12:05  ,  August 25, 2021

2022 World Cup qualifiers: Manager Caparros announces Armenia squad list, Mkhitaryan included

At Wednesday’s press conference, manager Joaquin Caparros announced the Armenia squad list for the national team’s upcoming Group J matches against North Macedonia (September 2), Germany (September 5), and Liechtenstein (September 8) in the European competition for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers

The squad list includes Armenia’s captain and Roma midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan who, by the decision of the aforesaid Spanish football coach, was not called to the previous respective training camp of the national squad.

In the first three rounds of the 2022 World Cup qualifiers, Armenia defeated Liechtenstein (1-0), Iceland (2-0) and Romania (3-2), and are the current leaders of Group J—with 9 points. Germany and North Macedonia have 6 points each, Romania and Iceland have 3 points apiece, whereas Liechtenstein have suffered three defeats.

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