Nagorno-Karabakh national football team
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| Association | Artsakh Football Association | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | ConIFA | ||
| Head coach | Sargis Aghajanyan | ||
| Home stadium | Stepan Shahumyan Republican Stadium, Stepanakert | ||
| FIFA code | NKR (not official) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Abkhazia 1–1 Artsakh  (Sukhumi; 25 September, 2012) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
Artsakh 12–0 Darfur  (Östersund; 5 June, 2014) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
Artsakh 2–3 Ellan Vannin  (Östersund; 1 June, 2014) Artsakh 0–1 Nice  (Östersund; 3 June, 2014) | |||
| ConIFA World Football Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2014) | ||
| Best result | 9th | ||
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.
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.[1] The following month they played the return match at home against Abkhazia.[2] 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.[3]
Internationals
| Date | Venue | Home team | Away team | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25-09-2012 | Friendly – Sukhumi | Abkhazia | Artsakh | 1–1 |
| 21-10-2012 | Friendly – Stepanakert | Artsakh | Abkhazia | 3–0 |
| 01-06-2014 | 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup – Ostersund | Artsakh | Ellan Vannin | 2–3 |
| 03-06-2014 | 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup – Ostersund | Artsakh | Nice | 0–1 |
| 05-06-2014 | 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup – Ostersund | Darfur | Artsakh | 0–12 |
| 07-06-2014 | 2014 ConIFA World Football Cup – Ostersund | Sapmi | Artsakh | 1–5 |
List of players
Squad list for the matches against Abkhazia:
| # | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Armen Fishyan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Gevorg Prazyan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Artak Grigoryan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Norayr Grigoryan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Davit Grigoryan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Levon Pachajyan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Ararat Arakelyan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Ashot Khachatryan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Narek Davtyan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Aram Kostandyan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Narek Daniyelyan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Andranik Barikyan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Artak Dashyan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Vigen Hambardzumyan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Norayr Sahakyan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Norayr Gyozalyan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Armen Petrosyan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Gevorg Poghosyan | - | - | - | - | |
| - | Karen Aleksanyan | - | - | - | - |
Coach: Sargis Aghajanyan