Yegishe Melikyan Reveals List of Players Called Up for Armenia National Football Team

The head coach of the Armenia national team, Yegishe Melikyan, has announced the list of players called up for the team ahead of the matches against Portugal and Ireland in the European qualifying phase for the 2026 World Cup.

Goalkeepers
Henrik Avagyan - "Pyunik"
Ognjen Chancharevich - "Noah"
Arsen Beglaryan - "Alashkert"

Defenders
Kamo Hovhannisyan - "Ararat-Armenia"
Styopa Mkrtchyan - "Osijek" (Croatia)
Eric Piloyan - "Urarartu"
Edgar Grigoryan - "Ararat-Armenia"
Georgi Harutyunyan - "Puskas Academy" (Hungary)
Nair Tiknizyan - "Crvena Zvezda" (Serbia)
Sergey Muradyan - "Noah"
Albert Khachumyan - "Ararat"

Midfielders
Jirair Shagoyan - "Ararat-Armenia"
Narek Aghasaryan - "Urarartu"
Gor Manvelyan - "Noah"
Vahan Bichakhchyan - "Legia" (Warsaw, Poland)
Eduard Spetzyan - "Krasnodar" (Russia)
Artak Dashyan - "Noah"
Edgar Sevkyan - "Ferencvaros" (Hungary)
Hovhannes Harutyunyan - "Noah"
Arthur Serobyan - "Ararat-Armenia"
Daniel Aghbalyan - "Pyunik"
Ugochukwu Christus Iwu - "Rubin" (Kazan, Russia)
Karen Nalbandyan - "Alashkert"

Forwards
Lucas Manuel Zelarayan - "Atletico Belgrano" (Argentina)
Hrant-Leon Ranos - "Borussia Monchengladbach" (Germany)
Norberto Briasco Balekyan - "Gimnasia La Plata" (Argentina)
Tigran Barseghyan - "Slovan" (Bratislava, Slovakia)

Due to an injury, midfielder Narek Grigoryan from the Romanian club "Farul" will not join the national team.

The Armenia national team will hold a training camp starting from September 1 at the HFF Technical Center/Football Academy.

On September 6, the team will host Portugal at the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium. The match will kick off at 20:00 (Yerevan time).

On September 9, the national team will again host Ireland at the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium, with a kickoff time of 20:00 (Yerevan time).