Mariam Stepanyan

Mariam Stepanyan (born 22 September 1989) is an Armenian retired professional footballer who played as a forward in Armenia women's national football team. Before she started to play football she was on the Armenian National woman's Team of Handball. She started to play football for FC Banants. She won the Armenian league champion twice with FC Urartu, and twice with Yerevan FC G.M and got best defenders title of the season.



Soccer achievements



 * 2007 – First Place, Christiansen, in Norway
 * 2007 – Third Place, Norway Cup, in Oslo
 * 2009 – First Place, FC Urartu in Armenia
 * 2008 – First place, friendly tournament, Macedonia
 * 2011 – First Place, European pre-selection stage, Group 2 Malta
 * 2013 - Second place, Armenian women's national football team "FRIENDSHIP"International Tournament, Krasnodar
 * 2014-2015 – First place, FC Yerevan-G.M. Armenian Women's autumn tournament Armenia
 * 2014-2015 – Mariam Stepanyan (Yerevan-G.M.) – best defender in Armenian Women's autumn tournament.

Achievements as a Coach

 * 2016-2017 - First Place, Winner of the Armenian A group championship Armenia
 * 2017-2018 - First Place, Three-time winner of "PSS" Football's camp Championship, head coach, Poland
 * 2017-2018 - First Place, Winner of the Armenian A group championship Armenia
 * 2018-2019 - First Place, Yerevan L.H team awarded with gold medals and cup Armenia
 * 2019 -      Second Place, "Fc Alashkert Girls" Second place Armenian Cup
 * 2020 -      Second place  "FA Alashkert Girls"  Women's Open Futsal Championship
 * 2019-2020 - First Place, Winner of the Armenian A group championship Armenia



On October 7, the UEFA Women's European WU-17 Championship B-League First Round Qualifier between Georgia and Armenia was held in Luxembourg. The Armenian WU-17 girls team beat their opponents by a big score of GEO Georgia 3-0 Armenia 🇦🇲 ARM

Armenia WU-17 - Head coach: Mariam Stepanyan

1. Ella De Cruyff, 3. Ani Ohanyan (2. Susanna Sahakyan, 89), 4. Tahlia Zadeyan, 6. Suzanna Hakobyan (19. Rosalina Yeritsyan, 74), 7. Marianna Vardanyan, 9. Ani Safaryan, 10. Elina Martirosyan, 11. Tatev Khachatryan, 14. Diana Melikbekyan (C), 17. Isabela Nersesyan, 21. Maria Vardanyan. Reserves. 16. Lilit Babayan, 5. Gayane Grigoryan, 8. Armine Vardanyan, 13. Karine Mkrtchyan, 15. Valentina Grigoryan, 18. Narine Iskandaryan, 20. Knarik Baghdasaryan.

2023 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship qualification

Champions League
FC Alashkert women's team will take part in 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League as the successor of Ani-1 team. Ani-1 became the winner of the Armenian A group championship in 2018–19 season.

2020-2021
The match between Kharkov and Alashkert in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Women's Champions League took place on November 4 in Ukraine.

Referee career
Armenian football referee, the matches of the championship of Armenia among men and women. Start's 2009 to take a referee's course two years Armenian State Institute of Physical Culture and also National junior League matches then 1 league. After two years she started to be assistant referees then in 2014 she was nominated as a FIFA international referee's assistant and she placed on FIFA's list in 2015. Her first international match was between Norway 3-0 Poland UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Qualifying round- Group 3 13/09/2014 In Loni Papuciu Stadium (Albania) In 2016 April 12 in Stadion pod Malim brdom she judged woman's Euro 2017 Qualifying group stage-Group 2 Montenegro vs Finland In 2016 October 19 to_24 she judged UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship Qualifying Round Group 10 Netherlands 6-0 Bulgaria and then Turkey 3-0 Bulgaria and Bulgaria 1-0 Moldova.

Coaching career
She started to help her coach Liana Hayrapetyan in the club Yerevan L.H. (Armenia) on the position assistant of head coach who'sin the meantime the head coach of Armenia women's national football team. In 2016, she received a diploma for the title of the Best Coach of female division in autumn season. In 2016 of December she graduated the courses of UEFA B Licence In Armenia. In 2017 and 2018 on the summer she started work in Poland P.S.S. as a football coach.

The 2021 Armenia Women's International Friendly Tournament, also known as the Our Game International Friendly Tournament,[1] was a friendly international women's football championship. It was held in Armenia from 7 to 12 April 2021, and was played by four teams: Lithuania, Armenia, Jordan, and Lebanon.[2] The tournament was won by Lithuania, whereas hosts Armenia finished runners-up.[3]