Description Available in: FC Gandzasar Kapan is an Armenian football club based in the town of Kapan, Syunik Province. The team currently plays in Armenian First League. The club headquarters are located on 18 Garegin Nzhdeh street, Kapan. The Gandzasar Kapan Training Centre is located at the eastern outskirts of the town of Kapan.
The club is under the ownership of Zangezur Copper and Molybdenum Combine Closed Joint-Stock Company since 25 February 2015.
The club was founded in 2004 and made their debut in the Armenian football league system in the 2004 Armenian First League competition. They spent 2 years playing in the Armenian First League before getting promoted to the Armenian Premier League for the 2006 season.
As of 2022-23 season, Gandzasar Kapan play in the Armenian First League, the second division in Armenian football. The home ground of team is the Gandzasar Stadium.
The club also runs a reserve team known as Gandzasar Kapan-2, which played in the First Division.
On 3 November 2020, Gandzasar Kapan announced that they were withdrawing from the Armenian Premier League and Armenian Cup due to the ongoing financial constraints relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic in Armenia and the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. They are currently playing in the Armenian First League, having entered in 2021-22 season. Despite a 3rd-place finish in 2022-23 season (after FC West Armenia and BKMA-2) Gandzasar is denied a license for 2023-24 Armenian Premier League season due to not meeting all requirements, therefore they'll stay in the First League.