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Revision as of 15:34, 2 July 2008
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| Full name | Football Club Pyunik Yerevan | ||
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| Founded | 1992 | ||
| Ground | Republican Stadium, Yerevan | ||
| Capacity | 15,000 | ||
| Chairman |  Karen Harutunyan | ||
| Manager | Vardan Minasyan | ||
| League | Armenian Premier League | ||
| 2007 | Armenian Premier League, 1st | ||
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FC Pyunik (Armenian: Ֆուտբոլային Ակումբ Փյունիկ Երեւան), is one of the most popular football clubs in Armenia. The club plays its home games in the Republican Stadium in Yerevan.
History
Founded in 1992, Pyunik (Armenian for "Phoenix") has won a record of 10 Armenian Championships, along with 3 Armenian Cups, and 5 Armenian Supercups. 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, brought star players from other Armenian team's such as Artavazd Karamyan and Arman Karamyan. 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. This improvments didn't waited to long, and Pyunik won the Armenian title the same year and the Armenian Cup in 2002. Later, first time in independent Armenian club history an Armenian club advanced to second round in Champions League. The club won Armenian Premier League titles seven times in a row. In 2007 season Pyunik's themes changed, the club resigned from its foreign player's services and depended on it own academy's products. However, Pyunik was still in the title hunt because it included seven Armenian national team players, such as Sargis Hovsepyan, Robert Arzumanyan, Levon Pachajyan, Karen Dokhoyan and many more. So, in 2007 season Pyunik proved it worth by wining another Armenian title, and again the 4th time in 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 Ararat and Banants, however, the rivalry with Ararat is a lot more fierce than that of Banants. The reason for that is because 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 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 in September 2008.
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Squad changes of 2008 season
In:
Vardan Petrosyan from own Reserve Team- Mihran Manasyan from own Reserve Team
- Karen Khachatryan from own Reserve Team
- Edvard Hovhannisyan from own Reserve Team
Out:
- Tigran Gharabaghtsyan to PFC Cherno More Varna
- Levon Pachajyan to GAIS
- Robert Arzumanyan to Randers FC
- Aghvan Mkrtchyan to FC Gomel
- Aleksandr Tadevosyan to FC Vitebsk
- Rafael Nazaryan to FC Uliss Yerevan
- Arsen Avetisyan to FC Gandzasar Kapan
- Aleksandr Petrosyan to FC Gandzasar Kapan
Notable past players
Pyunik in Eurocups
| Competition | Matches | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| Champions League | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 23 | 31 |
| UEFA Cup | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Total | 22 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 28 | 37 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Score | |
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| 1996/97 | UEFA Cup | 1Q | 
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HJK Helsinki | 3-1, 2-5 |
| 1997/98 | Champions League | 1Q | 
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MTK Budapest | 0-2, 3-4 |
| 2002/03 | Champions League | 1Q |
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Tampere United | 4-0, 2-0 |
| 2Q | 
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Dynamo Kiev | 0-4, 2-2 | ||
| 2003/04 | Champions League | 1Q | 
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Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur | 1-0, 1-1 |
| 2Q | 
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CSKA Sofia | 0-2, 0-1 | ||
| 2004/05 | Champions League | 1Q | 
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Pobeda Prilep | 3-1, 1-1 |
| 2Q |
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Shakhtar Donetsk | 1-3, 0-1 | ||
| 2005/06 | Champions League | 1Q |
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Haka Valkeakoski | 0-1, 2-2 |
| 2006/07 | Champions League | 1Q | 
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Sheriff Tiraspol | 0-0, 0-2 |
| 2007/08 | Champions League | 1Q | 
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Derry City | 0-0, 2-0 |
| 2Q |
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Shakhtar Donetsk | 0-2, 1-2 | ||
| 2008/09 | Champions League | 1Q | 
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Anorthosis Famagusta | ?-?, ?-? |
Honours
( 1992, 1995/96, 1996/97, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 )
- Armenian Cup: 3
( 1996, 2002, 2004 )
( 1997, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006 )