FC Ararat Yerevan

Ararat Yerevan
Full nameFootball Club Ararat
Nickname(s)White Eagles
Founded10 May 1935; 89 years ago (1935-05-10)
GroundVazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Capacity14,403
OwnerVartan Sirmakes & Hrach Kaprielian
PresidentHrach Kaprielian[1]
ManagerTigran Yesayan
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2023–24Armenian Premier League, 6th
Websitehttp://www.fcararat.am/
Current season

Football Club Ararat Yerevan (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արարատ Երևան), commonly known as Ararat Yerevan, is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan that plays in the Armenian Premier League.[2]

Since 1999 the club has been owned by the Swiss-Armenian businessman Vartan Sirmakes. The badge shows a white eagle standing on a football and is a reference to the club nickname. The badge also displays the name of Ararat in both Latin (Ararat) and Armenian (ԱՐԱՐԱՏ) text.

  1. ^ "FC Ararat Yerevan management". Archived from the original on 8 March 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Soviet era football: a brief history of Ararat Yerevan - World Soccer". 2 October 2011. Archived from the original on 21 July 2018. Retrieved 23 November 2017.