Western Armenia national football team

Western Armenia

Association	Football Federation of Western Armenia
Confederation	Confederation of Independent Football Associations
Top scorer	David Ghandilyan (5)
FIFA code	n/a
First colours
First international
W. Armenia 12–0 Chagos Islands  (Sukhumi, Abkhazia; 30 May, 2016)
Biggest win
W. Armenia 12–0 Chagos Islands  (Sukhumi, Abkhazia; 30 May, 2016)
Biggest defeat
Sápmi 3–0 W. Armenia (Sukhumi, Abkhazia; 4 June, 2016

The Western Armenia national football team is a football team representing the Armenian indigenous people primarily from the region of Western Armenia which according to Armenian scholars was on territory occupied by Turkey.

The governing body, the Football Federation of Western Armenia, was formed in 2015 and joined the Confederation of Independent Football Associations (ConIFA) on 1 June of that year.^[1] The team's first ever game was played on 6 January 2016, when a Western Armenia XI played against Olympique de Marseille (CFA), the reserve team of the leading French football club.^[2] Vahagn Militosyan scored both goals in a 3-2 defeat.^[3]

10 days after the team's first ever game, Western Armenia was selected at ConIFA's 3rd AGM to be one of the 12 participants in the 2016 ConIFA World Football Cup, to be held in Abkhazia in May and June.^[4] In the draw for the competition, the team was selected in Group A alongside the hosts and the Chagos Islands.^[5] Western Armenia's first full international, against the Chagos Islands, ended with the team inflicting a record 12-0 defeat on the Chagossians,^[6] before going down to a 1-0 defeat against Abkhazia in the final group game.^[7] This though was enough for the team to qualify for the quarter-finals where they played the Panjab football team.

International matches

Chagos Islands  v Western Armenia

30 May 2016 ConIFA WFC Group A	Chagos Islands	0–12	Western Armenia	Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi
20:00 GET		Report	3', 20', 30', 34', 45', 53' David Ghandilyan  55' Tamaz Avolian  58', 81' Armen Kapikiyan  64' Ruslan Trapizoyan  69' Vahagn Militosyan  73' Hiraç Yagan

Abkhazia  v Western Armenia

31 May 2016 ConIFA WFC Group A	Abkhazia	1–0	Western Armenia	Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi
20:00 GET	Dmitri Kortava  9'

Western Armenia v Panjab

2 June 2016 ConIFA WFC Quarter-Final	Western Armenia	2–3	Panjab	Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi
20:00 GET	Tamaz Avolian  67' Raffi Kaya  79'		Amar Purewal  2', 36', 44'

Iraqi Kurdistan  v Western Armenia

3 June 2016 ConIFA WFC Placement R. 1	Iraqi Kurdistan	0–0 (5–6 p)	Western Armenia	Dinamo Stadium, Sukhumi
20:00 GET
		Penalties
	Miran Khesro Farhan Shakor Hunar Ahmad Farhang Wriya Diyar Rahman Aras Mustafa Znar Faizi (?)		Hiraç Yagan Raffi Kaya Tamaz Avolian Loris Berberian Jules Tepelian Herant Yagan Denis Oz

Sápmi  v Western Armenia

4 June 2016 ConIFA WFC Placement R. 2	Sápmi	3–0	Western Armenia	Daur Akhvlediani Stadium, Gagra
15:00 GET

References

1. "Homepage". Football Federation of Western Armenia. 1 June 2016. Archived from the original on 1 June 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
2. "Western Armenia will have their very first match in early January!". Twitter. ConIFA. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
3. "Football Federation of Western Armenia Plays First Game". asbarez.com. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
4. "#Abkhazia2016 participants". ConIFA. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
5. "CONIFA World Football Cup 2016 Draw is Set!". ConIFA. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
6. "Western Armenia Beats Chagos Islands 12:0 in CONIFA World Cup". asbarez.com. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
7. Abkhazia 1-0 Western Armenia (Video). Abkhazia: WFC 2016. 31 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2016.