 FC Kotayk founded in 1955, is one of the oldest football clubs in Armenia who represented Abovyan until 2005.Like many other football clubs in the country, FC Kotayk was forced to default from the Armenian football league and consequently from professional football in 2005, due to financial difficulties.The short-lived King Delux FC represented the town in a single season of the Armenian First League in 2012–13 before going defunct.