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]
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
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
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
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 .
Top goalscorers
Only matches at CONIFA tournaments are counted.
Matches played
Managers
Manager
Period
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
Win %
Pukhaev Ruslan
2013–2017
10
1
1
8
0 10.0
Soslan Kochiev
2017–
7
4
2
1
0 57.1
Totals
17
5
3
9
29.41
President
President
Year(s)
Dzhioev Alan Amiranovich
2012–present
Honours
Non-FIFA competitions
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