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]

South Ossetia (Georgia)

Association	Football Federation of the Republic of South Ossetia
Confederation	ConIFA
Head coach	Soslan Kochiev
Top scorer	Artur Elbaev (9)
First colours
First international
Abkhazia 3–0 South Ossetia (Sukhumi, Abkhazia; 23 September 2013)
Biggest win
Darfur 0–19 South Ossetia (Östersund, Sapmi; 2 June 2014)
Biggest defeat
South Ossetia 0–8 Northern Cyprus  (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
2014	4th	5	1	1	3	21	10
2016	Did not qualify
2018
2020	Tournament suspended
Total		5	1	1	3	21	10

At CONIFA European Football Cup

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2015	Did not enter
2017	8th	4	0	0	4	2	16
2019		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)			Spartak Tskhinvali
2	DF	Akhsar Dzhioev	19 December 1987 (aged 31)			Spartak Tskhinvali
3	DF	Aleksei Muldarov	24 April 1984 (aged 35)			Spartak Tskhinvali
4	DF	Atsamaz Bekoev	7 January 1994 (aged 25)			Spartak Tskhinvali
6	MF	Radion Vazagov	22 February 1999 (aged 20)			Spartak Vladikavkaz
7	FW	Batradz Gurtsiev	12 December 1998 (aged 20)			FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye
10	MF	Gamat Doguzov	19 May 2002 (aged 17)			Spartak Tskhinvali
11	MF	Dzambolat Khastsayev	22 February 1995 (aged 24)			Spartak Vladikavkaz
13	DF	Azamat Kokoyev	22 January 1998 (aged 21)			Spartak Tskhinvali
14	DF	Timur Sokolov	2 June 1983 (aged 35)			Spartak Tskhinvali
15	MF	Marat Beteev	8 January 1993 (aged 26)			Spartak Tskhinvali
16	MF	Soslanbeg Dzagoev	12 February 1998 (aged 21)			Kyzyltash Bakhchisaray
17	MF	Mirza Alborov	17 December 1987 (aged 31)			Ossetia Shield
20	FW	Mikhail Gagloev	16 July 1997 (aged 21)			Spartak Tskhinvali
23	MF	Batradz Tedeev	1 November 1995 (aged 23)			Inkomsport Yalta
25	MF	Georgy Kabulov	23 November 1989 (aged 29)			FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk
27	MF	Arsen Kaytov	2 July 1989 (aged 29)			FC Armavir
33	DF	Soslan Kabulov	15 August 1993 (aged 25)			Spartak Tskhinvali
71	GK	Muharbeg Buraev	29 April 1997 (aged 22)			Spartak Vladikavkaz
77	FW	Ibragim Bazayev	30 August 1989 (aged 29)			Spartak Tskhinvali
88	MF	Soslan Djidjoev	10 August 1997 (aged 21)			Spartak Tskhinvali
99	DF	Stanislav Tedeev	6 July 1996 (aged 22)			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	Sukhumi
	Almaskhan Dzeniya Aleksei Bondarenko  (pen.) Anrik Tania	Report		Stadium: Republican Stadium

2 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC GS	Darfur	0–19	South Ossetia	Östersund
13:00			Artur Elbaev  10', 39', 42', 62', 75', 76', 82', 88' Vladimir Salbiev  13', 40' Romeo Kobaladze  45' Rustam Khutiev  56', 59', 70', 79', 90' Taimuraz Kudziev  63' Georgi Kulov  68' Murat Tskhovrebov  90+1'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena

3 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC GS	South Ossetia	1–3	Padania	Östersund
13:00	Artur Elbaev  46'		Giacomo Innocenti  6' Andrea Mussi  37' Enoch Barwuah  86'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena

4 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC QF	Abkhazia	0–0 (0–2 p)	South Ossetia	Östersund
				Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
	Penalties
	Akhmat Agrba Sandrik Tsveyba Dmitri Akhba Georgij Zhanava		Alan Khadarzev David Siukaev Taimuraz Karatsev Taimuraz Kudziev

6 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC SF	County of Nice	3–0	South Ossetia	Östersund
14:00	Malik Tchokounte  3', 28' Kevin Puyoo  83'			Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena

8 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC 3rd	South Ossetia	1–4	Arameans Suryoye	Östersund
10:00	David Siukaev  92'		George Kacho  9', 24', 73' Volkan Percin  47'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena

5 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS	Abkhazia	2–1	South Ossetia	Kyrenia
20:00	Dmitri Kortava  1' Ruslan Shoniya  90+1'		Alan Kadjaev  61'	Stadium: Mete Adanır Stadium

6 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS	South Ossetia	0–8	Northern Cyprus	Kyrenia
20:00			Mustafa Yaşınses  13' Ertaç Taşkıran  15', 20', 58' İbrahim Çıdamlı  57', 68' Halil Turan  62' (p) Uğur Gök  88'	Stadium: Mete Adanır Stadium

7 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS	South Ossetia	1–4	Kárpátalja	Famagusta
20:00	Solsan Kochiev  85'		Krisztián Mile  20' Zoltán Baksa  33' Ferenc Barta  45+1' Kész Kész  62'	Stadium: Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium

9 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC PR	South Ossetia	0–2	Felvidék	Famagusta
20:00			Molnár  5', 42'	Stadium: Dr. Fazıl Küçük Stadium

2 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC GS	Western Armenia	1–2	South Ossetia	Martuni
18:00	Arman Aslanyan  79'	Report	Batradz 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	Stepanakert
20:00	Batradz Gurtsiev  55' Ibragim Bazayev  80'	Report	Riccardo Ravasi  89' (p)	Stadium: Stepanakert Republican Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov

4 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC GS	South Ossetia	2–2	Székely Land	Askeran
16:00	Batradz Gurtsiev  72', 84'	Report	Barna Vékás  54' Botond 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	Askeran
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	South Ossetia	Stepanakert
18:00			Ibragim Bazayev  65'	Stadium: Stepanakert Republican Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov

27 August 2019 Friendly	Luhansk	4–3	South Ossetia	Luhansk
16:00		Report		Stadium: Avanhard Stadium

22 September 2019 Friendly	South Ossetia	2–0	Luhansk	Tskhinvali
15:00		Report		Stadium: Guram Tskhovrebov Stadium

Managers

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

President

President	Year(s)
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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