Azerbaijan national football team
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{{Infobox National football team |
Name = Azerbaijan |
Badge = Azerbaijan_football_federation.gif |
FIFA Trigramme = AZE |
Nickname = Odlar Yurdu <br> (Country of Fire) |
Association = [[Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan|Association of Football <br>Federations of Azerbaijan]] |
Confederation = [[UEFA]] ([[Europe]]) |
Coach = {{flagicon|Germany}} [[Berti Vogts]] ([[2008]]-) |
Colours = White and Blue
Captain = |
Most caps = [[Aslan Kerimov]] (78) |
Top scorer = [[Gurban Gurbanov]] (12) |
FIFA Rank = 139 |
1st ranking date = June 1994|
FIFA max = 97 |
FIFA max date = June 1999|
FIFA min = 170 |
FIFA min date = June 1994|
Elo Rank = 121 |
Elo max = 100 |
Elo max date = 1993 |
Elo min = 151 |
Elo min date = Feb 2001 |
Home Stadium = [[Tofik Bakhramov Stadium]]|
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First game = {{Flagicon| Iran}} [[Iran national football team|Iran]] 0 - 4 Azerbaijan {{Flagicon|Azerbaijan}}<br/>([[Teheran]], [[Iran]]; [[1929]])<br/>{{Flagicon|Georgia|1990}} [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]] 6 - 3 Azerbaijan {{Flagicon|Azerbaijan}}<br/>([[Gurjaani]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]]; [[September 17]], [[1992]]) |
Largest win = {{Flagicon|Azerbaijan}} Azerbaijan 4 - 0 [[Liechtenstein national football team|Liechtenstein]] {{Flagicon|Liechtenstein}}<br/>([[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]]; [[June 5]], [[1999]]) |
Largest loss = {{Flagicon|France}} [[France national football team|France]] 10 - 0 Azerbaijan {{Flagicon|Azerbaijan}}<br/>([[Auxerre]], [[France]]; [[September 6]], [[1995]]) |
no World cup apps = none |
Regional name = [[European Football Championship|European Championship]] |
no Regional cup apps = none |
}}
The '''Azerbaijan national football team''' is the national [[football (soccer)|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 [[1996 UEFA European Football Championship|Euro 96]] onwards, but has never achieved to take part in finals tournament of the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup]], or the [[UEFA European Football Championship|European Championships]].
[[Berti Vogts]] was appointed as a manager of Azerbaijan on a two-year contract on April 2008. He says his priority won't be [[FIFA World Cup 2010|World Cup]] qualification, but creating new structures and a real game. He will start everything from zero. "This is a real challenge for me."<ref>[http://www.azerisport.com/articles.php?item_id=20080411110351570&sec_id=2 Azerisport.com]</ref>
==Early History==
*Azerbaijani football was first mentioned in writings of a famous Azerbaijani poet and philosoph of XIIth century [[Nezami|Nizami Gencevi]], particularly in his famous collection of poems ''Khamse'', including "[[Khusraw and Shirin]]" and '''Layli o Majnun''' "[[Layla and Majnun]]".
* First Azerbaijani football clubs started to function in [[1905]]. Generally they represeneted main oil companies of [[Baku]].
* First official championship was held in Baku in [[1911]] whose winner was ''The British Club'', a team of the British Oil Company.
* The '''Azerbaijan national football team''' held her first friendly matches against [[Iran national football team|Iran]] in [[Teheran]] in [[1929]] and won three times - 4:0, 4:1 and 11:0.
* During the Soviet Era the team did not play any international matches
==Modern History==
After [[Azerbaijan]] gained it's 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 national football team|Georgia]] on May 25, 1993.<ref name="coach1">
{{cite web
| last = Ibragimov
| first = Erkin
| title = History >> 1992
| publisher = AzeriFootball.com
| date =
| url = http://www.azerifootball.com/contents/default.aspx?lg=2&idpt=1992
| accessdate = 2008-07-03 }} </ref><ref name="coach2">
{{cite web
| last = Ibragimov
| first = Erkin
| title = History >> 1993
| publisher = AzeriFootball.com
| date =
| url = http://www.azerifootball.com/contents/default.aspx?lg=2&idpt=1993
| accessdate = 2008-07-03 }} </ref> 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]].<ref name="euro96">
{{cite web
| last = Stokkermans
| first = Karel
| title = European Championship 1996
| publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
| date = 2000-01-18
| url = http://www.rsssf.com/tables/96e.html
| accessdate = 2008-07-07 }} </ref>
In February 2004, [[Carlos Alberto Torres]], captain of the [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] team that won the [[1970 FIFA World Cup]] was appointed its national coach. Despite a poor start, a 0-6 defeat to [[Israel national football team|Israel]] on [[February 18]], Azerbaijan won their first ever away match, 3-2 against [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]] on [[April 28]]. In June 2005, following a 3-0 defeat by [[Poland national football team|Poland]], Torres stood down from the position, to be replaced by former [[Neftchi]] coach [[Vagif Sadykhov]], 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.<ref>[http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/index.html]</ref>
In April 2008 famous German football player and coach [[Berti Vogts]] was appointed as a manager of Azerbaijan on a two-year contract.<ref name="vogts">[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind=1/newsid=680090.html]</ref>
==World Cup record==
*[[Football World Cup 1930|1930]] to [[Football World Cup 1994|1994]] - ''Did not enter, was part of [[USSR national football team|USSR]]'' [[Image:AZE football kit.svg|250px|thumb|right|Azeribaijani national team's current kit]]
*[[Football World Cup 1998|1998]] to [[Football World Cup 2006|2006]] - ''Did not qualify''
==European Championship record==
*[[1960 European Football Championship|1960]] to [[1992 European Football Championship|1992]] - ''Did not enter, was part of [[USSR national football team|USSR]]''
*[[1996 European Football Championship|1996]] to [[2008 European Football Championship|2008]] - ''Did not qualify''
== Euro 2008 Qualifications ==
Azerbaijan was competing in [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A|Group A]] in [[UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|qualification]] for [[UEFA Euro 2008]], together with [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]], [[Poland national football team|Poland]], [[Serbia national football team|Serbia]], [[Belgium national football team|Belgium]], [[Armenia national football team|Armenia]], [[Finland national football team|Finland]] and [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]].
'''Standings''':
*Teams highlighted in green qualified for the [[UEFA Euro 2008|finals]].
{{UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Group A
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'''Game Results''':
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{{footballbox|date = [[September 2]], [[2006]]<br />20:15 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]|team1 = {{fb-rt|Serbia}}|score = 1 – 0<br/><small> |team2 = {{fb|Azerbaijan}} |goals1 = [[Nikola Žigić|Žigić]] {{goal|72}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[Stadion Crvena Zvezda]], [[Belgrade]] <br />'''Attendance:''' 0<ref>{{cite web|author=Zoran Milosavljevic|title=Zigic goal gives Serbia 1-0 win over Azerbaijan|publisher=Reuters |accessdate=September 3 |accessyear=2006|url=http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldFootballNews&storyID=2006-09-02T215437Z_01_L02708598_RTRIDST_0_SPORT-SOCCER-EURO-SERBIA-UPDATE-1.XML}} Serbia were ordered to play one home match behind closed doors as punishment for crowd troubles in their last [[2006 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|qualifier]] against [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia and Herzegovina]].</ref> <br />'''Referee:''' [[Knut Kircher|Kircher]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]])|report = [http://euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/qualifying/matches/match=83751/index.html Report]}}
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{{footballbox|date = [[September 6]], [[2006]]<br />19:00 [[UTC+5]]|team1 = {{fb-rt|Azerbaijan}}|score = 1 – 1<br/><small> |team2 = {{fb|Kazakhstan}} |goals1 = [[Andre Luiz Ladaga|Ladaga]] {{goal|16}} |goals2 = [[Dmitry Byakov|Byakov]] {{goal|36}} |stadium = [[Tofik Bakhramov Stadium]], [[Baku]] <br />'''Attendance:''' 18,000 <br />'''Referee:''' [[Zsolt Szabo|Szabo]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]])|report = [http://euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/qualifying/matches/match=83753/index.html Report]}}
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{{footballbox|date = [[October 7]], [[2006]]<br />21:00 [[Western European Summer Time|WEST]]|team1 = {{fb-rt|Portugal}}|score = 3 – 0<br/><small> |team2 = {{fb|Azerbaijan}} |goals1 = [[Cristiano Ronaldo|Ronaldo]] {{goal|25}} {{goal|63}} <br> [[Ricardo Carvalho|Carvalho]] {{goal|31}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[Estádio do Bessa|Bessa XXI]], [[Porto]] <br />'''Attendance:''' 20,000 <br />'''Referee:''' [[Mark Halsey|Halsey]] ([[The Football Association|England]])|report = [http://euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/qualifying/matches/match=83760/index.html Report]}}
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{{footballbox|date = [[October 11]], [[2006]] <br />20:45 [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Belgium}}|score = 3 – 0<br/><small>|team2 = {{fb|Azerbaijan}} |goals1 = [[Timmy Simons|Simons]] {{goal|24|[[penalty kick|pen.]]}} <br> [[Kevin Vandenbergh|Vandenbergh]] {{goal|47}} <br> [[Moussa Dembélé|Dembélé]] {{goal|82}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[Constant Vanden Stock Stadium|Constant Vanden Stock]], [[Brussels]] <br />'''Attendance:''' 12,000 <br />'''Referee:''' [[Romans Lajuks|Lajuks]] ([[Latvian Football Federation|Latvia]])|report = [http://euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/qualifying/matches/match=83761/index.html Report]}}
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{{footballbox|date = [[March 24]], [[2007]] <br />18:00 [[Central European Time|CET]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Poland}}|score = 5 – 0<br/><small>|team2 = {{fb|Azerbaijan}} |goals1 = [[Jacek Bąk|Bąk]] {{goal|3}} <br> [[Dariusz Dudka|Dudka]] {{goal|6}} <br> [[Wojciech Łobodziński|Łobodziński]] {{goal|34}} <br> [[Jacek Krzynówek|Krzynówek]] {{goal|58}} <br> [[Przemysław Kaźmierczak|Kaźmierczak]] {{goal|84}} |goals2 = |stadium = [[Polish Army Stadium|Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]] <br />'''Attendance:''' 12,000 <br />'''Referee:''' [[Kristinn Jakobsson|Jakobsson]] ([[Football Association of Iceland|Iceland]])|report = [http://www.uefa.com/competitions/euro/fixturesresults/round=2241/match=83768/report=rp.html Report]}}
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{{footballbox|date = [[March 28]], [[2007]] <br />20:00 [[UTC+5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Azerbaijan}}|score = 1 – 0<br/><small>|team2 = {{fb|Finland}} |goals1 = [[Emin Imamaliev|Imamaliev]] {{goal|83}}|goals2 = |stadium = [[Tofik Bakhramov Stadium]], [[Baku]] <br />'''Attendance:''' 14,000<br />'''Referee:''' [[Domenico Messina|Messina]] ([[Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio|Italy]])|report = [http://euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/qualifying/matches/match=83771/index.html Report]}}
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{{footballbox|date = [[June 2]], [[2007]] <br />21:00 [[UTC+5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Azerbaijan}}|score = 1 – 3 <br/><small>|team2 = {{fb|Poland}} |goals1 = [[Branimir Subašić|Subašić]] {{goal|6}}|goals2 = [[Euzebiusz Smolarek|Smolarek]] {{goal|63}} </br> [[Jacek Krzynówek|Krzynówek]] {{goal|66}} {{goal|90}}|stadium = [[Tofik Bakhramov Stadium]], [[Baku]] <br />'''Attendance:''' 4,500<br />'''Referee:''' [[Costas Kapitanis|Kapitanis]] ([[Cyprus Football Association|Cyprus]] )|report = [http://euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/qualifying/matches/match=83776/index.html Report]}}
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{{footballbox|date = [[June 6]], [[2007]] <br />19:00 [[UTC+6]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|Kazakhstan}}|score = 1 – 1<br/><small>|team2 = {{fb|Azerbaijan}} |goals1 = [[Ruslan Baltiev|Baltiev]] {{goal|53}}|goals2 = [[Vügar Nadirov|Nadirov]] {{goal|30}}|stadium = [[Almaty Central Stadium]], [[Almaty]] <br />'''Attendance:''' 11,800<br />'''Referee:''' [[Albert Toussaint|Toussaint]] ([[Luxembourg Football Federation|Luxembourg]]) |report = [http://euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/qualifying/matches/match=83779/index.html Report]}}
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{{footballbox|date = [[October 13]], [[2007]]<br />21:00 [[UTC+5]]|team1 = {{fb-rt|Azerbaijan}}|score = 0 – 2 |team2 = {{fb|Portugal}} |goals1 = |goals2 =[[Bruno Alves]] {{goal|12}} </br> [[Hugo Almeida|Almeida]] {{goal|45}}|stadium = [[Tofik Bakhramov Stadium]], [[Baku]]<br />'''Attendance:''' 30,000<br />'''Referee:''' [[Ivan Bebek|Babek]] ([[Croatian Football Federation|Croatia]])|report = [http://euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/qualifying/matches/match=83791/index.html Report]}}
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{{footballbox|date = [[October 17]], [[2007]] <br />21:00 [[UTC+5]]|team1 = {{fb-rt|Azerbaijan}}|score = 1 – 6 |team2 = {{fb|Serbia}} |goals1 = [[Samir Aliyev|Aliyev]] {{goal|26}} |goals2 = [[Duško Tošić|D. Tošić]] {{goal|4}} </br> [[Nikola Žigić|Žigić]] {{goal|22}} {{goal|42}} </br> [[Boško Janković|Janković]] {{goal|41}} </br> [[Milan Smiljanic|Smiljanic]] {{goal|75}} </br> [[Danko Lazović|Lazović]] {{goal|84}} |stadium = [[Tofik Bakhramov Stadium]], [[Baku]] <br />'''Attendance:''' 9,000<br />'''Referee:''' [[Thomas Einwaller|Einwaller]] ([[Austrian Football Association|Austria]]) |report = [http://euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/qualifying/matches/match=83796/index.html Report]}}
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{{footballbox|date = [[November 17]], [[2007]]<br />16:05 [[Eastern European Time|EET]]|team1 = {{fb-rt|Finland}}|score = 2 – 1 |team2 = {{fb|Azerbaijan}} |goals1 = [[Mikael Forssell|Forssell]] {{goal|79}} </br> [[Shefki Kuqi|Kuqi]] {{goal|86}} </br> |goals2 = [[Ilgar Gurbanov|Gurbanov]] {{goal|63}} |stadium = [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]], [[Helsinki]]<br />'''Attendance:''' 10,325<br />'''Referee:''' [[Alain Hamer|Hamer]] ([[Luxembourg Football Federation|Luxembourg]])|report =[http://euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/qualifying/matches/match=83799/index.html Report] }}
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{{footballbox|date = [[November 21]], [[2007]]<br />21:00 [[UTC+4]]|team1 = {{fb-rt|Azerbaijan}}|score = 0 – 1 |team2 = {{fb|Belgium}} |goals1 = |goals2 = [[Luigi Pieroni|Pieroni]] {{goal|52}} |stadium = [[Tofik Bakhramov Stadium]], [[Baku]]<br />'''Attendance:''' 18,000<br />'''Referee:''' [[Asaf Kenan|Kenan]] ([[Israel Football Association|Israel]])|report = [http://euro2008.uefa.com/tournament/qualifying/matches/match=83802/index.html Report]}}
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==World Cup 2010==
Azerbaijan have been drawn alongside [[Germany National Football Team|Germany]], [[Russia National Football Team|Russia]], [[Wales National Football Team|Wales]], [[Finland national football team|Finland]] and [[Liechtenstein national football team|Liechtenstein]] in Group 4 and kick off their qualifying campaign away to Wales on 6 September. Vogts replaces [[Gjoko Hadžievski]] who was dismissed after the Azeris failed to qualify for UEFA EURO 2008™.<ref name="uefa">[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind=1/newsid=680090.html]</ref> Vogts has said that the qualifying group is difficult, stating that "We want to learn some things from Germany and try to upset Russia."<ref name="wc2010">[http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iX9AG6ALBoCGz9JGKAK1cSFHUPQQ]</ref>
'''Standings'''
{{2010 FIFA World Cup qualification - UEFA Group 4
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| fixtures = yes
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== Recent friendlies ==
'''
'''22 August 2007'''
Azerbaijan 3 - 2 [[Tajikistan national football team|Tajikistan]] <ref name="tajik">[http://www.affa.az/index.php?r=133&lang=ru]</ref>
'''12 September 2007'''
Azerbaijan 1 - 1 [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]] <ref name="georgia">[http://www.affa.az/index.php?r=133&lang=ru]</ref>
'''3 February 2008'''
Azerbaijan 0 - 0 [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]] <ref name="kazakh">[http://www.day.az/news/football/106556.html]</ref>
'''26 March 2008'''
Azerbaijan 0 - 1 [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]] <ref name="lith">[http://www.day.az/news/football/112453.html]</ref>
''' 1 June 2008'''
Azerbaijan 0 - 1 [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team| Bosnia and Herzegovina]]
''' 4 June 2008 '''
Azerbaijan 2 - 1[[Andorra national football team| Andorra]]
==Current squad==
The following players named for friendly match against [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]] on [[March 26]], [[2008]].
{{nat fs g start}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Farhad Veliyev]]|age=[[November 1]] [[1980]]|caps=21|goals=0|club=[[FK Karabakh]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=GK|name=[[Rauf Mekhtiyev]]|age=[[November 17]] [[1976]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[FK Olimpik Baku]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Sasha Yunisoglu]]|age=[[December 18]], [[1985]]|caps=5|goals=0|club=[[Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski]]|clubnat=Poland}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Elvin Aliyev]]|age=[[August 21]] [[1984]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[FK Olimpik Baku]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Rashad Sadigov]]([[captain (football)|''captain'']]) |age=[[june 16]] [[1982]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[PFC Neftchi]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Rail Melikov]]|age=[[December 18]] [[1985]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[PFC Neftchi]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Usim Nduka]]|age=[[September 23]] [[1985]]|caps=1|goals=0|club=[[FK Olimpik Baku]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Elnur Allahverdiyev]]|age=[[November 2]] [[1983]]|caps=2|goals=0|club=[[PFC Neftchi]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Elmar Bakhshiev]]|age=[[August 3]] [[1980]]|caps=20|goals=0|club=[[FK Khazar Lenkoran]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Ilgar Gurbanov]]|age=[[April 25]] [[1986]]|caps=29|goals=1|club=[[Sivasspor]]|clubnat=Turkey}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Jamshid Maharramov]]|age=[[August 4]] [[1983]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[FK Baku]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Zaur Tagizade]]|age=[[February 21]] [[1979]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[PFC Neftchi]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Aleksandr Chertoganov]]|age=[[February 8]] [[1980]]|caps=18|goals=0|club=[[PFC Neftchi]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Emin Imamaliev]]|age=[[August 7]] [[1980]]|caps=46|goals=1|club=[[FC Inter Baku]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Mahmud Gurbanov]]|age=[[May 10]] [[1973]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[FC Inter Baku]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Emin Quliyev|Emin Guliyev]]|age=[[April 12]] [[1977]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[FK Khazar Lenkoran]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=MF|name=[[Aslan Kerimov]]|age=[[January 1]] [[1973]]|caps=78|goals=0|club=[[FK Karabakh]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Zaur Ramazanov]]|age=[[July 27]] [[1976]]|caps=53|goals=5|club=[[FK Khazar Lenkoran]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Branimir Subašić]]|age=[[July 4]] [[1982]]|caps=15|goals=4|club=[[PFC Neftchi]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g player|no=|pos=FW|name=[[Khagani Mamedov]]|age=[[September 29]] [[1976]]|caps=18|goals=1|club=[[FC Inter Baku]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{nat fs g end}}
== Recent call ups ==
{{nat fs g start}}
{{Nat fs g player|no=4|pos=DF|name=[[Andre Ladaga]]|age=[[February 19]] [[1975]]|caps=5|goals=1|club=[[FK Baku]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{Nat fs g player|no=11|pos=FW|name=[[Leandro Gomes]]|age=[[August 24]] [[1976]]|caps=4|goals=0|club=[[FK Baku]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{Nat fs g player|no=10|pos=MF|name=[[Ceyhun Sultanov]]|age=[[June 12]] [[1979]]|caps=9|goals=1|club=[[FK Khazar Lenkoran]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{Nat fs g player|no=12|pos=GK|name=[[Jahangir Hasanzade]]|age=[[August 4]] [[1979]]|caps=28|goals=0|club=[[FK Karabakh]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{Nat fs g player|no=17|pos=FW|name=[[Vügar Nadirov]]|age=[[June 15]] [[1987]]|caps=0|goals=0|club=[[FK Khazar Lenkoran]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{Nat fs g player|no=20|pos=FW|name=[[Vagif Dzavadov]]|age=[[May 25]] [[1989]]|caps=7|goals=0|club=[[FK Karabakh]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{Nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Ramin Guliyev]]|age=[[June 22]] [[1981]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[PFC Neftchi]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{Nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Samir Abbasov]]|age=[[February 11]] [[1978]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[FC Inter Baku]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{Nat fs g player|no=|pos=DF|name=[[Rafael Amirbayov]]|age=[[February 23]] [[1976]]|caps=|goals=|club=[[FK Baku]]|clubnat=Azerbaijan}}
{{Nat fs end}}
==Famous players==
*[[Emin Agaev]]
*[[Tarlan Akhmedov]]
*[[Gurban Gurbanov]]
*[[Farrukh Ismaïlov]]
*[[Rashad Sadygov]]
*[[Nazim Suleimanov]]
===Most capped players===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Player
!Career period
!Caps
!Goals
|-
|1
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Aslan Kerimov]]
|1994–2007
|75
|0
|-
|2
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Tarlan Akhmedov]]
|1994–2005
|73
|0
|-
|3
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Makhmud Gurbanov]]
|1994–2008
|66
|1
|-
|4
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Emin Agaev]]
|1994–2005
|65
|1
|-
|5
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Gurban Gurbanov]]
|1992–2005
|65
|12
|-
|6
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Emin Guliyev]]
|2000–2008
|48
|3
|-
|7
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Kamal Guliyev]]
|2000–2005
|46
|0
|-
|8
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Vyacheslav Lichkin]]
|1995–2001
|45
|4
|-
|9
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Emin Imamaliev]]
|2000–2007
|44
|1
|-
|10
|style="text-align: left;"|[[Arif Asadov]]
|1994–2002
|43
|0
|-
|}
===Top goalscorers===
{| class="wikitable" cellpadding="3" style="text-align: center;"
|-
!#
!Player
!Career period
!Goals
!Caps
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Gurban Gurbanov]]
|1992–2005
|12
|65
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Zaur Tagizade]]'
|1997–2007
|6
|40
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Farrukh Ismailov]]
|1998–2006
|5
|32
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Vidadi Rzaev]]
|1992–2001
|5
|35
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Branimir Subasic]]
|2007–2008
|5
|14
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Nazim Suleymanov]]
|1992–1998
|5
|24
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Samir Aliev]]
|1997–2007
|4
|33
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|[[Vyacheslav Lichkin]]
|2007–2008
|4
|45
|}
== Managers ==
*[[Berti Vogts]] : [[3 April]] [[2008]] - [[?]]
*[[Gjoko Hadzievski]] : [[31 October]] [[2007]] - [[March 2008]]
*[[Shakhin Diniyev]] : [[November 2005]] - [[October 2007]]
*[[Vagyf Sadygov]] : [[June 2005]] - [[November 2005]]
*[[Carlos Alberto Torres]] : [[February 2004]] - [[June 2005]]
*[[Alekper Mamedov]] : [[1992]] - [[1993]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.affa.az/?lg=az Azerbaycan Futbol Federasiyaları Assosiasiyası] - English language version also available
*[http://www.azerifootball.com azerifootball.com] (in Russian)
*[http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azer-intres.html RSSSF archive of international results 1979-2004]
*[http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WorldCup/news/Kind=1/newsId=173352.html UEFA match report on the first away win]
*[http://www.azerisport.com/|Azerisport.]
*[http://www.day.az/news/football|Day.az]
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