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Football Club Banants (Armenian: Բանանց Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ - Banants Futbolayin Akumb), is an Armenian professional football team, playing in the capital, Yerevan. The club plays in the Armenian Premier League and has won the Armenian Cup twice; in 1992 and 2007.
[edit] History
[edit] Banants Kotayk
FC Banants was founded in 1992 in the city of Abovyan, and represented the region of Kotayk. For this reason, from 1992 to 1995, the club was referred to as Banants Kotayk.[1] During the 1992 season, the club won the first Armenian Cup. At the end of the 1995 transitional season, Banants went into financial crisis. The club owners decided that it is better to merge the club with the other Abovyan club, Kotayk Abovian, rather than disband it. In 2001, Banants demerged from Kotayk Abovian, and was moved from Abovyan to the capital Yerevan.
[edit] Banants Yerevan
In the beginning of 2003, Banants merged with Spartak Yerevan, but was able to limit the name of the new merger to FC Banants. Spartak became Banants's youth academy and later changed the name to Banants-2. Because of the merger, Banants acquired many of Spartak's players, including one of its top players, Samvel Melkonyan. After the merger, Banants took a more serious approach and has finished in high ranks 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 club's future to the youth. Along with two Ukrainian players, Ugandan international, Noah Kasule, has been signed.
[edit] Achievements
[edit] Banants in European Cups
As of July, 2009.
| Competition |
Matches |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
| UEFA Cup |
18 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
12 |
42 |
[edit] Current squad
As of July 1, 2009.
[edit] Notable players
[edit] Managers
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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FC Banants – current squad |
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Sargis Israelyan
Nikolai Kiselev
Jan Poštulka
Nikolay Kostov
Kim Splidsboel
