The South Ossetia National Football Team, is the national team of

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. They are not affiliated with

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and therefore cannot compete for the

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or the

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. South Ossetia made its debut against

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on 23 September 2013 where they suffered a 3–0 defeat. South Ossetia competed at the first ConIFA World Football Cup in 2014 finishing in fourth place overall and won the 2019 ConIFA European championship.

History

The Football Federation of South Ossetia was created in 1997 and its

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team made its official debut in the 2010 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship, finishing seventh. Two years later, it finished eighth. The football team played its first match ever on 23 September 2013. It was a friendly match against

and it was defeated by 0–3. One year later, it was admitted in the

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and made their international debut in the

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, where they finished in the fourth place overall. In 2015, South Ossetia was going to make their debut in the CONIFA European Football Cup in

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, but their players were not allowed to travel due to pressures of the

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. On 9 June 2019, South Ossetia won its first European Championship by defeating

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in the final.

International record

At CONIFA World Football Cup

At CONIFA European Football Cup

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up to the squad for the

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Top goalscorers

Only matches at CONIFA tournaments are counted.

Matches played

Managers

President

References

External links

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