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 USSR.

Armenia U-21
Nickname(s)Yeritasardakan (youth team)
AssociationFootball Federation of Armenia
Head coachAntonio Jesus Flores
Most capsGevorg Ghazaryan (18)
Top scorerHenrik 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
Appearancesnone (first in n/a)
Best result2nd in qual. group, 2007

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.
  • 2019: 4th of 6 in qualification group.

Managers

Current squad

The following players were called up for the official match against Italy on 19 November 2019.
Caps and goals correct as of 11 October 2019.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Sevak Aslanyan (1998-05-17) 17 May 1998 8 0 Pyunik
12 1GK Mark Grigoryan (1998-07-18) 18 July 1998 0 0 SV Donau Wien
23 2DF Arman Asilyan (1999-04-15) 15 April 1999 2 0 Ararat Armenia II
5 2DF Edgar Grigoryan (1998-08-25) 25 August 1998 3 0 Noah
2 2DF Artur Danielyan (1998-02-09) 9 February 1998 3 0 Ararat Armenia
4 2DF Albert Khachumyan (1999-06-23) 23 June 1999 5 0 Ararat-Armenia
3 2DF Hovhannes Nazaryan (1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 4 0 Noah
15 2DF Arsen Sadoyan (1999-03-16) 16 March 1999 0 0 Urartu
19 2DF Hrachya Geghamyan (1999-12-02) 2 December 1999 2 0 Urartu
13 3MF Davit Nalbandyan (1999-08-09) 9 August 1999 4 0 Ararat-Armenia II
6 3MF Erik Vardanyan (1998-06-07) 7 June 1998 7 0 Pyunik
11 3MF Vahan Bichakhchyan (1999-07-09) 9 July 1999 7 1 Žilina
7 3MF Karen Melkonyan (1999-03-25) 25 March 1999 5 1 Urartu
18 3MF Rafik Misakyan (2000-01-02) 2 January 2000 7 0 Shirak
17 3MF Aram Khamoyan (2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 3 0 Lokomotiv Yerevan
20 3MF Rudik Mkrtchyan (1998-10-26) 26 October 1998 5 1 Shirak
21 3MF Edgar Movsisyan (1998-09-09) 9 September 1998 3 0 Shirak
22 4FW Abraham Portugalyan (1999-01-08) 8 January 1999 2 0 Urartu
9 4FW Armen Hovhannisyan (2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 1 0 Zemplín Michalovce

Recent call-ups

Players that have been called up within the past 12 months and are eligible for the 2019 European U21 Football Championship Qualifiers.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Nikolaos Melikian (1999-03-02) 2 March 1999 2 0 Ararat Armenia
DF Hayk Sargsyan (1998-03-12) 12 March 1998 8 0 Lokomotiv Yerevan
MF Artur Nadiryan (1998-03-27) 27 March 1998 7 0 Pyunik
MF Hayk Galstyan (1998-03-23) 23 March 1998 6 0 Unattached
MF Hrachik Gevorgyan (1998-07-24) 24 July 1998 0 0 Hertha Zehlendorf
FW Erik Petrosyan (1998-02-19) 19 February 1998 4 0 Urartu II

UEFA Euro U-21 qualification

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1
Main article: 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Republic of Ireland 7 5 1 1 12 3 +9 16 Final tournament — 0–0 12 Nov 4–1 1–0 3–0
2  Italy 5 4 1 0 15 0 +15 13 Final tournament if among five best runners-up 13 Oct — 3–0 17 Nov 6–0 5–0
3  Iceland 5 3 0 2 10 9 +1 9 1–0 9 Oct — 4 Sep 6–1 3–0
4  Sweden 4 2 0 2 10 7 +3 6 1–3 8 Sep 5–0 — 13 Oct 9 Oct
5  Armenia 6 1 0 5 3 15 −12 3 0–1 0–1 17 Nov 13 Nov — 2–0
6  Luxembourg 5 0 0 5 0 16 −16 0 17 Nov 12 Nov 13 Oct 0–3 8 Sep —
Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2019. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

See also
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