Armenia national under-21 football team
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| Nickname(s) | Yeritasardakan (youth team) | ||
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| Association | Football Federation of Armenia | ||
| Head coach | Sargis Hovsepyan | ||
| Most caps | Gevorg Ghazaryan (18) | ||
| Top scorer | Henrik Mkhitaryan (9) | ||
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| First international | |||
.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium 7-0 Armenia  (Ghent; September 6, 1994) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Armenia 4-0 San Marino  (Yerevan; June 9, 2006) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Ukraine 8-0 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.
UEFA U-21 record
- 1978 - 1991: 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.
- 2011: 4th of 6 in qualification group.
- 2013: 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
- 2015: 4th of 5 in qualification group.
Managers
- Oganes Zanazanyan
- Samvel Petrosyan - From September 1994-
- Armen Gyulbudaghyants
- Andranik Adamyan
- Mihai Stoica - From 2003-August 2004
- Vardan Minasyan - From August 2004-2007
- Varuzhan Sukiasyan
- Flemming Serritslev - From March 2009-September 2010
- Rafael Nazaryan - From 2011- October 22, 2013
- Abraham Khashmanyan - October 22, 2013 -
Current squad
Armenia squad for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification match against Belarus on 9 September, 2014. Caps and goals correct as of September 9, 2014.
| Name | Date of birth | Club | Caps (goals) |
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| Goalkeepers | |||
| Defenders | |||
| Vaspurak Minasyan | 29 June 1994 | Pyunik |
6 (0) |
| Gaël Andonian | 7 February 1995 |  Marseille |
0 (0) |
| Midfielders | |||
| Sargis Shahinyan | 4 May 1993 | Pyunik |
8 (1) |
| Aghvan Papikyan | 10 September 1995 | Mika |
1 (0) |
| Gor Malakyan | 6 December 1994 | Pyunik |
5 (0) |
| Ghukas Poghosyan | 2 June 1994 | Pyunik |
1 (0) |
| Strikers | |||
| Artur Miranyan | 27 December 1995 |  Vardar |
1 (0) |
| Vardan Bakalyan | 4 April 1995 | Pyunik |
1 (0) |
UEFA Euro U-21 qualification
2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification Group 5
Standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Denmark |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 16 | Final tournament |
| 2 |  Romania |
7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 13 | Possible Play-offs |
| 3 |  Wales |
7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 | |
| 4 |  Bulgaria |
7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 11 | |
| 5 |  Luxembourg (X) |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 2 | |
| 6 | Armenia (E) |
7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | −11 | 1 |
Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2016. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (X) Cannot qualify directly as the top team, but may still qualify for the play-offs.
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (X) Cannot qualify directly as the top team, but may still qualify for the play-offs.
See also
- Armenia national football team
- Armenia national under-19 football team
- Armenia national under-17 football team
External links
- Uefa Under-21 website Contains fixtures and results
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