In March next year, Poulsen was fired because of poor results and Minasyan again temporarily (at the time) became the head coach.

[1] In June 2008, Minasyan was replaced as head coach of Pyunik by Armen Gyulbudagyants after a defeat against Gandzasar Kapan.

At a ceremony on 22 December, Vardan was awarded a special prize by the organization Telecom, naming him the best coach of Armenia for 2009.

For good performances and matches won awards given by the Football Federation of Armenia, Minasyan made the list for the best coach of the season.

[4] In November 2011, Minasyan as head coach of Pyunik, succeeded Suren Chakhalyan Minassian and was also appointed Technical Director of the club.

[5] Chakhalyan, in turn, after spending a year in the position, was fired on 8 September 2012 from his post for violating athletic discipline.

[8] On 10 February, after the draw for the qualifying round teams of the UEFA Euro 2012, by order of the President of the Football Federation of Armenia Ruben Hayrapetyan, Minasyan will continue to lead the Armenian national squad, only now as the official head coach.

[9][10][11] In the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying matches, Minasyan led Armenia to several upset victories over Slovakia, Macedonia and Andorra and a tie against Russia.

Armenian goalkeeper Roman Berezovsky was given a red card a few minutes after the game began for touching the ball, even though he didn't and Ireland striker Simon Cox in fact did, as he would later admit.

Armenia also ended the qualification matches ranked 38th by FIFA, the highest spot in the Armenian squad's history.

[citation needed] Under his management, FC Ararat-Armenia became the first Armenian Premier League team to advance to the playoff round of a major European club tournament.