FC Van explained

Clubname:Van
Fullname:Football Club Van
Ground:Charentsavan City Stadium
Capacity:5,000
Owner:Oleg Ghukasov
Chrtitle:President
Chairman:Sergei Ghukasov
Manager:Vacant
League:Armenian Premier League
Season:2024–25
Position:Armenian Premier League, 5th
Website:fcvan.am
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Football Club Van (hy|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

SeasonLeagueNational CupTop goalscorerManager
Div.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAPNameGoals
2019–20Armenian First League1282242901870Quarterfinal Wilfried Eza32 Karen Barseghyan
2020–21Armenian Premier League6249411253031Quarterfinal Wilfried Eza8 Sevada Arzumanyan
Artur Asoyan
2021–228326719194725Semifinal Zaven Badoyan4 Artur Asoyan
Sevada Arzumanyan
2022–2353611718385940Quarterfinal Edgar Movsesyan9 Artur Asoyan
Humberto Viviani
2023–249368720326732Quarterfinal Christopher Boniface8 Sevada Arzumanyan
Arthur Hovhannisyan
2024–255301578563652Semi-final Momo Touré12 Vahe Gevorgyan

Current squad

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2025 and Transfers winter 2025–26.

Personnel

Management

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President Sergei Ghukasov
Vice-president Karen Barseghyan
General Manager Sevada Arzumanyan
Executive Director Gagik Galstyan
Press Secretary Arsen Antikyan

Technical staff

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Head coach
Assistant coach Artur Asoyan
Assistant coach Michael Gaudriller
Goalkeepers Coach Slavik Sukiasyan
Fitness coach Georgi Ghazaryan

Managerial history

NameNat.FromToPWDLGSGA%WHonoursNotes
Karen Barseghyan31 May 201931 July 2020Armenian First League (1)
Sevada Arzumanyan31 July 20202 February 2021
Artur Asoyan2 February 202118 February 2022
Sevada Arzumanyan19 February 2022

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Չարենցավանում հիմնադրվում է նոր ակումբ. գլխավոր մարզիչը կլինի Կարեն Բարսեղյանը . 30 July 2019 . 2 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191002164612/http://www.armsport.am/hy/news/2019/05/31/van/982968 . live .
  2. Web site: "Վանը" կմասնակցի Հայաստանի Բարձրագույն խմբի առաջնությանը . ffa.am/ . Football Federation Armenia . 30 July 2020 . hy . 30 July 2020 . 31 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200731032013/http://www.ffa.am/hy/1596110889 . live .
  3. Web site: ՊԱՇՏՈՆԱԿԱՆ ՀԱՅՏԱՐԱՐՈՒԹՅՈՒՆ․ ԿԱՐԵՆ ԲԱՐՍԵՂՅԱՆ . facebook.com/FCVAN2019/ . FC Van Facebook . 31 July 2020 . hy . 31 July 2020 . 26 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220326101045/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FFCVAN2019%2Fposts%2F916226825544504%3F__tn__%3DK-R . live .
  4. Web site: There have been some changes in the coaching staff of our club. . facebook.com/FCVAN2019/ . FC Van Facebook . 2 February 2021 . 2 February 2021 . 22 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230322091221/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FFCVAN2019%2Fphotos%2Fpcb.1055647374935781%2F1055644311602754%2F%3Ftype%3D3%26theater . live .