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

• UEFA European U-21 Championship 2027
• Match dates: September 5 and 9, 2025
• Opposition: Sweden and Poland
• 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 20)	0	0	BKMA
1	1 GK	Gor Martinyan	(2004-06-23) 23 June 2004 (age 21)	11	0	Urartu
	1 GK	Hayk Ghazaryan	(2006-09-19) 19 September 2006 (age 18)	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
15	2 DF	Artem Bandikyan	(2005-09-20) 20 September 2005 (age 19)	1	0	CSKA II
4	2 DF	Mark Avetisyan	(2005-06-24) 24 June 2005 (age 20)	1	0	BKMA
	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 20)	0	0	BKMA
	2 DF	Andranik Hakobyan	(2005-10-04) 4 October 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Alavés C
	3 MF	Narek Janoyan	(2005-10-28) 28 October 2005 (age 19)	2	0	BKMA
10	3 MF	Misak Hakobyan	(2004-06-11) 11 June 2004 (age 21)	13	0	BKMA
19	3 MF	Michel Ayvazyan	(2005-06-21) 21 June 2005 (age 20)	1	0	BKMA
7	3 MF	Davit Hakobyan	(2005-08-09) 9 August 2005 (age 20)	1	0	Železiarne Podbrezová
17	3 MF	Vyacheslav Afyan	(2005-02-28) 28 February 2005 (age 20)	0	0	BKMA
17	3 MF	Petros Alekyan	(2005-12-25) 25 December 2005 (age 19)	0	0	BKMA II
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
23	3 MF	Artur Askaryan	(2006-04-26) 26 April 2006 (age 19)	0	0	BKMA II
	3 MF	Yervand Sukiasyan	(2005-02-25) 25 February 2005 (age 20)		0	St. Pölten
11	3 MF	Narek Hovhannisyan	(2006-08-06) 6 August 2006 (age 19)	3	0	BKMA
21	4 FW	Edik Vardanyan	(2005-03-25) 25 March 2005 (age 20)	1	0	BKMA
9	4 FW	Arayik Eloyan	(2004-03-16) 16 March 2004 (age 21)	2	0	BKMA

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	Arthur Coneglian	(2004-05-30) 30 May 2004 (age 21)	0	0	FC Noah	v.   Cyprus , 6 June 2025
GK	Hunan Gyurjinyan	(2005-01-16) 16 January 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Pyunik II
GK	Hayk Khachatryan	(2005-01-27) 27 January 2005 (age 20)	0	0	BKMA	v.   Cyprus , 6 June 2025
DF	Armen Sargsyan	(2004-02-20) 20 February 2004 (age 21)	1	0	FC Van	v.   Cyprus , 6 June 2025
DF	Artur Movsesyan	(2008-01-02) 2 January 2008 (age 17)	0	0	FC Noah
DF	Mark Gevorgyan	(2005-06-01) 1 June 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Hannover 96 II
DF	Stepan Gigolyan	(2006-01-20) 20 January 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Sochi-2
DF	Gor Arakelyan	(2003-01-10) 10 January 2003 (age 22)	1	0	BKMA	v.   Albania , 15 October 2024
MF	Levon Bashoyan	(2005-09-15) 15 September 2005 (age 19)	2	1	BKMA	v.   Cyprus , 6 June 2025
MF	Artur Israelyan	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 21)	3	0	Free Agent
MF	Gagik Simonyan	(2006-03-08) 8 March 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Ararat II
MF	David Kirakosian	(2006-07-13) 13 July 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Sochi-2
MF	Andre Philibbosian	(2004-11-10) 10 November 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Ballard FC	v.   Cyprus , 6 June 2025
MF	Vardan Tovmasyan	(2005-01-17) 17 January 2005 (age 20)	3	0	BKMA
MF	Zaven Khudaverdyan	(2007-06-15) 15 June 2007 (age 18)		0	FC Noah
MF	Alen Mkrtchyan	(2006-08-17) 17 August 2006 (age 19)		0	Ararat II
MF	Mike Gevorgyan	(2005-06-01) 1 June 2005 (age 20)		0	1860 Munich II	v.   Cyprus , 6 June 2025
MF	David Harutyunyan	(2007-08-02) 2 August 2007 (age 18)		0	FC Urartu
MF	Edgar Piloyan	(2004-07-11) 11 July 2004 (age 21)	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