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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.
16 Oct. 2026
CHANGE REGARDING THE FC SARDARAPAT–URARTU FC MATCHWe would like to inform you that the Armenian Premier League match Sardarapat - Urartu, scheduled for October 24, has been moved to Urartu Stadium and will take place on October 22 at 19:00. FC Sardarapat will remain the home team.<br /> <br /> <br />
14 Oct. 2026
SARDARAPAT-2 - URARTU-2: STARTING LINE-UPSWe will face Sardarapat-2 away in Round 10 of the Armenian First League.<br />
13 Oct. 2026
URARTU-2 HELD THEIR LAST TRAINING BEFORE THE MATCHUrartu-2 held its final training session ahead of the match against Sardarapat-2.<br />
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11 Oct. 2026
THE TENSE MATCH ENDED IN A DRAWIN THE 9TH ROUND OF THE ARMENIAN PREMIER LEAGUE, URARTU FACED ARARAT AT HOME.
11 Oct. 2026
URARTU FC - FC ARARAT: STARTING LINE-UPSIn Round 9 of the Armenian Premier League, we will face FC Ararat at home.<br /> Here are the starting line-ups for both teams.
10 Oct. 2026
OUR TEAM HELD THEIR LAST TRAINING SESSION BEFORE THE MATCHOur team held its final training session ahead of the match.<br />
09 Oct. 2026
CALL-UPS TO THE ARMENIA U17 NATIONAL TEAMThe Armenia U17 National Team will hold a training camp at the FFA Technical Centre/Football Academy from October 14 to 17.
09 Oct. 2026
CALL-UPS TO THE ARMENIA U15 NATIONAL TEAMThe Armenia U15 national team will hold a training camp at the FFA Technical Centre/Football Academy from October 10 to 13, after which the team will travel to Bulgaria on October 14 to participate in the UEFA U15 Development Tournament.
08 Oct. 2026
DRAW AT HOMEIn the 9th round of the Armenian First League, our team hosted FC Bentonit at home. The match ended in a 1-1 draw.
08 Oct. 2026
URARTU-2 - FC BENTONIT: STARTING LINE-UPSIn the 9th round of the Armenian First League, our team will host FC Bentonit.
07 Oct. 2026
URARTU-2 HELD FINAL TRAINING SESSION BEFORE THE MATCHUrartu-2 held their final training session ahead of the match against FC Bentonit.<br />
06 Oct. 2026
ARMENIA NATIONAL TEAM PLAYED 4 MATCHES IN THE UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE GROUP STAGEThe Armenia national team played 4 matches in the UEFA Nations League group stage.
05 Oct. 2026
MARIANNA VARDANYAN HAS ALSO BEEN CALLED UP TO THE ARMENIA WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAMMarianna Vardanyan has also been called up to the Armenia Women’s National Team.
04 Oct. 2026
CALL-UPS TO THE ARMENIA WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAMThe Armenia Women’s National Team will travel to Jordan from October 5 to 12, where they will play two friendly matches.<br />
03 Oct. 2026
CALL-UPS TO THE ARMENIA WU19 NATIONAL TEAMThe Armenia Women’s U-19 national team will hold a training camp at the FFA Technical Center/Football Academy from October 3 to 5, after which the team will travel to Bulgaria from October 6 to 14 to participate in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Women’s U-19 Championship.
30 Sep. 2026
PAINFUL HOME DEFEATIn the 6th round of the Women’s Premier League, we hosted Pyunik Girls and unfortunately suffered a 0–3 defeat.
29 Sep. 2026
THE ARMENIA NATIONAL TEAM PLAYED ITS FIRST TWO MATCHESThe Armenia national team played its first two matches in the Nations League. Our team hosted the national teams of Latvia and Montenegro.
28 Sep. 2026
LEVON BASHOYAN WILL NOT JOIN THE ARMENIA U21 CAMP DUE TO INJURYWe would like to inform you that Levon Bashoyan will not join the Armenia U21 national team for the training camp taking place from September 26 to October 5 and will miss the matches against the Italy U21 and Montenegro U21 national teams.
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25 Sep. 2026
WE BEAT NOAH-GIRLS IN THE AWAY MATCHIn the 5th round of the Women’s Premier League, our girls defeated “Noah Girls” away from home.
23 Sep. 2026
CALL-UPS TO THE ARMENIA U21 NATIONAL TEAMThe Armenia U-21 national team will hold a training camp at the Technical Center/Football Academy from September 26 to October 5, during which our team will prepare for the UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2025/27 qualifying group stage matches.<br />