Armenia national under-21 football team

Armenia U-21

Nickname	Yeritasardakan (youth team)
Association	Football Federation of Armenia
Head coach	Armen Gyulbudaghyants
Captain	Misak Hakobyan
Most caps	Misak Hakobyan (21)
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.

• 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.

• Oganes Zanazanyan - From September 1994 - 1995
• Samvel Petrosyan - From 1996 - 1997
• Varuzhan Sukiasyan - From 1998 - 1999
• Armen Gyulbudaghyants - From 2000 - 2002
• Andranik Adamyan - From 2002 - 2003
• Mihai Stoica - From 2003 - August 2004
• Vardan Minasyan - From August 2004 – 2005
• Samvel Petrosyan - From 2005 - 2007
• Varuzhan Sukiasyan - From 2007 - 2008
• Flemming Serritslev - From March 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 - February 12, 2019 - October 14, 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 -

• UEFA European U-21 Championship 2027
• Match dates: November 14 and 18, 2025
• Opposition: Montenegro and Sweden
• Caps and goals correct as of: 18 November 2025, after the match against Sweden

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Gor Matinyan	(2004-06-23) 23 June 2004	17	0	Urartu
16	1GK	Davit Davtyan	(2005-07-27) 27 July 2005	1	0	BKMA
	1GK	Hayk Ghazaryan	(2006-09-19) 19 September 2006	2	0	BKMA
2	2DF	Mher Tarloyan	(2005-03-07) 7 March 2005	6	0	Shirak
4	2DF	Mark Avetisyan	(2005-06-24) 24 June 2005	4	0	BKMA
5	2DF	Petik Manukyan	(2006-02-21) 21 February 2006	9	0	BKMA
14	2DF	Poghos Krmzyan	(2004-08-16) 16 August 2004	3	0	BKMA
19	2DF	Suren Tsarukyan	(2005-08-19) 19 August 2005	7	0	BKMA
	2DF	Andranik Hakobyan	(2005-10-04) 4 October 2005	6	0	BKMA
	2DF	Alyosha Khachatryan	(2006-05-13) 13 May 2006	2	0	BKMA
6	3MF	Karlen Hovhannisyan	(2005-04-26) 26 April 2005	11	0	Pyunik
7	3MF	Misak Hakobyan (captain)	(2004-06-11) 11 June 2004	21	1	Ararat-Armenia
8	3MF	Michel Ayvazyan	(2005-06-21) 21 June 2005	4	0	BKMA
10	3MF	Davit Hakobyan	(2005-08-09) 9 August 2005	7	1	Podbrezová
11	3MF	Narek Hovhannisyan	(2006-08-06) 6 August 2006	9	1	BKMA
13	3MF	Hamlet Sargsyan	(2004-05-20) 20 May 2004	13	0	BKMA
15	3MF	Yervand Sukiasyan	(2005-02-25) 25 February 2005	3	1	Imst
17	3MF	Vyacheslav Afyan	(2005-02-28) 28 February 2005	8	1	BKMA
21	3MF	Vadim Harutyunyan	(2005-09-08) 8 September 2005	1	0	Dzerzhinsk
22	3MF	Levon Bashoyan	(2005-09-15) 15 September 2005	4	1	BKMA
23	3MF	David Kirakosyan	(2006-07-13) 13 July 2006	2	0	FC Van
	3MF	Artur Askaryan	(2006-04-26) 26 April 2006	6	0	BKMA
	3MF	Narek Janoyan	(2005-10-28) 28 October 2005	2	0	BKMA
18	4FW	Finn Geragusyan	(2007-10-28) 28 October 2007	2	0	Sunderland U21
20	4FW	Artur Gharibyan	(2006-07-29) 29 July 2006	4	0	Spartak Kostroma
	4FW	Edik Vardanyan	(2005-03-25) 25 March 2005	8	1	Urartu

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	0	0	FC Noah	v.  Cyprus, 6 June 2025
GK	Hunan Gyurjinyan	(2005-01-16) 16 January 2005	0	0	FC Van	v.  Cyprus, 6 June 2025
GK	Hayk Khachatryan	(2005-01-27) 27 January 2005	0	0	Ararat-Armenia	v.  Cyprus, 6 June 2025
DF	Armen Sargsyan	(2004-02-20) 20 February 2004	1	0	FC Sardarapat	v.  Cyprus, 6 June 2025
DF	Artur Movsesyan	(2008-01-02) 2 January 2008	0	0	FC Noah	v.  Cyprus, 6 June 2025
DF	Mark Gevorgyan	(2005-06-01) 1 June 2005	1	0	Hannover 96 II	v.  Cyprus, 6 June 2025
DF	Stepan Gigolyan	(2006-01-20) 20 January 2006	0	0	Sochi-2	v.  Cyprus, 6 June 2025
DF	Artem Bandikyan	(2005-09-20) 20 September 2005	5	0	CSKA Moscow	v.  Poland, 9 September 2025
MF	Artur Israelyan	(2004-01-16) 16 January 2004	3	0	FC Urartu	v.  Cyprus, 6 June 2025
MF	Gagik Simonyan	(2006-03-08) 8 March 2006	0	0	Ararat II	v.  Cyprus, 6 June 2025
MF	Andre Philibbosian	(2004-11-10) 10 November 2004	1	0	Seattle Redhawks	v.  Cyprus, 6 June 2025
MF	Vardan Tovmasyan	(2005-01-17) 17 January 2005	3	0	Shirak	v.  Cyprus, 6 June 2025
MF	Zaven Khudaverdyan	(2007-06-15) 15 June 2007	0	0	FC Noah	v.  Cyprus, 6 June 2025
MF	Alen Mkrtchyan	(2006-08-17) 17 August 2006	0	0	Ararat II	v.  Cyprus, 6 June 2025
MF	Petros Alekyan	(2005-12-25) 25 December 2005	0	0	BKMA	v.  Sweden, 5 September 2025
MF	Mike Gevorgyan	(2005-06-01) 1 June 2005	1	0	SpVgg Unterhaching	v.  Cyprus, 6 June 2025
MF	David Harutyunyan	(2007-08-02) 2 August 2007	0	0	FC Urartu	v.  Cyprus, 6 June 2025
FW	Arayik Eloyan	(2004-03-16) 16 March 2004	6	0	Ararat-Armenia	v.  Italy, 14 October 2025

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	6	6	0	0	18	1	+17	18	Final tournament		—	2–1	2–0	30 Sep	3–0	27 Mar
2	Italy	6	5	0	1	17	5	+12	15	Final tournament or Play-offs		5 Oct	—	2–1	4–0	26 Mar	5–1
3	Montenegro	6	3	0	3	9	11	−2	9			31 Mar	1–4	—	2–0	3–2	5 Oct
4	Sweden	6	3	0	3	8	13	−5	9			0–6	31 Mar	27 Mar	—	5 Oct	3–0
5	North Macedonia	6	1	0	5	5	13	−8	3			0–1	0–1	30 Sep	1–4	—	2–1
6	Armenia (E)	6	0	0	6	3	17	−14	0			0–4	30 Sep	1–2	0–1	31 Mar	—

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

• Uefa Under-21 website Contains fixtures and results