Azerbaijan national football team
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| Nickname(s) | Odlar Yurdu (Country 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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| Most caps | Tarlan Akhmedov (73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Gurban Gurbanov (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | AZE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 97 (June 1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 170 (June 1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 118 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest Elo ranking | 100 (1993) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest Elo ranking | 151 (Feb 2001) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| First international | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Iran 0 - 4 Azerbaijan  (Teheran, Iran; 1929) .svg/22px-Flag_of_Georgia_(1990-2004).svg.png){kind=small} Georgia 6 - 3 Azerbaijan (Gurjaani, Georgia; September 17, 1992) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Azerbaijan 4 - 0 Liechtenstein  (Baku, Azerbaijan; June 5, 1999) |
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 France 10 - 0 Azerbaijan (Auxerre, France; September 6, 1995) |
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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.
Berti Vogts was was appointed as a manager of Azerbaijan on a two-year contract on April 2008. He says his priority won't be World Cup qualification, but creating new structures and a real game. He will start everything from zero. "This is a real challenge or me."[1]
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[edit] Early History
- Azerbaijani football was first mentioned in writings of a famous Azerbaijani poet and philosoph of XIIth century 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 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
[edit] Modern History
- After Azerbaijan gained it's independence in 1991, AFFA - Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan was created.
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 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.[1]
Because of security issues, the team played all of its home Euro 96 qualifers in Trabzon, Turkey
In April 2008 famous german football player and coach Berti Vogts was appointed as a manager of Azerbaijan on a two-year contract[2]
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] European Championship record
[edit] 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.
Standings:
- Teams highlighted in green qualified for the finals.
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(*) Armenia and Azerbaijan played only 12 matches due to UEFA's decision to cancel the two fixtures between these countries, with no points awarded to both teams. [3]
Notes on the tie-breaking situation:
- Serbia and Finland are ranked by their head-to-head records:
- Serbia – 4 pts (0:0 H vs Finland, 2:0 A vs Finland)
- Finland – 1 pt (0:2 H vs Serbia, 0:0 A vs Serbia)
Game Results:
| September 2, 2006 20:15 CEST |
Serbia  |
1 – 0 |
Azerbaijan |
Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade Attendance: 0[2] Referee: Kircher (Germany) |
Žigić  72' |
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| September 6, 2006 19:00 UTC+5 |
Azerbaijan |
1 – 1 |
 Kazakhstan |
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Szabo (Hungary) |
| Ladaga 16' |
Report | Byakov 36' |
| October 7, 2006 21:00 WEST |
Portugal  |
3 – 0 |
Azerbaijan |
Bessa XXI, Porto Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Halsey (England) |
| Ronaldo 25' 63' Carvalho 31' |
Report |
| October 11, 2006 20:45 CEST |
Belgium .svg/22px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small} |
3 – 0 |
Azerbaijan |
Constant Vanden Stock, Brussels Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Lajuks (Latvia) |
| Simons 24' (pen.) Vandenbergh 47'Dembélé 82' |
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| March 24, 2007 18:00 CET |
Poland  |
5 – 0 |
Azerbaijan |
Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Jakobsson (Iceland) |
| Bąk 3' Dudka 6'Łobodziński 34'Krzynówek 58'Kaźmierczak 84' |
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| March 28, 2007 20:00 UTC+5 |
Azerbaijan |
1 – 0 |
 Finland |
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Messina (Italy) |
| Imamaliev 83' |
Report |
| June 2, 2007 21:00 UTC+5 |
Azerbaijan |
1 – 3 |
Poland |
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Kapitanis (Cyprus ) |
| Subašić 6' |
Report | Smolarek 63' Krzynówek 66' 90' |
| June 6, 2007 19:00 UTC+6 |
Kazakhstan |
1 – 1 |
Azerbaijan |
Almaty Central Stadium, Almaty Attendance: 11,800 Referee: Toussaint (Luxembourg) |
| Baltiev 53' |
Report | Nadirov 30' |
| October 13, 2007 21:00 UTC+5 |
Azerbaijan |
0 – 2 | Portugal |
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Babek (Croatia) |
| Report | Bruno Alves 12' Almeida 45' |
| October 17, 2007 21:00 UTC+5 |
Azerbaijan |
1 – 6 | Serbia |
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Einwaller (Austria) |
| Aliyev 26' |
Report | D. Tošić 4' Žigić 22' 42'Janković 41'Smiljanic 75'Lazović 84' |
| November 17, 2007 16:05 EET |
Finland |
2 – 1 | Azerbaijan |
Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 10,325 Referee: Hamer (Luxembourg) |
| Forssell 79' Kuqi 86' |
Report | Gurbanov 63' |
| November 21, 2007 21:00 UTC+4 |
Azerbaijan |
0 – 1 | Belgium |
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Kenan (Israel) |
| Report | Pieroni 52' |
[edit] World Cup 2010
Azerbaijan have been drawn alongside Germany, Russia, Wales, Finland and 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™.[4] He says that the qualifying group is difficult. "We want to learn some things from Germany and try to upset Russia."[5]
Standings
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[edit] Friendly Matches
22 August 2007
Azerbaijan 3 - 2 Tajikistan [6]
12 September 2007
3 February 2008
Azerbaijan 0 - 0 Kazakhstan[8]
26 March 2008
1 June 2008
Azerbaijan 0 - 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
4 June 2008
Azerbaijan 2 - 1 Andorra
[edit] Current squad
The following players named for friendly match against Lithuania on March 26, 2008.
[edit] Recent Call Ups
The following players have also been called up to the Azerbaijan squad in 2008.
- Goalkeepers
| Name | Date of birth | Club | Caps (goals) | Most Recent Call up |
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- Defenders
| Name | Date of birth | Club | Caps (goals) | Most Recent Call up |
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| Ramin Guliyev | June 22, 1981 | PFC Neftchi |
v. Kazakhstan, 3 February 2008 | |
| Samir Abbasov | February 1, 1978 | FC Inter Baku |
v. Kazakhstan, 3 February 2008 | |
| Rafael Amirbayov | February 23, 1976 | FK Baku |
v. Kazakhstan, 3 February 2008 |
- Midfielders
| Name | Date of birth | Club | Caps (goals) | Most Recent Call up |
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- Strikers
| Name | Date of birth | Club | Caps (goals) | Most Recent Call up |
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[edit] Famous players
- Emin Agaev
- Tarlan Akhmedov
- Gurban Gurbanov
- Farrukh Ismaïlov
- Rashad Sadygov
- Nazim Suleimanov
[edit] 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
[edit] Notes
- ^ Azerisport.com
- ^ Zoran Milosavljevic. Zigic goal gives Serbia 1-0 win over Azerbaijan. Reuters. Retrieved on September 3, 2006. Serbia were ordered to play one home match behind closed doors as punishment for crowd troubles in their last World Cup qualifier against Bosnia and Herzegovina.
[edit] External links
- Azerbaycan Futbol Federasiyaları Assosiasiyası - English language version also available
- azerifootball.com (in Russian)
- RSSSF archive of international results 1979-2004
- UEFA match report on the first away win
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