Kirakosyan replaces Sukiasyan as Ararat coach
Friday 12 December 2008
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Varuzhan Sukiasyan has stepped down as Ararat coach

Ashot Kirakosyan has been named as the new coach of FC Ararat Yerevan
five days after his predecessor Varuzhan Sukiasyan resigned following
his side’s defeat to FC Pyunik in a play-off for the Armenian title.

Differences of opinion

Kirakosyan had been working with Ararat’s reserve team and had
previously been in charge of FC Dinamo Yerevan and FC Dinamo-Zenit,
while he has also coached in Australia and Syria. Runners-up slot in
2008 represented the club’s best achievement since finishing second in
the 2000 campaign, and Ararat also won the Armenian Cup and competed
in the UEFA Cup this season. They earned a place in qualifying for
next season’s inaugurl UEFA Europa League, but Sukiasyan, who is also
coach of Armenia’s Under-21 team, nonetheless stepped down.