Sport Club Mika (), commonly known as Mika, is an

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

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club from the capital

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. It was owned by the Mika Corporation LLC headed by the

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-based Armenian businessman Mikhail Baghdasarov. The club headquarters were located on Manandyan street 41, Yerevan.

History

The club was founded on November 30, 1998, as Mika-Kasakh Ashtarak in the town of

Ashtarak Ashtarak ( ) is a town in the Ashtarak Municipality of the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia, located on the left bank of Kasagh River along the gorge, 20 kms northwest of the capital Yerevan. It is the administrative centre of the province and an i ...

by the owner of Mika Corporation LLC, Mikhail Baghdasarov. In 2000, they achieved their first domestic title, winning the

Armenian Cup The Armenian Cup () is the main football cup competition of Armenia. In its original form as the Armenian Cup, it started in 1939, when Armenia was a republic of the Soviet Union. It served as a qualification tournament for the Soviet Cup, and it ...

. In 2007, Mika relocated from

. 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 The Armenian First League () is currently the second level association football, football competition in Armenia after the Armenian Premier League. The competition exists mostly out of reserve teams of several Premier League clubs; however, other ...

and

Crests

Domestic history

European history

Mika participated several times in the

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qualification matches. Their best result was in 2007, when they advanced to the second qualifying round by defeating

MTK Budapest Magyar Testgyakorlók Köre (Hungarian for "Hungarian Circle of Physical Practitioners") is a multi-sports club from Budapest, founded in 1888. It has sections for football, handball, basketball, volleyball, futsal, ice hockey, water polo, cycl ...

, but did not advance further as they lost to the Slovak club

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Stadium

Prior to its relocation from Ashtarak to Yerevan between 1999 and 2007, the

Kasaghi Marzik Stadium Kasakhi Marzik Stadium () is a football stadium in Ashtarak, Armenia. It was opened in 1971 and is the former home ground of Mika, Ulisses, Aragats and Kasakh FC. The capacity of the stadium is 3,600. The administrator of the stadium is Armen ...

was the home venue of the team. Between 2008 and 2016 and since 2022 FC Mika play their home games at the

Mika Stadium Mika Stadium (), is a association football, football stadium in Yerevan, Armenia, built in 2006–2007 and opened in 2008. The capacity of the stadium is 7,000 It has served as the home ground of Ulisses FC, FC Lokomotiv Yerevan, FC Noah and FC W ...

opened in 2008 and located in the

Shengavit District Shengavit (), is one of the Districts of Yerevan, 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, located at the southwestern part of the city. It has common borders with the districts of Malatia-Sebastia District, Malatia-Sebastia, Kentron Dist ...

of Yerevan. The stadium has a capacity of 7,250.

Achievements

(6):

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2003 2003 was designated by the United Nations as the International Year of Fresh water, Freshwater. In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War. Demographic ...

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

* Armenian Supercup (2): 2005, 2012

Managers

* Rafael Galstyan (1999) * Eduard Markarov (2000–01) *

Samvel Petrosyan Samvel Petrosyan (, ; born on 27 September 1954) in Yerevan, is a former Soviet football striker. Now is manager who has worked as the coach of several Armenian teams among which FC Pyunik, the Armenia U-21 team and FC Gandzasar Kapan. He bec ...

(2001) * Valeriy Gladilin (2001–02) * Eduard Markarov (2002) * Aramais Tonoyan (2002) * Vagarshak Aslanyan (2002) *

Souren Barseghyan Souren Barseghyan (; born 12 October 1959) is an Armenian association football manager, born in Yerevan, who managed the Armenia national team during UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying in 1998-99. He was the head coach of Mika Yerevan. Barseghyan also ma ...

(2002–05) * Armen Adamyan (2005–07) * Arkady Andreasyan (2007–08) * Ishtvan Sekech (2008) *

(2008–09) * Ivo Šušak (1 Jan 2009 – 30 June 2009) * Samvel Darbinyan (1 July 2009 – 30 June 2010) * Armen Adamyan (2009–10) * Armen Shahgeldyan (2010–11) * Jozef Bubenko (19 July 2011 – 1 Dec 2011) *

Zsolt Hornyák Zsolt Hornyák (born 1 May 1973) is a Slovak football manager and a former defender of Hungarian ethnicity. He is the manager of Hungarian team Puskás Akadémia. As a player, Hornyák won the Czechoslovakian championship in the 1991–92 sea ...

(1 March 2012 – 30 June 2013) * Aram Voskanyan (1 July 2013 – 30 June 2015) * Armen Adamyan (1 July 2015 – 18 January 2016) *

Sergei Yuran Sergei Nikolayevich Yuran (, ''Serhij Mykolajovyč Juran''; born 11 June 1969) is a Ukrainian-born Russian professional football manager and a former player. As a striker, he represented the USSR and Russia at international level. He has Ru ...

(19 January 2016 – 4 May 2016) * Armen Shahgeldyan (5 May 2016 – June 2016) * Samvel Sargsyan (2022–present)

References

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Mika Mika is a given name, a nickname, and a surname. Notable people and fictional characters with the name include: People known just as Mika * Mika (singer) (born 1983), Lebanese-born British singer-songwriter Michael Penniman, Jr. * Mika (footba ...

Defunct football clubs in Armenia Association football clubs established in 1998

1998 establishments in Armenia