Armenia national football team

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Armenia
Nickname(s)Հավաքական Havaqakan (The Collective team)
AssociationFootball Federation of Armenia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachAbraham Khashmanyan
CaptainHenrikh Mkhitaryan
Most capsSargis Hovsepyan (132)[1]
Top scorerHenrikh Mkhitaryan (29)
Home stadiumVazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium[2],
Hrazdan Stadium
FIFA codeARM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 95 Decrease 2 (22 December 2022)[3]
Highest30 (February 2014)
Lowest159 (July 1994)
First international
 Armenia 0–0 Moldova 
(Yerevan, Armenia; October 14, 1992)
Biggest win
 Armenia 7–1 Guatemala 
(Los Angeles, California, USA; May 28, 2016)
Biggest defeat
 Italy 9–1 Armenia 
(Palermo, Italy; November 18, 2019)

The Armenia national football team is the national football team of Armenia. After the split of the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Moldova on 12 October 1992.

Most appearances[change | change source]

Pos Player Apps Goals Career
1 Sargis Hovsepyan 102 1 1992-present
2 Arthur Petrosyan 69 11 1992-2005
3 Harutyun Vardanyan 63 1 1994-2004
4 Hamlet Mkhitaryan 56 2 1994-present
4 Romik Khachatryan 56 1 1997-present
6 Roman Berezovsky 55 0 1996-present
7 Armen Shahgeldyan 53 6 1992-2007
8 Arthur Voskanyan 51 1 1999-present
9 Karen Dokhoyan 48 2 1999-present
10 Karen Dokhoyan 42 5 2000-present

Top scorers[change | change source]

Pos Player Goals Apps Career
1 Arthur Petrosyan 11 69 1992-2005
2 Ara Hakobyan 7 43 1998-present
3 Armen Shahgeldyan 6 53 1992-2007
4 Arman Karamyan 5 42 2000-present
5 Tigran Yesayan 4 21 1996-1999

References[change | change source]

  1. "Armenia national football team". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  2. "Home". Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  3. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  4. Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.