Former head coach of the Ukrainian national team Oleksandr Petrakov headed the Armenian national team.

The Football Federation of Armenia announced this.

The corresponding decision was made on January 14 at a meeting of the executive committee of the Armenian Football Federation.. Details of the contract of the 65-year-old Ukrainian specialist with the Armenian national team were not disclosed.

Last year, Petrakov, at the head of the Ukrainian national team, defeated Armenia twice in the UEFA Nations League. Nominally, the Blue-Yellows won the home match with a score of 3:0, and won 0:5 on the road.

From 2020 to 2022, the Spaniard Joaquin Kapparos led the Armenian national team. And for the past few months, Roman Berezovsky has been temporarily acting as head coach..

Petrakov officially resigned as coach of the Ukrainian national team on January 12.

The Ukrainian Football Association (UAF) decided not to continue cooperation with a specialist whose contract with the national team was calculated until December 31, 2022.

Under the leadership of Petrakov, the Blue-and-Yellows failed to reach the final of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, losing to Wales in the play-off final.. Also, the Ukrainian national team failed to rise to the elite division of the League of Nations, not beating Scotland in the decisive match..

Before the national team, Petrakov coached junior teams. In particular, in 2019 he became the world champion with the Ukrainian U-20 team.