Armenian national football team (U-21 men)
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 | ||
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First international match Belgium 7-0 Armenia ( Ghent , 6 September 1994) |
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Biggest win Armenia 4-0 San Marino ( Yerevan , June 9, 2006) |
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Biggest defeat Ukraine 8-0 Armenia ( Kiev , October 13, 1998) |
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(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)
- Artashes Arakelyan
- Robert Arzumanyan
- Anthony Babikian
- Garin Garinyan (active in Germany for SCB Viktoria Köln )
- Geworg Ghazaryan
- Edgar Manucharyan
- Henrich Mchitarjan
- Samvel Melkonyan
U-21 coach
(incomplete)
- 1994-1995: Howhannes Sanasjan
- 1996-1997: Samwel Petrosjan
- 1998–1999: Waruschan Sukiasjan
- 2000-2002: Poor Gjulbudaghjants
- 2002–2003: Andranik Adamjan
- 2003-2004: Mihai Stoica
- 2004-2005: Vardan Minasyan
- 2005-2007: Samwel Petrosjan
- 2007–2008: Varuschan Sukiasjan
- 2009–2010: Flemming Serritslev
- 2011–2013: Rafajel Nazarjan
- 2013–2014: Abraham Chaschmaschjan
- 2014–2015: Sarkis Howsepjan
- 2015 Artak Օ ssejan :
- 2016– Karen Barseghjan :