BKMA Yerevan

BKMA Yerevan

Full name	Բանակի Կենտրոնական Մարզական Ակումբ Երևան (Central Sport Club of the Army, Yerevan)
Founded	1947
Ground	Yerevan Football Academy Stadium
Capacity	1,428
Owner	Ministry of Defence of Armenia
Director	Gagik Aghbalyan
Manager	Rafael Nazaryan
League	Armenian Premier League
2021–22	9th in Premier League (play-off)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

BKMA Yerevan (Armenian: ԲԿՄԱ Երևան or Armenian: Բանակի Կենտրոնական Մարզական Ակումբ Երևան; Banaki Kentronakan Marzakan Akumb Yerevan), meaning Central Sport Club of the Army Yerevan, is an Armenian football club based in Yerevan. Their current home stadium is the main training pitch of Vagharshapat Football Academy.

History

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.

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.

Squad

As of 26 October 2022

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 2 DF ARM Serob Grigoryan 3 DF ARM Erik Simonyan (on loan from Urartu) 4 DF ARM Albert Khachumyan (on loan from Ararat-Armenia) 5 DF ARM Volodya Samsonyan 6 MF ARM Argishti Petrosyan 7 MF ARM Daniel Aghbalyan 8 MF ARM Mikayel Mirzoyan 9 FW ARM Gor Lulukyan (on loan from Urartu) 10 MF ARM Edvard Avagyan 11 MF ARM Narek Alaverdyan 12 GK ARM Rafael Manasyan 13 MF ARM Tigran Sargsyan (on loan from Noah)

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 MF ARM Erik Azizyan 16 GK ARM Henri Avagyan 17 MF ARM Aram Khamoyan 18 FW ARM Misak Hakobyan (on loan from Ararat-Armenia) 19 FW ARM Artur Serobyan (on loan from Ararat-Armenia) 20 FW ARM Akhmed Jindoyan 22 MF ARM Gevorg Tarakhchyan 23 MF ARM Erjanik Ghubasaryan 24 DF ARM Arsen Galstyan 26 FW ARM Hamlet Minasyan 29 GK ARM Gor Matinyan 30 MF ARM Artur Grigoryan (on loan from Pyunik) 45 MF ARM Davit Hakobyan 47 DF ARM Ruben Abrahamyan