Melikyan names Armenia squad for Belarus friendly

The Armenian national football team manager, Yeghishe Melikyan, has announced the squad for the March 29 friendly against Belarus, the Football Federation said on Thursday.

The team will hold a training camp at the Football Federation of Armenia Technical Center and Football Academy starting March 22.

Head coach Yeghishe Melikyan has called up the following players․

Goalkeepers

Henry Avagyan - Pyunik

Arsen Beglaryan - Alashkert

Arman Nersesyan - Ararat-Armenia

Gor Matinyan - Urartu

Defenders

Kamo Hovhannisyan - Ararat-Armenia

Sergey Muradyan - Noah

Georgi Harutyunyan - Puskás Akadémia (Hungary)

Artyom Bandikyan - BKMA Moscow (Russia)

Nayir Tiknizyan - Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)

Edgar Grigoryan - Ararat-Armenia

Erik Piloyan - Urartu

Styopa Mkrtchyan - Nürnberg (Germany)

Julio Bueno - Ararat-Armenia

Midfielders

Eduard Spertsyan - Krasnodar (Russia)

Karlen Hovhannisyan - Pyunik

Tigran Avanesyan - Orenburg (Russia)

Artur Askaryan - BKMA Yerevan

Karen Nalbandyan - Alashkert

Gor Manvelyan - Noah

Forwards:

Vahan Bichakhchyan - Legia Warsaw (Poland)

Hrant-Leon Ranos - Eintracht Braunschweig (Germany)

Artur Serobyan - Ararat-Armenia

Narek Grigoryan - Farul (Romania)

Narek Hovhannisyan - BKMA Yerevan

Finn Geraghty - Sunderland U21 (England)

Karen Melkonyan - Urartu

The Armenia vs Belarus match will take place at the Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium in Yerevan. Kick-off is at 18:00.