Armenia national football team

Armenia

Nickname(s)	"Լեռնականներ" "Lernakanner" (Highlanders)
Association	Football Federation of Armenia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vardan Minasyan
Captain	Sargis Hovsepyan
Most caps	Sargis Hovsepyan (114)
Top scorer	Arthur Petrosyan (11)
Home stadium	Hrazdan Stadium Hanrapetakan Stadium
FIFA code	ARM
FIFA ranking	96
Highest FIFA ranking	78 (April 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	159 (June 1994)
Elo ranking	118
Highest Elo ranking	93 (April 2004)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Armenia 0–0 Moldova  (Yerevan, Armenia; October 14, 1992)
Biggest win
Armenia 3–0 Albania  (Yerevan, Armenia; September 6, 1997)
Biggest defeat
Chile 7–0 Armenia (Viña del Mar, Chile; January 4, 1997)

The Armenia national football team (Armenian: Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական, Hayastani futboli azgayin havak’akan) is the national football team of Armenia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia. After the split of the Soviet Union, the team played its first international match against Moldova on October 12, 1992.

World Cup record

World Cup record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1930 to 1994	Did not enter, was part of USSR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1998	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014		-	-	-	-	-	-	-

European Championship record

European Championship record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1960 to 1992	Did not enter, was part of USSR	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016		-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Managers

• As of September 3, 2010

Manager	Period	Pld	Won	Tied	Lost	GF	GA	Win %
Eduard Markarov	1992–1994	6	1	2	3	1	5	16.6%
Samvel Darbinyan	1995–1996	9	1	1	7	5	21	11.1%
Khoren Hovhannisyan	1996–1997	16	2	5	9	10	41	12.5%
Souren Barseghyan	1998–1999	14	4	2	8	11	19	28.6%
Varuzhan Sukiasyan	2000–2001	17	3	7	7	17	27	17.6%
Andranik Adamyan (caretaker)	2002	1	1	0	0	2	0	100%
Oscar López	2002	2	0	1	1	2	4	0%
Andranik Adamyan (caretaker)	2003	1	0	0	1	0	2	0%
Mihai Stoichiţă	2003–2004	10	4	1	5	11	17	40%
Bernard Casoni	2004–2005	8	1	1	6	5	18	12.5%
Henk Wisman	2005–2006	8	1	1	6	5	14	12.5%
Ian Porterfield	2006–2007	10	2	4	4	5	9	20%
Vardan Minasyan (caretaker) Tom Jones (caretaker)	2007	6	1	1	4	2	8	16.6%
Jan Poulsen	2008–2009	12	3	4	5	9	19	25%
Vardan Minasyan	2009–present	10	2	0	8	9	20	20%

The team

Caps and goals correct as of September 3, 2010.

Pos. Player Date of birth/Age Height (m) Caps Goals Club Goalkeepers GK Roman Berezovsky August 5, 1974 (1974-08-05) (age 36) 1.90 60 0 Khimki GK Gevorg Kasparov July 25, 1980 (1980-07-25) (age 30) 1.82 17 0 Mika Yerevan GK Stepan Ghazaryan January 11, 1985 (1985-01-11) (age 26) 1.79 2 0 Banants Yerevan Defenders DF Sargis Hovsepyan (C) November 2, 1972 (1972-11-02) (age 38) 1.82 114 2 Pyunik Yerevan DF Arthur Voskanyan August 13, 1976 (1976-08-13) (age 34) 1.83 53 1 Banants Yerevan DF Aghvan Mkrtchyan February 27, 1981 (1981-02-27) (age 29) 1.82 46 1 Mika Yerevan DF Alexander Tadevosyan August 9, 1980 (1980-08-09) (age 30) 1.85 43 0 Mika Yerevan DF Robert Arzumanyan July 24, 1985 (1985-07-24) (age 25) 1.84 44 4 Randers DF Ararat Arakelyan February 2, 1984 (1984-02-02) (age 27) 1.90 30 2 Banants Yerevan DF Vahagn Minasyan April 25, 1985 (1985-04-25) (age 25) 1.83 12 1 Pyunik Yerevan DF Hrayr Mkoyan September 2, 1986 (1986-09-02) (age 24) 1.82 4 0 Mika Yerevan DF Artak Yedigaryan March 18, 1990 (1990-03-18) (age 20) 1.75 2 0 Pyunik Yerevan Midfielders MF Artavazd Karamyan November 14, 1979 (1979-11-14) (age 31) 1.77 51 2 Unattached MF Levon Pachajyan September 20, 1983 (1983-09-20) (age 27) 1.71 35 2 Sanat Naft Abadan MF Samvel Melkonyan March 15, 1984 (1984-03-15) (age 26) 1.83 29 0 Banants Yerevan MF Henrikh Mkhitaryan January 21, 1989 (1989-01-21) (age 22) 1.78 16 2 Shakhtar Donetsk MF Arthur Yedigaryan June 26, 1987 (1987-06-26) (age 23) 1.73 13 0 PAS Hamedan MF Karlen Mkrtchyan November 25, 1988 (1988-11-25) (age 22) 1.75 10 0 Pyunik Yerevan MF David Manoyan May 7, 1990 (1990-05-07) (age 20) 1.74 5 0 Pyunik Yerevan MF Artak Dashyan November 20, 1989 (1989-11-20) (age 21) 1.81 3 0 Metalurh Donetsk MF Edgar Malakyan September 22, 1990 (1990-09-22) (age 20) 1.71 3 0 Pyunik Yerevan MF Artak Alexanyan March 10, 1991 (1991-03-10) (age 19) 1.74 1 0 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast Forwards FW Arman Karamyan November 14, 1979 (1979-11-14) (age 31) 1.77 49 5 Unattached FW Edgar Manucharyan January 19, 1987 (1987-01-19) (age 24) 1.77 25 4 Pyunik Yerevan FW Gevorg Ghazaryan April 5, 1988 (1988-04-05) (age 22) 1.77 13 1 Pyunik Yerevan FW Marcos Pizzelli October 3, 1984 (1984-10-03) (age 26) 1.82 8 1 Pyunik Yerevan FW Robert Zebelyan March 31, 1984 (1984-03-31) (age 26) 1.88 7 0 Zhemchuzhina-Sochi FW Hovhannes Goharyan March 18, 1988 (1988-03-18) (age 22) 1.74 5 1 Pyunik Yerevan FW Yeghia Yavruyan October 18, 1981 (1981-10-18) (age 29) 1.77 4 0 Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv FW Yura Movsisyan July 6, 1987 (1987-07-06) (age 23) 1.83 2 0 Randers

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Russia 4 3 0 1 6 3 +3 9  Republic of Ireland 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7  Armenia 4 2 1 1 9 4 +5 7  Slovakia 4 2 1 1 4 4 0 7  Macedonia 4 1 1 2 4 4 0 4  Andorra 4 0 0 4 1 11 −10 0

Andorra  — 2 Sep '11 0–2 7 Oct '11 0–2 26 Mar '11 Armenia  4–0 — 7 Oct '11 0–1 26 Mar '11 3–1 Macedonia  6 Sep '11 2–2 — 4 Jun '11 0–1 11 Oct '11 Republic of Ireland  3–1 11 Oct '11 26 Mar '11 — 2–3 2 Sep '11 Russia  11 Oct '11 4 Jun '11 2 Sep '11 6 Sep '11 — 0–1 Slovakia  4 Jun '11 6 Sep '11 1–0 1–1 7 Oct '11 —

Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent
7 September 2010	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying	Skopje	Macedonia
8 October 2010	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying	Yerevan	Slovakia
12 October 2010	UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying	Yerevan	Andorra

Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
September 3 2010	ECQ 2012	Yerevan	Republic of Ireland	Lost 0:1
August 11 2010	Friendly	Yerevan	Iran	Lost 1:3	Aghvan Mkrtchyan
May 25 2010	Friendly	Yerevan	Uzbekistan	Won 3:1	Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Edgar Manucharyan (2x)
March 3 2010	Friendly	Antalya	Belarus	Lost 1:3	Levon Pachajyan
October 14 2009	WCQ 2010	Bursa	Turkey	Lost 0:2
October 10 2009	WCQ 2010	Yerevan	Spain	Lost 1:2	Robert Arzumanyan
September 9 2009	WCQ 2010	Yerevan	Belgium	Won 2:1	Hovhannes Goharyan, Sargis Hovsepyan
September 5 2009	WCQ 2010	Yerevan	BIH	Lost 0:2

Player statistics

Lists of the 10 players with the most caps and top goalscorers for Armenia, as of September 3, 2010 (players in bold are still available for selection):

Armenia versus other national teams

As of September 3, 2010

Opponent	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Differential
Albania	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Andorra	6	5	1	0	13	2	+11
Belarus	4	1	1	2	4	6	-2
Belgium	6	1	0	5	2	11	-9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	0	0	2	1	6	-5
Chile	1	0	0	1	0	7	-7
Cyprus	5	0	1	4	3	11	-8
Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	1	7	-6
Denmark	2	0	0	2	1	5	-4
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	0	3	-3
Estonia	4	1	1	2	4	6	-2
Finland	4	0	1	3	1	5	-4
France	3	0	0	3	2	7	-5
Georgia	4	1	1	2	3	9	-6
Germany	2	0	0	2	1	9	-8
Greece	3	0	1	2	0	3	-3
Guatemala	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Hungary	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
Iceland	3	0	1	2	0	4	-4
Iran	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
Republic of Ireland	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
Israel	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2
Jordan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1
Kuwait	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2
Latvia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Lebanon	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Lithuania	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1
Macedonia	4	1	1	2	5	8	−3
Malta	3	3	0	0	3	0	-3
Moldova	4	1	2	1	5	7	-2
Morocco	1	0	0	1	0	6	-6
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3
Northern Ireland	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2
Norway	2	0	1	1	1	4	-3
Panama	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Paraguay	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1
Peru	1	0	0	1	0	4	-4
Poland	5	1	1	3	2	7	-5
Portugal	4	0	2	2	2	5	-3
Romania	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5
Russia	2	0	0	2	0	5	-5
Serbia	2	0	1	1	0	3	-3
Spain	6	0	0	6	1	16	−15
Turkey	2	0	0	2	0	4	-4
Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Ukraine	8	0	3	5	8	17	-9
United States	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Wales	2	0	2	0	2	2	0
50 Countries	130	26	30	74	94	224	−130

Notable matches

Date			Tournament			Place			Match	Score
September 6 1995			UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying			Skopje, Macedonia			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
May 5 1997			1998 FIFA World Cup qualification			Kiev, Ukraine			Ukraine- Armenia	1 - 1
September 6 1997			1998 FIFA World Cup qualification			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Albania	3 - 0
June 9 1999			UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Ukraine	0 - 0
September 8 1999			UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - France	2 - 3
September 2 2000			2002 FIFA World Cup qualification			Oslo, Norway			Norway - Armenia	0 - 0
June 6 2001			2002 FIFA World Cup qualification			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Poland	1 - 1
September 7 2002			UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Ukraine	2 - 2
November 17 2004			2006 FIFA World Cup qualification			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Romania	1 - 1
October 7 2006			UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Finland	0 - 0
June 6 2007			UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Poland	1 - 0
August 22 2007			UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Portugal	1 - 1
October 13 2007			UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Serbia	0 - 0
June 1 2008			Friendly match			Offenbach, Germany			Greece - Armenia	0 - 0
September 9 2009			2010 FIFA World Cup qualification			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia - Belgium	2 - 1

External links

• Football Federation of Armenia
• RSSSF archive of results 1992-
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• Armenian football portal
• Profile at National Football Teams

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