Armenia national football team

Armenia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Հավաքական (Havakakan)
AssociationFootball Federation of Armenia (FFA)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachOleksandr Petrakov
CaptainVarazdat Haroyan
Most capsSargis Hovsepyan (133)[1]
Top scorerHenrikh Mkhitaryan (32)
Home stadiumVazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium[2]
FIFA codeARM
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FIFA ranking
Current 96 Decrease 1 (20 June 2024)[3]
Highest30 (February 2014)
Lowest159 (July 1994)
First international
 Armenia 0–0 Moldova 
(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.[5] The team's main achievements have been third-place finish in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage,[6] 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.

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  2. ^ "Home". Archived from the original on 4 June 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  3. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  4. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  5. ^ "Armenia". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
  6. ^ Ogden, Mark (11 October 2011). "Republic of Ireland 2 Armenia 1: match report". London: The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2013.