Under a two-year contract signed on December 15 between Banants football club President Sargis Israyelyan and Macedonian coach Stevica Kuzmanovski, the Macedonian specialist will train Armenia's team in 2010, the football club's press service reported. Ashot Barseghyan will assist the new coach. Radoe Smilyanich of Serbia has been appointed as physical training coach. Goal keepers will be trained by Bulgaria's Nikolay Damaev. Kuzmansky will re-assume his duties starting from January 11. Before that, Banants will conduct trainings under the supervision of Ashot Barseghyan.

The club's former coach Armen Gyulbudaghyants has been appointed as technical director. Kuzmanovsky, 47, formerly played for Teteks (Tetovo). Partisan (Belgrade), OFK (Belgrade), Rad (Belgrade), Kodjaelispor (Turkey) and Galatasaray (Turkey) teams.