Full name | Football Club Athoni Axali Athoni | |
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Founded | 2005 | |
Ground | Городской стадион, Novy Afon, Georgia | |
League | Abkhazian Premier League Abkhazian Cup Abkhazia Super Cup | |
F.C. Afon Novy Afon is a football club in the city of Novy Afon, in the state of Abkhazia that competes in the Abkhazian Premier League. [1]
Founded on 2005 in the city of Novy Afon in the state of Abkhazia, the club is affiliated with the Football Federation of Abkhazia. [1]
Sukhumi is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the capital and largest city of the Republic of Abkhazia, a partially recognised state that most countries consider a part of Georgia. The city has been controlled by Abkhazia since the Abkhazian war in 1992–93. The city, which has an airport, is a port, major rail junction and a holiday resort because of its beaches, sanatoriums, mineral-water spas and semitropical climate. It is also a member of the International Black Sea Club.
Football is a major sport in Abkhazia. During Soviet times, the main club within Abkhazia itself was FC Dinamo Sukhumi, but Abkhazian footballers were prominent in the Georgian team FC Dinamo Tbilisi and in other Soviet teams. In 1994, after its declaration of independence from Georgia, Abkhazia organised a nine-team amateur league.
The Abkhazian Armed Forces are the military forces of Abkhazia. The forces were officially created on 12 October 1992, after the outbreak of the 1992–1993 war with Georgia. The basis of the armed forces was formed by the ethnic Abkhaz National Guard. The Abkhaz military is primarily a ground force but includes small sea and air units. According to the authorities of the Republic of Abkhazia, the Abkhazian Land Forces are organised along the Swiss model – in time of peace they have personnel of 3,000 to 5,000 and in case of war further 40–50,000 reservists are called out. Georgia regards the Abkhaz armed forces as "unlawful military formations" and accuses Russia of supplying and training the Abkhaz troops.
During the Soviet-era, the Abkhaz ASSR was divided into six raions (districts) named after their respective capitals.
Abkhaz neopaganism, or the Abkhaz native religion, is the contemporary re-emergence of the ethnic religion of the Abkhaz people in unrecognized Abkhazia, a revitalisation which started in the 1980s. The most important holy sites of the religion are the Seven Shrines of Abkhazia, each one having its own priestly clan, where rituals and prayers began to be restored in the 1990s.
The Abkhazian Premier League is the top association football league in Abkhazia.
The Abkhazian Cup is the foremost association football cup competition in Abkhazia. The tournament is held annually, with football clubs competing from the Abkhazian Premier League. The cup competition is not an officially recognized tournament by FIFA or any of its confederations. It is overseen by the Football Federation of Abkhazia.
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The 2017 Abkhazian Cup was the 24th edition of Abkhazian Cup organized by Football Federation of Abkhazia. The competition was held in the month of May.
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