FC Shirak
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| Full name | Football Club Shirak |
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| Nickname(s) | Սև Հովազներ Sev Hovazner (Black Panthers) |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Ground |
Gyumri City Stadium, Gyumri |
| Capacity | 2,844 |
| Owner | «Sovrano» LLC |
| Chairman | Arman Sahakyan |
| Manager | Vardan Bichakhchyan |
| League | Armenian Premier League |
| 2015–16 | 2nd |
| Website | Club home page |
Football Club Shirak (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Շիրակ), commonly known as Shirak, is an Armenian football club from the city of Gyumri, Shirak Province. Founded in 1958, the home venue of the club is the Gyumri City Stadium.
Shirak is one of the oldest football clubs in Armenia and is the only team that participated in all seasons of the Armenian Premier League. They became champions of the Armenian Premier League in 1992, 1994, 1999 and 2012–2013 and lifted the Armenian Cup during the 2011–12 season. They also won the Armenian Super Cup in 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2013.
Since 2010, the owner of FC Shirak is the «Sovrano» LLC company headed by a businessman and a member of National Assembly of Armenia Arman Sahakyan. The club headquarters are located on Andranik Ozanyan street 6, Gyumri.
FC Shirak was founded in 1958 in the city of Gyumri in the Armenian SSR. During the 1970s, the club played under the name Olympia. They never played in the Soviet First League.
FC Shirak is one of the oldest football clubs in Armenia and has produced many talented players who have represented the Armenian national team, with Artur Petrosyan and Harutyun Vardanyan being the most notable players.
The club is the second most titled team in the country, having won four championships, one cup title and four super-cups. The club had struggled financially between 2005 and 2010.
In 2010, the club was taken by Arman Sahakyan, a businessman native of Gyumri and member of the Armenian Parliament. In 2012 FC Shirak won the Armenian Independence Cup for the first time in their history.
The team participated in three different European cups: the Champions League, the UEFA Cup and the Intertoto Cup. In 2012–13, Shirak played in the UEFA Europa League and advanced to the second round with a 2–1 aggregate victory over FK Rudar Pljevlja.
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