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Armenia

Nickname(s)	Լեռնականներ (Leṙnakanner) English: Highlanders
Association	Football Federation of Armenia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vardan Minasyan
Captain	Sargis Hovsepyan
Most caps	Sargis Hovsepyan (110)
Top scorer	Arthur Petrosyan (11)
Home stadium	Hrazdan Stadium Hanrapetakan Stadium
FIFA code	ARM
FIFA ranking	103
Highest FIFA ranking	78 (April 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	159 (June 1994)
Elo ranking	121
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

• 1930 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1998 to 2010 - Did not qualify

European Championship record

• 1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1996 to 2008 - Did not qualify

Managers

• As of March 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	7	1	0	6	5	15	14.3%

The team

Caps and goals correct as of March 3, 2010.

Pos. Player Date of birth/Age Height (m) Caps Goals Club GK Roman Berezovsky August 5, 1974 (1974-08-05) (age 35) 1.90 59 0 Khimki GK Gevorg Kasparov July 25, 1980 (1980-07-25) (age 29) 1.82 17 0 Kaveh Tehran DF Sargis Hovsepyan (C) November 2, 1972 (1972-11-02) (age 37) 1.82 110 2 Pyunik DF Aghvan Mkrtchyan February 27, 1981 (1981-02-27) (age 29) 1.82 45 0 Mika DF Alexander Tadevosyan August 9, 1980 (1980-08-09) (age 29) 1.85 42 0 Mika DF Robert Arzumanyan July 24, 1985 (1985-07-24) (age 24) 1.84 41 4 Randers DF Vahagn Minasyan April 25, 1985 (1985-04-25) (age 24) 1.83 11 1 Pyunik DF Hrayr Mkoyan September 2, 1986 (1986-09-02) (age 23) 1.82 4 0 Mika MF Artavazd Karamyan November 14, 1979 (1979-11-14) (age 30) 1.77 51 2 Steaua MF Ararat Arakelyan February 2, 1984 (1984-02-02) (age 26) 1.90 28 2 Banants MF Samvel Melkonyan March 15, 1984 (1984-03-15) (age 26) 1.83 27 0 Banants MF Henrikh Mkhitaryan January 21, 1989 (1989-01-21) (age 21) 1.78 14 1 Metalurh Donetsk MF Arthur Yedigaryan June 26, 1987 (1987-06-26) (age 22) 1.73 10 0 PAS Hamedan MF Artak Dashyan November 20, 1989 (1989-11-20) (age 20) 1.81 2 0 Metalurh Donetsk MF Hiraç Yagan January 3, 1989 (1989-01-03) (age 21) 1.78 2 0 Tubize FW Arman Karamyan November 14, 1979 (1979-11-14) (age 30) 1.77 49 5 Steaua FW Edgar Manucharyan January 19, 1987 (1987-01-19) (age 23) 1.77 22 2 AGOVV FW Marcos Pizzelli October 3, 1984 (1984-10-03) (age 25) 1.82 6 1 Pyunik FW Hovhannes Goharyan March 18, 1988 (1988-03-18) (age 21) 1.74 5 1 BATE FW Yeghia Yavruyan October 18, 1981 (1981-10-18) (age 28) 1.77 4 0 Maccabi Tel Aviv Candidates to the squad Pos. Player Date of birth/Age Height (m) Caps Goals Club GK Grigor Meliksetyan August 18, 1986 (1986-08-18) (age 23) 1.90 0 0 Pyunik MF Arthur Voskanyan August 13, 1976 (1976-08-13) (age 33) 1.83 53 1 Banants MF Levon Pachajyan September 20, 1983 (1983-09-20) (age 26) 1.71 32 2 Sanat Naft MF Karlen Mkrtchyan November 25, 1988 (1988-11-25) (age 21) 1.75 8 0 Pyunik MF Artak Alexanyan March 10, 1991 (1991-03-10) (age 19) 1.74 1 0 Ural FW Gevorg Ghazaryan April 5, 1988 (1988-04-05) (age 21) 1.77 12 1 Pyunik FW Robert Zebelyan March 31, 1984 (1984-03-31) (age 25) 1.88 7 0 Zhemchuzhina-Sochi UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group B Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0   Andorra  — – – – – – Armenia  – — – – – – Macedonia  – – — – – – Republic of Ireland  – – – — – – Russia  – – – – — – Slovakia  – – – – – — Recent results Date Tournament Location Opponent Result Scorers 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 August 12 2009 Friendly Yerevan Moldova Lost 1:4 Ararat Arakelyan April 1 2009 WCQ 2010 Tallinn Estonia Lost 0:1 March 28 2009 WCQ 2010 Yerevan Estonia Drew 2:2 Henrik Mkhitaryan, Gevorg Ghazaryan Player statistics Lists of the 10 players with the most caps and top 5 goalscorers for Armenia, as of March 3, 2010 (players in bold are still available for selection): Most capped players # Player Career period Caps Goals 1 Sargis Hovsepyan 1992–present 110 2 2 Arthur Petrosyan 1992–2005 69 11 3 Harutyun Vardanyan 1994–2004 63 1 4 Roman Berezovsky 1996–present 59 0 5 Hamlet Mkhitaryan 1994–2008 56 2 6 Romik Khachatryan 1997–2008 54 1 7 Arthur Voskanyan 1999–present 53 1 8 Armen Shahgeldyan 1992–2007 53 6 9 Artavazd Karamyan 2000-present 51 2 10 Arman Karamyan 2000–present 49 5 Top goalscorers # Player Career period Goals Caps 1 Arthur Petrosyan 1992–2005 11 69 2 Ara Hakobyan 1998–2008 7 43 3 Armen Shahgeldyan 1992–2007 6 53 4 Arman Karamyan 2000–present 5 49 5 Robert Arzumanyan 2005–present 4 41 Armenia versus other national teams As of March 3, 2010 National team Pld Won Drawn Lost GD  Albania 2 1 1 0 4-1  Andorra 6 5 1 0 13-2  Belarus 4 1 1 2 4-6  Belgium 6 1 0 5 2-11  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 0 2 1-6  Chile 1 0 0 1 0-7  Cyprus 5 0 1 4 3-11  Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 1-7  Denmark 2 0 0 2 1-5  Ecuador 1 0 0 1 0-3  Estonia 4 1 1 2 4-6  Finland 4 0 1 3 1-5  France 3 0 0 3 2-7  Macedonia 4 1 1 2 5-8  Georgia 4 1 1 2 3-9  Germany 2 0 0 2 1-9  Greece 3 0 1 2 0-3  Guatemala 1 0 1 0 1-1  Hungary 1 0 0 1 0-2  Iceland 3 0 1 2 0-4  Israel 1 0 0 1 0-2  Jordan 1 0 1 0 0-0  Kazakhstan 4 2 1 1 6-5  Kuwait 1 0 0 1 1-3  Latvia 1 0 1 0 0-0 National team Pld Won Drawn Lost GD  Lebanon 1 1 0 0 1-0  Lithuania 1 1 0 0 2-1  Malta 3 3 0 0 3-0  Moldova 4 1 2 1 5-7  Morocco 1 0 0 1 0-6  Netherlands 2 0 0 2 0-3  Northern Ireland 4 2 2 0 3-1  Norway 2 0 1 1 1-4  Panama 1 0 1 0 1-1  Paraguay 2 1 0 1 2-3  Peru 1 0 0 1 0-4  Poland 5 1 1 3 2-7  Portugal 4 0 2 2 2-5  Romania 3 0 1 2 1-6  Russia 2 0 0 2 0-5  Serbia 2 0 1 1 0-3  Spain 6 0 0 6 1-16  Turkey 2 0 0 2 0-4  Turkmenistan 1 1 0 0 1-0  Ukraine 8 0 3 5 8-17  United States 1 0 0 1 0-1  Uzbekistan 1 1 0 0 2-0  Wales 2 0 2 0 2-2 Total 127 25 30 72 90-219 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 International football FIFA · World Cup · Confederations Cup · U-20 World Cup · U-17 World Cup · Olympics · Asian Games · All-Africa Games · Pan American Games · Minor tournaments · World Rankings · Player of the Year · Teams · Competitions · Federations · Codes Asia AFC – Asian Cup Africa CAF – Africa Cup of Nations North America CONCACAF – Gold Cup South America CONMEBOL – Copa América Oceania OFC – Nations Cup Europe UEFA – European Championship Non-FIFA NF Board – Viva World Cup National football teams of Europe (UEFA) Albania · Andorra · Armenia · Austria · Azerbaijan · Belarus · Belgium · Bosnia and Herzegovina · Bulgaria · Croatia · Cyprus · Czech Republic · Denmark · England · Estonia · Faroe Islands · Finland · France · Georgia · Germany · Greece · Hungary · Iceland · Israel · Italy · Kazakhstan · Latvia · Liechtenstein · Lithuania · Luxembourg · Macedonia · Malta · Moldova · Montenegro · Netherlands · Northern Ireland · Norway · Poland · Portugal · Republic of Ireland · Romania · Russia · San Marino · Scotland · Serbia · Slovakia · Slovenia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · Ukraine · Wales Football in Armenia League competitions Premier League · First League Cup competitions Independence Cup · Supercup National teams Men · Women · U-21 · U-19 · U-17 Lists and categories Players · Women Players  · Venues Football Federation of Armenia