Armenia national under-21 football team

Armenia U-21

Nickname(s)	Yeritasardakan (youth team)
Association	Football Federation of Armenia
Head coach	Sargis Hovsepyan
Most caps	Gevorg Ghazaryan (18)
Top scorer	Henrik 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
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

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.

UEFA U-21 record

• 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.

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 March 2009-September 2010
• Rafael Nazaryan - From 2011- October 22, 2013
• Abraham Khashmanyan - October 22, 2013 -

Current squad

Armenia squad for the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification match against Belarus on 9 September, 2014. Caps and goals correct as of September 9, 2014.

Name	Date of birth	Club	Caps (goals)
Goalkeepers
Defenders
Vaspurak Minasyan	(1994-06-29) 29 June 1994	Pyunik	06 0(0)
Gaël Andonian	(1995-02-07) 7 February 1995	Marseille	00 0(0)
Midfielders
Sargis Shahinyan	(1993-05-04) 4 May 1993	Pyunik	08 0(1)
Aghvan Papikyan	(1995-09-10) 10 September 1995	Mika	01 0(0)
Gor Malakyan	(1994-12-06) 6 December 1994	Pyunik	05 0(0)
Ghukas Poghosyan	(1994-06-02) 2 June 1994	Pyunik	01 0(0)
Strikers
Artur Miranyan	(1995-12-27) 27 December 1995	Vardar	01 0(0)
Vardan Bakalyan	(1995-04-04) 4 April 1995	Pyunik	01 0(0)

UEFA Euro U-21 qualification

2015 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Qualification Group 10

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	8	7	1	0	28	7	+21	22	Play-offs
2	Iceland	8	5	1	2	20	11	+9	16
3	Kazakhstan	8	3	0	5	8	18	−10	9
4	Armenia	8	3	0	5	7	19	−12	9
5	Belarus	8	1	0	7	6	14	−8	3

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

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