Artsakh national football team

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 losses to Ellan Vannin, Nice and wins against Darfur and Sapmi.[3]

In 2019, Artsakh came back to CONIFA competitions by organising the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup, where they finished in the fifth position.

In 2023, Artsakh will compete in the 2024 CONIFA World Cup Qualification. They were drawn in Group D with Abkhazia. Their match was originally to be scheduled on 10 July 2023. But the match was delayed by CONIFA to a later date. It was eventually cancelled due to rising tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan due to the blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh. On 19 September 2023, Azerbaijan launched a military offensive against Artsakh, the government surrendered and announced the dissolution of all government institutions by the end of 2023. It's currently unknown if the team will regroup in Armenia.

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
1	1GK	Erik Khachatryan	(1998-01-05)5 January 1998 (aged 21)
2	4FW	Marat Karapetyan	(1991-05-17)17 May 1991 (aged 28)
3	2DF	Artur Abrahamyan	(1997-05-02)2 May 1997 (aged 22)
4	2DF	Armen Abrahamyan	(1997-08-25)25 August 1997 (aged 21)
5	2DF	Gevorg Poghosyan	(1986-08-26)26 August 1986 (aged 32)			Free agent
6	2DF	Aram Kostandyan	(1989-06-20)20 June 1989 (aged 29)
7	3MF	Gor Poghosyan	(1988-06-11)11 June 1988 (aged 30)			FC Ararat Yerevan
8	3MF	Mher Mkrtumyan	(1986-07-03)3 July 1986 (aged 32)
9	4FW	Levon Grigoryan	(1989-09-23)23 September 1989 (aged 29)
10	3MF	Arsen Sargsyan	(1983-03-08)8 March 1983 (aged 36)
11	4FW	Karen Shakhkeldyan	(1993-11-08)8 November 1993 (aged 25)			Free agent
12	1GK	Sergey Asryan	(1993-01-02)2 January 1993 (aged 26)
13	3MF	Tigran Hambardzumyan	(1997-04-02)2 April 1997 (aged 22)
14	3MF	Khoren Veranyan	(1985-09-04)4 September 1985 (aged 33)			Shirak SC
15	3MF	Dmitri Malyaka	(1990-01-15)15 January 1990 (aged 29)			Free agent
16	2DF	Orbeli Hambardzumyan	(1996-03-26)26 March 1996 (aged 23)			FC Ararat Yerevan
17	2DF	Vadim Hayriyan	(1997-04-06)6 April 1997 (aged 22)			Artsakh FC
18	3MF	Artyom Gevorkyan	(1993-05-21)21 May 1993 (aged 26)			Shirak SC
19	3MF	Narek Danielyan	(1990-09-23)23 September 1990 (aged 28)
20	4FW	Norik Mkrtchyan	(1997-03-09)9 March 1997 (aged 22)			Free agent
21	2DF	Davit Harutyunyan	(1994-12-14)14 December 1994 (aged 24)			Free agent
22	1GK	Stepan Ghazaryan	(1985-01-11)11 January 1985 (aged 34)			FC Banants
23	4FW	Davit Ghandilyan	(1993-06-04)4 June 1993 (aged 25)			Shirak SC

• Republic of Artsakh
• Stepan Shahumyan Republican Stadium