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EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan - Yerevan Saturday 13 June 2015 Armenia 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Portugal Group I - Matchday -7 Last updated 12/07/2021 15:42CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 9 Team facts 11 Legend 13 1 Armenia - Portugal Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 14/11/2014 QR (GS) Portugal - Armenia 1-0 Faro-Loule Ronaldo 72 UEFA EURO 2008 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 17/11/2007 QR (GS) Portugal - Armenia 1-0 Leiria Hugo Almeida 42 Arzumanyan 11; 22/08/2007 QR (GS) Armenia - Portugal 1-1 Yerevan Ronaldo 37 FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Domingos 23, Luís 20/08/1997 QR (GS) Portugal - Armenia 3-1 Setubal Figo 31, Barbosa 55; Assadourian 46 31/08/1996 QR (GS) Armenia - Portugal 0-0 Yerevan Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Armenia 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 - - - - 3 0 1 2 1 3 Portugal 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 3 2 1 0 3 1 FIFA* Armenia 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 - - - - 2 0 1 1 1 3 Portugal 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 - - - - 2 1 1 0 3 1 Friendlies Armenia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Portugal - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Armenia 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 3 - - - - 5 0 2 3 2 6 Portugal 3 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 - - - - 5 3 2 0 6 2 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Armenia - Portugal Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Match background Portugal are currently unbeaten by Armenia as the sides line up for their sixth encounter in UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group I. Previous meetings • Portugal and Armenia have met five times before, with Portugal boasting the record W3 D2 L0 (W3 D0 L0 at home, W0 D2 L0 away). • Cristiano Ronaldo (72) scored the only goal of the game when the teams met in their first Group I meeting in Faro- Loule on 14 November. • The sides first came together in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying. Long-serving Armenia goalkeeper Roman Berezovski made his international debut as the teams drew 0-0 in Yerevan on 31 August 1996, but Artur Jorge's Portugal won the return fixture 3-1, Domingos Paciência (23), Luís Figo (31) and Pedro Barbosa (53) all on target for the home side in Setubal, where Éric Assadourian (46) scored Armenia's goal. • More recently, the teams were paired in UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying. Cristiano Ronaldo (37) cancelled out Robert Arzumanyan's 11th-minute opener as Ian Porterfield's Armenia held Luiz Felipe Scolari's Portugal 1-1 in Yerevan on 22 August 2007. Hugo Almeida then struck the winner (42) as Portugal – under Flávio Teixeira, who was covering for the suspended Scolari – beat Vardan Minasyan's Armenia 1-0 in the return fixture in Leiria on 17 November 2007. Form guide • Armenia are without a victory in five competitive internationals. Defeat in Albania on 29 March left them bottom of Group I and proved the last match in charge for former coach Bernard Challandes. • Armenia's last competitive success came on 11 October 2013 in the final home game of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification. Aras Özbiliz (45+1) and Yura Movsisyan (87) secured a 2-1 triumph against Bulgaria. • Since suffering a 1-0 home loss to Albania in their opening Group I game, Portugal have won their three most recent qualifiers by a one-goal margin to top the section. • Portugal have won their last four competitive qualifiers away from home. The last time they failed to prevail on their travels came in 2014 World Cup qualifying, when they drew 3-3 with Israel in Ramat Gan on 22 March 2013. Fábio Coentrão's 93rd-minute equaliser earned a point for Paulo Bento's Portugal. Trivia and links • Only two UEFA club competition matches have been played between Armenian and Portuguese sides, CD Santa Clara beating FC Shirak 2-0 at home and then drawing 3-3 in Armenia in the 2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup first round. • In the 21 UEFA matches between Portuguese and Armenian sides – including club games, youth games, women's matches and futsal – 17 have ended in Portuguese victories, with three draws. Armenia's only success against Portuguese opponents came on 16 October 1996, Ara Hakobyan (63) scoring the only goal in a 1-0 win for Armenia in a UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying round match in Budapest, Hungary. 3 Armenia - Portugal Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Squad list Armenia Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers Dinamo - Roman Berezovski 05/08/1974 40 - 4 0 0 0 Moskva - Gevorg Kasparov 25/07/1980 34 Mika - 0 0 0 0 - Artur Toroyan 01/02/1992 23 Banants - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Robert Arzumanyan 24/07/1985 29 Amkar * 4 1 0 0 - Hrayr Mkoyan 02/09/1986 28 Esteghlal - 1 0 0 0 - Levon Hayrapetyan 17/04/1989 26 Pyunik - 4 0 0 0 - Kamo Hovhannisyan 05/10/1992 22 Pyunik - 4 0 0 0 - Varazdat Haroyan 24/08/1992 22 Pyunik - 3 0 0 0 - Taron Voskanyan 22/02/1993 22 Pyunik - 3 0 0 0 - Artur Avagyan 04/07/1987 27 Gandzasar - 0 0 0 0 - Gael Andonyan 07/02/1995 20 Marseille - 1 0 0 0 Midfielders - Gevorg Ghazaryan 05/04/1988 27 Kerkyra - 3 0 0 0 - Karlen Mkrtchyan 25/11/1988 26 - 2 0 0 0 - Artur Yusbashyan 07/09/1989 25 Pyunik - 0 0 0 0 - Marcos Pizzelli 03/10/1984 30 Aktobe - 4 0 0 0 Metalurh - Rumyan Hovsepyan 13/11/1991 23 - 2 0 0 0 Donetsk - Zaven Badoyan 22/12/1989 25 Pyunik - 0 0 0 0 Spartak - Aras Özbiliz 09/03/1990 25 - 0 0 0 0 Moskva - Artem Simonyan 20/02/1995 20 Zürich - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Henrikh Mkhitaryan 21/01/1989 26 Dortmund - 3 1 0 0 - Artur Sarkisov 01/07/1987 27 Volga - 2 0 0 0 - Norair Aslanyan-Mamedov 25/03/1991 24 Almere - 0 0 0 0 Lokomotiv - Ruslan Korian 15/06/1988 26 - 1 0 0 0 Tashkent Coach - Sargis Hovsepyan 02/11/1972 42 - 0 0 0 0 4 Armenia - Portugal Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Portugal Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Beto 01/05/1982 33 Sevilla - 0 0 0 0 - Rui Patrício 15/02/1988 27 Sporting CP - 4 0 0 0 - Anthony Lopes 01/10/1990 24 Lyon - 0 0 0 0 Defenders - Ricardo Carvalho 18/05/1978 37 Monaco - 3 1 0 0 - Bruno Alves 27/11/1981 33 Fenerbahçe - 1 0 0 0 - Eliseu 01/10/1983 31 Benfica - 2 0 0 0 - José Fonte 22/12/1983 31 Southampton - 1 0 0 0 - Fábio Coentrão 11/03/1988 27 Real Madrid - 2 1 0 0 - Cédric 31/08/1991 23 Sporting CP - 1 0 0 0 - Daniel Carriço 04/08/1988 26 Sevilla - 0 0 0 0 Midfielders - Tiago 02/05/1981 34 Atlético - 3 0 0 0 - Danny 07/08/1983 31 Zenit - 3 0 0 0 - João Moutinho 08/09/1986 28 Monaco - 4 0 0 0 - Adrien Silva 15/03/1989 26 Sporting CP - 0 0 0 0 - William Carvalho 07/04/1992 23 Sporting CP - 4 0 0 0 - Danilo 09/09/1991 23 Marítimo - 0 0 0 0 - Bernardo Silva 10/08/1994 20 Monaco - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Ricardo Quaresma 26/09/1983 31 Porto - 3 0 0 0 - Cristiano Ronaldo 05/02/1985 30 Real Madrid - 3 2 0 0 - Vieirinha 24/01/1986 29 Wolfsburg - 1 0 0 0 - Silvestre Varela 02/02/1985 30 Parma - 0 0 0 0 - Nani 17/11/1986 28 Sporting CP - 4 0 0 0 - Éder 22/12/1987 27 Braga - 3 0 0 0 Coach - Ilídio Vale 13/12/1957 57 - 1 0 0 0 5 Armenia - Portugal Saturday 13 June 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Head coach Sargis Hovsepyan Date of birth: 2 November 1972 Nationality: Armenian Playing career: FC Malatia Yerevan, FC Lori Kirovakan, FC Pyunik (twice), FC Zenit, FC Torpedo-Metallurg Coaching career: FC Pyunik, Armenia Under-19, Armenia Under-21, Armenia (caretaker) • A central defender, Hovsepyan made his debut for local side Malatia as a teenager in 1990 but after just one first- team season he joined Lori Kirovakan. Was then already at the club that became Pyunik following the break-up of the Soviet Union, winning three league titles and the Armenian Cup and twice being voted Armenian player of the year. • Moved to Zenit in 1998, going on to make 153 appearances in a five-year stay which yielded the Russian Cup in 1999. A spell with Torpedo-Metallurg followed in 2003 but after only a handful of games he returned to Pyunik.