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Unofficial national football team representing the partially recognised Donetsk People's Republic From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Donetsk People's Republic football team was a team representing the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), a disputed Russian republic in eastern Ukraine.[lower-alpha 1] The team was not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore cannot compete for the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship. Occasionally, the DPR team has been a member of CONIFA, although it currently was not as of November 2022.
Association | Football Union of the Donetsk People's Republic (Футбольный союз Донецкой Народной Республики) [citation needed] | ||
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Confederation | CONIFA (previously) | ||
Head coach | Arsen Isakov [citation needed] | ||
Home stadium | Metalurh Stadium (Donetsk) [citation needed] | ||
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First international | |||
Abkhazia 1–0 Donetsk PR (Sukhumi; 14 May 2015) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Donetsk PR 4–1 Luhansk PR (Donetsk; 8 August 2015) [citation needed] | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Luhansk PR 3–1 Donetsk PR (Luhansk; 19 September 2015) [citation needed] | |||
CONIFA European Football Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 | ||
Website | www |
The team was founded on 25 July 2015, playing Abkhazia in their first game.[1] The DPR team took part in the 2018 CONIFA World Football Cup qualification but failed to make it through to the finals. Sascha Düerkop, general secretary of CONIFA, stated that he did not agree with the DPR team politically — comparing them negatively with the Chagossians — but that "that was not the point" and they were allowed to compete.[2] CONIFA were criticized for supporting "Russia-backed separatism."[3] The DPR team was scheduled to take part in the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup but later withdrew.[4][5]
Win Draw Loss
14 May 2015 Friendly | Abkhazia | 1–0 | Donetsk PR | Sukhumi, Abkhazia |
8 August 2015 Friendly | Donetsk PR | 4–1 | Luhansk PR | Donetsk, Donetsk People's Republic |
19 Sept. 2015 Friendly | Luhansk PR | 3–1 | Donetsk PR | Luhansk, Luhansk People's Republic |
21 May 2016 Friendly | Abkhazia | 0–0 | Donetsk PR | Sukhumi, Abkhazia |
13 August 2016 Friendly | Donetsk PR | 1–1 | Luhansk PR | Donetsk, Donetsk People's Republic |
31 August 2017 Friendly | Donetsk PR | 4–3 | Donetsk PR U-21 | Makiivka, Donetsk People's Republic |
28 May 2017 Friendly | Abkhazia | 1–2 | Donetsk PR | Sukhumi, Abkhazia |
13 February 2020 Friendly | Kyzyltash Bakhchisaray | 1–0 | Donetsk PR | Bakhchisaray, Crimea |
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