Western_Armenia_national_football_team

Western Armenia national football team

Western Armenia national football team

Unofficial national football team representing the region of Western Armenia

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.

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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

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.

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Managers

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President

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References

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