Armenia national under-21 football team

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Armenia U-21
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Ararat
Association Football Federation of Armenia
Head coach Denmark Flemming Serritslev
Captain Gevorg Ghazaryan
Most caps Samvel Melkonyan (15)
Top scorer Henrik Mkhitaryan (7)
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Belgium Belgium 7-0 Armenia Armenia
(Ghent; September 6, 1994)
Biggest win
Armenia Armenia 4-0 San Marino San Marino
(Yerevan; June 9, 2006)
Biggest defeat
Ukraine Ukraine 8-0 Armenia Armenia
(Kiev; October 13, 1998)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances none (First in n/a)
Best result 2nd in qual. group, 2007

The Armenia national under-21 football team is the youth football team of Armenia. The team is based mostly on the young players from the league and competes every two years in order to qualify for the European Under-21 Football Championship. The team played its first match in 1994, Armenia having until 1992 been part of the USSR.

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[edit] UEFA U-21 record

  • 1978 - 1990: part of USSR
  • 1992 - 1994: did not participate
  • 1996: 6th of 6 in qualification group.
  • 1998: 5th of 5 in qualification group.
  • 2000: 5th of 5 in qualification group.
  • 2002: 5th of 6 in qualification group.
  • 2004: 5th of 5 in qualification group.
  • 2006: 6th of 6 in qualification group.
  • 2007: 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
  • 2009: 4th of 5 in qualification group.


[edit] Current squad

Caps and goals correct as of October 17, 2009.

Pos. Player Date of birth/Age Height (m) Caps Goals Club
GK Gevorg Prazyan July 24, 1989 (1989-07-24) (age 20) 1.94 2 0 Armenia Ararat Yerevan
GK Edvard Hovhannisyan February 28, 1990 (1990-02-28) (age 19) 5 0 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
DF Artak Andrikyan January 24, 1988 (1988-01-24) (age 21) 1.77 10 1 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
DF Artak Yedigaryan March 18, 1990 (1990-03-18) (age 19) 5 0 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
DF Varanth Bezdikian March 30, 1989 (1989-03-30) (age 20) 1.90 1 0 France Olympique de Marseille
DF Artashes Arakelyan June 10, 1989 (1989-06-10) (age 20) 1.81 5 0 Armenia Kilikia Yerevan
MF Henrik Mkhitaryan January 21, 1989 (1989-01-21) (age 20) 1.78 11 7 Ukraine Metalurh Donetsk
MF Karlen Mkrtchyan November 25, 1988 (1988-11-25) (age 21) 1.75 10 1 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
MF David Manoyan July 5, 1990 (1990-07-05) (age 19) 6 0 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
MF Edgar Malakyan September 22, 1990 (1990-09-22) (age 19) 4 0 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
MF Artak Alexanyan March 10, 1991 (1991-03-10) (age 18) 1.74 2 0 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
MF Arthur Yuspashyan September 7, 1989 (1989-09-07) (age 20) 4 0 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
MF Levon Hayrapetyan April 17, 1989 (1989-04-17) (age 20) 3 0 Germany Hamburger SV
MF Artak Dashyan November 20, 1989 (1989-11-20) (age 20) 1.82 3 1 Armenia Banants Yerevan
MF Masis Voskanian July 11, 1990 (1990-07-11) (age 19) 1.75 4 0 Belgium Club Brugge
MF Hiraç Yagan January 3, 1989 (1989-01-03) (age 20) 1.78 4 1 Belgium Standard Liège
FW Hovhannes Hambardzumyan October 4, 1990 (1990-10-04) (age 19) 1 0 Armenia Banants Yerevan
FW Albert Tadevosyan September 13, 1990 (1990-09-13) (age 19) 1.80 3 0 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
FW Mihran Manasyan January 13, 1989 (1989-01-13) (age 20) 1 1 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
FW Hovhannes Goharyan March 18, 1988 (1988-03-18) (age 21) 1.73 4 1 Belarus BATE Borisov
FW Gevorg Badalyan January 5, 1991 (1991-01-05) (age 18) 2 0 Czech Republic FK Banik Most

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