Armenia U-17 national team prepares for Euro qualifiers: training camp kicks off

The Armenia U-17 youth national team will begin preparations for the first qualifying round of the UEFA European Championship with a training camp to be held from October 23 to 26 at the FFA Technical Center / Football Academy.

After the training camp, the team will travel to Cyprus on October 27 to play three matches in the group stage of the qualifiers.

Head coach Alexander Petrosyan has called up 22 players representing both Armenian clubs and foreign academies. The squad includes players from Pyunik, Urartu, Akademia-09, Shirak, as well as from international clubs such as LA Galaxy (USA), Huesca (Spain), and E.F.M.O. Boadilla.

Armenia U-17 Squad

Goalkeepers

• Samson Hakobyan – Pyunik-09

• Narek Nazaretyan – Urartu-09-1

Defenders

• Boris Avanesyan – Academy-09

• Colin Mullins – LA Galaxy

• Tigran Ohanyan – Academy-09

• Armen Asatryan – Academy-09

• Vahan Aslanyan – Academy-09

• Robert Hovakimyan – Pyunik-1-10

• Seryozha Petrosyan – Pyunik-09

Midfielders

• Narek Hovhannisyan – Huesca

• Kiril Yedigaryan – Academy-09

• Sergey Arakelyan – EFMO Boadilla

• Andranik Yervandyan – Pyunik-09

• Armen Ghazaryan – EFMO Boadilla

• Suren Petrosyan – Urartu-09

• Davit Hovhannisyan – Urartu-2

• Suren Harutyunyan – Syunik-09

• Samvel Beglaryan – Urartu-10-1

• Aram Khachatryan – EFMO Boadilla

Forwards

• Arsen Arakelyan – Urartu-09-1

• Mher Harutyunyan – Shirak-09-1

Match schedule in Cyprus

October 28: Northern Ireland U17 – Armenia U17
October 31: Finland U17 – Armenia U17
November 3: Armenia U17 – Cyprus U17

Alexander Petrosyan’s side aims to perform strongly in this qualifying round and fight for a place in League A.