FC MIKA

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MIKA

Full name

Football Club Mika Yerevan

Founded

1985

Ground

Mika Stadium, Yerevan
(Capacity: 8,000)

Chairman

Vigen Khachatryan

Manager

Souren Barseghyan

League

Armenian Premier League

2007

Armenian Premier League, 3rd




Home colours




Away colours

FC MIKA (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Միկա Երեւան) is an Armenian football team, playing in the capital, Yerevan.

1 History
2 Achievements
3 MIKA in European Cups
4 Current squad
- 4.1 Transfers 2008
5 Notable former players
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

MIKA was originally founded as "Olimpia" in the city of Ashtarak in 1985.^[1] Between the years of 1987-1990, the club did not participate in the Soviet championship. However in 1990, right before the beginning of the first Armenian Premier League season, the club re-emerged and went by the name "Kasakh." It was forced to default from the league in 1996, but returned in 1999 under a new sponsor, the owner of Armavia Airlines, Mikhail Baghdasarov. Under their new management, the club was once again renamed. This began the new era of FC MIKA Ashtarak.

The club is currently building its own stadium in the heart of Yerevan, which is why MIKA will soon be known as FC MIKA Yerevan, rather than Ashtarak. It has won 5 Armenian Cups and 1 Armenian Supercup since its foundation in 1985 and is considered to be one of Armenia's top teams. As a Cup holder, MIKA participated several times in UEFA Cup qualification matches, the best result was 2-nd qualifying round in 2007, as the club passed MTK Budapest's barrier, however did not advance by losing to Slovak club FC Artmedia.

[edit] Achievements

Armenian Cup: 5

( 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006 )

Armenian Supercup: 1

( 2005 )

[edit] MIKA in European Cups

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Cup	14	3	2	9	8	25
Intertoto Cup	2	0	2	0	2	2
Total	16	3	4	9	10	27

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Score
2000/01	UEFA Cup	QR	Rapid Bucureşti	1-0, 0-3
2001/02	UEFA Cup	QR	Braşov	1-5, 0-2
2004/05	UEFA Cup	1Q	Honvéd Budapest	0-1, 1-1
2005/06	UEFA Cup	1Q	Mainz 05	0-4, 0-0
2006/07	UEFA Cup	1Q	Young Boys Berne	1-3, 0-1
2007/08	UEFA Cup	1Q	MTK Budapest	1-2, 1-0
		2Q	Artmedia Petržalka	2-1, 0-2
2008	Intertoto Cup	1R	Tiraspol	2-2, 0-0

[edit] Current squad

As of November, 2008. The players in bold have senior international caps.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Soso Grishikashvili
2	DF	Armen Petrosyan
3	DF	Virab Meytikhanyan
4	MF	Armen Babayan
6	MF	Edgar Manukyan
7	FW	Zaza Sakhokia
8	MF	David Grigoryan (C)
9	MF	Karen Avoyan
10	DF	Stepan Hakobyan
11	MF	Hrachya Mikaelyan
12	GK	Hamlet Sargsyan
13	DF	Gevorg Poghosyan
15	DF	Arkadi Chilingaryan
16	DF	Tiago

No.	Position	Player
17	MF	Modesto
19	MF	Khoren Veranyan
20	FW	Narek Beglaryan
21	FW	Dilshod Vasiev
23	MF	Rafael Safaryan
25	MF	Mikayel Poghosyan
81	GK	Felix Hakobyan
	GK	Yervand Arakelyan
	DF	Romeo Jenebyan
	MF	Irakli Tsanava
	FW	Aram Voskanyan
	FW	Vigen Hambardzumyan
	FW	Igor Krivobok

[edit] Transfers 2008

In:

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Garnik Hovhannisyan (from FC Ararat Yerevan)
		GK	Soso Grishikashvili (from FC Dinamo Tbilisi)
		DF	Armen Petrosyan (from FC Gandzasar Kapan)
		DF	Romeo Jenebyan (from FC Banants)

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Arkadi Chilingaryan (from FC Ulisses Yerevan)
		MF	Rafael Safaryan (from FC Pyunik)
		FW	Igor Krivobok (from FC Hranit Mikashevichy)
		FW	Aram Voskanyan (from FC Esil Bogatyr)

Out:

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Kléber (to FC Artmedia Petržalka)
		GK	Garnik Hovhannisyan
		DF	Hovhannes Tahmazyan (to FC Shirak)
		DF	Harutyun Hovhannisyan
		DF	Alex (to FC Volga Ulyanovsk)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Tigran Davtyan
		MF	Artashes Antonyan
		MF	Artyom Adamyan (to FC Ulisses Yerevan)
		FW	Maxim Fedoriv (to FC Dynamo Kyiv)
		GK	Garnik Hovhannisyan (carrer ended)