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Association | Luhansk Football Union (Луганский футбольный союз) | ||
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Confederation | ConIFA | ||
Head coach | Anatoliy Kuksov | ||
Home stadium | Avanhard Stadium (Luhansk) | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Sukhumi; 29 May 2015) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Luhansk; 19 September 2015) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Donetsk; 14 May 2015) | |||
CONIFA European Football Cup | |||
Appearances | 0 |
The Luhansk People's Republic football team (or Lugansk) [1] was a team representing the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), a disputed Russian republic in eastern Ukraine. [a] The team was not affiliated with FIFA or UEFA and therefore could not compete for the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship. The LPR team had been a member of CONIFA, although it later withdrew. [2]
The Luhansk Football Union was founded on October 4, 2014. FC Zorya Luhansk alumnus Anatoliy Kuksov coached the team prior to his death in January 2022. The LPR 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 LPR team politically — comparing them negatively with the Chagossians — but that "that was not the point" and they were allowed to compete. [3] CONIFA were criticised for supporting "Russia-backed separatism." [4] [5] The LPR team was scheduled to take part in the 2019 CONIFA European Football Cup but later withdrew. [6] [7] After the Russian annexation of the LPR the team ceased to exist.
29 May 2015Friendly | Abkhazia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Republican Stadium, Sukhumi |
8 August 2015Friendly | Donetsk People's Republic ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Metalurh Stadium, Donetsk |
19 September 2015Friendly | Luhansk People's Republic ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Avanhard Stadium, Luhansk |
13 August 2016Friendly | Donetsk People's Republic ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Metalurh Stadium, Yenakiieve |
24 August 2019Friendly | Luhansk People's Republic ![]() | 4–3 | ![]() | Avanhard Stadium, Luhansk |
20 September 2019Friendly | South Ossetia ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Guram Tskhovrebov Stadium, Tskhinvali |
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