Armenia national under-21 football team

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 Soviet Union.

Armenia U-21
Nickname(s)Yeritasardakan (youth team)
AssociationFootball Federation of Armenia
Head coachArmen Gyulbudaghyants
Most capsGevorg Ghazaryan (18)
Top scorerHenrikh Mkhitaryan (9)
First colours
Second colours
First international
Belgium Belgium 7-0 Armenia Armenia
(Ghent; September 6, 1994)
Biggest win
Armenia Armenia 4-0 San Marino San Marino
(Yerevan; June 9, 2006)
Biggest defeat
Sweden Sweden 10-0 Armenia Armenia
(Lublin, Poland; October 13, 2020)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearancesnone (first in n/a)
Best result2nd in qual. group, 2007

UEFA U-21 record
  • 1978 - 1991: part of Soviet Union
  • 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.
  • 2019: 4th 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 July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2011
  • 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 11, 2016 - October 28, 2016
  • Artur Voskanyan - May 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018
  • Armen Gyulbudaghyants - July 1, 2018 - October 6, 2018
  • Antonio Jesus Flores - May 1, 2019 - 2020
  • Rafael Nazaryan - October 19, 2020 - September 9, 2023
  • Narek Azatyan (interim) - October, 2023 - November, 2023
  • Tiran Ghazaryan (interim) - November, 2023 - December, 2023
  • Armen Gyulbudaghyants - December 8, 2023 -

Players

Current squad
  • Armenian U-21 team will start the training camp on March 17. In the framework of Euro-2025, Armenian U-21 team will play in Armenia.[1]
  • Match dates: March 22 and 26, 2024
  • Opposition: Montenegro and Romania
  • Caps and goals correct as of: 21 November 2023, after the match against  Finland
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Gor Martinyan (2004-06-23) 23 June 2004 7 0 Armenia BKMA
1GK David Davtyan (2005-07-27) 27 July 2005 0 0 Armenia BKMA II
16 1GK Vlad Chatunts (2002-09-19) 19 September 2002 0 0 Armenia Alashkert
22 2DF Khariton Ayvazyan (2003-11-08) 8 November 2003 4 0 Armenia Urartu
4 2DF Erik Simonyan (2003-06-12) 12 June 2003 12 1 Armenia Urartu
3 2DF Hamlet Mnatsakanyan (2002-08-21) 21 August 2002 7 0 Armenia Shirak
14 2DF Aventis Aventisian (2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 5 0 Croatia NK Jarun Zagreb
2DF Armen Sargsyan (2004-02-20) 20 February 2004 0 0 Armenia BKMA II
5 2DF Petik Manukyan (2006-02-21) 21 February 2006 0 0 Armenia BKMA
2DF Ruben Abrahamyan (2003-08-07) 7 August 2003 1 0 Armenia BKMA
3MF Narek Hovhannisyan (2002-06-11) 11 June 2002 1 0 Armenia Van
3MF Vyacheslav Afyan (2005-02-28) 28 February 2005 0 0 Armenia BKMA
3MF Edgar Pogosyan (2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 0 0 Armenia Van
3MF Karlen Hovhannisyan (2005-04-26) 26 April 2005 0 0 Armenia BKMA
3MF Narek Janoyan (2005-10-28) 28 October 2005 0 0 Armenia BKMA
3MF Narek Alaverdyan (Captain) (2002-02-19) 19 February 2002 15 0 Armenia Ararat-Armenia
10 3MF Gevorg Tarakhchyan (2002-03-15) 15 March 2002 14 1 Armenia FC Urartu
7 3MF Karen Nalbandyan (2002-04-14) 14 April 2002 7 0 Armenia Alashkert
21 3MF Serob Galstyan (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 2 0 Armenia Ararat Yerevan
20 3MF Tigran Avanesyan (2002-04-13) 13 April 2002 5 0 Russia Baltika Kaliningrad
13 3MF Hamlet Sargsyan (2004-05-20) 20 May 2004 3 0 Armenia BKMA
3MF Gor Manvelyan (2002-04-09) 9 April 2002 2 0 Armenia Noah
4FW Levon Vardanyan (2003-11-02) 2 November 2003 6 0 Armenia Pyunik
4FW Nicholas Kaloukian (2002-04-14) 14 April 2002 1 1 United States Syracuse

Recent call-ups

Players that have been called up within the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Rafael Manasyan (2003-05-22) 22 May 2003 0 0 Armenia Ararat-Armenia v.  Montenegro, 12 September 2023
GK Arman Harutyunyan (2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 0 0 Free agent v.   Switzerland, 17 October 2023
DF Yuri Martirosyan (2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 0 0 Armenia West Armenia v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
DF Sergey Muradyan (2004-08-27) 27 August 2004 6 0 Armenia Noah v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
DF Norayr Nikoghosyan (2002-03-09) 9 March 2002 3 0 Armenia BKMA v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
DF Andranik Hakobyan (2005-04-10) 10 April 2005 0 0 Spain Elche CF U19 v.  Montenegro, 12 September 2023
DF Artemiy Gunko (2004-04-06) 6 April 2004 0 0 Russia Kosmos Dolgoprudny v.  North Macedonia, 15 June 2023
DF Tigran Kachiyan (2005-01-06) 6 January 2005 0 0 Russia Khimki II v.  North Macedonia, 15 June 2023
MF Gor Lulukyan (2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 0 0 Armenia BKMA v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
MF Edgar Piloyan (2004-07-11) 11 July 2004 7 0 Russia FC Krasnodar-2 v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
MF Darón Iskenderian (2002-03-19) 19 March 2002 7 0 United States Real Monarchs v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
MF Levon Darbinyan (2002-01-24) 24 January 2002 1 0 Armenia Shirak v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
MF Eduard Bagrintsev (2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 4 0 Russia FC Krasnodar-2 v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
MF Narek Manukyan (2003-12-19) 19 December 2003 2 0 Armenia BKMA v.  Romania, 13 October 2023
MF Robert Baghramyan (2002-06-29) 29 June 2002 1 0 Armenia Noah v.  North Macedonia, 15 June 2023
MF Pavel Gorelov (2003-01-22) 22 January 2003 1 0 Russia FC KAMAZ v.  North Macedonia, 15 June 2023
MF Ruben Tigran Yesayan (2002-02-14) 14 February 2002 0 0 Armenia BKMA v.  North Macedonia, 15 June 2023
FW Hamlet Minasyan (2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 4 0 Free agent v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
FW Misak Hakobyan (2004-06-11) 11 June 2004 11 0 Armenia BKMA v.  Finland, 21 November 2023

UEFA Euro U-21 qualification

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group H

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 6 4 2 0 16 6 +10 14 Final tournament — 2–2 11 Oct '24 6 Sep '24 4–2 5–0
2  Romania 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Play-offs 15 Oct '24 — 1–0 5–0 6 Sep '24 2–0
3  Finland 6 3 1 2 13 5 +8 10 1–2 10 Sep '24 — 4–1 15 Oct '24 6–0
4  Albania 7 3 1 3 9 15 −6 10 1–3 3–2 0–0 — 2–0 15 Oct '24
5  Montenegro 5 1 1 3 4 8 −4 4 10 Sep '24 11 Oct '24 1–2 21 Nov — 0–0
6  Armenia (E) 8 0 2 6 1 17 −16 2 0–0 0–1 6 Sep '24 1–2 0–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 March 2024. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated

See also

References
  1. "Armenia U21 squad starts training camp". Հայաստանի Ֆուտբոլի Ֆեդերացիա. 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
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