# 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.
South Ossetia competed at the first ConIFA World Football Cup in 2014 finishing in fourth place overall 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. 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.
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 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2018 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| 2020 | Tournament Suspended | Tournament Suspended | Tournament Suspended | Tournament Suspended | Tournament Suspended | Tournament Suspended | Tournament Suspended |
| 2024 | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify | did not qualify |
| Total | Total | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 10 |

### At CONIFA European Football Cup

| Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
| 2015 | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter | did not enter |
| 2017 | 8th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
| 2019 | | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| 2021 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| 2023 | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled |
| Total | 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) | Club |
| 1 | 1GK | Ruslan Murtazov | (2003-03-11)11 March 2003 (aged 16) | Spartak Tskhinvali |
| 2 | 2DF | Akhsar Dzhioev | (1987-12-19)19 December 1987 (aged 31) | Spartak Tskhinvali |
| 3 | 2DF | Aleksei Muldarov | (1984-04-24)24 April 1984 (aged 35) | Spartak Tskhinvali |
| 4 | 2DF | Atsamaz Bekoev | (1994-01-07)7 January 1994 (aged 25) | Spartak Tskhinvali |
| 5 | 3MF | Georgy Kabulov | (1989-11-23)23 November 1989 (aged 29) | FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk |
| 6 | 3MF | Radion Vazagov | (1999-02-22)22 February 1999 (aged 20) | Spartak Vladikavkaz |
| 7 | 4FW | Batradz Gurtsiev | (1998-12-12)12 December 1998 (aged 20) | FC Chayka Peschanokopskoye |
| 8 | 3MF | Soslan Djidjoev | (1997-08-10)10 August 1997 (aged 21) | Spartak Tskhinvali |
| 9 | 2DF | Stanislav Tedeev | (1996-07-06)6 July 1996 (aged 22) | Spartak Tskhinvali |
| 10 | 3MF | Gamat Doguzov | (2002-05-19)19 May 2002 (aged 17) | Spartak Tskhinvali |
| 11 | 4FW | Dzambolat Khastsayev | (1995-02-22)22 February 1995 (aged 24) | Spartak Vladikavkaz |
| 12 | 1GK | Muharbeg Buraev | (1997-04-29)29 April 1997 (aged 22) | Spartak Vladikavkaz |
| 13 | 2DF | Azamat Kokoyev | (1998-01-22)22 January 1998 (aged 21) | Spartak Tskhinvali |
| 14 | 2DF | Timur Sokolov | (1983-06-02)2 June 1983 (aged 35) | Spartak Tskhinvali |
| 15 | 3MF | Marat Beteev | (1993-01-08)8 January 1993 (aged 26) | Spartak Tskhinvali |
| 16 | 3MF | Soslanbeg Dzagoev | (1998-02-12)12 February 1998 (aged 21) | Kyzyltash Bakhchisaray |
| 17 | 3MF | Mirza Alborov | (1987-12-17)17 December 1987 (aged 31) | Ossetia Shield |
| 18 | 2DF | Arsen Kaytov | (1989-07-02)2 July 1989 (aged 29) | FC Armavir |
| 19 | 2DF | Soslan Kabulov | (1993-08-15)15 August 1993 (aged 25) | Spartak Tskhinvali |
| 20 | 4FW | Mikhail Gagloev | (1997-07-16)16 July 1997 (aged 21) | Spartak Tskhinvali |
| 21 | 3MF | Batradz Tedeev | (1995-11-01)1 November 1995 (aged 23) | Inkomsport Yalta |
| 22 | 4FW | Ibragim Bazayev | (1989-08-30)30 August 1989 (aged 29) | Spartak Tskhinvali |

## Top goalscorers

Only matches at CONIFA tournaments are counted.
| # | Player | Goals |
| 1 | Artur Elbaev | 9 |
| 2 | Batradz Gurtiev | 5 |
| 2 | Rustam Khutiev | 5 |
| 4 | Ibrahim Bagayev | 2 |
| 4 | Vladimir Salbiev | 2 |

## 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 | Totals | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29.41 |

## President

| President | Year(s) |
| Dzhioev Alan Amiranovich | 2012–present |

## Honours
### Non-FIFA competitions

* CONIFA European Football Cup
** Champions (1): 2019