Azerbaijan national football team
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| Nickname | Azeri | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Association | Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan |
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Shakhin Diniyev | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | vacant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Tarlan Akhmedov (73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Gurban Gurbanov (12) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | AZE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 123 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international 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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Biggest defeat 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.
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
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[edit] World Cup record
[edit] European Championship record
[edit] Current squad
The following players named for Euro 2008 qualifying match against Poland on March 24, 2007.
Caps and goals as of 11 October 2006, included against Belgium.
- Head coach: Shakhin Diniyev
[edit] Notable players
- Emin Agaev
- Tarlan Akhmedov
- Gurban Gurbanov
- Farrukh Ismaïlov
- Rashad Sadygov
- Nazim Suleimanov
[edit] External links
- Azerbaycan Futbol Federasiyaları Assosiasiyası - English language version also available
- RSSSF archive of international results 1979-2004
- UEFA match report on the first away win
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International football
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