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03 Dec. 2025
FC URARTU: AUTUMN REVIEW OF THE 2025/26 SEASON
Urartu FC has completed its performance in the autumn part of the 2025/26 season. Let’s review this stage together.
EUROPEAN COMPETITIONS
Urartu FC began its European campaign from the first qualifying round of the UEFA Conference League, facing Belarusian side FC Neman.
Unfortunately, the team of newly appointed head coach Robert Arzumanyan was unable to overcome the first-round barrier. In the first match in Yerevan, our team lost 1-2. The only goal was scored by Nicolas Kaloukian, who thus marked his European debut with a goal. In the return match, we again suffered a defeat. This time 0-4.
FASTEX PREMIER LEAGUE
Urartu FC enters the winter break sitting in second place in the Fastex Premier League table.
After 15 matches, the team under Robert Arzumanyan achieved the following results: 8 wins, 5 draws, and 2 losses.
In total, the team scored 25 goals, the second-best result in the league (the leader is FC Ararat-Armenia with 27 goals), and conceded only 8 goals, which is the best defensive record in the championship.
Individually, Urartu FC also leads in several categories.
- The league’s top scorer is our forward Bruno Michel, who has scored 13 goals and provided 2 assists.
- Additionally, Bruno set a new club record, becoming the most prolific foreign player in Urartu’s history with 19 goals, surpassing Bruno Correa, who scored 16 times in the 2011/12 season.
- The best assist provider of the autumn part of the season is our captain Zhirayr Margaryan, who made 7 assists. His personal best is 8 assists, so Zhirayr has every chance to break his own record.
- Urartu FC is also the league leader in clean sheets. Our goalkeeper Aleksandr Mishiev kept 8 clean sheets, the best result of the autumn stage.
ARMENIAN CUP
Urartu FC began its Armenian Cup campaign from the Round of 16, where the team faced FC Van from Charentsavan.
The tie consisted of a single match played at Urartu Stadium. Our team confidently won 4–0, thanks to a brace by Karen Melkonyan and goals from Oleg Poliakov and Edik Vardanyan.
In the quarterfinals, our team will play against FC Ararat. The first match will take place on March 3, and the return leg on March 31.
NATIONAL TEAMS
Several Urartu FC players were called up to the Armenian national teams of different age groups during this period:
- National Team – Erik Piloyan, Narek Aghasaryan, Erik Simonyan, Nicholas Kaloukian
- U21 National Team – Gor Matinyan, Edik Vardanyan
- U19 National Team – David Harutyunyan
Our defender Erik Piloyan played every match of the World Cup qualifying stage, starting all of them. His performance in the home match against Ireland was particularly impressive.
Midfielder Narek Aghasaryan made his debut for the National team, appearing in the home match against Portugal.
25 Jun. 2026
YURI GAREGINYAN JOINS THE COACHING STAFF OF FC URARTURobert Arzumanyan’s coaching staff has a new specialist.
22 Jun. 2026
URARTU-GIRLS: RESULTS OF THE 2025/26 SEASONUrartu Girls have completed their participation in the 2025/26 season.
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15 Jun. 2026
OFFICIAL STATEMENT: ARAS OZBILIZUrartu FC assistant coach Aras Ozbiliz has been appointed as the new head coach of Urartu-2.
15 Jun. 2026
OFFICIAL STATEMENT: KAREN ARAKELYANThe contract between Urartu FC and Urartu-2 head coach Karen Arakelyan has expired, and the parties have decided not to extend it. Karen Arakelyan had been head coach of Urartu-2 since the autumn of 2023.
09 Jun. 2026
URARTU FC: REVIEW OF THE 2025/26 SEASONUrartu FC have completed their 2025/26 season. Let's take a look back at our first team's performance throughout the season.
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09 Jun. 2026
OFFICIAL STATEMENT: ERIK SIMONYANThe contract between defender Erik Simonyan and Urartu FC has come to an end
05 Jun. 2026
OFFICIAL STATEMENT: NICHOLAS KALOUKIAN, GOR MATINYANForward Nicholas Kaloukian, goalkeeper Gor Matinyan and Urartu FC have mutually agreed to terminate the contracts between the parties.
04 Jun. 2026
OFFICIAL STATEMENT: ALEXANDRE LLOVET, EBENEZER PRINCEThe contracts of forward Alexandre Llovet and defender Ebenezer Prince with Urartu FC have come to an end
02 Jun. 2026
CALL-UPS TO THE ARMENIA WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAMThe Armenia Women’s National Team will hold a training camp from May 31 to June 10.
01 Jun. 2026
SIMON CUP 2026 INTERNATIONAL MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT IS OVERFrom May 29 to 31, Urartu FC hosted the Simon Cup 2026 Memorial Tournament at its training ground.
28 May. 2026
ROBERT ARZUMANYAN: THERE WERE TOO MANY MISTAKESThe head coach of our team spoke about the last match of the season.
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27 May. 2026
WE END THE SEASON WITH A DISGRACEFUL DEFEATIn the final 27th round of the Fastex Premier League, we lost to FC Noah 0-5.
27 May. 2026
URARTU FC - FC NOAH . STARTING LINE-UPSIn the 27th round of the Fastex Premier League, Urartu will host Noah.
26 May. 2026
OUR TEAM HELD ITS FINAL TRAINING SESSION AHEAD OF THE LAST MATCH OF THE SEASONOur team held the final training session ahead of the last match of the season.<br />
26 May. 2026
WIN AT HOMEIn the 30th round of the Armenian First League, Urartu-2 hosted Lernayin Artsakh. The match ended with a 3-2 victory for our team.<br />
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26 May. 2026
URARTU-2 - LERNAYIN ARTSAKH. STARTING LINE-UPSIn the Matchday 30 game of the Armenian First League, Urartu-2 will host Lernayin Artsakh.
22 May. 2026
CALL-UPS TO THE ARMENIAN NATIONAL TEAMThe Armenia national team will hold a training camp
20 May. 2026
URARTU-GIRLS CELEBRATED A VICTORY IN THE FINAL ROUNDIn the final round of the Armenian Women’s Premier League, we defeated Gandzasar-Girls 2–4.
20 May. 2026
BKMA-2-URARTU-2: STARTING LINE-UPSIn the match of the 29th round of the Armenian First League, Urartu-2 will play away against BKMA-2. The match will kick off at 16:00.
18 May. 2026
ROBERT ARZUMANYAN: IT’S PAINFUL TO HAVE DROPPED TWO POINTS.Head coach of our team, Robert Arzumanyan, shared his thoughts after the match against Shirak FC.
18 May. 2026
WE RETURN FROM GYUMRI WITH ONE POINTIn the 26th round of the Fastex Premier League, Urartu played away to Shirak. The match ended in a goalless draw.