Armenia women's national football team

The Armenia women's national football team (Armenian: Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական) is the national football team of Armenia and is controlled by the Football Federation of Armenia. After the split of the Soviet Union, the team played its first international match. They play their home games at the Mika Stadium in Yerevan. The team's first match was on 10 May 2003 against Austria which they lost 11–0. The team has not qualified for a World Cup or a Women's Euro yet.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Armenia national football team.

Armenia
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Ararat
AssociationFootball Federation of Armenia
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachMariam Stepanyan
Home stadiumMika Stadium
FIFA codeARM
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 143 Decrease 1 (25 August 2023)[1]
Highest83 (October 2003)
Lowest143 (August 2023)
First international
 Armenia 0–11 Austria 
(Waidhofen, Austria; 10 May 2003)
Biggest win
 Armenia 2–0 Lebanon 
(Yerevan, Armenia; 8 April 2021)
Biggest defeat
 Belgium 19–0 Armenia 
(Leuven, Belgium; 25 November 2021)

History

Armenia played its first match in Waidhofen against Austria, losing 11–0. Three days later they again lost 11–0 against Austria. After these two matches, they played four matches against Slovakia and Greece.

Armenia withdrew from the 2007 World Cup qualification before playing any matches. Later, they played international friendlies in 2007–2009; playing the World Cup qualifiers in November 2009 – August 2010, finishing last with only a goal, 42 conceded and all eight matches lost. Their last competition was the 2013 Women's Euro qualifiers. They Did not enter the 2015 or 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification.

Armenia entered the qualification for 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup. In Group F they thrice managed to lose by just 1 goal margin, but also suffered their heaviest loss ever, with a score of 19–0, to Belgium.[2]

Team image

Nicknames

The Armenia women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Ararat".

Home stadium

Armenia play their home matches on the Mika Stadium.

Results and fixtures
  • The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2023
17 February Friendly Armenia  1–3  Lithuania Yerevan, Armenia
20 February Friendly Armenia  0–1  Lithuania Yerevan, Armenia
  • Sarkanaitė 49'
6 April Friendly Armenia  0–6  Cyprus
9 April Friendly Armenia  1–2  Cyprus
13 July Friendly Georgia  5–0  Armenia
16 July Friendly Georgia  3–1  Armenia
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) Nations League C Armenia  1-2  Kazakhstan , Armavir
14:00 (16:00 AMT)
  • Asatryan 54'
 Report
Stadium: Armavir City Stadium
Referee: Vera Opeykina (Russia)
27 October 2023–24 UEFA Nations League GS Armenia  v  Estonia Yerevan, Armenia
17:30 AMT Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium
Referee: Lotta Vuorio (Finland)
31 October 2023–24 UEFA Nations League GS Estonia  v  Armenia Talinn, Estonia
18:00 EET Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium
Referee: Elena Gobjila (Moldova)
2 December 2023–24 UEFA Nations League GS Israel  v  Armenia Rishon LeZion, Israel
18:00 IST Source Stadium: Haberfeld Stadium
Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)
5 December 2023–24 UEFA Nations League GS Kazakhstan  v  Armenia Astana, Kazakhstan
Source Stadium: Astana Arena

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff
As of September 2023
PositionNameRef.
Head coach Mariam Stepanyan

Manager history
Name Period Matches Wins Draws Losses Winning % Notes
Manuk Sargsyan  ????–??? 0 0 0 0 00.0%
Artak Adamyan  ????– 0 0 0 0 00.0%
Mariam Stepanyan 2023– 0 0 0 0 00.0%

Players
Main article: List of Armenia women's international footballers

Current squad

Caps and goals accurate up to and including 10 April 2021.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Yana Harutyunyan (2004-06-19) 19 June 2004 0 0 Armenia Lernayin Artsakh
1GK Armine Harutyunyan (2000-01-29) 29 January 2000 3 0 Armenia Lernayin Artsakh
2DF Savannah Taylor (1997-01-04) 4 January 1997 3 0 Cyprus Apollon
3 2DF Liana Ghazaryan (2000-02-15) 15 February 2000 10 0 Lithuania MFA Zalgiris
2DF Natasha Zhamgochyan (1996-01-03) 3 January 1996 0 0 Sweden AIK
22 2DF Ani Ghukasyan (1990-08-12) 12 August 1990 21 1 Armenia FC Pyunik
2DF Marine Karapetyan (1991-03-03) 3 March 1991 20 0 Armenia FC Pyunik
2DF Hasmik Grigoryan (2005-05-28) 28 May 2005 1 0 Armenia Urartu
2DF Maria Sakhinova (2000-02-03) 3 February 2000 10 0 Estonia FC Ararat Tallin
20 3MF Anna Dallakyan (2001-08-30) 30 August 2001 16 1 Lithuania MFA Zalgiris
3MF Veronika Asatryan (2002-06-09) 9 June 2002 10 1 Estonia FC Ararat Tallin
3MF Anet Mehrabyan (2002-07-09) 9 July 2002 0 0 Armenia FC Lernayin Artsakh
8 3MF Maral Artin (2000-06-09) 9 June 2000 19 4 Free agent
3MF Heghine Chopikyan (2000-04-09) 9 April 2000 0 0 Armenia FC Pyunik
14 4FW Claudia Cholakian (1996-07-28) 28 July 1996 6 0 Australia Northern Tigers
19 4FW Oksanna Pizlova (2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 11 1 Armenia Okzhetpes
14 4FW Milena Sayadyan (2006-09-22) 22 September 2006 1 0 Armenia Urartu
14 4FW Lusine Kostanyan (2005-06-11) 11 June 2005 3 0 Armenia Urartu

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Ella de Kruyf (2006-02-25) 25 February 2006 2 0 United States LAFC So Cal Academy v.  Kazakhstan, 26 September 2023
DF Tahlia Zadeyan (2006-04-12) 12 April 2006 0 0 United States Albion SC Academy v.  Kazakhstan, 26 September 2023
DF Anyuta Galstyan (2001-04-07) 7 April 2001 3 0 Kazakhstan Okzhetpes v.  Kazakhstan, 26 September 2023
MF Emmi Sargsyan (2005-05-02) 2 May 2005 0 0 Armenia Urartu v.  Kazakhstan, 26 September 2023
FW Mane Nersesyan (1995-02-16) 16 February 1995 1 0 v.  Kazakhstan, 26 September 2023

Records
Main article: List of Armenia women's international footballers

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 30 July 2021.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD GP W D* L GF GA GD
China 1991Part of Soviet Union Part of Soviet Union
Sweden 1995did not enter UEFA Euro 1995
United States 1999 did not enter
United States 2003
China 2007
Germany 2011did not qualify 8008142−41
Canada 2015did not enter did not enter
France 2019
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023did not qualify 100010171−70
2027to be determined to be determined
Total-------- 1800182113−111
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.


UEFA Women's Championship
UEFA Women's Championship record Qualifying record
Year Result GP W D* L GS GA GP W D* L GS GA
1984 to Denmark 1991Part of Soviet Union Part of Soviet Union
Italy 1993 to Germany 2001did not enter did not enter
England 2005did not qualify 6006053
Finland 2009 311122
Sweden 2013 11128445
Netherlands 2017did not enter did not enter
England 2022
Switzerland 2025to be etermined to be determined
Total------- 2023156100
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Other tournaments
Tournament Result
Armenia 2021 Armenia Friendly Tournament Second place

See also

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  2. "Belgium 19–0 Armenia". BBC Sport. 25 November 2021.
  3. Women's national team started the training camp.

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