Armenia national football team
Shirt badge/Association crest | |||
Nickname(s) | Հավաքական Havakakan (Collective team) | ||
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Association | Football Federation of Armenia | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Bernard Challandes | ||
Captain | Roman Berezovsky | ||
Most caps | Sargis Hovsepyan (131) | ||
Top scorer | Henrikh Mkhitaryan (16) | ||
Home stadium | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium[1] | ||
FIFA code | ARM | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 79 ![]() | ||
Highest | 30 (February 2014) | ||
Lowest | 159 (July 1994) | ||
First international | |||
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Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Yerevan, Armenia; October 12, 2010) ![]() ![]() (Žilina, Slovakia; September 6, 2011) ![]() ![]() (Copenhagen, Denmark; June 11, 2013) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Viña del Mar, Chile; January 4, 1997) ![]() ![]() (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 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 Bernard Challandes. 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.[2] 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.[3]
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.[4] The history of the Armenia national team began on 14 October 1992, when Armenia was 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.[5] Armenia has competed in every UEFA Euro qualification and FIFA World Cup qualification since 1994.[6]
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.[7] 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.[8][9][10]
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.[11][12] 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.[13] Despite this, Gonzalez did not penalize Cox. Cox would later admit he touched the ball with his hand.[14] Had Cox’s offence been punished, Armenia would have been awarded a free-kick.[3] Berezovsky was substituted with 19-year old debuting Arsen Petrosyan. Valeri Aleksanyan later accidentally scored an own goal on 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.[13][15] Gonzalez had later resigned after the match.[16] 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 is proud of the entire team.[17][18] They were all welcomed in the airport back in Armenia as heroes.[19]
Stadium
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Republican_Stadium%2C_Yerevan.jpg/240px-Republican_Stadium%2C_Yerevan.jpg)
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.[20] 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.[20] 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 May 19, 1971 when Ararat Yerevan defeated Kairat Almaty 3-0 in front of a record 78,000 spectators.[21] 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.[4] 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.[22] 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 Yerevan and Ulisses Yerevan play home games in 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.[4]
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.[23] 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.[4]
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup records
FIFA World Cup record | FIFA World Cup Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Position | |
1930 to 1990 | Part of ![]() |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
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Did not enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
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Did Not Qualify | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 4/6 | |||||||||
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10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 6/6 | ||||||||||
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12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 25 | 6/7 | ||||||||||
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10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 6/6 | ||||||||||
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10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 5/6 | ||||||||||
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To Be Determined | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
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- | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||
Total | 0/20 | - | 52 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 42 | 96 | - |
UEFA European Championship records
UEFA European Championship record | UEFA Euro Championship Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Position | ||
1960 to 1992 | Part of ![]() |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||
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Did not qualify | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 6/6 | |||||||||
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10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 5/6 | ||||||||||
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8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4/5 | ||||||||||
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12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 7/8 | ||||||||||
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10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 10 | 3/6 | ||||||||||
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To be determined | ||||||||||||||||
Total | 0/14 | 50 | 12 | 10 | 28 | 46 | 71 | - |
Recent results and forthcoming fixtures
2013
5 February 2013 Friendly | Luxembourg ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Valence, France |
18:45 GMT | Mutsch ![]() |
Report | Manucharyan ![]() |
Stadium: Stade Georges Pompidou Referee: Nicolas Rainville (France) |
26 March 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q | Armenia ![]() | 0 – 3 | ![]() | Yerevan, Armenia |
16:00 GMT | Report | Vydra ![]() Kolář ![]() |
Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Cristian Balaj (Romania) |
7 June 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q | Armenia ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Yerevan, Armenia |
20:00 UTC+4 | Report | Mifsud ![]() |
Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Arnold Hunter (Northern Ireland) |
11 June 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q | Denmark ![]() | 0 – 4 | ![]() | Copenhagen, Denmark |
20:15 UTC+2 | Report | Movsisyan ![]() Özbiliz ![]() Mkhitaryan ![]() |
Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 14,284 Referee: Aleksei Nikolaev (Russia) |
14 August 2013 Friendly | Albania ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Tirana, Albania |
Rama ![]() Kace ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Qemal Stafa Stadium Attendance: 6,700 Referee: Stanislav Todorov (Bulgaria) |
6 September 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q | Czech Republic ![]() | 1 – 2 | ![]() | Prague, Czech Republic |
18:00 UTC+2 | Rosický ![]() |
Report | Mkrtchyan ![]() Ghazaryan ![]() |
Stadium: Eden Arena Attendance: 17,628 Referee: Antony Gautier (France) |
10 September 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q | Armenia ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Yerevan, Armenia |
20:00 UTC+4 | Report | Agger ![]() |
Stadium: Hrazdan Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Bas Nijhuis (Netherlands) |
11 October 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q | Armenia ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Yerevan, Armenia |
19:00 UTC+4 | Özbiliz ![]() Movsisyan ![]() |
Report | Ivelin Popov ![]() |
Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany) |
15 October 2013 2014 FIFA World Cup Q | Italy ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | Naples, Italy |
20:45 UTC+2 | Florenzi ![]() Balotelli ![]() |
Report | Movsisyan ![]() Mkhitaryan ![]() |
Stadium: Stadio San Paolo Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Michael Oliver (England) |
2014
5 March 2014 Friendly | Russia ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Krasnodar, Russia |
18:00 GMT | Kokorin ![]() Kombarov ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: Alberto Undiano (Spain) |
27 May 2014 Friendly | United Arab Emirates ![]() | 3 – 4 | ![]() | Carouge, Switzerland |
18:00 GMT | Khalil ![]() O. Abdulrahman ![]() Saleh ![]() |
Report | Hayrapetyan ![]() Mkhitaryan ![]() Mkhitaryan ![]() Hovsepyan ![]() |
Stadium: Stade de la Fontenette Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland) |
31 May 2014 Friendly | Algeria ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() | Sion, Switzerland |
18:00 GMT | Belkalem ![]() Ghilas ![]() Slimani ![]() |
Report | Sarkisov ![]() |
Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Referee: Sascha Amhof (Switzerland) |
6 June 2014 Friendly | Germany ![]() | 6 – 1 | ![]() | Mainz, Germany |
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) | Schürrle ![]() Podolski ![]() Höwedes ![]() Klose ![]() Götze ![]() |
Report | Mkhitaryan ![]() |
Stadium: Coface Arena Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria) |
3 September 2014 Friendly | Latvia ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Riga, Latvia |
Šabala ![]() |
Report | Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 4,215 |
7 September 2014 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying | Denmark ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Copenhagen, Denmark |
18:00 GMT (18:00 UTC+2) |
Højbjerg ![]() Kahlenberg ![]() |
Report | Mkhitaryan ![]() |
Stadium: Telia Parken Attendance: 20,147 Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania) |
11 October 2014 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying | Armenia ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Yerevan, Armenia |
18:00 GMT (20:00 UTC+4) |
Robert Arzumanyan ![]() |
Report | Zoran Tošić ![]() |
Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 8500 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway) |
14 October 2014 Friendly | Armenia ![]() | 0 – 3 | ![]() | Yerevan, Armenia |
Rémy ![]() Gignac ![]() Griezmann ![]() |
Stadium: Republican Stadium Referee: István Kovács (Romania) |
14 November 2014 UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying | Portugal ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Faro/Loulé, Portugal |
20:45 GMT (19:45 UTC±0) |
Ronaldo ![]() |
Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 21.042 Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece) |
Players
Current squad
A list of players called up for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Portugal on 14 November 2014.
Caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2014 after the match against Portugal.
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 |
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DF | Alex | 6 January 1982 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Artyom Khachaturov | 18 June 1992 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Gagik Daghbashyan | 19 October 1990 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
DF | Artak Yedigaryan | 18 March 1990 | 17 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Artak Dashyan | 20 November 1989 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Zaven Badoyan | 22 October 1989 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Artur Yuspashyan | 9 July 1989 | 9 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Aleksandr Tumasyan | 15 October 1992 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
MF | Aras Özbiliz | 9 March 1990 | 17 | 4 | ![]() |
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MF | Karen Muradyan | 1 November 1992 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Davit Hakobyan | 21 March 1993 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Aghvan Papikyan | 8 February 1994 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Artur Miranyan | 27 December 1995 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
v. ![]() |
FW | Mauro Guevgeozián | 10 May 1986 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Vahagn Militosyan | 10 June 1993 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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FW | Sargis Adamyan | 13 May 1993 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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Records
Lists of the 10 players with the most caps and top goalscorers for Armenia, as of 15 October, 2014 (players in bold are still available for selection):
Most Caps
Last updated: November 14, 2014. |
Top Goalscorers
Last updated: November 14, 2014 . |
UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying
Armenia is preparing to compete in Group I in qualification for UEFA Euro 2016.
Managers
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Minasyan.jpg/200px-Minasyan.jpg)
- As of 14 November 2014
Manager | Period | Pld | Won | Tied | Lost | GF | GA | Win % |
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1992–1994 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16.7% |
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1995–1996 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 11.1% |
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1996–1997 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 41 | 12.5% |
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1998–1999 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 28.6% |
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2000–2001 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 17.6% |
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2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% |
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2002 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0% |
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2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0% |
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2003–2004 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 40% |
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2004–2005 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 12.5% |
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2005–2006 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 12.5% |
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2006–2007 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 20% |
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2007 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 16.7% |
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2008–2009 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 25% |
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2009–2014 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 21 | 56 | 58 | 35.9% |
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2014– | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 12.5% |
Team image
Nickname
The Armenia team is called the Havakakan (Հավաքական), literally the "Collective team".[24]
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.[25]
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.[4]
Kit suppliers
Kit provider | Period |
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1992–1999 |
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2000–2003 |
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2004–2011 |
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2012–present |
See also
- Armenia national football team results
- Armenia national under-21 football team
- Armenia national under-19 football team
- Armenia national under-17 football team
- List of Armenian international footballers
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External links
- Football Federation of Armenia
- FIFA profile
- UEFA profile
- RSSSF archive of results 1992–
- RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
- Armenian football portal
- Profile at National Football Teams
- Armfootball.tripod.com
- All official and unofficial games
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