Football Club Mika (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Միկա), commonly known as Mika, was 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.[3]
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Full name | Football Club Mika | ||
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Founded | 1999; 23 years ago (1999) | ||
Dissolved | 2016 | ||
Ground | Mika Stadium, Yerevan | ||
Capacity | 7,250[1] | ||
Owner | Mikhail Baghdasarov[2] | ||
Chairman | Armen Petikyan | ||
Manager | Armen Shahgeldyan | ||
League | Armenian Premier League | ||
2015–16 | 7th | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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The club was founded in 1999 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.
Season | League | National Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | |||||||||
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Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||
1999 | Armenian First League | 2nd | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 35 | Rafael Galstyan | |||
2000 | Armenian Premier League | 4th | 28 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 45 | 31 | 49 | Winner | ![]() |
15 | Eduard Markarov |
2001 | 6th | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 44 | 20 | 41 | Winner | ![]() |
12 | Eduard Markarov Samvel Petrosyan Valeriy Gladilin | |
2002 | 6th | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 35 | 28 | 33 | Semi-final | ![]() |
15 | Valeriy Gladilin Eduard Markarov Aramais Tonoyan Vagarshak Aslanyan Souren Barseghyan | |
2003 | 4th | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 29 | 51 | Winner | ![]() |
10 | Souren Barseghyan | |
2004 | 2nd | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 23 | 55 | Semi-final | ![]() |
12 | Souren Barseghyan | |
2005 | 2nd | 26 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 42 | 20 | 52 | Winner | ![]() |
13 | Souren Barseghyan Armen Adamyan | |
2006 | 3rd | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 45 | 21 | 57 | Winner | ![]() |
14 | Armen Adamyan | |
2007 | 3rd | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 24 | 50 | Semi-final | ![]() |
7 | Armen Adamyan Arkady Andreasyan | |
2008 | 4th | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 28 | 46 | Semi-final | ![]() |
8 | Arkady Andreasyan Ishtvan Sekech Souren Barseghyan | |
2009 | 2nd | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 59 | 34 | 58 | Semi-final | ![]() |
14 | Ivo Šušak Samvel Darbinyan Armen Adamyan | |
2010 | 4th | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 47 | 31 | 46 | Semi-final | ![]() |
10 | Armen Adamyan Armen Shahgeldyan | |
2011 | 5th | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 25 | 44 | Winner | ![]() |
11 | Armen Shahgeldyan Jozef Bubenko | |
2011–12 | Only Cup competition was held | Semi-final | Jozef Bubenko Zsolt Hornyák | ||||||||||
2012–13 | 2nd | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 57 | 39 | 79 | Semi-final | ![]() |
14 | Zsolt Hornyák | |
2013–14 | 3rd | 28 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 47 | Semi-final | ![]() |
8 | Aram Voskanyan | |
2014–15 | 5th | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 33 | 34 | 37 | Runner-Up | ![]() |
7 | Aram Voskanyan | |
2015–16 | 7th | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 30 | 32 | 32 | Runner-Up | ![]() |
5 | Armen Adamyan Sergei Yuran Armen Shahgeldyan |
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 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–3 | 1–3 |
2001–02 | UEFA Cup | QR | ![]() |
0–2 | 1–5 | 1–7 |
2004–05 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | ![]() |
0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
2005–06 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–4 | 0–4 |
2006–07 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | ![]() |
1–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
2007–08 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 (a) |
2Q | ![]() |
2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | ||
2008 | UEFA Intertoto Cup | 1R | ![]() |
2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
2009–10 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 |
2010–11 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
2011–12 | UEFA Europa League | 2Q | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
2013–14 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
2014–15 | UEFA Europa League | 1Q | ![]() |
1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
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. FC Mika played 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.[4]
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