Head coach Sargis Aghajanyan Appearances 1 (first in 2014) | FIFA code NKR (not official) Best result 9th | |
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Home stadium Stepan Shahumyan Republican Stadium, Stepanakert Ground Stepanakert Republican Stadium Confederation Confederation of Independent Football Associations | ||
The Nagorno-Karabakh national football team (Armenian: Արցախի ֆուտբոլի հավաքական), (locally known as Artsakh national football team), is the national representative of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) which is internationally unrecognized. Consequently, it is not a member of FIFA or UEFA and is therefore not eligible to enter the World Cup or the European Championship.
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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 Östersund, Sweden. The Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan failed to stop their participating in the competition after contacting ConIFA. ConIFA refused to revoke their invitation and Artsakh finished 9th overall after loses to Ellan Vannin, Nice and wins against Darfur and Sapmi.
List of players
Squad list for the matches against Abkhazia:
Coach: Sargis Aghajanyan