FC Mika

Mika
Full name Football Club Mika
Founded 1999 (1999)
Ground Mika Stadium,
Yerevan
Ground Capacity 7,250
Owner Mika Corporation LLC
Chairman Khoren Oganesian
Manager Sergei Yuran
League Armenian Premier League
2014–15 5th
Website Club home page

Football Club Mika (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Միկա), commonly known as Mika, is an Armenian professional football club based in the capital Yerevan.

The owner of the club is the Mika Corporation LLC headed by the Russia-based Armenian businessman Mikhail Baghdasarov. The club headquarters are located on Manandyan street 41, Yerevan.[1]

History

The club was founded in 1999 as Mika-Kasagh Ashtarak in the town of Ashtarak by the owner of Mika Corporation, Mikhail Baghdasarov. In 2000, they achieved their 1st domestic title, winning the Armenian Independence Cup.

In 2007, Mika relocated from Ashtarak to Yerevan. They were based at their own newly built stadium in Yerevan.

European competitions

In general, Mika have won 6 Armenian Cup titles and 2 Armenian Supercup titles. As a Cup holder, Mika participated several times in the UEFA Cup qualification matches. Their best result was in 2007, when they advanced to the second qualifying round as defeating MTK Budapest, but did not advance further as they lost to the Slovak club Petržalka.

Stadium

Prior to its relocation from Ashtarak to Yerevan between 1999 and 2007, the Kasaghi Marzik Stadium was the home venue of the team

Since 2008, Mika play their home games at the Mika Stadium located in the Shengavit District of Yerevan. The stadium which has a capacity of 7,250 seats, was opened in 2008.[2]

Achievements

2004, 2005, 2009, 2013
2006, 2007, 2014
2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011
2005, 2012

FC Mika in the European Cups

As of 11 July 2014

Competition Pld W D L GF GA
UEFA Cup/Europa League 24 3 7 14 13 37
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2 0 2 0 2 2
Total 26 3 9 14 15 39
Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Aggregate
2000–01 UEFA Cup QR Romania Rapid Bucureşti 0–3 1–0 1–3
2001–02 UEFA Cup QR Romania Braşov 1–5 0–2 1–7
2004–05 UEFA Cup 1Q Hungary Honvéd Budapest 0–1 1–1 1–2
2005–06 UEFA Cup 1Q Germany Mainz 05 0–4 0–0 0–4
2006–07 UEFA Cup 1Q Switzerland Young Boys Berne 1–3 0–1 1–4
2007–08 UEFA Cup 1Q Hungary MTK Budapest 1–2 1–0 2–2
2Q Slovakia Artmedia Petržalka 2–1 0–2 2–3
2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Moldova Tiraspol 2–2 0–0 2–2
2009–10 UEFA Europa League 1Q Sweden Helsingborgs IF 1–3 1–1 2–4
2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2Q Republic of Macedonia Rabotnički 0–1 0–0 0–1
2011–12 UEFA Europa League 2Q Norway Vålerenga 0–1 0–1 0–2
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1Q Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja 0–1 1–1 1–2
2014–15 UEFA Europa League 1Q Croatia RNK Split 0–2 1–1 1–3

Current squad

As of 3 Marth, 2016 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Armenia GK Arsen Beglaryan (captain)
2 Armenia DF Revik Yeghiazaryan
4 Russia DF Dmitri Chistyakov
5 Russia DF Nikita Chicherin
6 Armenia MF Samvel Melkonyan
7 Russia MF Mikhail Gorelishvili
8 Serbia MF Tarik Čmajčanin
9 Armenia FW Edgar Mkrtchyan
10 Georgia (country) FW Ioseb Chakhvashvili
11 Russia FW Sergey Shumilin
13 Russia DF Dmitri Kudinov
14 Armenia MF Narek Davtyan
No. Position Player
15 Russia MF Aleksei Kiselyov
16 Armenia GK Artem Karapetyan
17 Armenia DF Ashot Karapetyan
18 Russia MF Dmitri Lushnikov
19 Armenia MF Andranik Kocharyan
20 Russia MF Artem Yarmolitskiy
21 Armenia FW Arman Hakobyan
23 Armenia DF Vardan Movsisyan
25 Armenia GK Armen Fishyan
30 Ivory Coast MF Aaron Kpenia
33 Montenegro DF Miloš Kovačević
-- Ivory Coast FW Bruno Kone

FC Mika-2 (reserves)

FC Mika's reserve squad play as FC Mika-2 in the Armenian First League. They also play their home games at the Mika Stadium.

As of 19 February 2016

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
1 Armenia GK Artem Karapetyan
3 Armenia MF Artavazd Boyajyan
6 Armenia DF Davit Levonyan
9 Armenia DF Karapet Semizyan
10 Armenia MF Gegham Asatryan
13 Armenia DF Ishkhan Manukyan
12 Armenia GK Vsevolod Isaverdyan
16 Armenia MF Vardan Safaryan
No. Position Player
17 Armenia MF Alik Mkrtchyan
22 Armenia DF Artur Petrosyan
23 Armenia MF Albert Zohrabyan
Armenia MF Vahe Karapetyan
Armenia MF Petros Ter-Petrosyan
Armenia FW Misha Yegoryan
Russia MF Pavel Vasiljev
Russia FW Sayputtin Davydov

Manager: Hakob Mkryan

Managers

References

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