FC MIKA

Infobox Football club
clubname = MIKA


fullname = Football Club Mika Yerevan
founded = 1985
ground = Mika Stadium, Yerevan
capacity = 8,000
chairman = flagicon|Armenia Vigen Khachatryan
manager = flagicon|Armenia Souren Barseghyan
league = Armenian Premier League
season = 2007
position = Armenian Premier League, 3rd
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FC MIKA ( _hy. Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Միկա Երեւան) is an Armenian football team, playing in the capital, Yerevan.

History

MIKA was originally founded as "Olimpia" in the city of Ashtarak in 1985. [ [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/armefound.html Armenia - List of Foundation Dates] , from RSSSF, retrieved 8 May 2008] 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 qualifying round in 2007, as the club passed MTK Budapest's barrier, however did not advance by losing to Slovak club FC Artmedia.

Achievements

* Armenian Cup: 5( 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006 )

* Armenian Supercup: 1( 2005 )

MIKA in European Cups

Current squad

"As of August, 2008." The players in bold have senior international caps.

Transfers 2008

In:

Out:

Notable former players

*flagicon|Armenia Gevorg Kasparov
*flagicon|Armenia Armen Shahgeldyan
*flagicon|Brazil Alex
*flagicon|Brazil Kléber
*flagicon|Russia Aleksandr Antipenko
*flagicon|Russia Sergey Gorlukovich
*flagicon|Serbia Ivan Ristic

References

External links

* [http://www.fcmika.info/ Unofficial website]
* [http://ffa.am/en/teams/fcmika FC Mika at FFA.Am]
* [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=75044/domestic.html FC Mika at UEFA.COM]
* [http://www.eufo.de/football/arm/mikaarak.htm FC Mika at EUFO.DE]
* [http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/fc-mika/ FC Mika at Weltfussball.de]
* [http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=club_details&clubID=9133 FC Mika at Playerhistory.com]
* [http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/verein/10639/mikaashtarak/uebersicht/startseite.html FC Mika at Transfermarkt.de]