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The Armenian national team began training camp at the FFA Technical Center/Football Academy in preparation for the 2026/27 Nations League Group C2 matches.
Led by Yeghishe Melikyan, our team will hold its first training session today. Narek Hovhannisyan, Narek Grigoryan, Eduard Spertsyan, Nair Tiknizyan, Artyom Bandikyan, Edgar Sevikyan, Styopa Mkrtchyan, Artur Serobyan, Zhirayr Shaghoyan, Karen Muradyan, Julio Bueno and Arayik Eloyan will join the team on September 21.
Let us remind you of the list of invited players for our national team:
Goalkeepers
Ognjen Cancarević - IMT "Belgrade" (Serbia)
Arsen Beglaryan - "Alashkert"
Alexander Mishiev - "Urartu"
Gor Matinyan - "Sardarapat"
Defenders
David Terteryan - "Alashkert"
Eric Piloyan - "Urartu"
Sergey Muradyan - "Noah"
Julio Bueno - "Ararat-Armenia"
Erik Simonyan - "Pyunik"
Georgi Harutyunyan - "Puskas Academy" (Hungary)
Styopa Mkrtchyan - "Nuremberg (Germany)"
Nair Tiknizyan - Olympiacos (Greece)
Edgar Grigoryan - "Ararat-Armenia"
Midfielders
Karlen Hovhannisyan - Akron (Russia)
Ugochukwu Iwu - Rubin (Russia)
Narek Aghasaryan - "Urartu"
Karen Muradyan - "Ararat-Armenia"
Artyom Bandikyan - CSKA Moscow (Russia)
Eduard Spertsyan - Al-Ahly (Saudi Arabia)
Karen Nalbandyan - "Alashkert"
Gor Manvelyan - "Noah"
Attackers
Artur Serobyan - "Ararat-Armenia"
Edgar Sevikyan - Ceuta (Spain)
Narek Grigoryan - "Farul" (Romania)
Zhirayr Shaghoyan - "Ararat-Armenia"
Narek Hovhannisyan - Lechia Gdansk (Poland)
Artur Miranyan - "Irony of Tiberias" (Israel)
Artur Gharibyan - "Rodina" (Russia)
Arayik Eloyan - "Ararat-Armenia"
Due to injuries, Vahan Bichakhchyan, Finn Geragusyan, Hrant-Leon Ranos, David Davidyan, Kamo Hovhannisyan, Hovhannes Harutyunyan, Henry Avagyan and Norberto Briasco Balekyan will not join the team.
The team led by Yeghishe Melikyan will host Latvia on September 25 at 8:00 PM at Yerevan's V. Sargsyan "Republican" Stadium, and Montenegro on September 28.
On October 2, our team will face Cyprus in an away match, and three days later, Montenegro.