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Armenia

Nickname(s)	Հավաքական (Havakakan)
Association	Football Federation of Armenia (FFA)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Suren Chakhalyan (interim)
Captain	Varazdat Haroyan
Most caps	Sargis Hovsepyan (133)
Top scorer	Henrikh Mkhitaryan (32)
Home stadium	Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
FIFA code	ARM
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	101 (7 February 2019)
Highest	30 (February 2014)
Lowest	159 (July 1994)
Elo ranking
Current	95 9 (3 March 2019)
Highest	65 (27 May 2014)
Lowest	126 (May 1995)
First international
Official Template:Country data Armenia Soviet Union 4-3 Yugoslavia  (Yerevan, Armenia; 14 October 1992)
Biggest win
Armenia 7–1 Guatemala  (Los Angeles, United States; 28 May 2016)
Biggest defeat
Norway 9–0 Armenia  (Oslo, Norway; 29 March 2022)

The Armenia national football team (Armenian: Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական) represents Armenia in men's international football, and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia, the governing body for football in Armenia.

After gaining independence from the Soviet Union, the team played its first international match on 12 October 1992. The national team has participated in the qualification of every major tournament from the UEFA Euro 1996 onwards, though they are yet to qualify for the final stages of either a UEFA European Football Championship or a FIFA World Cup. The team's main achievements have been third-place finish in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage, and being promoted to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B.

The primary training ground is at the Technical Center-Academy of the Football Federation of Armenia in the northern Avan District of the capital Yerevan, and the team plays their home matches at the Republican Stadium.

History

During the Soviet era of the country, Armenia competed in the Trans-Caucasian Championship. During the five competitions arranged during the 1920s and 1930s, Armenia won both games against Azerbaijan, and picked up draw in December 1927 against the Georgian SSR.

Armenia became an independent state in 1991, the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic having previously played for the Soviet Union national football team. The Football Federation of Armenia was founded on 18 January 1992 and established relations with FIFA in 1992 and with UEFA in 1993. The history of the Armenia national team began on 14 October 1992, when Armenia played its first match against Moldova. That meeting ended in a goalless draw. Since 1996, the team has been a member of qualifiers European and World Championships. Armenia has competed in every UEFA European Championship qualifying and FIFA World Cup qualification since 1994.

The first head coach of the Armenian national squad was Soviet Armenian football star Eduard Markarov. Armenian winner of the UEFA Jubilee Awards and fellow Soviet Armenian football great Khoren Oganesian also became a head coach. Many of the early coaches of the national team never stayed for longer than two years. Scottish coach Ian Porterfield became head coach in 2006 and began to lead the team to some of its first international successes. Under his leadership, the Armenian team played a series of great matches with victories over Kazakhstan 2–1, Poland 1–0 and a draw with Portugal (1–1), with Cristiano Ronaldo in the lineup. But then tragedy struck; the 62-year-old Porterfield died of cancer, leaving his work unfinished. An acting assistant coach, Vardan Minasyan, became acting head coach following Porterfield's death. Minasyan learned much from Porterfield and Samvel Darbinyan, another former head coach of Armenia, during this time about coaching and managing. On 10 February 2009, after the draw for the qualifying round teams of the UEFA Euro 2012, by order of the President of the Football Federation of Armenia Ruben Hayrapetyan, Minasyan continued to lead the Armenian national squad, only now as the official head coach.

In the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches, Minasyan led Armenia in Group B against Russia, Slovakia, Ireland, Macedonia and Andorra. Armenia, considered a heavy underdog, defeated the group favorite Slovakia with two crushing defeats 4–0 and 3–1, defeated Andorra in two matches as well 4–0 and 3–0, drew with Macedonia 2–2 and defeated them in the deciding match 4–1 and tied with the group winners Russia 0–0. The Armenian team scored the most goals out of Group B, with a total of 22. Henrikh Mkhitaryan of Armenia scored 6 goals, the most goals scored by a single player in Group B. The national team almost made the final draw, but controversially lost in a decisive match against Ireland 1–2. Armenian goalkeeper Roman Berezovsky was given a red card by Spanish referee Eduardo Gonzalez in the 26th-minute for supposedly touching the ball outside the goal area. However, replays clearly showed the ball touched his chest and never touched his hands. Replays also showed that Ireland striker Simon Cox had actually touched the ball with his right hand. Despite this, Gonzalez did not penalize Cox, who would later admit he touched the ball with his hand. Had Cox's offence been punished, Armenia would have been awarded a free-kick. Edgar Malakyan was swapped for replacement goalkeeper Arsen Petrosyan. Valeri Aleksanyan later accidentally scored an own goal past Petrosyan, which ended up deciding the match. Armenia and Ireland would each score another goal. The Football Federation of Armenia unsuccessfully filed a protest over the match. Gonzalez had later resigned after the match. Despite not getting to play in the UEFA Euro 2012, Minasyan brought the Armenia national team to a record #41 FIFA ranking, placed the team in a personal best third place in the group stage and went on to become the longest leading head coach of the Armenia football team. Minasyan stated he was proud of the entire team. They were all welcomed in the airport back in Armenia as heroes.

After the incredible UEFA Euro 2012 run, the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016 qualifiers were not successful, with the Armenian side stood near bottom in the 2014 World Cup run and even finished last without a single win in Euro 2016 campaign. Armenia salvaged some few pride in 2018 World Cup qualification when the Armenians managed to create a shocking 3–2 home win over Montenegro, which contributed to Montenegro's failure to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. After these disappointments, Vardan Minasyan returned to lead Armenia in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League D, but finished behind Macedonia, including a humiliating 0–1 home loss to Gibraltar. Due to this humiliation, Minasyan was sacked and Armen Gyulbudaghyants was appointed new coach of Armenian side. The Armenians participated in the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying along with giants Italy, Bosnia and Herzegovina, former European champions Greece, Finland and Liechtenstein. Armenia lost two opening fixtures to Bosnia 1–2 away and Finland 0–2 at home, and was supposed to get eliminated pretty early. However, Armenia began their resurgence following these losses, with a convincing 3–0 home cruise to Liechtenstein before managed to create a shocking 3–2 away win over Greece, former UEFA Euro 2004 champions. Armenia suffered a minor setback after losing at home to powerhouse Italy 1–3, before created another shock in their qualification with a 4–2 convincing win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in the same ground. Armenia was pulled back to the ground when they faced Greece, Finland and Italy in their games, with Armenia defeated in both games and eventually finished fifth in their group, failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 2020.

Armenia participated in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C and was seen as a minnow in a group containing strong North Macedonia and Georgia, along with fellow minnow Estonia. Armenia began with a 1–2 loss to North Macedonia away, before bounded back with an encouraging 2–0 home win to Estonia in September 2020. In October, Armenia had to play their designated "home game" away from their country in Poland due to 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, and disappointed with only a 2–2 draw to Georgia and 1–1 draw to Estonia, thus leaving impression that Armenia would flounder from the chance to get promotion. Yet, in November the same year, despite having to play away from home, and without their talisman and captain Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Armenia managed what would be the country's greatest comeback in the history, beating Georgia right in Tbilisi 2–1 before stunned the Fyromians, who had qualified for Euro 2020, 1–0, in their designated home game in Cyprus. These wins had not just ensured Armenia's promotion to 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B, but it also meant Armenia could be the first Caucasus country to get a FIFA World Cup playoff ticket. Moreover, the League B season in 2022–23 could also ensure Armenia a playoff place for the UEFA Euro 2024.

Armenia participated in the 2022 World Cup qualification and was seen weak to the group containing strong Germany, Iceland, Romania and North Macedonia. Armenia started with a difficult 1–0 win to Liechtenstein away, leaving yet again an impression that Armenia would just end up being mopped by the remainders. However, Armenia stunned both Iceland and Romania on their home fixtures 2–0 and 3–2 to top the group for the first time ever, raising the country's hopes of qualifying for an improbable maiden World Cup. Ultimately however, Armenia's campaign ended in bitter disappointment as they failed to win a single one of their remaining seven qualifying games, finding themselves on the end of a 6-0 trashing by Germany and even being held to a 1–1 draw at home by lowly Liechtenstein. Armenia finished a distant fourth place in the group, ahead of Liechtenstein and an underwhelming Iceland side but six points behind playoff-bound North Macedonia and even five points behind third-placed Romania.

Stadium

Armenia vs Portugal during a UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match at the Republican Stadium in Yerevan

Hrazdan Stadium was built from 1969 to 1970 on Athens St., Kentron in a period of 18 months with the financial support of the oil magnate Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. A total amount of 5 million rubles was allocated for Hrazdan. The stadium was named after the slope of the Hrazdan River. It is the largest stadium in Armenia, with more than 70,000 seats. The opening of the stadium took place on 29 November 1970. The Armenia national team played home matches in Hrazdan until 2000. Several Armenian football clubs also played in Hrazdan. In Soviet times, it was one of the largest stadiums in the Soviet Union (among the top four) and one of the few double-tiered stadiums. Hrazdan was the football ground stadium for Ararat Yerevan. Hrazdan Stadium hosted its first official football match on 19 May 1971 when Ararat Yerevan defeated Kairat 3–0 in front of a record 78,000 spectators. The stadium would host Ararat Yerevan for the final victory of the club in the 1973 Soviet Top League and in the 1973 and 1975 Soviet Cup. The Soviet Union national football team played only two matches at the stadium, both of which date back to 1978. In April of that year, in a friendly game against Finland, the USSR won 10–2. Six months later, in a qualifying match for the UEFA Euro 1980 against Greece the Soviet team won again 2–0. The match with Finland hosted 12,000 spectators and the match with Greece hosted 40,000. The capacity of the stadium decreased from 70,000 to an all-seater of 53,849 spectators. By the second half of 2012, Hrazdan was completely renovated to become the regular venue of the national team's home matches.

The Republican Stadium was renovated in 1999 and, since 2000, has been the home ground for Armenia. The stadium was built in 1953 and finished within a year's time. Republican Stadium has a capacity of 14,968. During the Soviet period and onward from 1953 to 1999, it was known as Dinamo Stadium. The stadium had its official name changed to "Republican Stadium named after Vazgen Sargsyan" in 1999, after Armenian war hero and former Prime Minister of Armenia Vazgen Sargsyan, who died that year. Local clubs Pyunik and Ulisses play home matches at the Republican Stadium. In 2008, the stadium went under a large-scale development in order to modernize the playing surface and to create a high level VIP section and other facilities which met UEFA standards.

Armenia played a match in Hrazdan in 2008 against Turkey after partial renovation earlier that year. The number of seats decreased from 75,000 to 53,849. It is planned to hold Armenia's home matches after a complete renovation in 2012. On 12 October 2012, Armenia played a 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Italy, but has not used Hrazdan since. Hrazdan is used mostly for Armenian football clubs and a number of other athletic competitions.

Team image

Jerseys and colour

The home gear color were previously the Red-Blue-Orange Armenian tricolour, designed by Stepan Malkhasyants. All three colors were on the first Armenia national team jerseys issued. The definition of the colors, as stated in government website, is:

The Red emblematizes the Armenian Highland, the Armenian people's continued struggle for survival, maintenance of the Orthodox Christian faith, Armenia's independence and freedom. The Blue emblematizes the will of the people of Armenia to live beneath peaceful skies. The Orange emblematizes the creative talent and hard-working nature of the people of Armenia.

In the Euro 2012 qualification matches, played in 2010 and 2011, Armenia's home colors were red-blue-red, produced by Hummel. Beginning with the May 2012 friendly with Greece, Armenia switched to all-red home colours and an all-white away kit produced by Adidas.

Kit suppliers

Kit provider	Period
Puma	1992–1999
Lotto	2000–2003
Hummel	2004–2011
Adidas	2012–2017
Macron	2018–present

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

      Win       Draw       Loss       Fixture

2024

Friendly 22 March 2024	Armenia	0–1	Kosovo	Yerevan, Armenia
20:00		https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/friendlies/match/2040199/	Rashica  25'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Referee: Irakli Kvirikashvili (Georgia)

Friendly 26 March 2024	Czech Republic	2–1	Armenia	Prague, Czech Republic
22:00	Krejčí  45+2' Chorý  77'	https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/friendlies/match/2039987/	Sevikyan  14'	Stadium: Stadion Letná Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

Friendly 4 June 2024	Slovenia	2–1	Armenia	Ljubljana, Slovenia
19:00	Mlakar  11' Iličić  63'	https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/friendlies/match/2040205/	Haroyan  56'	Stadium: Stožice Stadium Referee: Andreas Argyrou (Cyprus)

Friendly 7 June 2024	Armenia	2–1	Kazakhstan	Yerevan, Armenia
19:00	Marochkin  4' (o.g.) Bichakhchyan  58'	https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/friendlies/match/2040208/	Islamkhan  90+6' (pen.)	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

2024–25 Nations League 7 September 2024	Armenia	4–1	Latvia	Yerevan, Armenia
20:00 UTC+4	Bichakhchyan  6' Dubra  35' (o.g.) Zelarayán  48' Spertsyan  86'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040063/	Arutyunyan  9' (o.g.)	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 12,437 Referee: Nenad Minaković (Serbia)

2024–25 Nations League 10 September 2024	Macedonia	2–0	Armenia	Skopje, North Macedonia
20:45 UTC+2	Bardhi  70' Miovski  78'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040090/		Stadium: Toše Proeski Arena Attendance: 6,829 Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

2024–25 Nations League 10 October 2024	Faroe Islands	2–2	Armenia	Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
19:45 UTC+1	Benjaminsen  37' Bjartalíð  85'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040101/	Zelarayán  44' Manvelyan  90+3'	Stadium: Tórsvøllur Attendance: 1,852 Referee: Oleksii Derevinskyi (Ukraine)

2024–25 Nations League 13 October 2024	Armenia	0–2	Macedonia	Yerevan, Armenia
20:00 UTC+4		https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040123/	Miovski  72' Alimi  85'	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 14,371 Referee: Stuart Attwell (England)

2024–25 Nations League 14 November 2024	Armenia	0–1	Faroe Islands	Yerevan, Armenia
21:00 UTC+4		https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040147/	Davidsen  33' (pen.)	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 6,043 Referee: Tasos Sidiropoulos (Greece)

2024–25 Nations League 17 November 2024	Latvia	1–2	Armenia	Riga, Latvia
16:00 UTC+2	Uldriķis  70'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2040173/	Spertsyan  48' Miranyan  74'	Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 5,543 Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

2025

2024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs 20 March 2025	Armenia	v	Georgia	Yerevan, Armenia
21:00 UTC+4		https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2043042/		Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium

2024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs 23 March 2025	Georgia	v	Armenia	Tbilisi, Georgia
18:00 UTC+4		https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2043050/		Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena

Managers

Vardan Minasyan, previously held the position from 2009 to 2014 and again briefly in 2018, the longest period of time.

Manager	Period	Pld	Won	Tied	Lost	GF	GA	Win %
Eduard Markarov	1992–1994	6	1	2	3	1	5	16.67
Samvel Darbinyan	1995–1996	9	1	1	7	5	21	11.11
Khoren Hovhannisyan	1996–1997	16	2	5	9	10	41	12.5
Souren Barseghyan	1998–1999	14	4	2	8	11	19	28.57
Varuzhan Sukiasyan	2000–2001	17	3	7	7	17	27	17.65
Andranik Adamyan (caretaker)	2002	1	1	0	0	2	0	100
Oscar López	2002	2	0	1	1	2	4	0
Andranik Adamyan (caretaker)	2003	1	0	0	1	0	2	0
Mihai Stoichiță	2003–2004	10	4	1	5	11	17	40
Bernard Casoni	2004–2005	8	1	1	6	5	18	12.5
Henk Wisman	2005–2006	8	1	1	6	5	14	12.5
Ian Porterfield	2006–2007	10	2	4	4	5	9	20
Vardan Minasyan (caretaker) Tom Jones (caretaker)	2007	6	1	1	4	2	8	16.67
Jan Poulsen	2008–2009	12	3	4	5	9	19	25
Vardan Minasyan	2009–2014	39	14	4	21	56	58	35.9
Bernard Challandes	2014–2015	9	1	1	7	9	23	11.11
Sargis Hovsepyan (caretaker)	2015	4	0	1	3	2	9	0
Varuzhan Sukiasyan	2015–2016	7	2	1	4	12	12	28.57
Artur Petrosyan	2016–2018	10	5	1	4	21	21	50
Vardan Minasyan	2018	4	1	2	1	3	4	25
Armen Gyulbudaghyants	2018–2019	12	5	2	5	25	20	41.67
Abraham Khashmanyan	2019–2020	2	0	0	2	1	10	0
Joaquín Caparrós	2020–2022	26	9	5	12	25	56	34.62
Roman Berezovsky (caretaker)	2022	2	0	1	1	2	4	0
Oleksandr Petrakov	2023–2024	18	4	4	10	22	29	22.22
Suren Chakhalyan (caretaker)	2024	2	1	0	1	2	2	50

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for 2024–25 UEFA Nations League C matches against Faroe Islands and Latvia on 14 and 17 November 2024.

Caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2024, after the match against Latvia.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Ognjen Čančarević	(1989-09-25) 25 September 1989 (age 35)	17	0	Noah
12	1GK	Arsen Beglaryan	(1993-02-18) 18 February 1993 (age 31)	16	0	Ararat-Armenia
16	1GK	Henri Avagyan	(1996-01-16) 16 January 1996 (age 28)	1	0	Pyunik
3	2DF	Varazdat Haroyan (Captain)	(1992-08-24) 24 August 1992 (age 32)	89	4	Qingdao West Coast
19	2DF	Hovhannes Hambardzumyan	(1990-10-04) 4 October 1990 (age 34)	51	4	Noah
2	2DF	André Calisir	(1990-06-13) 13 June 1990 (age 34)	34	0	IF Brommapojkarna
4	2DF	Georgy Arutyunyan	(2004-08-09) 9 August 2004 (age 20)	20	0	Krasnodar
21	2DF	Nair Tiknizyan	(1999-05-12) 12 May 1999 (age 25)	18	1	Lokomotiv Moscow
13	2DF	Sergey Muradyan	(2004-08-27) 27 August 2004 (age 20)	6	0	Noah
20	2DF	Edgar Grigoryan	(1998-08-25) 25 August 1998 (age 26)	4	0	Ararat-Armenia
	2DF	Erik Simonyan	(2003-06-12) 12 June 2003 (age 21)	0	0	Urartu
23	3MF	Vahan Bichakhchyan	(1999-07-09) 9 July 1999 (age 25)	40	5	Pogoń Szczecin
8	3MF	Eduard Spertsyan	(2000-06-07) 7 June 2000 (age 24)	32	6	Krasnodar
10	3MF	Lucas Zelarayán	(1992-06-20) 20 June 1992 (age 32)	22	5	Al-Fateh
5	3MF	Solomon Udo	(1995-07-15) 15 July 1995 (age 29)	20	0	Pyunik
9	3MF	Artur Serobyan	(2003-07-02) 2 July 2003 (age 21)	18	0	Ararat-Armenia
6	3MF	Ugochukwu Iwu	(1999-10-28) 28 October 1999 (age 25)	15	0	Rubin Kazan
11	3MF	Hovhannes Harutyunyan	(1999-05-25) 25 May 1999 (age 25)	15	0	Ararat-Armenia
15	3MF	Zhirayr Shaghoyan	(2001-04-10) 10 April 2001 (age 23)	15	1	Debreceni
	3MF	Karen Muradyan	(1992-11-01) 1 November 1992 (age 32)	11	0	Ararat-Armenia
22	3MF	Narek Grigoryan	(2001-06-17) 17 June 2001 (age 23)	6	0	Farul Constanța
14	3MF	Gor Manvelyan	(2002-04-09) 9 April 2002 (age 22)	5	1	Noah
17	4FW	Grant-Leon Ranos	(2003-07-20) 20 July 2003 (age 21)	17	4	Borussia Mönchengladbach
7	4FW	Edgar Sevikyan	(2001-08-08) 8 August 2001 (age 23)	13	1	Lokomotiv Moscow
18	4FW	Artur Miranyan	(1995-12-27) 27 December 1995 (age 28)	12	1	Universitatea Cluj

Recent call-ups

The following players were called up in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Arman Nersesyan	(2001-10-19) 19 October 2001 (age 23)	0	0	BKMA	v.  Latvia, 7 September 2024
GK	Stanislav Buchnev	(1990-07-17) 17 July 1990 (age 34)	5	0	Pyunik	v.  Kazakhstan, 7 June 2024
DF	Kamo Hovhannisyan	(1992-10-05) 5 October 1992 (age 32)	86	3	Ararat-Armenia	v.  Macedonia, 13 October 2024
DF	David Davidyan	(1997-12-14) 14 December 1997 (age 27)	3	0	Pyunik	v.  Macedonia, 10 September 2024
DF	Styopa Mkrtchyan	(2003-02-17) 17 February 2003 (age 21)	18	0	Osijek	v.  Latvia, 7 September 2024 INJ
DF	Erik Piloyan	(2001-01-29) 29 January 2001 (age 23)	2	0	Urartu	v.  Latvia, 7 September 2024
DF	Andranik Hakobyan	(2005-10-04) 4 October 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Valencia U19	v.  Kazakhstan, 7 June 2024
DF	Zhirayr Margaryan	(1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 (age 27)	7	0	Urartu	v.  Czech Republic, 26 March 2024
MF	Artak Dashyan	(1989-11-20) 20 November 1989 (age 35)	26	2	Noah	v.  Macedonia, 13 October 2024
MF	Tigran Avanesyan	(2002-04-13) 13 April 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Baltika Kaliningrad	v.  Kazakhstan, 7 June 2024
MF	Edgar Piloyan	(2004-07-11) 11 July 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Botev Plovdiv	v.  Kosovo, 22 March 2024
MF	Aram Khamoyan	(2000-01-10) 10 January 2000 (age 24)	0	0	BKMA	v.  Macedonia, 13 October 2024
FW	Tigran Barseghyan	(1993-09-22) 22 September 1993 (age 31)	58	9	Slovan Bratislava	v.  Faroe Islands, 14 November 2024 INJ
FW	Gevorg Tarakhchyan	(2002-03-15) 15 March 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Urartu	v.  Kazakhstan, 7 June 2024
FW	Norberto Briasco	(1996-02-29) 29 February 1996 (age 28)	18	0	Gimnasia y Esgrima (LP)	v.  Czech Republic, 26 March 2024
Notes INJ = It is not part of the current squad due to injury. PRE = Preliminary squad/standby. RET = Retired from the national team.

Records

Players in bold are still active with Armenia.

Most appearances

Sargis Hovsepyan is Armenia's most capped player with 133 appearances.

Top goalscorers

Henrikh Mkhitaryan is Armenia's top goalscorer with 32 goals.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
1930 to 1990	Part of  Soviet Union										Part of  Soviet Union
1994	FIFA member from 1992. Not admitted to the tournament.										Not admitted to the tournament
1998	Did not qualify										10	1	5	4	8	17	4/6
2002											10	0	5	5	7	19	6/6
2006											12	2	1	9	9	25	6/7
2010											10	1	1	8	6	22	6/6
2014											10	4	1	5	12	13	5/6
2018											10	2	1	7	10	26	5/6
2022											10	3	3	4	9	20	4/6
2026	To be determined										To be determined
2030
2034
Total	—	0/7	–	–	–	–	–	–	—		72	13	17	42	61	142	—

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Position
1960 to 1992	Part of  Soviet Union									Part of  Soviet Union
1996	Did not qualify									10	1	2	7	5	17	6/6
2000										10	2	2	6	8	15	5/6
2004										8	2	1	5	7	16	4/5
2008										12	2	3	7	4	13	7/8
2012										10	5	2	3	22	10	3/6
2016										8	0	2	6	5	14	5/5
2020										10	3	1	6	14	25	5/6
2024										8	2	2	4	9	11	4/5
2028	To be determined									To be determined
2032
Total	—	0/8	–	–	–	–	–	–		76	17	15	44	74	121	—

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Round	Pos.	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	D	4	Group stage	2nd	6	3	1	2	14	8		45th
2020–21	C	2	Group stage	1st	6	3	2	1	9	6		36th
2022–23	B	1	Group stage	4th	6	1	0	5	4	17		31st
2024–25	C	4	To be determined
Total			Group stage League C	3/3	18	7	3	8	27	31	31st

All-time head-to-head record

Armenia all-time head-to-head record As of 17 November 2024, after the match against Latvia.
Opponents	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	6	1	1	4	5	10	−5
Algeria	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Andorra	8	7	1	0	20	2	+18
Belarus	7	2	2	3	9	9	0
Belgium	6	1	0	5	2	11	−9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	1	0	3	6	10	−4
Bulgaria	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Canada	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2
Chile	1	0	0	1	0	7	−7
Croatia	3	0	1	2	1	3	–2
Cyprus	7	1	2	4	8	14	−6
Czech Republic	6	1	0	5	4	16	−12
Denmark	8	1	1	6	7	13	−6
Ecuador	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3
El Salvador	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Estonia	7	2	3	2	7	7	0
Faroe Islands	2	0	1	1	2	3	–1
Finland	6	0	1	5	1	11	−10
France	5	0	0	5	2	14	−12
Georgia	7	2	2	3	8	14	−6
Germany	5	0	0	5	3	25	−22
Gibraltar	2	1	0	1	6	3	+3
Greece	6	1	1	4	3	7	−4
Guatemala	2	1	1	0	8	2	+6
Hungary	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Iceland	5	1	2	2	3	5	−2
Iran	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Israel	1	0	0	1	0	2	−2
Italy	4	0	1	3	5	18	−13
Jordan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	8	5	2	1	14	7	+7
Kosovo	2	0	1	1	2	3	−1
Kuwait	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Latvia	6	3	1	2	8	7	+1
Lebanon	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Liechtenstein	6	3	3	0	10	5	+5
Lithuania	4	2	0	2	6	7	−1
Luxembourg	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Macedonia	15	4	3	8	18	27	−9
Malta	6	4	1	1	5	2	+3
Moldova	5	1	3	1	5	7	−2
Montenegro	3	2	0	1	5	6	−1
Morocco	1	0	0	1	0	6	−6
Netherlands	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3
Northern Ireland	4	2	2	0	3	1	+2
Norway	3	0	1	2	1	13	−12
Panama	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Paraguay	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1
Peru	1	0	0	1	0	4	−4
Poland	7	1	1	5	4	15	−11
Portugal	6	0	2	4	4	9	−5
Republic of Ireland	4	1	0	3	4	6	−2
Romania	7	1	1	5	4	15	−11
Russia	5	0	1	4	1	10	−9
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	1	0	0	5	0	+5
Scotland	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5
Serbia	5	0	2	3	1	8	−7
Slovakia	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6
Slovenia	1	0	0	1	1	2	–1
Spain	6	0	0	6	1	16	−15
Sweden	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2
Turkey	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5
Turkmenistan	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1
Ukraine	10	0	3	7	8	25	−17
United Arab Emirates	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1
United States	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4
Wales	4	1	3	0	7	5	+2

See also

In Spanish: Selección de fútbol de Armenia para niños

• Armenia national football team results
• Armenia national under-21 football team
• Armenia national under-19 football team
• Armenia national under-17 football team
• List of Armenian international footballers