Nagorno-Karabakh national football team

Artsakh

Association	Artsakh Football Association
Confederation	ConIFA
Head coach	Sargis Aghajanyan
Asst coach	Mher Avanesyan
Home stadium	Stepan Shahumyan Republican Stadium, Stepanakert
FIFA code	NKR (not official)
First colours
First international
Abkhazia 1–1 Artsakh (Sukhumi; 25 September 2012)
Biggest win
Artsakh 12–0 Darfur  (Ostersund; 05 June 2014)
Biggest defeat
Artsakh 2–3 Ellan Vannin (Ostersund; 01 June 2014) Artsakh 0–1 Nice (Ostersund; 03 June 2014)
ConIFA World Football Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2014)
Best result	9th

The Nagorno-Karabakh national football team (Armenian: Արցախի ֆուտբոլի հավաքական), (locally known as Artsakh national football team), is the national representative of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) which is internationally unrecognized. Consequently it is not a member of FIFA or UEFA and is therefore not eligible to enter the World Cup or the European Championship.

History

On 17 September 2012 they became a provisional member of the N.F.-Board and a week later played their first competitive match away against Abkhazia.^[1] The following month they played the return match at home against Abkhazia.^[2] Their first competitive competition was the ConIFA World Football Cup which took place in Östersund, Sweden. The Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan failed to stop their participating in the competition after contacting ConIFA. ConIFA refused to revoke their invitation and Artsakh finished 9th overall after loses to Ellan Vannin, Nice and wins against Darfur and Sapmi.^[3]

Internationals

List of players

Squad list for the matches against Abkhazia:

Coach: Sargis Aghajanyan

References

See also

• Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
• Stepan Shahumyan Republican Stadium