Football Club Noah (), commonly known as Noah, is an Armenian professional football club based in Abovyan. 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.
At the end of the 2024–25 season, Noah completed their first League and Cup double.
Noah, in the 2025/26 season, became the first Armenian club to qualify for the main stage of a European club competition for the second year in a row. That same season, Noah became the first club in Armenian history to reach the playoff stage of a European tournament.
Records Domestic Season League National cup Top goalscorer Manager Kit manufacturer Main sponsor Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League2017–18Armenian First League2nd272124771665Quarter-finals Grigor Aghekyan18 Tigran Yesayan Armen SanamyanNikeRenault 2018–19Armenian Premier League8th3261016254928Quarter-finals Eduard Avagyan Vigen Avetisyan4 Rafael Nazaryan Sevada ArzumanyanVega 2019–202nd281468372748Winners Maksim Mayrovich11 Vadim BorețUmbroN/A 2020–212nd281257352041Semifinal Vladimir Azarov6 Vadim Boreț Dmitri GunkoAdidasN/A 2021–226th3291211384339Quarter-finals Maksim Mayrovich9 Viktor Bulatov Aram HakobyanVBET 2022–238th368820346632Quarter-finals Levon Vardanyan8 Robert Arzumanyan 2023–242nd362628693380Quarter-finals Artur Miranyan23 Robert Arzumanyan Carlos Inarejosto.sport fm 96.3 2024–251st302433922075Winners Gonçalo Gregório20 Rui MotaImagine Live 2025–262nd271683611956Winners Nardin Mulahusejnović Hélder Ferreira Matheus Aiás10 Sandro PerkovićImagine Live
European
Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD UEFA Champions League 4 1 1 2 7 8 –1 UEFA Europa League 3 0 2 1 2 5 –3 UEFA Conference League 30 13 6 11 45 47 –2 Total 37 14 9 14 54 60 –6 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 2QR Sliema Wanderers 7–0 0–0 7–0 3QR AEK Athens 3–1 0–1 3–2 PO Ružomberok 3–0 1–3 4–3 League phase Mladá Boleslav 2–0 31st Rapid Wien 0–1 Chelsea 0–8 Víkingur Reykjavík 0–0 APOEL 1–3 TSC 3–4 2025–26 UEFA Champions League 1QR Budućnost Podgorica 1–0 2–2 3–2 2QR Ferencváros 1–2 3–4 4–6 UEFA Europa League 3QR Lincoln Red Imps 0–0 1–1 1–1 UEFA Conference League PO Olimpija Ljubljana 4–1 3–2 7–3 League phase Rijeka 1–0 19th Universitatea Craiova 1–1 Sigma Olomouc 1–2 Aberdeen 1–1 Legia Warsaw 2–1 Dynamo Kyiv 0–2KPO AZ 1–0 0–4 1–42026–27UEFA Conference League2QR Zimbru Chișinău 2–1 1–1 3–23QR Sion2–2 1–2 3–4
UEFA Club Ranking UEFA coefficient
Rank Team Points282 Kolos Kovalivka4.680283 Desna Chernihiv4.680284 FC Noah4.500285 Ordabasy4.500286 Iberia4.500
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".
From 2024-25 season FC Noah rebranded own logo.
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 inappropriate pitch conditions, and between matchdays 9 and 14 they played at the Pyunik Stadium before moving to the artificial-turf pitch of the Dzoraghbyur Training Centre on the eastern outskirts of Yerevan. For the 2019–20 Armenian Premier League season, FC Noah played at the Alashkert Stadium, located in the same neighborhood 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.
From the 2023–24 Armenian Premier League season, FC Noah started to play at the Abovyan City Stadium named after Vahagn Tumasyan.
Players
Current squad
Out on loan
Coaching staff PositionName Head coach Pablo García Assistant coach Mirosław Sznaucner Goalkeeper coach Vasileios KliafasFitness Coach Pavlos GkotsisVideo analyst Benjamin García
Management PositionName President Vardges Vardanyan Chief operating officer Gurgen Ohanyan Sporting director Hayk Hovakimyan Development director Anna Ohanyan Team manager Vardan Movsisyan
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 Premier League Winners (1): 2024–25 Armenian Cup Winners (3): 2019–20, 2024–25, 2025–26 Armenian Supercup Winners (2): 2020, 2025
Player records
Most appearances
NameYearsLeagueArmenian CupSupercupEuropeTotal1 Sergey Muradyan2023–Present2 Gor Manvelyan2023–Present3 Hovhannes Hambardzumyan2023–Present4 Hélder Ferreira2024–Present5 Gustavo Sangaré2024–Present6 Matheus Aiás2024–20267 Benik Hovhannisyan2019–20228 Maksim Mayrovich2019–2021, 2021–20228 Gonçalo Silva2024–202610 Yuri Gareginyan2018–202110 Imran Oulad Omar2024–202610 Yan Eteki2024–Present
Top goalscorers
NameYearsLeagueArmenian CupSupercupEuropeTotalRatio1 Hélder Ferreira2024–Present2 Matheus Aiás2024–20263 Gonçalo Gregório2024–20264 Maksim Mayrovich2019–2021, 2021–20225 Artur Miranyan2023–20246 Grigor Aghekyan2017–20197 Vladimir Azarov2019–20217 Gor Manvelyan2023–Present10 Eraldo Çinari2024–202510 Nardin Mulahusejnović2025–2026
Clean sheets
NameYearsLeagueArmenian CupSupercupEuropeTotalRatio1 Valerio Vimercati2019–2021, 2023–20242 Ognjen Čančarević2024–20263 Arthur Coneglian2024–Present4 Aleksey Ploshchadny2024–20265 Arman Meliksetyan2018–20195 Vardan Shahatuni20227 Grigor Makaryan2017–20187 Samur Agamagomedov2018–20199 Maksim Shvagirev2019–20219 Christoffer Mafoumbi20239 Dani Figueira2026–Present
See also
Football in Armenia Football Federation of Armenia
References