Armenia national football team

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Armenia

Nickname(s)	Ararat
Association	Football Federation of Armenia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Jan Poulsen
Asst coach	Vardan Minasyan
Captain	Sargis Hovsepyan
Most caps	Sargis Hovsepyan (101)
Top scorer	Arthur Petrosyan (11)
Home stadium	Hrazdan Stadium Hanrapetakan Stadium
FIFA code	ARM
FIFA ranking	110
Highest FIFA ranking	78 (April 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	159 (June 1994)
Elo ranking	103
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 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 The team 4.1 Current squad 5 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification 6 Fixtures and results 6.1 Forthcoming fixtures 6.2 Recent results 7 Notable players 7.1 Most capped players 7.2 Top goalscorers 8 Armenia versus other national teams 9 Memorable matches 10 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 October 15, 2008

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–present	10	3	2	5	7	17	30%

[edit] The team

[edit] Current squad

Caps and goals correct as of October 15, 2008.

Pos. Player Date of birth/Age Height (m) Caps Goals Club GK Roman Berezovsky August 5, 1974 (1974-08-05) (age 34) 1.90 55 0 FC Khimki GK Gevorg Kasparov July 25, 1980 (1980-07-25) (age 28) 1.82 11 0 Ulisses Yerevan DF Vahagn Minasyan April 25, 1985 (1985-04-25) (age 23) 1.83 5 1 Ararat Yerevan DF Aghvan Mkrtchyan February 27, 1981 (1981-02-27) (age 27) 1.82 36 0 FC Gomel DF Robert Arzumanyan July 24, 1985 (1985-07-24) (age 23) 1.84 34 3 Randers FC DF Sargis Hovsepyan (captain) November 2, 1972 (1972-11-02) (age 36) 1.82 101 1 Pyunik Yerevan DF Ararat Arakelyan February 2, 1984 (1984-02-02) (age 24) 1.90 19 1 Metalurh Donetsk DF Alexander Tadevosyan August 9, 1980 (1980-08-09) (age 28) 1.85 38 0 FC Vitebsk MF Artavazd Karamyan November 14, 1979 (1979-11-14) (age 29) 1.77 41 2 FC Timişoara MF Arthur Yedigaryan June 26, 1987 (1987-06-26) (age 21) 1.73 3 0 Pyunik Yerevan MF Levon Pachajyan September 20, 1983 (1983-09-20) (age 25) 1.71 29 1 GAIS Göteborg MF Samvel Melkonyan March 15, 1984 (1984-03-15) (age 24) 1.83 24 0 Metalurh Donetsk MF Henrik Mkhitaryan January 21, 1989 (1989-01-21) (age 19) 1.73 7 0 Pyunik Yerevan MF Arthur Voskanyan August 13, 1976 (1976-08-13) (age 32) 1.83 50 1 FC Vitebsk FW Edgar Manucharyan January 19, 1987 (1987-01-19) (age 21) 1.77 18 2 Ajax Amsterdam FW Robert Zebelyan March 31, 1984 (1984-03-31) (age 24) 1.88 7 0 Baltika Kaliningrad FW Arman Karamyan November 14, 1979 (1979-11-14) (age 29) 1.77 42 5 FC Timişoara FW Ara Hakobyan November 4, 1980 (1980-11-04) (age 28) 1.75 42 7 FC Gomel FW Gevorg Ghazaryan April 5, 1988 (1988-04-05) (age 20) 1.77 9 0 Pyunik Yerevan [edit] 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Spain 4 4 0 0 10 1 +9 12  Turkey 4 2 2 0 5 2 +3 8  Belgium 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 7  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 0 2 12 4 +8 6  Estonia 4 0 1 3 2 13 −11 1  Armenia 4 0 0 4 1 12 −11 0   Armenia  – 9 Sep 5 Sep 28 Mar 10 Oct 0 – 2 Belgium  2 – 0 – 28 Mar 3 – 2 1 – 2 10 Oct Bosnia and Herzegovina  4 – 1 1 Apr – 7 – 0 14 Oct 9 Sep Estonia  1 Apr 14 Oct 10 Oct – 0 – 3 0 – 0 Spain  4 – 0 5 Sep 1 – 0 9 Sep – 28 Mar Turkey  14 Oct 1 – 1 2 – 1 5 Sep 1 Apr – [edit] Fixtures and results [edit] Forthcoming fixtures Date Tournament Location Opponent Result Scorers March 28, 2009 WCQ 2010 Yerevan Estonia April 1, 2009 WCQ 2010 Tallinn Estonia September 5, 2009 WCQ 2010 Yerevan BIH September 9, 2009 WCQ 2010 Yerevan Belgium October 10, 2009 WCQ 2010 Yerevan Spain October 14, 2009 WCQ 2010 Istanbul Turkey [edit] Recent results Date Tournament Location Opponent Result Scorers October 15, 2008 WCQ 2010 Zenica BIH Lost 1:4 Vahagn Minasyan October 11, 2008 WCQ 2010 Brussels Belgium Lost 0:2 September 10, 2008 WCQ 2010 Albacete Spain Lost 0:4 September 6, 2008 WCQ 2010 Yerevan Turkey Lost 0:2 June 1, 2008 Friendly Offenbach Greece Drew 0:0 May 27, 2008 Friendly Tiraspol Moldova Drew 2:2 Marcos Pizzelli, Levon Pachajyan March 26, 2008 Friendly Rotterdam Kazakhstan Won 1:0 Edgar Manucharyan February 6, 2008 Malta Tmt. Ta'Qali Iceland Lost 0:2 February 4, 2008 Malta Tmt. Ta'Qali Belarus Won 2:1 Ararat Arakelyan, Ara Hakobyan February 2, 2008 Malta Tmt. Ta'Qali Malta Won 1:0 Ara Hakobyan [edit] Notable players Ararat Arakelyan Robert Arzumanyan Eric Assadourian Roman Berezovsky Karen Dokhoyan Razmik Grigoryan Ara Hakobyan Sargis Hovhannisyan Sargis Hovsepyan Arman Karamyan Artavazd Karamyan Romik Khachatryan Vardan Khachatryan Yervand Krbachyan Edgar Manucharyan Yegishe Melikyan Samvel Melkonyan Karapet Mikaelyan Hamlet Mkhitaryan Andrey Movsisyan Levon Pachajyan Arthur Petrosyan Albert Sarkisyan Armen Shahgeldyan Yervand Sukiasyan Alexander Tadevosyan Harutyun Vardanyan Arthur Voskanyan Tigran Yesayan Michel Der Zakarian Lists of the 10 players with the most caps and top 5 goalscorers for Armenia, as of October 15, 2008 (players in bold are still available for selection): [edit] Most capped players # Player Career period Caps Goals 1 Sargis Hovsepyan 1992–present 101 1 2 Arthur Petrosyan 1992–2005 69 11 3 Harutyun Vardanyan 1994–2004 63 1 4 Hamlet Mkhitaryan 1994–2008 56 2 5 Romik Khachatryan 1997–2008 56 1 6 Roman Berezovsky 1996–present 55 0 7 Armen Shahgeldyan 1992–2007 53 6 8 Arthur Voskanyan 1999–present 50 1 9 Karen Dokhoyan 1999–2008 48 2 10 Arman Karamyan 2000–present 42 5 [edit] Top goalscorers # Player Career period Goals Caps 1 Arthur Petrosyan 1992–2005 11 69 2 Ara Hakobyan 1998–present 7 42 3 Armen Shahgeldyan 1992–2007 6 53 4 Arman Karamyan 2000–present 5 42 5 Tigran Yesayan 1996–1999 4 21 [edit] Armenia versus other national teams As of October 15, 2008 National team 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 5 0 0 5 0-10  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 0 1 1-4  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 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 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 5 0 0 5 0-14  Turkey 1 0 0 1 0-2  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 118 24 28 66 83-202 [edit] Memorable 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 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 -