Armenia national under-21 football team

Armenia U-21

Nickname(s)	Yeritasardakan (youth team)
Association	Football Federation of Armenia
Head coach	Karen Barseghyan
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.
• 2017: 6th of 6 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 - November 30, 2014
• Sargis Hovsepyan - December 1, 2014 - June 5, 2015
• Artak Oseyan - June 6, 2015 - November 26, 2015
• Karen Barseghyan - January 12, 2016 -

Current squad

The following players were called up for the official match against Bulgaria on September 6, 2016.
Caps and goals correct as of March 29, 2016 after the match against Denmark.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Anatoly Ayvazov	8 June 1996	8	0	Shirak
	GK	Henri Avagyan	16 January 1996	0	0	Banants
	GK	Arman Meliksetyan	21 July 1995	0	0	Ararat
	DF	Aram Shakhnazaryan (Captain)	21 April 1994	11	1	Pyunik
	DF	Armen Manucharyan	3 February 1995	7	0	Pyunik
	DF	Artur Kartashyan	22 October 1996	6	0	Pyunik
	DF	Robert Hakobyan	22 October 1996	4	0	Pyunik
	DF	Gor Agbaljan	25 April 1997	0	0	Heracles Almelo
	DF	Hamlet Asoyan	13 January 1995	0	0	Gandzasar
	DF	Serob Grigoryan	4 February 1995	0	0	Pyunik
	DF	Gevorg Khuloyan	18 August 1996	0	0	Banants
	MF	Gor Malakyan	12 June 1994	13	3	FC Stal
	MF	Artem Simonyan	20 February 1995	12	2	Zürich
	MF	Alik Arakelyan	21 May 1996	7	0	Pyunik
	MF	Petros Avetisyan	7 January 1996	6	0	Pyunik
	MF	Hakob Hakobyan	29 March 1997	1	0	Banants
	MF	Mher Sahakyan	15 July 1995	1	0	Ararat
	MF	Hayk Galstyan	23 March 1998	0	0	Bochum
	MF	Vahagn Hayrapetyan	14 June 1997	0	0	Pyunik
	MF	Alexander Hovhannisyan	20 July 1996	0	0	Banants
	MF	David Martirosyan	2 April 1997	0	0	Teplice
	FW	Viulen Ayvazyan	1 January 1995	7	0	Shirak
	FW	Razmik Hakobyan	9 February 1996	7	0	Pyunik
	FW	David Arshakyan	16 August 1994	1	0	Chicago Fire
	FW	Erik Petrosyan	19 February 1998	0	0	Pyunik

UEFA Euro U-21 qualification

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship Qualification Group 5

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	10	9	1	0	24	3	+21	28	Final tournament
2	Bulgaria	10	5	2	3	11	7	+4	17
3	Romania	10	5	1	4	15	14	+1	16
4	Wales	10	4	4	2	14	12	+2	16
5	Luxembourg	10	1	3	6	5	18	−13	6
6	Armenia	10	0	1	9	6	21	−15	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

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