FC Shirak
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| Full name | Football Club Shirak | |||
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| Nickname(s) | Սև Հովազներ Sev Hovazner (Black Panthers) | |||
| Founded | 1958 | |||
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Gyumri City Stadium, Gyumri | |||
| Capacity | 2,844 | |||
| Owner | «Sovrano» LLC | |||
| Chairman | Arman Sahakyan | |||
| Manager | Vardan Bichakhchyan | |||
| League | Armenian Premier League | |||
| 2014–15 | 3rd | |||
| Website | Club home page | |||
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Football Club Shirak (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Շիրակ), commonly known as Shirak, is an Armenian football club from the city of Gyumri, Shirak Province. Founded in 1958, the home venue of the club is the Gyumri City Stadium.
Shirak is one of the oldest football clubs in Armenia and is the only team that participated in all seasons of the Armenian Premier League. They became champions of the Armenian Premier League in 1992, 1994, 1999 and 2012–2013 and lifted the Armenian Cup during the 2011–12 season. They also won the Armenian Super Cup in 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2013.
Since 2010, the owner of FC Shirak is the «Sovrano» LLC company headed by a businessman and a member of National Assembly of Armenia Arman Sahakyan.
History
FC Shirak was founded in 1958 in the city of Gyumri in the Armenian SSR. During the 1970s, the club played under the name Olympia. They were playing in the Soviet First League until Armenia's independence in 1991.
FC Shirak is one of the oldest football clubs in Armenia and has produced many talented players who have represented the Armenian national team, with Artur Petrosyan and Harutyun Vardanyan being the most notable players.
The club is the second most titled team in the country, having won four championships, one cup title and four super-cups. The club had struggled financially between 2005 and 2010. In 2012 FC Shirak won the Armenian Independence Cup for the first time in its history.
The team participated in three different European cups: the Champions League, the UEFA Cup and the Intertoto Cup. In 2012–13, Shirak played in the UEFA Europa League and advanced to the second round with a 2–1 aggregate victory over FK Rudar Pljevlja.
Stadium
The Gyumri City Stadium is the home ground of Shirak since its foundation. Opened in 1924, Gyumri City Stadium is the oldest football venue in the modern history of Armenia.
The venue was reconstructed in 1999 and turned into an all-seater stadium. The total capacity of the stadium became 2,844 seats (1,413 at the western stand and 1,431 at the eastern stand).
The stadium hosted the 2011–12 Armenian Cup final match when Shirak defeated Impulse to win the title for the first time in their history.
Football kits
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Honours
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Winner (4) – 1992, 1994, 1999, 2012–13; -
Runner-up (6) – 1993, 1995–96, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2013–14; -
Third (3) – 2000, 2003, 2014–15;
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Winner (4) – 1997, 2000, 2003, 2013; -
Runner-up (1) – 1999;
Statistics
Shirak FC in European Tournaments
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |
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| UEFA Champions League | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | (1) |
| UEFA Europa League | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 38 | (−28) |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | (−3) |
| Total | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 53 | (−30) |
Shirak FC against foreign clubs
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | 1st leg | 2nd leg | Aggregate |
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| 1995–96 | UEFA Cup | PR |  Zagłębie Lubin |
0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| 1996–97 | UEFA Cup | PR |  Anorthosis Famagusta |
0–4 | 2–2 | 2–6 |
| 1998–99 | UEFA Cup | 1Q |  Malmö |
0–2 | 0–5 | 0–7 |
| 1999–2000 | UEFA Cup | 1Q |  HJK Helsinki |
0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| 2000–01 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q |  BATE Borisov |
1–1 | 1–2 | 2–3 |
| 2001 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R |  Tatabánya |
3–2 | 1–3 | 4–5 |
| 2002 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R |  Santa Clara |
0–2 | 3–3 | 3–5 |
| 2003–04 | UEFA Cup | QR |  Nordsjælland Farum |
0–4 | 0–2 | 0–6 |
| 2004–05 | UEFA Cup | 1Q |  Tiraspol |
1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 |
| 2012–13 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  Rudar Pljevlja |
1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| 2Q |  Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv |
0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | ||
| 2013–14 | UEFA Champions League | 1Q |  Tre Penne |
3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| 2Q |  FK Partizan |
1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  Shakhter Karagandy |
1–2 | 0–4 | 1–6 |
| 2015–16 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q |  HŠK Zrinjski Mostar |
2–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 |
| 2Q | AIK Fotboll |
0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 |
- Home results are noted in bold
Current squad
As of 13 Marth 2016 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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FC Shirak-2 (reserves)
FC Shirak's reserve squad play as FC Shirak-2 in the Armenian First League. They also play their home games at the Gyumri City Stadium.
- As of 1 August 2015
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Manager: Felix Khojoyan
Managers
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References
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