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Armenia will have 4 FIFA referees and 8 assistant referees for the first time
The FIFA referees representing Armenia in the international arena have been expanded. For the first time, 8 referees and 4 assistant referees will represent the Football Federation of Armenia.
The FFA referees will also officiate international matches as VAR referees for the first time.
The complete list of Armenian FIFA referees by category:
Referees
1. Zaven Hovhannisyan
2. Henrik Nalbandyan
3.Ashot Ghaltakhchyan
4. Artem Gasparyan
Assistants of the referees
1.Mesrop Ghazaryan
2.Arthur Gdlyan
3.Atom Sevgulyan
4.Sargis Hovhannisyan
5.Khachatur Hovhannisyan
6.Gevorg Shakhkaldyan
7.Vanik Simonyan
8.Harutyun Hambardzumyan
VAR referees
1.Zaven Hovhannisyan
2.Artem Gasparyan
Female referees
1. Araksya Saribekyan
2. Sofik Torosyan
Female assistant referees
1. Liana Grigoryan
2. Kristine Grigoryan
3. Liana Yagmuryan
Futsal referee
1. Gevorg Yeghoyan
International inspectors
1. Karen Nalbandyan
2. Gevorg Hovhannisyan
3. Knarik Grigoryan
4. Nelly Stepanyan
The FFA Refereeing Committee also reports that during the training session held in Cyprus from January 30 to February 8, work was carried out to analyze match video recordings and improve the functioning of the VAR system.
Before the resumption of the Armenian First Group and FFA Youth Championships, a four-day seminar will be held at the FFA Technical Center/Football Academy. This will be attended by referees who did not participate in the training session held in Cyprus and the 12 2024 graduates of the refereeing school.
