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YEREVAN, DECEMBER 14, ARMENPRESS: National Football team of Armenia will have a friendly match with Luxembourg team on February 5, reports Armenpress referring to FIFA official page. In accordance with the information spread by press the match will possibly take place in Armenian populated city of Valence, France. February 6 is the official friendly match day due to FIFA calendar.
The FIFA International Match Calendar is an outline agreement between FIFA, the seven continental football federations, European Club Association and FIFPro.
The match calendar sets out which dates can be used for 'Official matches' and 'Friendly matches'. It also determines when international competitions such the AFC Asian Cup, Copa América, CONCACAF Gold Cup, UEFA European Championship, FIFA Confederations Cup and the FIFA World Cup can take place. The OFC Nations Cup is not listed on the international match calendar. FIFA insist that official and friendly matches should take precedent over domestic matches; however they state that international friendlies that take place outside of the designated dates do not.