Armenian national football team (U-21 men)

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Armenia
Հայաստան
Hayastan
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Nickname (s) Ararat
Association Football Federation of Armenia
confederacy UEFA
Head coach Karen Barseghjan
Record scorer Henrich Mchitarjan (9 goals)
Record player Geworg Ghazaryan (18)
FIFA code POOR
home
Away
statistics
First international match
Belgium 7-0 Armenia
( Ghent , 6 September 1994)
Biggest win
Armenia 4-0 San Marino
( Yerevan , June 9, 2006)
Biggest defeat
Ukraine 8-0 Armenia
( Kiev , October 13, 1998)
(As of October 2009)

The Armenian U-21 national soccer team is a selection team of Armenian soccer players . It is subject to the Football Federation of Armenia and represents it at the U-21 level , in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, but also at the European Championship of the continental association UEFA . Eligible to play are players who have not yet reached the age of 21 and who are Armenian citizens . In tournaments, the age at the first qualifying game is decisive.

history

As part of the former Soviet Union , Armenia did not have its own U-21 selection until the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. It was not until 1994 that the first junior national team was appointed. In the first game against Belgium it was a 7-0 defeat. Since the Euro 1996 one tries to qualify for this, but has so far failed. Always bottom of the table until 2000, they made it to the penultimate place in qualifying for EM 2002 . In 2006 one narrowly failed because of a sensation.

Since the next European Championship after the EM in 2006 did not take place two years later, as usual, but took place in 2007 , the corresponding qualification was played out in a rapid process. Starting with a preliminary round, over a short group stage with three teams and the play-off games. In the preliminary round they defeated San Marino 2-1 in the first leg . On June 9, 2006, two weeks later, the team even won 4-0 in front of their home crowd. This was the highest success so far in the history of Armenia's U-21s. This moved Armenia into the group stage. There the Ararat had to compete with Bosnia / Herzegovina and Norway . In the first game on August 16, 2005, the team drew 3-2 against Bosnia / Herzegovina the shorter one, but shortly afterwards they defeated Norway 1-0. However, this was only enough for second place and thus the play-offs were missed. In qualifying for the European Championship 2009 , the team surprised with good results. It was only enough to place four out of five, but in addition to two wins against Lichtenstein , the Armenians fought a 1-1 draw against the Czech Republic on September 8, 2007 and a 2-1 win on August 20, 2008 against the eventual leaders in the table , Turkey . It was the only defeat for the Turkish team in the group stage.

Participation in U-21 European Championships

1978-1990 as part of the Soviet Union did not participate.
1992-1994 not participated.
1996 in Spain not qualified
1998 in Romania not qualified
2000 in Slovakia not qualified
2002 in Switzerland not qualified
2004 in Germany not qualified
2006 in Portugal not qualified
2007 in the Netherlands not qualified
2009 in Sweden not qualified
2011 in Denmark not qualified
2013 in Israel not qualified
2015 in the Czech Republic not qualified
2017 in Poland not qualified

Note : Between 1978 and 1992, the final round of a U-21 European Championship was not played in one country, but instead was played back and forth in the respective participating nations.

Well-known former players

(Selection)

U-21 coach

(incomplete)

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