Armenia national under-21 football team
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.
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| Nickname(s) | Yeritasardakan (youth team) | ||
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| Association | Football Federation of Armenia | ||
| Head coach | Antonio Jesus Flores | ||
| Most caps | Gevorg Ghazaryan (18) | ||
| Top scorer | Henrik Mkhitaryan (9) | ||
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| First international | |||
 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 | ||
UEFA U-21 recordEdit
- 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.
- 2017: 6th of 6 in qualification group.
- 2019: 4th of 6 in qualification group.
ManagersEdit
- 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 - November 30, 2014
- Sargis Hovsepyan - December 1, 2014 - June 5, 2015
- Artak Oseyan - June 6, 2015 - November 26, 2015
- Karen Barseghyan - January 12, 2016 - June 30, 2017
- Artur Voskanyan - May 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018
- Armen Gyulbudaghyants - July 1, 2018 - October 6, 2018
- Antonio Jesus Flores - May 1, 2019 -
Current squadEdit
The following players were called up for the official match against Austria and Macedonia on 7 and 11 September 2018.
Caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2019.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| 1 | GK | Sevak Aslanyan | 17 May 1998 | 8 | 0 | Pyunik
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| 12 | GK | Mark Grigoryan | 18 July 1998 | 0 | 0 |  SV Donau Wien
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| 5 | DF | Edgar Grigoryan | 25 August 1998 | 3 | 0 | Noah
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| 2 | DF | Artur Danielyan | 9 February 1998 | 3 | 0 | Ararat Armenia
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| 4 | DF | Albert Khachumyan | 23 June 1999 | 5 | 0 | Ararat-Armenia
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| 22 | DF | Arman Mkrtchyan | 9 July 1999 | 3 | 0 | Lori
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| 3 | DF | Hovhannes Nazaryan | 11 March 1998 | 4 | 0 | Noah
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| 15 | DF | Arsen Sadoyan | 16 March 1999 | 0 | 0 | Urartu
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| 13 | MF | Erjanik Ghubasaryan | 21 February 2001 | 2 | 0 |  Hamburger U19
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| 6 | MF | Erik Vardanyan | 7 June 1998 | 7 | 0 | Pyunik
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| 8 | MF | Hovhannes Harutyunyan | 25 May 1999 | 5 | 0 | Ararat-Armenia
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| 11 | MF | Vahan Bichakhchyan | 9 July 1999 | 7 | 1 |  Žilina
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| 7 | MF | Karen Melkonyan | 25 March 1999 | 5 | 1 | Urartu
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| 10 | MF | Armen Nahapetyan | 24 July 1999 | 4 | 0 | Ararat-Armenia
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| 18 | MF | Rafik Misakyan | 2 January 2000 | 7 | 0 | Shirak
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| 19 | MF | Aram Khamoyan | 10 January 2000 | 3 | 0 | Lokomotiv Yerevan
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| 20 | MF | Rudik Mkrtchyan | 26 October 1998 | 5 | 1 | Shirak
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| 21 | MF | Edgar Movsisyan | 9 September 1998 | 3 | 0 | Shirak
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| 9 | FW | Armen Hovhannisyan | 7 March 2000 | 1 | 0 | Zemplín Michalovce
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| 17 | FW | Arlen Tsaturyan | 5 January 1999 | 9 | 0 | Shirak
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Recent call-upsEdit
Players that have been called up within the past 12 months and are eligible for the 2019 European U21 Football Championship Qualifiers.
| Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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| GK | Nikolaos Melikian | 2 March 1999 | 2 | 0 | Ararat Armenia
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| DF | Hayk Sargsyan | 12 March 1998 | 8 | 0 | Lokomotiv Yerevan
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| MF | Artur Nadiryan | 27 March 1998 | 7 | 0 | Pyunik
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| MF | Hayk Galstyan | 23 March 1998 | 6 | 0 | Unattached | |
| MF | Hrachik Gevorgyan | 24 July 1998 | 0 | 0 | Hertha Zehlendorf
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| FW | Erik Petrosyan | 19 February 1998 | 4 | 0 | Urartu II
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UEFA Euro U-21 qualificationEdit
2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1Edit
StandingsEdit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 | Republic of Ireland
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5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 10 | Final tournament | — | 26 Mar '20 | 0–0 | 19 Nov '19 | 1–0 | 3–0 | |
| 2 | Iceland
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4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | Final tournament if best runners-up (Play-offs otherwise) |
1–0 | — | 9 Oct '20 | 4 Sep '20 | 6–1 | 3–0 | |
| 3 | Italy
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | +6 | 7 | 13 Oct '20 | 16 Nov '19 | — | 31 Mar '20 | 19 Nov '19 | 5–0 | ||
| 4 | Sweden
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | 1–3 | 5–0 | 8 Sep '20 | — | 13 Oct '20 | 9 Oct '20 | ||
| 5 | Armenia
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4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 3 | 14 Nov '19 | 31 Mar '20 | 0–1 | 26 Mar '20 | — | 2–0 | ||
| 6 | Luxembourg
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5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 | 31 Mar '20 | 13 Oct '20 | 26 Mar '20 | 0–3 | 8 Sep '20 | — |
Updated to match(es) played on 15 October 2019. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
See alsoEdit
External linksEdit
- Uefa Under-21 website Contains fixtures and results