Since 2011, the Dragons had not dropped a home European Championship qualifier.
Wales' chances of qualifying for Euro 2024 were severely harmed by an embarrassing 4-2 loss to Armenia in Cardiff.
Grant-Leon Ranos and Lucas Zelarayan each scored twice as Armenia, which is rated 97th in the world and 71 spots below Wales, achieved one of their greatest triumphs in football history.
Harry Wilson made the score 3-2 after Armenia had taken control thanks in part to some incredibly frantic home defending after Daniel James had given Wales the lead early on.
However, Armenia came back with a bang, and the agony for the Welsh was made complete by the dismissal of Kieffer Moore, who was found guilty of foul play by Bulgarian referee Georgi Kabadov following a collision with goalkeeper Ognjen Chancharevich.
Due to this setback, Moore will miss Wales' Monday trip to Turkey, which now has greater significance.
Oleskandr Petrakov, the Armenia coach, enjoyed a bittersweet victory as his team, Ukraine, lost to Armenia in the World Cup play-off final in Cardiff one year prior.
Wales had not lost at home in 12 European Championship qualifying matches; their most recent loss was against England in March 2011; nonetheless, Armenia joined teams like Belarus, Cyprus, Macedonia, and Moldova in handing Wales humiliating losses throughout the years.
Ben Davies, the vice captain, and Brennan Johnson were welcomed back after missing Wales' four-point march qualifying performances in the two games they did attend.
David Brooks, who recently re-joined the team after receiving a stage-two Hodgkin cancer diagnosis in October 2021, was one of the substitutes.
Connor Roberts' long throws caused issues for Wales early on, and Moore nearly connected on one of them.
Moore had just missed with a header when Johnson's exquisite pass in the 10th minute set up James for a straightforward sixth Wales goal.
The hosts were in for an unpleasant awakening if they assumed that early breakthrough would deflate Armenia.
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