FC Mika
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| Full name | Sportayin Akumb Mika Yerevan | ||
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| Founded | 1998 | ||
| Ground | Mika Stadium, Yerevan | ||
| Capacity | 7,250 | ||
| Chairman | Stepan Gevorgyan | ||
| Manager | Samvel Sargsyan | ||
| League | Armenian First League | ||
| 2024-25 | 12th | ||
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Sport Club Mika (Armenian: Սպորտային Ակումբ Միկա), commonly known as Mika, is an Armenian football club from the capital Yerevan. It was owned by the Mika Corporation LLC headed by the Russia-based Armenian businessman Mikhail Baghdasarov. The club headquarters were located on Manandyan street 41, Yerevan.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]The club was founded on November 30, 1998, as Mika-Kasakh Ashtarak in the town of Ashtarak by the owner of Mika Corporation LLC, Mikhail Baghdasarov. In 2000, they achieved their first domestic title, winning the Armenian Cup.
In 2007, Mika relocated from Ashtarak to Yerevan. They were based in their own newly built stadium in Yerevan.
However, by the end of the 2015–16 Armenian Premier League season, the club announced its retirement from professional football due to financial as well as non-financial difficulties.
The club returned to professional football in 2022 with a new name and crest and started in the 2022–23 Armenian First League, finishing in 10th. The team is currently playing the Armenian First League and Armenian Cup.
Crests
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Domestic history
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European history
[edit | edit source]Mika participated several times in the UEFA Cup qualification matches. Their best result was in 2007, when they advanced to the second qualifying round by defeating MTK Budapest, but did not advance further as they lost to the Slovak club Petržalka.
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| 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 | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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| 2000–01 | UEFA Cup | QR | Romania Rapid București | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
| 2001–02 | UEFA Cup | QR | Romania Braşov | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–7 |
| 2004–05 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | Hungary Honvéd Budapest | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| 2005–06 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | Germany Mainz 05 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 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 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 (a) |
| 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 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 |
| 2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | North Macedonia Rabotnički | 0–0 | 0–1 | 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 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| 2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | Croatia RNK Split | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
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Stadium
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Prior to its relocation from Ashtarak to Yerevan between 1999 and 2007, the Kasaghi Marzik Stadium was the home venue of the team. Between 2008 and 2016 and since 2022 FC Mika play their home games at the Mika Stadium opened in 2008 and located in the Shengavit District of Yerevan. The stadium has a capacity of 7,250.[2]
Achievements
[edit | edit source]- Armenian Cup (6): 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2011
- Armenian Supercup (2): 2005, 2012
Managers
[edit | edit source]- Armenia Rafael Galstyan (1999)
- Armenia Eduard Markarov (2000–01)
- Armenia Samvel Petrosyan (2001)
- Russia Valeriy Gladilin (2001–02)
- Armenia Eduard Markarov (2002)
- Armenia Aramais Tonoyan (2002)
- Armenia Vagarshak Aslanyan (2002)
- Armenia Souren Barseghyan (2002–05)
- Russia Armen Adamyan (2005–07)
- Armenia Arkady Andreasyan (2007–08)
- Russia Ishtvan Sekech (2008)
- Armenia Souren Barseghyan (2008–09)
- Croatia Ivo Šušak (1 Jan 2009 – 30 June 2009)
- Armenia Samvel Darbinyan (1 July 2009 – 30 June 2010)
- Russia Armen Adamyan (2009–10)
- Armenia Armen Shahgeldyan (2010–11)
- Slovakia Jozef Bubenko (19 July 2011 – 1 Dec 2011)
- Slovakia Zsolt Hornyák (1 March 2012 – 30 June 2013)
- Armenia Aram Voskanyan (1 July 2013 – 30 June 2015)
- Armenia Armen Adamyan (1 July 2015 – 18 January 2016)
- Russia Sergei Yuran (19 January 2016 – 4 May 2016)
- Armenia Armen Shahgeldyan (5 May 2016 – June 2016)
- Armenia Samvel Sargsyan (2022–present)
See also
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