Full name | Football Club Ararat | |||
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Nickname(s) | White Eagles | |||
Founded | 10 May 1935 | |||
Ground | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium | |||
Capacity | 14,403 | |||
Owner | Vartan Sirmakes & Hrach Kaprielian | |||
President | Hrach Kaprielian[1] | |||
Manager | Tigran Yesayan | |||
League | Armenian Premier League | |||
2023–24 | Armenian Premier League, 6th | |||
Website | http://www.fcararat.am/ | |||
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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.