Armenia EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2016/18 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Vazgen Sargsyan anvan Hanrapetakan Marzadasht - Yerevan Monday 4 September 2017 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Group E - Matchday 8 Denmark Last updated 04/09/2017 13:37CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Competition facts 7 Match-by-match lineups 8 Legend 10 1
Previous meetings Head to Head FIFA World Cup Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 04/09/2016 QR (GS) Denmark - Armenia 1-0 Copenhagen Eriksen 17 2016 UEFA European Championship Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 07/09/2015 QR (GS) Armenia - Denmark 0-0 Yerevan 07/09/2014 QR (GS) Denmark - Armenia 2-1 Copenhagen Højbjerg 65, Kahlenberg 80; Mkhitaryan 50 FIFA World Cup Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 10/09/2013 QR (GS) Armenia - Denmark 0-1 Yerevan Agger 73 (P) 11/06/2013 QR (GS) Denmark - Armenia 0-4 Copenhagen Movsisyan 1, 59, Özbiliz 19, Mkhitaryan 82 EURO '96 Date Stage reached Match Result Venue Goalscorers 15/11/1995 PR (GS) Denmark - Armenia 3-1 Copenhagen 16/08/1995 PR (GS) Armenia - Denmark 0-2 Yerevan Schjønberg 20, Beck 35, M. Laudrup 58; Artur Petrosyan 46 M. Laudrup 33, Nielsen 46 Total Qualifying Home Away Final tournament Total Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA Armenia 3 0 1 2 4 1 0 3 - - - - 7 1 1 5 6 9 Denmark 4 3 0 1 3 2 1 0 - - - - 7 5 1 1 9 6 2
Squad list Armenia Current season Qual. No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Grigor Meliksetyan 18/08/1986 31 Gandzasar - 1 0 0 0 - Gor Manukyan 27/09/1993 23 Pyunik - 0 0 0 0 - Arsen Beglaryan 18/02/1993 24 Alashkert * 6 0 0 0 Defenders - Artak Edigaryan 18/03/1990 27 Alashkert - 3 0 0 0 - Levon Hayrapetyan 17/04/1989 28 Pyunik - 4 0 0 0 - Gagik Daghbashyan 19/10/1990 26 Alashkert - 2 0 0 0 - Hovhannes Hambartsumyan 04/10/1990 26 Vardar - 2 0 0 0 - Varazdat Haroyan 24/08/1992 25 Ural * 6 1 0 0 - Gael Andonian 07/02/1995 22 Marseille * 5 0 0 0 - Armen Manucharyan 03/02/1995 22 Pyunik - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Henrikh Mkhitaryan 21/01/1989 28 Man. United FT - 4 1 0 0 - Edgar Malakyan 22/09/1990 26 Stal - 0 0 0 0 - Davit Manoyan 05/07/1990 27 Nea Salamis - Marcos Pizzelli 03/10/1984 32 Al-Shabab FC - 4 0 0 0-7 1 0 0 - Artak Grigoryan 19/10/1987 29 Alashkert - 4 1 0 0 - Kamo Hovhannisyan 05/10/1992 24 Torpedo Zhodino - 6 0 0 0 - Tigran Barseghyan 22/09/1993 23 Vardar - 3 0 0 0 - Aras Özbiliz 09/03/1990 27 Beşiktaş * 5 1 0 0 Forwards - Artur Sarkisov 01/07/1987 30 Yenisey * 2 0 0 0 - Sargis Adamyan 23/05/1993 24 Jahn - 1 0 0 0 - Ruslan Koryan 15/06/1988 29 Coach SKA- Energiya * 3 1 0 0 - Artur Petrosyan 17/12/1971 45-4 0 0 0 3
Denmark Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Kasper Schmeichel 05/11/1986 30 Leicester * 4 0 0 0 - Jonas Lössl 01/02/1989 28 Huddersfield - 0 0 0 0 - Frederik Rønnow 04/08/1992 25 Brøndby - 3 0 0 0 Defenders - Mathias Jørgensen 23/04/1990 27 Huddersfield - 2 0 0 0 - Andreas Bjelland 11/07/1988 29 Brentford - 2 0 0 0 - Simon Kjær 26/03/1989 28 Sevilla - 7 0 0 0 - Jens Stryger Larsen 21/02/1991 26 Udinese - 2 0 0 0 - Henrik Dalsgaard 27/07/1989 28 Brentford - 2 0 0 0 - Riza Durmisi 08/01/1994 23 Betis - 6 0 0 0 - Jannik Vestergaard 03/08/1992 25 Mönchengladbach - 4 0 0 0 - Andreas Christensen 10/04/1996 21 Chelsea - 4 0 0 0 Midfielders - William Kvist 24/02/1985 32 København - 6 0 0 0 - Lasse Schöne 27/05/1986 31 Ajax - 2 0 0 0 - Mike Jensen 19/02/1988 29 Rosenborg - 1 0 0 0 - Christian Eriksen 14/02/1992 25 Tottenham * 7 5 0 0 - Thomas Delaney 03/09/1991 26 Bremen * 7 1 0 0 - Lukas Lerager 12/07/1993 24 Bordeaux - 1 0 0 0 - Pione Sisto 04/02/1995 22 Celta - 3 0 0 0 Forwards - Nicklas Bendtner 16/01/1988 29 Rosenborg - 1 0 0 0 - Viktor Fischer 09/06/1994 23 Mainz * 3 0 0 0 - Nicolai Jørgensen 15/01/1991 26 Feyenoord * 6 2 0 0 - Andreas Cornelius 16/03/1993 24 Atalanta - 4 2 0 0 - Kasper Dolberg 06/10/1997 19 Ajax - 2 1 0 0 Coach - Aage Hareide 23/09/1953 63-7 0 0 0 4
Head coach Artur Petrosyan Date of birth: 17 December 1971 Nationality: Armenia Playing career: FC Shirak, Maccabi Petach-Tikva FC, FC Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod, BSC Young Boys, FC Zürich Coaching career: FC Zürich (youth), Armenia (assistant), Armenia Artur Petrosyan started his career at Shirak and won three Armenian titles with his home-town club, scoring 142 goals in 318 games. Indeed, the midfielder was the league's top marksman with 17 goals in 1997 and Armenian player of the year in 1996 and 2000. Played in Israel and Russia though his best spell abroad came in Switzerland, where he lifted the league and cup with Zürich. Registered 11 goals in 69 matches for Armenia, a national record since surpassed by Henrikh Mkhitaryan. He played in the newly-independent state's first ever international, a 0-0 friendly draw with Moldova in 1992. Became a youth coach at Zürich after hanging up his boots in 2006. Having worked as an assistant to then Armenia boss Bernard Challandes in 2014 and 2015, Petrosyan was appointed head coach on 19 October 2016, replacing Varuzhan Sukiasyan. Åge Hareide Date of birth: 23 September 1953 Nationality: Norwegian Playing career: IL Hødd, Molde FK, Manchester City FC, Norwich City FC, Molde FK, Norway Coaching career: Molde FK, Helsinborgs IF (twice), Brøndby IF, Rosenborg BK, Norway, Örgryte IS, Viking FK, Malmö FF Having trained as a tax accountant before turning professional, Hareide was a physical defender who represented his country 50 times between 1976 and 1986. His club career took him from Molde to Manchester City and then Norwich in the English top flight. Hareide made the transition to coaching before hanging up his boots. After returning from England he acted as player-coach for Molde during two seasons. From 1987 he focused solely on coaching and a second spell as Molde boss brought his first silverware the 1994 Norwegian Cup. His first trophy in Sweden was also the cup, with Helsingborg in 1998. In 2003, Hareide added one more Norwegian Cup as coach of Rosenborg. Hareide is the only coach to win league titles in Sweden (Helsingborg 1999, Malmö 2014), Denmark (Brøndby 2001/02) and Norway (Rosenborg 2003). Coached Norway from January 2004 until December 2008. Under Hareide, Norway made it to the play-offs for the 2006 FIFA World Cup but lost 2-0 on aggregate to the Czech Republic. Returned to Helsingborg in 2012 for a six-month spell and steered the side to the UEFA Champions League playoffs. In January 2014 he was appointed by Malmö, leading them to the Swedish title and into the UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time at the start of 2014/15. He repeated the feat when Malmö progressed via the play-offs in 2015/16, before being appointed Denmark coach in December 2015. 5
Match officials Referee Assistant referees Fourth official FIFA Match Commissioner Referee observer Bobby Madden (SCO) Graeme Stewart (SCO), Alastair Mather (SCO) Andrew Dallas (SCO) Claude Runavot (FRA) Konrad Plautz (AUT) Referee Name Date of birth UEFA matches Bobby Madden 25/10/1978 3 43 FIFA Wold Cup matches involving teams from the two countries involved in this match No such matches refereed Other matches involving teams from either of the two countries involved in this match Date Competition Stage reached Home Away Result Venue 25/05/2010 U19 ELITE Serbia Denmark 3-2 Hall in Tirol 02/09/2010 RCUP PR Malatia West Hungary 1-2 Sopron 05/06/2012 U21 QR Denmark FYR Macedonia 6-5 Aalborg 09/08/2012 UEL 3QR IF Elfsborg AC Horsens 2-3 Boras 11/10/2012 U21 PO Spain Denmark 5-0 Burgos 22/08/2013 UEL PO Esbjerg fb AS Saint-Étienne 4-3 Esbjerg 04/08/2015 UCL 3QR APOEL FC FC Midtjylland 0-1 Nicosia 25/08/2016 UEL PO AC Sparta Praha SønderjyskE 3-2 Prague 24/06/2017 U21 GS-FT Czech Republic Denmark 2-4 Tychy 6
Competition facts The Week of Football concept enables fans around the world to enjoy the very best action from the European Qualifiers which will determine UEFA's representatives at the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup comprises nine groups of six teams, with matches played on a home-andaway basis. Qualifying takes place under the 'Week of Football' concept, introduced ahead of the UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying campaign, in which games are spread out from Thursday to Tuesday, shining the spotlight on more teams on the road to the finals in Russia. Moreover, thanks to the Week of Football, at least 43% of matches will be played on weekends, giving fans a better chance to follow the action on television, in the stadiums and on UEFA.com. Kick-off times will be set mainly at 18:00CET and 20:45CET on Saturdays and Sundays and at 20:45CET for Thursdays, Fridays, Mondays and Tuesdays. In double-header matchweeks, sides will play on Thursday/Sunday, Friday/Monday or Saturday/Tuesday. Each day of the Week of Football will feature eight to ten games. The nine group winners will qualify directly for the final tournament. The eight best runners-up will contest play-offs to decide the last four qualifiers for the finals. The 13 qualifiers then join hosts Russia in the finals to make it 14 UEFA member associations represented. How qualification works The other confederations have the following qualifying berths: Africa: 5 Asia: 4.5 North and Central America and Caribbean: 3.5 Oceania: 0.5 South America: 4.5 7
Match-by-match lineups Armenia FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Group E Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Poland 7 5 1 1 15 11 16 Montenegro 7 4 1 2 17 7 13 Denmark 7 4 1 2 14 6 13 Romania 7 2 3 2 8 7 9 Armenia 7 2 0 5 7 15 6 Kazakhstan 7 0 2 5 4 19 2 Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Denmark 1-0 Armenia Goals: 1-0 Eriksen 17 Armenia: Beglaryan, G. Hovhannisyan, Haroyan, Andonian, Kadimyan, Mkoyan, Artak Edigaryan, Hambartsumyan, Arshakian (70 Pizzelli), G. Malakyan (77 Manoyan), Özbiliz (41 Ghazaryan) Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Armenia 0-5 Romania Goals: 0-1 Stancu 4 (P), 0-2 Popa 10, 0-3 Marin 12, 0-4 Stanciu 29, 0-5 Chipciu 60 Armenia: Beglaryan, Haroyan, Andonian (39 T. Voskanyan), Pizzelli, G. Malakyan, Pogosyan (33 K. Muradyan), A. Grigoryan, Mkoyan, Hayrapetyan, Manoyan, Özbiliz (64 K. Hovhannisyan) Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Poland 2-1 Armenia Goals: 1-0 Mkoyan 48 (og), 1-1 Pizzelli 50, 2-1 Lewandowski 90+5 Armenia: Beglaryan, Haroyan, Andonian, Pizzelli (85 Hakobyan), A. Grigoryan, K. Hovhannisyan (61 Özbiliz), Mkoyan, V. Minasyan, K. Muradyan (34 T. Voskanyan), Hayrapetyan, Manoyan Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Armenia 3-2 Montenegro Goals: 0-1 Kojašević 36, 0-2 Jovetić 38, 1-2 A. Grigoryan 50, 2-2 Haroyan 74, 3-2 Ghazaryan 90+3 Armenia: Beglaryan, Haroyan, T. Voskanyan, G. Malakyan, Pizzelli (81 K. Hovhannisyan), Koryan (59 Sarkisov), Ghazaryan, A. Grigoryan, Mkoyan, Mkhitaryan, Hayrapetyan Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Armenia 2-0 Kazakhstan Goals: 1-0 Mkhitaryan 73, 2-0 Özbiliz 75 Armenia: Beglaryan, Haroyan, T. Voskanyan, Andonian, G. Malakyan, Pizzelli (65 Manucharyan), Ghazaryan (5 Barseghyan), Sarkisov (70 Özbiliz), K. Hovhannisyan, Mkhitaryan, Hayrapetyan Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Montenegro 4-1 Armenia Goals: 1-0 Bećiraj 2, 2-0 Jovetić 28, 3-0 Jovetić 54, 4-0 Jovetić 82, 4-1 Koryan 89 Armenia: Beglaryan, Daghbashyan, T. Voskanyan, Andonian, Pizzelli (73 Barseghyan), Koryan, K. Hovhannisyan, A. Grigoryan, Mkoyan (46 Artak Edigaryan), Mkhitaryan, Özbiliz (59 Manucharyan) Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Romania 1-0 Armenia Goals: 1-0 Maxim 90+1 Armenia: Meliksetyan, Haroyan, T. Voskanyan, G. Malakyan (46 Artak Edigaryan), Pizzelli (74 Adamyan), Barseghyan, K. Hovhannisyan, Daghbashyan, Mkhitaryan, Hambartsumyan, Manoyan (58 Koryan) Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Armenia-Denmark Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) 8
Armenia-Poland Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Kazakhstan-Armenia Denmark FIFA World Cup - Qualifying round Matchday 1 (04/09/2016) Denmark 1-0 Armenia Goals: 1-0 Eriksen 17 Denmark: Rønnow, Ankersen, Vestergaard, Kjær, Durmisi, A. Christensen, Kvist, N. Jørgensen (66 Y. Poulsen), Eriksen, Fischer, Højbjerg (81 Delaney) Matchday 2 (08/10/2016) Poland 3-2 Denmark Goals: 1-0 Lewandowski 20, 2-0 Lewandowski 36 (P), 3-0 Lewandowski 48, 3-1 Glik 49 (og), 3-2 Y. Poulsen 69 Denmark: Schmeichel, Ankersen, Vestergaard (82 Delaney), Kjær, Durmisi, A. Christensen, Kvist, N. Jørgensen (46 Y. Poulsen), Eriksen, Fischer (75 Sisto), Højbjerg Matchday 3 (11/10/2016) Denmark 0-1 Montenegro Goals: 0-1 Bećiraj 32 Denmark: Schmeichel, Ankersen, Kjær, Durmisi, A. Christensen, Delaney, Eriksen, Fischer (70 Cornelius), M. Jørgensen (83 N. Jørgensen), Y. Poulsen, Højbjerg (63 Sisto) Matchday 4 (11/11/2016) Denmark 4-1 Kazakhstan Goals: 1-0 Cornelius 15, 1-1 Suyumbayev 17, 2-1 Eriksen 36 (P), 3-1 Ankersen 78, 4-1 Eriksen 90+2 Denmark: Rønnow, Ankersen, Kjær, Durmisi, Kvist, Delaney, N. Jørgensen, Eriksen, Bjelland, Y. Poulsen, Cornelius (82 Dolberg) Matchday 5 (26/03/2017) Romania 0-0 Denmark Denmark: Schmeichel, Ankersen, Vestergaard, Kjær (46 M. Jørgensen), Durmisi, A. Christensen, Kvist, Delaney, Eriksen, Schöne (69 Braithwaite), Cornelius Matchday 6 (10/06/2017) Kazakhstan 1-3 Denmark Goals: 0-1 N. Jørgensen 27, 0-2 Eriksen 51 (P), 1-2 Kuat 76, 1-3 Dolberg 81 Denmark: Rønnow, Vestergaard, Kjær, Durmisi, Kvist (46 Schöne), Delaney, N. Jørgensen, Eriksen, Braithwaite, Stryger Larsen (82 Dalsgaard), Y. Poulsen (68 Dolberg) Matchday 7 (01/09/2017) Denmark 4-0 Poland Goals: 1-0 Delaney 16, 2-0 Cornelius 42, 3-0 N. Jørgensen 59, 4-0 Eriksen 80 Denmark: Schmeichel, Kjær, Kvist, Delaney (86 Jensen), N. Jørgensen (82 Lerager), Eriksen, Bjelland, Dalsgaard, Stryger Larsen, Cornelius (75 Bendtner), Sisto Matchday 8 (04/09/2017) Armenia-Denmark Matchday 9 (05/10/2017) Montenegro-Denmark Matchday 10 (08/10/2017) Denmark-Romania 9
Legend Competitions Club competitions UCL: UEFA Champions League ECCC: European Champion Clubs' Cup UEL: UEFA Europa League UCUP: UEFA Cup UCWC: UEFA Cup Winners' Cup SCUP: UEFA Super Cup UIC: UEFA Intertoto Cup ICF: Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Other abbreviations National team competitions EURO: UEFA European Football Championship WC: FIFA World Cup CONFCUP: FIFA Confederations Cup FRIE: Friendly internationals U21FRIE: Under-21 friendly internationals U21: UEFA European Under-21 Championship U17: UEFA Under-17 Championship U16: UEFA European Under-16 Championship U19: UEFA Under-19 Championship U18: UEFA European Under-18 Championship WWC: FIFA Women's World Cup WEURO: UEFA European Women's Championship (aet): After extra time pens: Penalties No.: Number og: Own goal ag: Match decided on away goals P: Penalty agg: Aggregate Pld: Matches played AP: Appearances Pos.: Position Comp.: Competition Pts: Points D: Drawn R: Sent off (straight red card) DoB: Date of birth Res.: Result ET: Extra Time sg: Match decided by silver goal GA: Goals against t: Match decided by toss of a coin GF: Goals for W: Won gg: Match decided by golden goal Y: Booked L: Lost Y/R: Sent off (two yellow cards) Nat.: Nationality N/A: Not applicable Statistics -: Denotes player substituted +: Denotes player introduced *: Denotes player sent off +/-: Denotes player introduced and substituted Squad list D: Disciplinary *: Misses next match if booked S: Suspended Overall: Total appearances in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship final tournament only Disclaimer: Although UEFA has taken all reasonable care that the information contained within this document is accurate at the time of publication, no representation or guarantee (including liability towards third parties), expressed or implied, is made as to its accuracy, reliability or completeness. Therefore, UEFA assumes no liability for the use or interpretation of information contained herein. More information can be found in the competition regulations available on UEFA.com. 10