Ulisses Football Club (Armenian: Ուլիս Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ), commonly known as Ulisses, is a defunct Armenian football club from Yerevan. The club played at the Armenian Premier League, the top division in Armenian football. They regularly used the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan and occasionally the City Stadium in Abovyan as their home ground.

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Full nameUlisses Football Club
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Dissolved2016; 8 years ago (2016)
GroundVazgen Sargsyan Stadium, Yerevan
Capacity14,403
OwnerValeri Hovhannisyan
ChairmanGenrikh Ghazandzhyan
ManagerGagik Simonyan
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2015–168th (last)
WebsiteClub website

The club headquarters are located on Nalbandyan street 48/1, Yerevan.[1] Like most other Armenian Premier League clubs, Ulisses FC had a reserve team that played in the Armenian First League.

In 2015–16, the club was owned by the Armenian businessman Henrikh Ghazandzhyan and sponsored by the "Holiday" Group of Companies.

History

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  • 2000 – Founded as Dinamo-2000 Yerevan
  • 2004 – Changed name to Dinamo-Zenit Yerevan (name change occurred as a result of a new sponsor)
  • 2006 – Changed name to Ulisses FC (name change again occurred as a result of a new sponsor)
  • 2016 – Dissolved due to both financial and non-financial shortcomings

Dinamo-2000 Yerevan

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The club was founded in 2000 as Dinamo-2000 Yerevan, and made their debut at the 2001 Armenian Premier League season without initially playing in the Armenian First League.

Dinamo-Zenit Yerevan

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In 2004, the club became known as FC Dinamo-Zenit Yerevan and took 5th place in the Armenian Premier League. In 2004 and 2005, 2 reserves teams of the club were represented in the Armenian First League: FC Dinamo-VZ Yerevan and FC Zenit Charentsavan.

Ulisses FC

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V. Sargsyan Rep. Stadium, the last home stadium used by Ulisses FC

In 2006, the club changed their name with the arrival of new sponsor. they occupied the 8th place at the 2006 Armenian Premier League season grabbing the chance to save their place in the top league in a decisive match with FC Dinamo Yerevan. Winning the game, Ulisses FC secured their place in the top tier for the next season. In seasons 2007 and 2008 team play was much better, and there was no need of survival games.

At the beginning of 2008, the club's department was enlarged with the Shengavit football school of Yerevan, while the Vardanank-451 Stadium of Voskehat became the training base of the club.

In 2007, they played their home games in the Kasaghi Marzik Stadium in Ashtarak. In 2009, they moved to the Mika Stadium in Yerevan.

In 2011, Ulisses FC won the Armenian championship[2] for the first time in club history, and ended Pyunik dominance of 10 consecutive championships.

On 3 February 2016, the club declared that it will not participate in the second half of the 2015-16 Armenian Premier League season.

League and cup history

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SeasonLeagueArmenian CupTop goalscorerManagers
Div.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAPNameLeague
20011st9th224414184816First round
20021st10th223316196312Quarterfinal
20031st6th285419186919Quarterfinal
20041st5th20221612418Quarterfinal
20051st6th287615235127First round
20061st8th285221316617-
20071st7th288614214630Quarterfinal
20081st6th287813192929Quarterfinal
20091st3rd281657472553Semifinal Artur Kocharyan15
20101st3rd281747442355Semifinal
20111st1st281585382253Semifinal Giorgi Krasovski8
2012–131st6th42111219415045Semifinal
Quarterfinal
Arsen Balabekyan10
2013–141st7th287417214625Quarterfinal
2014–151st2nd281558433250Quarterfinal Hovhannes Goharyan9
2015–161st8th2802268762Quarterfinal Milutin Ivanović2

European history

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As of match played 9 July 2015
CompetitionPldWDLGFGA
UEFA Champions League200202
UEFA Europa League602419
Total8026111
SeasonCompetitionRoundClubHomeAwayAggregate
2010–11UEFA Europa League1Q Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv0–00–10–1
2011–12UEFA Europa League1Q Ferencvárosi0–20–30–5
2012–13UEFA Champions League2Q Sheriff Tiraspol0–10–10–2
2015–16UEFA Europa League1Q Birkirkara1–30–01–3
  • Home results are noted in bold

Honours

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Last squad

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As of 30 September 2015[3]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
2DF  ARMKaren Avetisyan
3DF  ARMGarnik Movsisyan
4DF  ARMHayk Hunanyan
5DF  ARMMelik Sardaryan
7FW  ARMVigen Avetsiyan
8MF  ARMErik Sargsyan
9MF  ARMMikhayel Arustamyan
10FW  ARMOrbeli Hambardzumyan
11MF  ARMArtur Hakobyan
12MF  ARMArman Tutyan
13MF  ARMVardges Vardanyan
14MF  ARMNarek Davtyan
No.Pos. NationPlayer
15MF  ARMTatul Davtyan
19FW  ARMMher Harutyunyan
20GK  ARMVahe Andreasyan
21FW  ARMNarek Makoyan
22FW  ARMNarek Papoyan
24DF  ARMArtak Andrikyan (captain)
28MF  ARMAleksandr Hovhannisyan
30GK  ARMTigran Davtyan
88GK  ARMPapin Tevosyan
DF  ARMArtashes Arakelyan
MF  ARMNarek Gyozalyan
FW  ARMEdgar Harutyunyan

Ulisses FC-2 (reserves)

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The Ulisses FC reserve squad played as Ulisses FC-2 in the Armenian First League. They played their home games at the Kasakhi Marzik Stadium in the town of Ashtarak.

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.

No.Pos. NationPlayer
GK  ARMVahe Andreasyan
GK  ARMTigran Davtyan
DF  ARMGarnik Movsesyan
DF  ARMNarek Makoyan
DF  ARMNarek Hovnanyan
MF  ARMNarek Papoyan
MF  ARMArtur Hakobyan
No.Pos. NationPlayer
MF  ARMHarutyun Ghazaryan
MF  ARMIshkhan Yeghiazaryan
MF  ARMVardges Vardanyan
FW  ARMTatul Davtyan
FW  ARMMikayel Arustamyan
FW  ARMSamvel Hovhannisyan

Manager: Ara Azaryan

Managers

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References

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  1. ^ "Armenia, clubs". Archived from the original on 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
  2. ^ Armenian Premier League Standings 2011 Archived 2018-06-24 at the Wayback Machine ScoresPro.com
  3. ^ "Ulisses FC squad for 2015-16 season". Archived from the original on 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
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