FC Banants
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| Full name | Football Club Banants |
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| Nickname(s) | Proud Eagles |
| Founded | January 20, 1992 |
| Ground |
Banants Stadium Yerevan |
| Capacity | 4,860 |
| Owner | Oleg Mkrtchyan, Dzhevan Cheloyants |
| Chairman | Hrach Aghabekian |
| Manager | Artur Voskanyan |
| League | Armenian Premier League |
| 2015–16 | 6th |
| Website | Club home page |
Football Club Banants (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Բանանց, translated "Futbolayin Akumb Banants"), commonly known as Banants, is an Armenian professional football team from the capital Yerevan. They play in the Armenian Premier League. Banants won the Armenian Cup twice, in 1992 and 2007. In 2013–2014, Banants won the Armenian Premier League for the first time in its history.
In early 2016, the owner of the club became Russia-based Armenian businessman Jevan Chaloyants, who purchased the shares of former owner Oleg Mkrtchyan.
FC Banants were founded by Sarkis Israyelyan on 21 January 1992 in the village of Kotayk, representing the Kotayk Province. He named the club after his native village of Banants (currently known as Bayan, within Azerbaijan), which was historically part of the Gardman canton of Utik province of Ancient Armenia. Between 1992 and 1995, the club was commonly referred to as Banants Kotayk. During the 1992 season, the club won the first Armenian Cup. At the end of the 1995 transitional season, Banants suffered a financial crisis. The club owners decided that it was better to merge the club with FC Kotayk of Abovyan, rather than disband it. In 2001, Banants demerged from FC Kotayk, and was moved from Abovyan to the capital Yerevan.
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