# FC Noah

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.

## History

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. Noah played its first competitive season in the 2017–18 Armenian First League, finishing second and achieving promotion to the Armenian Premier League.
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. Noah won the 2019–20 Armenian Cup, defeating Ararat-Armenia on penalties.
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
### Domestic

| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | National cup | Top goalscorer | Top goalscorer | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor |
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | National cup | Name | League | Manager | Kit manufacturer | Main sponsor |
| 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 | Nike | Vega |
| 2019–20 | Armenian Premier League | 2nd | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 48 | Winners | Maksim Mayrovich | 11 | Vadim Boreț | Umbro | N/A |
| 2020–21 | Armenian Premier League | 2nd | 28 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 35 | 20 | 41 | Semifinal | Vladimir Azarov | 6 | Vadim Boreț Dmitri Gunko | Adidas | N/A |
| 2021–22 | Armenian Premier League | 6th | 32 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 43 | 39 | Quarter-finals | Maksim Mayrovich | 9 | Viktor Bulatov Aram Hakobyan | Adidas | VBET |
| 2022–23 | Armenian Premier League | 8th | 36 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 34 | 66 | 32 | Quarter-finals | Levon Vardanyan | 8 | Robert Arzumanyan | Adidas | VBET |
| 2023–24 | Armenian Premier League | 2nd | 36 | 26 | 2 | 8 | 69 | 33 | 80 | Quarter-finals | Artur Miranyan | 23 | Robert Arzumanyan Carlos Inarejos | Adidas | to.sport fm 96.3 |

### European

    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 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 2QR | Sliema Wanderers | 7–0 | 0–0 | 7–0 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | 3QR | AEK Athens | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | PO | Ružomberok | 3–0 | 1–3 | 4–3 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | League phase | Mladá Boleslav | 2–0 | — | 31st |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | League phase | Rapid Wien | — | 0–1 | 31st |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | League phase | Chelsea | — | 0–8 | 31st |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | League phase | Víkingur Reykjavík | 0–0 | — | 31st |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | League phase | APOEL | 1–3 | — | 31st |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Conference League | League phase | TSC | — | 3–4 | 31st |

#### UEFA Club Ranking

UEFA coefficient
    As of 8 November 2024
| 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

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

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".
* Club crest (2019–2024)

## 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.

## Players
### Current squad

    As of 5 February 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 |
| 13 | MF | ARM | Robert Baghramyan |
| 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 |

## Coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Rui Mota |
| Assistant manager | Vítor Magalhães, Alexander Tadevosyan |
| Goalkeeper coach | Gevorg Kasparov |

## Honours

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

### Domestic

* Armenian Cup
** Winners (1): 2019–20
* Armenian Supercup
** Winners (1): 2020

## Player records
### Most appearances

    As of match played 10 March 2025
| | Name | Years | League | Armenian Cup | Supercup | Europe | Total |
| 1 | Benik Hovhannisyan | 2019–2022 | 61 (2) | 6 (1) | 1 (0) | 3 (0) | 71 (3) |
| 1 | Sergey Muradyan | 2023–Present | 56 (1) | 3 (0) | - (-) | 12 (0) | 71 (1) |
| 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 | Artur Grigoryan | 2017–2019 | 53 (2) | 4 (0) | - (-) | - (-) | 57 (2) |
| 8 | Aleksandar Miljković | 2023–Present | 40 (2) | 3 (0) | - (-) | 12 (2) | 55 (4) |
| 9 | Karen Harutyunyan | 2017–2019 | 49 (3) | 5 (0) | - (-) | - (-) | 54 (3) |
| 9 | Alex Oliveira | 2020–2021 | 47 (6) | 5 (0) | - (-) | 2 (0) | 54 (2) |
| 9 | Dmitri Lavrishchev | 2019–2020, 2022 | 48 (4) | 4 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (0) | 54 (6) |

### Top goalscorers

    As of match played 10 March 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 |
| 2 | Artur Miranyan | 2023–2024 | 23 (36) | 1 (2) | - (-) | - (-) | 24 (38) | 0.63 |
| 2 | Gonçalo Gregório | 2024–Present | 17 (18) | 1 (1) | - (-) | 6 (14) | 24 (33) | 0.73 |
| 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 |
| 6 | Eraldo Çinari | 2024–Present | 11 (16) | 0 (1) | - (-) | 1 (12) | 12 (29) | 0.41 |
| 6 | Matheus Aiás | 2024–Present | 5 (15) | 1 (2) | - (-) | 6 (14) | 12 (31) | 0.39 |
| 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 |