Soccer UEFA: Armenia V Serbia Background

ARMENIA V SERBIA BACKGROUND

UEFA.com
Oct 3 2014

Published: Monday 2 June 2014, 19.00CET Armenia take on Serbia
in their opening UEFA EURO 2016 qualifying Group I fixture, still
looking for a first international goal against their opponents in
their fourth encounter.

A first senior international goal against their opponents would be a
start for Armenia as they take on Serbia in their opening UEFA EURO
2016 qualifying Group I fixture.

Match background â~@¢ Armenia’s record in three matches against Serbia
is W0 D1 L2 (W0 D1 L1 at home, W0 D0 L1 in Serbia).

â~@¢ The sides’ only competitive meetings to date came in UEFA EURO
2008 qualifying. Javier Clemente’s Serbia beat Ian Porterfield’s
Armenia 3-0 in Belgrade on 11 October 2006, Dejan StankoviÄ~G (53p),
Danko LazoviÄ~G (61) and Nikola ŽigiÄ~G (90+2) on target, the latter
after Rafael Nazaryan was sent off for a second bookable offence
(76). With Vardan Minasyan in charge, Armenia drew the return fixture
0-0 in Yerevan on 13 October 2007.

â~@¢ More recently, Zdravko KuzmanoviÄ~G (15) and Branislav IvanoviÄ~G
(30) scored aganst Minasyan’s Armenia in a 2-0 friendly win in
Yerevan for Serbia, led by caretaker coach Radovan Ä~FurÄ~MiÄ~G on
28 February 2012.

â~@¢ Armenian and Serbian club sides have met in four UEFA club
competition matches, with the Serbian sides having the better of them
– W2 D2 L0 (W1 D1 L0 at home, W1 D1 L0 in Armenia). Most recently,
FK Partizan eliminated FC Shirak on away goals in the 2013/14 UEFA
Champions League second qualifying round after two draws – 1-1 in
Gyumri, 0-0 in Belgrade.

â~@¢ In the 14 games between Armenian and Serbian sides recorded on the
UEFA database – including club games, youth games, and senior national
team matches – a Armenian side has yet to record a victory (D4 L10).