Armenia to play a friendly match in Turkey

December 1, 2016 By administrator

Armenia‘s national football team will play a friendly match against Kazakhstan in February, the official website of the football federation said Thursday, December 1.

Chief coach Artur Petrosyan’s team will play in the Turkish city of Antalya.

Armenia’s 3-2 win over Montenegro has helped the national football team jump the largest number of spots in this month’s FIFA World Ranking. As the new list shows, the country has registered the biggest move by ranks, bouncing a total of 38 places to secure the 87th spot among 205 teams included in the report.

Los Angeles: SOCCER Armenia-Guatemala (7-1) in a friendly match. History! Henrikh Mkhitaryan scores 3 goals

May 29, 2016 By administrator

soccer mkhitaryan In friendly match this morning in Los Angeles, the national selection Armenia crushed Guatemala by the score of 7-1. The highest score ever achieved since the birth of the Armenian football team. Yet Armenia was ranked 110th in the ranking of FIFA and Guatemala 89th. Thus the victory of the Armenian selection on a score-river, ending a series of 14 games without a win. Yet it is Guatemala that had opened the scoring through Carlos Ruiz at the 7th minute. But Armenia would take the lead of the match. Henrikh Mkhitaryan equalized in the 39th and Edgar Manutcharyan doubled the lead for Armenia (45th). Kegham Katimyan (50th), Henrikh Mkhitaryan (60th and 70th), Arthur Sarkissov (72nd) and Zaven Badoyan (84) were another goal for Armenia. Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Imperial signed a hat trick (three goals in the same game). Henrikh Mkhitaryan man of the match also realized three assists … The next friendly match, Armenia will face El Salvador.

Krikor Amirzayan

Armenian football national team coach invites 23 players for match with Serbia

August 26, 2015 By administrator

The acting head coach of the Armenian football national team Sargis Hovsepyan invited 23 footballers for the Euro-2016 qualifier with Serbians, according to the website of Armenia’s Football Federation.

The invited players are:
Goalkeepers Gevork Kasparov (“Alashkert”, Martuni), Arsen Beglaryan (“Mika”, Yerevan), Gevorg Prazyan (“Ararat”, Yerevan).

Defenders: Robert Arzumanyan (Amkar, Perm), Hrayr Mkoyan (Esteghlal, Iran), Gael Andonyan (Olympic, Marseille), Hovhannes Hambartsumyan (Vardar, Macedonia), Levon Hayrapetyan (Piunik, Yerevan), Taron Voskanyan (Piunik, Yerevan), Varazdat Aroyan (Piunik, Yerevan), Kamo Hovhannisyan (Piunik, Yerevan).

Halfbacks: Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Borussia, Dortmund), Gevorg Ghazaryan (Maritimo, Portugal), Marcos Pizzelli (Aktobe, Kazakhstan), Aras Ozbiliz (Spartak, Moscow), Karlen Mkrtchyan (Anji, Makhachkala), Norayr Aslanyan (Almere City, Netherlands), Artem Simonyan (Zurich, Switzerland), Artur Yuspashyan (Piunik, Yerevan), Artak Grigoryan (Alashkert, Martuni).

Forwards: Yura Movsisyan (Spartak, Moscow), Edgar Manucharyan (Ural, Yekaterinburg), Ruslan Koryan (Luch-energiya, Vladivostok).

Training sessions are scheduled in Yerevan on August 31 – September 3. The Armenian national football team will leave for Serbia on the morning of September 3.

Source: Panorama.am