EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan - Monday 7 September 2015 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Group I - Matchday -5 Last updated 12/07/2021 15:46CET

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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 - Denmark Monday 7 September 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 Højbjerg 65, 07/09/2014 QR (GS) Denmark - Armenia 2-1 Kahlenberg 80; Mkhitaryan 50

FIFA World Cup Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 10/09/2013 QR (GS) Armenia - Denmark 0-1 Yerevan Agger 73 (P) Movsisyan 1, 59, 11/06/2013 QR (GS) Denmark - Armenia 0-4 Copenhagen Özbiliz 19, Mkhitaryan 82

EURO '96 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Schjønberg 20, Beck 15/11/1995 PR (GS) Denmark - Armenia 3-1 Copenhagen 35, M. Laudrup 58; 46 M. Laudrup 33, 16/08/1995 PR (GS) Armenia - Denmark 0-2 Yerevan Nielsen 46

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 0 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 3 0 0 3 2 7 Denmark 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 3 3 0 0 7 2 FIFA* Armenia 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 1 0 1 4 1 Denmark 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 - - - - 2 1 0 1 1 4 Friendlies Armenia ------Denmark ------Total Armenia 2 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 - - - - 5 1 0 4 6 8 Denmark 3 2 0 1 2 2 0 0 - - - - 5 4 0 1 8 6 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup

2 Armenia - Denmark Monday 7 September 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Match background

Armenia are out of the running for UEFA EURO 2016 qualification but gave Denmark a run for their money in their first Group I meeting, and memories of a famous win in Copenhagen could inspiring their hopes of concluding on a high. • The following players are a yellow card away from a ban: Robert Arzumanyan, Artur Yedigaryan (Armenia), , Simon Kjær and (Denmark). Previous meetings • gave Armenia the lead in their opening Group I game, on 7 September 2014, but Pierre Højbjerg and struck back to earn Denmark a 2-1 win in Copenhagen. • The sides have now met five times in senior international games, with Denmark's record W4 D0 L1 (W2 D0 L1 in Denmark – W2 D0 L0 in Armenia). • These sides were paired in 2014 World Cup qualifying, Vardan Minasyan's Armenia earning one of the biggest results in their history by winning 4-0 at Parken in the first encounter on 11 June 2013 through goals from Yura Movsisyan (1 59), Aras Özbiliz (19) and Mkhitaryan (82). 's side restored some pride with a 1-0 win in the return fixture in Yerevan. Form guide • Armenia have won only one of their last seven competitive home games – 2-1 against Bulgaria in their penultimate 2014 World Cup qualifier. • Denmark are unbeaten in five competitive away qualifiers (W4 D1). Trivia and links • Armenia midfielder Artur Yusbashyan turns 26 on the day of the Denmark game. • The nations met in UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying in 1995, Denmark winning 3-2 away and 4-0 at home. They will face each other again in qualifying for the 2017 final tournament. • Armenian and Danish clubs have met in four UEFA competition games, the Danish sides winning all four of them without conceding. • Denmark's women's teams have had an even more daunting record against their Armenian counterparts; Denmark beat Armenia 5-0 at home and 11-0 away in UEFA Women's EURO 2013 qualifying, while the Danes were 24-0 winners against Armenia in a 2007/08 UEFA Women's European Under-17 Championship first qualifying round tie.

3 Armenia - Denmark Monday 7 September 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Squad list

Armenia Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Gevorg Kasparov 25/07/1980 35 Alashkert - 1 0 0 0 26 - - Gevorg Prazyan 24/07/1989 26 Ararat - 0 0 0 0 - - - Arsen Beglaryan 18/02/1993 22 Mika - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Robert Arzumanyan 24/07/1985 30 Amkar * 6 1 0 0 72 5 - Hrayr Mkoyan 02/09/1986 29 Esteghlal - 3 1 0 0 34 1 - Hovhannes Hambartsumyan 04/10/1990 24 Vardar - 1 0 0 0 10 - - 05/10/1992 22 Pyunik - 6 0 0 0 23 - - Varazdat Haroyan 24/08/1992 23 Pyunik - 3 0 0 0 16 - - Taron Voskanyan 22/02/1993 22 Pyunik - 3 0 0 0 11 - - Gael Andonian 07/02/1995 20 Marseille - 3 0 0 0 3 - Midfielders - Henrikh Mkhitaryan 21/01/1989 26 Dortmund - 5 1 0 0 53 16 - 05/04/1988 27 Marítimo - 5 0 0 0 46 9 - 25/11/1988 26 Anji - 4 0 0 0 42 2 - Artur Yusbashyan 07/09/1989 25 Pyunik - 0 0 0 0 9 - - Marcos Pizzelli 03/10/1984 30 Aktobe - 6 1 0 0 43 8 - Artak Grigoryan 19/10/1987 27 Alashkert - 0 0 0 0 1 - Spartak - Aras Özbiliz 09/03/1990 25 - 2 0 0 0 19 4 Moskva - Artem Simonyan 20/02/1995 20 Zürich - 1 0 0 0 2 - Forwards Spartak - Yura Movsisyan 02/08/1987 28 - 3 0 0 0 32 9 Moskva - Norair Aslanyan 25/03/1991 24 Almere - 0 0 0 0 6 - - Vardan Pogosyan 08/03/1992 23 Pyunik - 0 0 0 0 - - Luch- - Ruslan Koryan 15/06/1988 27 - 3 0 0 0 3 - Energia Coach - 02/11/1972 42 - 2 0 0 0 2 -

4 Armenia - Denmark Monday 7 September 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan

Denmark Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - 26/11/1981 33 København - 0 0 0 0 30 - - 05/11/1986 28 Leicester - 6 0 0 0 13 - - Jonas Lössl 01/02/1989 26 Guingamp - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Lars Jacobsen 20/09/1979 35 Guingamp * 4 0 0 0 84 2 - 12/12/1984 30 Brøndby - 3 0 0 0 68 12 - Simon Kjær 26/03/1989 26 Fenerbahçe * 6 1 0 0 51 2 - 08/01/1994 21 Brøndby - 1 0 0 0 2 - - Erik Sviatchenko 04/10/1991 23 Midtjylland - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Kian Hansen 03/03/1989 26 Midtjylland - 0 0 0 0 2 - - Andreas Christensen 10/04/1996 19 Mönchengladbach - 1 0 0 0 2 - Midfielders - Michael Krohn-Dehli 06/06/1983 32 Sevilla - 6 0 0 0 55 6 - 07/07/1983 32 Midtjylland - 2 1 0 0 36 3 - William Kvist 24/02/1985 30 København * 6 0 0 0 61 2 - 31/05/1989 26 Celta - 0 0 0 0 13 - - Thomas Delaney 03/09/1991 24 København - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Pierre Højbjerg 05/08/1995 20 Schalke - 5 1 0 0 8 1 - 22/02/1987 28 Brentford - 5 1 0 0 9 1 - Pione Sisto 04/02/1995 20 Midtjylland - 1 0 0 0 1 - Forwards - Morten Rasmussen 31/01/1985 30 Midtjylland - 0 0 0 0 12 4 - 16/01/1988 27 Wolfsburg - 6 2 0 0 69 29 - Nicolai Jørgensen 15/01/1991 24 København - 1 0 0 0 11 - - Martin Braithwaite 05/06/1991 24 Toulouse - 0 0 0 0 8 1 - Yussuf Poulsen 15/06/1994 21 Leipzig - 4 1 0 0 7 1 Coach - Morten Olsen 14/08/1949 66 - 6 0 0 0 166 -

5 Armenia - Denmark Monday 7 September 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 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 in 1999. A spell with Torpedo-Metallurg followed in 2003 but after only a handful of games he returned to Pyunik. In 2010 he claimed his tenth Premier League championship with the Yerevan outfit. • Hovsepyan's long international career began in 1992 with a home friendly against Moldova. His first goal came from the penalty spot during a 2-1 victory in Kazakhstan on 2 June 2007, with his 100th cap awarded 14 months later as Armenia lost 4-0 to Spain in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier. • Eventually retired in 2012 having earned 131 caps – a national record – and quickly kicked off his coaching career with Pyunik, lifting the Armenian Cup at the first attempt. • He completed the league and cup double in 2014/15 and, having combined the Pyunik role with various national- team age-group jobs, in April 2015 was appointed interim head coach of the senior Armenia side after ' resignation. Morten Olsen Date of birth: 14 August 1949 Nationality: Danish Playing career: B 1901, Cercle Brugge KSV, RWD Molenbeek, RSC Anderlecht, 1. FC Köln Coaching career: Brøndby IF, 1. FC Köln, AFC Ajax, Denmark • A commanding central defender, he played most of his club football in Belgium, winning three national titles and the UEFA Cup with Anderlecht during a six-year spell from 1980–86. • Twice crowned Danish Player of the Year, he was captain of the legendary 'Dynamite' team of the mid-1980s that reached two successive UEFA European Championships and the 1986 FIFA World Cup; became the first Danish footballer to collect 100 caps in an international career spanning 19 years. • Went straight into coaching after hanging up his boots and proved an immediate hit, leading Brøndby to two Danish championships and to the semi-finals of the 1990/91 UEFA Cup – the furthest any Danish club had progressed in Europe. Moved on to coach old side Köln and then, following a two-year break, Ajax, where, assisted on the field by his ex-Denmark team-mate , he secured a Dutch league and cup double. • Appointed Denmark coach in 2000 and guided the team to the finals of the 2002 World Cup and UEFA EURO 2004. He retained the position despite a failure to qualify for the next two major tournaments. Further success followed as Denmark topped both their 2010 World Cup preliminary group, celebrating qualification with a 1-0 victory over in his 100th match at the helm, and their UEFA EURO 2012 section. • Could not steer the side beyond the initial stage of either tournament, but in spite of Demark missing out on the 2014 World Cup he was awarded a two-year contract extension encompassing the UEFA EURO 2016 campaign.

6 Armenia - Denmark Monday 7 September 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Match officials

Referee Svein Oddvar Moen (NOR) Assistant referees Kim Thomas Haglund (NOR) , Frank Andås (NOR) Additional assistant referees Ken Henry Johnsen (NOR) , Svein-Erik Edvartsen (NOR) Fourth official Sven Erik Midthjell (NOR) UEFA Delegate Targo Kaldoja (EST) UEFA Referee observer Nikolay Levnikov (RUS)

Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Svein Oddvar Moen 22/01/1979 7 79

Svein Oddvar Moen Referee since: 1996 First division: 2004 FIFA badge: 2005

Tournaments: 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2012 Olympic Games, 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup, 2008 UEFA European Under-19 Championship, 2005 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

Finals 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup

UEFA European Championship matches featuring 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 Stage Date Competition Home Away Result Venue reached 16/03/2011 UCL R16 Chelsea FC FC København 0-0 London

7 Armenia - Denmark Monday 7 September 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Competition facts

8 Armenia - Denmark Monday 7 September 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Match-by-match lineups Armenia

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (07/09/2014) Denmark 2-1 Armenia Goals: 0-1 Mkhitaryan 50, 1-1 Højbjerg 65, 2-1 Kahlenberg 80 Armenia: Berezovski, Haroyan, Arzumanyan (66 T. Voskanyan), Artur Edigaryan, Hovsepyan, Ghazaryan, K. Hovhannisyan, Mkoyan, Mkhitaryan (71 Pizzelli), Hayrapetyan, Manucharyan (84 Dashyan) Matchday 2 (11/10/2014) Armenia 1-1 Serbia Goals: 1-0 Arzumanyan 73, 1-1 Tošić 89 Armenia: Berezovski, Haroyan, T. Voskanyan, Arzumanyan, Mkrtchyan (52 Hovsepyan), Artur Edigaryan, Pizzelli (84 Karapetyan), Sarkisov, K. Hovhannisyan, Hayrapetyan, Manucharyan (66 Dashyan) Matchday 4 (14/11/2014) Portugal 1-0 Armenia Goals: 1-0 Ronaldo 72 Armenia: Berezovski, Haroyan, T. Voskanyan, Arzumanyan, Mkrtchyan (84 Pizzelli), Artur Edigaryan (77 Sarkisov), Ghazaryan (62 Manucharyan), K. Hovhannisyan, Movsisyan, Mkhitaryan, Hayrapetyan Matchday 5 (29/03/2015) Albania 2-1 Armenia Goals: 0-1 Mavraj 4 (og) , 1-1 Mavraj 77, 2-1 Gashi 81 Armenia: Berezovski, Andonian, Arzumanyan, Artur Edigaryan (84 Koryan), Pizzelli, Ghazaryan, Movsisyan, Mkhitaryan, Hambartsumyan, Hayrapetyan, Manucharyan (67 K. Hovhannisyan) Matchday 6 (13/06/2015) Armenia 2-3 Portugal Goals: 1-0 Pizzelli 14, 1-1 Ronaldo 29 (P) , 1-2 Ronaldo 55, 1-3 Ronaldo 58, 2-3 Mkoyan 72 Armenia: Berezovski, Andonian, Arzumanyan, Mkrtchyan (29 Hovsepyan), Pizzelli, Ghazaryan, Sarkisov (72 Koryan), K. Hovhannisyan (61 Özbiliz), Mkoyan, Mkhitaryan, Hayrapetyan Matchday 7 (04/09/2015) Serbia 2-0 Armenia Goals: 1-0 Hayrapetyan 22 (og) , 2-0 Ljajić 53 Armenia: Kasparov, Andonian, Arzumanyan, Mkrtchyan, Pizzelli (65 Koryan), Ghazaryan (82 Simonyan), Movsisyan, Mkoyan, Mkhitaryan, Hayrapetyan, Özbiliz (59 K. Hovhannisyan) Matchday 8 (07/09/2015) Armenia-Denmark Matchday 10 (11/10/2015) Armenia-Albania Denmark

European Qualifiers Matchday 1 (07/09/2014) Denmark 2-1 Armenia Goals: 0-1 Mkhitaryan 50, 1-1 Højbjerg 65, 2-1 Kahlenberg 80 Denmark: Schmeichel, Ankersen, Kjær (57 Okore), Boilesen, Kvist (74 Kahlenberg), Krohn-Dehli, Eriksen, Bendtner, Bjelland, Schöne (56 Vibe), Højbjerg Matchday 2 (11/10/2014) Albania 1-1 Denmark Goals: 1-0 Lenjani 38, 1-1 Vibe 81 Denmark: Schmeichel, Ankersen (71 Bech), Kjær, Boilesen, Kvist, Krohn-Dehli, Eriksen, Bendtner, Bjelland, Y. Poulsen (46 Vibe), Højbjerg (79 Kahlenberg)

9 Armenia - Denmark Monday 7 September 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Matchday 3 (14/10/2014) Denmark 0-1 Portugal Goals: 0-1 Ronaldo 90+5 Denmark: Schmeichel, Kjær, Agger, Boilesen (58 S. Poulsen), Jacobsen, Kvist, Krohn-Dehli, Eriksen (84 Kahlenberg), Bendtner, Vibe (46 Bech), Højbjerg Matchday 4 (14/11/2014) Serbia 1-3 Denmark Goals: 1-0 Tošić 4, 1-1 Bendtner 60, 1-2 Kjær 62, 1-3 Bendtner 85 Denmark: Schmeichel, Ankersen (70 Jacobsen), Kjær, Boilesen, Kvist, Krohn-Dehli, Eriksen, Bendtner (88 Y. Poulsen), Bjelland, Kahlenberg (88 Würtz), Vibe Matchday 6 (13/06/2015) Denmark 2-0 Serbia Goals: 1-0 Y. Poulsen 13, 2-0 J. Poulsen 87 Denmark: Schmeichel, Kjær, Agger, Jacobsen, Kvist (77 Christensen), Krohn-Dehli (61 J. Poulsen), Eriksen, Bendtner, S. Poulsen, Y. Poulsen (73 Vibe), Højbjerg Matchday 7 (04/09/2015) Denmark 0-0 Albania Denmark: Schmeichel, Kjær, Agger, Durmisi, Jacobsen, Kvist (46 J. Poulsen), Krohn-Dehli, Bendtner, Sisto (46 Y. Poulsen), N. Jørgensen, Højbjerg Matchday 8 (07/09/2015) Armenia-Denmark Matchday 9 (08/10/2015) Portugal-Denmark

10 Armenia - Denmark Monday 7 September 2015 - 18.00CET (20.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Team facts

UEFA European Championship records: Armenia History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify Qualifying win 4-0: Armenia v Andorra, 12/10/10 0-4: Slovakia v Armenia, 06/09/11 Qualifying defeat 0-4: Armenia v Spain, 11/10/03 Overall appearances 47: Sargis Hovsepyan 37: Roman Berezovski 25: Artur Petrosyan 24: Armen Shahgeldyan 23: 23: Robert Arzumanyan Overall goals 7: Henrikh Mkhitaryan 5: Artur Petrosyan 5: Gevorg Ghazaryan 5: Marcos Pizzelli 4: Yura Movsisyan 4: Armen Shahgeldyan

UEFA European Championship records: Denmark History 2012 – group stage 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – quarter-finals 2000 – group stage 1996 – group stage 1992 – winners 1988 – group stage 1984 – semi-finals 1980 – did not qualify 1976 – did not qualify 1972 – did not qualify 1968 – did not qualify 1964 – fourth place 1960 – last 16 Final tournament win 5-0: Denmark v Yugoslavia, 16/06/84 Final tournament defeat 3-0: five times, most recently Czech Republic v Denmark, 27/06/04 Qualifying win 6-0: Denmark v Luxembourg, 12/10/83 Qualifying defeat 6-0: Hungary v Denmark, 21/09/66 Final tournament appearances 13:

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10: Michael Laudrup 10: John Sivebæk 9: Final tournament goals 3: Frank Arnesen 3: Henrik Larsen 3: Brian Laudrup 3: 2: Preben Elkjær 2: Nicklas Bendtner 2: Michael Krohn-Dehli Overall appearances 39: Peter Schmeichel 33: 32: Thomas Helveg 31: Morten Olsen 31: Martin Jørgensen 31: Jon Dahl Tomasson Overall goals 22: Jon Dahl Tomasson 11: Ole Madsen 10: Preben Elkjær 10: Michael Laudrup 9: Dennis Rommedahl 9: Nicklas Bendtner 7:

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:: Previous meetings

Goals for/against: Goal totals include the outcome of disciplinary decisions (e.g. match forfeits when a 3-0 result is determined). Goals totals do not include goals scored during a penalty shoot-out after a tie ended in a draw

:: Squad list

Qual.: Total European Qualifiers appearances/goals for UEFA EURO 2020 only. FT: Total UEFA EURO 2020 appearances/goals in final tournament only. Overall: Total international appearances/goals. DoB: Date of birth Age: Based on the date press kit was last updated D: Disciplinary (*: misses next match if booked, S: suspended)

:: Team facts

EURO finals: The UEFA European Championship was a four-team event in 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 (when the preliminary round and quarter-finals were considered part of qualifying).

From 1980 it was expanded to an eight-team finals and remained in that format in 1984, 1988 and 1992 until 1996, when the 16-team format was adopted. UEFA EURO 2016 was the first tournament to be played as a 24-team finals.

Records of inactive countries A number of UEFA associations have been affected by dissolution or splits of member associations. For statistical purposes, the records of these inactive countries have been allocated elsewhere: therefore, all Soviet Union matches are awarded to Russia; all West – but not East Germany – matches are awarded to Germany; all Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro matches are awarded to Serbia; all Czechoslovakia matches are allocated to both the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

Abandoned/forfeited matches For statisical purposes, when a match has been started and then abandoned but later forfeited, the result on the pitch at the time of abandonment is counted. Matches that never started and were either cancelled or forfeited are not included in the overall statistics. Competitions Other abbreviations (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 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.

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