Yevhen Tsymbalyuk}} {{Fs player|no=55|nat=ARM|pos=DF|name=Erik Simonyan}} {{Fs player|no=77|nat=ARM|pos=MF|name=Artur Israelyan}} {{Fs player|no=88|nat=ARM|pos=DF|name=Zhirayr Margaryan}} {{Fs player|no=90|nat=RUS|pos=MF|name=Oleg Polyakov}} {{Fs player|no=92|nat=RUS|pos=GK|name=Aleksandr Mishiyev}} {{Fs player|no=99|nat=ARM|pos=DF|name=Khariton Ayvazyan}} {{Fs end}}
===Out on loan=== {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ARM|pos=GK|name=Hayk Ghazaryan|other={{small|at BKMA Yerevan until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=ARM|pos=DF|name=Artur Melikyan|other={{small|at Sardarapat until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ARM|pos=MF|name=Arman Arakelyan|other={{small|at BKMA Yerevan until 31 December 2026}}}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=53|nat=ARM|pos=MF|name=Davit Harutyunyan|other={{small|at BKMA Yerevan until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ARM|pos=MF|name=David Ghiasyan|other={{small|at BKMA Yerevan until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs player|no=|nat=ARM|pos=MF|name=Hamlet Sargsyan|other={{small|at BKMA Yerevan until 30 June 2026}}}} {{Fs end}}
==Personnel== ===Technical staff=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style=background:graw;"|Position
! style=background:graw;"|Name |- | Head coach | {{Flagicon|ARM}} Robert Arzumanyan |- | Assistant coach | {{Flagicon|RUS}} Mikhail Galaydich |- | Assistant coach | {{Flagicon|ARM}} Aras Ozbiliz |- | Assistant coach | {{Flagicon|ARM}} Erik Nazaryan |- | Goalkeepers coach | {{Flagicon|ARM}} Stepan Ghazaryan |- | Fitness Trainer | {{Flagicon|SPA}} Victor Gomes |- | Coach Analyst | {{Flagicon|SPA}} Francisco Compañ |- | Team Doctor | {{Flagicon|ARM}} Arsen Hambaryan |- | Team Manager | {{Flagicon|ARM}} Areg Harutyunyan |- | Urartu-2 Head Coach | {{Flagicon|ARM}} Karen Arakelyan |}
===Management=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! style=background:graw;"|Position
! style=background:graw;"|Name |- | President | {{Flagicon|ARM}} Dzhevan Cheloyants |- | General Director | {{Flagicon|ARM}} David Shakhbagyan |- | Executive Director | {{Flagicon|ARM}} Sofia Cheloyants |- | Sporting Director | {{Flagicon|ARM}} Erik Vardanyan |- | Deputy Director for Club Development | {{Flagicon|ARM}} Eduard Markarov |- | Deputy General Director for Administration and Maintenance | {{Flagicon|ARM}} Georgii Gzrayan |- | Deputy General Director for PR, Information and Marketing | {{Flagicon|ARM}} Lusine Harutyunyan |- | Lawyer | {{Flagicon|ARM}} Hamlet Petrosyan |}
==Urartu-2== {{Infobox football club |clubname = Urartu-2 |image = FC Banants Logo.png |upright = 0.6 |fullname = |founded = 2003 |nickname = |ground = Urartu Training Centre,<br> Yerevan |capacity = 600 |owner = Dzhevan Cheloyants & Oleg Mkrtchyan |chrtitle = Director General |chairman = Arsen Petrosyan |manager = Karen Arakelyan |league = Armenian First League |season = 2021–22 |position = 6th |website = https://www.fcurartu.am
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==Managerial history== *{{flagicon|Armenia}} Varuzhan Sukiasyan (1992–94) *{{flagicon|Armenia}} Poghos Galstyan (July 1, 1996 – June 30, 1998) *{{flagicon|Armenia}} Oganes Zanazanyan (2001–05) *{{flagicon|Armenia}} Ashot Barseghyan (2005–06) *{{flagicon|Russia}} Nikolay Kiselyov (2006–07) *{{flagicon|Czech Republic}} Jan Poštulka (2007) *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Nikolay Kostov (July 1, 2007 – April 8, 2008) *{{flagicon|Bulgaria}} Nedelcho Matushev (April 8, 2008 – June 30, 2008) *{{flagicon|Denmark}} Kim Splidsboel (2008) *{{flagicon|Armenia}} Armen Gyulbudaghyants (Jan 1, 2009 – Dec 1, 2009) *{{flagicon|Armenia}} Ashot Barseghyan ''(interim)'' (2009) *{{flagicon|Macedonia}} Stevica Kuzmanovski (Jan 1, 2010 – Dec 31, 2010) *{{flagicon|Armenia}} Rafael Nazaryan (Jan 1, 2011 – Jan 15, 2012) *{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Volodymyr Pyatenko (Jan 17, 2013 – June 30, 2013) *{{flagicon|Slovakia}} Zsolt Hornyák (July 1, 2013 – May 30, 2015) *{{flagicon|Armenia}} Aram Voskanyan (July 1, 2015 – Oct 11, 2015) *{{flagicon|Spain}} Tito Ramallo (Oct 12, 2015 – Oct 3, 2016) *{{flagicon|Armenia}} Artur Voskanyan (Oct 3, 2016 – Aug 11, 2018) *{{flagicon|Russia}} Ilshat Faizulin (Aug 12, 2018 –Nov 24, 2019) *{{flagicon|Armenia}} Aleksandr Grigoryan (Nov 25, 2019 –Mar 10, 2021) *{{flagicon|Armenia}} Robert Arzumanyan (10 March 2021 – 24 June 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=ROBERT ARZUMANYAN LEFT URARTU FC |url=https://fcurartu.am/en/-2022-6-24-52-37-62b56d4535ac8 |website=fcurartu.am |publisher=FC Urartu |access-date=27 June 2022 |date=24 June 2022}}</ref> *{{flagicon|Russia}} Dmitri Gunko (27 June 2022 – 18 June 2025)<ref>{{cite web |title=DMITRY GUNKO IS THE NEW HEAD COACH OF URARTU FC |url=https://fcurartu.am/en/-2022-6-27-3-0-62b9643424c87 |website=fcurartu.am |publisher=FC Urartu |access-date=27 June 2022 |date=27 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DMITRY GUNKO LEAVES URARTU FC |url=https://www.fcurartu.am/en/official-statement:-dmitry-gunko-leaves-urartu-fc/ |website=fcurartu.am |publisher=FC Urartu |access-date=20 June 2025 |date=18 June 2025}}</ref> *{{flagicon|Armenia}} Robert Arzumanyan (19 June 2025–)<ref>{{cite web |title=OFFICIAL STATEMENT- ROBERT ARZUMANYAN |url=https://www.fcurartu.am/en/official-statement:-robert-arzumanyan/ |website=fcurartu.am |publisher=FC Urartu |access-date=20 June 2025 |date=19 June 2025}}</ref>
==See also== {{Portal|Soccer|Sports}} * Football in Armenia * Football Federation of Armenia
==References== {{Reflist}} {{commons category|FC Urartu}}
==External links== * {{official website|http://www.fcurartu.am/}} {{in lang|en|hy|ru}} * [http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/fc-banants/ Banants] at Weltfussball.de. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008020421/https://www.weltfussball.de/teams/fc-banants/ |date=2018-10-08 }} {{in lang|de}}.
{{FC Banants}} {{Armenian Premier League}}
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