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      <title>Announcement</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Those who wish to become FIFA players&rsquo; agent and wish to take the corresponding examination are welcome to submit the appropriate documents to FFA ( an application addressed to FFA First Vice-president and Executive Director A. Minasyan and CV), respecting the deadline of 29th February 2012.

Examination material will contain information from the following documents. 

- FIFA Statutes, as adopted at the Congress in Zurich on 1 June 2011;
- Regulations Governing the Application of the FIFA Statutes, as adopted at the Congress in Zurich on 1 June 2011;
- FIFA Regulations on the Status and Transfer of Players, edition 2010, including the ...]]></description>
      <link>http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2012/02/02/announcement/</link>
      <pubDate>2012-02-02</pubDate>
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      <title>Armenia Cup final staged in Gyumri</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Armenia Cup final scheduled on April 29 will be played at the &quot;City&quot; stadium in Gyumri. On the same day the opening of reconstructed &quot;City&quot; stadium will take place.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2012/01/31/armeniacup/</link>
      <pubDate>2012-01-31</pubDate>
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      <title>Merry Christmas and Happy New Year</title>
      <description><![CDATA[New Year is the time to celebrate achieved success and look forward to the road ahead. 

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.]]></description>
      <link>http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2011/12/29/congratulation/</link>
      <pubDate>2011-12-29</pubDate>
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      <title>FFA PRESIDENT&rsquo;s ANNUAL PUBLIC STATEMENT FOR THE FFA CLUB LICENSING SEASON 2012/2013 </title>
      <description><![CDATA[Dear Ladies and Gentlemen!  

Herewith the Football Federation of Armenia officially launches its 9th regular club licensing cycle for participants of Armenia&rsquo;s Top Division Championship-2012/2013 and those sportingly qualified for participation in the UEFA club competitions (season 2012/2013).
This season distinguishes from the previous ones, since the 21st championship will be transitive and will last longer than the previous championships. Hereafter the championship will be held through the autumn-spring system according to the November 24th decision of the FFA Executive Committee.
In any case, the club licensing procedure will be performed in its normal way. I have already directed the necessary ...]]></description>
      <link>http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2011/12/28/licensing/</link>
      <pubDate>2011-12-28</pubDate>
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      <title>World Cup 2014. Armenia starts in Malta</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Calendar of group B of FIFA World Cup 2014 European zone qualifying tournament was approved оn 28 November in Prague. Armenia, Italy, Denmark, Czech Republic, Bulgaria and Malta will play in group B. Armenia national team starts the tournament on 7th September 2012 with match in Malta, and finished in Italy on October 15, 2013.

The calendar of group B:

07/09/12 Bulgaria-Italy
Malta-Armenia
Denmark-Czech Republic

11/09/12 Italy-Malta
Bulgaria-Armenia

12/10/12 Armenia-Italy
Czech Republic-Malta
Bulgaria-Denmark

16/10/12 Italy-Denmark
Czech Republic-Bulgaria

22/03/13 Bulgaria-Malta
Czech Republic-Denmark

26/03/13 Malta-Italy
Armenia-Czech Republic
Denmark-Bulgaria

07/06/13 Armenia-Malta
Czech Republic-Italy

11/06/13 Denmark-Armenia

06/09/13 Italy-Bulgaria
Czech Republic-Armenia
Malta-Denmark

10/09/13 Italy-Czech Republic
Armenia-Denmark
Malta-Bulgaria

11/10/13 Denmark-Italy
Malta-Czech Republic
Armenia-Bulgaria

15/10/13 Italy-Armenia
Bulgaria-Czech Republic
Denmark-Malta]]></description>
      <link>http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2011/11/29/wc2014/</link>
      <pubDate>2011-11-29</pubDate>
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      <title>Armenia U-19 and U-17 rivals in European championships became known</title>
      <description><![CDATA[2012-2013 season European Under-19 and Under-17 first qualifying rounds, as well as the current U-19 Championship Elite round draw was conducted at UEFA headquarters on November 29. 

As the result of the draw were composed the following groups:

Armenia U-19 team will participate in the elite round of the tournament, which will be held in Italy from May 23 to 28, 2012. Besides the hosts our team's opponents are Spain and Belgium.

Armenia U-19 team will play in 9th group of 2012-2013 European championship first qualifying round, where they face Scotland, Switzerland and Romania. The mini tournament will be held in Scotland ...]]></description>
      <link>http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2011/11/29/youth/</link>
      <pubDate>2011-11-29</pubDate>
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      <title>Armenia futsal championship. 10th day</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Armenia Futsal championship 10th round matches took place on November 27.

Talgrig-Shahumyan 2:9
Yerevan,  &quot;Hayastan&quot; hall
Referee - Eduard Mikaelyan
Goals - Talgrig - Eduard Mkrtchyan-1, Tigran Melikyan-1
Shahumyan - Grigor Kapukranyan-2, Edgar Kirakosyan-2, Grigory Hovasapyan-1, Amiran Tsomariya-1, Vladimir Mkhitaryan-1, Armen Danielyan-1, Garegin Mashumyan-1

Hrazdan-Gyumri 8:8
Hrazdan, &quot;Hrazdan&quot; hall
Referee - Samvel Zargaryan
Goals - Hrazdan - Vahan Sargsyan-3, Saro Mardanyan-2, Haкob Uzunyan 1, Vanik Ghazaryan-1, Armen Tonoyan-1
Gyumri - Eduard Vardanyan-4, Artyom Bernetsyan-2, Ashot Khachatryan-2

You can see more here]]></description>
      <link>http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2011/11/29/armfutsal/</link>
      <pubDate>2011-11-29</pubDate>
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      <title>20th Football National Awards Ceremony takes place </title>
      <description><![CDATA[20th Football National Awards Ceremony took place on November 26 at Armenia State Philharmonic Hall &quot;Arno Babajanyan&quot;. At the beginning 2011season's summaries was shown to the audience, after which the award ceremony began, which was conducted by Armenia Public TV sports commentator Eduard Kalantaryan.

At first Champions Cup and gold medals were awarded to 2010-2011 season's Futsal Champion Erebuni. Also were honoured the league's best striker Mher Nazaretyan (Politechnik) and best player Hakob Uzunyan (Erebuni).

Then Shengavit players and coaching staff were invited to the stage to get the Champions Cup and gold medals for winning the championship in First League.

Fair Play ...]]></description>
      <link>http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2011/11/26/ceremony/</link>
      <pubDate>2011-11-26</pubDate>
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      <title>Armenia Cup quartefinals. Second leg matches</title>
      <description><![CDATA[2012 Armenia Cup quarterfinals second leg matches took place on November 24.

Banants-Shirak 0:0
Yerevan, Banants stadium
Referee - Suren Baliyan

Mika-Pyunik 3:1 (2:0)
Yerevan, Hrazdan stadium
Referee - Zaven Hovhannisyan
Goals - Gevorg Poghosyan, 9, 69, Narek Beglaryan, 24 (Mika), Artak Edigaryan, 84 (Pyunik)

In semifinals will play: Impuls vs. Ulisses and Shirak vs. Mika. Matches staged on 2012.

You can see more here]]></description>
      <link>http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2011/11/24/armeniacup/</link>
      <pubDate>2011-11-24</pubDate>
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      <title>Armenia occupies 46th place in FIFA Coca Cola Ranking</title>
      <description><![CDATA[FIFA Coca Cola ranking list was issued on November 23. Compared with the previous version published on October 19, Armenia national team secured its place and with 612 points occupies 46th place.
World champions Spain head the ranking, the Netherlands is in the second place, third place remained after German team.
Next version of FIFA Coca Cola ranking will be released on December 21.

1. Spain - 1564 (points)
2. Netherlands - 1365
3. Germany - 1345
4. Uruguay - 1309
5. England - 1173
6. Brazil - 1143
7. Portugal - 1100
8. Croatia - 1091
9. Italy - 1082
10. Argentina - 1067
11. Denmark - 1035
12. Russia - 971
33. Czech ...]]></description>
      <link>http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2011/11/23/fifaranking/</link>
      <pubDate>2011-11-23</pubDate>
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      <title>Armenia Cup quartefinals. Second leg matches</title>
      <description><![CDATA[2012 Armenia Cup quarterfinals second leg matches took place on November 23:

Ararat-Ulisses 3:2 (2:1)
Yerevan, Hrazdan stadium
Referee - Gevorg Eghoyan
Goals - Khoren Veranyan, 12, 27pen, Gevorg Karapetyan, 89pen (Ararat), Ngavouka-Tseke Lie Paro, 18, 58 (Ulisses)

Impuls-Gandzasar 1:0 (0:0)
Yerevan, Football Academy
Referee - Andranik Arsenyan
Goal - Norayr Grigoryan, 77


You can see more here]]></description>
      <link>http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2011/11/23/armeniacup/</link>
      <pubDate>2011-11-23</pubDate>
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      <title>UEFA EURO 2013. Armenia (U-21) - Czech Republic (U-21) 0-2</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Czech Republic U-21 team beat 2-0 Armenia U-21 team in the qualifying match of UEFA Under-21 European Championship 2013 in the qualifying match, which took place on November 11th at Republican stadium after Vazgen Sargsyan. During the whole match the guests had an advantage and as a result Ian Hramosta scored two goals on the 76th and 90+2th minutes.
In other match of our group Montenegro team defeated Andorra 4-0.

Standings and match statistics can be found here]]></description>
      <link>http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2011/11/11/u21/</link>
      <pubDate>2011-11-11</pubDate>
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      <title>Rafael Nazaryan. All matches are crucial</title>
      <description><![CDATA[On November 11th, Armenia U-21 team will play a qualifying match against the Czech team in the EURO-2013. On the eve of the game Armenia U-21 team head coach Rafael Nazaryan held a press-conference in the Football Academy.

Speaking about the state of the team coach said that the training camp is going well, the boys are well prepared mentally and there is no fatigue after a long season. About the squad Nazaryan said Ozbilis not yet fully recovered, and therefore he didn't come to the camp. When he was asked about the legionaires, the coach noted that Artak Aleksanyan and ...]]></description>
      <link>http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2011/11/10/u21-1/</link>
      <pubDate>2011-11-10</pubDate>
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      <title>Ulisses wins Fair Play contest</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Ulisses became the winner of&nbsp; Fair Play contest based on results of Armenian Premier League championship. Participated teams are located in the following table:

Teams Points
Ulisses 8.2
Pyunik 8.11
Banants 8.07
Shirak 7.93
Gandzasar 7.91
Mika 7.84
Impuls 7.83
Ararat 7.75]]></description>
      <link>http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2011/11/08/pleague/</link>
      <pubDate>2011-11-08</pubDate>
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      <title>Rafael Nazaryan announces Armenia U-21 team squad</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Armenia U-21 national team's coaching staff at the head of Rafael Nazaryan announced the team squad that will prepare for the UEFA European Championship qualifying matches with the teams of the Czech Republic (November 11) and Wales (November 15).
Armenia team will hold training camp from the 7th to 15th November at the Football Academy.

Armenia U-21 national team squad

Goalkeepers

Arsen Petrosyan, Pyunik
Karen Israelyan, Pyunik
Gor Manukyan, Pyunik

Defenders

Hovhannes Hambardzumyan, Banants
Alen Hambardzumyan, Gandzasar
Varazdat Haroyan, Pyunik
Andranik Voskanyan, Mika
Arman Hovhannisyan, Pyunik
Taron Voskanyan, Pyunik
Gagik Dagbashyan, Banants
Kamo Hovhannisyan, Pyunik

Midfielders

Valter Poghosyan, Banants
Ghukas Poghosyan, Pyunik
Ashot Sardaryan, SAS Eupen, France
Masis Voskanyan, Roeselare, Belgium
David Sujyan, Banants
Artak Yedigaryan, Pyunik
Aghvan Papikyan, LKS Lodz, Poland
Artak ...]]></description>
      <link>http://www.ffa.am/en/news/item/2011/11/07/u21/</link>
      <pubDate>2011-11-07</pubDate>
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