2019 CONIFA European Football Cup#Final

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}

{{Infobox International Football Competition

| tourney_name = CONIFA European Football Cup

| year = 2019

| other_titles =

| image =

| size = 150px

| country = {{flagicon|Artsakh}} Artsakh (official)
{{flag|Azerbaijan}} (location)

| dates = 1–9 June 2019

| num_teams = 8

| venues = 4

| cities = 4

| champion = South Ossetia

| second = Western Armenia

| third_other = 20px Abkhazia

| fourth_other = {{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg}} Chameria

| matches = 20

| goals = 59

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|South Ossetia}} Batradz Gurtsiev (5 goals)

| prevseason = 2017

| nextseason = 2022
2023

}}

The 2019 Sportsbet.io CONIFA European Football Cup was the third edition of the CONIFA European Football Cup, an international football tournament for states, minorities, stateless peoples and regions unaffiliated with FIFA with an affiliation to Europe, organised by CONIFA. It was hosted by Artsakh.

The goal of the tournament was scored by Sápmi player Kristoffer Edvardsen.

Tournament

On 19 August 2018, CONIFA announced that Artsakh would host the 2019 edition of the tournament.{{cite web |url=http://www.conifa.org/en/2018/08/19/artsakh-nagorno-karabakh-to-host-2019-conifa-european-football-cup/|title=Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) to host 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup|date=19 August 2018 |website=CONIFA |publisher= |access-date=9 October 2018}}

File:Stamp of Artsakh, CONIFA Cup 2019.jpg

The Artsakh postal authorities issued on 4 June 2019, a commemorative stamp for this occasion, which depicts as well the flags of participant teams in the tournament.

=Venues=

The tournament was held in 4 cities: Stepanakert (the capital), Askeran, Martakert and Martuni.

{{flag|Artsakh}}

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!Stepanakert

!Martakert

!Martuni

!Askeran

Stepanakert Republican Stadium
(artificial turf)

|Vigen Shirinyan Stadium
(natural grass)

|Avakyan Arena
(artificial turf)

|Askeran City Stadium
(natural grass)

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|{{coord|40.2166109|46.8210697|display=inline|name=Vigen Shirinyan Stadium}}

|{{coord|39.7949688|47.1187198|display=inline|name=Avakyan Arena}}

|{{coord|39.9381267|46.8389386|display=inline|name=Askeran City Stadium}}

Capacity: 12,000

|Capacity: 1,200

|Capacity: 1,080

|Capacity: 500

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{{Location map~ |Republic of Artsakh| lat= 39.8263798| long= 46.7463208|label=Stepanakert|position= left}}

{{Location map~ |Republic of Artsakh| lat= 40.2166703| long= 46.8201229|label=Martakert}}

{{Location map~ |Republic of Artsakh| lat= 39.7951007| long= 47.1187520|label=Martuni|position= right}}

{{Location map~ |Republic of Artsakh| lat= 39.9381259| long= 46.8386005|label=Askeran}}}}

Participants

A total of twelve teams were scheduled to participate, with their seedings below.{{cite web|title=CONIFA European Football Cup 2019|work=Sportsbet.io|url=https://sportsbet.io/sports/soccer/news/2019-conifa-european-football-cup|accessdate=2019-02-27|archive-date=2019-02-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190228065703/https://sportsbet.io/sports/soccer/news/2019-conifa-european-football-cup|url-status=dead}} The seeded teams are Padania (winners of the 2017 CONIFA European Football Cup) and Artsakh, as the hosts of the 2019 European Football Cup. Abkhazia and Székely Land were also drawn as top seeds in Pot 1, based on their CONIFA rankings.

Sardinia entered in 2018 in CONIFA and it was drawn in one of the groups. However, in May 2019, it withdrew from the competition. The reserve team, in case one of the below teams withdraws, was granted to Kernow,{{cite web|title=CONIFA European Football Cup 2019: live draw announced!|work=CONIFA|url=http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/01/18/conifa-european-football-cup-2019-live-draw-announced/|accessdate=2019-01-18|archive-date=2019-05-12|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190512215321/http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/01/18/conifa-european-football-cup-2019-live-draw-announced/|url-status=dead}} but after County of Nice, Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR all withdrew, CONIFA opted to proceed with just 8 teams in 2 groups.[http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/05/22/match-schedule-conifa-sportsbet-io-european-football-cup-2019/ Match schedule: CONIFA Sportsbet.io European Football Cup 2019] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20190525132706/http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/05/22/match-schedule-conifa-sportsbet-io-european-football-cup-2019/ |date=2019-05-25 }} ConIFA. 22 May 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.

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width=25%|Pot 1

!width=25%|Pot 2

!width=25%|Pot 3

*{{fb|Artsakh}}

  • {{fb|Abkhazia}}
  • {{fb|Padania}}
  • {{fb|Székely Land}}

|

  • {{fb|County of Nice}}
  • {{fb|Donetsk People's Republic|name=Donetsk PR}}
  • {{fb|Sápmi}}
  • {{fb|Western Armenia}}

|

  • {{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg}} Chameria
  • {{fb|Luhansk People's Republic|name=Luhansk PR}}
  • {{fb|Sardinia}}
  • {{fb|South Ossetia}}

Squads

{{main|2019 CONIFA European Football Cup squads}}

Matches

=Group stage=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=2|Key to colours in group tables
style="background:#cfc; width:20px"|

|align=left|Teams that advanced to the semi-finals

==Group A==

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group A

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|team1=ABK|name_ABK={{fb|Abkhazia}}

|team2=CHM|name_CHM={{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg}} Chameria

|team3=ART|name_ART={{fb|Artsakh

}}

|team4=SPM|name_SPM={{fb|Sápmi}}

|win_ART=1|draw_ART=1|loss_ART=1|gf_ART=5|ga_ART=7

|win_SPM=0|draw_SPM=0|loss_SPM=3|gf_SPM=2|ga_SPM=8

|win_ABK=2|draw_ABK=1|loss_ABK=0|gf_ABK=5|ga_ABK=2

|win_CHM=2|draw_CHM=0|loss_CHM=1|gf_CHM=9|ga_CHM=4

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|col_B=0|text_B=

|result3=B|result4=B

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{Football box

|date = 2 June 2019

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Abkhazia}}

|score = 3–1

|report = {{cn|date=December 2020}}

|team2 = {{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg}} Chameria

|goals1 = Maskayev {{goal|48}}
Logua {{goal|49||74}}

|goals2 = Prendi {{goal|30}}

|stadium = Askeran City Stadium

|location = Askeran

|attendance =500

|referee =Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed

}}

{{Football box

| date = 2 June 2019

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|Artsakh}}

| score =

| report = http://www.armenews.com/spip.php?page=article&id_article=13960

| team2 = {{fb|Sápmi}}

| goals1 = Mkrtchyan {{goal|3}}
Sargsyan {{goal|43}}
Malyaka {{goal|82}}

| goals2 = Zakrisson {{goal|24}}
Edvardsen {{goal|83}}

| stadium = Stepanakert Republican Stadium

| location = Stepanakert

| attendance = 12,000

| referee = Dmitrii Zhukov

| event =

| round =

| score1 = 3

| score2 = 2

| penaltyscore =

| penalties1 =

| penalties2 =

| aet =

}}

----

{{Football box

| date = 3 June 2019

| time = 18:00

| team1 = Chameria {{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg}}

| score =

| report = https://artsakhpress.am/arm/news/107849/

| team2 = {{fb|Artsakh}}

| goals1 = Çema {{goal|58||90+3}}
Mziu {{goal|85}}
Gjoka {{goal|90+5}}

| goals2 = Sargsyan {{goal|83}}

| stadium = Avakyan Arena

| location = Martuni

| attendance = 1,080

| referee = Ivan Mrkalj

| event =

| round =

| score1 = 4

| score2 = 1

| penaltyscore =

| penalties1 =

| penalties2 =

| aet =

}}

{{Football box

|date = 3 June 2019

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Sápmi}}

|score = 0–1

|report = {{cn|date=December 2020}}

|team2 = {{fb|Abkhazia}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Dgebuadze {{goal|45+2}}

|stadium = Vigen Shirinyan Stadium

|location = Martakert

|attendance =1,200

|referee =Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed

}}

----

{{Football box

| date = 4 June 2019

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|Artsakh}}

| score =

| report = http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/06/04/artsakh-abkhazia-efc-2019/

| team2 = {{fb|Abkhazia}}

| goals1 = Mkrtchyan {{goal|33}}

| goals2 = Logua {{goal|8}}

| stadium = Avakyan Arena

| location = Martuni

| attendance = 1,080

| referee = Dmitrii Zhukov

| event =

| round =

| score1 = 1

| score2 = 1

| penaltyscore =

| penalties1 =

| penalties2 =

| aet =

}}

{{Football box

|date = 4 June 2019

|time = 18:00

|team1 = Chameria {{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg}}

|score = 4–0

|report =http://www.conifa.org/en/2019/06/04/chameria-sapmi-efc-2019/

|team2 = {{fb|Sápmi}}

|goals1 = Mziu {{goal|5}}
Hoxha {{goal|22||45}}
Çema {{goal|78}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Vigen Shirinyan Stadium

|location = Martakert

|attendance =1,200

|referee =Ivan Mrkalj

}}

==Group B==

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group B

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=n

|team2=WAR|name_WAR={{fb|Western Armenia}}

|team3=PDN|name_PDN={{fb|Padania}}

|team1=SOS|name_SOS={{fb|South Ossetia}}

|team4=SZK|name_SZK={{fb|Székely Land}}

|win_PDN=1|draw_PDN=1|loss_PDN=1|gf_PDN=6|ga_PDN=3

|win_SZK=0|draw_SZK=1|loss_SZK=2|gf_SZK=2|ga_SZK=11

|win_WAR=1|draw_WAR=1|loss_WAR=1|gf_WAR=7|ga_WAR=3

|win_SOS=2|draw_SOS=1|loss_SOS=0|gf_SOS=6|ga_SOS=4

|col_A=#ccffcc|text_A=

|result1=A|result2=A

|col_B=0|text_B=

|result3=B|result4=B

|update=complete|source=

}}

{{Football box

|date = 2 June 2019

|time =

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Padania}}

|score = 4–0

|report =https://szekelyhon.ro/sport/kikaptak-a-szekelyek-a-cimvedo-padaniatol

|team2 = {{fb|Székely Land}}

|goals1 = Tignonsini {{goal|7}}
Corno {{goal|53||78}}
Rota {{goal|61}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Vigen Shirinyan Stadium

|location = Martakert

|attendance =1,100

|referee =Ivan Mrkalj

}}

{{Football box

| date = 2 June 2019

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|Western Armenia}}

| score =

| report = {{cn|date=April 2021}}

| team2 = {{fb|South Ossetia}}

| goals1 = Aslanyan {{goal|79}}

| goals2 = Gurtsiev {{goal|29||56}}

| stadium = Avakyan Arena

| location = Martuni

| attendance = 1,080

| referee = Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed

| event =

| round =

| score1 = 1

| score2 = 2

| penaltyscore =

| penalties1 =

| penalties2 =

| aet =

}}

----

{{Football box

| date = 3 June 2019

| time = 16:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|Székely Land}}

| score =

| report = https://sport.news.am/arm/news/100372

| team2 = {{fb|Western Armenia}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Badoyan {{goal|20}}
Hovsepyan{{goal|52|pen.}}
Bakalyan {{goal|70}}
Minasyan {{goal|81}}
Aslanyan {{goal|90+1}}

| stadium = Askeran City Stadium

| location = Askeran

| attendance = 500

| referee = Arkadi Akobyan

| event =

| round =

| score1 = 0

| score2 = 5

| penaltyscore =

| penalties1 =

| penalties2 =

| aet =

}}

{{Football box

|date = 3 June 2019

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|South Ossetia}}

|score = 2–1

|report =https://www.90min.com/fr/posts/6386436-ossetie-du-sud-de-la-violence-a-la-victoire-pour-le-finaliste-de-la-conifa-european-football-cup

|team2 = {{fb|Padania}}

|goals1 = Gurtsiev {{goal|55}}
Bazayev {{goal|80}}

|goals2 = Ravasi {{goal|89|pen.}}

|stadium = Stepanakert Republican Stadium

|location = Stepanakert

|attendance =5,000

|referee =Dmitrii Zhukov

}}

----

{{Football box

|date = 4 June 2019

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|South Ossetia}}

|score = 2–2

|report ={{cn|date=April 2021}}

|team2 = {{fb|Székely Land}}

|goals1 = Gurtsiev {{goal|72||84}}

|goals2 = Vékás {{goal|54}}
B. Kovács {{goal|82}}

|stadium = Askeran City Stadium

|location = Askeran

|attendance =500

|referee =Arkadi Akobyan

}}

{{Football box

| date = 4 June 2019

| time = 20:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|Padania}}

| score =

| report = https://arcakh24.info/sbornaja-zapadnoj-armenii-vyshla-v-polufinal-video/

| team2 = {{fb|Western Armenia}}

| goals1 = Colombo {{goal|69}}

| goals2 = Yedigaryan {{goal|67}}

| stadium = Stepanakert Republican Stadium

| location = Stepanakert

| attendance = 6,000

| referee = Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed

| event =

| round =

| score1 = 1

| score2 = 1

| penaltyscore =

| penalties1 =

| penalties2 =

| aet =

}}

= Knockout stage =

== Semi-finals ==

{{Football box

| date = 6 June 2019

| time = 18:30

| team1 = {{fb-rt|Abkhazia}}

| score = 1–1

| penaltyscore = 0–3

| report = {{cn|date=December 2020}}

| team2 = {{fb|Western Armenia}}

| goals1 = Khugayev {{goal|10}}

| goals2 = Manoyan {{goal|32|pen.}}

| stadium = Stepanakert Republican Stadium

| location = Stepanakert

| attendance = 7,000

| referee = Ivan Mrkalj

| event =

| round =

| score1 =

| score2 =

| penalties1 =

| penalties2 =

| aet =

}}

{{Football box

|date = 6 June 2019

|time = 16:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|South Ossetia}}

|score = 0–0

|penaltyscore= 6–5

|report ={{cn|date=April 2021}}

|team2 = {{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg}} Chameria

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|stadium = Askeran City Stadium

|location = Askeran

|attendance =500

|referee =Ahmed Sabah Radha Ahmed

}}

== Third-place play-off ==

{{Football box

|date=8 June 2019

|time=

|team1= {{fb-rt|Abkhazia}}

|score= 0–0

|penaltyscore= 5–4

|report=

|team2={{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg}} Chameria

|goals1=

|goals2=

|stadium=Stepanakert Republican Stadium, Stepanakert

|attendance=6,200

|referee=Dmitrii Zhukov

}}

== Final ==

{{Football box|bg=gold

| date = 9 June 2019

| time = 18:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|Western Armenia}}

| score =

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|South Ossetia}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Bazayev {{goal|65}}

| stadium = Stepanakert Republican Stadium

| location = Stepanakert

| attendance = 12,000

| referee = Dmitrii Zhukov, Vitalii Mazin, Valerii Kravchenko, Aleksandr Demenko, Ivan Mrkalj

| event =

| round =

| score1 = 0

| score2 = 1

| penaltyscore =

| penalties1 =

| penalties2 =

| aet =

}}

= Placement round =

== Placement round 1 ==

{{Football box

|date = 6 June 2019

|time = 17:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Padania}}

|score = 4–0

|report =https://artsakhpress.am/arm/news/108051/padania-sapmi-khaxn-avartvel-e-40-khoshor-hashvov.html

|team2 = {{fb|Sápmi}}

|goals1 = Colombo {{goal|4}}
Corno {{goal|45||73}}
Ravasi {{goal|46|pen.}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = Vigen Shirinyan Stadium

|location = Martakert

|attendance =1,200

|referee =René Jacobi

}}

{{Football box

| date = 6 June 2019

| time = 17:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|Artsakh}}

| score =

| report = https://szekelyhon.ro/sport/nem-engedtek-hogy-a-szekelyek-legyozzek-a-hazigazdat

| team2 = {{fb|Székely Land}}

| goals1 = Sargsyan {{goal|76|pen.}}
Danielyan {{goal|90+4}}

| goals2 = Vékás {{goal|62}}

| stadium = Avakyan Arena

| location = Martuni

| attendance = 1,080

| referee = Dmitrii Zhukov

| event =

| round =

| score1 = 2

| score2 = 1

| penaltyscore =

| penalties1 =

| penalties2 =

| aet =

}}

== Placement round 2 ==

{{Football box

|date=8 June 2019

|time=

|team1= {{fb-rt|Sápmi}}

|score= 3–2

|report=

|team2={{fb|Székely Land}}

|goals1= Zakrisson {{goal|17}}
Laitila {{goal|19||75}}

|goals2= Balint {{goal|35}}
Kovacs {{goal|55|pen.}}

|stadium=Askeran City Stadium, Askeran

|attendance=500

|referee=René Jacobi

}}

{{Football box

| date = 8 June 2019

| time = 11:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|Padania}}

| score =

| report =

| team2 = {{fb|Artsakh}}

| goals1 =

| goals2 = Sargsyan {{goal|58}}
Malyaka {{goal|90+6}}

| stadium = Stepanakert Republican Stadium

| location = Stepanakert

| attendance = 4,400

| referee = Ivan Mrkalj

| event =

| round =

| score1 = 0

| score2 = 2

| penaltyscore =

| penalties1 =

| penalties2 =

| aet =

}}

Final positions

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=Result

|team1=AAA|name_AAA={{fb|South Ossetia}}

|team2=BBB|name_BBB={{fb|Western Armenia}}

|team3=ABK|name_ABK={{fb|Abkhazia}}

|team4=CHM|name_CHM={{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg}} Chameria

|team5=ART|name_ART={{fb|Artsakh}}

|team6=PDN|name_PDN={{fb|Padania}}

|team7=SPM|name_SPM={{fb|Sápmi}}

|team8=SZK|name_SZK={{fb|Székely Land}}

|win_AAA=3|draw_AAA=2|loss_AAA=0|gf_AAA=7|ga_AAA=4

|win_BBB=1|draw_BBB=2|loss_BBB=2|gf_BBB=8|ga_BBB=5

|win_ABK=2|draw_ABK=3|loss_ABK=0|gf_ABK=6|ga_ABK=3

|win_CHM=2|draw_CHM=2|loss_CHM=1|gf_CHM=9|ga_CHM=4

|win_ART=3|draw_ART=1|loss_ART=1|gf_ART=9|ga_ART=8

|win_PDN=2|draw_PDN=1|loss_PDN=2|gf_PDN=10|ga_PDN=5

|win_SPM=1|draw_SPM=0|loss_SPM=4|gf_SPM=5|ga_SPM=14

|win_SZK=0|draw_SZK=1|loss_SZK=4|gf_SZK=5|ga_SZK=16

|col_1ST=gold|text_1ST=

|result1=1ST

|col_2ND=silver|text_2ND=

|result2=2ND

|col_3RD=#cc9966|text_3RD=

|result3=3RD

|update=complete|source=

}}

Player of the tournament: Batradz Gurtsiev

Young player of the tournament: Kristoffer Edvardsen

Top scorers

;5 goals

{{col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

  • {{flagicon|South Ossetia}} Batradz Gurtsiev

;4 goals

  • {{flagicon|Padania}} Federico Corno
  • {{flagicon|Artsakh}} Arsen Sargsyan

;3 goals

  • {{flagicon|Abkhazia}} Shabat Logua
  • {{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg}} Markovanbasten Çema

;2 goals

  • {{flagicon|South Ossetia}} Ibragim Bazayev
  • {{flagicon|Artsakh}} Dmitri Malyaka
  • {{flagicon|Artsakh}} Norik Mkrtchyan
  • {{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg}} Edmond Hoxha
  • {{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg}} Vilson Mziu
  • {{flagicon|Padania}} Niccolò Colombo
  • {{flagicon|Padania}} Riccardo Ravasi
  • {{flagicon|Sápmi}} Benjamin Zakrisson
  • {{flagicon|Sápmi}} Samuli Laitila
  • {{flagicon|Székely Land}} Barna Vékás
  • {{flagicon|Western Armenia}} Arman Aslanyan

{{col-2}}

;1 goal

  • {{flagicon|Abkhazia}} Georgiy Dgebuadze
  • {{flagicon|Abkhazia}} Dmitri Maskayev
  • {{flagicon|Abkhazia}} Alan Khugayev
  • {{flagicon|Artsakh}} Narek Danielyan
  • {{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg}} Samet Gjoka
  • {{flagicon image|Unofficial flag of Cham Albanians.svg}} Fravjo Prendi
  • {{flagicon|Padania}} Andrea Rota
  • {{flagicon|Padania}} Stefano Tignonsini
  • {{flagicon|Sápmi}} Kristoffer Edvardsen
  • {{flagicon|Székely Land}} Botond Kovács
  • {{flagicon|Székely Land}} Rajmond Balint
  • {{flagicon|Székely Land}} Kovács Ákos
  • {{flagicon|Western Armenia}} Zaven Badoyan
  • {{flagicon|Western Armenia}} Vardan Bakalyan
  • {{flagicon|Western Armenia}} David Hovsepyan
  • {{flagicon|Western Armenia}} Davit Minasyan
  • {{flagicon|Western Armenia}} Artur Yedigaryan
  • {{flagicon|Western Armenia}} David Manoyan

{{col-end}}

Player of the tournament: Batradz Gurtsiev

Young player of the tournament: Kristoffer Edvardsen

References