Mariam Stepanyan

Mariam Stepanyan

Personal information
Date of birth	(1989-09-22) 22 September 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Yerevan, Armenia
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2010	FC Banants
International career
	Armenia
Managerial career
2015–2016	Yerevan L.H.
2016–2017	Yerevan L.H.
2017–2018	Yerevan L.H.
2018-2020	FC Alashkert
2019-2022	WU-17
2023-Present	Armenia women's national under-19 football team
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mariam Stepanyan (born 22 September 1989) is an Armenian retired professional footballer who played as a forward in Armenia women's national football team. She started to play football for FC Banants. She won the Armenian league champion twice with FC Urartu, and twice with Yerevan FC G.M and got best defenders title of the season.

Mariam during a training session with L.H. in 2017

Soccer achievements

Mariam as captain of the team FC G.M. posing with the Cup Armenian Women's t tournament after the 2014–2015 season.

• 2007 – First Place, Christiansen, in Norway
• 2007 – Third Place, Norway Cup, in Oslo
• 2009 – First Place, FC Urartu in Armenia
• 2008 – First place, friendly tournament, Macedonia
• 2011 – First Place, European pre-selection stage, Group 2 Malta
• 2013 - Second place, Armenian women's national football team "FRIENDSHIP"International Tournament, Krasnodar
• 2014-2015 – First place, FC Yerevan-G.M. Armenian Women's autumn tournament Armenia
• 2014-2015 – Mariam Stepanyan (Yerevan-G.M.) – best defender in Armenian Women's autumn tournament.

Achievements as a Coach

• 2016-2017 - First Place, Winner of the Armenian A group championship Armenia
• 2017-2018 - First Place, Three-time winner of "PSS" Football's camp Championship, head coach, Poland
• 2017-2018 - First Place, Winner of the Armenian A group championship Armenia
• 2018-2019 - First Place, Yerevan L.H team awarded with gold medals and cup Armenia
• 2019 - Second Place, "Fc Alashkert Girls" Second place Armenian Cup
• 2020 - Second place "FA Alashkert Girls" Women's Open Futsal Championship
• 2019-2020 - First Place, Winner of the Armenian A group championship Armenia

Mariam Stepanyan during the training

On October 7, the UEFA Women's European WU-17 Championship B-League First Round Qualifier between Georgia and Armenia was held in Luxembourg. The Armenian WU-17 girls team beat their opponents by a big score of   GEO Georgia 3-0 Armenia   ARM

Armenia WU-17 - Head coach: Mariam Stepanyan

1. Ella De Cruyff, 3. Ani Ohanyan (2. Susanna Sahakyan, 89), 4. Tahlia Zadeyan, 6. Suzanna Hakobyan (19. Rosalina Yeritsyan, 74), 7. Marianna Vardanyan, 9. Ani Safaryan, 10. Elina Martirosyan, 11. Tatev Khachatryan, 14. Diana Melikbekyan (C), 17. Isabela Nersesyan, 21. Maria Vardanyan. Reserves. 16. Lilit Babayan, 5. Gayane Grigoryan, 8. Armine Vardanyan, 13. Karine Mkrtchyan, 15. Valentina Grigoryan, 18. Narine Iskandaryan, 20. Knarik Baghdasaryan.

2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

Group B1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Belarus	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	Luxembourg (H)	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6	Transfer to Round 2 (League B)
3	Armenia	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3
4	Georgia	3	0	0	3	0	15	−15	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Champions League

FC Alashkert women's team will take part in 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League as the successor of Ani-1 team. Ani-1 became the winner of the Armenian A group championship in 2018–19 season.

2019-2020

Event	Stage	Date	Venue	Opponent	Result	Scorers
2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League - Group 9	Qualifying round - Group 9	Aug 7, 2019	Netherlands, Enschede	Twente
		Aug 10, 2019		Górnik Łęczna
		Aug 13, 2019		Beşiktaş J.K. (women's football)

2020-2021

The match between Kharkov and Alashkert in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Women's Champions League took place on 4 November in Ukraine.

Season	Competition	Stage	Opponent
2020–21	UEFA Women's Champions League	Qualifying Round	WFC Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv

Group B2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Croatia (H)	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Promotion to Round 2 (League A)
2	Lithuania	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4	Transfer to Round 2 (League B)
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	1	1	4	10	−6	4
4	Armenia	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
(H) Hosts

Group B2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Turkey	2	2	0	0	9	1	+8	6	Promoted to League A for the next tournament qualification
2	Latvia	2	1	0	1	3	5	−2	3
3	Armenia (H)	2	0	0	2	0	6	−6	0
4	Wales	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew [a]

Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. On 10 March 2022, the Football Association of Wales withdrew from the Round 2 of the UEFA Women’s Under-17s Championship due to safety concerns. ^[1]

Referee career

Armenian football referee, the matches of the championship of Armenia among men and women. Start's 2009 to take a referee's course two years Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and also National junior League matches then 1 league. After two years she started to be assistant referees then in 2014 she was nominated as a FIFA international referee's assistant and she placed on FIFA's list in 2015. Her first international match was between Norway 3-0 Poland UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Qualifying round- Group 3 13/09/2014 In Loni Papuciu Stadium (Albania) In 2016 April 12 in Stadion pod Malim brdom she judged woman's Euro 2017 Qualifying group stage-Group 2 Montenegro vs Finland In 2016 October 19 to_24 she judged UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Qualifying Round Group 10 Netherlands 6-0 Bulgaria and then Turkey 3-0 Bulgaria and Bulgaria 1-0 Moldova.

Coaching career

She started to help her coach Liana Hayrapetyan in the club Yerevan L.H. (Armenia) on the position assistant of head coach who'sin the meantime the head coach of Armenia women's national football team. In 2016, she received a diploma for the title of the Best Coach of female division in autumn season. In 2016 of December she graduated the courses of UEFA B Licence In Armenia. In 2017 and 2018 on the summer she started work in Poland P.S.S. as a football coach.

The 2021 Armenia Women's International Friendly Tournament, also known as the Our Game International Friendly Tournament,[1] was a friendly international women's football championship. It was held in Armenia from 7 to 12 April 2021, and was played by four teams: Lithuania, Armenia, Jordan, and Lebanon.[2] The tournament was won by Lithuania, whereas hosts Armenia finished runners-up.[3]

Other tournaments

Tournament	Result
2021 Armenia Friendly Tournament	Second place

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Lithuania	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	7
Armenia	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
Jordan	3	1	1	1	7	2	+5	4
Lebanon	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

Source: RSSSF

See also

• List of Armenia women's international footballers

References

1. "CYMRU WITHDRAW FROM UEFA #WU17EURO SECOND ROUND". Football Association of Wales. 10 March 2022.

External links

• https://www.ffa.am/hy/news/kananc-hayastani-m-17-havaqakany-hakhtec-vrastanin
• http://www.ffa.am/en/1581062946
• https://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/news/01ef-0e122319cb23-2953f36be2c0-1000--armenia-in-dreamland-after-pipping-malta/?referrer=%2Fwomenseuro%2Fnews%2Fnewsid%3D1604209
• http://www.uefa.com/womenseuro/news/newsid=1604209.html
• http://www.ffa.am/en/1419340729#.V-2QVYG4eT0.google_plusone_share
• http://ffa.am/en/national-teams/womennationalteam/players/mariamstepanyan/
• http://www.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/players/player=1906851/profile/index.html Profile at UEFA.com
• http://old.ffa.am/en/national-teams/womennationalteam/players/mariamstepanyan/
• http://old.ffa.am/am/national-teams/womennationalteam/players/mariamstepanyan/
• Official website