BKMA Yerevan ( hy, ԲԿՄԱ Երևան or hy, Բանակի Կենտրոնական Մարզական Ակումբ Երևան; ''Banaki Kentronakan Marzakan Akumb Yerevan''), meaning ''Central Sport Club of the Army Yerevan'', is an Armenian

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club based in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and i ...

. 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

. 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

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where they finished 3rd. In the 1995–96 Armenian First League season, they finished 2nd behind

FC Arabkir FC Arabkir ( hy, Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Արաբկիր), is a defunct Armenian football club from the capital Yerevan. The club was founded in 1977 during the Soviet years as FC Kanaz Yerevan, representing the Armenian SSR Kanaker alum ...

, to get the opportunity to face Aragats Gyumri in the promotion play-off match in which they beat the

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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

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David Tonoyan. The head coach of the team is Rafael Nazaryan, assisted by Varazdat Avetisyan.Ռաֆայել Նազարյանն ու Վարազդատ Ավետիսյանը՝ ԲԿՄԱ-ի մարզչական շտաբում
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Squad

References

{{Football Clubs in Armenia Association football clubs established in 1947 BKMA 1947 establishments in Armenia Military association football clubs Ministry of Defence (Armenia)