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	1 GK	David Davtyan	(2005-07-27) 27 July 2005 (age 19)	0	0	BKMA
	1 GK	Hayk Ghazaryan	(2006-09-19) 19 September 2006 (age 18)	0	0	BKMA
	1 GK	Arthur Coneglian	(2004-05-30) 30 May 2004 (age 21)	0	0	FC Noah
1	1 GK	Gor Martinyan	(2004-06-23) 23 June 2004 (age 20)	11	0	Urartu
	1 GK	Hunan Gyurjinyan	(2005-01-16) 16 January 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Pyunik II
	2 DF	Armen Sargsyan	(2004-02-20) 20 February 2004 (age 21)	1	0	FC Van
4	2 DF	Mark Avetisyan	(2005-06-24) 24 June 2005 (age 19)	1	0	BKMA
	2 DF	Artur Movsesyan	(2008-01-02) 2 January 2008 (age 17)	0	0	FC Noah
	2 DF	Mher Tarloyan	(2005-03-07) 7 March 2005 (age 20)	0	0	BKMA
	2 DF	Suren Tsarukyan	(2005-08-19) 19 August 2005 (age 19)	0	0	BKMA
2	2 DF	Alyosha Khachatryan	(2006-05-13) 13 May 2006 (age 19)	0	0	BKMA II
5	2 DF	Petik Manukyan	(2006-02-21) 21 February 2006 (age 19)	2	0	BKMA
	2 DF	Andranik Hakobyan	(2005-10-04) 4 October 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Alavés C
	2 DF	Mark Gevorgyan	(2005-06-01) 1 June 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Hannover 96 II
	2 DF	Stepan Gigolyan	(2006-01-20) 20 January 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Sochi-2
15	2 DF	Artem Bandikyan	(2005-09-20) 20 September 2005 (age 19)	1	0	CSKA II
22	3 MF	Levon Bashoyan	(2005-09-15) 15 September 2005 (age 19)	2	1	BKMA
19	3 MF	Michel Ayvazyan	(2005-06-21) 21 June 2005 (age 19)	1	0	BKMA
7	3 MF	Davit Hakobyan	(2005-08-09) 9 August 2005 (age 19)	1	0	BKMA
	3 MF	Narek Janoyan	(2005-10-28) 28 October 2005 (age 19)	2	0	BKMA
13	3 MF	Hamlet Sargsyan	(2004-05-20) 20 May 2004 (age 21)	5	0	BKMA
6	3 MF	Karlen Hovhannisyan	(2005-04-26) 26 April 2005 (age 20)	3	0	BKMA
	3 MF	Artur Israelyan	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 21)	3	0	Free Agent
23	3 MF	Artur Askaryan	(2006-04-26) 26 April 2006 (age 19)	0	0	BKMA II
	3 MF	Gagik Simonyan	(2006-03-08) 8 March 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Ararat II
	3 MF	David Kirakosian	(2006-07-13) 13 July 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Sochi-2
	3 MF	Andre Philibbosian	(2004-11-10) 10 November 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Ballard FC
11	3 MF	Narek Hovhannisyan	(2006-08-06) 6 August 2006 (age 18)	3	0	BKMA
	3 MF	Vardan Tovmasyan	(2005-01-17) 17 January 2005 (age 20)	3	0	BKMA
17	3 MF	Vyacheslav Afyan	(2005-02-28) 28 February 2005 (age 20)	0	0	BKMA
10	3 MF	Misak Hakobyan	(2004-06-11) 11 June 2004 (age 21)	13	0	BKMA
	3 MF	Zaven Khudaverdyan	(2007-06-15) 15 June 2007 (age 18)		0	FC Noah
	3 MF	Alen Mkrtchyan	(2006-08-17) 17 August 2006 (age 18)		0	Ararat II
	3 MF	Mike Gevorgyan	(2005-06-01) 1 June 2005 (age 20)		0	1860 Munich II
	3 MF	Yervand Sukiasyan	(2005-02-25) 25 February 2005 (age 20)		0	St. Pölten
9	4 FW	Arayik Eloyan	(2004-03-16) 16 March 2004 (age 21)	2	0	BKMA
21	4 FW	Edik Vardanyan	(2005-03-25) 25 March 2005 (age 20)	1	0	BKMA
	3 MF	David Harutyunyan	(2007-08-02) 2 August 2007 (age 17)		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 (age 20)	0	0	BKMA	v.   Albania , 15 October 2024
DF	Gor Arakelyan	(2003-01-10) 10 January 2003 (age 22)	1	0	BKMA	v.   Albania , 15 October 2024
DF	Hamlet Mnatsakanyan	(2002-08-21) 21 August 2002 (age 22)	9	0	Shirak	v.   Finland , 6 September 2024
DF	Aventis Aventisian	(2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 22)	9	0	West Armenia	v.   Albania , 15 October 2024
DF	Ruben Abrahamyan	(2003-08-07) 7 August 2003 (age 21)	2	0	BKMA	v.   Finland , 6 September 2024
DF	Khariton Ayvazyan	(2003-11-08) 8 November 2003 (age 21)	7	0	Urartu	v.   Finland , 6 September 2024
MF	Karen Nalbandyan	(2002-04-14) 14 April 2002 (age 23)	10	0	Van	v.   Finland , 6 September 2024
MF	Serob Galstyan	(2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 22)	5	0	Ararat Yerevan	v.   Finland , 6 September 2024
MF	Gevorg Tarakhchyan	(2002-03-15) 15 March 2002 (age 23)	17	1	FC Urartu	v.   Finland , 6 September 2024
MF	Edgar Piloyan	(2004-07-11) 11 July 2004 (age 20)	10	0	Botev Plovdiv	v.   Albania , 15 October 2024

UEFA Euro U-21 qualification

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group H

Main article: 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group E

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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	Armenia	10	0	2	8	2	21	−19	2			0–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

See also

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

External links

• Uefa Under-21 website Contains fixtures and results