This article is about the men ‘s team. For the women ‘s team, see Azerbaijan women ‘s national football team
The Azerbaijan national football team ( Azerbaijani : Azərbaycan milli futbol komandası ) 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 majority of Azerbaijan ‘s home matches are held at the home stadium, Baku Olympic Stadium, with friendly matches sometimes hosted at baseball club stadiums.
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The Azerbaijan national football team has taken separate in reservation for each major tournament since Euro 1996, but has never qualified for the finals tournament of any World Cup or european Championships. Despite this, Azerbaijan was the first Caucasus nation to host a major tournament, the UEFA Euro 2020, tied though the home side failed to qualify .
history [edit ]
early on period ( before the 1920s ) [edit ]
In the early twentieth hundred, football began to become democratic in Azerbaijan, which was then share of the Russian Empire. In 1912, Azerbaijani football players had their inaugural “ external match ” and they won in Tbilisi, Georgia against the local “ Sokol ” team with 4:2. During 1912–1913, matches between Azerbaijani and Georgian football teams were organized, first in Tbilisi and then in Baku. In 1914, the Football Union was founded in Azerbaijan. The Football Union undertook the organization of official city championships and other competitions. [ 5 ]
soviet era ( 1920s–1991 ) [edit ]
The oldest records of football teams in soviet Azerbaijan goes rear to 1926–1927, when Trans-Caucasian Championship was organized in Tbilisi. Three South caucasian countries participated : Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. [ 2 ] The Azerbaijan national football team held its first friendly matches against Georgia and Armenia in 1927 for the Trans-Caucasian Championship in Georgia. [ 2 ] besides in 1926, football players from Azerbaijan played three matches with Football team from Iran in Baku. In 1929, there were played three matches between these teams in Tehran. In all matches Azerbaijan players won. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The 1960s is considered the Golden Age for Azerbaijani football as it produced great players like Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Alakbar Mammadov and the football reviewer Tofiq Bahramov, most celebrated for being the linesman who helped to award a goal for England in the 1966 World Cup Final between England and West Germany .
1990s [edit ]
After Azerbaijan gained its independence in 1991, AFFA — Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan — was created. In 1992, renowned Azerbaijani football player Alekper Mamedov became the first gear head coach of the Azerbaijani national football team, compiling a 3–1 record as bus that includes the first ever home team victory, over Georgia on May 25, 1993. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] In 1994, the national team was accepted into FIFA and UEFA. The security issues, forced the team to play all of its home Euro 96 qualifiers in Trabzon, Turkey. [ 10 ]
2000s [edit ]
Azerbaijani team in 2008. As of the early 2000s, AFFA started to integrate more players to the national team through FIFA ‘s eligibility rules. [ 11 ] 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 inadequate start, a 0–6 kill to Israel on February 18, Azerbaijan won their first ever aside match, 3–2 against Kazakhstan on April 28. In June 2005, following a 3–0 kill by Poland, Torres stood down from the position, to be replaced by erstwhile Neftchi coach Vagif Sadygov, his third base spell as coach of Azerbaijan. Shahin Diniyev took over as coach in November 2005. He resigned on 31 October 2007, and Gjoko Hadzievski was named as care-taking coach of Azerbaijan. [ 12 ] In April 2008, former German football actor and coach Berti Vogts was appointed as a director of Azerbaijan on a biennial compress. [ 13 ] Azerbaijan had a assorted modify political campaign, finishing with 5 points, fair missing out on a last rate to Liechtenstein with 2 points. In November 2009, AFFA extended Berti Vogts ‘ sign a farther two years, making him the first director to manage Azerbaijani national team in two reservation cycles. [ 14 ] [ 15 ]
2010s [edit ]
In 2010, following a shock winnings over Turkey, the team reached 90th place in FIFA World Rankings, Azerbaijan ‘s highest position ever in country ‘s football history. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] After victory over Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan besides broke their grade and points records by gaining 7 points and scoring 10 goals. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] In November 2011, AFFA extended Berti Vogts ‘ condense a far two years, until the end of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification bicycle. [ 20 ] Under Vogts, Azerbaijan had some poor results, not being able to defeat second-string sides. Vogts faced major criticism, protest and demonstration from local anesthetic supporters and the media. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] however, Azerbaijan managed to finish reservation cycle in fourth put, the team ‘s best always finish. [ 23 ] In December 2013, Vogts being granted a fresh biennial compress, with aim to lead Azerbaijan through EURO 2016 qualifying. [ 24 ] In July 2014, Azerbaijan beat its rank record by reaching 73rd position in FIFA World Rankings. Following three true losses, Vogts resigned from his mail after spending six years in charge of Azerbaijan. [ 25 ] [ 26 ] Succeeding Vogts as full-time coach was former Croatia external Robert Prosinečki. He guided the Azerbaijani team to another commemorate points haul ( 10 ) in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualify, but the team still finished one-fifth in the six-team Group C. Prosinečki resigned after deciding not to extend his contract with the Azerbaijan Football Federation and was succeeded by boyfriend countryman Nikola Jurčević .
2020s [edit ]
The UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying proved to be a disaster for Azerbaijan as the team finished in bottomland with a complete seven defeats and only one withdraw, which amazingly, a draw against 2018 FIFA World Cup runner-up Croatia, the home of the director. Nikola Jurčević departed following the poor operation of Azerbaijan .
team image [edit ]
Colours [edit ]
Azerbaijan national football team in October 2013. As of UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying round, Azerbaijan ‘s home colours are all-red kit. The team wears an all-blue kit for away games. This combination of colors is traditional for the national team since their first game. At the begin of 90s, the team wore a white shirt, but towards the end of the decade it was transformed into blue-white denude shirts. At the begin of the 2000s, the kit was replaced by the ashen shirt with a vertical tricolor band, formed of the colors from the national flag of Azerbaijan on the chest. The kit was changed into aristocratic shirts, loss shorts and green socks only for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying round. After the tournament, the national team went back to their usual combination of colours. Azerbaijan national team ‘s off colours were yellow-black leach shirts, black shorts and yellow socks until UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying circle, when it was decided to abandon this kit in favor of the completely blue. During the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying attack games the team has used an all red kit. Since 2017, Azerbaijan ‘s kit has been supplied by Nike. They took over from Puma who were Azerbaijan ‘s kit suppliers between 2004 and 2006. Before that Umbro were Azerbaijan ‘s kit suppliers between 2002 and 2004 .
nickname [edit ]
Azerbaijan is often referred to by the media and supporters as Milli ( The National ), which is the dub associated with all of Azerbaijan ‘s international sport teams due to the team ‘s utilization of the country ‘s national colors. [ 27 ]
stadium [edit ]
Most of Azerbaijan ‘s home matches are played at the new Baku Olympic Stadium in Baku. It has been Azerbaijan ‘s elementary home stadium ever since the move from Tofiq Bahramov Stadium in 2015. today, some qualify matches and friendly matches are still hosted at the Tofiq Bahramov Stadium, whereas others are hosted at the Lankaran City Stadium, Bakcell Arena and Dalga Arena after it met UEFA stadium criteria. [ 28 ] [ 29 ]
Media coverage and public relations [edit ]
Azerbaijan ‘s matches are soon covered by the public channel İTV. [ 30 ] 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification meet rights were held by AZTV and Idman Azerbaijan television receiver. [ 31 ] AZTV, Idman Azerbaijan television receiver and Lider television are among early networks that have previously shown live fixtures. [ 32 ]
Kit suppliers [edit ]
Kit provider
Period
Adidas
1992–1994
Diadora
1995
Puma
1996–1999
Diadora
2000–2001
Umbro
2002–2003
Puma
2004–2005
Umbro
2006–2017
Nike
2017–present
Results and fixtures [edit ]
For all past pit results of the national team, see single-season articles, and Azerbaijan national football team results
2021 [edit ]
Coaching staff [edit ]
Coaching staff [edit ]
Under Berti Vogts, Azerbaijan reached its highest position ever in FIFA World Rankings
- As of 17 November 2020[35]
Manager
Azerbaijan career
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
Win %
17 September 1992
1
0
0
1
00 0.00
25 May 1993 – 8 June 1993
4
3
1
0
0 75.00
(caretaker)
(caretaker)
19 April 1994
1
0
0
1
00 0.00
2 September 1994 – 6 September 1995
9
0
0
9
00 0.00
11 October 1995 – 10 November 1996
11
3
3
5
0 27.27
1 March 1997 – 28 November 1998
20
6
3
11
0 30.00
6 March 1999 – 9 October 1999
9
1
2
6
0 11.11
(caretaker)
6 February 2000 – 4 June 2000
4
0
2
2
00 0.00
26 July 2000 – 7 October 2001
15
2
2
11
0 13.33
(caretaker)
20 February 2002 – 27 March 2002
2
0
0
2
00 0.00
17 April 2002 – 12 October 2002
8
1
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4
3
0 12.50
20 November 2002 – 20 December 2003
9
1
2
6
0 11.11
18 February 2004 – 4 June 2005
18
2
6
10
0 11.11
(caretaker)
17 August 2005 – 12 October 2005
4
0
1
3
00 0.00
28 February 2006 – 17 October 2007
20
4
7
9
0 20.00
(caretaker)
17 November 2007 – 3 February 2008
3
0
1
2
00 0.00
(caretaker)
26 March 2008
1
0
0
1
00 0.00
1 June 2008 – 13 October 2014
71
15
22
34
0 21.13
(caretaker)
16 November 2014
1
0
0
1
00 0.00
28 March 2015 – 8 October 2017
23
6
6
11
0 26.09
30 January 2018 – 20 November 2018
12
4
5
3
0 33.33
11 February 2019 – 13 December 2019
10
1
2
7
0 10.00
10 July 2020 –
7
1
4
2
0 14.29
Players [edit ]
current team [edit ]
The follow players were called up for the matches against Luxembourg and Qatar on 11 and 14 November 2021. [ 36 ]
Caps and goals as of 12 October 2021 after the match against Serbia.
late call-ups [edit ]
The following players have been called up for the team within the final 12 months and are still available for excerpt .
Player statistics [edit ]
- As of 2 June 2021[37]
- Players in bold are still active with Azerbaijan.
Most appearances [edit ]
peak goalscorers [edit ]
competitive record [edit ]
FIFA World Cup [edit ]
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
UEFA european championship [edit ]
Champions Runners-up Third place Fourth place
UEFA Nations League [edit ]
UEFA Nations League record
Year
Division
Group
Round
*
2018–19
D
3
Group stage
2nd
6
2
3
1
7
6
46th
2020–21
C
1
Group stage
3rd
6
1
3
2
2
4
43rd
2022–23
C
To be determined
Total
Group stage (C)
2/2
12
3
6
3
9
10
43rd
Honours [edit ]
See besides [edit ]
Notes [edit ]
References [edit ]
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