Armenia national under-21 football team

Armenia U-21

Nickname(s)	Yeritasardakan (youth team)
Association	Football Federation of Armenia
Head coach	Armen Gyulbudaghyants
Most caps	Gevorg Ghazaryan (18)
Top scorer	Henrikh Mkhitaryan (9)
First colours Second colours
First international
Belgium 7-0 Armenia (Ghent; September 6, 1994)
Biggest win
Armenia 4-0 San Marino (Yerevan; June 9, 2006)
Biggest defeat
Sweden 10-0 Armenia (Lublin, Poland; October 13, 2020)
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 Soviet Union.

UEFA U-21 record

• 1978 - 1991: part of Soviet Union
• 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.
• 2017: 6th of 6 in qualification group.
• 2019: 4th of 6 in qualification group.
• 2021: 5th of 6 in qualification group.
• 2023: 6th of 6 in qualification group.
• 2025: 6th of 6 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 July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2011
• Rafael Nazaryan - From 2011- October 22, 2013
• Abraham Khashmanyan - October 22, 2013 - November 30, 2014
• Sargis Hovsepyan - December 1, 2014 - June 5, 2015
• Artak Oseyan - June 6, 2015 - November 26, 2015
• Karen Barseghyan - January 11, 2016 - October 28, 2016
• Artur Voskanyan - May 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018
• Armen Gyulbudaghyants - July 1, 2018 - October 6, 2018
• Antonio Jesus Flores - May 1, 2019 - 2020
• Rafael Nazaryan - October 19, 2020 - September 9, 2023
• Narek Azatyan (interim) - October, 2023 - November, 2023
• Tiran Ghazaryan (interim) - November, 2023 - December, 2023
• Armen Gyulbudaghyants - December 8, 2023 -

Players

Current squad

• UEFA EURO U-21 qualification
• Match dates: October 15, 2024
• Opposition: Albania
• Caps and goals correct as of: 26 March 2024, after the match against Finland

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Gor Martinyan	(2004-06-23) 23 June 2004	9	0	Urartu
16	1GK	David Davtyan	(2005-07-27) 27 July 2005	0	0	BKMA
12	1GK	Hayk Khachatryan	(2005-01-27) 27 January 2005	0	0	BKMA
14	2DF	Aventis Aventisian	(2002-08-17) 17 August 2002	7	0	West Armenia
4	2DF	Mark Avetisyan	(2005-06-24) 24 June 2005	0	0	BKMA
3	2DF	Gor Arakelyan	(2003-01-10) 10 January 2003	0	0	BKMA
5	2DF	Petik Manukyan	(2006-02-21) 21 February 2006	0	0	BKMA
15	2DF	Artem Bandikyan	(2005-09-20) 20 September 2005	0	0	CSKA II
7	2DF	Davit Hakobyan	(2005-08-09) 9 August 2005	0	0	BKMA
2	2DF	Alyosha Khachatryan	(2006-05-13) 13 May 2006	0	0	BKMA II
11	3MF	Narek Hovhannisyan	(2006-08-06) 6 August 2006	1	0	BKMA
10	3MF	Misak Hakobyan	(2004-06-11) 11 June 2004	11	0	BKMA
8	3MF	Edgar Piloyan	(2004-07-11) 11 July 2004	8	0	Botev Plovdiv II
22	3MF	Levon Bashoyan	(2005-09-15) 15 September 2005	0	0	BKMA
13	3MF	Hamlet Sargsyan	(2004-05-20) 20 May 2004	3	0	BKMA
6	3MF	Karlen Hovhannisyan	(2005-04-26) 26 April 2005	1	0	BKMA
17	3MF	Vyacheslav Afyan	(2005-02-28) 28 February 2005	0	0	BKMA
19	3MF	Michel Ayvazyan	(2005-06-21) 21 June 2005	0	0	BKMA
23	3MF	Artur Askaryan	(2006-04-26) 26 April 2006	0	0	BKMA II
21	4FW	Edik Vardanyan	(2005-03-25) 25 March 2005	0	0	BKMA
9	4FW	Arayik Eloyan	(2004-03-16) 16 March 2004	0	0	BKMA

Recent call-ups

Players that have been called up within the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Vlad Chatunts	(2002-09-19) 19 September 2002	0	0	Alashkert	v. Montenegro, 22 March 2024
DF	Hamlet Mnatsakanyan	(2002-08-21) 21 August 2002	8	0	Shirak	v. Finland, 6 September 2024
DF	Ruben Abrahamyan	(2003-08-07) 7 August 2003	1	0	BKMA	v. Finland, 6 September 2024
DF	Khariton Ayvazyan	(2003-11-08) 8 November 2003	6	0	Urartu	v. Finland, 6 September 2024
DF	Erik Simonyan	(2003-06-12) 12 June 2003	14	1	Urartu	v. Romania, 26 March 2024
DF	Armen Sargsyan	(2004-02-20) 20 February 2004	0	0	West Armenia	v. Romania, 26 March 2024
DF	Yuri Martirosyan	(2003-06-08) 8 June 2003	0	0	Alashkert	v. Finland, 21 November 2023
DF	Sergey Muradyan	(2004-08-27) 27 August 2004	6	0	Noah	v. Finland, 21 November 2023
DF	Norayr Nikoghosyan	(2002-03-09) 9 March 2002	3	0	BKMA	v. Finland, 21 November 2023
MF	Karen Nalbandyan	(2002-04-14) 14 April 2002	9	0	Van	v. Finland, 6 September 2024
MF	Narek Alaverdyan	(2002-02-19) 19 February 2002	17	0	Ararat-Armenia	v. Romania, 26 March 2024
MF	Serob Galstyan	(2002-09-23) 23 September 2002	4	0	Ararat Yerevan	v. Finland, 6 September 2024
MF	Gevorg Tarakhchyan	(2002-03-15) 15 March 2002	16	1	FC Urartu	v. Finland, 6 September 2024
MF	Narek Hovhannisyan	(2002-06-11) 11 June 2002	1	0	Alashkert	v. Romania, 26 March 2024
MF	Edgar Pogosyan	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005	0	0	Van	v. Montenegro, 22 March 2024
MF	Narek Janoyan	(2005-10-28) 28 October 2005	2	0	BKMA	v. Romania, 26 March 2024
MF	Tigran Avanesyan	(2002-04-13) 13 April 2002	6	0	Baltika Kaliningrad	v. Montenegro, 22 March 2024
MF	Gor Manvelyan	(2002-04-09) 9 April 2002	4	0	Noah	v. Romania, 26 March 2024
MF	Gor Lulukyan	(2003-01-02) 2 January 2003	0	0	Ararat	v. Finland, 21 November 2023
MF	Darón Iskenderian	(2002-03-19) 19 March 2002	7	0	Real Monarchs	v. Finland, 21 November 2023
MF	Levon Darbinyan	(2002-01-24) 24 January 2002	1	0	Shirak	v. Finland, 21 November 2023
MF	Eduard Bagrintsev	(2003-01-13) 13 January 2003	4	0	FC Krasnodar-2	v. Finland, 21 November 2023
FW	Hamlet Minasyan	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003	4	0	FC Syunik	v. Finland, 21 November 2023
FW	Levon Vardanyan	(2003-11-02) 2 November 2003	6	0	Van	v. Romania, 26 March 2024
FW	Nicholas Kaloukian	(2002-04-14) 14 April 2002	3	1	Syracuse	v. Romania, 26 March 2024

UEFA Euro U-21 qualification

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group H

Main article: 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group E

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania	10	7	1	2	23	10	+13	22	Final tournament		—	1–0	3–1	5–0	1–0	2–0
2	Finland	10	6	2	2	21	8	+13	20	Play-offs		2–0	—	1–2	4–1	2–1	6–0
3	Switzerland	10	5	3	2	21	12	+9	18			2–2	1–1	—	1–2	4–2	5–0
4	Albania	10	5	1	4	12	17	−5	16			3–2	0–0	1–3	—	2–0	1–0
5	Montenegro	10	2	1	7	8	19	−11	7			2–6	1–2	0–2	1–0	—	0–0
6	Armenia	10	0	2	8	2	21	−19	2			0–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

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