Armenian Soccer

[Joseph]

Re: Armenian Soccer

Friendly v. Russia schedule for March 5th, this is in addition to friendly v. Germany on June 6th
Great step up in the level of competition, nice step up from Luxembourg and Lithuania




11:0401.24.2014
ՀԱՅԿԱԿԱՆ ՖՈՒՏԲՈԼ
Հայաստանի եւ Ռուսաստանի ազգային հավաքականները կհանդիպեն Կրասնոդարում (Տեսանյութ)

Հայաստանի ֆուտբոլի ֆեդերացիայի եւ Ռուսաստանի ֆուտբոլային միության միջև ձեռք բերված պայմանավորվածության համաձայն, 2014 թվականի մարտի 5-ին Ռուսաստանի Կրասնոդար քաղաքի «Կուբան» մարզադաշտում տեղի կունենա ֆուտբոլի Ռուսաստանի եւ Հայաստանի ազգային հավաքականների միջև ընկերական հանդիպում:

ՖԻՖԱ-ի օրացույցով միջազգային ընկերական հանդիպումների առաջին պաշտոնական օրը Հայաստանի ազգային հավաքականը կհանդիպի ՖԻՖԱ-ի վարկանիշային աղյուսակում 22-րդ հորիզոնականը զբաղեցնող Ռուսաստանի ազգային հավաքականի հետ:

Սա Հայաստանի եւ Ռուսաստանի ազգային հավաքականների առաջին ընկերական հանդիպումն է: Պաշտոնական մրցաշարերում երկու երկրների ազգային հավաքականները հանդիպել են 4 անգամ: Եվրոպայի 2000 թ. առաջնության ընտրական փուլում Ռուսաստանի հավաքականը երկու անգամ հաղթել է մեր ընտրանուն՝ 3:0 և 2:0 հաշիվներով: Եվրո-2012-ի ընտրական փուլում Երևանում կայացած հանդիպումն ավարտվել է 0:0, իսկ Սանկտ-Պետերբուրգում 3:1 հաշվով հաղթել են ռուսները:

Հիշեցնենք, որ ս.թ. հունիսի 6-ին Մայնցում Հայաստանի ազգային հավաքականն ընկերական խաղում կմրցի ՖԻՖԱ-ի վարկանիշային աղյուսակում 2-րդ հորիզոնականը զբաղեցնող Գերմանիայի ազգային հավաքականի հետ:

Ուշագրավ է, որ այս երկու ազգային թիմերի միջև կայացած պաշտոնական խաղերում, ընդհանուր առմամբ Հայաստանի հավաքականից միակ գոլը հեղինակել է Մարկոսը՝ Եվրո-2012-ի շրջանակում՝ Սանկտ Պետերբուրգում կայացած մրցավեճում (1:3):

http://www.armsport.am/hy/news/2014/...B%D5%B6/419415

More excellent news- stiff competition equals improved play. Our players get international exposure and experience.

[Haykakan]

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Armenia's best laid plans paying off

With the help of the UEFA HatTrick programme, the Football Federation of Armenia has created a training facility of which the whole country can be proud – with plans for more to follow.

Standing proudly in northeast Yerevan is an institution which aptly demonstrates what can be achieved through the power of collaboration.

Armenia's national teams technical centre and football academy was the flagship project of a wider strategy aimed at raising standards of the game in the country. The Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) started construction of the pioneering centre in 2006. With the help of UEFA's HatTrick programme and the Armenian government, the facility was completed in April 2013 – and it has not taken long to prove its worth.

According to the FFA general secretary, Armen Minasyan, the national technical centre has already "played a great part in the development of Armenian football". "All the football activities now happen in one place," he adds. "The players now have all the modern conditions to practise, and this can be seen if you look at the results of our national team. We can't even compare them to the ones we had previously."

The centre certainly caters for every need: set in a 15 hectare plot donated by the Armenian government there are ten grass pitches, one artificial pitch, a 1,500-seat stadium, an international standard indoor football hall with a capacity of 500, open air and covered swimming pools, a rehabilitation centre and changing rooms.

Then there is the academy building and technical centre for the national teams, also on the same site. This complex includes a hotel which sleeps 100 people, a restaurant, classrooms, library, meeting and analysis room plus modern fitness centres. The academy serves the surrounding districts of Yerevan with more than 600 children of various age groups training there, and regular grassroots events and tournaments taking place on site.

As planned, it has become a hub for all the national teams, as Mr Minasyan explains: "The senior team practises here, as well as playing friendlies, while the Under-17 and Under-19 squads play mini-tournament matches at the stadium." It offers a place for women's football and futsal to flourish, and offers other benefits that really set it apart when compared with Armenia's previous facilities. "The academy hosts different training sessions, lessons and workshops," the general secretary adds. "We also educate new coaches, referees and other sporting personnel, while injured players start their rehabilitation – all here."

With the project proving a success, the FFA has already moved to further its strategy of improving the sport's infrastructure in Armenia. As mentioned, the Yerevan national centre was given financial backing by the UEFA HatTrick programme (phases I and II), and phase III has contributed to the new youth football academy opening in Armenia's second city, Gyumri. That will open this spring, and Mr Minasyan adds that: "at the same time we will start building a similar centre in Vanadzor".

"An essential part of developing football in Armenia," the UEFA HatTrick programme has helped pushed on the game in the country, Mr Minasyan says … and the FFA has not finished yet. "We fully understand that football can bring joy to people and we will do everything to make the future bright," he says. "Youth academies and venues where you can practice in great conditions will help us find talented players, which our country will be proud of."

http://www.uefa.org/footballfirst/fo...d=2048876.html

[Mher]

Re: Armenian Soccer

awesome news, even better to hear about the attention being paid to Gyumri and Vanadzor

[Haykakan]

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RUSSIA'S FRIENDLY GAME AGAINST ARMENIA IS POLITICAL MOVE - FOOTBALL AGENT

February 4, 2014

The match against Armenia is a political move, football agent Dmitry
Selyuk stated.

He spoke on the friendly game slated for March 15 between the national
squads of Armenia and Russia.

"In the same way, you could play against a Baltic factory team.

"If the Russian Football Union was going to make such a move, it should
have come to an agreement with Ukraine; this would have been both a
political and a sporting move,"Sport Daily quotes Selyuk as saying.

The Russia-Armenia friendly will be played in Krasnodar, Russia.

NEWS.am Sport

Sounds like this guy does not take our team seriously.

[Mher]

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RUSSIA'S FRIENDLY GAME AGAINST ARMENIA IS POLITICAL MOVE - FOOTBALL AGENT

February 4, 2014

The match against Armenia is a political move, football agent Dmitry
Selyuk stated.

He spoke on the friendly game slated for March 15 between the national
squads of Armenia and Russia.

"In the same way, you could play against a Baltic factory team.

"If the Russian Football Union was going to make such a move, it should
have come to an agreement with Ukraine; this would have been both a
political and a sporting move,"Sport Daily quotes Selyuk as saying.

The Russia-Armenia friendly will be played in Krasnodar, Russia.

NEWS.am Sport

Sounds like this guy does not take our team seriously.

lmao is this guy for real??? this coming from the country that couldn't make it out of the the biggest joke of a group in Euro 2012?? Or the team that got fed the most comical group of WC14 qualification in Israel, Azerbaijan, Northern Ireland, Luxembourg as its 3-6. Armenia's U21 team would have qualified for the WC14 if it had Russia's place in that group. Oh and not to mention all of this with half their team consisting of minorities.

Which reminds me, how about fatso pos Hayrapetyan gets going on getting some of those Armenian sure fire talents out of that Russia Youth system and onto our national team.

[Mher]

Re: Armenian Soccer

On a mix of politics and sports

The Artsakh national team is set to compete in Sweden in the World Cup of Unrecognized Federations

http://www.conifa.org/NagornoKarabakh

Twelve teams will be competing:

Abkhazia
Aramean Suryoye
Kurdistan
Tamil Eelam
Zanzibar
Darfur United
Ellan Vannin
Quebec
Nagorno Karabakh
Padania
Sapmi
Occitania

Considering the NKR team has players with Armenia national team and UEFA experience, I don't see how they lose to anyone other than the Kurds, especially since I've never heard of half of these places

[Haykakan]

Re: Armenian Soccer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW6JF2nseKc

[Mher]

Re: Armenian Soccer

Mkhitaryan scores twice against Werder Bremen in Dortmund's 5-1 to end a bit of a drought he had going on. A lot of weight of his soldiers
For the season he's up to 5 goals in the Bundesliga (7 overall), and 5 assists

[Mher]

Re: Armenian Soccer

The rumor mill has died down on Armenia's new coach, and we seem to be as far as ever in hiring one. The friendly with Russia is only three weeks away. I don't know what they are doing here.

Dortmund has a game tomorrow in Germany's domestic league, hopefully Heno can continue the form he showed saturday

Aras and Yura are still a month away from competitive football as Russia's league is still in the winter break.

[Haykakan]

Re: Armenian Soccer

Highest ranking ever for Armenian NT http://www.fifa.com/worldranking/rankingtable/