South_Ossetia_national_football_team

South Ossetia national football team

South Ossetia national football team

Unofficial national football team representing the partially recognised South Ossetia

The South Ossetia National Football Team, is the national team of South Ossetia. They are not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship. South Ossetia made its debut against Abkhazia in Sukhumi on 23 September 2013 where they suffered a 3–0 defeat.[1]

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South Ossetia competed at the first ConIFA World Football Cup in 2014 finishing in fourth place overall[2] and won the 2019 ConIFA European championship.

History

The Football Federation of South Ossetia was created in 1997 and its futsal team made its official debut in the 2010 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship, finishing seventh. Two years later, it finished eighth.

The football team played its first match ever on 23 September 2013. It was a friendly match against Abkhazia and it was defeated by 0–3.[3] One year later, it was admitted in the Confederation of Independent Football Associations and made their international debut in the 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup, where they finished in the fourth place overall.

In 2015, South Ossetia was going to make their debut in the CONIFA European Football Cup in Hungary, but their players were not allowed to travel due to pressures of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.[4]

On 9 June 2019, South Ossetia won its first European Championship by defeating Western Armenia in the final.

International record

At CONIFA World Football Cup

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At CONIFA European Football Cup

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Current squad

The following 23 players were called up to the squad for the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup.

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Top goalscorers

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Matches played

23 September 2013 Friendly Abkhazia  3–0  South Ossetia Abkhazia Sukhumi
Dzeniya
Bondarenko (pen.)
Tania 		Report Stadium: Republican Stadium
2 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC GS Darfur  0–19  South Ossetia Sápmi Östersund
13:00 Elbaev 10', 39', 42', 62', 75', 76', 82', 88'
Salbiev 13', 40'
Kobaladze 45'
Khutiev 56', 59', 70', 79', 90'
Kudziev 63'
Kulov 68'
Tskhovrebov 90+1'		 Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
3 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC GS South Ossetia  1–3  Padania Sápmi Östersund
13:00 Elbaev 46' Innocenti 6'
Mussi 37'
Enoch Barwuah 86'		 Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
4 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC QF Abkhazia  0–0
(0–2 p)		  South Ossetia Sápmi Östersund
Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
Penalties
Agrba soccer ball with red X
Tsveyba soccer ball with red X
Dmitri Akhba soccer ball with red X
Zhanava soccer ball with red X		 soccer ball with red X Khadarzev
soccer ball with check mark Siukaev
soccer ball with red X Karatsev
soccer ball with check mark Kudziev
6 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC SF County of Nice  3–0  South Ossetia Sápmi Östersund
14:00 Tchokounte 3', 28'
Puyoo 83'		 Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
8 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC 3rd South Ossetia  1–4  Arameans Suryoye Sápmi Östersund
10:00 Siukaev 92' Kacho 9', 24', 73'
Percin 47'		 Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
5 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS Abkhazia  2–1  South Ossetia Northern Cyprus Kyrenia
20:00 Kortava 1'
Shoniya 90+1'		 Kadjaev 61' Stadium: Mete Adanır Stadium
6 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS South Ossetia  0–8  Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus Kyrenia
20:00 Yaşınses 13'
Taşkıran 15', 20', 58'
Çıdamlı 57', 68'
Turan 62' (pen.)
Gök 88'		 Stadium: Mete Adanır Stadium
7 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS South Ossetia  1–4  Kárpátalja Northern Cyprus Famagusta
20:00 Kochiev 85' Mile 20'
Baksa 33'
Barta 45+1'
Kész 62'		 Stadium: Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium
9 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC PR South Ossetia  0–2  Felvidék Northern Cyprus Famagusta
20:00 Molnár 5', 42' Stadium: Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium
2 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC GS Western Armenia  1–2  South Ossetia Republic of Artsakh Martuni
18:00 Aslanyan 79' [citation needed] Gurtsiev 29', 56' Stadium: Avakyan Arena
Attendance: 1,080
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed
3 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC GS South Ossetia  2–1  Padania Republic of Artsakh Stepanakert
20:00 Gurtsiev 55'
Bazayev 80'		 Report Ravasi 89' (pen.) Stadium: Stepanakert Republican Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov
4 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC GS South Ossetia  2–2  Székely Land Republic of Artsakh Askeran
16:00 Gurtsiev 72', 84' Vékás 54'
Kovács 82'		 Stadium: Askeran City Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Arkadi Akobyan
6 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC SF South Ossetia  0–0
(6–5 p)		  Chameria Republic of Artsakh Askeran
16:00 Stadium: Askeran City Stadium
Attendance: 500
Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed
9 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC F Western Armenia  0–1  South Ossetia Republic of Artsakh Stepanakert
18:00 Bazayev 65' Stadium: Stepanakert Republican Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov
27 August 2019 Friendly Luhansk  4–3  South Ossetia Luhansk People's Republic Luhansk
16:00 Report Stadium: Avanhard Stadium
22 September 2019 Friendly South Ossetia  2–0  Luhansk South Ossetia Tskhinvali
15:00 Report Stadium: Guram Tskhovrebov Stadium

Managers

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References

  1. [1]
    Fifa, Non (10 October 2013). "World Cups and Beyond: South Ossetia make international bow in Abkhazia loss". nonfifafootball.blogspot.com. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. [2]
    "South Ossetia - Conifa World football". www.conifa.org. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. [3]
    "South Ossetia make international bow in Abkhazia loss". World Cups and Beyond. 10 October 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Сборной Южной Осетии по футболу отказано в участии в чемпионате ConIFA" (in Russian). Kavpolit. 17 June 2015.
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