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18.07.2008

UEFA Cup 2008/2009 season starts

2008/2009 UEFA Cup season has started on July 17. Armenia is presented with FC Banants and FC Ararat in first qualifying round. At first FC Ararat lost 0-1 to Swiss AC Bellinzona 0-1 in Abovyan, Armenia. The only goal was scored by Alessandro Magniaratti .
Then FC Banants has been crashed in Salzbourg 0-7 by Red Bull. Ngwat Mahop and Zickler each scored twice. Other two goals were scored by Tchoyi, Sekagya and Obster.
Second matches will be played on July 31.

Matches statistics

                                               FC Ararat – AC Bellinzona 0:1

FC Ararat: Gevorg Prazyan, Emilio Paluci Kalsani (Karen Navoyan, 64), Vahagn Minasyan, Hrayr Mkoyan, Artur A. Petrosyan, Artashes Antonyan, Henrique Jeferson (Sargis Movsisyan, 54), Artur H. Minasyan, Renato Moraes, Marcos Pineiro Pizzelli, Gevorg Nranyan (Artur S. Minasyan, 66)

Head coach: Varuzhan Sukiasyan

AC Bellinzona: Matteo Grifti, Iacopo La Rocca, Francisco Valmeri Souza, Shkelzen Gashi (Adewale Dauda Wahab, 75), Genc Mehmeti, Giuseppe Miccolis, Mauro Lustrinelli (Andrea Conti, 60), Manuel Rivera (Jocelyn Roux, 84), Angelo Raso, Alessandro Mangiarratti, Gurkan Sermeter

Head coach: Marco Shalibaum

Goal - Alessandro Mangiarratti, 21

Cautions - Genc Mehmeti, 9, Marcos Pineiro Pizzelli, 31, Artur H. Minasyan, 55, Artashes Antonyan

                                      FC Red Bull Salzburg – FC Banants 7:0

FC Red Bull Salzburg: Timo Ochs, Ronald Gercaliu, Anis Boussaidi (Laszlo Bodnar, 62'), Ibrahim Sekagya, Niko Kovac, Somen Tchoyi, Ernst Obster (Patrik Jezek, 62'), Rene Aufhauser, Alexander Zickler, Robin Nelisse, Louis Clement Ngwat Mahop (Johan Vonlanthen, 62')

Head coach: Co Adriaanse

FC Banants: Yevgeni Matyugin, Gagik Daghbashyan, Andrey Burdian, Hovhannes Grigoryan, Sargis Karapetyan, Aram Bareghamyan (Eduard Kakosyan, 46'), Marko Ganchev, Romik Khachatryan (Norayr Gyozalyan, 87'), Plamen Krumov, Arsen Balabekyan, Simeon Zlatev (Aghvan Hayrapetyan, 73')

Head coach: Nedelco Matusev

Goals – Ibrahim Sekagaya, 22, Ngwat Mahop, 29, 46, Alexander Zickler 35pen, 65, Somen Tchoyi, 38, Ernst Obster, 48

Caution – Andrey Burdiyan, 34