Armenia national football team

Armenia

Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Ararat
Association	Football Federation of Armenia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Ian Porterfield
Most caps	Sargis Hovsepian (87)
Top scorer	Artur Petrosyan (11)
Home stadium	Republican Stadium
FIFA code	ARM
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	80
Highest	79 (September 2000)
Lowest	159 (June 1994)
First international
Armenia 0 - 0 Moldova (Yerevan, Armenia; 12 October, 1992)
Biggest win
Armenia 3 - 0 Albania (Yerevan, Armenia; 6 September, 1997)
Biggest defeat
Chile 7 - 0 Armenia (Viña del Mar, Chile; 4 January, 1997)

The Armenia national football team is the national football team of Armenia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia. After the split of the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Moldova on 12 October, 1992.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of USSR until 1991
• 1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

European Championship record

• 1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1996 to 2004 - Did not qualify

Managers

• As of June 6, 2007

Manager	Period	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
Eduard Markarov	1992-1994	6	1	2	3	1	5
Samvel Darbinyan	1995-1996	9	1	1	7	5	21
Khoren Hovhannisyan	1996-1997	16	2	5	9	10	41
Souren Barseghyan	1998-1999	14	4	2	8	11	19
Varuzhan Sukiasyan	2000-2001	17	3	7	7	17	27
Andranik Adamyan (caretaker)	2002	1	1	0	0	2	0
Oskar Lopez	2002	2	0	1	1	2	4
Andranik Adamyan (caretaker)	2003	1	0	0	1	0	2
Mihai Stoichiţă	2003-2004	10	4	1	5	11	17
Bernard Casoni	2004-2005	8	1	1	6	5	18
Henk Wisman	2005-2006	8	1	1	6	5	14
Ian Porterfield	2006-present	9	2	3	4	4	8

Current squad

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Roman Berezovsky	August 5, 1974	48	0	FC Khimki
	1GK	Gevorg Kasparov	July 25, 1980	7	0	Pas Tehran
	1GK	Armen Ambartsumyan	February 18, 1978	8	0	Slavia Sofia
	2DF	Yegishe Melikyan	August 13, 1979	27	0	Banants Yerevan
	2DF	Karen Dokhoyan	October 6, 1976	40	2	Pyunik Yerevan
	2DF	Sargis Hovsepian (C)	November 2, 1972	87	1	Pyunik Yerevan
	2DF	Aleksandr Tadevosyan	August 9, 1980	21	0	Pyunik Yerevan
	2DF	Robert Arzumanyan	July 24, 1985	17	1	Pyunik Yerevan
	2DF	Valeri Aleksanyan	September 4, 1984	12	0	Pyunik Yerevan
	2DF	Ararat Arakelyan	February 2, 1984	2	0	Banants Yerevan
	2DF	Vahagn Minasyan	April 25, 1985	2	0	Ararat Yerevan
	3MF	Romik Khachatryan	August 23, 1978	46	1	Unirea Urziceni
	3MF	Samvel Melkonyan	March 15, 1984	10	0	Banants Yerevan
	3MF	Artavazd Karamyan	November 14, 1979	33	3	Poli Timişoara
	3MF	Levon Pachajyan	September 20, 1983	12	0	Pyunik Yerevan
	3MF	Aghvan Mkrtchyan	February 27, 1981	23	0	Pyunik Yerevan
	3MF	Rafael Nazaryan	March 26, 1975	23	1	Pyunik Yerevan
	3MF	Hamlet Mkhitaryan	November 24, 1973	48	2	Pyunik Yerevan
	3MF	Arthur Voskanyan	August 13, 1976	33	0	Ararat Yerevan
	4FW	Edgar Manucharyan	January 19, 1987	13	1	Ajax Amsterdam
	4FW	Robert Zebelyan	March 31, 1984	2	0	FC Khimki
	4FW	Arman Karamyan	November 14, 1979	36	5	Poli Timişoara
	4FW	Aram Hakobyan	August 15, 1979	16	2	Illychivets Mariupol
	4FW	Armen Shahgeldyan	August 28, 1973	53	6	Mika Yerevan
	4FW	Vahe Tadevosyan	October 17, 1983	0	0	FC Aarau
	4FW	Ara Hakobyan	April 11, 1980	31	5	Illychivets Mariupol

• Head coach: Ian Porterfield

Notable players

• Artavazd Karamyan*
• Artur Petrosyan
• Hamlet Mkhitaryan*
• Roman Berezovsky*
• Eric Assadourian
• Albert Sarkisyan
• Harutyun Vardanyan
• Karen Dokhoyan*
• Romik Khachatryan*
• Andrey Movsesyan
• Armen Shahgeldyan*
• Sargis Hovsepian*
• Edgar Manucharyan*
• Armenak Petrosyan

(* - still is a national team player)

Memorable matches

Date			Tournament			Place			Match	Score
September 14, 1992			Friendly match			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Moldova	0 - 0
June 17, 1994			Friendly match			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Malta	1 - 0
August 6, 1995			UEFA EURO 96 qualifying			Skopje, FYR Macedonia			FYR Macedonia - Armenia	1 - 2
June 25, 1996			Friendly match			Asunción, Paraguay			Paraguay - Armenia	1 - 2
August 31, 1996			1998 FIFA World Cup qualification			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Portugal	0 - 0
October 5, 1996			1998 FIFA World Cup qualification			Belfast, Northern Ireland			Northern Ireland - Armenia	1 - 1
November 11, 1996			1998 FIFA World Cup qualification			Tirana, Albania			Albania- Armenia	1 - 1
May 5, 1997			1998 FIFA World Cup qualification			Kyiv, Ukraine			Ukraine- Armenia	1 - 1
September 6, 1997			1998 FIFA World Cup qualification			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Albania	3 - 2
September 5, 1998			UEFA EURO 2000 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Andorra	3 - 1
November 21, 1998			Friendly match			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Estonia	2 - 1
June 9, 1999			UEFA EURO 2000 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Ukraine	0 - 0
October 9, 1999			UEFA EURO 2000 qualifying			Andorra la Vella, Andorra			Andorra - Armenia	0 - 3
January 9, 2000			Friendly match			Los Angeles, USA			Armenia - Guatemala	1 - 1
February 2, 2000			Cyprus Tournament			Nikosia, Cyprus			Armenia - Moldova	2 - 1
June 3, 2000			Friendly match			Vilnius, Lithuania			Lithuania - Armenia	1 - 2
September 2, 2000			2002 FIFA World Cup qualification			Oslo, Norway			Norway - Armenia	0 - 0
February 12, 2001			Friendly match			Sofia, Bulgaria			Armenia - Uzbekistan	2 - 0
March 24, 2001			2002 FIFA World Cup qualification			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Wales	2 - 2
June 6, 2001			2002 FIFA World Cup qualification			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Poland	1 - 1
June 7, 2002			Friendly match			Andorra la Vella, Andorra			Andorra - Armenia	0 - 2
September 7, 2002			UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Ukraine	2 - 2
March 29, 2003			UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Northern Ireland	1 - 0
September 10, 2003			UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying			Belfast, Northern Ireland			Northern Ireland - Armenia	0 - 1
February 21, 2004			Cyprus Tournament			Larnaka, Cyprus			Armenia- Georgia	2 - 0
March 28, 2004			Friendly match			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia- Turkmenistan	1 - 0
November 17, 2004			2006 FIFA World Cup qualification			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia- Romania	1 - 1
October 12, 2005			2006 FIFA World Cup qualification			Andorra la Vella, Andorra			Andorra - Armenia	0 - 3
October 7, 2006			UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Finland	0 - 0
January 14, 2007			Friendly match			Los Angeles, USA			Armenia - Panama	1 - 1
June 2, 2007			UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying			Almaty, Kazakhstan			Kazakhstan - Armenia	1 - 2
June 6, 2007			UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia- Poland	1 - 0

External links

• Football Federation of Armenia
• RSSSF archive of results 1992-
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers

See also

• Armenian U-21 National Team
• Armenian Premier League
• Armenian Cup
• Armenian Super Cup
• Armenian footballers
• Sports in Armenia