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.
2015: 4th 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

Main article: 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	Play-offs
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

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

External links

Uefa Under-21 website Contains fixtures and results

National sports teams of Armenia

Baseball Basketball M W Football F M U21 U19 U17 Futsal Ice hockey M U20 U18 Korfball Tennis F M

Olympics Paralympics

Football in Armenia

Football Federation of Armenia

National teams	Men (Results) Women Futsal U-21 U-19 U-17

League system	Premier League First League

Domestic cups	Independence Cup Supercup

Seasons	1992 1993 1994 1995 1995–96 1996–97 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Clubs Records History Venues Player category International Players Players Footballer of the Year

National under-21 football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany USSR Yugoslavia

UEFA European U-21 and U-23 Championship

Under-23 Championship

Without host	1970–1972 1972–1974 1974–1976

Under-21 Championship

Without host	1976–1978 1978–1980 1980–1982 1982–1984 1984–1986 1986–1988 1988–1990 1990–1992

With host	France 1994 Spain 1996 Romania 1998 Slovakia 2000 Switzerland 2002 Germany 2004 Portugal 2006 Netherlands 2007 Sweden 2009 Denmark 2011 Israel 2013 Czech Republic 2015 Poland 2017 TBA 2019

Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Finals	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

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