10:43, 4 September 2023
YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 4, ARMENPRESS. The Armenian national football team today started the training camp in FFA Technical Centre/Football Academy ahead of the UEFA Euro qualifiers against Türkiye and Croatia, the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) said in a press release.
The camp started with the following players:
Ognjen Cancarevic – FC Alashkert
Arsen Beglaryan – FC Urartu
Varazdat Haroyan – FC Astana
Kamo Hovhannisyan – FC Astana
Zhirayr Margaryan – FC Urartu
Erik Piloyan – FC Urartu
Sergey Muradyan – FC Noah
Taron Voskanyan – FC Alashkert
Wbeymar Angulo – FC Alashkert
Artak Dashyan – FC Pyunik
Hovhannes Harutyunyan – FC Pyunik
Artur Serobyan – Casa Pia AC
Georgi Harutyunyan (FC Krasnodar), Eduard Spertsyan (FC Krasnodar), Ugochukwu Iwu (FC Rubin) and Stanislav Buchnev (FC Pyunik) will join the camp today, Grant-Leon Ranos (Borussia Monchengladbach), Nair Tiknizyan (FC Lokomotiv), Lucas Zelarayan (Al-Fateh) and Norberto Briasco Balekian (Boca Juniors) will join on September 4. Andre Calisir (IF Brommapojkarna), Styopa Mkrtchyan (NK Osijek), Tigran Barseghyan (FC Slovan Bratislava), Vahan Bichakhchyan (Pogon Szczecin) and Sargis Adamyan FC Koln will join the team on September 5.
Armenia will face Türkiye on September 8 at the Eskişehir Yeni Stadyumu in the northwestern Turkish city of Eskişehir. The match against Croatia will take place on September 11 in Yerevan.
Speaking to Championat news outlet, midfielder Eduard Spertsyan said both matches would be ‘very difficult.’
“I suppose these are the most important matches because we are second in the ranking. We are three points behind Türkiye. This match is of very principled [importance] for us and has great significance,” Spertsyan said.