# Armenia national under-21 football team

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 EURO U-21 qualification
* Match dates: October 15, 2024
* Opposition: Albania
* Caps and goals correct as of: 26 March 2024, after the match against Finland
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Gor Martinyan | (2004-06-23) 23 June 2004 (age 20) | 9 | 0 | Urartu |
| 16 | 1GK | David Davtyan | (2005-07-27) 27 July 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | BKMA |
| 12 | 1GK | Hayk Khachatryan | (2005-01-27) 27 January 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | BKMA |
| 14 | 2DF | Aventis Aventisian | (2002-08-17) 17 August 2002 (age 22) | 7 | 0 | West Armenia |
| 4 | 2DF | Mark Avetisyan | (2005-06-24) 24 June 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | BKMA |
| 3 | 2DF | Gor Arakelyan | (2003-01-10) 10 January 2003 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | BKMA |
| 5 | 2DF | Petik Manukyan | (2006-02-21) 21 February 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | BKMA |
| 15 | 2DF | Artem Bandikyan | (2005-09-20) 20 September 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | CSKA II |
| 7 | 2DF | Davit Hakobyan | (2005-08-09) 9 August 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | BKMA |
| 2 | 2DF | Alyosha Khachatryan | (2006-05-13) 13 May 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | BKMA II |
| 11 | 3MF | Narek Hovhannisyan | (2006-08-06) 6 August 2006 (age 18) | 1 | 0 | BKMA |
| 10 | 3MF | Misak Hakobyan | (2004-06-11) 11 June 2004 (age 20) | 11 | 0 | BKMA |
| 8 | 3MF | Edgar Piloyan | (2004-07-11) 11 July 2004 (age 20) | 8 | 0 | Botev Plovdiv II |
| 22 | 3MF | Levon Bashoyan | (2005-09-15) 15 September 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | BKMA |
| 13 | 3MF | Hamlet Sargsyan | (2004-05-20) 20 May 2004 (age 20) | 3 | 0 | BKMA |
| 6 | 3MF | Karlen Hovhannisyan | (2005-04-26) 26 April 2005 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | BKMA |
| 17 | 3MF | Vyacheslav Afyan | (2005-02-28) 28 February 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | BKMA |
| 19 | 3MF | Michel Ayvazyan | (2005-06-21) 21 June 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | BKMA |
| 23 | 3MF | Artur Askaryan | (2006-04-26) 26 April 2006 (age 18) | 0 | 0 | BKMA II |
| 21 | 4FW | Edik Vardanyan | (2005-03-25) 25 March 2005 (age 19) | 0 | 0 | BKMA |
| 9 | 4FW | Arayik Eloyan | (2004-03-16) 16 March 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 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 | Vlad Chatunts | (2002-09-19) 19 September 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | Alashkert | v. Montenegro, 22 March 2024 |
| DF | Hamlet Mnatsakanyan | (2002-08-21) 21 August 2002 (age 22) | 8 | 0 | Shirak | v. Finland, 6 September 2024 |
| DF | Ruben Abrahamyan | (2003-08-07) 7 August 2003 (age 21) | 1 | 0 | BKMA | v. Finland, 6 September 2024 |
| DF | Khariton Ayvazyan | (2003-11-08) 8 November 2003 (age 21) | 6 | 0 | Urartu | v. Finland, 6 September 2024 |
| DF | Erik Simonyan | (2003-06-12) 12 June 2003 (age 21) | 14 | 1 | Urartu | v. Romania, 26 March 2024 |
| DF | Armen Sargsyan | (2004-02-20) 20 February 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | West Armenia | v. Romania, 26 March 2024 |
| MF | Karen Nalbandyan | (2002-04-14) 14 April 2002 (age 22) | 9 | 0 | Van | v. Finland, 6 September 2024 |
| MF | Narek Alaverdyan | (2002-02-19) 19 February 2002 (age 22) | 17 | 0 | Ararat-Armenia | v. Romania, 26 March 2024 |
| MF | Serob Galstyan | (2002-09-23) 23 September 2002 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | Ararat Yerevan | v. Finland, 6 September 2024 |
| MF | Gevorg Tarakhchyan | (2002-03-15) 15 March 2002 (age 22) | 16 | 1 | FC Urartu | v. Finland, 6 September 2024 |
| MF | Narek Hovhannisyan | (2002-06-11) 11 June 2002 (age 22) | 1 | 0 | Alashkert | v. Romania, 26 March 2024 |
| MF | Edgar Pogosyan | (2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | Van | v. Montenegro, 22 March 2024 |
| MF | Narek Janoyan | (2005-10-28) 28 October 2005 (age 19) | 2 | 0 | BKMA | v. Romania, 26 March 2024 |
| MF | Tigran Avanesyan | (2002-04-13) 13 April 2002 (age 22) | 6 | 0 | Baltika Kaliningrad | v. Montenegro, 22 March 2024 |
| MF | Gor Manvelyan | (2002-04-09) 9 April 2002 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | Noah | v. Romania, 26 March 2024 |
| FW | Levon Vardanyan | (2003-11-02) 2 November 2003 (age 21) | 6 | 0 | Van | v. Romania, 26 March 2024 |
| FW | Nicholas Kaloukian | (2002-04-14) 14 April 2002 (age 22) | 3 | 1 | Syracuse | v. Romania, 26 March 2024 |

## UEFA Euro U-21 qualification
### 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group H
#### Standings

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | — |