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FC Noah

For the defunct Latvian club, see FC Noah Jurmala.

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

Noah
Նոա
Full nameFootball Club Noah.
Founded2017; 8 years ago (2017)
GroundAbovyan City Stadium
Capacity3,946
OwnerVardges Vardanyan
ManagerRui Mota
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2023–24Armenian Premier League, 2nd of 10
Current season

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.

Records

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Domestic

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Season[5] 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   Grigor Aghekyan 18   Tigran Yesayan
  Armen Sanamyan		 Nike Renault
2018–19 Armenian Premier League 8th 32 6 10 16 25 49 28 Quarter-finals   Eduard Avagyan
  Vigen Avetisyan		 4   Rafael Nazaryan
  Sevada Arzumanyan		 Vega
2019–20 2nd 28 14 6 8 37 27 48 Winners   Maksim Mayrovich 11   Vadim Boreț Umbro N/A
2020–21 2nd 28 12 5 7 35 20 41 Semifinal   Vladimir Azarov 6   Vadim Boreț
  Dmitri Gunko		 Adidas N/A
2021–22 6th 32 9 12 11 38 43 39 Quarter-finals   Maksim Mayrovich 9   Viktor Bulatov
  Aram Hakobyan		 VBET[6]
2022–23 8th 36 8 8 20 34 66 32 Quarter-finals   Levon Vardanyan 8   Robert Arzumanyan
2023–24 2nd 36 26 2 8 69 33 80 Quarter-finals   Artur Miranyan 23   Robert Arzumanyan
  Carlos Inarejos		 to.sport fm 96.3

European

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Main article: FC Noah in European football
As of match played 19 December 2024
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Europa League 1 0 0 1 1 4 –3
UEFA Conference League 16 7 2 7 25 27 -2
Total 17 7 2 8 26 31 –5
Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2020–21 UEFA Europa League 1QR   Kairat — 1–4 —
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 1QR   KuPS 1–0 0–5 1–5
2024–25 UEFA Conference League 1QR   Shkëndija 2–0 2–1 4–1
2QR   Sliema Wanderers 7–0 0–0 7–0
3QR   AEK Athens 3–1 0–1 3–2
PO   Ružomberok 3–0 1–3 4–3
League phase   Mladá Boleslav 2–0 — 31st
  Rapid Wien — 0–1
  Chelsea — 0–8
  Víkingur Reykjavík 0–0 —
  APOEL 1–3 —
  TSC — 3–4

UEFA Club Ranking

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UEFA coefficient

As of 8 November 2024[7][8]
Rank Team Points
282   Kolos Kovalivka 4.680
283   Desna Chernihiv 4.680
284   FC Noah 4.500
285   Ordabasy 4.500
286   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".

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    Club crest (2019–2024)

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.[9]

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 25 March 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
5 DF   BRA James Santos
6 DF   BRA Marcos Pedro
7 FW   POR Hélder Ferreira
8 FW   POR Gonçalo Gregório
9 FW   BRA Matheus Aiás
10 MF   ARM Artak Dashyan
11 FW   ALB Eraldo Çinari
12 GK   ARM Artyom Davidov
14 DF   ARG Bryan Mendoza
17 MF   BFA Gustavo Sangaré
18 FW   ARM Artyom Avanesyan
19 DF   ARM Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF   SVK Martin Gamboš
21 MF   POR Bruno Almeida (on loan from Santa Clara)
22 GK   ARM Ognjen Čančarević
24 FW   ARM Zaven Khudaverdyan
26 DF   SRB Aleksandar Miljković
27 MF   ARM Gor Manvelyan
29 GK   ARM Arthur Coneglian
30 FW   ARM Grenik Petrosyan
37 DF   POR Gonçalo Silva
44 DF   BIH Nermin Zolotić
81 MF   NED Imran Oulad Omar
88 MF   CMR Yan Eteki
92 GK   RUS Aleksey Ploshchadny
93 FW   FRA Virgile Pinson
For recent transfers, see List of Armenian football transfers summer 2024.

Coaching staff

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Position Name
Manager   Rui Mota
Assistant manager   Andre Freixiero,
Goalkeeper coach   Bruno Freitas

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.

Domestic

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Player records

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Most appearances

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As of match played 20 April 2025
Name Years League Armenian Cup Supercup Europe Total
1   Sergey Muradyan 2023–Present 58 (1) 4 (0) - (-) 12 (0) 74 (1)
2   Benik Hovhannisyan 2019–2022 61 (2) 6 (1) 1 (0) 3 (0) 71 (3)
3   Maksim Mayrovich 2019–2021, 2021–2022 63 (22) 6 (4) - (-) 0 (0) 69 (26)
4   Yuri Gareginyan 2018–2021 57 (3) 7 (0) 1 (0) 0 (0) 65 (3)
5   Valerio Vimercati 2019–2021, 2023–2024 55 (0) 7 (0) 1 (0) 1 (0) 64 (0)
6   Jordy Monroy 2020–2022 54 (1) 5 (0) 1 (0) 2 (0) 62 (0)
7   Aleksandar Miljković 2023–Present 44 (2) 4 (0) - (-) 12 (2) 60 (4)
8   Hovhannes Hambardzumyan 2023–Present 44 (4) 6 (1) - (-) 9 (0) 59 (5)
9   Gor Manvelyan 2023–Present 40 (6) 6 (1) - (-) 12 (1) 58 (8)
10   Artur Grigoryan 2017–2019 53 (2) 4 (0) - (-) - (-) 57 (2)

Top goalscorers

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As of match played 20 April 2025
Name Years League Armenian Cup Supercup Europe Total Ratio
1   Maksim Mayrovich 2019–2021, 2021–2022 22 (63) 4 (6) - (-) 0 (0) 26 (69) 0.38
1   Gonçalo Gregório 2024–Present 19 (23) 1 (2) - (-) 6 (14) 26 (39) 0.67
3   Artur Miranyan 2023–2024 23 (36) 1 (2) - (-) - (-) 24 (38) 0.63
4   Grigor Aghekyan 2017–2019 19 (40) 2 (5) - (-) - (-) 21 (45) 0.47
5   Vladimir Azarov 2019–2021 14 (41) 3 (9) 0 (0) 0 (1) 17 (51) 0.33
5   Matheus Aiás 2024–Present 8 (19) 3 (4) - (-) 6 (14) 17 (37) 0.46
7   Eraldo Çinari 2024–Present 13 (21) 1 (3) - (-) 1 (12) 15 (36) 0.42
8   Petros Avetisyan 2021–2022 9 (19) 2 (4) - (-) 0 (2) 11 (25) 0.44
9   Edgar Movsesyan 2018–2019, 2023–2024 9 (46) 0 (2) - (-) - (-) 9 (48) 0.19
9   Paul Gladon 2023–2024 9 (22) 0 (2) - (-) - (-) 9 (24) 0.38
9   Hélder Ferreira 2024–Present 7 (19) 0 (3) - (-) 2 (14) 9 (36) 0.25
9   Imran Oulad Omar 2024–Present 8 (18) 1 (2) - (-) 0 (11) 9 (31) 0.29

Clean sheets

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As of match played 20 April 2025
Name Years League Armenian Cup Supercup Europe Total Ratio
1   Valerio Vimercati 2019–2021, 2023–2024 24 (55) 3 (7) 0 (1) 0 (1) 27 (62) 0.44
2   Ognjen Čančarević 2024–Present 12 (29) 1 (1) 0 (0) 4 (10) 17 (40) 0.43
3   Aleksey Ploshchadny 2024–Present 8 (10) 1 (1) 0 (0) 2 (4) 11 (15) 0.73
4   Arman Meliksetyan 2018–2019 8 (22) 1 (4) - (-) - (-) 9 (26) 0.35
4   Vardan Shahatuni 2022 8 (22) 1 (2) - (-) 0 (0) 9 (24) 0.38
6   Grigor Makaryan 2017–2018 7 (14) 0 (1) - (-) - (-) 7 (15) 0.47
6   Samur Agamagomedov 2018–2019 7 (19) 0 (0) - (-) - (-) 7 (19) 0.37
8   Maksim Shvagirev 2019–2021 2 (4) 2 (4) - (-) - (-) 4 (8) 0.67
8   Christoffer Mafoumbi 2023 4 (9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 4 (9) 0.44
10   Grigori Matevosyan 2021–2022 3 (20) 0 (1) - (-) 0 (0) 3 ( ) 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. 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» начал сотрудничество с тренерской командой из Португалии". www.xinhuanet.com. Retrieved 2025-03-25.
  5. ^ "Armenia - List of Champions". www.rsssf.org. Archived from the original on 2015-06-30. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  6. ^ "FC Noah's New Owner". sports.ru. FC Noah. 19 July 2024. Archived from the original on 21 July 2024. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
  7. ^ "UEFA Club Coefficient Ranking". RankingandPrize.Com. n.d. Archived from the original on 2024-11-27. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  8. ^ "FC Noah UEFA Coefficient Ranking". RankingandPrize.Com. n.d. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  9. ^ "Նոայի նախագահը հայտնել է՝ աշխատում են 20 հազար տեղանոց մարզադաշտ կառուցելու ուղղությամբ". armsport.am. FC Noah. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
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