Soccer-Armenia in FIFA protest after World Cup defeat

YEREVAN, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Armenia have filed a FIFA

protest about "poor officiating" during this week's 1-0 World

Cup qualifying defeat in Bulgaria.

The Armenians complained to world soccer's governing body

about some decisions made by the referee and the treatment they

had received from the home team, the football association said

on its website (www.ffa.am) without giving precise details.

The visitors finished Tuesday's Group B match in Sofia with

nine men after Swiss referee Stephan Studer sent off Marcos

Pinheiro in the 73rd minute and Gevorg Gazaryan four minutes

later.

Bulgaria's Svetoslav Dyakov was also dismissed in the 73rd

minute following a brawl involving players from both sides.

(Reporting by Zaven Vardanyan; writing by Gennady Fyodorov;

editing by Tony Jimenez)