Armenia national football team

Armenia National Football Team

Nickname(s)	"Լեռնականներ" "Lernakanner" (Highlanders)
Association	Football Federation of Armenia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vardan Minasyan
Captain	Sargis Hovsepyan
Most caps	Sargis Hovsepyan (125)
Top scorer	Arthur Petrosyan (11)
Home stadium	Hrazdan Republican
FIFA code	ARM
FIFA ranking	45
Highest FIFA ranking	44 (September 2011)
Lowest FIFA ranking	159 (June 1994)
Elo ranking	81
Highest Elo ranking	78 (7 October 2011)
Lowest Elo ranking	126 (May 1995)
Home colours Away colours
First international
Armenia 0–0 Moldova (Yerevan, Armenia; October 14, 1992)
Biggest win
Armenia 4–0 Andorra (Yerevan, Armenia; October 12, 2010) Slovakia 0–4 Armenia (Žilina, Slovakia; September 6, 2011)
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 (Armenian: Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական, 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 the split of the Soviet Union, the team played its first international match against Moldova on October 12, 1992.

FIFA World Cup record

Finals record			Qualification record
Year	Result		Pos (Size)	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1930–1994	Part of Soviet Union
1998	Did Not Qualify		4 (6)	10	1	5	4	8	17	−9
2002			6 (6)	10	0	5	5	7	19	−12
2006			6 (7)	12	2	1	9	9	25	−16
2010			6 (6)	10	1	1	8	6	22	−16
2014	To Be Determined
2018
2022

UEFA European Championship record

Finals record			Qualification record
Year	Result		Pos (Size)	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1960–1992	Part of Soviet Union
1996	Did Not Qualify		6 (6)	10	1	2	7	5	17	−12
2000			5 (6)	10	2	2	6	8	15	−7
2004			4 (5)	8	2	1	5	7	16	−9
2008			7 (7)	12	2	3	7	4	13	−9
2012			3 (6)	10	5	2	3	22	10	+12
2016	To Be Determined

Managers

• As of October 11, 2011

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	21	7	2	12	31	35	33.3%

Squad

Current squad

The following 22-man squad is called up for the Euro 2012 qualifying matches against Macedonia and Republic of Ireland on October 7, 2011 and October 11, 2011 respectively.

Caps and goals correct as of October 11, 2011.

Pos. Player Date of birth/Age Height (m) Caps Goals Club Goalkeepers GK Roman Berezovsky August 5, 1974 (1974-08-05) 1.90 69 0 Khimki GK Gevorg Kasparov July 25, 1980 (1980-07-25) 1.82 18 0 Mika Yerevan GK Arsen Petrosyan September 27, 1991 (1991-09-27) 1.82 1 0 Pyunik Yerevan Defenders DF Sargis Hovsepyan (C) November 2, 1972 (1972-11-02) 1.82 125 2 Pyunik Yerevan DF Robert Arzumanyan July 24, 1985 (1985-07-24) 1.84 49 4 Jagiellonia Białystok DF Valeri Aleksanyan September 4, 1984 (1984-09-04) 1.78 17 0 Sanat Naft DF Hrayr Mkoyan September 2, 1986 (1986-09-02) 1.82 14 0 Spartak Nalchik DF Artak Yedigaryan March 18, 1990 (1990-03-18) 1.80 8 0 Pyunik Yerevan DF Levon Hayrapetyan April 17, 1989 (1989-04-17) 1.78 8 0 Lechia Gdańsk DF Arthur Yuspashyan September 7, 1989 (1989-09-07) 1.77 6 0 Pyunik Yerevan DF Varazdat Haroyan August 24, 1992 (1992-08-24) 1.85 1 0 Pyunik Yerevan Midfielders MF Henrikh Mkhitaryan January 21, 1989 (1989-01-21) 1.78 27 8 Shakhtar Donetsk MF Arthur Yedigaryan June 26, 1987 (1987-06-26) 1.78 22 0 Banants Yerevan MF Karlen Mkrtchyan November 25, 1988 (1988-11-25) 1.75 19 0 Metalurh Donetsk MF Edgar Malakyan September 22, 1990 (1990-09-22) 1.72 11 0 Pyunik Yerevan MF Zaven Badoyan December 22, 1989 (1989-12-22) 1.74 1 0 BATE Borisov MF Aras Özbiliz March 9, 1990 (1990-03-09) 1.75 0 0 Ajax Amsterdam Forwards FW Edgar Manucharyan January 19, 1987 (1987-01-19) 1.77 35 6 Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast FW Gevorg Ghazaryan April 5, 1988 (1988-04-05) 1.80 23 6 Metalurh Donetsk FW Marcos Pizzelli October 3, 1984 (1984-10-03) 1.82 18 5 Kuban Krasnodar FW Yura Movsisyan July 6, 1987 (1987-07-06) 1.85 11 4 Krasnodar FW Artur Sarkisov January 19, 1987 (1987-01-19) 1.73 5 2 Shinnik Yaroslavl

Recent call-ups

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

Pos. Player Date of birth/Age Height (m) Caps Goals Club Goalkeepers GK Karen Israelyan March 26, 1992 (1992-03-26) 1.84 1 0 Pyunik Yerevan GK Stepan Ghazaryan January 11, 1985 (1985-01-11) 1.79 2 0 Banants Yerevan Defenders DF Ararat Arakelyan February 1, 1984 (1984-02-01) 1.90 33 2 Mes Kerman DF Hovhannes Hambardzumyan October 4, 1990 (1990-10-04) 1.71 2 0 Banants Yerevan Midfielders MF Aghvan Mkrtchyan February 27, 1981 (1981-02-27) 1.82 44 1 Mika Yerevan MF Levon Pachajyan September 20, 1983 (1983-09-20) 1.71 37 2 Sanat Naft MF David Manoyan July 5, 1990 (1990-07-05) 1.74 6 0 Pyunik Yerevan MF Artak Dashyan November 20, 1989 (1989-11-20) 1.81 3 0 Banants Yerevan MF Artak Alexanyan March 10, 1991 (1991-03-10) 1.74 2 0 Khimki Forwards FW Hovhannes Goharyan June 23, 1988 (1988-18-23) 1.73 6 1 Lokomotiv-2 Moscow

UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Russia 10 7 2 1 17 4 +13 23 Republic of Ireland 10 6 3 1 15 7 +8 21 Armenia 10 5 2 3 22 10 +12 17 Slovakia 10 4 3 3 7 10 −3 15 Macedonia 10 2 2 6 8 14 −6 8 Andorra 10 0 0 10 1 25 −24 0

Andorra — 0–3 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 Armenia 4–0 — 4–1 0–1 0–0 3–1 Macedonia 1–0 2–2 — 0–2 0–1 1–1 Republic of Ireland 3–1 2–1 2–1 — 2–3 0–0 Russia 6–0 3–1 1–0 0–0 — 0–1 Slovakia 1–0 0–4 1–0 1–1 0–1 —

World Cup 2014 qualifying

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Armenia — 11 Oct '13 26 Mar '13 10 Sep '13 12 Oct '12 7 Jun '13 Bulgaria 11 Sep '12 — 15 Oct '13 12 Oct '12 7 Sep '12 22 Mar '13 Czech Republic 6 Sep '13 16 Oct '12 — 22 Mar '13 8 Jun '13 12 Oct '12 Denmark 11 Jun '13 26 Mar '13 8 Sep '12 — 11 Oct '13 15 Oct '13 Italy 15 Oct '13 6 Sep '13 10 Sep '13 16 Oct '12 — 11 Sep '12 Malta 7 Sep '12 10 Sep '13 11 Oct '13 6 Sep '13 26 Mar '13 —

Forthcoming fixtures

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent
February 28, 2012	Friendly match	Larnaka	Serbia
February 29, 2012	Friendly match	Larnaka	Canada

Recent results

Date	Tournament	Location	Opponent	Result	Scorers
October 11, 2011	ECQ 2012	Dublin	Republic of Ireland	Lost 1:2	Henrikh Mkhitaryan
October 7, 2011	ECQ 2012	Yerevan	Macedonia	Won 4:1	Marcos Pizzelli, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Gevorg Ghazaryan, Artur Sarkisov
September 6, 2011	ECQ 2012	Žilina	Slovakia	Won 4:0	Yura Movsisyan, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Gevorg Ghazaryan, Artur Sarkisov
September 2, 2011	ECQ 2012	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	Won 3:0	Marcos Pizzelli, Gevorg Ghazaryan, Henrikh Mkhitaryan
August 10, 2011	Friendly	Kaunas	Lithuania	Lost 0:3
June 4, 2011	ECQ 2012	St. Petersburg	Russia	Lost 1:3	Marcos Pizzelli
March 26, 2011	ECQ 2012	Yerevan	Russia	Drew 0:0
February 9, 2011	Friendly	Limassol	Georgia	Lost 1:2	Edgar Manucharyan
October 12, 2010	ECQ 2012	Yerevan	Andorra	Won 4:0	Gevorg Ghazaryan, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Yura Movsisyan, Marcos Pizzelli
October 8, 2010	ECQ 2012	Yerevan	Slovakia	Won 3:1	Yura Movsisyan, Gevorg Ghazaryan, Henrikh Mkhitaryan

Player statistics

Lists of the 10 players with the most caps and top goalscorers for Armenia, as of October 11, 2011 (players in bold are still available for selection):

Most capped players # Player Career period Caps Goals 1 Sargis Hovsepyan 1992–present 125 2 2 Arthur Petrosyan 1992–2005 70 11 3 Roman Berezovsky 1996–present 69 0 4 Harutyun Vardanyan 1994–2004 62 1 5 Hamlet Mkhitaryan 1994–2008 56 2 6 Romik Khachatryan 1997–2008 54 1 7 Armen Shahgeldyan 1992–2007 53 6 8 Arthur Voskanyan 1999–2010 51 1 9 Artavazd Karamyan 2000–2010 50 2 10 Robert Arzumanyan 2005–present 49 4

Top goalscorers Rank Player Career period Goals Caps 1 Arthur Petrosyan 1992–2005 11 70 2 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 2007–present 8 27 3 Ara Hakobyan 1998–2008 7 42 4 Gevorg Ghazaryan 2007–present 6 23 Edgar Manucharyan 2004–present 6 35 Armen Shahgeldyan 1992–2007 6 53 7 Marcos Pizzelli 2008–present 5 18 Arman Karamyan 2000–2010 5 48 9 Yura Movsisyan 2010–present 4 11 Tigran Yesayan 1996–1999 4 21 Robert Arzumanyan 2005–present 4 49

Armenia versus other national teams

As of October 11, 2011

Opponent	Games	Wins	Draws	Losses	Goals For	Goals Against	Goal Differential
Albania	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Andorra	8	7	1	0	20	2	+18
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	5	1	1	3	4	11	−7
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	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
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	2	1	0	1	2	4	−2
Macedonia	6	2	2	2	11	11	0
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	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7
Serbia	2	0	1	1	0	3	−3
Slovakia	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
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
51 Countries	141	31	32	78	117	238	−121

Notable matches

1990s

Date			Tournament			Place			Match	Score
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

2000s

Date			Tournament			Place			Match	Score
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

2010s

Date			Tournament			Place			Match	Score
October 8, 2010			UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia – Slovakia	3 – 1
March 26, 2011			UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia – Russia	0 – 0
September 6, 2011			UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying			Žilina, Slovakia			Slovakia – Armenia	0 – 4
October 7, 2011			UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying			Yerevan, Armenia			Armenia – Macedonia	4 – 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