Armenia national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Armenia women's national football team.
Armenia
Nickname(s) Հավաքական Havakakan (Collective team)
Association Football Federation of Armenia
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Varuzhan Sukiasyan[1]
Captain Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Most caps Sargis Hovsepyan (132)[2]
Top scorer Henrikh Mkhitaryan (16)
Home stadium Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium[3]
FIFA code ARM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 110 Steady (5 May 2016)
Highest 30 (February 2014)
Lowest 159 (July 1994)
Elo ranking
Current 81 (9 September 2015)
Highest 65 (27 May 2014)
Lowest 126 (May 1995)
First international
 Armenia 0–0 Moldova 
(Yerevan, Armenia; October 14, 1992)
Biggest win
 Armenia 4–0 Andorra 
(Yerevan, Armenia; October 12, 2010)
 Slovakia 0–4 Armenia 
(Žilina, Slovakia; September 6, 2011)
 Denmark 0–4 Armenia 
(Copenhagen, Denmark; June 11, 2013)
Biggest defeat
 Chile 7–0 Armenia 
(Viña del Mar, Chile; January 4, 1997)
 Georgia 7–0 Armenia 
(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.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] The history of the Armenia national team began on 14 October 1992, when Armenia 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.[7] Armenia has competed in every UEFA Euro qualification and FIFA World Cup qualification since 1994.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10][11][12]

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.[13][14] 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.[15] Despite this, Gonzalez did not penalize Cox. Cox would later admit he touched the ball with his hand.[16] Had Cox’s offence been punished, Armenia would have been awarded a free-kick.[5] 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.[15][17] Gonzalez had later resigned after the match.[18] 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.[19][20] They were all welcomed in the airport back in Armenia as heroes.[21]

Stadium

Armenia vs Portugal during a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match at the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan

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.[22] 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.[22] 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.[23] 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.[6] 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.[24] 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.[6]

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.[25] 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.[6]

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup records

FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA Position
1930 to 1990 Part of  Soviet Union-------
United States 1994 Did not enter-------
France 1998 Did Not Qualify 101548174/6
South Korea Japan 2002 100557196/6
Germany 2006 122199256/7
South Africa 2010 101186226/6
Brazil 2014 1041512135/6
Russia 2018 To Be Determined-------
Qatar 2022 -------
Total 0/20 - 52 8 13 31 42 96 -

UEFA European Championship records

UEFA European Championship record UEFA Euro Championship Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA Position
1960 to 1992 Part of  Soviet Union-------
England 1996 Did not qualify 10 1 2 7 5 17 6/6
Belgium Netherlands 2000 10 2 2 6 8 15 5/6
Portugal 2004 8 2 1 5 7 16 4/5
Austria Switzerland 2008 12 2 3 7 4 13 7/8
Poland Ukraine 2012 10 5 2 3 22 10 3/6
France 2016 8 0 2 6 5 14 5/5
Total 0/15 58 12 12 34 51 85 -

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2015

2016

2017

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the Friendly Match against Belarus on March 25, 2016.[26]
Caps and goals correct as of 25 March 2016 after the match against Belarus.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Arsen Beglaryan (1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 1 0 Armenia Mika Yerevan
1GK Gevorg Prazyan (1989-07-24) 24 July 1989 0 0 Armenia Ararat Yerevan
1GK Gor Manukyan (1993-09-27) 27 September 1993 0 0 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
2DF Hrayr Mkoyan (1986-09-02) 2 September 1986 36 1 Iran Esteghlal Tehran
2DF Levon Hayrapetyan (1989-04-17) 17 April 1989 32 1 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
2DF Varazdat Haroyan (1992-08-24) 24 August 1992 17 0 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
2DF Taron Voskanyan (1993-11-14) 14 November 1993 12 0 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
2DF Hovhannes Hambardzumyan (1990-10-04) 4 October 1990 11 0 Republic of Macedonia Vardar Skopje
2DF Gaël Andonian (1995-02-07) 7 February 1995 7 0 France Dijon
2DF Sergey Avagimyan (1989-07-05) 5 July 1989 0 0 Armenia Ararat
2DF Norayr Grigoryan (1983-01-07) 7 January 1983 0 0 Armenia Ararat
2DF Arthur Kartashyan (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 0 0 Armenia Pyunik Yerevan
3MF Henrikh Mkhitaryan (1989-01-21) 21 January 1989 57 16 Germany Borussia Dortmund
3MF Marcos Pizzelli (1984-10-03) 3 October 1984 48 8 Saudi Arabia Al-Raed
3MF Aras Özbiliz (1990-03-09) 9 March 1990 23 4 Spain Rayo Vallecano
3MF David Manoyan (1990-07-05) 5 July 1990 19 0 Armenia Pyunik
3MF Artak Yedigaryan (1990-03-18) 18 March 1990 17 0 Armenia Alashkert FC
3MF Zaven Badoyan (1989-12-22) 22 December 1989 5 0 Armenia Banants
3MF Tigran Barseghyan (1993-09-22) 22 September 1993 1 0 Armenia Gandzasar
3MF Gor Malakyan (1994-06-12) 12 June 1994 1 0 Ukraine Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
3MF David Hakobyan (1993-03-21) 21 March 1993 0 0 Armenia Shirak
3MF Benik Hovhannisyan (1993-05-01) 1 May 1993 0 0 Armenia Ararat
4FW Edgar Manucharyan (1987-01-19) 19 January 1987 48 8 Russia Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast
4FW Artur Sarkisov (1987-01-19) 19 January 1987 33 4 Russia Volga Nizhny Novgorod
4FW Heham Kadymyan (1992-10-19) 19 October 1992 1 0 Ukraine Karpaty Lviv
4FW David Arshakyan (1994-08-16) 16 August 1994 0 0 Lithuania Trakai
4FW Mihran Manasyan (1989-01-13) 13 January 1989 0 0 Armenia Alashkert

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
GK Gevorg Kasparov (1980-07-25) 25 July 1980 28 0 Armenia Alashkert v.  Albania, 11 October 2015
GK Artur Toroyan (1992-02-01) 1 February 1992 0 0 France Limoges v.  Portugal, 13 June 2015
DF Kamo Hovhannisyan (1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 26 0 Armenia Pyunik v.  Albania, 11 October 2015
DF Artur Avagyan (1987-07-04) 4 July 1987 1 0 Armenia Gandzasar Kapan v.  Portugal, 13 June 2015
MF Gevorg Ghazaryan (1988-04-05) 5 April 1988 50 9 Portugal Marítimo v.  Albania, 11 October 2015
MF Karlen Mkrtchyan (1988-11-25) 25 November 1988 45 2 Russia Anzhi Makhachkala v.  Albania, 11 October 2015
MF Artur Yuspashyan (1989-07-09) 9 July 1989 12 0 Armenia Pyunik v.  Albania, 11 October 2015
MF Norair Aslanyan (1991-03-25) 25 March 1991 8 0 Netherlands Almere City v.  Albania, 11 October 2015
MF Artak Grigoryan (1987-10-19) 19 October 1987 1 0 Armenia Alashkert v.  Albania, 11 October 2015
MF Artem Simonyan (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 3 0 Switzerland Zürich v.  Denmark, 7 September 2015
MF Rumyan Hovsepyan (1991-11-13) 13 November 1991 8 1 Armenia Shirak v.  Portugal, 13 June 2015
MF Artur Yedigaryan (1987-06-26) 26 June 1987 42 0 Armenia Alashkert v.  Albania, 29 March 2015
FW Yura Movsisyan (1987-08-02) 2 August 1987 35 10 United States Real Salt Lake v.  Albania, 11 October 2015
FW Vardan Pogosyan (1992-08-03) 3 August 1992 2 0 Armenia Pyunik v.  Albania, 11 October 2015
FW Ruslan Koryan (1988-06-15) 15 June 1988 4 0 Russia FC SKA-Khabarovsk v.  Denmark, 7 September 2015
FW Artur Miranyan (1995-12-27) 27 December 1995 0 0 Unattached v.  Portugal, 13 June 2015

Records

Lists of the 10 players with the most caps and top goalscorers for Armenia, as of 29 March 2015 (players in bold are still available for selection):

Most Caps

# Player Caps Goals Career
1 Sargis Hovsepyan 131 2 1992–2012
2 Roman Berezovsky 94 0 1996—2015
3 Robert Arzumanyan 74 5 2005—2015
4 Artur Petrosyan 69 11 1992–2004
5 Harutyun Vardanyan 62 1 1994–2004
6 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 57 16 2007—
7 Hamlet Mkhitaryan 56 2 1994–2008
8 Romik Khachatryan 54 1 1997–2008
9 Armen Shahgeldyan 53 6 1992–2007
10 Artur Voskanyan 51 1 1999–2010
Artavazd Karamyan 51 2 2000–2010

Last updated: March 24, 2016.
Bolded players are currently active.

Top Goalscorers

# Player Goals Caps Career
1 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 16 57 2007—
2 Artur Petrosyan 11 69 1992–2004
3 Yura Movsisyan 10 35 2010—
4 Gevorg Ghazaryan 9 50 2007—
5 Edgar Manucharyan 8 48 2004—
Marcos Pizzelli 8 48 2008—
7 Ara Hakobyan 7 42 1998–2008
8 Armen Shahgeldyan 6 53 1992–2007
9 Arman Karamyan 5 49 2000–2010
Robert Arzumanyan 5 74 2005—2015

Last updated: March 24, 2016 .
Bolded players are currently active.

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Armenia is competing in Group I in qualification for UEFA Euro 2016.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Portugal Albania Denmark Serbia Armenia
1  Portugal 8 7 0 1 11 5 +6 21 Qualify for final tournament — 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–0
2  Albania[lower-alpha 1] 8 4 2 2 10 5 +5 14 0–1 — 1–1 0–2 2–1
3  Denmark 8 3 3 2 8 5 +3 12 Advance to play-offs 0–1 0–0 — 2–0 2–1
4  Serbia[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 — 2–0
5  Armenia 8 0 2 6 5 14 −9 2 2–3 0–3 0–0 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Serbia's abandoned home match against Albania was awarded as a 3–0 win to Albania after decision from the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and Serbia was also deducted three points because home fans invaded the pitch and attacked Albania players when a drone carried a pro-Albanian flag over the stadium.[27] The match was originally awarded as a 3–0 win to Serbia, who also received a three point deduction, after a disciplinary decision from UEFA.[28] The decision was appealed by both Serbia and Albania,[29][30] but was upheld by UEFA.[31] Both associations then filed further appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport,[32] and on 10 July 2015 the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected the appeal filed by the Serbian FA, and partially upheld the appeal filed by the Albanian FA, meaning the match is deemed to have been forfeited by Serbia 3–0 and they are still deducted three points.[27]</ref> yan, which ended up deciding the match. Armenia and Ireland w8 ld each score another goal. The [[Football Federation of Arme2 a]] unsuccessfully filed protest over the match.<ref name="EA1 /><ref>{{cite news|title=Valeri Aleksanyan Own Goal: Armenia5 layer Makes Embarrassing Play Against Ireland (VIDEO)|url=htt8 //www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/12/valeri-aleksanyan-own-goa13 ideo_n_1006329.html|publisher=Huffingtonpost.com|accessdate=1−5 013|first=Michael|last=Klopman|date=12 October 2011}}</ref> 4 nzalez had later resigned after the match.<ref>{{cite web|script-title= y:Իտուրալդե Գոնսալեսն ավարտում է մրցավարի կարիերան|url=http://sport.new am/arm/news/1531/ituralde-gonsalesn-avartum-e-mrcavari-karieran.html|publisher=s1–2 spite not getting to play in the [[UEFA Euro 2012]], Minasyan brought the Armeni0–3<ref group='lower-alpha' name='table_note_SRB0.7874354765692'>

Managers

Vardan Minasyan held the position from 2009 to 2014, the longest period of time.
As of 25 March 2016
Manager Period Pld Won Tied Lost GF GA Win %
Armenia Eduard Markarov 1992–1994 6 1 2 3 1 5 16.7%
Armenia Samvel Darbinyan 1995–1996 9 1 1 7 5 21 11.1%
Armenia Khoren Hovhannisyan 1996–1997 16 2 5 9 10 41 12.5%
Armenia Souren Barseghyan 1998–1999 14 4 2 8 11 19 28.6%
Armenia Varuzhan Sukiasyan 2000–2001 17 3 7 7 17 27 17.6%
Armenia Andranik Adamyan (caretaker) 2002 1 1 0 0 2 0 100%
Argentina Oscar López 2002 2 0 1 1 2 4 0%
Armenia Andranik Adamyan (caretaker) 2003 1 0 0 1 0 2 0%
Romania Mihai Stoichiţă 2003–2004 10 4 1 5 11 17 40%
France Bernard Casoni 2004–2005 8 1 1 6 5 18 12.5%
Netherlands Henk Wisman 2005–2006 8 1 1 6 5 14 12.5%
Scotland Ian Porterfield 2006–2007 10 2 4 4 5 9 20%
Armenia Vardan Minasyan (caretaker)
England Tom Jones (caretaker)		 2007 6 1 1 4 2 8 16.7%
Denmark Jan Poulsen 2008–2009 12 3 4 5 9 19 25%
Armenia Vardan Minasyan 2009–2014 39 14 4 21 56 58 35.9%
Switzerland Bernard Challandes 2014–2015 9 1 1 7 9 23 11.1%
Armenia Sargis Hovsepyan (caretaker) 2015 4 0 1 3 2 9 0%
Armenia Varuzhan Sukiasyan 2015– 1 0 1 0 0 0 0%

Team image

Nickname

The Armenia team is called the Havakakan (Հավաքական), literally the "Collective team".[33]

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.[34]

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.[6]

Kit suppliers

Kit provider Period
Germany Puma 1992–1999
Italy Lotto 2000–2003
Denmark Hummel 2004–2011
Germany Adidas 2012–present

See also

References

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  3. ↑ Official stadium
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