BMA-Arai Echmiadzin

BMA-Arai Echmiadzin (Armenian: ԲՄԱ Արայ Էջմիածին), is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armavir Province.

BMA-Arai Etchmiadzin
Full nameBMA-Arai Etchmiadzin
Founded1967 (1967)
Dissolved1997 (1997)
GroundEtchmiadzin Stadium
Vagharshapat
Capacity3,000

History

The club was founded in 1967 during the Soviet period. Before the formation of Championship of Independent Armenia, the team itself is nowhere really could not show, only in 1990 start a professional stage in the second league of the USSR where they were in the 7th place.

In 1992 the team performed in the championship of Armenia in the Premier League, on the basis of which they occupied 10th place and booked a place in the highest league in the next year.[1]

In the Armenian Cup the team reached the quarterfinals and beat team Van Yerevan 0:2. These results remain the best in the history of the team's performance in the elite league of the Armenian championship. Though poor results in subsequent seasons which was 13th and 14th sent the team in lower division in the First League, where they will continue the performance. In the unofficial championship of 1995 team takes third place and bronze medals. However, through the biennial team will come down from competing in the tournament.

League record

Year Club Name Division Position GP W D L GS GA PTS
1990Zvartnots EchmiadzinArmenian SSR League73212812536032
1991113814420597632
1992Armenian Premier League10223514306111
199313286418427816
1994BMA-Arai Echmiadzin14285518388515
1995Armenian First League31481535925
1995/9610227213264423
1996/971022679242825
19977164111254513
1998–presentno participation

Head coach

  • Soviet Union B. Yeghiazaryan (1990) [2]
  • Soviet Union Samvel Ayvazian (1991)
  • Armenia Arkady Andriasyan (1992–1993)
  • Armenia Ashot Martirosyan (1993)
  • Armenia Rudik Avanesyan (1993)
  • Armenia Gevond Pogosyan (1994)

References

  1. "Armenia. Premier league". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
  2. Состав команды на 1990 год (in Russian)
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