FC Mika

Mika

Full name	Football Club Mika
Founded	1999 (1999)
Ground	Mika Stadium Yerevan
Ground Capacity	7,250
Owner	Mikhail Bagdasarov
Chairman	Carlos Ghazaryan
Manager	Aram Voskanyan
League	Armenian Premier League
2013–14	3rd
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Football Club Mika (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Միկա) is an Armenian professional football club based in the capital Yerevan. The club headquarters are located on Manandyan street 41, Yerevan.^[1]

The owner of the club is the Russia-based Armenian businessman Mikhail Baghdasarov.

History

Football Club MIka was founded in 1999 as Mika-Kasakh 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

Mika play their home games at their own Mika Stadium located in the Shengavit District of Yerevan. The stadium which has a capacity of 7,250 spectators.^[2]

Achievements

• Runners-up Armenian Premier League:

2004, 2005, 2009, 2012-13

• 3rd Place Armenian Championship:

2006, 2007

• Armenian Cup:

2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011

• Armenian Supercup:

2005, 2012

FC Mika in the European Cups

As of 11 July 2014

Season	Competition	Round	Club	1st leg	2nd leg	Aggregate
2000–01	UEFA Cup	QR	Rapid Bucureşti	0–3	1–0	1–3
2001–02	UEFA Cup	QR	Braşov	1–5	0–2	1–7
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1Q	Honvéd Budapest	0–1	1–1	1–2
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1Q	Mainz 05	0–4	0–0	0–4
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1Q	Young Boys Berne	1–3	0–1	1–4
2007–08	UEFA Cup	1Q	MTK Budapest	1–2	1–0	2–2
		2Q	Artmedia Petržalka	2–1	0–2	2–3
2008	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Tiraspol	2–2	0–0	2–2
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Helsingborgs IF	1–3	1–1	2–4
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Rabotnički	0–1	0–0	0–1
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Vålerenga	0–1	0–1	0–2
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Rudar Pljevlja	0–1	1–1	1–2
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	RNK Split	0–2	1–1	1–3

• Home results are noted in bold

Current squad

As of 25 July, 2014 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Gevorg Kasparov 2 MF Armen Petrosyan (Captain) 3 DF Andranik Voskanyan 4 DF Artur Petrosyan 5 DF Gor Poghosyan 6 MF Artur Adamyan 7 MF Sargis Karapetyan 8 MF David Grigoryan (Vice-captain) 9 MF Vаrdges Sаtumyan 10 MF Alik Arakelyan 11 MF Tigran Barseghyan 13 DF Gevorg Poghosyan 15 MF Gevorg Karapetyan 16 MF Vardan Movsisyan

No. Position Player 17 FW Hayk Voskanyan 18 DF Norik Sargsyan 19 MF David Minasyan 20 FW Artur Grigoryan 21 MF Arman Hakobyan 22 DF Alex 23 MF Rafayel Ghazaryan 25 MF Artak Grigoryan 32 GK Artem Karapetyan 91 GK Henri Avagyan GK Armen Fishyan MF Samvel Hakobyan MF Vladimir Ulukhanyan

Managers

References

External links

• Mika at FFA.Am
• Mika at UEFA.COM
• Mika at EUFO.DE
• Mika at Weltfussball.de
• Mika at Football-Lineups.com