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| Nickname(s) | Odlar Yurdu (The Land of Fire) |
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| Association | Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan |
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach |  Berti Vogts |
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| Asst coach | Bernhard Lippert |
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| Captain | Rashad Sadygov | ||
| Most caps | Aslan Kerimov (75) | ||
| Top scorer | Gurban Gurbanov (12) | ||
| Home stadium | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium | ||
| FIFA code | AZE | ||
| FIFA ranking | 116 | ||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 97 (June 1999) | ||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 170 (June 1994) | ||
| Elo ranking | 122 | ||
| Highest Elo ranking | 100 (1993) | ||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 151 (Feb 2001) | ||
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| First international | |||
 Georgia 1–1 Azerbaijan (Tbilisi, Georgia, 1927)[1]  Georgia 6–3 Azerbaijan  (Gurjaani, Georgia; September 17, 1992)[1][2] |
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| Biggest win | |||
Azerbaijan 4–0 Liechtenstein  (Baku, Azerbaijan ; 5 June 1999) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 France 10 – 0 Azerbaijan (Auxerre, France; September 6, 1995)[1] |
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The Azerbaijan national football team is the national football team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. It represents Azerbaijan in international football competitions.
The Azerbaijan national football team has attempted to qualify for each major tournament from Euro 96 onwards, but has never achieved to take part in finals tournament of the World Cup, or the European Championships.
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History
Early years
- First Azerbaijani football clubs started to function in 1905. Generally they represented the main oil companies of Baku.
- The Azerbaijan national football team held her first friendly matches against Georgia and Armenia in 1927 for the Trans-Caucasian Championship in Georgia.[1]
- During the Soviet Era the team did not play any international matches
'60s to '90s
1960s considered Golden Age for Azerbaijani football as it produced great players like Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Alakbar Mammadov and football referee Tofik Bakhramov, most famous for being a linesman who helped to award a goal for England in the 1966 World Cup Final between England and West Germany.
1990s–present day
After Azerbaijan gained its independence in 1991, AFFA — Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan — was created. In 1992, renowned Azerbaijani footballer Alekper Mamedov became the first head coach of the Azeribaijani national football team, compiling a 3–1 record as coach that includes the first ever national team victory, over Georgia on May 25, 1993.[3][4] In 1994, the national team was accepted into FIFA and UEFA.
Because of security issues, the team played all of its home Euro 96 qualifers in Trabzon, Turkey.[5]
In February 2004, Carlos Alberto Torres, captain of the Brazil team that won the 1970 FIFA World Cup was appointed its national coach. Despite a poor start, a 0–6 defeat to Israel on February 18, Azerbaijan won their first ever away match, 3–2 against Kazakhstan on April 28. In June 2005, following a 3–0 defeat by Poland, Torres stood down from the position, to be replaced by former Neftchi coach Vagif Sadygov, his third spell as coach of Azerbaijan. Shakhin Diniyev took over as manager in November 2005. He resigned on 31 October 2007, and Gjoko Hadzievski was named as care-taking coach of Azerbaijan.[6]
World Cup 2010
In April 2008 famous German football player and coach Berti Vogts was appointed as a manager of Azerbaijan on a two-year contract.[7]
Azerbaijan had a mixed qualifying campaign, finishing with 5 points, just missing out on a last place to Liechtenstein with 2 points.
Euro 2012
In November 2009, AFFA extended Berti Vogts contract to further 2 years, which going to make Vogts as the first manager to manage Azerbaijani national team in two qualification cycles.[8][9]
Stadium
Most of Azerbaijan's home matches are played at the Tofik Bakhramov Stadium in the capital Baku. It has been Azerbaijan's principal home stadium ever since country's independence from Soviet Union.
Today, some qualifying matches are hosted at the Lankaran City Stadium in Lankaran after it met UEFA stadium criteria.[10]
Record in major tournaments
World Cup
| Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA |
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| 1998 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  2002 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2006 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2010 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
European Championship
| Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
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 1996 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  2000 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
 2004 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  2008 |
Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  2012 |
2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Notes 2 Qualification not yet begun
World Cup 2010
2010 FIFA World Cup qualification
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Azerbaijan have been drawn alongside Germany, Russia, Wales, Finland and Liechtenstein in Group 4 and kicked off their qualifying campaign playing away to Wales on 6 September. Vogts replaces Gjoko Hadžievski who was dismissed after the Azeris failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 2008.[7] Vogts has said that the qualifying group is difficult, stating that "We want to learn some things from Germany and try to upset Russia."[11]
Euro 2008 qualifications
Azerbaijan was competing in Group A in qualification for UEFA Euro 2008, together with Portugal, Poland, Serbia, Belgium, Armenia, Finland and Kazakhstan.
Current squad
The following players have been called up for the friendly vs Czech, that took place on 18 November, 2009.
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Recent call-ups
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Fixtures and results
Forthcoming fixtures
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Recent results
| Date | Tournament | Location | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Azerbaijan Scorers |
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 Dubai |
 Uzbekistan |
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Azerbaijan |
 63' |
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 Kuwait City |
Kuwait |
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Azerbaijan |
1' |
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 Moscow |
Russia |
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Azerbaijan |
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 Kayseri |
Turkey |
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Azerbaijan |
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Baku |
Azerbaijan |
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 Wales |
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Baku |
Azerbaijan |
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 Spain |
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Baku |
Azerbaijan |
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Germany |
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Lankaran |
Azerbaijan |
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 Finland |
49' |
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Hannover |
Germany |
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Azerbaijan |
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Vaduz |
Liechtenstein |
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Azerbaijan |
56' Elvin Mammadov 82' |
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Baku |
Azerbaijan |
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Russia |
54' |
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Al Ain |
Azerbaijan |
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 Iraq |
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Al Ain |
 Czech Republic |
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Azerbaijan |
25' Ruslan Abushev 88' |
Most appearances (caps)
| # | Player | Career period | Caps | Goals |
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| 1 | Aslan Kerimov | 1994–2007 | 75 | 0 |
| 2 | Tarlan Akhmedov | 1992–2005 | 73 | 0 |
| 3 | Makhmud Gurbanov | 1994–2008 | 69 | 1 |
| 4 | Emin Agaev | 1994–2005 | 65 | 1 |
| 5 | Gurban Gurbanov | 1992–2005 | 65 | 12 |
| 6 | Rashad Sadygov | 2001–Present | 61 | 3 |
| 7 | Emin Guliyev | 2000–2008 | 49 | 3 |
| 8 | Kamal Guliyev | 2000-2005 | 46 | 0 |
| 9 | Vyacheslav Lichkin | 1995–2001 | 45 | 4 |
| 10 | Emin Imamaliev | 2000–2007 | 44 | 1 |
Top 10 goalscorers
| # | Player | Career period | Goals | Caps |
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| 1 | Gurban Gurbanov | 1992–2005 | 12 | 65 |
| 2 | Branimir Subašić | 2007-2009 | 7 | 26 |
| 3 | Zaur Tagizade | 1997–2005 | 6 | 40 |
| 4 | Vagif Javadov | 2006–Present | 5 | 28 |
| 5 | Farrukh Ismailov | 1998–2006 | 5 | 32 |
| 6 | Vidadi Rzayev | 1992–2001 | 5 | 35 |
| 7 | Nazim Suleymanov | 1992–1998 | 5 | 24 |
| 8 | Samir Aliyev | 1997–2007 | 4 | 33 |
| 9 | Vyacheslav Lichkin | 1995–2001 | 4 | 45 |
Past managers
| Manager | Azerbaijan career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Win % |
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| Alakbar Mammadov |
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| Kazbek Tuayev |
1993-1994 | |||||
| Agaselim Mirjavadov |
1994-1995 | |||||
| Kazbek Tuayev |
1995-1997 | |||||
| Vagif Sadygov |
1997-1998 | |||||
| Ahmad Alaskarov |
1998-2000 | |||||
| Igor Ponomaryov |
2000-2001 | |||||
| Vagif Sadygov |
2002 | |||||
| Askar Abdullayev |
2003-2004 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
 Carlos Alberto Torres |
2004-2005 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11.11 |
| Vagif Sadygov |
2005 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.00 |
| Shakhin Diniyev |
2005-2007 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 20 |
 Gjoko Hadžievski |
2007-2008 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 |
| Berti Vogts |
2008–present | 22 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18.18 |
Last updated November 18, 2009
References
- ^ a b c d World Football Elo Ratings: Azerbaijan
- ^ "Pride in defeat on debut day". UEFA.com. 2004-02-02. http://www.uefa.com/uefa/history/associationweeks/association=57154/newsid=138325.html. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- ^ Ibragimov, Erkin. "History >> 1992". AzeriFootball.com. http://www.azerifootball.com/contents/default.aspx?lg=2&idpt=1992. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ^ Ibragimov, Erkin. "History >> 1993". AzeriFootball.com. http://www.azerifootball.com/contents/default.aspx?lg=2&idpt=1993. Retrieved 2008-07-03.
- ^ Stokkermans, Karel (2000-01-18). "European Championship 1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. http://www.rsssf.com/tables/96e.html. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
- ^ Euro 2008 homepage, UEFA
- ^ a b FIFA World Cup News and Features, UEFA
- ^ fifa.com: Vogts' contract extended
- ^ Фогтс увидел перспективу (Russian)
- ^ Матч Азербайджан-Финляндия пройдет в Лянкяране (Russian)
- ^ German Vogts named as new Azerbaijan coach, Agence France Presse
External links
- Azerbaycan Futbol Federasiyaları Assosiasiyası
- azerifootball.com (Russian)
- Archive of international results 1979–2004 from Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
- UEFA match report on the first away win
- Azerisport
- Day.az
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