# Araks Ararat FC

Araks Ararat FC (Armenian: Արաքս Արարատ Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ), is Armenian football club from the town of Ararat, Ararat Province.

## Club history

The club was founded in 1960 as FC Ararat to represent the town of Ararat. With the independence of Armenia, the Ararat Cement Factory took over FC Ararat in 1993 and the club was renamed FC Tsement Ararat. They played in the Armenian Premier League and won two titles, the first in 1998 as Tsement and the 2nd in 2000 as Araks Ararat. The following year, Tsement yielded the championship to FC Shirak by two points and ended up on the third spot behind Ararat Yerevan. However, after many successful years, the club president Abraham Babayan was unable to finance the club. Eventually, the rights were sold in late 2000 to a new sponsor based in Yerevan and Araks Ararat FC was dissolved.
The club was resurrected a year later for the 2002 season, but since it gave its license for participating in the Premier League to Spartak Yerevan, was unable to participate in Premier League and had to settle to restart from the First League. Since 2021, the team plays in the Amateur A-League, and since 2024 have their reserve team play in the Amateur B-League.

## Honours

* Armenian Premier League
** Winners (2): 1998, 2000
* Armenian Cup
** Winners (3): 1997, 1998, 1999
* Armenian Super Cup
** Winners (1): 1998

## Domestic history

| Season | Name | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Armenian Cup | Top goalscorer | Top goalscorer | Manager |
| Season | Name | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Armenian Cup | Name | League | Manager |
| 1992 | Ararat | Armenian First League | 1 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 12 | 18 | First round | | | |
| 1993 | Tsement Ararat | Armenian Premier League | 6 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 56 | 50 | 30 | Quarter-final | | | |
| 1994 | Tsement Ararat | Armenian Premier League | 6 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 54 | 49 | 28 | First round | | | |
| 1995 | Tsement Ararat | Armenian Premier League | 2 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 16 | Semi-final | | | |
| 1995–96 | Tsement Ararat | Armenian Premier League | 5 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 57 | 33 | 39 | Quarter-final | | | |
| 1996–97 | Tsement Ararat | Armenian Premier League | 5 | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 49 | 26 | 42 | Semi-final | | | |
| 1997 | Tsement Ararat | Armenian Premier League | 5 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 27 | 27 | Winner | | | |
| 1998 | Tsement Ararat | Armenian Premier League | 1 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 70 | 22 | 64 | Winner | | | |
| 1999 | Araks Ararat | Armenian Premier League | 3 | 32 | 22 | 5 | 5 | 78 | 19 | 71 | Winner | | | |
| 2000 | Araks Ararat | Armenian Premier League | 1 | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 65 | 33 | 61 | Quarter-final | | | |
| 2001 | Araks Ararat | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. |
| 2002 | Araks Ararat | Armenian First League | 2 | 30 | 25 | 2 | 3 | 85 | 18 | 77 | | | | |
| 2003 | Araks Ararat | Armenian Premier League | 8 | 28 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 17 | 86 | 9 | First round | | | |
| 2004 | Araks Ararat | Armenian First League | 6 | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 57 | 31 | 51 | Quarter-final | | | |
| 2004-2021 | Araks Ararat | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. | Club did not participate. |
| 2021-22 | Araks Ararat | Amateur A-League |
| 2022-23 | Araks Ararat | Amateur A-League |
| 2023-24 | Araks Ararat | Amateur A-League |
| 2024-25 | Araks Ararat | Amateur A-League |

## Araks Ararat in European competitions

As of June, 2010.
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| UEFA Champions League | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| 1998–99 | UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | QR | Lausanne Sports | 1–5 | 1–2 |
| 1999–2000 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q | Zalgiris Vilnius | 0–2 | 0–3 |
Notes:
* Home results are noted in Bold.