# Western Armenia national football team

The Western Armenia national football team (Armenian: Արեւմտյան Հայաստանի Ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական, romanized: Arevmtyan Hayastani futbol azgayin havak'akan) is a football team representing the Armenians primarily from the historical region of Western Armenia, which is currently within the borders of Turkey.

## History

The governing body, the Football Federation of Western Armenia, was formed in 2015 and joined the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA) on 1 June of that year. The team's first ever game was played on 6 January 2016, when a Western Armenia XI played against Olympique de Marseille (CFA), the reserve team of the leading French football club. Vahagn Militosyan scored both goals in a 3–2 defeat.
10 days after the team's first ever game, Western Armenia was selected at ConIFA's 3rd AGM to be one of the 12 participants in the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, to be held in Abkhazia in May and June. In the draw for the competition, the team was selected in Group A alongside the hosts and the Chagos Islands. Western Armenia's first full international, against the Chagos Islands, ended with the team inflicting a record 12–0 defeat on the Chagossians, before going down to a 1–0 defeat against Abkhazia in the final group game. This though was enough for the team to qualify for the quarter-finals where they played the Panjab football team.

## Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Gevorg Kasparov | (1980-07-25) 25 July 1980 (age 44) | 0 | 0 | FC Gandzasar Kapan |
| 2 | 2DF | Arman Mosoyan | (1990-04-24) 24 April 1990 (age 34) | 0 | 0 | Unattached |
| 3 | 2DF | Fabrice Guzel | (1990-11-09) 9 November 1990 (age 33) | 5 | 0 | US Le Pontet |
| 4 | 2DF | Massis Kaya | (1990-09-15) 15 September 1990 (age 34) | 5 | 0 | Unattached |
| 5 | 2DF | Rafael Safaryan | (1986-01-30) 30 January 1986 (age 38) | 0 | 0 | FC Ararat |
| 6 | 3MF | Gevorg Najaryan | (1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 (age 26) | 0 | 0 | Shakhter Karagandy |
| 7 | 3MF | Artur Yedigaryan | (1987-06-26) 26 June 1987 (age 37) | 0 | 0 | Proleter Novi Sad |
| 8 | 3MF | David Azin | (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 34) | 2 | 0 | Unattached |
| 9 | 4FW | Vahagn Militosyan | (1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 31) | 3 | 2 | FC Nitra |
| 10 | 3MF | Khoren Veranyan | (1986-09-04) 4 September 1986 (age 38) | 0 | 0 | Retired |
| 11 | 4FW | David Hovsepyan | (1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 33) | 3 | 0 | KFC Komárno |
| 12 | 1GK | Khachatur Hovsepyan | (1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 33) | 2 | 0 | FC Ararat |
| 13 | 2DF | Jules Tepelian | (1987-10-31) 31 October 1987 (age 37) | 7 | 0 | UGA Ardzv |
| 14 | 2DF | Hiraç Yagan | (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 35) | 7 | 1 | Stade Nyonnais |
| 15 | 3MF | Zaven Varjabetyan | (1998-11-12) 12 November 1998 (age 25) | 1 | 0 | ESC Rellinghausen |
| 16 | 3MF | Norik Hovsepyan | (1998-12-23) 23 December 1998 (age 25) | 0 | 0 | Shirak SC |
| 17 | 2DF | Raffi Kaya | (1994-06-08) 8 June 1994 (age 30) | 5 | 1 | Lancy |
| 18 | 3MF | Herant Yagan | (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 30) | 6 | 0 | FC Suryoye |
| 19 | 4FW | Levon Kürkciyan | (1994-11-02) 2 November 1994 (age 30) | 2 | 0 | 1. FC Kleve |
| 20 | 3MF | Emmanuel Odemis | (2000-07-05) 5 July 2000 (age 24) | 2 | 0 | Stade Nyonnais |
| 21 | 4FW | Vicken Valenza-Berberian | (1992-09-21) 21 September 1992 (age 32) | 1 | 0 | FC Bords-de-Saône |
| 22 | 3MF | Axel Tashedjian | (2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 24) | 1 | 0 | Paris FC |
| 23 | 3MF | Georgi Minasov | (1990-08-21) 21 August 1990 (age 34) | 0 | 0 | Unattached |

## Managers

| Manager | Period | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % |
| Gilbert Catikoglu | 2015–2016 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 016.7 |
| Harutyun Vardanyan | 2018–2019 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 028.6 |
| Totals | Totals | 20 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 25 |

## President

| President | Year(s) |
| Hiraç Yagan | 2015–present |

## Honours
### Non-FIFA competitions

* CONIFA European Football Cup
** Runners-up (1): 2019