BMA-Arai Echmiadzin (), is a defunct Armenian football club from the town of Vagharshapat (Etchmiadzin), Armavir Province.
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 1992 the team performed in the championship of Armenia in the Premier League, on the basis of which they occupied 10th place and booked a place in the highest league in the next year.
In the Armenian Cup 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 biennial team will come down from competing in the tournament.
League record YearClub NameDivisionPositionGPWDLGSGAPTS1990Zvartnots EchmiadzinArmenian SSR League7321281253603219911138144205976321992Armenian Premier League102235143061111993132864184278161994BMA-Arai Echmiadzin142855183885151995Armenian First League314815359251995–96102272132644231996–971022679242825199771641112545131998–present no participation
Head coach B. Yeghiazaryan (1990)Состав команды на 1990 год Samvel Ayvazian (1991) Arkady Andriasyan (1992–1993) Ashot Martirosyan (1993) Rudik Avanesyan (1993) Gevond Pogosyan (1994)
References
External links BMA-Arai at foot.dk RSSSF Armenia (and subpages per year)