Western Armenia national football team

The governing body, the Football Federation of Western Armenia, was formed in 2015 and joined the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA) on 1 June of that year.{{cite web |url=http://www.ffowa.com/main |title=Homepage |author= |date=1 June 2016 |website=Football Federation of Western Armenia |access-date=1 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601121038/http://www.ffowa.com/main|archive-date=1 June 2016}} The team's first ever game was played on 6 January 2016, when a Western Armenia XI played against Olympique de Marseille (CFA), the reserve team of the leading French football club.{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/CONIFAOfficial/status/678957173649616896 |title=Western Armenia will have their very first match in early January! |author= |date=21 December 2015 |website=Twitter |publisher=ConIFA |access-date=1 June 2016 }} Vahagn Militosyan scored both goals in a 3–2 defeat.{{cite web |url=http://asbarez.com/144116/football-federation-of-western-armenia-plays-first-game/ |title=Football Federation of Western Armenia Plays First Game |author= |date=7 January 2016 |website=asbarez.com |access-date=1 June 2016 }}

10 days after the team's first ever game, Western Armenia was selected at ConIFA's 3rd AGM to be one of the 12 participants in the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, to be held in Abkhazia in May and June.{{cite web |url=http://www.conifa.org/en/2016/01/17/abkhazia2016-participants/ |title=#Abkhazia2016 participants |author= |date=17 January 2016 |website=ConIFA |access-date=1 June 2016 }} In the draw for the competition, the team was selected in Group A alongside the hosts and the Chagos Islands.{{cite web |url=http://www.conifa.org/en/2016/04/01/conifa-world-football-cup-2016-draw-is-set/ |title=CONIFA World Football Cup 2016 Draw is Set! |author= |date=1 April 2016 |website=ConIFA |access-date=1 June 2016 }} Western Armenia's first full international, against the Chagos Islands, ended with the team inflicting a record 12–0 defeat on the Chagossians,{{cite web |url=http://asbarez.com/151101/western-armenia-beats-chagos-islands-120-in-conifa-world-cup/ |title=Western Armenia Beats Chagos Islands 12:0 in CONIFA World Cup |author= |date=31 May 2016 |website=asbarez.com |access-date=1 June 2016}} before going down to a 1–0 defeat against Abkhazia in the final group game.{{cite AV media |date=31 May 2016 |title=Abkhazia 1–0 Western Armenia |medium=Video |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8qq1k04TuY |access-date=1 June 2016 |location=Abkhazia |publisher=WFC 2016 }} This though was enough for the team to qualify for the quarter-finals where they played the Panjab football team.

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|date=30 May 2016

|round=ConIFA WFC Group A

|time=20:00 GET

|team1={{fb-rt|Chagos Islands}}

|score= 0–12

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|team2={{fb|Western Armenia}}

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|goals2={{goal|3||20||30||34||45||53}} David Ghandilyan
{{goal|55}} Tamaz Avolian
{{goal|58||81}} Armen Kapikiyan
{{goal|64}} Ruslan Trapizoyan
{{goal|69}} Vahagn Militosyan
{{goal|73}} Hiraç Yagan

|stadium=Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi

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|result=W

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|date=31 May 2016

|round=ConIFA WFC Group A

|time=20:00 GET

|team1={{fb-rt|Abkhazia}}

|score= 1–0

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|team2={{fb|Western Armenia}}

|goals1= Dmitri Kortava {{goal|9}}

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|stadium=Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi

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|result=L

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|date=2 June 2016

|round=ConIFA WFC Quarter-Final

|time=20:00 GET

|team1={{fb-rt|Western Armenia}}

|score= 2–3

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|team2={{fb|Panjab}}

|goals1= Tamaz Avolian {{goal|67}}
Raffi Kaya {{goal|79}}

|goals2= Amar Purewal {{goal|2||36||44|}}

|stadium=Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi

|attendance=

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|result=L

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|date=3 June 2016

|round=ConIFA WFC Placement R. 1

|time=20:00 GET

|team1={{fb-rt|Kurdistan}}

|score= 0–0

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|team2={{fb|Western Armenia}}

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|stadium=Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi

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|penalties1= Miran Khesro {{pengoal}}
Farhan Shakor {{pengoal}}
Hunar Ahmad {{penmiss}}
Farhang Wriya {{pengoal}}
Diyar Rahman {{pengoal}}
Aras Mustafa {{pengoal}}
Znar Faizi (?) {{penmiss}}

|penalties2= {{pengoal}} Hiraç Yagan
{{penmiss}} Raffi Kaya
{{pengoal}} Tamaz Avolian
{{pengoal}} Loris Berberian
{{pengoal}} Jules Tepelian
{{pengoal}} Herant Yagan
{{pengoal}} Denis Oz

|penaltyscore= 5–6

|result=W

}}

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|date=4 June 2016

|round=ConIFA WFC Placement R. 2

|time=15:00 GET

|team1={{fb-rt|Sapmi}}

|score= 3–0

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|team2={{fb|Western Armenia}}

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|stadium=Daur Akhvlediani Stadium, Gagra

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The following players were called up for the 2018 ConIFA World Football Cup.

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{{nat fs g player|no= 1|pos=GK|name=Gevorg Kasparov |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1980|07|25}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=FC Gandzasar Kapan|clubnat=ARM}}

{{nat fs g player|no= 2|pos=DF|name=Arman Mosoyan |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|04|24}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=Unattached|clubnat=}}

{{nat fs g player|no= 3|pos=DF|name=Fabrice Guzel |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|11|09}}|caps=5|goals=0|club=US Le Pontet|clubnat=FRA}}

{{nat fs g player|no= 4|pos=DF|name=Massis Kaya |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|09|15}}|caps=5|goals=0|club=Unattached|clubnat=}}

{{nat fs g player|no= 5|pos=DF|name=Rafael Safaryan |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|01|30}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=FC Ararat|clubnat=ARM}}

{{nat fs g player|no= 6|pos=MF|name=Gevorg Najaryan |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|01|06}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=Shakhter Karagandy|clubnat=KAZ}}

{{nat fs g player|no= 7|pos=MF|name=Artur Yedigaryan |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|06|26}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=Proleter Novi Sad|clubnat=SRB}}

{{nat fs g player|no= 8|pos=MF|name=David Azin |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|01|11}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Unattached|clubnat=}}

{{nat fs g player|no= 9|pos=FW|name=Vahagn Militosyan|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1993|06|10}}|caps=3|goals=2|club=FC Nitra|clubnat=SVK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=10|pos=MF|name=Khoren Veranyan |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|09|04}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=Retired|clubnat=}}

{{nat fs g player|no=11|pos=FW|name=David Hovsepyan |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|01|15}}|caps=3|goals=0|club=KFC Komárno|clubnat=SVK}}

{{nat fs g player|no=12|pos=GK|name=Khachatur Hovsepyan |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1991|01|15}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=FC Ararat|clubnat=ARM}}

{{nat fs g player|no=13|pos=DF|name=Jules Tepelian |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1987|10|31}}|caps=7|goals=0|club=UGA Ardzv|clubnat=FRA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=14|pos=DF|name=Hiraç Yagan |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1989|01|03}}|caps=7|goals=1|club=Stade Nyonnais|clubnat=SUI}}

{{nat fs g player|no=15|pos=MF|name=Zaven Varjabetyan |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|11|12}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=ESC Rellinghausen|clubnat=GER}}

{{nat fs g player|no=16|pos=MF|name=Norik Hovsepyan |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1998|12|23}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=Shirak SC|clubnat=ARM}}

{{nat fs g player|no=17|pos=DF|name=Raffi Kaya |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|06|08}}|caps=5|goals=1|club=Lancy|clubnat=SUI}}

{{nat fs g player|no=18|pos=MF|name=Herant Yagan |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|10|01}}|caps=6|goals=0|club=FC Suryoye|clubnat=BEL}}

{{nat fs g player|no=19|pos=FW|name=Levon Kürkciyan |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1994|11|02}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=1. FC Kleve|clubnat=GER}}

{{nat fs g player|no=20|pos=MF|name=Emmanuel Odemis |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|2000|07|05}}|caps=2|goals=0|club=Stade Nyonnais|clubnat=SUI}}

{{nat fs g player|no=21|pos=FW|name=Vicken Valenza-Berberian|age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1992|09|21}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=FC Bords-de-Saône|clubnat=FRA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=22|pos=MF|name=Axel Tashedjian |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|2000|05|09}}|caps=1|goals=0|club=Paris FC|clubnat=FRA}}

{{nat fs g player|no=23|pos=MF|name=Georgi Minasov |age={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1990|08|21}}|caps=0|goals=0|club=Unattached|clubnat=}}

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• CONIFA European Football Cup
• Runners-up (1): 2019

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