Armenian national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Հավաքական Havakakan (Collective team) |
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| Association | Football Federation of Armenia |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Artur Petrosyan |
| Captain | Henrikh Mkhitaryan |
| Most caps | Sargis Hovsepyan (132) |
| Top scorer | Henrikh Mkhitaryan (25) |
| Home stadium | Republican Stadium |
| FIFA code | ARM |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 90  (21 December 2017)
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| Highest | 30 (February 2014) |
| Lowest | 159 (July 1994) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 91 (15 November 2017) |
| Highest | 65 (27 May 2014) |
| Lowest | 126 (May 1995) |
| First international | |
 Armenia 0–0 Moldova  (Yerevan, Armenia; October 14, 1992) |
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| Biggest win | |
Armenia 7–1 Guatemala  (Los Angeles, California, USA; May 28, 2016) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 Chile 7–0 Armenia (Viña del Mar, Chile; January 4, 1997)  Georgia 7–0 Armenia (Tbilisi, Georgia; March 30, 1997) |
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The Armenia national football team (Armenian: Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ազգային հավաքական, Hayastani futboli azgayin havak'akan) represents Armenia in association 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 October 12, 1992. Armenia's home ground is the Republican Stadium in Yerevan and their head coach is Artur Petrosyan. 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 knockout stage in either a UEFA European Football Championship or a FIFA World Cup. In what was the Armenian national squad's greatest success at present, the team came in third place in the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying stage, with controversial officiating preventing them from achieving second place, and hence moving on to the final tournament.
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.
Armenia became an independent state in 1991, the Armenian SSR having previously played for the Soviet Union national football team. The Football Federation of Armenia was founded on 18 January 1992 and established relations with FIFA in 1992 and with UEFA in 1993. The history of the Armenia national team began on 14 October 1992, when Armenia played its first match against Moldova. That meeting ended in a goalless draw. Since 1996, the team is a member of qualifiers European and World Championships. Armenia has competed in every UEFA Euro qualification and FIFA World Cup qualification since 1994.
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