Tyrone Smith - BBC Sport Scotland Senior ReporterThu, November 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM UTC·2 min readFC Noah manager Sandro Perkovic believes his team will be "a serious club at European level" within 10 years.
The Armenians, who play Aberdeen at Pittodrie in the Conference League tonight, were founded just eight years ago but are already making an impact having completed a domestic league and cup double last season.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"The progress Noah have made recently is huge, it is not something that happens so often in football, said Croat Perkovic.
"The fact Noah play the second season in a row in group stage European Conference League says a lot.
"With our president, with all the people around the team, I am absolutely sure Noah will grow, grow, grow and that in the next five to 10 years we will be a serious club at European level."
Noah have four points at the halway stage of the Conference League campaign while Aberdeen's three fixtures have yielded just a solitary point.
"In my opinion no team in the Conference League can be favourites here in this stadium," added Perkovic.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"Aberdeen is a very strong team with a lot of quality individuals. Their coach is doing a great job and this is not surprising.
"It will be a really hard match for us, this is a great challenge but we are very happy we can compete at this level."
On whether there is a gulf between Scottish and Armenian football, Perkovic said: "Regarding quality, I don't think there is a gap. We have some good teams in Armenia so the level it is pretty high.
"Where there is a gap is the number of supporters, infrastructure, stadiums, this kind of thing. Unfortunately at the moment in Armenia it is not like it is in Scotland but I hope in the near future this can be changed."
