FC Pyunik

Pyunik Football Club is an Armenian professional football club based in Yerevan. It is one of the most popular football clubs in Armenia. History Founded in 1992, Pyunik (Armenian for Phoenix) has won a record 12 Armenian Championships, along with 4 Armenian Cups, and 6 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. It was founded as Homenetmen Yerevan, and kept that name until the 199596 season, when it was renamed as Pyunik. After winning the title twice as FC Pyunik, troubles began as the club started to financially struggle, and eventually disbanded in 1999. Pyuniks new era began in 2001, when Pyunik absorbed FC Armenikum and automatically gained promotion to the Armenian Premier League without playing a single game in the lower leagues. The clubs owner, wealthy Armenian businessman Ruben Hayrapetyan, took a much more serious approach to the club and brough...