South Ossetia national football team
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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 | Soslan Kochiev | ||
Top scorer | Artur Elbaev (9) | ||
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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) |
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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.