Armenia manager announces squad for Nations League matches against Georgia

Ahead of the UEFA Nations League play-off matches against Georgia, Armenian national team head coach John van ’t Schip has called up the following players:

Goalkeepers
Ognjen Cancarevic – FC Noah
Arsen Beglaryan – FC Van
Henri Avagyan – FC Ararat-Armenia

Defenders
Varazdat Haroyan –  FC Pyunik
Hovhannes Hambardzumyan – FC Noah
Sergey Muradyan - FC Noah
Kamo Hovhannisyan - FC Ararat-Armenia
Edgar Grigoryan - FC Ararat-Armenia
Nair Tiknizyan – FC Lokomotiv (Moscow, Russia)
Styopa Mkrtchyan – NK Osijek (Croatia)
Georgi Arutyunyan – Puskás Akadémia FC (Hungary)

Midfielders/Forwards
Tigran Barseghyan - ŠK Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
Vahan Bichakhchyan – Legia Warsaw (Poland)
Edgar Sevikyan – FC Lokomotiv (Moscow, Russia)
Artur Serobyan – FC Sheriff (Moldova)
Ugochukwu Iwu – FC Rubin (Kazan, Russia)
Artur Miranyan - FC Universitatea Cluj (Romania)
Narek Grigoryan - FC Farul Constanța (Romania)
Grant-Leon Ranos - FC Kaiserslautern (Germany)
Gor Manvelyan – FC Noah
Artak Dashyan – FC Noah
Solomon Udo – FC Pyunik
Nicholas Kaloukian – FC Urartu

In an interview with the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA), John van'T Schip commented on his decision:

“Initially, the number of invited players was larger. Unfortunately, one of the team leaders, Eduard Spertsyan, cannot help us due to an injury. I have spoken with Eduard, he is very sorry that he cannot join the team and is looking forward to the next training camps. Hovhannes Harutyunyan and Norberto Balekian also have injuries. Yesterday we learned that Andre Calisir, who was also on our list, is also injured.

Lucas Zelarayan will not join this training camp either, as he has family problems in Argentina. I know that Lucas is one of the most dedicated players of the team, and this time we have met his request, allowing him to stay with his family.

Sargis Adamyan told us that he no longer wants to play for the national team, so we did not even include him in the list of call-ups.

As for Khoren Bayramyan, this time we did not invite him, but he will be under our observation, and I do not rule out that he may still be invited to the national team."

The Armenian national team will start the training camp at the FFA Technical Centre/Football Academy on March 16. Armenia will host Georgia at Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium on March 20 and then travel to Tbilisi for the second match at Dinamo Arena on March 23.