Football Federation of Armenia
UEFA | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Founded | January 18, 1992; 30 years ago |
Headquarters | Yerevan |
FIFA affiliation | 1992 |
UEFA affiliation | 1992 |
President | Armen Melikbekyan |
Website | http://www.ffa.am |
The Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) (Armenian: Հայաստանի Ֆուտբոլի Ֆեդերացիա, Hayastani Futboli Federats’ia) is the governing body of association football in Armenia. Its headquarters are located in Yerevan.
It organizes the Armenian Premier League, the Armenian First League, the Armenian Super Cup, the Armenian Independence Cup and the Armenian Futsal Premier League. It is also responsible for appointing the management of the Armenian national football team, and the Armenia women's national football team. The Armenian national futsal team is also managed by the federation.
The FFA was awarded a synthetic football turf pitch by FIFA through its GOAL programme.[1]
History[]
Armenia's football history began officially in the 1990s but its traditions stretch back further.
The collapse of the Soviet Union and Armenia's declaration of independence in 1991 were significant moments in the country's sporting life as well as in its political history. From a footballing perspective, those events prompted the founding, on 18 January 1992, of the Football Federation of Armenia.
The FFA duly became a member of the game's world and European governing bodies, FIFA and UEFA, in 1992.[2][3] The national team made their competitive debut in qualification for the 1996 UEFA European Championship. Armenia kicked off with a 2–0 defeat against Belgium on 7 September 1994 yet also made history in that EURO '96 campaign. The team recorded their first competitive victory when they won 2–1 against FYR Macedonia on 6 September 1995. Since then, Armenia has been a permanent fixture in EURO and World Cup qualifying tournaments, earning the notable achievement of finishing third in their UEFA EURO 2012 group, during which talismanic attacking midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who then played in FC Shakhtar Donetsk, emerged as a player of top international caliber.
On an infrastructure level, work began in 2007 on a national-team training center and academy with residential facilities. The center opened in September 2010. The Yerevan Republican Stadium has also been partly redeveloped, with one particular benefit of this initiative being its impressive new playing surface.[4]
Structure[]
Presidents[]
- (1992–1994)
- (1994–1998)
- (1998–2002)
- Ruben Hayrapetyan (2002–2018)
- Artur Vanetsyan (2018-2019)
- (2019–present)
See also[]
- Armenian Table Football Federation
- List of football clubs in Armenia
- List of football stadiums in Armenia
References[]
- ^ "Goal supporting Armenia". FIFA. Archived from the original on March 3, 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "About FFA". Football Federation of Armenia. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- ^ "Armenia always a football hotbed". UEFA. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
- ^ "Soccer: Armenia fans gear for home match after Havakakan's two away wins". ArmeniaNow. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
External links[]
- Football Federation of Armenia
- Armenia at FIFA site
- Armenia at UEFA site
Coordinates: 40°10′34.75″N 44°31′16″E / 40.1763194°N 44.52111°E
- UEFA member associations
- Football in Armenia
- Futsal in Armenia
- Sports governing bodies in Armenia
- Sports organizations established in 1992
- 1992 establishments in Armenia
- Association football governing bodies