Nickname(s) | Հավաքական (Havakakan) | ||
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Association | Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Suren Chakhalyan (interim) | ||
Captain | Varazdat Haroyan | ||
Most caps | Sargis Hovsepyan (133)[1] | ||
Top scorer | Henrikh Mkhitaryan (32) | ||
Home stadium | Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium[2] | ||
FIFA code | ARM | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 99 3 (24 October 2024)[3] | ||
Highest | 30 (February 2014) | ||
Lowest | 159 (July 1994) | ||
First international | |||
Unofficial Azerbaijan SSR 0–7 Armenian SSR (Tbilisi, Georgian SSR; December 1926) Official Armenia 0–0 Moldova (Yerevan, Armenia; 14 October 1992) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Armenia 7–1 Guatemala (Los Angeles, United States; 28 May 2016) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Norway 9–0 Armenia (Oslo, Norway; 29 March 2022) |
The Armenia national football team (Armenian: Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական) represents Armenia in men's international football, and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia, the governing body for football in Armenia.
After gaining independence from the Soviet Union, the team played its first international match on 12 October 1992. The national team has participated in the qualification of every major tournament from the UEFA Euro 1996 onwards, though they are yet to qualify for the final stages of either a UEFA European Football Championship or a FIFA World Cup.[5] The team's main achievements have been third-place finish in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage,[6] and being promoted to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B.
The primary training ground is at the Technical Center-Academy of the Football Federation of Armenia in the northern Avan District of the capital Yerevan, and the team plays their home matches at the Republican Stadium.