Abkhazia national football team
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Association | Football Federation of Abkhazia | |||
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Confederation | ConIFA | |||
Head coach | Beslan Gubliya | |||
Top scorer | Ruslan Shoniya (8) | |||
Home stadium | ||||
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First international | ||||
![]() ![]() (Sukhumi; 25 September 2012) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
![]() ![]() (Sukhumi; 29 May 2016) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
![]() ![]() (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 |
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8th | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
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1st | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
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9th | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 |
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Did not qualify | ||||||
Total | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 36 | 11 |
At CONIFA European Football Cup[]
Year | Position | GP | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Did not enter | ||||||
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4th | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
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3rd | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
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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 |
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23 | GK | Inal Katsuba | 21 September 1995 | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
1 | GK | Ilia Sherba | 25 August 1987 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
99 | DF | Lev Tarba | 2 December 1999 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | DF | Georgi Zhanaa | 28 January 1995 | 15 | 0 | ![]() |
97 | DF | Lev Baburin | 11 July 1997 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | DF | Astamur Tsishba | 23 February 1988 | 13 | 1 | ![]() |
76 | MF | Timur Agrba | 1 December 1999 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
65 | MF | Giga Benidze | 18 September 1998 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | MF | Tarash Khagba | 14 January 1991 | 18 | 3 | ![]() |
66 | MF | 7 July 2000 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
45 | MF | Viktor Pimpiia | 15 December 1998 | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
6 | MF | Akaki Zvanba | 28 October 1992 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | MF | Alan Khugaev | 31 August 1991 | 13 | 0 | ![]() |
34 | MF | Danil Chirikba | 12 May 1998 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
8 | MF | Shabat Logua | 22 March 1995 | 18 | 3 | ![]() |
95 | MF | Gudisa Smyr | 6 March 2000 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
33 | MF | 18 January 1998 | 0 | 0 | ![]() | |
10 | FW | Dmitri Maskayev | 27 December 1987 | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
11 | FW | Ramin Bartsits | 26 January 1990 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
72 | FW | Danilo Ardzinba | 27 May 1999 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
Top goalscorers[]
Only matches at CONIFA tournaments are counted.
# | Player | Goals |
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1 | Ruslan Shoniya | 8 |
2 | Dmitri Kortava | 6 |
3 | Shabat Logua | 5 |
4 | 4 | |
5 | Vladimir Argun | 3 |
Dmitri Maskayev | 3 | |
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Results[]
23 June 2012 Friendly | Abkhazia ![]() | 2–1 | FC Kuban Krasnodar | show![]() |
25 September 2012 Friendly | Abkhazia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | show![]() |
21 October 2012 Friendly | Nagorno-Karabakh ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | show![]() |
23 September 2013 Friendly | Abkhazia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | show![]() |
1 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC GS | Abkhazia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | show![]() |
2 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC GS | Abkhazia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | show![]() |
4 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC QF | Abkhazia ![]() | 0–0 (0–2 p) | ![]() | show![]() |
7 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC PR2 | Abkhazia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | show![]() |
19 March 2015 Friendly | Abkhazia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | show![]() |
14 May 2015 Friendly | Abkhazia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | show![]() |
19 May 2015 Friendly | Abkhazia ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | show![]() |
29 May 2016 2016 ConIFA WC GS | Abkhazia ![]() | 9–0 | ![]() | show![]() |
31 May 2016 2016 ConIFA WC GS | Western Armenia ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | show![]() |
1 June 2016 2016 ConIFA WC QF | Abkhazia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | show![]() |
4 June 2016 2016 ConIFA WC SF | Northern Cyprus ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | show![]() |
28 May 2017 Friendly | Abkhazia ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | show![]() |
5 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS | Abkhazia ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | show![]() |
6 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS | Kárpátalja ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | show![]() |
7 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS | Northern Cyprus ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | show![]() |
10 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC 3rd | Székely Land ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | show![]() |
2 June 2018 2018 ConIFA WC GS | Abkhazia ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | show![]() |
3 June 2018 2018 ConIFA WC GS | Abkhazia ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | show![]() |
5 June 2018 2018 ConIFA WC PR1 | Abkhazia ![]() | 6–0 | ![]() | show![]() |
7 June 2018 2018 ConIFA WC PR2 | Abkhazia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | show![]() |
2 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC GS | Abkhazia ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | show![]() |
3 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC GS | Sápmi ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() | show![]() |
4 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC GS | Artsakh ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | show![]() |
6 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC SF | Abkhazia ![]() | 1–1 (0–3 p) | ![]() | show![]() |
8 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC 3rd | Abkhazia ![]() | 0–0 (5–4 p) | ![]() | show![]() |
25 September 2020 Friendly | Abkhazia ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | show![]() |
Honours[]
- ConIFA World Football Cup
- Winners (1): 2016
- 3rd place (1): 2019
Managers[]
Manager | Period | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % |
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2012–2017 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 43.5 |
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2017–2019 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 58.3 |
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2020– | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.0 |
Totals | 37 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 48.65 |
References[]
- CONIFA member associations
- European national and official selection-teams not affiliated to FIFA
- Football in Abkhazia