BMA-Arai Echmiadzin ( hy, ԲՄԱ Արայ Էջմիածին), is a defunct

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club from the town of

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(Etchmiadzin},

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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

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the team performed in the championship of Armenia in the

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, on the basis of which they occupied 10th place and booked a place in the highest league in the

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. In the

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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

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team will come down from competing in the tournament.

League record

Head coach

* B. Yeghiazaryan (1990) Состав команды на 1990 год
* Samvel Ayvazian (1991) *

Arkady Andriasyan Arkady Georgievich Andreasyan ( hy, Արկադի Գեորգիի Անդրեասյան, russian: Аркадий Георгиевич Андреасян; 11 August 1947 – 23 December 2020) was a Soviet Armenian football player and manager. He pla ...

(1992–1993) *

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(1993) *

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(1993) * Gevond Pogosyan (1994)

References

External links

BMA-Arai at foot.dk

Defunct football clubs in Armenia Association football clubs established in 1967 Association football clubs disestablished in 2005 1967 establishments in Armenia 2005 disestablishments in Armenia Vagharshapat {{Armenia-footyclub-stub