Lori FC

Lori
Լոռի
Full nameLori Football Club
Founded1936; 89 years ago (1936)
DissolvedJuly 2021
GroundVanadzor Football Academy (temporary)
Vanadzor City Stadium (under construction)
Capacity1,000
4,000 (upon completion)
OwnerTovmas Grigoryan
PresidentRobert Grigoryan
ManagerAlbert Solomonov
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2020–21Armenian Premier League, 8th
Websitefclori.am
Current season

Lori FC (Armenian: Լոռի Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ) was an Armenian football club based in Vanadzor, Lori Province. Originally founded in 1936, Lori has participated in the domestic football competition of Soviet Armenia. After retiring from professional football in 2002, the club was revived in 2017 winning the 2017–18 Armenian First League competition.

History

The club participated in the first ever Armenian football competition after the split-up from the Soviet Union. After the regular competition, they did not qualify for the championship stage, but were forced to play in the relegation stage. Here they finished in the seventh position, which forced them to play in the Armenian First League (second level) for the 1993 season. In that season they finished first in their group (the league was split up into two groups) which gave them promotion to the Armenian Premier League. Lori then became a yo-yo team referring to their up-and-go history of promotion and relegation. In 2002 they played their last season in the Premier League before being disbanded.

The reestablishment of Lori FC was officially announced on 2 March 2017, by Tovmas Grigoryan; a native businessman of the city of Vanadzor. The club made its debut at professional football through the 2017–18 Armenian First League competition.

The club used the Vanadzor Football Academy as their training ground. The academy was temporarily being used as a home ground for their official matches in the Armenian First League competition, as the Vanadzor City Stadium was (currently) being reconstructed and set to be ready during summer 2019.

On 18 June 2019, David Campaña was appointed as the new manager of Lori on a contract until the summer of 2020.[1] On 2 June 2020, Lori announced that manager David Campaña and his assistants Francisco Compan, Jorge Gomez, Agustin Perez and Enrique Gil had all left the club as their contracts could not be extended due to travel restrictions in returning to Armenia due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Later the same day, Armen Sanamyan was announced as Lori's caretaker manager.[3]On 4 August 2020, Armen Sanamyan left Lori to become manager of Sevan,[4] with Lori announcing Albert Solomonov as their new manager on 5 August 2020, with Solomonov signing a one-year contract.[5]

Following a disagreement with the administrative decision to awarded FC Urartu a 3–0 victory over Lori due to Lori being unable to field a team for their match due to COVID-19, Lori walked off at the start of their match against Ararat Yerevan on 16 March 2021.[6][7] Lori later submitted their resignation from the Premier League on 5 April 2021.[8]

League and cup

Lori FC league record since 1987:[9][10][11]

SeasonLeagueNational CupTop goalscorerManagers
Div.Pos.Pl.WDLGSGAPtsNameLeague
1987Soviet Second League123012414313428
1988123817516495439
198964223514665451
19901850171023475944
1991224212525329829
1992Armenian Premier League19229494563221/8 Final
1993Armenian First League1201343467301/16 Final
1994Armenian Premier League132856172265161/16 Final
1995Armenian First League412606241618did not participate
1995/9632212643316421/16 Final
1996/9722215524213501/8 Final
1997Armenian Premier League101801177761-
1998Armenian First League22416624216541/8 Final
19993169433210311/8 Final
20003169253424291/8 Final
2001Armenian Premier League12221219178351/8 Final
2002122212191510051/8 Final
2003Armenian First League10225017367415did not participate
200414307617356824Preliminary round
200511246018397718did not participate
2006–2017No Participation
2017–18Armenian First League1272232741669did not participateGhana Tinga Kofi Tei12Armenia Armen Adamyan
2018–19Armenian Premier League532111110424044Runner-upHaiti Jonel Désiré17Armenia Armen Adamyan
Armenia Artur Petrosyan
Armenia Vahe Gevorgyan
2019–2052810108353640Quarter-finalHaiti Jonel Désiré12Spain David Campaña
Armenia Armen Sanamyan (Caretaker)
2020–218247215164423First RoundBrazil Claudir3Israel Albert Solomonov

Last squad

As of 2 July 2021

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

No.Pos. NationPlayer
2DF GHANana Antwi
4DF ARMDerenik Sargsyan
7FW ARMGhukas Poghosyan
8DF ARMAram Kocharyan
9FW SRBNikola Tripković
10FW ARMVardan Bakalyan
11MF PORFernandinho
13GK ARMDavid Davtyan
14MF BRAVictor Cesar
17DF RUSYevgeni Kirisov
18DF ARMArsen Yeghiazaryan
19DF SRBIvan Božović
No.Pos. NationPlayer
21DF ARMArtur Avagyan
22GK ARMGor Manukyan
23MF ARMDavit Paremuzyan
28FW BRAClaudir
32GK MNENemanja Šćekić
40DF BRALuiz Matheus
73MF RUSPavel Osipov
88MF BRAAndré Mensalão
90MF RUSYevgeni Skoblikov
94MF SRB Nikola Popović
99FW MNEFilip Kukuličić

Personnel

  • Owner: Armenia Tovmas Grigoryan
  • President: Armenia Robert Grigoryan
  • Vice President: Armenia Vahan Danielyan
  • CEO: Armenia Artur Hovhannisyan
  • General Manager: Armenia Spartak Petrosyan
  • Head coach: Israel Albert Solomonov
  • Assistant coach: Ukraine Vitaliy Starovik
  • Assistant coach: Russia Sergei Chikishev
  • Goalkeepers Coach: Armenia Slavik Sukiasyan
  • Fitness coach: Ukraine Roman Chupryna
  • Doctor: Armenia Hovsep Petrosyan
  • Physiotherapist:Armenia Arshak Tumanyan

Former players

  • Lebanon Danny El-Hage[12]

Managerial history

Managers of Lori FC since the club revived in 2017:

As of match played 8 March 2021
NameNat.FromToPWDLGSGA%WHonoursNotes
Armen Adamyan Armenia1 July 201713 December 20184429789937065.91Armenian First League (1)
Artur Petrosyan Armenia25 December 20188 May 2019144641411028.57
Vahe Gevorgyan Armenia8 May 201919 June 2019412166025.00
David Campaña Spain30 June 2019[1]2 June 2020[2]209653023045.00
Armen Sanamyan (Caretaker) Armenia2 June 2020[3]4 August 2020[4]8143612012.50
Albert Solomonov Israel5 August 2020[5]177461719041.18

References

  1. ^ a b "Դավիդ Կամպանյան գլխավորեց Լոռին". fclori.am (in Armenian). Lori FC. 19 June 2019. Archived from the original on 25 November 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT David Campaña". fclori.am/. Lori FC. 2 June 2020. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Official Announcement Armen Sanamyan". fclori.am/. FC Lori. 2 June 2020. Archived from the original on 4 June 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Սիրով տեղեկացնում ենք, որ կարճատև դադարից հետո "Սևան" ՖԱ-ի մարզչական ղեկը կրկին գլխավորել է Արմեն Սանամյանը". facebook.com/SevanFCArmenia/ (in Armenian). Sevan FC Facebook. 4 August 2020. Archived from the original on 6 February 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b "lbert Solomonov Has Been Appointed Lori FC Head Coach". fclori.am/. Lori FC. 5 August 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Լոռի ՖԱ -ի ֆուտբոլիստները լքել են խաղադաշտը "Արարատի" հետ հանդիպման մեկնարկում". ffa.am/ (in Armenian). Football Federation Armenia. 16 March 2021. Archived from the original on 29 April 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Արարատ-Լոռի խաղը կարող է չկայանալ․ վանաձորյան թիմը հրաժարվում է դուրս գալ դաշտ". armsport.am/ (in Armenian). Arm Sport. 16 March 2021. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Lori FC leave Premier League, to pay more attention to academy's development". sport.news.am/eng/. News.AM. 5 April 2021. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  9. ^ "RSSSF Armenia (and subpages per year)". Archived from the original on 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
  10. ^ "Armenian First League news". Archived from the original on 2017-08-25. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  11. ^ "2017–18 Armenian First League table". Archived from the original on 2019-04-25. Retrieved 2017-08-24.
  12. ^ "Danny El-Hage dla 2x45: W II lidze dziwnie spoglądali na to, że przychodzę z innej części świata. To złe podejście". 2x45.info. Archived from the original on 2022-07-20. Retrieved 2022-07-20.
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