Armenian Soccer

[ninetoyadome]

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So what's up with his surname?

no clue. My guess would be he had an Azeri father, Armenian mother. During the war they left Azerbaijan and went to Holland to escape the Armenian pogroms in Baku. That is just my guess, i could be completely wrong.

[Armanen]

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Here are some videos of him

So what's up with his surname?

[ninetoyadome]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norair_Mamedov

What about this guy? Is he any good? And what's up with the azeri lastname, is he mixed?

Here are some videos of him

[Armanen]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norair_Mamedov

What about this guy? Is he any good? And what's up with the azeri lastname, is he mixed?

[hrai]

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If you think soccer's too soft, try this videos from a real game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vZBjgRzZOM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i322wY8OH2Q&feature=related

[ninetoyadome]

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So is Ozbilis really going to play for Armenia in the late summer? Other than the article posted by Fed I have not seen anything else.

from what ive heard he agreed to play in the friendly against Lithuania but i dont know what FIFA rules say about playing in a friendly (meaning if he plays in the friendly than he cant play for the Netherlands).
According to http://www.soccertimes.com/wagman/2001/apr30.htm

1. Any player who is a naturalized citizen of a country in virtue of that country’s laws shall be eligible to play for a national or representative team of that country.

2. If a player has been included in a national or representative team of a country for which he is eligible to play pursuant to paragraph 1, he shall not be permitted to take part in an international match for another country. Accordingly, any player who is qualified to play for more than one national association (i.e. who has dual nationality) will be deemed to have committed himself to one association only when he plays his first international match in an official competition (at any level) for that association.

3. The only players exempt from this provision are those whose nationality has been changed not voluntarily but as the result of an international decree either granting independence to a region or ceding part of one country to another.

Friendly matches do not constitute "official competitions," but, at times, various confederations use different and changing standards for qualification of teams to regional youth championships.

So i dont know if this means Ozbiliz will join Armenia or if he just wants to see how the team is.

[Armanen]

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So is Ozbilis really going to play for Armenia in the late summer? Other than the article posted by Fed I have not seen anything else.

[ninetoyadome]

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Armenia's Under 21 just beat Montenegro's Under 21 4-1. We scored 3 goals a man down. Very good game by our players.

[ninetoyadome]

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Looks like they are trying really hard to host a UEFA event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku_Olympic_Stadium

Apologies for posting this here, this does not deserve a new thread.

But thats just one stadium, how will they be able to host multiple games in the other stadiums, that dont meet UEFA and FIFA requirements? Out of the region (Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan) Armenia had the only stadium that met UEFA and FIFA requirements. On a positive note:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2020

http://www.stadionwelt.de/sw_stadien/index.php?head=Im-vierten-Anlauf-Tuerkei-will-Euro-2020&folder=sites&site=news_detail&news_id=6011

Edit: I wonder what Barry thinks about this? Azerbaijan spending a billion dollars on a soccer stadium while the refugees live in a broken down building?

[ninetoyadome]

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Well since we are talking about how great the azeri team is:


Azerbaijani Reporters Throw Toilet Paper, Antiquated Bathroom Device At Soccer Coach After Loss

Jack xxxxey — And you thought Gregg Doyel's (silly) question was as rough as it could get in a postgame press conference.

After a 2-1 defeat at Kazakhstan's hands in a Euro 2012 qualifier, the Azerbaijani press corps decided to express their displeasure with some advocacy journalism.

Azerbaijan's national soccer team coach, German veteran Berti Vogts, was pelted with toilet paper at a news conference in Baku on Sunday by journalists angry about recent results.
The journalists — some of whom also gave Vogts a pitcher used for post-toilet washing in the mainly Muslim country — demanded the German's resignation after the team's Euro 2012 qualifier defeat to Kazakhstan on Friday.
Local media reported he intended to press charges against the perpetrators.

I suppose that green pitcher is a good example of the pitcher in question. It's Muslim custom—Azerbaijan is 99 percent Muslim, though its head coach isn't—to use such a jug after defecating in absence of a bidet. (We'll say, if possible, splurge on the bidet.)

Perhaps Vogts would be best advised to stop saying xxxx like this before losses to so-so teams: "Our aim for the next qualifier series will be to become the world champion in Brazil in 2014, win the European champion in 2016 (laugh in the hall). We have already become first in singing. We have already become one of the best in wrestling and judo. Now it's football's turn."

That is, of course, if he isn't fired before the next press conference. Azerbaijan plays Vogts' native Germany on Tuesday.

Azerbaijan's Vogts pelted with toilet roll [Soccernet]
Our aim is to become world champions in 2014 - Berti Vogts [News.az]

http://deadspin.com/5808943/azerbaijani-reporters-throw-toilet-paper-antiquated-bathroom-device-at-soccer-coach