FC BKMA Yerevan (Armenian: ԲԿՄԱ Երևան or Armenian: Բանակի Կենտրոնական Մարզական Ակումբ Երևան; Banaki Kentronakan Marzakan Akumb Yerevan; lit.'Central Sport Club of the Army Yerevan') is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan.

BKMA Yerevan
Full nameԲանակի Կենտրոնական Մարզական Ակումբ Երևան
(Central Sport Club of the Army, Yerevan)
Founded1947; 77 years ago (1947)
GroundYerevan Football Academy Stadium
Capacity1,428
Owner Ministry of Defence of Armenia
DirectorGagik Aghbalyan
ManagerRafael Nazaryan
LeagueArmenian Premier League
2023–24Armenian Premier League, 10th

History

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During the days of the Soviet rule in Armenia, the Central Sport Club of the Army Yerevan was founded in 1947 in Yerevan. It was commonly known with its Russian abbreviation as CSKA Yerevan.

After the independence of Armenia in 1991, the BKMA made their professional debut in domestic football competitions in the 1994 Armenian First League where they finished 3rd.

In the 1995–96 Armenian First League season, they finished 2nd behind FC Arabkir, to get the opportunity to face Aragats Gyumri in the promotion play-off match in which they beat the Armenian Premier League side and were promoted for the following season. Halfway through the 1997 season, BKMA were folded and all their remaining matches were awarded 3–0 to their opponents, resulting in the 12th and last position and relegation. The club has been inactive ever since.[1]

In 2019, BKMA was revived by the efforts of the Defence minister of Armenia David Tonoyan. The head coach of the team is Rafael Nazaryan, assisted by Varazdat Avetisyan.[2]

Squad

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As of 10 August 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   ARM Arman Nersesyan
3 DF   ARM Gor Arakelyan
4 DF   ARM Mark Avetisyan
5 DF   ARM Petik Manukyan
6 DF   ARM Argishti Petrosyan (captain)
7 FW   ARM Misak Hakobyan (on loan from Ararat-Armenia)
8 MF   ARM Narek Janoyan
9 FW   ARM Arayik Eloyan
10 MF   ARM Daniel Aghbalyan
11 FW   ARM Edik Vardanyan (on loan from Urartu)
12 GK   ARM Hayk Khachatryan (on loan from Ararat-Armenia)
13 MF   ARM Hamlet Sargsyan (on loan from Urartu)
14 DF   ARM Ruben Abrahamyan
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF   ARM Aram Khamoyan
18 MF   ARM Levon Bashoyan (on loan from Urartu)
19 MF   ARM Suren Tsarukyan
21 FW   ARM Narek Hovhannisyan
22 MF   ARM Mher Tarloyan (on loan from Shirak)
24 MF   ARM Karlen Hovhannisyan (on loan from Pyunik)
25 MF   ARM Vyacheslav Afyan (on loan from Pyunik)
42 DF   ARM Hrachya Sargsyan (on loan from Pyunik)
45 FW   ARM Davit Hakobyan
77 GK   ARM Davit Davtyan

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References

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