Western Armenia national football team

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Western Armenia
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Nickname(s)The Highlanders[1]
Լեռնաշխարհը

Yaylalılar
Association
ConfederationConfederation of Independent Football Associations
Head coachHarutyun Vardanyan
Top scorerDavid Ghandilyan (5)
FIFA coden/a
First colours
First international
 Western Armenia 12–0 Chagos Islands 
(Sukhumi, Georgia; 30 May, 2016)
Biggest win
 Western Armenia 12–0 Chagos Islands 
(Sukhumi, Georgia; 30 May, 2016)
Biggest defeat
 Cascadia 4–0 Western Armenia 
(Hayes Lane, England; 7 June, 2018)

The Western Armenia national football team (Turkish: Batı Ermenistan millî futbol takımı, 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 , was formed in 2015 and joined the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA) on 1 June of that year.[2] 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.[3] Vahagn Militosyan scored both goals in a 3–2 defeat.[4]

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.[5] In the draw for the competition, the team was selected in Group A alongside the hosts and the Chagos Islands.[6] Western Armenia's first full international, against the Chagos Islands, ended with the team inflicting a record 12–0 defeat on the Chagossians,[7] before going down to a 1–0 defeat against Abkhazia in the final group game.[8] This though was enough for the team to qualify for the quarter-finals where they played the Panjab football team.

International matches[]

30 May 2016 ConIFA WFC Group A Chagos Islands  0–12  Western Armenia Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi
20:00 GET Report 3', 20', 30', 34', 45', 53' David Ghandilyan
55' Tamaz Avolian
58', 81' Armen Kapikiyan
64' Ruslan Trapizoyan
69' Vahagn Militosyan
73' Hiraç Yagan
31 May 2016 ConIFA WFC Group A Abkhazia  1–0  Western Armenia Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi
20:00 GET Dmitri Kortava 9'
2 June 2016 ConIFA WFC Quarter-Final Western Armenia  2–3  Panjab Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi
20:00 GET Tamaz Avolian 67'
Raffi Kaya 79'		 Amar Purewal 2', 36', 44'
3 June 2016 ConIFA WFC Placement R. 1 Kurdistan Region  0–0
(5–6 p)		  Western Armenia Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi
20:00 GET
Penalties
Miran Khesro soccer ball with check mark
Farhan Shakor soccer ball with check mark
Hunar Ahmad soccer ball with red X
Farhang Wriya soccer ball with check mark
Diyar Rahman soccer ball with check mark
Aras Mustafa soccer ball with check mark
Znar Faizi (?) soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with check mark Hiraç Yagan
soccer ball with red X Raffi Kaya
soccer ball with check mark Tamaz Avolian
soccer ball with check mark Loris Berberian
soccer ball with check mark Jules Tepelian
soccer ball with check mark Herant Yagan
soccer ball with check mark Denis Oz
4 June 2016 ConIFA WFC Placement R. 2 Sápmi  3–0  Western Armenia Daur Akhvlediani Stadium, Gagra
15:00 GET

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 41) 0 0 Armenia FC Gandzasar Kapan
2 2DF Arman Mosoyan (1990-04-24) 24 April 1990 (age 31) 0 0 Unattached
3 2DF Fabrice Guzel (1990-11-09) 9 November 1990 (age 31) 5 0 France US Le Pontet
4 2DF Massis Kaya (1990-09-15) 15 September 1990 (age 31) 5 0 Unattached
5 2DF Rafael Safaryan (1986-01-30) 30 January 1986 (age 36) 0 0 Armenia FC Ararat
6 3MF Gevorg Najaryan (1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 (age 24) 0 0 Kazakhstan Shakhter Karagandy
7 3MF Artur Yedigaryan (1987-06-26) 26 June 1987 (age 34) 0 0 Serbia Proleter Novi Sad
8 3MF David Azin (1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 32) 2 0 Unattached
9 4FW Vahagn Militosyan (1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 28) 3 2 Slovakia FC Nitra
10 3MF Khoren Veranyan (1986-09-04) 4 September 1986 (age 35) 0 0 Retired
11 4FW David Hovsepyan (1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 31) 3 0 Slovakia KFC Komárno
12 1GK Khachatur Hovsepyan (1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 31) 2 0 Armenia FC Ararat
13 2DF Jules Tepelian (1987-10-31) 31 October 1987 (age 34) 7 0 France UGA Ardzv
14 2DF Hiraç Yagan (1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 33) 7 1 Switzerland Stade Nyonnais
15 3MF Zaven Varjabetyan (1998-11-12) 12 November 1998 (age 23) 1 0 Germany ESC Rellinghausen
16 3MF Norik Hovsepyan (1998-12-23) 23 December 1998 (age 23) 0 0 Armenia Shirak SC
17 2DF Raffi Kaya (1994-06-08) 8 June 1994 (age 27) 5 1 Switzerland Lancy
18 3MF Herant Yagan (1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 27) 6 0 Belgium FC Suryoye
19 4FW Levon Kürkciyan (1994-11-02) 2 November 1994 (age 27) 2 0 Germany 1. FC Kleve
20 3MF Emmanuel Odemis (2000-07-05) 5 July 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Switzerland Stade Nyonnais
21 4FW Vicken Valenza-Berberian (1992-09-21) 21 September 1992 (age 29) 1 0 France FC Bords-de-Saône
22 3MF Axel Tashedjian (2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 21) 1 0 France Paris FC
23 3MF Georgi Minasov (1990-08-21) 21 August 1990 (age 31) 0 0 Unattached

Managers[]

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

President[]

President Year(s)
BelgiumArmenia Hiraç Yagan 2015–present

References[]

  1. ^ "Western Armenia member of ConIFA". ffowa.com. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
  2. ^ "Homepage". Football Federation of Western Armenia. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Western Armenia will have their very first match in early January!". Twitter. ConIFA. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Football Federation of Western Armenia Plays First Game". asbarez.com. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  5. ^ "#Abkhazia2016 participants". ConIFA. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  6. ^ "CONIFA World Football Cup 2016 Draw is Set!". ConIFA. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  7. ^ "Western Armenia Beats Chagos Islands 12:0 in CONIFA World Cup". asbarez.com. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  8. ^ Abkhazia 1–0 Western Armenia (Video). Abkhazia: WFC 2016. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
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