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Lernayin Artsakh FC
Full name	Lernayin Artsakh Football Club
Founded	1927; 98 years ago
Ground	Stepanakert Republican Stadium
Capacity	12,000
President	Mher Avanesyan
Manager	Artashes Adamyan
League	Armenian First League
2023-24	Armenian First League, 4 of 15
Home colours	Away colours

Lernayin Artsakh FC (Armenian: Լեռնային Արցախ Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ) is an association football club formerly based in Stepanakert, Artsakh Republic but is registered in the town of Vayk, Vayots Dzor Province, Armenia. The club was founded in 1927^[1] in Soviet Azerbaijan and its current name translates from Armenian as "Mountainous Artsakh".^[2]

History

The club was founded in 1927 under the name Dinamo Stepanakert. In 1960, the name was changed to Karabakh and remained by that name until 1989 when it was renamed Artsakh. During the years between 1992 and 1995 they were unable to participate in any competition due to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. In 1995, the club moved from Stepanakert to Yerevan in order to participate in the Armenian Premier League. They subsequently changed their name back to Karabakh.^[3]

In 1999, the club was expelled from the Premier League due to financial problems, but managed return to professional football the following year. The club changed its name to Lernayin Artsakh in 2002 and played their home matches in Kapan that year.

The club withdrew from the Armenian top tier before the start of the 2003 season in protest against the exclusion of fellow Premier League club Ararat Yerevan.^[4] The next year, the club finished second in the First League and again won promotion. Their return to the highest level in 2002 was of short duration, as they withdrew after playing eleven matches. In 2006 they won promotion to the Premier League for a third time, but this time declined to enter the top flight.

In 2009, the club relocated back to Stepanakert, and started participating in the Artsakh Football League.^[5] They have moved back to the First League for 2019–20, thereby voiding their 2019 Artsakh Football League season.

Domestic records since 1978

Season	League											National Cup	Top goalscorer
Season	Name	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	GD	P	National Cup	Name	League
1978	Karabakh	Soviet Second League	15	46	18	10	18	53	46		46
1979			3	46	29	5	12	65	38		63
1980			11	30	12	4	14	40	43		28
1981			4	44	19	11	14	69	60		49
1982			12	32	13	7	12	48	42		33
1983			10	32	13	5	14	40	39		31
1984			9	32	15	3	14	42	38		33
1985			5	30	17	2	11	52	41		36
1986			9	30	14	2	14	56	48		30
1987			13	30	12	3	15	34	47		27
1988			11	38	17	6	15	44	38		40
1989	Artsakh		6	42	20	8	14	74	43		48
1990		Soviet Lower Second League	4	32	19	5	8	72	35		43
1991		Soviet Lower Second League	3	38	26	5	7	98	45		57
1992		no participation
1993
1994
1995
1995-96	Karabakh	Armenian Premier League	7	22	8	5	9	29	28		29
1996-97			8	22	7	4	11	23	29		25
1997			8	18	5	3	10	13	28		18
1998			8	20	4	5	11	24	37		17
1999			XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX	XX
2000		Armenian First League	2	16	12	2	2	36	14		38
2001		Armenian Premier League	11	22	2	6	14	19	63		12
2002	Lernayin Artsakh	Armenian Premier League	9	22	5	2	15	21	52		17
2003		no participation
2004		Armenian First League	2	30	22	6	2	82	20		72
2005		Armenian Premier League	9	16	3	0	13	14	37		9
2006		Armenian First League	2	18	12	3	3	57	32		39
2007		no participation
2008		no participation
2009		Artsakh Football League	1	16	15	1	0	99	12		46
2010–2017		No Participation
2018		Artsakh Football League	1	13	1	0	3	76	3		40
2019–20		Armenian First League	13	25	6	6	13	43	44		24
2020–21			5	27	12	2	13	37	50		38
2021–22			1	28	23	4	1	65	12	+53	73	First Round	Sargis Metoyan	14
2022–23		Armenian Premier League	10	36	5	7	24	16	59	-43	22	First round	Yeison Racines	4

Honours

Armenian First League
- Champions (1): 2021–22
Artsakh Football League
- Winners (2): 2009, 2018

Players

Current squad

As of 3 August 2023

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.	Nation	Player
2	MF	ARM	Marat Karapetyan
3	DF	DMA	Tobi Jnohope
4	DF	JPN	Shogo Kagawa
5	DF	ARM	Gor Poghosyan
6	DF	ARM	Aram Kostandyan (Captain)
7	MF	ARM	Norik Mkrtchyan
8	MF	ARM	Tigran Simonyan
9	FW	BRA	Emmanuel Vieira
10	MF	CMR	Valdo Junior Ntone Bilunga
15	DF	ARM	Artur Khachatryan
16	MF	JPN	Jun Toba


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	ARM	Ararat Chilingaryan
18	MF	ARM	Alik Arakelyan
19	MF	COL	Sebastian Diaz
20	DF	GHA	Simon Obonde
23	GK	RUS	Vyacheslav Grigoryan
25	MF	ARM	Davit Nalbandyan
27	MF	SEN	Khalifa Ababacar Sow
33	MF	ARM	Aramayis Mardiyan
46	MF	ARM	Ashot Adamyan
66	MF	COL	Juan Palacios
95	GK	ARM	Poghos Ayvazyan

Other players under contract

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.	Nation	Player
22	DF	ARM	Tigran Hambardzumyan
51	MF	ARM	Ronald Melkumyan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ARM	Narek Ghasumyan

References

^ "Lernayin Artsakh Stepanakert". Footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
^ "Armenia 2002 Premier League". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
^ "Where's My Country?". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
^ "Armenia 2003". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 24 February 2016.
^ "Ֆուտբոլը ԼՂՀ-ում" (in Armenian). hayk.media. Archived from the original on 26 March 2018. Retrieved 25 March 2018.