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Armenia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)"Լեռնականներ" "Lernakanner" (Highlanders)
AssociationFootball Federation
of Armenia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachArmenia Vardan Minasyan
CaptainSargis Hovsepyan
Most capsSargis Hovsepyan (117)
Top scorerArthur Petrosyan (11)
Home stadiumHrazdan
Hanrapetakan
FIFA codeARM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current60
Highest59 (November 2010)
Lowest159 (June 1994)
First international
Armenia Armenia 0–0 Moldova 
(Yerevan, Armenia; October 14, 1992)
Biggest win
Armenia Armenia 4–0 Andorra 
(Yerevan, Armenia; October 12, 2010)
Biggest defeat
 Chile 7–0 Armenia Armenia
(Viña del Mar, Chile; January 4, 1997)Georgia  Georgia 7-0 Armenia 
(Tbilisi, Georgia; March 30, 1997)[1]

The Armenia national football team (Template:Lang-hy, 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 the split of the Soviet Union, the team played its first international match against Moldova on October 12, 1992.

World Cup record

World Cup record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1930 to 1994 Did not enter, was part of USSR - - - - - - -
France 1998 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
South KoreaJapan 2002 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Germany 2006 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
South Africa 2010 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Brazil 2014 - - - - - - -
Russia 2018 - - - - - - -
Qatar 2022 - - - - - - -

European Championship record

European Championship record
Year Round Position GP W D L GS GA
1960 to 1992 Did not enter, was part of USSR - - - - - - -
England 1996 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
BelgiumNetherlands 2000 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
Portugal 2004 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
AustriaSwitzerland 2008 Did not qualify - - - - - - -
PolandUkraine 2012 - - - - - - -
France 2016 - - - - - - -

Managers

  • As of October 12, 2010
Manager Period Pld Won Tied Lost GF GA Win %
Armenia Eduard Markarov 1992–1994 6 1 2 3 1 5 16.6%
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 16.6%
Denmark Jan Poulsen 2008–2009 12 3 4 5 9 19 25%
Armenia Vardan Minasyan 2009–present 13 4 1 8 18 23 30%

The team

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UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group B

Template:UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group B

Forthcoming fixtures

Date Tournament Location Opponent
February 9, 2011 Friendly Cyprus Limassol Georgia (country) Georgia
March 26, 2011 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Armenia Yerevan Russia Russia
June 4, 2011 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Russia Moscow Russia Russia
September 2, 2011 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Andorra Andorra la Vella Andorra Andorra
September 6, 2011 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Slovakia Žilina Slovakia Slovakia
October 7, 2011 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Armenia Yerevan North Macedonia Macedonia
October 11, 2011 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Republic of Ireland Dublin Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland

Recent results

Date Tournament Location Opponent Result Scorers
October 12, 2010 ECQ 2012 Armenia Yerevan Andorra Andorra Won 4:0 Gevorg Ghazaryan, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Yura Movsisyan, Marcos Pizzelli
October 8, 2010 ECQ 2012 Armenia Yerevan Slovakia Slovakia Won 3:1 Yura Movsisyan, Gevorg Ghazaryan, Henrikh Mkhitaryan
September 7, 2010 ECQ 2012 North Macedonia Skopje North Macedonia Macedonia Drew 2:2 Yura Movsisyan, Edgar Manucharyan
September 3, 2010 ECQ 2012 Armenia Yerevan Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland Lost 0:1
August 11, 2010 Friendly Armenia Yerevan Iran Iran Lost 1:3 Aghvan Mkrtchyan
May 25, 2010 Friendly Armenia Yerevan Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Won 3:1 Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Edgar Manucharyan (2x)
March 3, 2010 Friendly Turkey Antalya Belarus Belarus Lost 1:3 Levon Pachajyan

Player statistics

Lists of the 10 players with the most caps and top goalscorers for Armenia, as of October 12, 2010 (players in bold are still available for selection):

Most capped players

# Player Career period Caps Goals
1 Sargis Hovsepyan 1992–present 117 2
2 Arthur Petrosyan 1992–2005 70 11
3 Roman Berezovsky 1996–present 63 0
4 Harutyun Vardanyan 1994–2004 62 1
5 Hamlet Mkhitaryan 1994–2008 56 2
6 Romik Khachatryan 1997–2008 54 1
7 Armen Shahgeldyan 1992–2007 53 6
8 Arthur Voskanyan 1999–present 51 1
9 Artavazd Karamyan 2000–present 50 2
10 Arman Karamyan 2000–present 48 5

Top goalscorers

# Player Career period Goals Caps
1 Arthur Petrosyan 1992–2005 11 70
2 Ara Hakobyan 1998–2008 7 42
3 Armen Shahgeldyan 1992–2007 6 53
4 Edgar Manucharyan 2004–present 5 27
5 Arman Karamyan 2000–present 5 48
6 Robert Arzumanyan 2005–present 4 47
7 Tigran Yesayan 1996–1999 4 21
8 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 2007–present 4 19

Armenia versus other national teams

As of October 12, 2010

Opponent Games Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Against Goal Differential
 Albania 2 1 1 0 4 1 +3
 Andorra 7 6 1 0 17 2 +15
 Belarus 4 1 1 2 4 6 -2
 Belgium 6 1 0 5 2 11 -9
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5
 Chile 1 0 0 1 0 7 -7
 Cyprus 5 0 1 4 3 11 -8
 Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 1 7 -6
 Denmark 2 0 0 2 1 5 -4
 Ecuador 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3
 Estonia 4 1 1 2 4 6 -2
 Finland 4 0 1 3 1 5 -4
 France 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5
 Georgia 4 1 1 2 3 9 -6
 Germany 2 0 0 2 1 9 -8
 Greece 3 0 1 2 0 3 -3
 Guatemala 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Hungary 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2
 Iceland 3 0 1 2 0 4 -4
 Iran 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2
 Republic of Ireland 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
 Israel 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2
 Jordan 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Kazakhstan 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1
 Kuwait 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2
 Latvia 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Lebanon 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Lithuania 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
 North Macedonia 5 1 2 2 7 10 -3
 Malta 3 3 0 0 3 0 +3
 Moldova 4 1 2 1 5 7 -2
 Morocco 1 0 0 1 0 6 -6
 Netherlands 2 0 0 2 0 3 -3
 Northern Ireland 4 2 2 0 3 1 +2
 Norway 2 0 1 1 1 4 -3
 Panama 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Paraguay 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1
 Peru 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4
 Poland 5 1 1 3 2 7 -5
 Portugal 4 0 2 2 2 5 -3
 Romania 3 0 1 2 1 6 -5
 Russia 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5
 Serbia 2 0 1 1 0 3 -3
 Slovakia 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2
 Spain 6 0 0 6 1 16 -15
 Turkey 2 0 0 2 0 4 -4
 Turkmenistan 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Ukraine 8 0 3 5 8 17 -9
 United States 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
 Uzbekistan 2 2 0 0 5 1 +4
 Wales 2 0 2 0 2 2 0
51 Countries 133 28 31 74 103 227 -124

Notable matches

Date Tournament Place Match Score
June 25, 1996 Friendly match Asunción, Paraguay  Paraguay - Armenia Armenia 1 - 2
August 31, 1996 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification Yerevan, Armenia Armenia Armenia - Portugal  0 - 0
May 5, 1997 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification Kiev, Ukraine  Ukraine- Armenia Armenia 1 - 1
September 6, 1997 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification Yerevan, Armenia Armenia Armenia - Albania  3 - 0
June 9, 1999 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Yerevan, Armenia Armenia Armenia - Ukraine  0 - 0
September 8, 1999 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Yerevan, Armenia Armenia Armenia - France  2 - 3
September 2, 2000 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification Oslo, Norway  Norway - Armenia Armenia 0 - 0
June 6, 2001 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification Yerevan, Armenia Armenia Armenia - Poland  1 - 1
September 7, 2002 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Yerevan, Armenia Armenia Armenia - Ukraine  2 - 2
November 17, 2004 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification Yerevan, Armenia Armenia Armenia - Romania  1 - 1
October 7, 2006 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Yerevan, Armenia Armenia Armenia - Finland  0 - 0
June 6, 2007 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Yerevan, Armenia Armenia Armenia - Poland  1 - 0
August 22, 2007 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Yerevan, Armenia Armenia Armenia - Portugal  1 - 1
October 13, 2007 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Yerevan, Armenia Armenia Armenia - Serbia  0 - 0
June 1, 2008 Friendly match Offenbach, Germany  Greece - Armenia Armenia 0 - 0
September 9, 2009 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Yerevan, Armenia Armenia Armenia - Belgium  2 - 1
October 8, 2010 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Yerevan, Armenia Armenia Armenia - Slovakia  3 - 1


  1. ^ http://armfootball.tripod.com/id51.html Comparison of Georgia and Armenia
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