Ararat-Armenia vs Riga 2-0
H. Oliveira 63'
Franca Carlos 86'
Ararat-Armenia beat Riga 2-0 in their UEFA Champions League first qualifying round tie at Abovyan City Stadium on 7 July 2026, with the score level at half-time. H. Oliveira struck in the 63rd minute and Franca Carlos added a second in the 86th, after Riga's Frenks Orols was sent off in the 72nd minute. Ararat-Armenia had the edge in possession (54% to 46%) and shots (12 to 8).
Match note written by Pitcharium from the match data.Match timeline
- A. Malis for B. R. Wilson Valdez44'
- 54'Muhammed Badamosi · Yellow card
- H. Oliveira assist K. Muradyan63'
- 68'Salah Oulad M'Hand · Yellow card
- 72'Frenks Orols · Red card
- A. Tera for A. Ambartsumyan72'
- Sandro Lima for A. Ndour72'
- Z. Shaghoyan for Franca Carlos73'
- 76'R. Aouani for K. Zviedris
- 86'M. Badamosi for Reginaldo Ramires
- 86'S. Oulad M'Hand for M. Diop
- Franca Carlos assist E. Grigoryan86'
- A. Serobyan for Z. Banjaqui88'
- 90+5'O. Galo for Iago Siqueira
Match stats
Line-ups
Ararat-Armenia starting XI
- 98Joao Bravim
- 13K. Hovhannisyan
- 3Junior Julio
- 47A. Malis
- 16E. Grigoryan
- 2H. Oliveira
- 20A. Tera
- 19K. Muradyan
- 77A. Serobyan
- 91Sandro Lima
- 7Z. Shaghoyan
Ararat-Armenia bench · coach Tulipa
Riga starting XI
- 91F. Orols
- 33Paulo Eduardo
- 5K. Wassom
- 21B. Musah
- 17A. Salazar
- 13R. Jurkovskis
- 40A. Ankrah
- 4O. Galo
- 18S. Oulad M'Hand
- 7R. Aouani
- 19M. Badamosi
Riga bench · coach Adrian Gula
Ararat-Armenia formlast ten
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Riga formlast ten
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Head-to-headlast 2 meetings
UEFA Champions League table
Match info
CompetitionUEFA Champions League
Round1st Qualifying Round
Kick-off
VenueAbovyan City Stadium, Abovyan
RefereeKlim Zabroda
