Armenian football is wallowed in corruption and is in more profound crisis than the Belgian one, Belgian De Standaard daily reports. Today, September 8, at 9:00 p.m. there is an Armenia vs Belgium qualifying match of World Cup 2010.

The daily mentions 5 Armenian clubs out of 8 will represent Yerevan. “FC Pyunik, owned by the RA President of Football Federation Ruben Hayrapetyan, wins the champion title every year. Even the Armenian president will be envious of Hayrapetyan’s ambitions, who acts and controls the federation activities like a dictator, with no tolerance. He is always escorted by bodyguards, being meanwhile the one who hands out the wages to coaches. Sometimes they are fired afterwards. Presently, Armenian team is headed by Vardan Minasyan (who replaced Danish Jan Poulsen), but even his position undermined after teams’ 0:2 defeat against Bosnia,” the newspaper reads.