South Ossetia national football team
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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| Association | Football Federation of the Republic of South Ossetia | |
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| Confederation | ConIFA | |
| Head coach |  | |
| Top scorer | Artur Elbaev (9) | |
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| First international | ||
 (Sukhumi, Abkhazia; 23 September 2013) | ||
| Biggest win | ||
 (Östersund, Sapmi; 2 June 2014) | ||
| Biggest defeat | ||
 (Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus; 6 June 2017) | ||
| ConIFA World Football Cup | ||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2014) | |
| Best result | 4th place (2014) | |
| ConIFA European Football Cup | ||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2017) | |
| Best result | Champion (2019) | |
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
| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 4th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 |
| Did not qualify | ||||||
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 | Tournament suspended | ||||||
| Total | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 | |
At CONIFA European Football Cup
| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Did not enter | ||||||
| 8th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
 |  | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| Total | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 20 | |
Current squad
The following 23 players were called up to the squad for the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GK | Ruslan Murtazov | 11 March 2003 (aged 16) | | ||
| 2 | DF | Akhsar Dzhioev | 19 December 1987 (aged 31) | | ||
| 3 | DF | Aleksei Muldarov | 24 April 1984 (aged 35) | | ||
| 4 | DF | Atsamaz Bekoev | 7 January 1994 (aged 25) | | ||
| 6 | MF | Radion Vazagov | 22 February 1999 (aged 20) |  | ||
| 7 | FW | Batradz Gurtsiev | 12 December 1998 (aged 20) | | ||
| 10 | MF | Gamat Doguzov | 19 May 2002 (aged 17) | | ||
| 11 | MF | Dzambolat Khastsayev | 22 February 1995 (aged 24) | | ||
| 13 | DF | Azamat Kokoyev | 22 January 1998 (aged 21) | | ||
| 14 | DF | Timur Sokolov | 2 June 1983 (aged 35) | | ||
| 15 | MF | Marat Beteev | 8 January 1993 (aged 26) | | ||
| 16 | MF | Soslanbeg Dzagoev | 12 February 1998 (aged 21) |  | ||
| 17 | MF | Mirza Alborov | 17 December 1987 (aged 31) | | ||
| 20 | FW | Mikhail Gagloev | 16 July 1997 (aged 21) | | ||
| 23 | MF | Batradz Tedeev | 1 November 1995 (aged 23) | | ||
| 25 | MF | Georgy Kabulov | 23 November 1989 (aged 29) | | ||
| 27 | MF | Arsen Kaytov | 2 July 1989 (aged 29) | | ||
| 33 | DF | Soslan Kabulov | 15 August 1993 (aged 25) | | ||
| 71 | GK | Muharbeg Buraev | 29 April 1997 (aged 22) | | ||
| 77 | FW | Ibragim Bazayev | 30 August 1989 (aged 29) | | ||
| 88 | MF | Soslan Djidjoev | 10 August 1997 (aged 21) | | ||
| 99 | DF | Stanislav Tedeev | 6 July 1996 (aged 22) | |
Top goalscorers
Only matches at CONIFA tournaments are counted.
| # | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Artur Elbaev | 9 |
| 2 | Batradz Gurtiev | 5 |
| Rustam Khutiev | 5 | |
| 4 | Ibrahim Bagayev | 2 |
| Vladimir Salbiev | 2 | |
Matches played
| 23 September 2013 Friendly | Abkhazia | 3–0 | | |
Almaskhan Dzeniya  Aleksei Bondarenko Anrik Tania |
Report | Stadium: Republican Stadium |
| 2 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC GS | Darfur | 0–19 | | |
| 13:00 | Artur Elbaev Vladimir Salbiev Romeo Kobaladze Rustam Khutiev Taimuraz Kudziev Georgi Kulov Murat Tskhovrebov |
Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena |
| 3 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC GS | South Ossetia | 1–3 |  | |
| 13:00 | Artur Elbaev |
Giacomo Innocenti Andrea Mussi Enoch Barwuah |
Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena |
| 4 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC QF | Abkhazia | 0–0 (0–2 p) | | |
| Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena | ||||
| Penalties | ||||
Akhmat Agrba  Sandrik Tsveyba Dmitri Akhba Georgij Zhanava |
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| 6 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC SF | County of Nice  | 3–0 | | |
| 14:00 | Malik Tchokounte Kevin Puyoo |
Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena |
| 8 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC 3rd | South Ossetia | 1–4 |  | |
| 10:00 | David Siukaev |
George Kacho Volkan Percin |
Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena |
| 5 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS | Abkhazia | 2–1 | | |
| 20:00 | Dmitri Kortava Ruslan Shoniya |
Alan Kadjaev |
Stadium: Mete Adanır Stadium |
| 6 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS | South Ossetia | 0–8 | | |
| 20:00 | Mustafa Yaşınses Ertaç Taşkıran İbrahim Çıdamlı Halil Turan Uğur Gök |
Stadium: Mete Adanır Stadium |
| 7 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS | South Ossetia | 1–4 |  | |
| 20:00 | Solsan Kochiev |
Krisztián Mile Zoltán Baksa Ferenc Barta Kész Kész |
Stadium: Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium |
| 9 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC PR | South Ossetia | 0–2 | _football_flag.png){kind=small} | |
| 20:00 | Molnár |
Stadium: Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium |
| 2 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC GS | Western Armenia  | 1–2 | | |
| 18:00 | Arman Aslanyan |
Report | Batradz Gurtsiev |
Stadium: Avakyan Arena Attendance: 1,080 Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed |
| 3 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC GS | South Ossetia | 2–1 | | |
| 20:00 | Batradz Gurtsiev Ibragim Bazayev |
Report | Riccardo Ravasi |
Stadium: Stepanakert Republican Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov |
| 4 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC GS | South Ossetia | 2–2 | | |
| 16:00 | Batradz Gurtsiev |
Report | Barna Vékás Botond Kovács |
Stadium: Askeran City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Arkadi Akobyan |
| 6 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC SF | South Ossetia | 0–0 (6–5 p) | .jpg){kind=small} | |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Askeran City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed |
| 9 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC F | Western Armenia | 0–1 | | |
| 18:00 | Ibragim Bazayev |
Stadium: Stepanakert Republican Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov |
| 27 August 2019 Friendly | Luhansk  | 4–3 | | |
| 16:00 | Report | Stadium: Avanhard Stadium |
| 22 September 2019 Friendly | South Ossetia | 2–0 | | |
| 15:00 | Report | Stadium: Guram Tskhovrebov Stadium |
Managers
| Manager | Period | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2013–2017 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10.0 |
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2017– | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 57.1 |
| Totals | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29.41 | |
President
| President | Year(s) |
|---|---|
| 2012–present |
References
- Fifa, Non (10 October 2013). "World Cups and Beyond: South Ossetia make international bow in Abkhazia loss". nonfifafootball.blogspot.com. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- "South Ossetia - Conifa World football". www.conifa.org. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
- "South Ossetia make international bow in Abkhazia loss". World Cups and Beyond. 10 October 2013.
- "Сборной Южной Осетии по футболу отказано в участии в чемпионате ConIFA" (in Russian). Kavpolit. 17 June 2015.
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