Nations League: Armenia’s squad announced

The head coach of the Armenia national team, Yeghishe Melikyan, has announced the squad called up for the final two matches of the UEFA Nations League Group C2.

Due to injuries, the following players will not join the national team: Henri Avagyan (Pyunik), Sergey Muradyan (Noah), Julio Bueno (Ararat-Armenia), Eduard Spertsyan (Al-Ahli) and Finn Geragusian (Sunderland).

Erik Simonyan (Pyunik), Kamo Hovhannisyan (Ararat-Armenia) and Vahan Bichakhchyan (Legia Warszawa) have only recently recovered from injuries and are not yet fully fit to help the national team, reports the official FFA website.

Goalkeepers

Ognjen Čančarević – IMT Belgrade (Serbia)

Arsen Beglaryan – Alashkert

Aleksandr Mishiev – Urartu

Gor Matinyan – Sardarapat

Defenders

Artem Bandikyan – CSKA Moscow (Russia)

Erik Piloyan – Urartu

Georgiy Harutyunyan – Puskás Akadémia (Hungary)

Styopa Mkrtchyan – Nürnberg (Germany)

Nair Tiknizyan – Olympiacos (Greece)

Edgar Grigoryan – Ararat-Armenia

Arman Ghazaryan – Urartu

Argishti Petrosyan – CSKA

Khariton Ayvazyan – Urartu

Midfielders

Karlen Hovhannisyan – Akron (Russia)

Ugochukwu Iwu – Rubin (Russia)

Gor Manvelyan – Noah

Karen Muradyan – Ararat-Armenia

Karen Nalbandyan – Alashkert

Edgar Piloyan – Alashkert

Hovhannes Harutyunyan – Pyunik

Forwards

Artur Serobyan – Ararat-Armenia

Edgar Sevikyan – Ceuta (Spain)

Narek Grigoryan – Farul (Romania)

Narek Hovhannisyan – Lechia Gdańsk (Poland)

Artur Miranyan – Ironi Tiberias (Israel)

Artur Gharibyan – Rodina (Russia)

Hrant-Leon Ranos – Tenerife (Spain)

Zhirayr Shaghoyan – Ararat-Armenia