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Azerbaijan national football team

Azerbaijan
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Azeri
Association Association of Football
Federations of Azerbaijan
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Shakhin Diniyev
Most caps Tarlan Akhmedov (73)
Top scorer Gurban Gurbanov (12)
Home stadium Tofik Bakhramov Stadium
FIFA code AZE
FIFA ranking 115
Highest FIFA ranking 97 (June 1999)
Lowest FIFA ranking 170 (June 1994)
Elo ranking 106
Highest Elo ranking 100 (1993)
Lowest Elo ranking 151 (Feb 2001)
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
 
First kit
Team colours Team colours Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
 
Second kit
First international
Flag of Georgia (country) Georgia 6 - 3 Azerbaijan Flag of Azerbaijan
(Gurjaani, Georgia; September 17, 1992)
Biggest win
Flag of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 4 - 0 Liechtenstein Flag of Liechtenstein
(Baku, Azerbaijan; June 5, 1999)
Biggest defeat
Flag of France France 10 - 0 Azerbaijan Flag of Azerbaijan
(Auxerre, France; September 6, 1995)

The Azerbaijan national football team is the national football team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan.

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 Vagyf Sadygov, his third spell as coach of Azerbaijan. Shakhin Diniyev took over as manager in November 2005.

Because of security issues, the team played all of its home Euro 96 qualifers in Trabzon, Turkey

World Cup record






European Championship record






Current squad






The following players named for Euro 2008 qualifying match against Poland on March 24, 2007.

Caps and goals as of 11 October2006, included against Belgium.


No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Goals Club
1 GK Farhad Veliyev November 1, 1980 9 0 Flag of Azerbaijan FC Inter Baku
2 DF Zaur Gashimov October 24, 1981 11 0 Flag of Azerbaijan FC Inter Baku
3 DF Ernani Pereira January 22, 1978 3 0 Flag of Turkey Orduspor
4 DF Andre Ladaga February 19, 1975 5 1 Flag of Azerbaijan FK Baku
6 MF Elmar Bakhshiev August 3, 1980 11 0 Flag of Azerbaijan FC Inter Baku
11 FW Leandro Gomes August 24, 1976 4 0 Flag of Azerbaijan FK Baku
8 MF Aslan Kerimov January 1, 1973 67 0 Flag of Azerbaijan FK Karabakh
10 MF Ceyhun Sultanov June 12, 1979 9 1 Flag of Azerbaijan FK Khazar Lenkoran
12 GK Jahangir Hasanzade August 4, 1979 28 0 Flag of Azerbaijan FK Karabakh
17 FW Vügar Nadirov June 15, 1987 0 0 Flag of Azerbaijan FK Khazar Lenkoran
18 MF Ilgar Gurbanov April 25, 1986 20 1 Flag of Turkey Sivasspor
19 MF Emin Imamaliev August 7, 1980 35 0 Flag of Azerbaijan FC Inter Baku
20 FW Vagif Dzavadov May 25, 1989 7 0 Flag of Azerbaijan FK Karabakh
22 MF Aleksandr Chertoganov February 8, 1980 5 0 Flag of Azerbaijan PFC Neftchi
9 DF Samir Abbasov February 1, 1978 1 0 Flag of Azerbaijan FK Karabakh
15 FW Branimir Subašić July 4, 1982 8 3 Flag of Azerbaijan PFC Neftchi
5 DF Sasha Yunisoglu December 18, 1985 1 0 Flag of Poland Dyskobolia Groclin
14 MF Murad Agakishiev June 30, 1984 20 0 Flag of Azerbaijan FK Karabakh
7 DF Ramin Guliyev June 22, 1981 6 0 Flag of Azerbaijan FK Baku

Notable players

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