FC MIKA

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MIKA

Full name

Football Club Mika Yerevan

Founded

1985 as Olimpia Ashtarak

Ground

Mika Stadium, Yerevan
(Capacity 12,000)

Chairman

Istvan Sekech

Manager

Arkady Andreasyan and

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 Current squad: 2008 Season
3 Former Players
4 UEFA club competition record
5 FC MIKA in Europe
6 Honours
7 External links
8 References

[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 round in 2007, the club passed MTK Budapest's barrier, however did not advance by losing to Slovak club FC Artmedia.

MIKA appointed Arkady Andreasyan as their new manager on May 24, 2007.^[2]

[edit] Current squad: 2008 Season

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Garnik Hovhannisyan
2	DF	Armen Petrosyan
3	DF	Virab Meytikhanyan
4	DF	Armen Babayan
6	MF	Artashes Antonyan
7	MF	Tigran Davtyan
8	MF	David Grigoryan
9	FW	Karen Avoyan
10	DF	Stepan Hakobyan
11	DF	Hrachia Mikaelyan
13	DF	Gevorg Poghosyan
15	DF	Arkadi Chilingaryan

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Thiago Manoel de Souza
17	FW	Artiom Adamyan
18	FW	Maksim Fedorov
19	MF	Khoren Veranyan
20	FW	Narek Beglaryan
22	DF	Alex Enrique da Silva
23	DF	Harutyun Hovhannisyan
25	MF	Mikael Poghosyan
81	GK	Felix Hakobyan
TBA	MF	Dilshod Vasiev
TBA	DF	Rafael Safaryan

[edit] Former Players

Armen Shahgeldyan
Kléber Silva do Nascimento

[edit] UEFA club competition record

Competition	Matches	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Cup	14	3	2	9	8	25

[edit] FC MIKA in Europe

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Score
2000/01	UEFA Cup	QR	AFC Rapid Bucuresti	0-3, 1-0
2001/02	UEFA Cup	QR	FC Brasov	1-5, 0-2
2004/05	UEFA Cup	1Q	Honvéd FC	0-1, 1-1
2005/06	UEFA Cup	1Q	FSV Mainz 05	0-4, 0-0
2006/07	UEFA Cup	1Q	BSC Young Boys	1-3, 0-1
2007/08	UEFA Cup	1Q	MTK Budapest	1-0, 1-2
		2Q	FC Artmedia	2-1, 0-2