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[edit]

• 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.

Managers[edit]

• 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[edit]

Current squad[edit]

• Armenian U-21 team will start the training camp on March 17. In the framework of Euro-2025, Armenian U-21 team will play in Armenia.^[1]
• Match dates: March 22 and 26, 2024
• Opposition: Montenegro and Romania
• Caps and goals correct as of: 21 November 2023, after the match against  Finland

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Gor Martinyan	(2004-06-23) 23 June 2004 (age 19)	7	0	BKMA
	1GK	David Davtyan	(2005-07-27) 27 July 2005 (age 18)	0	0	BKMA II
16	1GK	Vlad Chatunts	(2002-09-19) 19 September 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Alashkert
22	2DF	Khariton Ayvazyan	(2003-11-08) 8 November 2003 (age 20)	4	0	Urartu
4	2DF	Erik Simonyan	(2003-06-12) 12 June 2003 (age 20)	12	1	Urartu
3	2DF	Hamlet Mnatsakanyan	(2002-08-21) 21 August 2002 (age 21)	7	0	Shirak
14	2DF	Aventis Aventisian	(2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 21)	5	0	NK Jarun Zagreb
	2DF	Armen Sargsyan	(2004-02-20) 20 February 2004 (age 20)	0	0	BKMA II
5	2DF	Petik Manukyan	(2006-02-21) 21 February 2006 (age 18)	0	0	BKMA
	2DF	Ruben Abrahamyan	(2003-08-07) 7 August 2003 (age 20)	1	0	BKMA
	3MF	Narek Hovhannisyan	(2002-06-11) 11 June 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Van
	3MF	Vyacheslav Afyan	(2005-02-28) 28 February 2005 (age 19)	0	0	BKMA
	3MF	Edgar Pogosyan	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Van
	3MF	Karlen Hovhannisyan	(2005-04-26) 26 April 2005 (age 18)	0	0	BKMA
	3MF	Narek Janoyan	(2005-10-28) 28 October 2005 (age 18)	0	0	BKMA
	3MF	Narek Alaverdyan (Captain)	(2002-02-19) 19 February 2002 (age 22)	15	0	Ararat-Armenia
10	3MF	Gevorg Tarakhchyan	(2002-03-15) 15 March 2002 (age 22)	14	1	FC Urartu
7	3MF	Karen Nalbandyan	(2002-04-14) 14 April 2002 (age 21)	7	0	Alashkert
21	3MF	Serob Galstyan	(2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Ararat Yerevan
20	3MF	Tigran Avanesyan	(2002-04-13) 13 April 2002 (age 21)	5	0	Baltika Kaliningrad
13	3MF	Hamlet Sargsyan	(2004-05-20) 20 May 2004 (age 19)	3	0	BKMA
	3MF	Gor Manvelyan	(2002-04-09) 9 April 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Noah
	4FW	Levon Vardanyan	(2003-11-02) 2 November 2003 (age 20)	6	0	Pyunik
	4FW	Nicholas Kaloukian	(2002-04-14) 14 April 2002 (age 21)	1	1	Syracuse

Recent call-ups[edit]

Players that have been called up within the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Rafael Manasyan	(2003-05-22) 22 May 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Ararat-Armenia	v.  Montenegro, 12 September 2023
GK	Arman Harutyunyan	(2002-03-05) 5 March 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Free agent	v.   Switzerland, 17 October 2023
DF	Yuri Martirosyan	(2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 (age 20)	0	0	West Armenia	v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
DF	Sergey Muradyan	(2004-08-27) 27 August 2004 (age 19)	6	0	Noah	v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
DF	Norayr Nikoghosyan	(2002-03-09) 9 March 2002 (age 22)	3	0	BKMA	v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
DF	Andranik Hakobyan	(2005-04-10) 10 April 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Elche CF U19	v.  Montenegro, 12 September 2023
DF	Artemiy Gunko	(2004-04-06) 6 April 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Kosmos Dolgoprudny	v.  North Macedonia, 15 June 2023
DF	Tigran Kachiyan	(2005-01-06) 6 January 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Khimki II	v.  North Macedonia, 15 June 2023
MF	Gor Lulukyan	(2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 21)	0	0	BKMA	v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
MF	Edgar Piloyan	(2004-07-11) 11 July 2004 (age 19)	7	0	FC Krasnodar-2	v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
MF	Darón Iskenderian	(2002-03-19) 19 March 2002 (age 22)	7	0	Real Monarchs	v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
MF	Levon Darbinyan	(2002-01-24) 24 January 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Shirak	v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
MF	Eduard Bagrintsev	(2003-01-13) 13 January 2003 (age 21)	4	0	FC Krasnodar-2	v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
MF	Narek Manukyan	(2003-12-19) 19 December 2003 (age 20)	2	0	BKMA	v.  Romania, 13 October 2023
MF	Robert Baghramyan	(2002-06-29) 29 June 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Noah	v.  North Macedonia, 15 June 2023
MF	Pavel Gorelov	(2003-01-22) 22 January 2003 (age 21)	1	0	FC KAMAZ	v.  North Macedonia, 15 June 2023
MF	Ruben Tigran Yesayan	(2002-02-14) 14 February 2002 (age 22)	0	0	BKMA	v.  North Macedonia, 15 June 2023
FW	Hamlet Minasyan	(2003-01-15) 15 January 2003 (age 21)	4	0	Free agent	v.  Finland, 21 November 2023
FW	Misak Hakobyan	(2004-06-11) 11 June 2004 (age 19)	11	0	BKMA	v.  Finland, 21 November 2023

UEFA Euro U-21 qualification[edit]

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group H[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	6	4	2	0	16	6	+10	14	Final tournament		—	2–2	11 Oct '24	6 Sep '24	4–2	5–0
2	Romania	6	4	1	1	13	5	+8	13	Play-offs		15 Oct '24	—	1–0	5–0	6 Sep '24	2–0
3	Finland	6	3	1	2	13	5	+8	10			1–2	10 Sep '24	—	4–1	15 Oct '24	6–0
4	Albania	7	3	1	3	9	15	−6	10			1–3	3–2	0–0	—	2–0	15 Oct '24
5	Montenegro	5	1	1	3	4	8	−4	4			10 Sep '24	11 Oct '24	1–2	21 Nov	—	0–0
6	Armenia (E)	8	0	2	6	1	17	−16	2			0–0	0–1	6 Sep '24	1–2	0–1	—

See also[edit]

• Armenia national football team
• Armenia national under-19 football team
• Armenia national under-17 football team

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Uefa Under-21 website Contains fixtures and results