YEREVAN, August 11 (Noyan Tapan). The Armenian national team will hold its first match of the qualifying tournament of the 2006 World Football Championship with the national team of Macedonia in Skopie on August 18. French Bernard Kazonie, newly appointed head coach of the Armenian national team, included 28 football-players within the national team. Two of them are goal-keepers, seven are full-backs, 8 half-backs, five are forwards. Nine of them perform in the Armenian Championship, 13 other football-players perform in different foreign countries. The Armenian national team will start preparation for the match with the Macedonian national team on August 14.

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