Armenia national football team

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Armenia
Nickname(s)	Ararat
Association	Football Federation of Armenia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Jan Børge Poulsen
Captain	Sargis Hovsepyan
Most caps	Sargis Hovsepyan (97)
Top scorer	Arthur Petrosyan (11)
Home stadium	Republican Stadium
FIFA code	ARM
FIFA ranking	78
Highest FIFA ranking	78 (April 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	159 (June 1994)
Elo ranking	99
First kit 　 Second kit
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 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.

Contents 1 World Cup record 2 European Championship record 3 Managers 4 Current squad 4.1 Candidates for the squad 5 FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification 5.1 Group 5 6 Notable players 6.1 Most capped players 6.2 Top goalscorers 7 Armenia versus other countries 8 Memorable matches 9 External links

[edit] World Cup record

• 1930 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1998 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] European Championship record

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

[edit] Managers

• As of June 1, 2008

Manager	Period	Matches	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
Eduard Markarov	1992-1994	6	1	2	3	1	5
Samvel Darbinyan	1995-1996	9	1	1	7	5	21
Khoren Hovhannisyan	1996-1997	16	2	5	9	10	41
Souren Barseghyan	1998-1999	14	4	2	8	11	19
Varuzhan Sukiasyan	2000-2001	17	3	7	7	17	27
Andranik Adamyan (temp)	2002	1	1	0	0	2	0
Oscar Lopez	2002	2	0	1	1	2	4
Andranik Adamyan (temp)	2003	1	0	0	1	0	2
Mihai Stoichiţă	2003-2004	10	4	1	5	11	17
Bernard Casoni	2004-2005	8	1	1	6	5	18
Henk Wisman	2005-2006	8	1	1	6	5	14
Ian Porterfield	2006-2007	10	2	4	4	5	9
Vardan Minasyan (temp)	2007	6	1	1	4	2	8
Jan Børge Poulsen	2008-present	6	3	2	1	6	5

[edit] Current squad

Pos. Player Date of birth/Age Caps Goals Club GK Roman Berezovsky August 5, 1974 (1974-08-05) (age 33) 51 0 Khimki GK Gevorg Kasparov July 25, 1980 (1980-07-25) (age 27) 11 0 Rah Ahan Tehran DF Aghvan Mkrtchyan February 27, 1981 (1981-02-27) (age 27) 32 0 Gomel DF Karen Dokhoyan October 6, 1976 (1976-10-06) (age 31) 48 2 Pyunik Yerevan DF Robert Arzumanyan July 24, 1985 (1985-07-24) (age 22) 30 3 Randers DF Sargis Hovsepyan (Captain) November 2, 1972 (1972-11-02) (age 35) 97 1 Pyunik Yerevan DF Ararat Arakelyan February 2, 1984 (1984-02-02) (age 24) 15 1 Metalurh Donetsk DF Aleksandr Tadevosyan August 9, 1980 (1980-08-09) (age 27) 34 0 Vitebsk MF Romik Khachatryan August 23, 1978 (1978-08-23) (age 29) 54 1 Banants Yerevan MF Artavazd Karamyan November 14, 1979 (1979-11-14) (age 28) 39 2 Politehnica Timişoara MF Levon Pachajyan September 20, 1983 (1983-09-20) (age 24) 25 1 GAIS Göteborg MF Samvel Melkonyan March 15, 1984 (1984-03-15) (age 24) 21 0 Metalurh Donetsk MF Karen Aleksanyan June 17, 1980 (1980-06-17) (age 27) 24 0 Banants Yerevan MF Hamlet Mkhitaryan November 24, 1973 (1973-11-24) (age 34) 55 2 Rah Ahan Tehran MF Arthur Voskanyan August 13, 1976 (1976-08-13) (age 31) 46 1 Vitebsk FW Edgar Manucharyan January 19, 1987 (1987-01-19) (age 21) 16 2 Ajax Amsterdam FW Marcos Pizzelli October 3, 1984 (1984-10-03) (age 23) 2 1 Ararat Yerevan FW Arman Karamyan November 14, 1979 (1979-11-14) (age 28) 38 5 Politehnica Timişoara FW Ara Hakobyan April 11, 1980 (1980-04-11) (age 28) 40 7 Zimbru Chişinău FW Gevorg Ghazaryan April 5, 1988 (1988-04-05) (age 20) 9 0 Pyunik Yerevan [edit] Candidates for the squad Pos. Player Date of birth/Age Caps Goals Club GK Armen Ambartsumyan February 18, 1978 (1978-02-18) (age 30) 8 0 Enosis Neon Paralimni GK Grigor Meliksetyan August 18, 1986 (1986-08-18) (age 21) 0 0 Pyunik Yerevan DF Vahagn Minasyan April 25, 1985 (1985-04-25) (age 23) 4 0 Ararat Yerevan DF Yegishe Melikyan August 13, 1979 (1979-08-13) (age 28) 29 0 Banants Yerevan DF Arthur Stepanyan April 14, 1987 (1987-04-14) (age 21) 0 0 Amkar Perm DF Hrayr Mkoyan September 2, 1986 (1986-09-02) (age 21) 0 0 Ararat Yerevan MF David Grigoryan December 28, 1982 (1982-12-28) (age 25) 8 0 Mika Yerevan MF Armen Tigranyan November 27, 1985 (1985-11-27) (age 22) 3 0 Gomel MF Arthur Minasyan June 4, 1977 (1977-06-04) (age 31) 4 0 Ararat Yerevan MF Henrik Mkhitaryan January 21, 1989 (1989-01-21) (age 19) 6 0 Pyunik Yerevan FW Vahe Tadevosyan October 17, 1983 (1983-10-17) (age 24) 0 0 Aarau FW Tigran Gharabaghtsyan June 6, 1984 (1984-06-06) (age 24) 2 0 Cherno More Varna FW Aram Hakobyan August 15, 1979 (1979-08-15) (age 28) 16 1 Banants Yerevan FW Robert Zebelyan March 31, 1984 (1984-03-31) (age 24) 4 0 Baltika Kaliningrad [edit] FIFA World Cup 2010 qualification September 6, 2008 Armenia  vs.  Turkey Republican Stadium, Yerevan September 10, 2008 Spain  vs.  Armenia Estadio Carlos Belmonte, Albacete October 11, 2008 Belgium  vs.  Armenia King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels October 15, 2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina  vs.  Armenia Asim Ferhatović Hase, Sarajevo March 28, 2009 Armenia  vs.  Estonia Republican Stadium, Yerevan April 1, 2009 Estonia  vs.  Armenia A. Le Coq Arena, Tallinn September 5, 2009 Armenia  vs.  Bosnia and Herzegovina Republican Stadium, Yerevan September 9, 2009 Armenia  vs.  Belgium Republican Stadium, Yerevan October 10, 2009 Armenia  vs.  Spain Republican Stadium, Yerevan October 14, 2009 Turkey  vs.  Armenia BJK İnönü Stadium, Istanbul [edit] Group 5 Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Armenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0  Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 [edit] Notable players Armenia - Portugal, Euro-2008 qualifying match (1-1 result) Ararat Arakelyan Robert Arzumanyan Eric Assadourian Roman Berezovsky Karen Dokhoyan Sargis Hovhannisyan Sargis Hovsepyan Artavazd Karamyan Romik Khachatryan Vardan Khachatryan Yervand Krbachyan Edgar Manucharyan Samvel Melkonyan Karapet Mikaelyan Hamlet Mkhitaryan Andrey Movsisyan Levon Pachajyan Arthur Petrosyan Albert Sarkisyan Armen Shahgeldyan Yervand Sukiasyan Harutyun Vardanyan Lists of the 10 players with the most caps and top 5 goalscorers for Armenia, as of June 1, 2008 (players in bold are still available for selection): [edit] Most capped players # Player Career period Caps Goals 1 Sargis Hovsepyan 1992–present 97 1 2 Arthur Petrosyan 1992–2005 69 11 3 Harutyun Vardanyan 1994–2004 63 1 4 Hamlet Mkhitaryan 1994–present 55 2 5 Romik Khachatryan 1997–present 54 1 6 Armen Shahgeldyan 1992–2007 53 6 7 Roman Berezovsky 1996–present 51 0 8 Karen Dokhoyan 1999–present 48 2 9 Arthur Voskanyan 1999–present 46 1 10 Ara Hakobyan 1998–present 40 7 [edit] Top goalscorers # Player Goals Caps 1 Arthur Petrosyan 11 69 2 Ara Hakobyan 7 40 3 Armen Shahgeldyan 6 53 4 Arman Karamyan 5 38 5 Tigran Yesayan 4 21 [edit] Armenia versus other countries As of June 1, 2008 Country Pld Won Drawn Lost GD  Albania 2 1 1 0 4-1  Andorra 6 5 1 0 13-2  Belarus 3 1 1 1 3-3  Belgium 4 0 0 4 0-8  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 2 1 0 1 2-3  Finland 4 0 1 3 1-5  France 3 0 0 3 2-7  FYR 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  Lebanon 1 1 0 0 1-0  Lithuania 1 1 0 0 2-1  Malta 3 3 0 0 3-0  Moldova 3 1 2 0 4-3  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 4 0 0 4 0-10  Turkmenistan 1 1 0 0 1-0  Ukraine 8 0 3 5 8-17  USA 1 0 0 1 0-1  Uzbekistan 1 1 0 0 2-0  Wales 2 0 2 0 2-2 Total 114 24 28 62 82-190 [edit] Memorable matches 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 Kyiv, 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 [edit] 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 v • d • e FIFA | World Cup | Confederations Cup | U-20 World Cup | U-17 World Cup Olympics | Asian Games | All-Africa Games | Pan American Games | Island Games | Minor Tournaments World Rankings | Player of the Year | Teams | Competitions | Organizations | 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) v • d • e 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 | Republic of Ireland | Israel | Italy | Kazakhstan | Latvia | Liechtenstein | Lithuania | Luxembourg | FYR Macedonia | Malta | Moldova | Montenegro | Netherlands | Northern Ireland | Norway | Poland | Portugal | Romania | Russia | San Marino | Scotland | Serbia | Slovakia | Slovenia | Spain | Sweden | Switzerland | Turkey | Ukraine | Wales  Football in Armenia v • d • e Stadiums FFA Footballers Premier League National team Armenian Cup First League U-21 team Armenian Supercup