Armenia national under-21 football team

Armenia U-21
Nickname(s)	Yeritasardakan (youth team)
Association	Football Federation of Armenia
Head coach	Armen Gyulbudaghyants
Most caps	Gevorg Ghazaryan (18)
Top scorer	Henrikh 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
	Sweden 10-0 Armenia ; (Lublin, Poland; October 13, 2020)
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 Soviet Union.

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.
2021: 5th of 6 in qualification group.
2023: 6th of 6 in qualification group.
2025: 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 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

Friendlies
Match dates: June 3 and 6, 2025
Opposition: Cyprus
Caps and goals correct as of: 15 October 2024, after the match against Albania

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
16	1GK	David Davtyan	(2005-07-27) 27 July 2005	0	0	BKMA
	1GK	Hayk Ghazaryan	(2006-09-19) 19 September 2006	0	0	BKMA
	1GK	Arthur Coneglian	(2004-05-30) 30 May 2004	0	0	FC Noah
1	1GK	Gor Martinyan	(2004-06-23) 23 June 2004	11	0	Urartu
	1GK	Hunan Gyurjinyan	(2005-01-16) 16 January 2005	0	0	Pyunik II

	2DF	Armen Sargsyan	(2004-02-20) 20 February 2004	1	0	FC Van
4	2DF	Mark Avetisyan	(2005-06-24) 24 June 2005	1	0	BKMA
	2DF	Artur Movsesyan	(2008-01-02) 2 January 2008	0	0	FC Noah
	2DF	Mher Tarloyan	(2005-03-07) 7 March 2005	0	0	BKMA
	2DF	Suren Tsarukyan	(2005-08-19) 19 August 2005	0	0	BKMA
2	2DF	Alyosha Khachatryan	(2006-05-13) 13 May 2006	0	0	BKMA II
5	2DF	Petik Manukyan	(2006-02-21) 21 February 2006	2	0	BKMA
	2DF	Andranik Hakobyan	(2005-10-04) 4 October 2005	2	0	Alavés C
	2DF	Mark Gevorgyan	(2005-06-01) 1 June 2005	0	0	Hannover 96 II
	2DF	Stepan Gigolyan	(2006-01-20) 20 January 2006	0	0	Sochi-2
15	2DF	Artem Bandikyan	(2005-09-20) 20 September 2005	1	0	CSKA II

22	3MF	Levon Bashoyan	(2005-09-15) 15 September 2005	2	1	BKMA
19	3MF	Michel Ayvazyan	(2005-06-21) 21 June 2005	1	0	BKMA
7	3MF	Davit Hakobyan	(2005-08-09) 9 August 2005	1	0	BKMA
	3MF	Narek Janoyan	(2005-10-28) 28 October 2005	2	0	BKMA
13	3MF	Hamlet Sargsyan	(2004-05-20) 20 May 2004	5	0	BKMA
6	3MF	Karlen Hovhannisyan	(2005-04-26) 26 April 2005	3	0	BKMA
	3MF	Artur Israelyan	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004	3	0	Free Agent
23	3MF	Artur Askaryan	(2006-04-26) 26 April 2006	0	0	BKMA II
	3MF	Gagik Simonyan	(2006-03-08) 8 March 2006	0	0	Ararat II
	3MF	David Kirakosian	(2006-07-13) 13 July 2006	0	0	Sochi-2
	3MF	Andre Philibbosian	(2004-11-10) 10 November 2004	0	0	Ballard FC
11	3MF	Narek Hovhannisyan	(2006-08-06) 6 August 2006	3	0	BKMA
	3MF	Vardan Tovmasyan	(2005-01-17) 17 January 2005	3	0	BKMA
17	3MF	Vyacheslav Afyan	(2005-02-28) 28 February 2005	0	0	BKMA
10	3MF	Misak Hakobyan	(2004-06-11) 11 June 2004	13	0	BKMA
	3MF	Zaven Khudaverdyan	(2007-06-15) 15 June 2007		0	FC Noah
	3MF	Alen Mkrtchyan	(2006-08-17) 17 August 2006		0	Ararat II
	3MF	Mike Gevorgyan	(2005-06-01) 1 June 2005		0	1860 Munich II
	3MF	Yervand Sukiasyan	(2005-02-25) 25 February 2005		0	St. Pölten

9	4FW	Arayik Eloyan	(2004-03-16) 16 March 2004	2	0	BKMA
21	4FW	Edik Vardanyan	(2005-03-25) 25 March 2005	1	0	BKMA
	3MF	David Harutyunyan	(2007-08-02) 2 August 2007		0	FC Urartu

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	Hayk Khachatryan	(2005-01-27) 27 January 2005	0	0	BKMA	v. Albania, 15 October 2024

DF	Gor Arakelyan	(2003-01-10) 10 January 2003	1	0	BKMA	v. Albania, 15 October 2024
DF	Hamlet Mnatsakanyan	(2002-08-21) 21 August 2002	9	0	Shirak	v. Finland, 6 September 2024
DF	Aventis Aventisian	(2002-08-17) 17 August 2002	9	0	West Armenia	v. Albania, 15 October 2024
DF	Ruben Abrahamyan	(2003-08-07) 7 August 2003	2	0	BKMA	v. Finland, 6 September 2024
DF	Khariton Ayvazyan	(2003-11-08) 8 November 2003	7	0	Urartu	v. Finland, 6 September 2024

MF	Karen Nalbandyan	(2002-04-14) 14 April 2002	10	0	Van	v. Finland, 6 September 2024
MF	Serob Galstyan	(2002-09-23) 23 September 2002	5	0	Ararat Yerevan	v. Finland, 6 September 2024
MF	Gevorg Tarakhchyan	(2002-03-15) 15 March 2002	17	1	FC Urartu	v. Finland, 6 September 2024
MF	Edgar Piloyan	(2004-07-11) 11 July 2004	10	0	Botev Plovdiv	v. Albania, 15 October 2024

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	Romania	10	7	1	2	23	10	+13	22	Final tournament	—	1–0	3–1	5–0	1–0	2–0
2	Finland	10	6	2	2	21	8	+13	20	Play-offs	2–0	—	1–2	4–1	2–1	6–0
3	Switzerland	10	5	3	2	21	12	+9	18		2–2	1–1	—	1–2	4–2	5–0
4	Albania	10	5	1	4	12	17	−5	16		3–2	0–0	1–3	—	2–0	1–0
5	Montenegro	10	2	1	7	8	19	−11	7		2–6	1–2	0–2	1–0	—	0–0
6		10	0	2	8	2	21	−19	2		0–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

References

External links

Uefa Under-21 website Contains fixtures and results

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