The Artsakh national football team ( hy, Արցախի ֆուտբոլի հավաքական), until 2017 known as Nagorno-Karabakh national football team, is the national representative of the

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(Nagorno-Karabakh), which is internationally unrecognized. Consequently, it is not a member of FIFA or

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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. The following month they played the return match at home against Abkhazia. Their first competitive competition was the ConIFA World Football Cup which took place in

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, Sweden. The

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failed to stop their participating in the competition after contacting

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. ConIFA refused to revoke their invitation and Artsakh finished 9th overall after losses to Ellan Vannin, Nice and wins against Darfur and Sapmi. In 2019, Artsakh came back to CONIFA competitions by organising the

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History

International record

At CONIFA World Football Cup

At CONIFA European Football Cup

Current squad

Matches played

References

See also