FC Pyunik
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/* Current squad */
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clubname = Pyunik |
image = [[Image:FC Pyunik Logo.png|150px|FC Pyunik]] |
fullname = Football Club Pyunik Yerevan |
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founded = [[1992]] |
ground = [[Hanrapetakan Stadium|Republican Stadium]], [[Yerevan]] |
capacity = 15,000 |
chairman = {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Karen Harutunyan]] |
manager = {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Vardan Minasyan]]|
league = [[Armenian Premier League]] |
season = [[Armenian Premier League 2007|2007]] |
position = Armenian Premier League, 1st |
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'''FC Pyunik''' ([[Armenian language|Armenian]]: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Փյունիկ Երեւան), is one of the most popular [[football (soccer)|football]] clubs in [[Armenia]]. The club plays its home games in the [[Hanrapetakan Stadium|Republican Stadium]] in [[Yerevan]].
== History ==
Founded in [[1992]], Pyunik ([[Armenian language|Armenian]] for "Phoenix") has won a record of 10 [[Armenian Premier League|Armenian Championships]], along with 3 [[Armenian Cup]]s, and 5 [[Armenian Supercup]]s. The club is considered in Armenia as one of the most popular Armenian football clubs since the establishment of the [[Armenian Premier League]] in [[1992]]. Pyunik's new era began in 2001, when wealthy Armenian businessman Ruben Hayrapetyan bought the club and brought star players such as [[Artavazd Karamyan]] and [[Arman Karamyan]] from other Armenian teams. FC Pyunik was not satisfied with what it already had, and improved the team more by bringing some foreign managers and players from [[Mali]], [[Cameroon]], [[Argentina]] and later from [[Romania]]. These improvments returned quick results, and Pyunik won the Armenian title the same year and the [[Armenian Cup]] in 2002. Later, for the first time in independent Armenian club history an Armenian club advanced to the second round in [[Champions League]]. The club won [[Armenian Premier League]] titles seven times in a row. In 2007 season Pyunik's strategy changed. The club resigned from its foreign players' services and depended on its own academy's products. However, Pyunik was still in the title hunt because it included seven [[Armenia national football team|Armenian national team]] players, such as [[Sargis Hovsepyan]], [[Robert Arzumanyan]], [[Levon Pachajyan]], [[Karen Dokhoyan]] and many more. So, in 2007 season Pyunik proved its worth by wining another Armenian title, and for the fourth time in the club's history it advanced the second round in Champions League qualifying, where they lost to [[Shakhtar Donetsk]] (2:0 and 2:1).
== Rivalry ==
Pyunik's main two rivals are [[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat]] and [[Banants]], however, the rivalry with [[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat]] is a lot more fierce than that of [[Banants]]. The reason for that is because [[FC Ararat Yerevan|Ararat]] is known to be the most loved club of [[Yerevan]] because of its Soviet accomplishments, and [[Banants]] was originally based in the region of [[Kotayk]], and was only moved to [[Yerevan]] in 1990s. Another category [[Banants]] and [[Pyunik]] compete is their youth academies, which are considered to be the two best academies in the country. However, over the years [[Pyunik]] proved that it has strongest youth school in Armenia. The proof of that is that most of Armenian Youth National team players are representing FC Pyunik. Few examples of Pyunik's products are [[Edgar Manucharyan]], [[Robert Arzumanyan]], [[Gevorg Ghazaryan]], [[Henrik Mkhitaryan]]; all representing Armenian National team from very young age .
== Stadium ==
Pyunik's home ground is the [[Hanrapetakan Stadium|Republican Stadium]] based in [[Yerevan]]. However, because of ongoing reconstruction, the club plays its home matches at their sportbase, which can serve nearly 2000 supporters. It is supposed, that the main stadium will be ready towards the end of September 2008. The club also plays sometimes at their second home ground [[Nairi Stadium]], also based in Yerevan, which capacity is around 7,000 seats.
== Current squad ==
The players in '''bold''' have senior international caps.
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=1|nat=Armenia|name=[[Grigor Meliksetyan]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=2|nat=Armenia|name=[[Hayk Chilingaryan]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=3|nat=Armenia|name=[[Karen V. Khachatryan]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=4|nat=Armenia|name='''[[Sargis Hovsepyan]]''' [[Image:Captain sports.svg|12px|Captain (football)]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=5|nat=Armenia|name='''[[Arthur Yedigaryan]]'''|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=6|nat=Armenia|name='''[[Karlen Mkrtchyan]]'''|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=7|nat=Armenia|name=[[Mihran Manasyan]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=8|nat=Armenia|name=[[Vardan A. Petrosyan]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=9|nat=Armenia|name=[[Edgar Malakyan]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=Armenia|name='''[[Gevorg Ghazaryan]]'''|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=Armenia|name='''[[Norayr Sahakyan]]'''|pos=MF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=Armenia|name='''[[Karen Dokhoyan]]'''|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=15|nat=Armenia|name=[[Arthur Yuspashyan]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=16|nat=Armenia|name=[[Hamik Beglaryan]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=Armenia|name=[[Tigran Voskanyan]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=18|nat=Armenia|name='''[[Tigran Gharabaghtsyan]]'''|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=19|nat=Armenia|name=[[Albert Tadevosyan]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=Armenia|name=[[Artak Khachatryan]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=Armenia|name='''[[Henrik Mkhitaryan]]'''|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=24|nat=Armenia|name=[[Artak Andrikyan]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=35|nat=Armenia|name=[[Eduard Hovhannisyan]]|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=|nat=Armenia|name=[[Artak Yedigaryan]]|pos=DF}}
{{Fs end}}
===Squad changes of 2008 season===
'''In:'''
*{{flagicon|Armenia}} '''[[Vardan Petrosyan]]''' ''from own Reserve Team''
*{{flagicon|Armenia}} '''[[Mihran Manasyan]]''' ''from own Reserve Team''
*{{flagicon|Armenia}} '''[[Karen Khachatryan]]''' ''from own Reserve Team''
*{{flagicon|Armenia}} '''[[Edvard Hovhannisyan]]''' ''from own Reserve Team''
*{{flagicon|Armenia}} '''[[Tigran Gharabaghtsyan]]''' '' free agent''
'''Out:'''
*{{flagicon|Armenia}} '''[[Levon Pachajyan]]''' ''to [[GAIS]]''
*{{flagicon|Armenia}} '''[[Robert Arzumanyan]]''' ''to [[Randers FC]]''
*{{flagicon|Armenia}} '''[[Aghvan Mkrtchyan]]''' ''to [[FC Gomel]]''
*{{flagicon|Armenia}} '''[[Aleksandr Tadevosyan]]''' ''to [[FC Vitebsk]]''
*{{flagicon|Armenia}} '''[[Rafael Nazaryan]]''' ''to [[FC Uliss Yerevan]]''
*{{flagicon|Armenia}} '''[[Arsen Avetisyan]]''' ''to [[FC Gandzasar Kapan]]''
*{{flagicon|Armenia}} '''[[Aleksandr Petrosyan]]''' ''to [[FC Gandzasar Kapan]]''
==Notable past players==
{|
|valign="top"|
*{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Armenia]]
**{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Edgar Manucharyan]]
**{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Robert Arzumanyan]]
**{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Arman Karamyan]]
**{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Artavazd Karamyan]]
**{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Levon Pachajyan]]
**{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Gevorg Kasparov]]
**{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Aghvan Mkrtchyan]]
**{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Arthur Mkrtchyan]]
**{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Aleksandr Tadevosyan]]
**{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Hamlet Mkhitaryan]]
**{{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Arthur Voskanyan]]
*{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Argentina]]
**{{flagicon|Argentina}} {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Fernando Zagharián]]
**{{flagicon|Argentina}} {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[José André Bilibio]]
**{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Miguel Angel Sisserna]]
**{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Raul Osvaldo Ruiz]]
**{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Juan Pablo Peralta]]
**{{flagicon|Argentina}} [[Eduardo Alberto Davilla]]
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*{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Brazil]]
**{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Bruno Batista da Silva]]
**{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Edgaro Correa]]
**{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Samuel Fernando Flores]]
**{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Diego Rodrigo de Baros]]
*{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Cameroon]]
**{{flagicon|Cameroon}} {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Edel Bete]]
**{{flagicon|Cameroon}} [[Balep Ba Ndumbuk]]
**{{flagicon|Cameroon}} {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[:de:Carl Lombe|Carl Lombe]]
*{{flagicon|Mali}} [[Mali]]
**{{flagicon|Mali}} [[Alou Traoré]]
**{{flagicon|Mali}} [[Issa Traoré]]
**{{flagicon|Mali}} [[Mamadou Diawara]]
*{{flagicon|Romania}} [[Romania]]
**{{flagicon|Romania}} {{flagicon|Armenia}} [[Marian Zeciu]]
*{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Russia]]
**{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Ruslan Lyashchuk]]
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|}
==Pyunik in Eurocups==
{| class="wikitable" align="center" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Competition
! Pld
! W
! D
! L
! GF
! GA
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
| 23
| 5
| 6
| 12
| 23
| 32
|-
|style="text-align: left;"|[[UEFA Cup]]
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 6
|-
!Total
!25
!6
!6
!13
!28
!38
|}
{| class="wikitable" align="center"
! Season
! Competition
! Round
!
! Club
! Score
|-
|[[UEFA Cup 1996-97|1996/97]]
|[[UEFA Cup]]
|1Q
|{{flagicon|Finland}}
|[[HJK Helsinki]]
|3-1, 2-5
|-
|[[UEFA Champions League 1997-98|1997/98]]
|[[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|1Q
|{{flagicon|Hungary}}
|[[MTK Hungária FC|MTK Budapest]]
|0-2, 3-4
|-
|[[UEFA Champions League 2002-03|2002/03]]
|[[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|1Q
|{{flagicon|Finland}}
|[[Tampere United]]
|4-0, 2-0
|-
|
|
|2Q
|{{flagicon|Ukraine}}
|[[Dynamo Kyiv]]
|0-4, 2-2
|-
|[[UEFA Champions League 2003-04|2003/04]]
|[[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|1Q
|{{flagicon|Iceland}}
|[[Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur]]
|1-0, 1-1
|-
|
|
|2Q
|{{flagicon|Bulgaria}}
|[[CSKA Sofia]]
|0-2, 0-1
|-
|[[UEFA Champions League 2004-05|2004/05]]
|[[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|1Q
|{{flagicon|Macedonia}}
|[[FK Pobeda|Pobeda Prilep]]
|3-1, 1-1
|-
|
|
|2Q
|{{flagicon|Ukraine}}
|[[Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|1-3, 0-1
|-
|[[UEFA Champions League 2005-06|2005/06]]
|[[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|1Q
|{{flagicon|Finland}}
|[[FC Haka|Haka Valkeakoski]]
|0-1, 2-2
|-
|[[UEFA Champions League 2006-07|2006/07]]
|[[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|1Q
|{{flagicon|Moldova}}
|[[Sheriff Tiraspol]]
|0-0, 0-2
|-
|[[UEFA Champions League 2007-08|2007/08]]
|[[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|1Q
|{{flagicon|Ireland}}
|[[Derry City F.C.|Derry City]]
|0-0, 2-0
|-
|
|
|2Q
|{{flagicon|Ukraine}}
|[[Shakhtar Donetsk]]
|0-2, 1-2
|-
|[[UEFA Champions League 2008-09|2008/09]]
|[[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]]
|1Q
|{{flagicon|Cyprus}}
|[[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]]
|0-1, ?-?
|}
==Honours==
* '''[[Armenian Premier League]]''': 10
( 1992, 1995/96, 1996/97, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 )
* '''[[Armenian Cup]]''': 3
( 1996, 2002, 2004 )
* '''[[Armenian Supercup]]''': 5
( 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006 )
==External links==
* [http://www.fcpyunik.am/eng/ Official website] {{hy icon}}
{{Pyunik Yerevan squad}}
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{{Armenian Premier League}}
{{Champions League 2007-08}}
{{UEFA Champions League Seasons}}
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