SOCCER-ARMENIA NAME SQUAD FOR WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS
Reuters
Aug 29, 2005
YEREVAN, Aug 29 (Reuters) – Armenia’s Dutch coach Henk Wisman named the
following 25-man squad for World Cup, European Group One qualifiers at
home to the Netherlands on September 3 and away to the Czech Republic
four days later:
Goalkeepers: Roman Berezovsky (Dynamo Moscow, Russia), Edela Bete
(Pyunik Yerevan), Gevorg Kasparov (Mika Ashtarak)
Defenders: Arutyun Vardanyan (FC Zurich, Switzerland), Karen Dokhoyan
(Krylya Sovietov Samara, Russia), Sarkis Hovsepyan, Alexander
Tadevosyan, Agvan Mkrtychyan, Rafael Nazaryan, Valery Aleksanyan and
Robert Arzumanyan (all Pyunik Yerevan), Egishe Melikyan (Metalurg
Donetsk, Ukraine)
Midfielders: Karen Aleksanyan and David Grigoryan (both Pyunik
Yerevan), Ararat Arakelyan and Samvel Melkonyan (both Banants Yerevan),
Romik Khachatryan (OFI Crete, Greece), Aram Voskanyan (Esil-Bogatyr
Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan), Hamlet Mkhitaryan (MTZ-RIPO Minsk, Belarus)
Forwards: Edgar Manucharyan (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands), Armen
Shakhgeldyan (Pyunik Yerevan), Nshan Erzrumyan (Kilikia Yerevan),
Aram Akopyan (Banants Yerevan), Ara Akopyan (Stal Alchevsk, Ukraine),
Galust Petrosyan (Zimbru Chisinau, Moldova).