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Revision as of 11:53, 4 July 2018

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Armenia women's national football team.

Armenia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Հավաքական Havaqakan (The Collective team)
AssociationFootball Federation of Armenia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachVardan Minasyan
CaptainHenrikh Mkhitaryan
Most capsSargis Hovsepyan (132)[1]
Top scorerHenrikh Mkhitaryan (25)
Home stadiumVazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, Yerevan[2]
FIFA codeARM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current100 Decrease 2 (7 June 2018)
Highest30 (February 2014)
Lowest159 (July 1994)
First international
 Armenia 0–0 Moldova 
(Yerevan, Armenia; October 14, 1992)
Biggest win
 Armenia 7–1 Guatemala 
(Los Angeles, California, USA; May 28, 2016)
Biggest defeat
 Chile 7–0 Armenia 
(Viña del Mar, Chile; January 4, 1997)
 Georgia 7–0 Armenia 
(Tbilisi, Georgia; March 30, 1997)

The Armenia national football team (Template:Lang-hy, Hayastani futboli azgayin havak'akan) represents Armenia in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia, the governing body for football in Armenia. After gaining independence from the Soviet Union, the team played its first international match on October 12, 1992. Armenia's home ground is the Republican Stadium in Yerevan and their head coach is Vardan Minasyan. The national team has participated in the qualification of every major tournament from the UEFA Euro 1996 onwards, though they are yet to qualify for the knockout stage in either a UEFA European Football Championship or a FIFA World Cup.[3] In what was the Armenian national squad's greatest success at present, the team came in third place in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage, with controversial officiating preventing them from achieving second place, and hence moving on to the final tournament.[4]

The primary training ground is at the Technical Center-Academy of the Football Federation of Armenia in the northern Avan District of the capital Yerevan, and the team plays their home matches at the Republican Stadium.

History

See also: Football in Armenia § History

Armenia became an independent state in 1991, the Armenian SSR having previously played for the Soviet Union national football team. The Football Federation of Armenia was founded on 18 January 1992 and established relations with FIFA in 1992 and with UEFA in 1993.[5] The history of the Armenia national team began on 14 October 1992, when Armenia played its first match against Moldova. That meeting ended in a goalless draw. Since 1996, the team is a member of qualifiers European and World Championships.[6] Armenia has competed in every UEFA Euro qualification and FIFA World Cup qualification since 1994.[7]

The first head coach of the Armenian national squad was Soviet Armenian football star Eduard Markarov. Armenian winner of the UEFA Jubilee Awards and fellow Soviet Armenian football great Khoren Hovhannisyan also became a head coach. Many of the early coaches of the national team never stayed for longer than two years. Scottish coach Ian Porterfield became head coach in 2006 and began to lead the team to some of its first successes in the international stage. Under his leadership, the Armenian team had played a series of great matches with victories over Kazakhstan 2–1, Poland 1–0 and Portugal 1–1, with Cristiano Ronaldo in the lineup. But then tragedy struck; the 62-year-old Porterfield died of cancer, leaving his started work unfinished. An acting assistant coach, Vardan Minasyan, became acting head coach following Porterfield's death. Minasyan learned much from Porterfield and Samvel Darbinyan, another former head coach of Armenia, during this time about coaching and managing.[8] On February 10, 2009, after the draw for the qualifying round teams of the UEFA Euro 2012, by order of the President of the Football Federation of Armenia Ruben Hayrapetyan, Minasyan will continue to lead the Armenian national squad, only now as the official head coach.[9][10][11]

In the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches, Minasyan led Armenia in Group B against Russia, Slovakia, Ireland, Macedonia and Andorra. Armenia, considered a heavy underdog, defeated the group favorite Slovakia with two crushing defeats 4–0 and 3–1, defeated Andorra in two matches as well 4–0 and 3–0, drew with Macedonia 2–2 and defeated them in the deciding match 4–1 and tied with the group winners Russia 0–0. The Armenian team scored the most goals out of Group B, with a total of 22. Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Armenia scored 6 goals, the most goals scored by a single player in Group B.[12][13] The national team almost made the final draw, but controversially lost in a decisive match against Ireland 1–2. Armenian goalkeeper Roman Berezovsky was given a red card by Spanish referee Eduardo Gonzalez at the 26th-minute for supposedly touching the ball outside the goal area. However, replays clearly showed the ball touched his chest and never touched his hands. Replays also showed that Ireland striker Simon Cox had actually touched the ball with his right hand.[14] Despite this, Gonzalez did not penalize Cox. Cox would later admit he touched the ball with his hand.[15] Had Cox’s offence been punished, Armenia would have been awarded a free-kick.[4] Berezovsky was substituted with 19-year-old debuting Arsen Petrosyan. Valeri Aleksanyan later accidentally scored an own goal past Petrosyan, which ended up deciding the match. Armenia and Ireland would each score another goal. The Football Federation of Armenia unsuccessfully filed protest over the match.[14][16] Gonzalez had later resigned after the match.[17] Despite not getting to play in the UEFA Euro 2012, Minasyan brought the Armenian national team to a record #41 FIFA ranking, placed the team in a personal best third place in the group stage and went on to become the longest leading head coach of the Armenian football team. Minasyan stated he was proud of the entire team.[18][19] They were all welcomed in the airport back in Armenia as heroes.[20]

Stadium

Armenia vs Portugal during a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match at the Republican Stadium in Yerevan
Main articles: Hrazdan Stadium and Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium

Hrazdan Stadium was built from 1969 to 1970 on Athens St., Kentron in a period of 18 months with the financial support of the oil magnate Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. A total amount of 5 million rubles was allocated for Hrazdan.[21] The stadium was named after the slope of the Hrazdan River. It is the largest stadium in Armenia, with more than 70,000 seats. The opening of the stadium took place on 29 November 1970.[21] The Armenia national team played home matches in Hrazdan until 2000. Several Armenian football clubs also played in Hrazdan. In Soviet times, it was one of the largest stadiums in the Soviet Union (among the top four) and one of the few double-tiered stadiums. Hrazdan was the football ground stadium for Ararat Yerevan. Hrazdan Stadium hosted its first official football match on 19 May 1971 when Ararat Yerevan defeated Kairat 3–0 in front of a record 78,000 spectators.[22] The stadium would host Ararat Yerevan for the final victory of the club in the 1973 Soviet Top League and in the 1973 and 1975 Soviet Cup. The Soviet Union national football team played only two matches at the stadium, both of which date back to 1978. In April of that year, in a friendly game against Finland, the USSR won 10–2. Six months later, in a qualifying match for the UEFA Euro 1980 against Greece the Soviet team won again 2–0. The match with Finland hosted 12,000 spectators and the match with Greece hosted 40,000.[5] The capacity of the stadium decreased from 70,000 to an all-seater of 53,849 spectators. By the second half of 2012, Hrazdan was completely renovated to become the regular venue of the national team's home matches.

The Republican Stadium was renovated in 1999 and, since 2000, has been the home ground for Armenia. The stadium was built in 1953 and finished within a year's time.[23] Republican Stadium has a capacity of 14,968. During the Soviet period and onward from 1953 to 1999, it was known as Dinamo Stadium. The stadium had its official name changed to "Republican Stadium named after Vazgen Sargsyan" in 1999, after Armenian war hero and former Prime Minister of Armenia Vazgen Sargsyan, who died that year. Local clubs Pyunik and Ulisses play home matches at the Republican Stadium. In 2008, the stadium went under a large-scale development in order to modernize the playing surface and to create a high level VIP section and other facilities which met UEFA standards.[5]

Armenia played a match in Hrazdan in 2008 against Turkey after partial renovation earlier that year. The number of seats decreased from 75,000 to 53,849.[24] It is planned to hold Armenia's home matches after a complete renovation in 2012. On 12 October 2012, Armenia played a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Italy, but has not used Hrazdan since. Hrazdan is used mostly for Armenian football clubs and a number of other athletic competitions.[5]

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup records

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA Position
1930 to 1990 Part of  Soviet Union - - - - - - -
United States 1994 Did not enter - - - - - - -
France 1998 Did Not Qualify 10 1 5 4 8 17 4/6
South Korea Japan 2002 10 0 5 5 7 19 6/6
Germany 2006 12 2 1 9 9 25 6/7
South Africa 2010 10 1 1 8 6 22 6/6
Brazil 2014 10 4 1 5 12 13 5/6
Russia 2018 10 2 1 7 10 26 5/6
Qatar 2022 To Be Determined - - - - - - -
Total 0/21 - 62 10 14 38 52 122 -

UEFA European Championship records

UEFA European Championship record UEFA European Championship qualifying record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA Position
1960 to 1992 Part of  Soviet Union - - - - - - -
England 1996 Did not qualify 10 1 2 7 5 17 6/6
Belgium Netherlands 2000 10 2 2 6 8 15 5/6
Portugal 2004 8 2 1 5 7 16 4/5
Austria Switzerland 2008 12 2 3 7 4 13 7/8
Poland Ukraine 2012 10 5 2 3 22 10 3/6
France 2016 8 0 2 6 5 14 5/5
Europe 2020 To be determined
Total 0/15 58 12 12 34 51 85 -

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Main article: Armenia national football team results

2017

4 June 2017 Friendly Armenia  5–0  Saint Kitts and Nevis Republican Stadium, Yerevan
UTC+2 Koryan 19'
Mkhitaryan 30', 40'
Sarkisov 68'
Yedigaryan 89'
10 June 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Montenegro  4–1  Armenia Stadion pod Goricom, Podgorica
20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)		 Beciraj 2',
Jovetić 28', 54', 82'		 Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Koryan 89'
1 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Romania  1–0  Armenia Arena Națională, Bucharest
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)		 Maxim 90+1' Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Attendance: 27,178
4 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Armenia  1–4  Denmark Republican Stadium, Yerevan
18:00
(20:00 UTC+4)		 Koryan 6' Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Delaney 16', 82', 90'
Eriksen 29'
5 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Armenia  1–6  Poland Republican Stadium, Yerevan
18:00
(20:00 UTC+4)		 Hambardzumyan 64' Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Grosicki 2'
Lewandowski 18', 25', 64'
Błaszczykowski 58'
Wolski 89'
8 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification Kazakhstan  1–1  Armenia Astana Arena, Astana
18:00
(22:00 UTC+6)		 Turysbek 64' Report (FIFA)
Report (UEFA)		 Mkhitaryan 26'
9 November 2017 Friendly Armenia  4–1  Belarus Republican Stadium, Yerevan
 Report
Referee: Lasha Silagava (Georgia)
13 November 2017 Friendly Armenia  3–2  Cyprus Republican Stadium, Yerevan
 Report

2018

24 March 2018 Friendly Armenia  0–0  Estonia Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Report
27 March 2018 Friendly Armenia  0–1  Lithuania Republican Stadium, Yerevan
Verbickas 45'
29 May 2018 Friendly Armenia  1–1  Malta Wattens, Austria
19:00 (UTC+2) Yagan 13' Report Agius 45+1' (pen.) Stadium: Gernot Langes Stadion
Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)
4 June 2018 Friendly Armenia  0–0  Moldova Kematen in Tirol, Austria
17:00 (UTC+2) Report Stadium: Sportplatz Kematen Stadium
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly matches against Malta and Moldova on 29 May and 4 June, 2018 respectively.
Caps and goals correct as of 4 June 2018 after the match against Moldova.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Arsen Beglaryan (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 31) 14 0 Latvia Liepāja
1GK Aram Ayrapetyan (1986-11-22) 22 November 1986 (age 38) 3 0 Armenia Banants
1GK Valeri Voskanian (1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Armenia Pyunik
2DF Hrayr Mkoyan (1986-09-02) 2 September 1986 (age 38) 45 1 Armenia Shirak
2DF Varazdat Haroyan (1992-08-24) 24 August 1992 (age 32) 35 2 Russia Ural Yekaterinburg
2DF Taron Voskanyan (1993-02-22) 22 February 1993 (age 31) 25 0 Armenia Alashkert
2DF Gaël Andonian (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 (age 29) 23 0 France Marseille
2DF Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (1990-10-04) 4 October 1990 (age 34) 23 2 Armenia Artsakh
2DF Hayk Ishkhanyan (1989-06-24) 24 June 1989 (age 35) 5 1 Armenia Gandzasar
2DF Jordy Monroy (1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Colombia Boyacá Chicó
2DF André Calisir (1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 (age 34) 1 0 Sweden IFK Göteborg
2DF Narek Petrosyan (1996-01-25) 25 January 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Armenia Banants
3MF Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Captain) (1989-01-21) 21 January 1989 (age 35) 74 25 England Arsenal
3MF Marcos Pizzelli (1984-10-03) 3 October 1984 (age 40) 61 9 Kazakhstan Aktobe
3MF Gevorg Ghazaryan (1988-04-05) 5 April 1988 (age 36) 57 10 Portugal Marítimo
3MF Karlen Mkrtchyan (1988-11-25) 25 November 1988 (age 36) 48 2 Armenia Pyunik
3MF Artak Yedigaryan (1990-03-18) 18 March 1990 (age 34) 29 1 Armenia Alashkert
3MF Edgar Malakyan (1990-09-22) 22 September 1990 (age 34) 20 0 Kazakhstan Zhetysu
3MF Tigran Barseghyan (1993-09-22) 22 September 1993 (age 31) 15 1 North Macedonia Vardar
3MF Rumyan Hovsepyan (1991-11-13) 13 November 1991 (age 33) 12 2 Armenia Banants
3MF Gor Malakyan (1994-06-12) 12 June 1994 (age 30) 10 0 Ukraine Stal Kamianske
3MF Artem Simonyan (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29) 9 0 Armenia Alashkert
3MF Erik Vardanyan (1998-06-07) 7 June 1998 (age 26) 2 1 Spain Leganés
3MF Edgar Babayan (1995-10-28) 28 October 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Denmark Hobro
4FW Ivan Yagan (1989-10-11) 11 October 1989 (age 35) 2 1 Belgium Eupen
4FW Gegham Harutyunyan (1990-08-23) 23 August 1990 (age 34) 0 0 Armenia Gandzasar

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up in the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Gor Manukyan (1993-09-27) 27 September 1993 (age 31) 1 0 Armenia Pyunik v.  Lithuania, 27 March 2018
GK Sevak Aslanyan (1998-05-17) 17 May 1998 (age 26) 0 0 Armenia Pyunik v.  Lithuania, 27 March 2018
GK Arman Meliksetyan (1995-06-21) 21 June 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Armenia Ararat Yerevan v.  Cyprus, 13 November 2017
GK Grigor Meliksetyan (1986-08-18) 18 August 1986 (age 38) 4 0 Armenia Gandzasar v.  Kazakhstan, 8 October 2017
DF Gagik Daghbashyan (1990-10-19) 19 October 1990 (age 34) 11 0 Armenia Alashkert v.  Lithuania, 27 March 2018
DF Robert Darbinyan (1995-10-04) 4 October 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Armenia Shirak v.  Lithuania, 27 March 2018
DF Artur Kartashyan (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 27) 0 0 Armenia Pyunik v.  Lithuania, 27 March 2018
DF Artyom Mikaelyan (1991-07-12) 12 July 1991 (age 33) 2 0 Armenia Shirak v.  Cyprus, 13 November 2017
DF Levon Hayrapetyan (1989-04-17) 17 April 1989 (age 35) 40 1 Armenia Pyunik v.  Denmark, 4 September 2017
DF Armen Manucharyan (1995-02-03) 3 February 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Armenia Pyunik v.  Denmark, 4 September 2017
MF Kamo Hovhannisyan (1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 (age 32) 39 0 Kazakhstan Zhetysu v.  Lithuania, 27 March 2018
MF Aras Özbiliz (1990-03-09) 9 March 1990 (age 34) 35 6 Turkey Beşiktaş v.  Lithuania, 27 March 2018
MF Artak Grigoryan (1987-10-19) 19 October 1987 (age 37) 13 1 Armenia Alashkert v.  Lithuania, 27 March 2018
MF Gegham Kadymyan (1992-10-19) 19 October 1992 (age 32) 10 2 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava v.  Lithuania, 27 March 2018
MF David Manoyan (1990-07-05) 5 July 1990 (age 34) 26 0 Armenia Alashkert v.  Kazakhstan, 8 October 2017
MF Armen Ambartsumyan (1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Russia Fakel Voronezh v.  Denmark, 4 September 2017
FW Sargis Adamyan (1993-05-23) 23 May 1993 (age 31) 8 0 Germany Jahn Regensburg v.  Lithuania, 27 March 2018
FW Norberto Briasco-Balekian (1996-02-29) 29 February 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Argentina Huracán v.  Lithuania, 27 March 2018
FW Ruslan Koryan (1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 (age 36) 14 3 Russia SKA-Khabarovsk v.  Cyprus, 13 November 2017
FW Edgar Manucharyan (1987-01-19) 19 January 1987 (age 37) 53 9 Russia Ural Yekaterinburg v.  Kazakhstan, 8 October 2017
FW Artur Sarkisov (1987-01-19) 19 January 1987 (age 37) 38 6 Russia Yenisey Krasnoyarsk v.  Denmark, 4 September 2017

Records

Lists of the ten players with the most caps top goalscorers and top assists for Armenia, as of 4 June, 2018 (players in bold are still available for selection):

2018–19 UEFA Nations League

Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion[a] North Macedonia Armenia Gibraltar Liechtenstein
1  Macedonia (P) 6 5 0 1 14 5 +9 15 Promotion to League C — 2–0 4–0 4–1
2  Armenia (P) 6 3 1 2 14 8 +6 10 4–0 — 0–1 2–1
3  Gibraltar 6 2 0 4 5 15 −10 6 0–2 2–6 — 2–1
4  Liechtenstein 6 1 1 4 7 12 −5 4 0–2 2–2 2–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to revamp of the format for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League, the second-placed teams in each group and the best third-placed team among all groups were also promoted.

Managers

Vardan Minasyan, the current representation's manager, also previously held the position from 2009 to 2014, the longest period of time.
As of 4 June 2018
Manager Period Pld Won Tied Lost GF GA Win %
Armenia Eduard Markarov 1992–1994 6 1 2 3 1 5 16.7%
Armenia Samvel Darbinyan 1995–1996 9 1 1 7 5 21 11.1%
Armenia Khoren Hovhannisyan 1996–1997 16 2 5 9 10 41 12.5%
Armenia Souren Barseghyan 1998–1999 14 4 2 8 11 19 28.6%
Armenia Varuzhan Sukiasyan 2000–2001 17 3 7 7 17 27 17.6%
Armenia Andranik Adamyan (caretaker) 2002 1 1 0 0 2 0 100%
Argentina Oscar López 2002 2 0 1 1 2 4 0%
Armenia Andranik Adamyan (caretaker) 2003 1 0 0 1 0 2 0%
Romania Mihai Stoichiță 2003–2004 10 4 1 5 11 17 40%
France Bernard Casoni 2004–2005 8 1 1 6 5 18 12.5%
Netherlands Henk Wisman 2005–2006 8 1 1 6 5 14 12.5%
Scotland Ian Porterfield 2006–2007 10 2 4 4 5 9 20%
Armenia Vardan Minasyan (caretaker)
England Tom Jones (caretaker) 		2007 6 1 1 4 2 8 16.7%
Denmark Jan Poulsen 2008–2009 12 3 4 5 9 19 25%
Armenia Vardan Minasyan 2009–2014 39 14 4 21 56 58 35.9%
Switzerland Bernard Challandes 2014–2015 9 1 1 7 9 23 11.1%
Armenia Sargis Hovsepyan (caretaker) 2015 4 0 1 3 2 9 0%
Armenia Varuzhan Sukiasyan 2015–2016 7 2 1 4 12 12 28.6%
Armenia Artur Petrosyan 2016–2018 10 5 1 4 21 21 50%
Armenia Vardan Minasyan 2018– 0 2 0 0 1 1 0%

Team image

Nickname

The Armenia team is called the Lernakanner (Լեռնականներ), literally the "Mountaineers".[25]

Jerseys and Colour

The home gear color were previously the Red-Blue-Orange Armenian tricolour, designed by Stepan Malkhasyants. All three colors were on the first Armenian national team jerseys ever designed. The definition of the colors, as stated in government website, is:

The Red emblematizes the Armenian Highland, the Armenian people's continued struggle for survival, maintenance of the Orthodox Christian faith, Armenia's independence and freedom. The Blue emblematizes the will of the people of Armenia to live beneath peaceful skies. The Orange emblematizes the creative talent and hard-working nature of the people of Armenia.[26]

In the Euro 2012 qualification matches, played in 2010 and 2011, Armenia's home colors were red-blue-red, produced by Hummel. Beginning with May 2012 friendly with Greece, Armenia switched to all-red home colours and all-white away kit produced Adidas.[5]

Kit suppliers

Kit provider Period
Germany Puma 1992–1999
Italy Lotto 2000–2003
Denmark Hummel 2004–2011
Germany Adidas 2012–2018
Italy Macron 2018–

See also

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