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 | Rafael Nazaryan | ||
Most caps | Gevorg Ghazaryan (18) | ||
Top scorer | Henrikh Mkhitaryan (9) | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Ghent; September 6, 1994) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Yerevan; June 9, 2006) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Lublin, Poland; October 13, 2020) | |||
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 - 2020
- Rafael Nazaryan - 2020 -
PlayersEdit
Current squadEdit
- The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification.[1]
- Match dates: 2, 6 and 12 June 2022
- Opposition: North Macedonia, France and Ukraine
- Caps and goals correct as of: 29 March 2022, after the match against Serbia
Recent call-upsEdit
Players that have been called up within the past 12 months and are eligible for the 2021 European U21 Football Championship Qualifiers.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Harutyun Melkonyan | 28 June 2001 | 0 | 0 | BKMA Yerevan | v. Serbia, 29 March 2022 |
DF | Anthony Kazaryan | 12 October 2000 | 1 | 0 | SD Ponferradina B | v. Serbia, 29 March 2022 |
DF | Karen Muradyan | 1 April 2001 | 0 | 0 | Free Agent | v. France, 11 November 2021 |
DF | Erik Piloyan | 29 January 2001 | 2 | 0 | Urartu II | v. France, 11 November 2021 |
DF | Sergey Kochkanyan | 5 May 2003 | 2 | 0 | Rostov II | v. North Macedonia, 12 October 2021 |
DF | Styopa Mkrtchyan | 17 February 2003 | 4 | 0 | BKMA Yerevan | v. North Macedonia, 12 October 2021 |
MF | Artyom Gyurjyan | 6 July 2000 | 0 | 0 | Alashkert | v. Serbia, 29 March 2022 |
MF | Serob Galstyan | 23 September 2002 | 0 | 0 | BKMA Yerevan | v. Faroe Islands, 8 June 2021 |
MF | Seroj Titizian | 1 February 2000 | 2 | 1 | UN Käerjéng 97 | v. Faroe Islands, 2 September 2021 |
MF | Artur Serobyan | 2 July 2003 | 3 | 0 | BKMA Yerevan | v. North Macedonia, 12 October 2021 |
FW | Martin Grigoryan | 25 September 2000 | 4 | 0 | BKMA Yerevan | v. Serbia, 29 March 2022 |
FW | Grenik Petrosyan | 5 December 2001 | 5 | 0 | BKMA Yerevan | v. France, 11 November 2021 |
FW | German Kurbashyan | 15 July 2000 | 4 | 0 | TuS Rot-Weiß Koblenz | v. Faroe Islands, 8 June 2021 |
FW | Levon Vardanyan | 2 November 2003 | 2 | 0 | Pyunik | v. Faroe Islands, 8 June 2021 |
UEFA Euro U-21 qualificationEdit
2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group HEdit
StandingsEdit
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | France | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 31 | 5 | +26 | 26 | Final tournament | — | 5–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 7–0 | |
2 | Ukraine | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 11 | +9 | 23 | Play-offs | 3–3 | — | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | |
3 | Serbia | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 12 | 0–3 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | ||
4 | Faroe Islands | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 10 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||
5 | North Macedonia | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 9 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
6 | Armenia | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 28 | −21 | 3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | — |
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Ռաֆայել Նազարյանը հրապարակել է Հայաստանի Մ-21 հավաքական հրավիրված ֆուտբոլիստների ցուցակը" (in Armenian). Հայաստանի Ֆուտբոլի Ֆեդերացիա. 25 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
External linksEdit
- Uefa Under-21 website Contains fixtures and results