Abkhazia national football team

Abkhazia
Association	Football Federation of Abkhazia
Confederation	ConIFA
Head coach	Beslan Ajinjal
Top scorer	Ruslan Shoniya (8)
Home stadium	Republican stadium, Sukhumi
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 or UEFA (AFC), and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championships.

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

History

After the revival in 2012, Abkhazia competed internationally always 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 in the third position.

International record

At CONIFA World Football Cup

Year	Position	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA
2014	8th	5	1	3	1	6	6
2016		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		5	2	3	0	6	3
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	8	0	Nart Sukhum
1	1GK	Ilia Sherba	(1987-08-25) 25 August 1987	0	0	Gagra
99	2DF	Lev Tarba	(1999-12-02) 2 December 1999	0	0	Nart Sukhum
2	2DF	Georgi Zhanaa	(1995-01-28) 28 January 1995	15	0	Nart Sukhum
97	2DF	Lev Baburin	(1997-07-11) 11 July 1997	0	0	Baltica-M
3	2DF	Astamur Tsishba	(1988-02-23) 23 February 1988	13	1	Gagra
76	3MF	Timur Agrba	(1999-12-01) 1 December 1999	0	0	Nart Sukhum
65	3MF	Giga Benidze	(1998-09-18) 18 September 1998	0	0	Dinamo Sukhum
5	3MF	Tarash Khagba	(1991-01-14) 14 January 1991	18	3	Dinamo Sukhum
66	3MF	Daur Chanba	(2000-07-07) 7 July 2000	0	0	OFK Bačka
45	3MF	Viktor Pimpiia	(1998-12-15) 15 December 1998	4	1	Ritsa
6	3MF	Akaki Zvanba	(1992-10-28) 28 October 1992	1	0	New Athos
7	3MF	Alan Khugaev	(1991-08-31) 31 August 1991	13	0	Spartak Vladikavkaz
34	3MF	Danil Chirikba	(1998-05-12) 12 May 1998	0	0	New Athos
8	3MF	Shabat Logua	(1995-03-22) 22 March 1995	18	3	OFK Bačka
95	3MF	Gudisa Smyr	(2000-03-06) 6 March 2000	0	0	FC Druzhba Maykop
33	3MF	Roman Zikrach	(1998-01-18) 18 January 1998	0	0	FC Kairat
10	4FW	Dmitri Maskayev	(1987-12-27) 27 December 1987	4	1	Torpedo Moscow
11	4FW	Ramin Bartsits	(1990-01-26) 26 January 1990	0	0	Gagra
72	4FW	Danilo Ardzinba	(1999-05-27) 27 May 1999	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	Ruslan Akhveldiani	4
5	Vladimir Argun	3
	Dmitri Maskayev	3
	Astamur Tarba	3
	Amal Vardania	3

Matches played

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

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

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

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

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

4 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC QF	Abkhazia	0–0 (0–2 p)	South Ossetia	Östersund
				Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
	Penalties
	Akhmat Agrba Sandrik Tsveyba Dmitri Akhba Georgij Zhanava		Alan Khadarzev David Siukaev Taimuraz Karatsev Taimuraz Kudziev

5 June 2014 2014 ConIFA WC PR1	Padania	3–3 (4–2 p)	Abkhazia	Östersund
	Luca Mosti 41' Enoch Barwuah 48' Matteo Prandelli 90+1'		Amal Vardania 60', 62' Dmitri Akhba 86'	Stadium: Jämtkraft Arena
	Penalties
	Andrea Rota Luca Mosti Stefano Tignonsini Mauro Nannini Andrea Mussi		Ruslan Adzhindzhal Alen Ardzheniya Astamur Tarba Aleksandr Khoklov

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5 June 2016 2016 ConIFA WC SF	Abkhazia	1–1 (6–5 p)	Panjab	Sukhumi
20:00	Ruslan Shoniya 88'		57' Amar Purewal	Stadium: Dinamo Stadium
	Penalties
	Anri Khagba Anri Khagush Dmitriy Akhba Tarash Khagba 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	Sukhumi
				Stadium: Dinamo Stadium

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

6 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC GS	Kárpátalja	2–2	Abkhazia	Kyrenia
20:00	Szabó Roland 33' Ohar Roman 77'		Anatoli Semyonov 20', 50'	Stadium: Mete Adanır Stadium

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

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

10 June 2017 2017 ConIFA EC 3rd	Székely Land	3–1	Abkhazia	Kyrenia
18:00	Attila Csürös 9' László Szőcs 24' Barna Bajkó 36'		Dimitri Kortava 3'	Stadium: Mete Adanır Stadium

31 May 2018 2018 ConIFA WC GS	Abkhazia	3–0	Tibet	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	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	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	Aveley
15:00	Ruslan Akhvlediani 40', 71' Shabat Logua 63' Ruslan Shoniya 74', 88' Astamur Tarba 83'	Report		Stadium: Parkside Referee: Karl Parker

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

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

2 June 2019 2019 ConIFA EC GS	Abkhazia	3–1	Chameria	Askeran
16:00	Dmitri Maskayev 48' Shabat Logua 49', 74'	Report	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	Martakert
18:00		Report	Georgi Dgebuadze 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	Martuni
18:00	Norik Mkrtchyan 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	Stepanakert
18:30	Alan Khugaev 33'	Report	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	Stepanakert
				Stadium: Stepanakert Republican Stadium Attendance: 6,200 Referee: Dmitrii Zhukov

Honours

ConIFA World Football Cup

Winners (1): 2016

CONIFA European Football Cup

3rd place: 2019

Managers

Manager	Period	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	Win %
Juma Kvaratskhelia	2012–2017	21	9	9	3	042.9
Beslan Ajinjal	2014–2019	12	7	4	1	058.3
Totals		33	16	13	4	48.5

References

conifa.org

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