Nagorno-Karabakh national football team

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic 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 Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
(Sukhumi; 25 September 2012)
Biggest win
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Artsakh 12–0 Darfur 
(Ostersund; 05 June 2014)
Biggest defeat
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Artsakh 2–3 Ellan Vannin Isle of Man
(Ostersund; 01 June 2014)
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Artsakh 0–1 Nice County of 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

Date Venue Home team Away team Score
25-09-2012 Friendly – Sukhumi Abkhazia Artsakh 1–1
21-10-2012 Friendly – Stepanakert Artsakh Abkhazia 3–0
01-06-2014 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup - Ostersund Artsakh Ellan Vannin 2-3
03-06-2014 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup - Ostersund Artsakh Nice 0-1
05-06-2014 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup - Ostersund Darfur Artsakh 0-12
07-06-2014 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup - Ostersund Sapmi Artsakh 1-5

List of players

Squad list for the matches against Abkhazia:

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
- Armen Fishyan
- - -
- Gevorg Prazyan
- - -
- Artak Grigoryan
- - -
- Norayr Grigoryan
- - -
- Davit Grigoryan
- - -
- Levon Pachajyan
- - -
- Ararat Arakelyan
- - -
- Ashot Khachatryan
- - -
- Narek Davtyan
- - -
- Aram Kostandyan
- - -
- Narek Daniyelyan
- - -
- Andranik Barikyan
- - -
- Artak Dashyan
- - -
- Vigen Hambardzumyan
- - -
- Norayr Sahakyan
- - -
- Norayr Gyozalyan
- - -
- Armen Petrosyan
- - -
- Gevorg Poghosyan
- - -
- Karen Aleksanyan
- - -


Coach: Sargis Aghajanyan

References

See also