Two IPL players in Armenia’s squad for Iran

PFDC – YEREVAN, Armenia coach Vardan Minasyan has called up a squad without major surprises for the friendly game against Iran on Wednesday.

The 16-men-squad around captain Sargis Hovsepyan inculdes two players playing in Iran’s Professional League, Pas Hamedan’s Arthur Yedigaryan and Sanat Naft’s Levon Pachacjyan.

The only two other foreign based players are defender Robert Arzumanyan and striker Yura Movsisyan, both from Denmark’s Randers FC, with 23-year-old Movsisyan possibly finally debuting for Armenia.

Major absentees are Ukraine based couple Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Artak Dashyan. The two youngsters of Metalurh Donetsk have U21 team obligations.

Below comes the roster for the friendly match against Iran:

Goalkeepers: Gevorg Kasparov (Mika), Stepan Ghazaryan (Bananz)

Defenders: Sargis Hovsepyan (Pyunik), Robert Arzumanyan (Randers, DEN), Arthur Voskanyan (Bananz), Ararat Arakelyan (Bananz), Aghvan Mkrtchyan (Mika)

Midfielders: Arthur Yedigaryan (Pas, IRN), David Manoyan (Pyunik), Marcos Pizelli (Pyunik), David Grigoryan (Uliss), Levon Pachajyan (Sanat Naft, IRN), Sargis Karapetyan (Bananz)

Forwards: Edgar Manoucharyan (Pyunik), Samwel Melkonyan (Bananz), Yura Movsisyan (Randers, DEN)