Abkhazia national football team

Abkhazia
Association	Football Federation of Abkhazia
Confederation	ConIFA
Head coach	Beslan Gubliya
Top scorer	Ruslan Shoniya (8)
Home stadium
First international
	Abkhazia 1–1 Nagorno-Karabakh ; (Sukhumi; 25 September 2012)
Biggest win
	Abkhazia 9–0 Chagos Islands ; (Sukhumi; 29 May 2016)
Biggest defeat
	Nagorno-Karabakh 3–0 Abkhazia ; (Stepanakert; 21 October 2012)
CONIFA World Football Cup
Appearances	3 (first in 2014)
Best result	Champions, 2016
CONIFA European Football Cup
Appearances	2 (first in 2015)
Best result	3rd place, 2019

The Abkhazia national football team is the team representing the partially recognised state of Abkhazia. They are not affiliated with FIFA, UEFA, or the AFC, and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championships, or the AFC Asian Cup.

They competed at the first ConIFA World Football Cup in 2014, finishing 8th overall,^[1] and they hosted and won the second edition in 2016.

History[]

After a revival in 2012, Abkhazia competed internationally under the umbrella of the CONIFA. The team made their debut in the CONIFA World Cup in 2014 and won the edition that they hosted in 2016.

In 2019, Abkhazia made their first appearance ever in the CONIFA European Cup, where they finished third.

International record[]

At CONIFA World Football Cup[]

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2014	8th	5	1	3	1	6	6
2016	1st	5	4	1	0	15	1
2018	9th	6	4	1	1	15	4
2020	Did not qualify
Total		16	9	5	2	36	11

At CONIFA European Football Cup[]

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2015	Did not enter
2017	4th	5	1	3	1	5	6
2019	3rd	5	2	3	0	6	3
2021	Qualified
Total		10	3	6	1	11	9

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)	Caps	Goals	Club
23	1GK	Inal Katsuba	(1995-09-21) 21 September 1995 (age 25)	8	0	Nart Sukhum
1	1GK	Ilia Sherba	(1987-08-25) 25 August 1987 (age 34)	0	0	Gagra
99	2DF	Lev Tarba	(1999-12-02) 2 December 1999 (age 21)	0	0	Nart Sukhum
2	2DF	Georgi Zhanaa	(1995-01-28) 28 January 1995 (age 26)	15	0	Nart Sukhum
97	2DF	Lev Baburin	(1997-07-11) 11 July 1997 (age 24)	0	0	Baltica-M
3	2DF	Astamur Tsishba	(1988-02-23) 23 February 1988 (age 33)	13	1	Gagra
76	3MF	Timur Agrba	(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999 (age 21)	0	0	Nart Sukhum
65	3MF	Giga Benidze	(1998-09-18) 18 September 1998 (age 22)	0	0	Dinamo Sukhum
5	3MF	Tarash Khagba	(1991-01-14) 14 January 1991 (age 30)	18	3	Dinamo Sukhum
66	3MF		(2000-07-07) 7 July 2000 (age 21)	0	0	OFK Bačka
45	3MF	Viktor Pimpiia	(1998-12-15) 15 December 1998 (age 22)	4	1	Ritsa
6	3MF	Akaki Zvanba	(1992-10-28) 28 October 1992 (age 28)	1	0	New Athos
7	3MF	Alan Khugaev	(1991-08-31) 31 August 1991 (age 30)	13	0	Spartak Vladikavkaz
34	3MF	Danil Chirikba	(1998-05-12) 12 May 1998 (age 23)	0	0	New Athos
8	3MF	Shabat Logua	(1995-03-22) 22 March 1995 (age 26)	18	3	OFK Bačka
95	3MF	Gudisa Smyr	(2000-03-06) 6 March 2000 (age 21)	0	0	FC Druzhba Maykop
33	3MF		(1998-01-18) 18 January 1998 (age 23)	0	0	FC Kairat
10	4FW	Dmitri Maskayev	(1987-12-27) 27 December 1987 (age 33)	4	1	Torpedo Moscow
11	4FW	Ramin Bartsits	(1990-01-26) 26 January 1990 (age 31)	0	0	Gagra
72	4FW	Danilo Ardzinba	(1999-05-27) 27 May 1999 (age 22)	0	0	FC Strogino Moscow

Top goalscorers[]

Only matches at CONIFA tournaments are counted.

#	Player	Goals
1	Ruslan Shoniya	8
2	Dmitri Kortava	6
3	Shabat Logua	5
4		4
5	Vladimir Argun	3
	Dmitri Maskayev	3
		3
		3

Results[]

23 June 2012 Friendly	Abkhazia	2–1	FC Kuban Krasnodar	show Sukhumi
		Report		Stadium: Republican Stadium

25 September 2012 Friendly	Abkhazia	1–1	Nagorno-Karabakh	show Sukhumi
	Gublia 75'	Report	Barikyan 80'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Referee: Serhiy Streletskyi (Ukraine)

21 October 2012 Friendly	Nagorno-Karabakh	3–0	Abkhazia	show Stepanakert
		Report		Stadium: Stepanakert Republican Stadium

23 September 2013 Friendly	Abkhazia	3–0	South Ossetia	show Sukhumi
	Aleksei Bondarenko (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Republican Stadium

1 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC GS	Abkhazia	1–1	Occitania	show Östersund
	83' (o.g.)		68'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena

2 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC GS	Abkhazia	2–1	Sápmi	show Östersund
	19' Vladimir Argun 72'		51'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena

4 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC QF	Abkhazia	0–0 (0–2 p)	South Ossetia	show Östersund
				Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
	Penalties
	Akhmat Agrba Dmitri Akhba		Taimuraz Karatsev

5 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC PR1	Padania	3–3 (4–2 p)	Abkhazia	show Östersund
	Luca Mosti 41' Enoch Barwuah 48' Matteo Prandelli 90+1'		60', 62' Dmitri Akhba 86'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
	Penalties
	Luca Mosti		Ruslan Adzhindzhal

7 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC PR2	Abkhazia	0–1	Occitania	show Östersund
			78'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena

19 March 2015 Friendly	Abkhazia	1–0	Luhansk PR	show Sukhumi
				Stadium: Republican Stadium

14 May 2015 Friendly	Abkhazia	1–0	Donetsk PR	show Sukhumi
				Stadium: Republican Stadium

19 May 2015 Friendly	Abkhazia	0–0	Donetsk PR	show Sukhumi
				Stadium: Dinamo Stadium

29 May 2016 2016 ConIFA WC GS	Abkhazia	9–0	Chagos Islands	show Sukhumi
20:00	Dmitri Kortava 18' (pen.) Vladimir Argun 19' Dmitri Akhba 34' Albert Prus 39', 43' Ruslan Shoniya 47', 57' 50' 88'	Report		Stadium: Dinamo Stadium

31 May 2016 2016 ConIFA WC GS	Western Armenia	0–1	Abkhazia	show Sukhumi
20:00			Dmitri Kortava 9'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium

1 June 2016 2016 ConIFA WC QF	Abkhazia	2–0	Sápmi	show Sukhumi
20:00	Dmitri Kortava 35', 73' (pen.)			Stadium: Dinamo Stadium

4 June 2016 2016 ConIFA WC SF	Northern Cyprus	0–2	Abkhazia	show Sukhumi
20:00			9' Ruslan Shoniya 69'	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium

5 June 2016 2016 ConIFA WC F	Abkhazia	1–1 (6–5 p)	Panjab	show Sukhumi
20:00	Ruslan Shoniya 88'		57' Amar Purewal	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
	Penalties
	Anri Khagba Anri Khagush Dmitriy Akhba Ruslan Shoniya Alan Khugaev Shabat Logua Vladimir Argun		Amar Purewal Radjpal Virk Terlochan Singh Karum Shanker Jhai Dhillon Aran Basi Amarvir Sandhu Aaron Minhas

28 May 2017 Friendly	Abkhazia	1–2	Donetsk PR	show Sukhumi
				Stadium: Dinamo Stadium

5 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS	Abkhazia	2–1	South Ossetia	show Kyrenia
20:00	Dmitri Kortava 1' Ruslan Shoniya 90+1'		61'	Stadium:

6 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS	Kárpátalja	2–2	Abkhazia	show Kyrenia
20:00	33' 77'		Anatoli Semyonov 20', 50'	Stadium:

7 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS	Northern Cyprus	0–0	Abkhazia	show Morphou
20:00				Stadium: Üner Berkalp Stadium

9 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC SF	Padania	0–0 (6–5 p)	Abkhazia	show Kyrenia
20:00				Stadium:

10 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC 3rd	Székely Land	3–1	Abkhazia	show Kyrenia
18:00	9' László Szőcs 24' 36'		3'	Stadium:

31 May 2018 2018 ConIFA WC GS	Abkhazia	3–0	Tibet	show Enfield
12:00	Ruslan Akhvlediani 12' Dmitri Maskayev 61' Ruslan Shoniya 77'	Report		Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Stadium Referee: Raymond Mashamba

2 June 2018 2018 ConIFA WC GS	Abkhazia	0–2	Kárpátalja	show Enfield
14:00		Report	Zsolt Gajdos 11' István Sándor 90+8'	Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Stadium Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov

3 June 2018 2018 ConIFA WC GS	Abkhazia	2–2	Northern Cyprus	show Enfield
15:00	Dmitri Maskayev 21' Vladimir Argun 90' (pen.)	Report	Ünal Kaya 27' Kenan Oshan 77'	Stadium: Queen Elizabeth II Stadium Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov

5 June 2018 2018 ConIFA WC PR1	Abkhazia	6–0	Tamil Eelam	show Aveley
15:00	Ruslan Akhvlediani 40', 71' Shabat Logua 63' Ruslan Shoniya 74', 88' 83'	Report		Stadium: Parkside Referee: Karl Parker

7 June 2018 2018 ConIFA WC PR2	Abkhazia	2–0	United Koreans in Japan	show Bromley
12:00	Ruslan Akhvlediani 38' 78'	Report		Stadium: Hayes Lane Referee: Karl Parker

9 June 2018 2018 ConIFA WC PR3	Kabylia	0–2	Abkhazia	show Aveley
15:00		Report	Shabat Logua 29' 56'	Stadium: Parkside Referee: Kristian Michel

8 August 2018 Friendly	Abkhazia	4–0	Nigeria	show Sukhumi
		^{[citation needed]}		Stadium: Dinamo Stadium

2 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC GS	Abkhazia	3–1	Chameria	show Askeran
16:00	Dmitri Maskayev 48' Shabat Logua 49', 74'	^{[citation needed]}	Flavio Prendi 30'	Stadium: Askeran City Stadium Attendance: 500 Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed

3 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC GS	Sápmi	0–1	Abkhazia	show Martakert
18:00		^{[citation needed]}	45+2'	Stadium: Vigen Shirinyan Stadium Attendance: 2,300 Referee: Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed

4 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC GS	Artsakh	1–1	Abkhazia	show Martuni
18:00	33'	Report	Shabat Logua 8'	Stadium: Avakyan Arena Attendance: 1,080 Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov

6 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC SF	Abkhazia	1–1 (0–3 p)	Western Armenia	show Stepanakert
18:30	Alan Khugaev 33'	^{[citation needed]}	Davit Manoyan 32' (pen.)	Stadium: Stepanakert Republican Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Ivan Mrkalj

8 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC 3rd	Abkhazia	0–0 (5–4 p)	Chameria	show Stepanakert
		^{[citation needed]}		Stadium: Stepanakert Republican Stadium Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov

25 September 2020 Friendly	Abkhazia	0–0	Donetsk PR	show Sukhumi
		Report		Stadium: Dinamo Stadium

11 July 2021 Friendly	Abkhazia	1–0	PFC Sochi	show Sukhumi
	Alan Kvitsinia 54'	^{[citation needed]}		Stadium: Dinamo Stadium Attendance: 2000

Honours[]

ConIFA World Football Cup

Winners (1): 2016

CONIFA European Football Cup

3rd place (1): 2019

Managers[]

Manager	Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Juma Kvaratskhelia	2012–2017	23	10	9	4	043.5
Beslan Ajinjal	2017–2019	12	7	4	1	058.3
Beslan Gubliya	2020–	2	1	1	0	050.0
Totals		37	18	14	5	48.65

References[]

^ conifa.org

[1] .org

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