- FC Shirak
Infobox Football club
clubname = FC Shirak
fullname = Football Club Shirak Gyumri
nickname =
founded =1958
ground =Gyumri City Stadium ,Gyumri
capacity = 3,000
chairman = flagicon|ArmeniaGarnik Khachatryan
manager = flagicon|ArmeniaZhora Barseghyan
league =Armenian Premier League
season = 2007
position = Armenian Premier League, 6th
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leftarm2=FFFF30|body2=FFFF30|rightarm2=FFFF30|shorts2=0000FC|socks2=FFFF30FC Shirak ( _hy. Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Շիրակ Գյումրի), is an
Armenia n football team, playing in the town ofGyumri (formerly "Leninakan"). During the 70's, the club played under the name "Olympia". They were playing in the Second Soviet League till independance. The club's home ground is theGyumri City Stadium , which can serve nearly 3,000 supporters; the stadium was renovated in1999 . The club is one of the oldest inArmenia and has produced many talented players who have gone on to represent the country.Artur Petrosyan andHarutyun Vardanyan are two famous players produced by this club. Both of them had gained enviable reputations as talented players and went on to play for theArmenian national football team . The club is the second most titled team in the country, having won 4 championships and 3 supercups, however struggled financially in recent years (2005, 2006), a factor that has seen the club turn in poor performances in recent editions of theArmenian Premier League .Shirak has participated in 3 different European cups: Champions League,
UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup, however did not advance in any of them.Achievements
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Armenian Premier League : 4( 1992, 1994, 1995, 1999 )*
Armenian Supercup : 3( 1996, 1999, 2002 )Shirak in European Cups
Current squad
"As of
August ,2008 ." The players in bold have senior international caps.Transfers 2008
In:
Out:
Notable former players
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Artur Petrosyan
*Harutyun Vardanyan
*Karen Aleksanyan
*Armen Tigranyan
*Hrayr Mkoyan External links
* [http://fcshirak.8m.net/ Unofficial website]
* [http://www.ffa.am/en/teams/fcshirak/ Shirak at FFA.AM]
* [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=59877/domestic.html Shirak at UEFA.COM]
* [http://www.eufo.de/football/arm/shirumri.htm Shirak at EUFO.DE]
* [http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/fc-shirak/ Shirak at Weltfussball.de]
* [http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=club_details&clubID=16339 Shirak at Playerhistory.com]
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