Ground Capacity 3,000 Founded 1967 | Ground Vagharshapat City Stadium | |
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Full name Football Club Vagarshapat Dissolved 2005; 12 years ago (2005) | ||
FC Vagharshapat (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Վաղարշապատ), is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin}, Armavir Province.
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History
The club is founded in 1967 during the Soviet period. Before the formation of Championship of Independent Armenia, the team itself is nowhere really could not show, only in 1990 start a professional stage in the second league of the USSR where they were in the 7th place.
In 1992 the team performed in the championship of Armenia in the Premier League, on the basis of which they occupied 10th place and booked a place in the highest league in the next year.
In the Armenian Cup the team reached the quarterfinals and beat team Van Yerevan 0:2. These results remain the best in the history of the team's performance in the elite league of the Armenian championship. Though poor results in subsequent seasons which was 13th and 14th sent the team in lower division in the First League, where they will continue the performance. In the unofficial championship of 1995 team takes third place and bronze medals. However, through the biennial team will come down from competing in the tournament.
The revival of the club was after 6 years under the new name Vagarshapat, and striking a shot in the first league championship. As a result of the season the team were awarded silver medals in small denominations, but the 2nd place does not allow raising. Subsequent seasons were repeated from previous years. In the 2004 season – 4th place in the season 2005 – 8th place. Unfortunately it was 2005 will be the last in a short period of revival of the team. After the end of the championship the club was disbanded.