South Ossetia national football team

South Ossetia
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationFootball Federation of the Republic of South Ossetia
ConfederationConIFA
Head coachSoslan Kochiev
Top scorerArtur Elbaev (9)
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Abkhazia 3–0 South Ossetia South Ossetia
(Sukhumi, Abkhazia; 23 September 2013)
Biggest win
 Darfur 0–19 South Ossetia South Ossetia
(Östersund, Sapmi; 2 June 2014)
Biggest defeat
South Ossetia South Ossetia 0–8 Northern Cyprus 
(Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus; 6 June 2017)
ConIFA World Football Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2014)
Best result4th place (2014)
ConIFA European Football Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2017)
Best resultChampion (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

Year Position GP W D L GF GA
Sápmi 2014 4th 5 1 1 3 21 10
Abkhazia 2016 did not qualify
Ogaden 2018
North Macedonia 2020 Tournament Suspended
Total 5 1 1 3 21 10

At CONIFA European Football Cup

Year Position GP W D L GF GA
Székely Land 2015 did not enter
Northern Cyprus 2017 8th 4 0 0 4 2 16
Republic of Artsakh 2019 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 3 2 0 7 4
County of Nice 2021 Qualify
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 1GK Ruslan Murtazov (2003-03-11)11 March 2003 (aged 16) South Ossetia Spartak Tskhinvali
2 2DF Akhsar Dzhioev (1987-12-19)19 December 1987 (aged 31) South Ossetia Spartak Tskhinvali
3 2DF Aleksei Muldarov (1984-04-24)24 April 1984 (aged 35) South Ossetia Spartak Tskhinvali
4 2DF Atsamaz Bekoev (1994-01-07)7 January 1994 (aged 25) South Ossetia Spartak Tskhinvali
5 3MF Georgy Kabulov (1989-11-23)23 November 1989 (aged 29) Russia FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
6 3MF Radion Vazagov (1999-02-22)22 February 1999 (aged 20) Russia Spartak Vladikavkaz
7 4FW Batradz Gurtsiev (1998-12-12)12 December 1998 (aged 20) Russia FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye
8 3MF Soslan Djidjoev (1997-08-10)10 August 1997 (aged 21) South Ossetia Spartak Tskhinvali
9 2DF Stanislav Tedeev (1996-07-06)6 July 1996 (aged 22) South Ossetia Spartak Tskhinvali
10 3MF Gamat Doguzov (2002-05-19)19 May 2002 (aged 17) South Ossetia Spartak Tskhinvali
11 4FW Dzambolat Khastsayev (1995-02-22)22 February 1995 (aged 24) Russia Spartak Vladikavkaz
12 1GK Muharbeg Buraev (1997-04-29)29 April 1997 (aged 22) Russia Spartak Vladikavkaz
13 2DF Azamat Kokoyev (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 (aged 21) South Ossetia Spartak Tskhinvali
14 2DF Timur Sokolov (1983-06-02)2 June 1983 (aged 35) South Ossetia Spartak Tskhinvali
15 3MF Marat Beteev (1993-01-08)8 January 1993 (aged 26) South Ossetia Spartak Tskhinvali
16 3MF Soslanbeg Dzagoev (1998-02-12)12 February 1998 (aged 21) Autonomous Republic of Crimea Kyzyltash Bakhchisaray
17 3MF Mirza Alborov (1987-12-17)17 December 1987 (aged 31) South Ossetia Ossetia Shield
18 2DF Arsen Kaytov (1989-07-02)2 July 1989 (aged 29) Russia FC Armavir
19 2DF Soslan Kabulov (1993-08-15)15 August 1993 (aged 25) South Ossetia Spartak Tskhinvali
20 4FW Mikhail Gagloev (1997-07-16)16 July 1997 (aged 21) South Ossetia Spartak Tskhinvali
21 3MF Batradz Tedeev (1995-11-01)1 November 1995 (aged 23) Autonomous Republic of Crimea Inkomsport Yalta
22 4FW Ibragim Bazayev (1989-08-30)30 August 1989 (aged 29) South Ossetia Spartak Tskhinvali

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  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

Manager Period Played Won Drawn Lost Win %
South Ossetia Pukhaev Ruslan 2013–2017 10 1 1 8 010.0
South Ossetia Soslan Kochiev 2017– 7 4 2 1 057.1
Totals 17 5 3 9 29.41

President

President Year(s)
South Ossetia Dzhioev Alan Amiranovich 2012–present

References

  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. ^ "South Ossetia - Conifa World football". www.conifa.org. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  3. ^ "South Ossetia make international bow in Abkhazia loss". World Cups and Beyond. 10 October 2013.
  4. ^ "Сборной Южной Осетии по футболу отказано в участии в чемпионате ConIFA" (in Russian). Kavpolit. 17 June 2015.

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