Western Armenia national football team

Western Armenia

Nickname(s)	The Highlanders[1] Լեռնաշխարհը
Association	Football Federation of Western Armenia
Confederation	Confederation of Independent Football Associations
Head coach	Harutyun Vardanyan
Top scorer	David Ghandilyan (5)
FIFA code	n/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)
ConIFA World Football Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2016)
Best result	Quarter-finals (2016, 2018)

The Western Armenia national football team (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 Football Federation of Western Armenia, 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

Chagos Islands  v  Western Armenia

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

Abkhazia  v  Western Armenia

31 May 2016 ConIFA WFC Group A	Abkhazia	1–0	Western Armenia	Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi
20:00 GET	Dmitri Kortava 9'

Western Armenia  v  Panjab

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'

Kurdistan Region  v  Western Armenia

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 Farhan Shakor Hunar Ahmad Farhang Wriya Diyar Rahman Aras Mustafa Znar Faizi (?)		Hiraç Yagan Raffi Kaya Tamaz Avolian Loris Berberian Jules Tepelian Herant Yagan Denis Oz

Sápmi  v  Western Armenia

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 43)	0	0	FC Gandzasar Kapan
2	2DF	Arman Mosoyan	(1990-04-24) 24 April 1990 (age 33)	0	0	Unattached
3	2DF	Fabrice Guzel	(1990-11-09) 9 November 1990 (age 33)	5	0	US Le Pontet
4	2DF	Massis Kaya	(1990-09-15) 15 September 1990 (age 33)	5	0	Unattached
5	2DF	Rafael Safaryan	(1986-01-30) 30 January 1986 (age 38)	0	0	FC Ararat
6	3MF	Gevorg Najaryan	(1998-01-06) 6 January 1998 (age 26)	0	0	Shakhter Karagandy
7	3MF	Artur Yedigaryan	(1987-06-26) 26 June 1987 (age 36)	0	0	Proleter Novi Sad
8	3MF	David Azin	(1990-01-11) 11 January 1990 (age 34)	2	0	Unattached
9	4FW	Vahagn Militosyan	(1993-06-10) 10 June 1993 (age 30)	3	2	FC Nitra
10	3MF	Khoren Veranyan	(1986-09-04) 4 September 1986 (age 37)	0	0	Retired
11	4FW	David Hovsepyan	(1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 33)	3	0	KFC Komárno
12	1GK	Khachatur Hovsepyan	(1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 33)	2	0	FC Ararat
13	2DF	Jules Tepelian	(1987-10-31) 31 October 1987 (age 36)	7	0	UGA Ardzv
14	2DF	Hiraç Yagan	(1989-01-03) 3 January 1989 (age 35)	7	1	Stade Nyonnais
15	3MF	Zaven Varjabetyan	(1998-11-12) 12 November 1998 (age 25)	1	0	ESC Rellinghausen
16	3MF	Norik Hovsepyan	(1998-12-23) 23 December 1998 (age 25)	0	0	Shirak SC
17	2DF	Raffi Kaya	(1994-06-08) 8 June 1994 (age 29)	5	1	Lancy
18	3MF	Herant Yagan	(1994-10-01) 1 October 1994 (age 29)	6	0	FC Suryoye
19	4FW	Levon Kürkciyan	(1994-11-02) 2 November 1994 (age 29)	2	0	1. FC Kleve
20	3MF	Emmanuel Odemis	(2000-07-05) 5 July 2000 (age 23)	2	0	Stade Nyonnais
21	4FW	Vicken Valenza-Berberian	(1992-09-21) 21 September 1992 (age 31)	1	0	FC Bords-de-Saône
22	3MF	Axel Tashedjian	(2000-05-09) 9 May 2000 (age 23)	1	0	Paris FC
23	3MF	Georgi Minasov	(1990-08-21) 21 August 1990 (age 33)	0	0	Unattached

Managers

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

President

President	Year(s)
Hiraç Yagan	2015–present

References

This page was last edited on 20 November 2023, at 17:46