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Football in Armenia
Football (Armenian: ֆուտբոլ futbol) is the most popular sport in Armenia.
As of December 2024, the Armenia national football team is 100th in FIFA World Rankings. Since gaining independence in 1991, Armenia has had its own national association that takes part in all FIFA competitions (Senior, Youth and Women's Football). FC Ararat Yerevan were one of the leading teams in the top league in the Soviet Union, often playing in European club competitions.
A number of Armenian players played for the USSR national team, including Khoren Oganesian at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and Eduard Markarov in the 1960s. Markarov later became assistant coach of the Soviet Union's youth team, and was part of the coaching staff at the FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal in 1991, when the team finished 3rd.
In the early 20th century, the first Armenian football clubs were founded in Constantinople, Smyrna and many other cities within the Ottoman Empire.
The first game between Armenian and Turkish teams was recorded in 1906. Armenian club called Balta-Liman (after a neighborhood of Constantinople, now called Baltalimanı) met with Galatasaray. Later, Balta-Liman was dissolved and two new clubs were founded: Araks and Tork. Football's growth across many ethnic groups in the Ottoman Empire was influenced by Armenian sports clubs, which were important in the process forming the region's sports culture.
However, the break-out of World War I and the Armenian genocide led to a major decline of Armenian involvement in Ottoman sports.
Oldest records of football teams in Soviet Armenia goes back to 1926-1927, when the Trans-Caucasian Championship was organized in Tbilisi. Three South Caucasus countries participated: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
The first professional club in Armenia was established in 1935 as Spartak and was later renamed Ararat. FC Ararat Yerevan grew and became the most popular club in Armenia. Ararat became one of the most competitive teams in the Soviet Union in 1973 after winning the Soviet Championship and the Soviet Cup. The team did well in European competitions as well; in 1975, it advanced to the European Cup quarterfinals, losing to the eventual champions, Franz Beckenbauer's FC Bayern Munich. The first stadium in Armenia was named Spartak as well, built in the late 1920s in front of what is now the Yerevan Circus.
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Football in Armenia
Football (Armenian: ֆուտբոլ futbol) is the most popular sport in Armenia.
As of December 2024, the Armenia national football team is 100th in FIFA World Rankings. Since gaining independence in 1991, Armenia has had its own national association that takes part in all FIFA competitions (Senior, Youth and Women's Football). FC Ararat Yerevan were one of the leading teams in the top league in the Soviet Union, often playing in European club competitions.
A number of Armenian players played for the USSR national team, including Khoren Oganesian at the 1982 FIFA World Cup and Eduard Markarov in the 1960s. Markarov later became assistant coach of the Soviet Union's youth team, and was part of the coaching staff at the FIFA World Youth Championship in Portugal in 1991, when the team finished 3rd.
In the early 20th century, the first Armenian football clubs were founded in Constantinople, Smyrna and many other cities within the Ottoman Empire.
The first game between Armenian and Turkish teams was recorded in 1906. Armenian club called Balta-Liman (after a neighborhood of Constantinople, now called Baltalimanı) met with Galatasaray. Later, Balta-Liman was dissolved and two new clubs were founded: Araks and Tork. Football's growth across many ethnic groups in the Ottoman Empire was influenced by Armenian sports clubs, which were important in the process forming the region's sports culture.
However, the break-out of World War I and the Armenian genocide led to a major decline of Armenian involvement in Ottoman sports.
Oldest records of football teams in Soviet Armenia goes back to 1926-1927, when the Trans-Caucasian Championship was organized in Tbilisi. Three South Caucasus countries participated: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia.
The first professional club in Armenia was established in 1935 as Spartak and was later renamed Ararat. FC Ararat Yerevan grew and became the most popular club in Armenia. Ararat became one of the most competitive teams in the Soviet Union in 1973 after winning the Soviet Championship and the Soviet Cup. The team did well in European competitions as well; in 1975, it advanced to the European Cup quarterfinals, losing to the eventual champions, Franz Beckenbauer's FC Bayern Munich. The first stadium in Armenia was named Spartak as well, built in the late 1920s in front of what is now the Yerevan Circus.