Armenia national football team

The Armenia national football team (Armenian: Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական, Hayastani futboli azgayin havak'akan) represents Armenia in association football and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia, the governing body for football in Armenia. After gaining independence from the Soviet Union, the team played its first international match on 12 October 1992. The national team has participated in the qualification of every major tournament from the UEFA Euro 1996 onwards, though they are yet to qualify for the final stages of either a UEFA European Football Championship or a FIFA World Cup.[4] In what was the Armenian national squad's greatest success at first, the team came in third place in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage, with controversial officiating preventing them from achieving second place, and hence moving on to the play-off stage.[5] It was later surpassed by Armenia's successful promotion to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B, which mean Armenia was able to obtain a playoff ticket to qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup, the first country in the Caucasus to do so.

Armenia

Nickname(s)	Հավաքական Havaqakan (The Collective team)
Association	Football Federation of Armenia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Joaquín Caparrós
Captain	Henrikh Mkhitaryan
Most caps	Sargis Hovsepyan (132)[1]
Top scorer	Henrikh Mkhitaryan (30)
Home stadium	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium[2], Hrazdan Stadium
FIFA code	ARM
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	99 (10 December 2020)[3]
Highest	30 (February 2014)
Lowest	159 (July 1994)
First international
Armenia 0–0 Moldova  (Yerevan, Armenia; 14 October 1992)
Biggest win
Armenia 7–1 Guatemala  (Los Angeles, California, USA; 28 May 2016)
Biggest defeat
Italy 9–1 Armenia  (Palermo, Italy; 18 November 2019)

The primary training ground is at the Technical Center-Academy of the Football Federation of Armenia in the northern Avan District of the capital Yerevan, and the team plays their home matches at the Republican Stadium.

History

Armenia became an independent state in 1991, the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic having previously played for the Soviet Union national football team. The Football Federation of Armenia was founded on 18 January 1992 and established relations with FIFA in 1992 and with UEFA in 1993.[6] The history of the Armenia national team began on 14 October 1992, when Armenia played its first match against Moldova. That meeting ended in a goalless draw. Since 1996, the team is a member of qualifiers European and World Championships.[7] Armenia has competed in every UEFA European Championship qualifying and FIFA World Cup qualification since 1994.[8]

The first head coach of the Armenian national squad was Soviet Armenian football star Eduard Markarov. Armenian winner of the UEFA Jubilee Awards and fellow Soviet Armenian football great Khoren Oganesian also became a head coach. Many of the early coaches of the national team never stayed for longer than two years. Scottish coach Ian Porterfield became head coach in 2006 and began to lead the team to some of its first successes in the international stage. Under his leadership, the Armenian team had played a series of great matches with victories over Kazakhstan 2–1, Poland 1–0 and Portugal 1–1, with Cristiano Ronaldo in the lineup. But then tragedy struck; the 62-year-old Porterfield died of cancer, leaving his started work unfinished. An acting assistant coach, Vardan Minasyan, became acting head coach following Porterfield's death. Minasyan learned much from Porterfield and Samvel Darbinyan, another former head coach of Armenia, during this time about coaching and managing.[9] On 10 February 2009, after the draw for the qualifying round teams of the UEFA Euro 2012, by order of the President of the Football Federation of Armenia Ruben Hayrapetyan, Minasyan continued to lead the Armenian national squad, only now as the official head coach.[10][11][12]

In the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches, Minasyan led Armenia in Group B against Russia, Slovakia, Ireland, Macedonia and Andorra. Armenia, considered a heavy underdog, defeated the group favorite Slovakia with two crushing defeats 4–0 and 3–1, defeated Andorra in two matches as well 4–0 and 3–0, drew with Macedonia 2–2 and defeated them in the deciding match 4–1 and tied with the group winners Russia 0–0. The Armenian team scored the most goals out of Group B, with a total of 22. Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Armenia scored 6 goals, the most goals scored by a single player in Group B.[13][14] The national team almost made the final draw, but controversially lost in a decisive match against Ireland 1–2. Armenian goalkeeper Roman Berezovsky was given a red card by Spanish referee Eduardo Gonzalez at the 26th-minute for supposedly touching the ball outside the goal area. However, replays clearly showed the ball touched his chest and never touched his hands. Replays also showed that Ireland striker Simon Cox had actually touched the ball with his right hand.[15] Despite this, Gonzalez did not penalize Cox. Cox would later admit he touched the ball with his hand.[16] Had Cox’s offence been punished, Armenia would have been awarded a free-kick.[5] Berezovsky was substituted with 19-year-old debuting Arsen Petrosyan. Valeri Aleksanyan later accidentally scored an own goal past Petrosyan, which ended up deciding the match. Armenia and Ireland would each score another goal. The Football Federation of Armenia unsuccessfully filed protest over the match.[15][17] Gonzalez had later resigned after the match.[18] Despite not getting to play in the UEFA Euro 2012, Minasyan brought the Armenian national team to a record #41 FIFA ranking, placed the team in a personal best third place in the group stage and went on to become the longest leading head coach of the Armenian football team. Minasyan stated he was proud of the entire team.[19][20] They were all welcomed in the airport back in Armenia as heroes.[21]

After the incredible UEFA Euro 2012 run, the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016 qualifiers were not successful, with the Armenian side stood near bottom in the 2014 World Cup run and even finished last without a single win in Euro 2016 campaign. Armenia salvaged some few pride in 2018 World Cup qualification when the Armenians managed to create a shocking 3–2 home win over Montenegro, which contributed to Montenegro's failure to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.[22] After these disappointments, Vardan Minasyan returned to lead Armenia in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D, but finished behind Macedonia, including a humiliating 0–1 home loss to Gibraltar.[23] Due to this humiliation, Minasyan was sacked and Armen Gyulbudaghyants was appointed new coach of Armenian side. The Armenians participated in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying along with giants Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, former European champions Greece, Finland and Liechtenstein. Armenia lost two opening fixtures to Bosnia 1–2 away[24] and Finland 0–2 at home,[25] and was supposed to get eliminated pretty early. However, Armenia began their resurgence following these losses, with a convincing 3–0 home cruise to Liechtenstein[26] before managed to create a shocking 3–2 away win over Greece, former UEFA Euro 2004 champions.[27] Armenia suffered a minor setback after losing at home to powerhouse Italy 1–3,[28] before created another shock in their qualification with a 4–2 convincing win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in the same ground.[29] Unfortunately, Armenia was pulled back to the ground when they faced Greece, Finland and Italy in their games, with Armenia defeated in both games and eventually finished fifth in their group, failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 2020.

Armenia participated in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C and was seen as a minnow in a group containing strong North Macedonia and Georgia, along with fellow minnow Estonia. Armenia began with a 1–2 loss to North Macedonia away, before bounded back with an encouraging 2–0 home win to Estonia in September 2020.[30][31] In October, Armenia had to play their designated "home game" away from their country in Poland due to 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, and disappointed with only a 2–2 draw to Georgia and 1–1 draw to Estonia, thus leaving impression that Armenia would flounder from the chance to get promotion.[32][33] Yet, in November the same year, despite having to play away from home, and without their talisman and captain Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Armenia managed what would be the country's greatest comeback in the history, beating Georgia right in Tbilisi 2–1 before stunned the Macedonians, who had qualified for Euro 2020, 1–0, in their designated home game in Cyprus.[34][35] These wins had not just ensured Armenia's promotion to 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B, but it also meant Armenia became the first Caucasus country to get a 2022 FIFA World Cup playoff ticket.

Stadium

Armenia vs Portugal during a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match at the Republican Stadium in Yerevan

Hrazdan Stadium was built from 1969 to 1970 on Athens St., Kentron in a period of 18 months with the financial support of the oil magnate Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. A total amount of 5 million rubles was allocated for Hrazdan.[36] The stadium was named after the slope of the Hrazdan River. It is the largest stadium in Armenia, with more than 70,000 seats. The opening of the stadium took place on 29 November 1970.[36] The Armenia national team played home matches in Hrazdan until 2000. Several Armenian football clubs also played in Hrazdan. In Soviet times, it was one of the largest stadiums in the Soviet Union (among the top four) and one of the few double-tiered stadiums. Hrazdan was the football ground stadium for Ararat Yerevan. Hrazdan Stadium hosted its first official football match on 19 May 1971 when Ararat Yerevan defeated Kairat 3–0 in front of a record 78,000 spectators.[37] The stadium would host Ararat Yerevan for the final victory of the club in the 1973 Soviet Top League and in the 1973 and 1975 Soviet Cup. The Soviet Union national football team played only two matches at the stadium, both of which date back to 1978. In April of that year, in a friendly game against Finland, the USSR won 10–2. Six months later, in a qualifying match for the UEFA Euro 1980 against Greece the Soviet team won again 2–0. The match with Finland hosted 12,000 spectators and the match with Greece hosted 40,000.[6] The capacity of the stadium decreased from 70,000 to an all-seater of 53,849 spectators. By the second half of 2012, Hrazdan was completely renovated to become the regular venue of the national team's home matches.

The Republican Stadium was renovated in 1999 and, since 2000, has been the home ground for Armenia. The stadium was built in 1953 and finished within a year's time.[38] Republican Stadium has a capacity of 14,968. During the Soviet period and onward from 1953 to 1999, it was known as Dinamo Stadium. The stadium had its official name changed to "Republican Stadium named after Vazgen Sargsyan" in 1999, after Armenian war hero and former Prime Minister of Armenia Vazgen Sargsyan, who died that year. Local clubs Pyunik and Ulisses play home matches at the Republican Stadium. In 2008, the stadium went under a large-scale development in order to modernize the playing surface and to create a high level VIP section and other facilities which met UEFA standards.[6]

Armenia played a match in Hrazdan in 2008 against Turkey after partial renovation earlier that year. The number of seats decreased from 75,000 to 53,849.[39] It is planned to hold Armenia's home matches after a complete renovation in 2012. On 12 October 2012, Armenia played a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Italy, but has not used Hrazdan since. Hrazdan is used mostly for Armenian football clubs and a number of other athletic competitions.[6]

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record											FIFA World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
1930 to 1990	Part of  Soviet Union
1994	Did not enter
1998	Did not qualify										10	1	5	4	8	17	4/6
2002											10	0	5	5	7	19	6/6
2006											12	2	1	9	9	25	6/7
2010											10	1	1	8	6	22	6/6
2014											10	4	1	5	12	13	5/6
2018											10	2	1	7	10	26	5/6
2022	To be determined										-	-	-	-	-	-	(P/O)
2026											-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total		0/8							-		62	10	14	38	52	122	-

UEFA European Championship record

UEFA European Championship record										UEFA European Championship qualifying record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
1960 to 1992	Part of  Soviet Union
1996	Did not qualify									10	1	2	7	5	17	6/6
2000										10	2	2	6	8	15	5/6
2004										8	2	1	5	7	16	4/5
2008										12	2	3	7	4	13	7/8
2012										10	5	2	3	22	10	3/6
2016										8	0	2	6	5	14	5/5
2020										10	3	1	6	14	25	5/6
2024	To be determined									-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total		0/8								68	15	13	40	65	110	-

UEFA Nations League record

UEFA Nations League record
Year	Division	Group	Round	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	D	4	Group stage	2nd	6	3	1	2	14	8		45th
2020–21	C	2	Group stage	1st	6	3	2	1	9	6		36th
2022–23	B	Future event
Total			Group stage League C	2/2	12	6	3	3	23	14	36th

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

2020

26 March 2020 Friendly	Uzbekistan	Cancelled	Armenia	Uzbekistan
		Report

30 March 2020 Friendly	Kazakhstan	Cancelled	Armenia	Kazakhstan
		Report

5 September 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League	North Macedonia	2–1	Armenia	Skopje, North Macedonia
15:00	Alioski  5' (pen.) Nestorovski  38' (pen.)	Report	Barseghyan  90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

8 September 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League	Armenia	2–0	Estonia	Yerevan, Armenia
20:00	Karapetian  43' Wbeymar  65'	Report		Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: David Coote (England)

7 October 2020 Friendly	Armenia	Cancelled	Albania	Yerevan, Armenia
17:00				Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium

11 October 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League	Armenia	2–2	Georgia	Tychy, Poland
20:00	Bayramyan  6' Mkhitaryan  89' (pen.)	Report	Kacharava  46' Okriashvili  74'	Stadium: Tychy City Stadium Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia)

14 October 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League	Estonia	1–1	Armenia	Tallinn, Estonia
20:45	Sappinen  14'	Report	K. Hovhannisyan  8'	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Referee: Luis Godinho (Portugal)

15 November 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League	Georgia	1–2	Armenia	Tbilisi, Georgia
21:00	Qazaishvili  65' (pen.)	Report	Ghazaryan  33' Adamyan  86'	Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

18 November 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League	Armenia	1–0	North Macedonia	Nicosia, Cyprus
21:00	Hambardzumyan  55'	Report		Stadium: GSP Stadium Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League fixtures against Georgia and North Macedonia on 14 and 18 November 2020, respectively.[40]
Caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2020 after the match against North Macedonia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	David Yurchenko	27 March 1986	6	0	Alashkert
16	GK	Vardan Shahatuni	13 March 1998	0	0	Ararat-Armenia
3	DF	Varazdat Haroyan	24 August 1992	55	2	Tambov
19	DF	Hovhannes Hambardzumyan	4 October 1990	39	4	Anorthosis Famagusta
4	DF	Taron Voskanyan	22 February 1993	31	0	Alashkert
15	DF	Hayk Ishkhanyan	24 June 1989	12	1	Gandzasar
14	DF	Arman Hovhannisyan	5 October 1992	6	0	Pyunik
21	DF	Serob Grigoryan	4 February 1995	3	0	Pyunik
13	MF	Kamo Hovhannisyan	5 October 1992	52	1	Kairat
5	MF	Artak Grigoryan	19 October 1987	30	1	Alashkert
9	MF	Edgar Babayan	28 October 1995	11	1	Hobro
12	MF	Karen Muradyan	1 November 1992	6	0	Ararat
6	MF	Wbeymar	6 March 1992	5	1	Ararat-Armenia
18	MF	Vahan Bichakhchyan	9 July 1999	4	0	Žilina
8	MF	Arshak Koryan	17 June 1995	4	0	Khimki
17	MF	Solomon Udo	15 July 1995	3	0	Ararat
9	MF	Hakob Hakobyan	29 March 1997	1	0	Urartu
8	FW	Tigran Barseghyan	22 September 1993	34	6	Astana
20	FW	Aleksandre Karapetian	23 December 1987	19	6	Ararat-Armenia

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Grigor Meliksetyan	18 August 1986	4	0	Gandzasar	v.  North Macedonia, 18 November 2020 ^COV
GK	Arsen Beglaryan	18 February 1993	14	0	Urartu	v.  Estonia, 14 October 2020
DF	André Calisir	13 June 1990	13	0	Apollon Smyrnis	v.  North Macedonia, 18 November 2020 ^COV
MF	Gevorg Ghazaryan	5 April 1988	73	14	PAS Lamia 1964	v.  North Macedonia, 18 November 2020 ^COV
MF	Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Captain)	21 January 1989	88	30	Roma	v.  Estonia, 14 October 2020
MF	Khoren Bayramyan	7 January 1992	3	1	Rostov	v.  Estonia, 14 October 2020
FW	Sargis Adamyan	23 May 1993	20	2	1899 Hoffenheim	v.  North Macedonia, 18 November 2020 ^COV
FW	Gegham Kadymyan	19 October 1992	15	2	Unattached	v.  Estonia, 14 October 2020
FW	Norberto Briasco	29 February 1996	5	0	Huracán	v.  Estonia, 8 September 2020

Notes:

• ^PRE Preliminary squad
• ^SUS Player suspended
• ^INJ Player withdrew from the roster due to an injury
• ^COV Player withdrew from the roster due to COVID-19
• ^RET Retired from the national team
• ^WD Player withdrew from the roster for non-injury related reasons

Records

Lists of the ten players with the most caps and top goalscorers for Armenia, as of 15 November 2020 (players in bold are still available for selection):

Most Caps # Player Caps Goals Career 1 Sargis Hovsepyan 132 2 1992–2012 2 Roman Berezovsky 94 0 1996–2015 3 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 88 30 2007— 4 Robert Arzumanyan 74 5 2005–2015 5 Gevorg Ghazaryan 73 14 2007— 6 Artur Petrosyan 69 11 1992–2004 7 Marcos Pizzelli 66 11 2008—2019 8 Harutyun Vardanyan 62 1 1994–2004 9 Hamlet Mkhitaryan 56 2 1994–2008 Karlen Mkrtchyan 56 2 2008— Last updated: 8 September 2020. Bolded players are currently active.

Top Goalscorers # Player Goals Caps Career 1 Henrikh Mkhitaryan 30 88 2007— 2 Yura Movsisyan 14 38 2010—2018 Gevorg Ghazaryan 14 73 2007– 4 Artur Petrosyan 11 69 1992–2004 Marcos Pizzelli 11 66 2004—2019 6 Edgar Manucharyan 9 53 2004—2017 7 Ara Hakobyan 7 42 1998–2008 8 Armen Shahgeldyan 6 53 1992–2007 Aras Özbiliz 6 41 2012— Artur Sarkisov 6 40 2011— Tigran Barseghyan 6 33 2016— Aleksandre Karapetian 6 18 2014— Last updated: 13 October 2020. Bolded players are currently active.

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying, group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	10	0	0	37	4	+33	30	Qualify for final tournament		—	2–0	2–0	2–1	9–1	6–0
2	Finland	10	6	0	4	16	10	+6	18			1–2	—	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0
3	Greece	10	4	2	4	12	14	−2	14			0–3	2–1	—	2–1	2–3	1–1
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	4	1	5	20	17	+3	13	Advance to play-offs via Nations League		0–3	4–1	2–2	—	2–1	5–0
5	Armenia	10	3	1	6	14	25	−11	10			1–3	0–2	0–1	4–2	—	3–0
6	Liechtenstein	10	0	2	8	2	31	−29	2			0–5	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Managers

Vardan Minasyan, previously held the position from 2009 to 2014 and again briefly in 2018, the longest period of time.

2As of 8 September 2020

Manager	Period	Pld	Won	Tied	Lost	GF	GA	Win %
Eduard Markarov	1992–1994	6	1	2	3	1	5	16.7%
Samvel Darbinyan	1995–1996	9	1	1	7	5	21	11.1%
Khoren Hovhannisyan	1996–1997	16	2	5	9	10	41	12.5%
Souren Barseghyan	1998–1999	14	4	2	8	11	19	28.6%
Varuzhan Sukiasyan	2000–2001	17	3	7	7	17	27	17.6%
Andranik Adamyan (caretaker)	2002	1	1	0	0	2	0	100%
Oscar López	2002	2	0	1	1	2	4	0%
Andranik Adamyan (caretaker)	2003	1	0	0	1	0	2	0%
Mihai Stoichiță	2003–2004	10	4	1	5	11	17	40%
Bernard Casoni	2004–2005	8	1	1	6	5	18	12.5%
Henk Wisman	2005–2006	8	1	1	6	5	14	12.5%
Ian Porterfield	2006–2007	10	2	4	4	5	9	20%
Vardan Minasyan (caretaker) Tom Jones (caretaker)	2007	6	1	1	4	2	8	16.7%
Jan Poulsen	2008–2009	12	3	4	5	9	19	25%
Vardan Minasyan	2009–2014	39	14	4	21	56	58	35.9%
Bernard Challandes	2014–2015	9	1	1	7	9	23	11.1%
Sargis Hovsepyan (caretaker)	2015	4	0	1	3	2	9	0%
Varuzhan Sukiasyan	2015–2016	7	2	1	4	12	12	28.6%
Artur Petrosyan	2016–2018	10	5	1	4	21	21	50%
Vardan Minasyan	2018	4	1	2	1	3	4	25%
Armen Gyulbudaghyants	2018–2019	10	5	2	5	25	20	41.67%
Abraham Khashmanyan	2019–2020	2	0	0	2	1	10	0.00%
Joaquin Caparros	2020–	6	3	2	1	9	6	50.00%

All-time head-to-head record

Key

	Positive balance (more wins)
	Neutral balance (equal W/L ratio)
	Negative balance (more losses)

Armenia all-time head-to-head record As of 18 November 2020, after the match against North Macedonia.
Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	5	1	1	3	5	8	−3
Algeria	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Andorra	7	7	0	0	20	2	+18
Belarus	7	2	2	3	9	9	0
Belgium	5	1	0	4	2	8	−6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	1	0	3	6	10	−4
Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Canada	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Chile	1	0	0	1	0	7	−7
Cyprus	4	1	1	2	5	7	−2
Czech Republic	4	1	0	3	3	11	−8
Denmark	8	1	1	6	7	13	−6
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
El Salvador	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Estonia	7	2	3	2	7	9	−2
Finland	6	0	1	5	1	11	−10
France	5	0	0	5	2	14	−12
Georgia	6	2	2	2	7	12	−5
Germany	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8
Gibraltar	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3
Greece	6	1	1	4	3	8	−5
Guatemala	2	1	1	0	8	2	+6
Hungary	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Iceland	3	0	1	2	0	4	−4
Iran	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Israel	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Italy	4	0	1	3	5	18	−13
Jordan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	6	4	2	0	12	5	+7
Kuwait	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Latvia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Lebanon	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Liechtenstein	3	2	2	0	8	4	+4
Lithuania	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2
Luxembourg	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
North Macedonia	10	4	2	4	17	15	+2
Malta	5	3	1	1	4	2	+2
Moldova	5	0	3	2	4	8	−4
Montenegro	2	1	0	1	4	6	−2
Morocco	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
Northern Ireland	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2
Norway	2	0	1	1	1	4	−3
Paraguay	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1
Peru	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Poland	7	1	1	5	4	15	−11
Portugal	4	0	1	3	3	7	−4
Republic of Ireland	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2
Romania	4	0	1	3	1	10	−9
Russia	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Serbia	4	0	1	3	1	8	−7
Slovakia	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
Spain	6	0	0	6	1	16	−15
Turkey	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4
Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Ukraine	8	0	3	5	8	17	−9
United States	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Wales	2	0	2	0	2	2	0

Team image

Jerseys and Colour

The home gear color were previously the Red-Blue-Orange Armenian tricolour, designed by Stepan Malkhasyants. All three colors were on the first Armenian national team jerseys ever designed. The definition of the colors, as stated in government website, is:

The Red emblematizes the Armenian Highland, the Armenian people's continued struggle for survival, maintenance of the Orthodox Christian faith, Armenia's independence and freedom. The Blue emblematizes the will of the people of Armenia to live beneath peaceful skies. The Orange emblematizes the creative talent and hard-working nature of the people of Armenia.[41]

In the Euro 2012 qualification matches, played in 2010 and 2011, Armenia's home colors were red-blue-red, produced by Hummel. Beginning with May 2012 friendly with Greece, Armenia switched to all-red home colours and all-white away kit produced Adidas.[6]

Kit suppliers

Kit provider	Period
Puma	1992–1999
Lotto	2000–2003
Hummel	2004–2011
Adidas	2012–2018
Macron	2018–

See also

• Armenia national football team results
• Armenia national under-21 football team
• Armenia national under-19 football team
• Armenia national under-17 football team
• List of Armenian international footballers

References

1. "Armenia national football team". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
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External links

• Football Federation of Armenia
• FIFA profile
• UEFA profile
• RSSSF archive of results 1992–
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• Profile at National Football Teams
• Armfootball.tripod.com
• All official and unofficial games