The Urartu Post
Squad31 Aug 2026
Gor Matinyan is the hero from the spot
A shoot-out is remembered by its ending, and this one ends with Gor Matinyan: 2 kept out, and a set of supporters who will describe every one of them for the next twenty years.
Match26 Aug 2026
Urartu out of the cup
Pyunik ended it 0‑0. The season narrows to the league now, and everyone in the ground knew it before the final whistle.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Nobody could get near Mikayel Mirzoyan
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Market31 Aug 2026
Artur Israelyan asks to leave Urartu
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Urartu
Leminger Bolívar was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Market31 Aug 2026
Eyes on Arman Ghazaryan again
The phone has started ringing about Arman Ghazaryan again, and this time the name on the line is Van. Urartu are listening politely and promising nothing.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Artem Poliarus
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Player ratings31 Aug 2026
Bruno Michel misses from twelve yards
It was his to settle and he did not settle it. A long walk back to the halfway line, and a considerably longer week.
Market31 Aug 2026
Urartu put Artem Poliarus up for sale
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Artem Poliarus may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
- Squad Elvis Duré still has not settled
- Market Oleg Polyakov linked with a move away
- The terraces The press have found their man in Gor Matinyan