Ilshat Faizulin
Who coached the team FC Urartu from Aug 2018 to Aug 2019?
FC Urartu Football Club Urartu ( , translated Futbolayin Akumb Urartu ) , commonly known as Urartu , is an Armenian professional football team based in the capital Yerevan that currently plays in the Armenian Premier League . The club won the Armenian Cup three times , in 1992 , 2007 and 2016 . In 2013–2014 , they won the Armenian Premier League for the first time in their history . In early 2016 , the Russia-based Armenian businessman Dzhevan Cheloyants became a co-owner of the club after purchasing the major part of the club shares . The club was known as FC Banants until 1 August 2019 , when it was officially renamed FC Urartu . History . Kotayk . Urartu FC were founded as FC Banants by Sarkis Israelyan on 21 January 1992 in the village of Kotayk , representing the Kotayk Province . He named the club after his native village of Banants ( currently known as Bayan ) . Between 1992 and 1995 , the club was commonly referred to as Banants Kotayk . During the 1992 season , the club won the first Armenian Cup . At the end of the 1995 transitional season , Banants suffered a financial crisis . The club owners decided that it was better to merge the club with FC Kotayk of Abovyan , rather than disband it . In 2001 , Banants demerged from FC Kotayk , and was moved from Abovyan to the capital Yerevan . Yerevan . FC Banants was relocated to Yerevan in 2001 . At the beginning of 2003 , Banants merged with FC Spartak Yerevan , but was able to limit the name of the new merger to FC Banants . Spartak became Banantss youth academy and later changed the name to Banants-2 . Because of the merger , Banants acquired many players from Spartak Yerevan , including Samvel Melkonyan . After the merger , Banants took a more serious approach and have finished highly in the league table ever since . The club managed to lift the Armenian Cup in 2007 . Experience is making way for youth for the 2008 and 2009 seasons . The departures of most of the experienced players have left the clubs future to the youth . Along with two Ukrainian players , Ugandan international , Noah Kasule , has been signed . The club headquarters are located on Jivani Street 2 of the Malatia-Sebastia District , Yerevan . Stadium . The construction of the Banants Stadium was launched in 2006 in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan , with the assistance of the FIFA goal programme . It was officially opened in 2008 with a capacity of 3,600 seats . Further developments were implemented later in 2011 , when the playing pitch was modernized and the capacity of the stadium was increased up to 4,860 seats ( 2,760 at the northern stand , 1,500 at the southern stand and 600 at the western stand ) . Training centre/academy . Banants Training Centre is the clubs academy base located in the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan . In addition to the main stadium , the centre houses 3 full-size training pitches , mini football pitches as well as an indoor facility . The current technical director of the academy is the former Russian footballer Ilshat Faizulin . Fans . The most active group of fans is the South West Ultras fan club , mainly composed of residents from several neighbourhoods within the Malatia-Sebastia District of Yerevan , since the club is a de facto representer of the district . Members of the fan club benefit from events organized by the club and many facilities of the Banants training centre , such as the mini football pitch , the club store and other entertainments . Achievements . - Armenian Premier League - Winner ( 1 ) : 2013–14 . - Runner-up ( 5 ) : 2003 , 2006 , 2007 , 2010 , 2018 . - Armenian Cup - Winner ( 3 ) : 1992 , 2007 , 2016 . - Runner-up ( 5 ) : 2003 , 2004 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 . - Armenian Supercup - Winner ( 1 ) : 2014 . - Runner-up ( 5 ) : 2004 , 2007 , 2009 , 2010 , 2016 . Urartu-2 . FC Banants reserve squad play as FC Banants-2 in the Armenian First League . They play their home games at the training field with artificial turf of the Banants Training Centre . Managerial history . - Varuzhan Sukiasyan ( 1992–94 ) - Poghos Galstyan ( July 1 , 1996 – June 30 , 1998 ) - Oganes Zanazanyan ( 2001–05 ) - Ashot Barseghyan ( 2005–06 ) - Nikolay Kiselyov ( 2006–07 ) - Jan Poštulka ( 2007 ) - Nikolay Kostov ( July 1 , 2007 – April 8 , 2008 ) - Nedelcho Matushev ( April 8 , 2008 – June 30 , 2008 ) - Kim Splidsboel ( 2008 ) - Armen Gyulbudaghyants ( Jan 1 , 2009 – Dec 1 , 2009 ) - Ashot Barseghyan ( interim ) ( 2009 ) - Stevica Kuzmanovski ( Jan 1 , 2010 – Dec 31 , 2010 ) - Rafael Nazaryan ( Jan 1 , 2011 – Jan 15 , 2012 ) - Volodymyr Pyatenko ( Jan 17 , 2013 – June 30 , 2013 ) - Zsolt Hornyák ( July 1 , 2013 – May 30 , 2015 ) - Aram Voskanyan ( July 1 , 2015 – Oct 11 , 2015 ) - Tito Ramallo ( Oct 12 , 2015 – Oct 3 , 2016 ) - Artur Voskanyan ( Oct 3 , 2016 – Aug 11 , 2018 ) - Ilshat Faizulin ( Aug 12 , 2018 –Nov 24 , 2019 ) - Aleksandr Grigoryan ( Nov 25 , 2019 –Mar 10 , 2021 ) - Robert Arzumanyan ( Mar 10 , 2021– ) External links . - Official website - Banants at Weltfussball.de