Armenian football national team coach invites 23 players for the match with Serbians

YEREVAN, August 26. /ARKA/. The acting head coach of the Armenian football national team Sargis Hovsepyan invited 23 footballers for the Euro-2016 qualifier with Serbians, the press office of the Armenian football federation reported.

The match will take place at Karađorđe Stadium in Novi-Sad of Serbia on September 4. Training sessions will be held from August 31 to September 3 in Yerevan. The team will leave for Serbia early morning on September 3.

The invited players are goalkeepers Gevork Kasparov (“Alashkert”, Martuni), Arsen Beglaryan (“Mika”, Yerevan), Gevorg Prazyan (“Ararat”, Yerevan).

Defenders: Robert Arzumanyan (Amkar, Perm), Hrayr Mkoyan (Esteghlal, Iran), Gael Andonyan (Olympic, Marseille), Hovhannes Hambartsumyan (Vardar, Macedonia), Levon Hayrapetyan (Piunik, Yerevan), Taron Voskanyan (Piunik, Yerevan), Varazdat Aroyan (Piunik, Yerevan), Kamo Hovhannisyan (Piunik, Yerevan).

Halfbacks: Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Borussia, Dortmund), Gevorg Ghazaryan (Maritimo, Portugal), Marcos Pizzelli (Aktobe, Kazakhstan), Aras Ozbiliz (Spartak, Moscow), Karlen Mkrtchyan (Anji, Makhachkala), Norayr Aslanyan (Almere City, Netherlands), Artem Simonyan (Zurich, Switzerland), Artur Yuspashyan (Piunik, Yerevan), Artak Grigoryan (Alashkert, Martuni).
 
Forwards: Yura Movsisyan (Spartak, Moscow), Edgar Manucharyan (Ural, Yekaterinburg), Ruslan Koryan (Luch-energiya, Vladivostok). 

The Armenian national is the second to last in the qualifying group, with one point after five matches. 

Portuguese top the Group I list with twelve points, followed by Danes (10 points) and Albanians (10 points). After having wrecked the match with Albanians, Serbians lost two points, as per the decree of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne. –0--