Avshar Ararat FC (), formerly known as Araks Ararat FC (), is Armenian football club from the town of Ararat, Ararat Province.
Club history The club was founded in 1960 as FC Ararat to represent the town of Ararat. With the independence of Armenia, the Ararat Cement Factory took over FC Ararat in 1993 and the club was renamed FC Tsement Ararat. They played in the Armenian Premier League and won two titles, the first in 1998 as Tsement and the 2nd in 2000 as Araks Ararat. The following year, Tsement yielded the championship to FC Shirak by two points and ended up on the third spot behind Ararat Yerevan. However, after many successful years, the club president Abraham Babayan was unable to finance the club. Eventually, the rights were sold in late 2000 to a new sponsor based in Yerevan and Araks Ararat FC was dissolved.
The club was resurrected a year later for the 2002 season, but since it gave its license for participating in the Premier League to Spartak Yerevan, was unable to participate in Premier League and had to settle to restart from the First League. From 2021 to 2025, the team played in the Amateur A-League, and in the 2024-25 had their reserve team played in the Amateur B-League. In 2025, after winning the 2024-25 A-League season, the senior team got licensed and returned to the Armenian First League. Ahead of the 2026–27 season, the team got renamed Avshar Ararat and introduced a new logo.
Honours Armenian Premier League Winners (2): 1998, 2000 Armenian Cup Winners (3): 1997, 1998, 1999 Armenian Super Cup Winners (1): 1998 Amateur A-League Winners (1): 2024–25
Domestic history Season Name League Armenian Cup Top goalscorer Manager Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League1992AraratArmenian First League110901371218First round1993Tsement AraratArmenian Premier League62812610565030Quarter-final199462811611544928First round1995210514191216Semi-final1995–965221237573339Quarter-final1996–975221336492642Semi-final1997518837282727Winner199812620427022641999Araks Ararat3322255781971Winner20001281945653361Quarter-final2001Club did not participate.2002Armenian First League2302523851877Did not play2003Armenian Premier League828232317869First round2004Armenian First League63016311573151Quarter-final2005–21Araks AraratClub did not participate.2021–22Araks AraratAmateur A-League720848633328Did not play2022–23Araks AraratAmateur A-LeagueDid not play2023–24Araks AraratAmateur A-LeagueDid not play2024–25Araks AraratAmateur A-League1First round2025-26Araks AraratArmenian First League1Round of 16
Avshar Ararat in European competitions As of June, 2010.
CompetitionPldWDLGFGA UEFA Champions League 2 0 0 2 0 5 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 2 0 0 2 2 7 Total 4 0 0 4 2 12
SeasonCompetitionRoundClub1st leg2nd leg 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup QR Lausanne Sports 1–5 1–2 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League 1Q Zalgiris Vilnius 0–2 0–3 Notes: Home results are noted in Bold.
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