South Ossetia national football team explained

South Ossetia
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Association:Football Federation of the Republic of South Ossetia
Confederation:ConIFA
Coach:Soslan Kochiev
Top Scorer:Artur Elbaev (9)
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First Game: 3–0 South Ossetia
(Sukhumi, Abkhazia; 23 September 2013)
Largest Win: 0–19 South Ossetia
(Östersund, Sapmi; 2 June 2014)
Largest Loss: South Ossetia 0–8
(Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus; 6 June 2017)
Regional Name:ConIFA World Football Cup
Regional Cup Apps:1
Regional Cup First:2014
Regional Cup Best:4th place (2014)
2Ndregional Name:ConIFA European Football Cup
2Ndregional Cup Apps:2
2Ndregional Cup First:2017
2Ndregional Cup Best:Champion (2019)

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]

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

YearPositionwidth=30GPwidth=30Wwidth=30Dwidth=30Lwidth=30GFwidth=30GA
20144th51132110
2016did not qualify
2018
2020Tournament Suspended
Total51132110

At CONIFA European Football Cup

YearPositionwidth=30GPwidth=30Wwidth=30Dwidth=30Lwidth=30GFwidth=30GA
2015did not enter
20178th4004216
2019532074
2021Qualify
Total9324920

Current squad

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

Top goalscorers

Only matches at CONIFA tournaments are counted.

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1 9
2 5
5
4 2
2

Managers

ManagerPeriodPlayedWonDrawnLostWin %
Pukhaev Ruslan2013–2017
Soslan Kochiev2017–
Totals 17 5 3 9 29.41

Notes and References

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