Abkhazia national football team

Abkhazia

Association	De facto Football Federation of Abkhazia
Confederation	ConIFA
First colours Second colours Third colours
First international
Abkhazia 1 - 1 Nagorno-Karabakh (Sukhumi; 25 September 2012)
ConIFA World Football Cup
Appearances	2 (First in 2014)
Best result	8th 2014

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.

International record

Date	Location	Venue	Competition	Opponent	Score (1)
25 September 2012	Sukhumi, Abkhazia	Republican stadium	Friendly	Nagorno-Karabakh	1 - 1
21 October 2012	Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh	N/A	Friendly	Nagorno-Karabakh	0 - 3
23 September 2013	Sukhumi, Abkhazia	Republican stadium	Friendly	South Ossetia	3 - 0
1 June 2014	Östersund, Sweden	Jämtkraft Arena	2014 ConIFA World Football Cup - Group stage	Occitania	1 - 1
2 June 2014	Östersund, Sweden	Jämtkraft Arena	2014 ConIFA World Football Cup - Group stage	Sápmi	2 - 1
4 June 2014	Östersund, Sweden	Jämtkraft Arena	2014 ConIFA World Football Cup - Quarter-final	South Ossetia	0 - 0 (0-2 p)
5 June 2014	Östersund, Sweden	Jämtkraft Arena	2014 ConIFA World Football Cup - Placement round 1	Padania	3 - 3 (2-4 p)
7 June 2014	Östersund, Sweden	Jämtkraft Arena	2014 ConIFA World Football Cup - Placement round 2	Occitania	0 - 1
19 March 2015	Sukhumi, Abkhazia	Republican Stadium	Friendly	LPR	1 - 0
14 May 2015	Sukhumi, Abkhazia	Republican Stadium	Friendly	DPR	1 - 0
19 May 2016	Sukhumi, Abkhazia	Dinamo Stadium	Friendly	DPR	0 - 0
29 May 2016	Sukhumi, Abkhazia	Dinamo Stadium	2016 ConIFA World Football Cup - Group stage	Chagos Islands	9 - 0
31 May 2016	Sukhumi, Abkhazia	Dinamo Stadium	2016 ConIFA World Football Cup - Group stage	Western Armenia	1 - 0
(1) In the Score column, Abkhazia's score is shown first.

Curent squad

Abkhazia announced their squad for ConIFA World Cup 2016 on 29 May.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Alexei Bondarenko (1978-04-08)8 April 1978 (aged 38) 10 2 Gagra 1GK Inal Katsuba (1995-05-26)26 May 1995 (aged 21) 1 0 Nart Sukhum 1GK Temur Eshba (1994-12-12)12 December 1994 (aged 22) 1 0 Ertsakhu 2DF Anri Khagush (1986-07-14)14 July 1986 (aged 30) 5 0 Arsenal Tula 2DF Astamur Tsishba (1988-06-20)20 June 1988 (aged 28) 4 0 Gagra 2DF Dzambolat Kusov (1990-06-20)20 June 1990 (aged 25) 2 0 Spartak Budennovsk 2DF George Zhanaa (1995-01-22)22 January 1995 (aged 21) 4 0 Nart Sukhum 2DF Anri Khagba (1992-08-08)8 August 1992 (aged 23) 5 0 Athos 2DF Anri Ashuba (1989-01-27)27 January 1989 (aged 27) 5 0 Dinamo Sukhum 2DF Akhra Simonia (1987-04-27)27 April 1987 (aged 29) 3 0 Ritsa 3MF Almaskhan Jenia (1984-07-06)6 July 1984 (aged 32) 6 0 Ritsa 3MF Astamur Tarba (1987-05-17)17 May 1987 (aged 29) 5 2 Athos 3MF Levan Logua (1994-04-28)28 April 1994 (aged 21) 2 0 Ertsakhu 3MF Vladimir Argun (1991-01-27)27 January 1991 (aged 25) 6 2 Athos 3MF Albert Prus (1987-07-19)19 July 1987 (aged 29) 2 2 Angusht Nazran 3MF Shabat Logua (1995-06-29)29 June 1995 (aged 21) 4 0 Nart Sukhum 3MF Tarash Khagba (1991-09-17)17 September 1991 (aged 24) 10 0 Dinamo Sukhum 3MF Victor Pimpia (1998-12-30)30 December 1998 (aged 18) 1 1 Ritsa 3MF Alan Khugaev (1991-08-31)31 August 1991 (aged 25) 2 0 Volga Tver 4FW Feras Esmaeel (1983-03-19)19 March 1983 (aged 32) 3 0 Nart Sukhum 4FW Dmitry Akhba (1985-06-22)22 June 1985 (aged 30) 6 2 Khimki 4FW Amal Vardan (1992-06-12)12 June 1992 (aged 23) 5 3 Gagra 4FW Dmitry Kortava (1990-11-17)17 November 1990 (aged 26) 2 2 Luch-Energiya Vladivostok