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Noah
Full nameFootball Club Noah
Founded2017; 8 years ago (2017)
GroundAbovyan City Stadium
Capacity3,946
OwnerVardges Vardanyan
Head coachSandro Perković
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2024–25Armenian Premier League, 1st of 11 (champions)
Websitenoah.am
Current season

Football Club Noah (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Նոա, romanized: Futbolayin Akumb Noa), commonly known as Noah, is an Armenian professional football club based in Abovyan. Founded in 2017 as FC Artsakh, they currently play in the Armenian Premier League.[1]

History

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The club was founded as FC Artsakh in 2017 and played its first match in a goalless draw against FC Banants on 2 June 2017.[citation needed] Noah played its first competitive season in the 2017–18 Armenian First League, finishing second and achieving promotion to the Armenian Premier League.[2]

After a disappointing 8th-place finish in the 2018–19 season, the club was sold to Karen Abrahamyan, who rebranded it as FC Noah in 2019. The name references the biblical Noah, whose Ark came to rest on Mountains of Ararat, traditionally identified with Mount Ararat.[3] Noah won the 2019–20 Armenian Cup, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties.[4]

In 2024, they qualified for the UEFA Conference League league phase after defeating Ružomberok 4–3 on aggregate in the play-off round, becoming the first club in Conference League history to successfully navigate all four rounds of qualification. They had beaten Shkëndija, Sliema Wanderers and Greek powerhouse AEK Athens in the previous qualifying rounds.[5]

At the end of the 2024–25 season, Noah completed their first League and Cup double.[6]

Noah, in the 2025/26 season, became the first Armenian club to qualify for the main stage of a European club competition for the second year in a row.

Records

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Domestic

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Season[7] League National cup Top goalscorer Manager Kit manufacturer Main sponsor
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2017–18 Armenian First League 2nd 27 21 2 4 77 16 65 Quarter-finals Armenia Grigor Aghekyan 18 Armenia Tigran Yesayan
Armenia Armen Sanamyan		 Nike Renault
2018–19 Armenian Premier League 8th 32 6 10 16 25 49 28 Quarter-finals Armenia Eduard Avagyan
Armenia Vigen Avetisyan		 4 Armenia Rafael Nazaryan
Armenia Sevada Arzumanyan		 Vega
2019–20 2nd 28 14 6 8 37 27 48 Winners Russia Maksim Mayrovich 11 Moldova Vadim Boreț Umbro N/A
2020–21 2nd 28 12 5 7 35 20 41 Semifinal Russia Vladimir Azarov 6 Moldova Vadim Boreț
Russia Dmitri Gunko		 Adidas N/A
2021–22 6th 32 9 12 11 38 43 39 Quarter-finals Russia Maksim Mayrovich 9 Russia Viktor Bulatov
Armenia Aram Hakobyan		 VBET[8]
2022–23 8th 36 8 8 20 34 66 32 Quarter-finals Armenia Levon Vardanyan 8 Armenia Robert Arzumanyan
2023–24 2nd 36 26 2 8 69 33 80 Quarter-finals Armenia Artur Miranyan 23 Armenia Robert Arzumanyan
Spain Carlos Inarejos		 to.sport fm 96.3
2024–25 1st 30 24 3 3 92 20 75 Winners Portugal Gonçalo Gregório 20 Portugal Rui Mota Imagine Live

European

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Main article: FC Noah in European football
As of match played 28 August 2025
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Champions League 4 1 1 2 7 8 –1
UEFA Europa League 3 0 2 1 2 5 –3
UEFA Conference League 18 9 2 7 32 30 +2
Total 25 10 5 10 41 43 –2
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1QR Kazakhstan Kairat — 1–4 —
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR Finland KuPS 1–0 0–5 1–5
2024–25 UEFA Conference League 1QR North Macedonia Shkëndija 2–0 2–1 4–1
2QR Malta Sliema Wanderers 7–0 0–0 7–0
3QR Greece AEK Athens 3–1 0–1 3–2
PO Slovakia Ružomberok 3–0 1–3 4–3
League phase Czech Republic Mladá Boleslav 2–0 — 31st
Austria Rapid Wien — 0–1
England Chelsea — 0–8
Iceland Víkingur Reykjavík 0–0 —
Cyprus APOEL 1–3 —
Serbia TSC — 3–4
2025–26 UEFA Champions League 1QR Montenegro Budućnost Podgorica 1–0 2–2 3–2
2QR Hungary Ferencváros 1–2 3–4 4–6
UEFA Europa League 3QR Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 0–0 (a.e.t.) 1–1 1–1 (5–6 p)
UEFA Conference League PO Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 3–2 4–1 7–3
League phase Croatia Rijeka —
Romania Universitatea Craiova —
Czech Republic Sigma Olomouc —
Scotland Aberdeen —
Poland Legia Warsaw —
Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv —

UEFA Club Ranking

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UEFA coefficient

As of 8 November 2024[9][10]
Rank Team Points
282 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka 4.680
283 Ukraine Desna Chernihiv 4.680
284 Armenia FC Noah 4.500
285 Kazakhstan Ordabasy 4.500
286 Georgia (country) Iberia 4.500

Colours and badge

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As FC Artsakh the club's main kit colours were red and white, however following the rebranding, the club chose black and a light green to represent the club. Umbro became the kit supplier for the 2019–20, following two years of using Nike.

Badge history

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From 2017 to 2019, the club operated as FC Artsakh, bearing a red round badge with an eagle. Following the 2019 rebranding as FC Noah, the club's emblem was changed to a simple black text "Yerevan Armenia Football Club Noah".

From 2024-25 season FC Noah rebranded own logo.[11]

  • Club crest (2019–2024)
    Club crest (2019–2024)
  • FC Noah logo from 2024-25 season
    FC Noah logo from 2024-25 season

Stadium

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Main article: Mika Stadium

At the beginning phase of the 2018–19 Armenian Premier League season, FC Noah used the Mika Stadium, located in the Shengavit neighborhood of Yerevan, as their home ground until matchday 8. They were then forced to leave the Mika Stadium due to the inappropriate pitch conditions, and between matchday 9 and 14 they played at the Pyunik Stadium before moving to the artificial-turf pitch of the Dzoraghbyur Training Centre at the eastern outskirts of Yerevan. For the 2019–20 Armenian Premier League season, FC Noah played at the Alashkert Stadium located in the same neighbourhood of Yerevan.

After starting the 2021–22 Armenian Premier League season playing their home games at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium in Yerevan, Noah moved their home games to the Armavir City Stadium in Armavir in February 2022.[12]

From 2023-24 season FC Noah started to play in Abovyan City Stadium named after Vahagn Tumasyan.

Players

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For a list of all former and current FC Noah players with a Wikipedia article, see Category: FC Noah players.

Current squad

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As of 11 September 2025

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
3 DF  ARM Sergey Muradyan
4 DF  ISL Guðmundur Þórarinsson
6 DF  GHA Eric Boakye
7 FW  POR Hélder Ferreira
8 FW  POR Gonçalo Gregório
9 FW  BRA Matheus Aiás
10 MF  ARM Artak Dashyan
11 MF  NED Imran Oulad Omar
12 GK  ARM Artyom Davidov
14 MF  JPN Takuto Oshima
16 GK  COD Timothy Fayulu (on loan from Sion)
17 MF  BFA Gustavo Sangaré
18 FW  ARM Artyom Avanesyan
19 DF  ARM Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (captain)
22 GK  ARM Ognjen Čančarević
23 MF  ARM Aram Khamoyan
No. Pos. Nation Player
24 FW  ARM Zaven Khudaverdyan
27 MF  ARM Gor Manvelyan
29 GK  ARM Arthur Coneglian
32 FW  BIH Nardin Mulahusejnović
33 DF  POR David Sualehe
37 DF  POR Gonçalo Silva
39 DF  GLP Nathanaël Saintini
44 DF  BIH Nermin Zolotić
47 FW  AUS Marin Jakoliš
57 FW  ARM Albert Gareginyan
77 DF  CRO Alen Grgić
88 MF  CMR Yan Eteki
92 GK  RUS Aleksey Ploshchadny
93 FW  FRA Virgile Pinson
99 MF  ARM Hovhannes Harutyunyan
For recent transfers, see List of Armenian football transfers summer 2025.

Coaching staff

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Position Name
Head coach Croatia Sandro Perković
Assistant coach Croatia Zlatko Bašić
Goalkeeper coach Bosnia and Herzegovina Romeo Mitrović
Goalkeeper assistant coach Armenia Suren Aloyan
Physio coach Croatia Mislav Juričević
Video analyst Croatia Paolo Pereša

Management

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Position Name
President Vardges Vardanyan
Chief operating officer Gurgen Ohanyan
Sporting director Hayk Hovakimyan
Development director Anna Ohanyan
Team manager Vardan Movsisyan

Honours

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FC Noah won their first trophy on 10 July 2020, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties to win the 2019–20 Armenian Cup.[13]

Domestic

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Player records

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Most appearances

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As of match played 31 August 2025
Name Years League Armenian Cup Supercup Europe Total
1 Armenia Sergey Muradyan 2023–Present 65 (1) 6 (0) - (-) 20 (0) 91 (1)
2 Armenia Benik Hovhannisyan 2019–2022 61 (2) 6 (1) 1 (0) 3 (0) 71 (3)
2 Armenia Hovhannes Hambardzumyan 2023–Present 51 (5) 7 (1) - (-) 13 (0) 71 (6)
2 Armenia Gor Manvelyan 2023–Present 46 (7) 7 (1) - (-) 18 (1) 71 (9)
5 Russia Maksim Mayrovich 2019–2021, 2021–2022 63 (22) 6 (4) - (-) 0 (0) 69 (26)
6 Armenia Yuri Gareginyan 2018–2021 57 (3) 7 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 65 (3)
7 Italy Valerio Vimercati 2019–2021, 2023–2024 55 (0) 7 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 64 (0)
8 Serbia Aleksandar Miljković 2023–2025 45 (2) 5 (0) - (-) 12 (2) 62 (4)
9 Armenia Jordy Monroy 2020–2022 54 (1) 5 (0) 1 (0) 2 (0) 62 (0)
10 France Virgile Pinson 2024–Present 36 (7) 6 (0) - (-) 19 (4) 61 (11)

Top goalscorers

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As of match played 31 August 2025
Name Years League Armenian Cup Supercup Europe Total Ratio
1 Portugal Gonçalo Gregório 2024–Present 20 (27) 1 (3) - (-) 6 (17) 27 (47) 0.57
2 Russia Maksim Mayrovich 2019–2021, 2021–2022 22 (63) 4 (6) - (-) 0 (0) 26 (69) 0.38
3 Armenia Artur Miranyan 2023–2024 23 (36) 1 (2) - (-) - (-) 24 (38) 0.63
4 Brazil Matheus Aiás 2024–Present 10 (24) 4 (6) - (-) 8 (22) 22 (52) 0.42
5 Armenia Grigor Aghekyan 2017–2019 19 (40) 2 (5) - (-) - (-) 21 (45) 0.47
6 Russia Vladimir Azarov 2019–2021 14 (41) 3 (9) 0 (0) 0 (1) 17 (51) 0.33
7 Albania Eraldo Çinari 2024–2025 14 (26) 1 (5) - (-) 1 (12) 16 (43) 0.37
7 Portugal Hélder Ferreira 2024–Present 10 (24) 2 (5) - (-) 4 (22) 16 (51) 0.31
9 Netherlands Imran Oulad Omar 2024–Present 8 (23) 1 (4) - (-) 5 (19) 14 (46) 0.3
10 Armenia Petros Avetisyan 2021–2022 9 (19) 2 (4) - (-) 0 (2) 11 (25) 0.44
10 France Virgile Pinson 2024–Present 7 (36) 0 (6) - (-) 4 (19) 11 (61) 0.18

Clean sheets

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As of match played 31 August 2025
Name Years League Armenian Cup Supercup Europe Total Ratio
1 Italy Valerio Vimercati 2019–2021, 2023–2024 24 (55) 3 (7) 0 (1) 0 (1) 27 (62) 0.44
2 Armenia Ognjen Čančarević 2024–Present 12 (32) 1 (3) 0 (0) 6 (18) 19 (53) 0.36
3 Russia Aleksey Ploshchadny 2024–Present 11 (15) 1 (1) 0 (0) 2 (4) 14 (20) 0.7
4 Armenia Arman Meliksetyan 2018–2019 8 (22) 1 (4) - (-) - (-) 9 (26) 0.35
4 Armenia Vardan Shahatuni 2022 8 (22) 1 (2) - (-) 0 (0) 9 (24) 0.38
6 Armenia Grigor Makaryan 2017–2018 7 (14) 0 (1) - (-) - (-) 7 (15) 0.47
6 Russia Samur Agamagomedov 2018–2019 7 (19) 0 (0) - (-) - (-) 7 (19) 0.37
8 Russia Maksim Shvagirev 2019–2021 2 (4) 2 (4) - (-) - (-) 4 (8) 0.67
8 Republic of the Congo Christoffer Mafoumbi 2023 4 (9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (9) 0.44
10 Russia Grigori Matevosyan 2021–2022 3 (20) 0 (1) - (-) 0 (0) 3 (21) 0.14

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "The team named after biblical character with Figo links". bbc.com. 18 June 2019. Archived from the original on 10 November 2024. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Noah setting new benchmark for Armenian football in Conference League campaign". uefa.com (in Armenian). 24 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Luis Figo posts photo from Yerevan, with Mount Ararat in background (PHOTOS) | NEWS.am Sport - All about sports". sport.news.am. Archived from the original on 2024-08-29. Retrieved 2024-08-29.
  4. ^ "«Ноа» выиграл Кубок Армении, уступая в финале 1:4 после первого тайма" [Noah won the Armenian Cup, losing 1:4 in the final after the first half]. sovsport.ru (in Russian). 10 July 2020.
  5. ^ "FC Noah makes history". armenianweekly.com. 4 September 2024.
  6. ^ ""Noan" - two-time Armenian Cup winner". ffa.am (in Armenian). Football Federation of Armenia. 13 May 2025. Retrieved 20 May 2025.
  7. ^ "Armenia - List of Champions". www.rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  8. ^ "FC Noah's New Owner". sports.ru. FC Noah. 19 July 2024. Archived from the original on 12 December 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ^ "UEFA Club Coefficient Ranking". RankingandPrize.Com. n.d. Archived from the original on 2024-11-27. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  10. ^ "FC Noah UEFA Coefficient Ranking". RankingandPrize.Com. n.d. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  11. ^ ""Noah" updated the club logo". sportball24.com. 7 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Նոայի նախագահը հայտնել է՝ աշխատում են 20 հազար տեղանոց մարզադաշտ կառուցելու ուղղությամբ". armsport.am. FC Noah. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  13. ^ "Футболисты "Ноа" завоевали Кубок Армении" [Footballers of "Noah" won the Armenian Cup]. rsport.ria.ru (in Russian). 10 July 2020.