Caparros Announces Preliminary Roster for Armenia's National Football Team

The head coach of Armenia's national football team, Joaquin Caparros, has unveiled the list of players who will prepare for the World Cup qualification matches against Iceland and Romania. This was reported by the press service of the Football Federation of Armenia.

The Spanish specialist has invited 25 footballers to the national team this time:

Goalkeepers
David Yurchenko - "Alashkert"
Anatoly Ayvazov - "Urartu"
Stanislav Buchnev - "Pyunik"

Defenders
Varazdat Haroyan - "Cadiz" (Spain)
Andrey Chalysher - "Silkeborg" (Denmark)
Kamo Hovhannisyan - "Kairat" (Kazakhstan)
Joao Jordi Ararat Monroy - "Noah"
David Terteryan - "Ararat-Armenia"
Jirair Margaryan - "Ararat"
Taron Voskanyan - "Alashkert"
Hrayer Mkoyan - "Ararat"

Midfielders
Henrikh Mkhitaryan - "Roma" (Italy)
Eduard Spertsyan - "Krasnodar" (Russia)
Tigran Vardanyan - "Astana" (Kazakhstan)
Khoren Bayramyan - "Rostov" (Russia)
Solomon Udo - "Atyrau" (Kazakhstan)
Eric Vardanyan - "Pyunik"
Artak Grigoryan - "Alashkert"
Karen Muradyan - "Ararat-Armenia"
Alik Barakelyan - "Ararat"
Artyom Avanesyan - "Ararat-Armenia"

Forwards
Sargis Adamyan - "Hoffenheim" (Germany)
Lucas Selarayan - "Columbus Crew" (USA)
Iskhan Geloyan - "Baltika" (Russia)
Alexander Karapetyan - "Noah"

The Armenian team will commence training on October 2 at the HFF Technical Center/Football Academy. On October 4, the national team will travel to Frankfurt, Germany, where they will continue preparations for the upcoming matches. Our team will head to Iceland on October 6.

In Group J of the World Cup 2022 qualifiers, Armenia will first host Iceland in Reykjavik on October 8, followed by a match against Romania in Bucharest three days later.