Armenia national under-17 football team

Armenia U-17
Nickname(s)Ararat
AssociationFootball Federation of Armenia
Head coachSargis Movsisyan
FIFA codeARM
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Ukraine 9–0  
(Debrecen, Hungary; 2 March 1995)
Biggest win
 Bulgaria 1–4  
(Bulgaria; 24 October 2003)
  4–1 Norway 
(England; 26 March 2004)
Biggest defeat
 Germany 10–1  
(Manavgat, Turkey; 23 March 2017)
European Championship
Appearances0
FIFA U-17 World Cup
Appearances0

The Armenia national under-17 football team is the national under-17 youth football team of Armenia. The team is based mostly on the young players from the league and competes every year to qualify for the FIFA U-17 World Cup and the UEFA European Under-17 Championship. The team played its first match in 1993, Armenia having, until 1992, been part of the USSR.

UEFA European Football Championship record

Under-16 format

Finals record Qualification record
Year Result Pos Pld W D* L GF GA GD
1994 did not qualify 3 2 0 0 2 0 12 -12
1995 did not qualify 3 2 0 0 2 2 9 -7
1996 did not qualify 4 3 0 1 2 1 3 -2
1997 did not qualify 2 2 1 0 1 1 6 -5
1998 did not qualify 4 3 0 0 3 1 15 -14
1999 did not qualify 3 2 0 0 2 2 7 -5
2000 did not qualify 4 3 0 0 3 1 10 -9
2001 did not qualify 3 3 1 0 2 4 8 -4
Total 0/8 Best: 2 20 2 1 17 12 70 −58

Under-17 format

Finals record Qualification record
Year Result Pos Pld W D* L GF GA GD
2002 did not qualify 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 -2
2003 did not qualify 4 3 0 1 2 4 6 -2
2004 Elite round 3 6 3 0 3 12 8 +4
2005 did not qualify 4 3 0 0 3 3 10 -7
2006 did not qualify 4 3 0 0 3 2 14 -12
2007 did not qualify 4 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1
2008 did not qualify 4 3 0 0 3 2 10 -8
2009 did not qualify 4 3 0 1 2 0 3 -3
2010 did not qualify 4 3 0 1 2 3 11 -8
2011 did not qualify 4 3 0 1 2 2 6 -4
2012 did not qualify 4 3 1 0 2 4 8 -4
2013 did not qualify 4 3 0 0 3 0 13 -13
2014 did not qualify 3 3 1 0 2 2 7 -5
2015 did not qualify 4 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9
2016 did not qualify 3 3 0 1 2 1 13 -12
2017 Elite round 4 6 1 1 4 5 26 -21
2018 did not qualify 3 3 0 0 3 0 14 -14
2019 did not qualify 4 3 0 0 3 0 9 -9
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic[1][2]
2021
2022 did not qualify 4 3 0 0 3 0 14 -14
2023 did not qualify 4 3 0 0 3 2 16 -14
2024 did not qualify 4 3 0 0 3 1 16 -15
2025 did not qualify 4 6 1 0 5 2 19 -17
Total 0/22 Best: 3 74 8 7 59 50 238 −188
*Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualification matches against Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina and San Marino on 12, 15 and 18 May 2025; respectively.[3]

Caps and goals correct as of 15 May 2025, after the match against Bosnia and Herzegovina.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Nubar Gishyan (2008-10-22) 22 October 2008 1 0 Urartu
12 1GK Roman Khachatryan (2008-11-16) 16 November 2008 0 0 Pyunik
16 1GK Artur Petrosyan (2008-02-02) 2 February 2008 5 0 Pyunik

2 2DF Hamlet Karapetyan (2008-01-13) 13 January 2008 2 0 Ararat-Armenia
3 2DF Artur Movsesyan (2008-01-02) 2 January 2008 5 0 Noah
4 2DF Hayk Ghukasyan (2008-06-02) 2 June 2008 4 0 Ararat-Armenia
5 2DF Armen Sukiasyan (2008-08-08) 8 August 2008 1 0 Pyunik
6 2DF Haykaz Yeghiazaryan (2008-01-12) 12 January 2008 4 0 Urartu
14 2DF David Dokhoyan (2008-12-02) 2 December 2008 4 0 Noah
15 2DF Shant Beybutyan (2008-08-11) 11 August 2008 4 0 Ararat-Armenia

8 3MF Martin Shahgeldyan (2008-01-05) 5 January 2008 5 0 Colmar
13 3MF Ashot Voskanyan (2008-08-15) 15 August 2008 2 0 Urartu
18 3MF Sasun Karapetyan (2008-05-08) 8 May 2008 2 0 Total FA
19 3MF Janik Davtyan (2008-09-04) 4 September 2008 2 0 Sardarapat

7 4FW Albert Gareginyan (2008-11-03) 3 November 2008 2 0 Shirak
9 4FW Michael Asiryan (2008-02-26) 26 February 2008 5 0 Noah
10 4FW Davit Davtyan (2008-06-10) 10 June 2008 2 0 Pyunik
11 4FW Sargis Gasparyan (2008-08-20) 20 August 2008 5 0 Urartu
22 4FW Arsen Arakelyan (2009-02-02) 2 February 2009 1 0 Urartu
23 4FW Artyom Aleksanyan (2008-12-20) 20 December 2008 2 0 Pyunik

References

  1. ^ "U17 finals in Estonia cancelled". UEFA. 18 March 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  2. ^ "2020/21 Under-17 EURO cancelled". UEFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Հայաստանի Մ-17 հավաքականը սկսում է մարզական հավաքը" (in Armenian). Հայաստանի Ֆուտբոլի Ֆեդերացիա. 5 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.