EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2019/20 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan - Yerevan Friday 15 November 2019 Armenia 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Greece Group J - Matchday 9 Last updated 15/11/2019 10:26CET EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS OFFICIAL SPONSORS Previous meetings 2 Squad list 3 Head coach 5 Match officials 6 Match-by-match lineups 7 Legend 10 1 Armenia - Greece Friday 15 November 2019 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Previous meetings Head to Head 2020 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Zeca 54, Fortounis 87; Karapetyan 8, 11/06/2019 QR (GS) Greece - Armenia 2-3 Athens Ghazaryan 33, Barseghyan 74 UEFA EURO 2004 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached 06/09/2003 PR (GS) Armenia - Greece 0-1 Yerevan Vryzas 36 16/10/2002 PR (GS) Greece - Armenia 2-0 Athens Nikolaidis 2, 59 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 1 0 1 - - - - 3 1 0 2 3 5 Greece 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 - - - - 3 2 0 1 5 3 FIFA* Armenia - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Greece - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies Armenia - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 0 1 1 0 1 Greece - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 1 1 0 1 0 Total Armenia 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 - - - - 5 1 1 3 3 6 Greece 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 - - - - 5 3 1 1 6 3 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Armenia - Greece Friday 15 November 2019 - 18.00CET (21.00 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 - Gevorg Kasparov 25/07/1980 39 Gandzasar - 0 0 0 0 Dnyapro - Arsen Beglaryan 18/02/1993 26 - 0 0 0 0 Mogilev - Aram Airapetyan 22/11/1986 32 Urartu - 8 0 0 0 Defenders - Hovhannes Hambartsumyan 04/10/1990 29 Paralimni - 6 1 0 0 - Taron Voskanyan 22/02/1993 26 Alashkert - 1 0 0 0 - Hayk Ishkhanyan 24/06/1989 30 Alashkert - 4 0 0 0 - Arman Hovhannisyan 07/07/1993 26 Gandzasar - 3 0 0 0 - Armen Manucharyan 03/02/1995 24 Pyunik - 0 0 0 0 - Andre Calisir 13/06/1990 29 Göteborg - 3 0 0 0 Ararat- - Artur Daniielian 09/02/1998 21 - 0 0 0 0 Armenia Midfielders - Artak Edigaryan 18/03/1990 29 Pyunik - 0 0 0 0 - Rumyan Hovsepyan 13/11/1991 28 Arda * 6 0 0 0 - Artak Grigoryan 19/10/1987 32 Alashkert - 7 0 0 0 - Kamo Hovhannisyan 05/10/1992 27 Zhetysu - 6 0 0 0 - Artem Simonyan 20/02/1995 24 Pyunik - 0 0 0 0 - Edgar Babayan 28/10/1995 24 Hobro * 6 0 0 0 Ararat- - Petros Avetisyan 07/01/1996 23 - 3 0 0 0 Armenia - Erik Vardanyan 07/06/1998 21 Pyunik - 1 0 0 0 Forwards - Tigran Barseghyan 22/09/1993 26 Kaysar - 7 3 0 0 - Artur Sarkisov 01/07/1987 32 Yenisey - 0 0 0 0 - Aleksandre Karapetyan 23/12/1987 31 Sochi - 7 3 0 0 - Gegham Harutyunyan 23/08/1990 29 Gandzasar - 0 0 0 0 Coach - Abraham Khashmanyan 11/11/1967 52 - 0 0 0 0 3 Armenia - Greece Friday 15 November 2019 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Greece Current season Qual. FT No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Odisseas Vlachodimos 26/04/1994 25 Benfica - 3 0 0 0 - Alexandros Paschalakis 28/07/1989 30 PAOK - 2 0 0 0 - Vassilis Barkas 30/05/1994 25 AEK - 3 0 0 0 Defenders - Vasilis Lampropoulos 31/03/1990 29 Deportivo - 0 0 0 0 - Dimitris Siovas 16/09/1988 31 Leganés - 5 0 0 0 - Kostas Stafylidis 02/12/1993 25 Hoffenheim - 4 0 0 0 - Kostas Tsimikas 12/05/1996 23 Olympiacos - 1 0 0 0 - Michalis Bakakis 18/03/1991 28 AEK - 6 0 0 0 - Pantelis Hatzidiakos 18/01/1997 22 AZ Alkmaar - 1 0 0 0 - Dimitris Giannoulis 17/10/1995 24 PAOK - 3 0 0 0 Midfielders - Petros Mantalos 31/08/1991 28 AEK - 2 0 0 0 - Charis Mavrias 21/02/1994 25 Omonia - 2 0 0 0 - Giannis Fetfatzidis 21/12/1990 28 Aris - 2 0 0 0 - Dimitris Kourbelis 02/11/1993 26 Panathinaikos * 6 0 0 0 - Andreas Bouchalakis 05/04/1993 26 Olympiacos - 4 0 0 0 - Dimitris Limnios 27/05/1998 21 PAOK - 2 0 0 0 - Giorgos Masouras 01/01/1994 25 Olympiacos * 7 1 0 0 - Kostas Galanopoulos 28/12/1997 21 AEK - 1 0 0 0 - Sebastian Vasiliadis 04/10/1997 22 Paderborn - 0 0 0 0 Forwards - Tasos Bakasetas 28/06/1993 26 Alanyaspor - 4 0 0 0 - Anastasios Donis 29/08/1996 23 Reims * 3 1 0 0 - Efthymis Koulouris 06/03/1996 23 Toulouse * 7 0 0 0 - Vangelis Pavlidis 21/11/1998 20 Willem II - 3 1 0 0 Coach - John van't Schip 30/12/1963 55 - 2 0 0 0 4 Armenia - Greece Friday 15 November 2019 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Head coach Abraham Khashmanyan Date of birth: 11 November 1967 Nationality: Armenian Playing career: Ararat, Kotayk, Shirak, Homenetmen Beirut, Yerevan, Erebuni, Mika Coaching career: Kilikia, Gandzasar, Ararat (twice), Armenia U19, Armenia U21, Alashkert (three times) • A skilful creative midfielder with a powerful shot, Khashmanyan made his Soviet league debut aged 17 for Ararat, then transferred to Kotayk in 1991; switched to Shirak for the first season of the independent Armenian Premier League in 1992. • Kept playing until 2001, closing off his career with 2000 and 2001 Armenian Cup successes with Mika, where he was an inspirational club captain. • Starting in 2003, he was assistant coach at Mika under Suren Barseghyan, and went on to hold similar positions at Ararat, Gandzasar and Kilikia, where he was given his first sole command going into the 2009 season. • Following spells as national Under-19 and U21 coach, Khashmanyan led Alashkert to back-to-back Armenian titles in 2015/16 and 2016/17 and was on the way to a third before departing in March 2018. • After a spell in charge at Ararat from October 2018 to April 2019, he returned to lead Alashkert to their first Armenian Cup success in 2018/19; took over as coach of Armenia's senior team in November 2019, following Armen Gyulbudaghyants' departure. John van 't Schip Date of birth: 30 December 1963 Nationality: Dutch Playing career: Ajax, Genoa Coaching career: Ajax (youth, assistant), Twente, Jong Ajax (assistant), Netherlands (assistant), Ajax (assistant), Melbourne Heart, Guadalajara, Melbourne City, Zwolle, Greece • Born in Canada, Van 't Schip was raised in the Netherlands from the age of eight, coming through the ranks at Ajax. The winger made his first-team debut in December 1981 and went on to win four league titles and three Dutch Cups with the club, also lifting the 1987 European Cup Winners' Cup and the UEFA Cup five years later. • Also a member of the Netherlands' victorious squad at EURO '88, Van 't Schip won 41 caps for his country and was also involved in the 1990 FIFA World Cup and the 1992 UEFA European Championship, retiring in 1996 after four years with Genoa. • Swiftly moved into coaching with Ajax's youth sides, taking charge of Twente in 2001; after two years back at Ajax B, he linked up with Marco van Basten to serve as assistant to the Netherlands national side. • Left the Oranje after UEFA EURO 2008, following Van Basten to Ajax and working as his assistant there in 2008/09, taking temporary charge in May 2009 after the head coach's departure. • Started a lengthy association with Melbourne Heart – now Melbourne City – in 2009, staying until 2017 either side of a year at Mexican side Guadalajara; returned to Europe in January 2017 for family reasons, taking charge of Zwolle from July 2017 to December 2018. Appointed coach of Greece in July 2019. 5 Armenia - Greece Friday 15 November 2019 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Match officials Referee Paweł Raczkowski (POL) Assistant referees Michal Obukowicz (POL) , Radosław Siejka (POL) Fourth official Daniel Stefanski (POL) UEFA Delegate Per Eliasson (SWE) UEFA Referee observer Ladislav Gadosi (SVK) Referee UEFA EURO Name Date of birth UEFA matches matches Paweł Raczkowski 10/05/1983 2 47 Paweł Raczkowski Referee since: 2001 First division: 2010 FIFA badge: 2013 Tournaments: 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship Finals 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship 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 10/05/2015 U17 GS-FT Greece Scotland 1-0 Sozopol 24/08/2017 UEL PO Östersunds FK PAOK FC 2-0 Ostersund 06/11/2019 UCL GS FC Bayern München Olympiacos FC 2-0 Munich 6 Armenia - Greece Friday 15 November 2019 - 18.00CET (21.00 local time) Match press kit Republican Stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan, Yerevan Match-by-match lineups Armenia Final tournament - Qualifying round Group J Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts Italy 8 8 0 0 25 3 24 Finland 8 5 0 3 12 8 15 Armenia 8 3 1 4 13 15 10 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 3 1 4 17 14 10 Greece 8 2 2 4 9 13 8 Liechtenstein 8 0 2 6 2 25 2 Matchday 1 (23/03/2019) Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1 Armenia Goals: 1-0 Krunić 33, 2-0 Milošević 80, 2-1 Mkhitaryan 90+3 (P) Armenia: Airapetyan, Haroyan, A.