Azerbaijan national football team

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Azerbaijan
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s) Odlar Yurdu
(The Land of Fire)
Association Association of Football
Federations of Azerbaijan
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Berti Vogts
Asst coach Vali Gasimov
Captain Rashad Sadygov
Most caps Rashad Sadygov (79)
Top scorer Gurban Gurbanov (14)
Home stadium Tofig Bahramov Stadium
Lankaran City Stadium
Dalga Arena
FIFA code AZE
FIFA ranking 109
Highest FIFA ranking 90 (November 2010)
Lowest FIFA ranking 170 (June 1994)
Elo ranking 109
Highest Elo ranking 100 (1993, October 2010)
Lowest Elo ranking 151 (February 2001)
Home colours
Away colours
First international

Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic Georgia 1–1 Azerbaijan Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
(Tbilisi, Georgia, 1927)[1]

 Georgia 6–3 Azerbaijan 
(Gurjaani, Georgia; September 17, 1992)[1][2]
Biggest win
 Azerbaijan 4–0 Liechtenstein 
(Baku, Azerbaijan; 5 June 1999)
Biggest defeat
 France 10–0 Azerbaijan 
(Auxerre, France; September 6, 1995)[1]

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 Azerbaijan national football team has taken part in qualification for each major tournament since Euro 96, but has never qualified for the finals tournament of any World Cup or European Championships.

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[edit] History

[edit] Early years

  • First Azerbaijani football clubs started to function in 1906. Generally they represented the main oil companies of Baku.
  • The Azerbaijan national football team held its first friendly matches against Georgia and Armenia in 1927 for the Trans-Caucasian Championship in Georgia.[1]
  • During the Soviet Era the team did not play any international matches

[edit] '60s to '90s

1960s considered Golden Age for Azerbaijani football as it produced great players like Anatoliy Banishevskiy, Alakbar Mammadov and football referee Tofik Bakhramov, most famous for being a linesman who helped to award a goal for England in the 1966 World Cup Final between England and West Germany.

[edit] 1990s

After Azerbaijan gained its 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 on May 25, 1993.[3][4] 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.[5]

[edit] 2000s

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 Sadygov, his third spell as coach of Azerbaijan. Shahin 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.[6]

In April 2008, former German football player and coach Berti Vogts was appointed as a manager of Azerbaijan on a two-year contract.[7] Azerbaijan had a mixed qualifying campaign, finishing with 5 points, just missing out on a last place to Liechtenstein with 2 points.

[edit] 2010s

Azerbaijan national football team in October 2010

In November 2009, AFFA extended Berti Vogts' contract a further two years, making him the first manager to manage Azerbaijani national team in two qualification cycles.[8][9] Following shock win over Turkey, team reached 90th place in FIFA World Rankings, Azerbaijan's highest position ever in country's football history.[10][11]After victory over Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan also broke their scoring and points records by gaining 7 points and scoring 9 goals.[12][13]

In November 2011, AFFA once again extended Berti Vogts' contract a further two years, until end of 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification cycle.[14]

[edit] Stadium

For stadium history, see Baku Olympic Stadium.

Most of Azerbaijan's home matches are played at the Tofik Bakhramov Stadium in the capital Baku. It has been Azerbaijan's principal home stadium ever since the country's independence from the Soviet Union.

Today, some qualifying matches are hosted at the Lankaran City Stadium and Dalga Arena after it met UEFA stadium criteria.[15][16]

The new Baku Olympic Stadium is under construction in Baku with an expected capacity of 64,000 seats.[17][18] Following 2015, this stadium will be used as the venue for the most key matches of the Azerbaijani national team.

[edit] Colours

Azerbaijan's traditional home colours are white shirts, blue shorts and white socks. The team wears also an all white kit. This combination of colours are traditional for national team since first game. In the beginning of 90's the team has worn white jersey, to the end of decade it has been transformated into blue-white striped shirts, however for the beginning of 2000's has been turned to the white shirt with a vertical blue-red-green tricolor stripe on the chest. It have been changed into blue shirts, red shorts and green socks only for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying round. In 2008 went back national team's usual combination of colors.

Azerbaijan national team's away colours were yellow-black striped shirts, black shorts and yellow socks until UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying round, when it was decided to abandon this kit in favor of the completely blue. During the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying round games the team has used an all red kit.

[edit] Record in major tournaments

[edit] World Cups

[edit] European Championships

[edit] UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Main article: UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group A
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Germany 10 10 0 0 34 7 +27 30
 Turkey 10 5 2 3 13 11 +2 17
 Belgium 10 4 3 3 21 15 +6 15
 Austria 10 3 3 4 16 17 −1 12
 Azerbaijan 10 2 1 7 10 26 −16 7
 Kazakhstan 10 1 1 8 6 24 −18 4
  Austria Azerbaijan Belgium Germany Kazakhstan Turkey
Austria  — 3–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–0
Azerbaijan  1–4 — 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–0
Belgium  4–4 4–1 — 0–1 4–1 1–1
Germany  6–2 6–1 3–1 — 4–0 3–0
Kazakhstan  0–0 2–1 0–2 0–3 — 0–3
Turkey  2–0 1–0 3–2 1–3 2–1 —


[edit] 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

Main article: 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group F
Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Azerbaijan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Luxembourg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Azerbaijan Israel Luxembourg Northern Ireland Portugal Russia
Azerbaijan  — 7 Sep '12 7 Jun '13 11 Oct '13 26 Mar '13 15 Oct '13
Israel  6 Sep '13 — 16 Oct '12 15 Oct '13 22 Mar '13 11 Sep '12
Luxembourg  22 Mar '13 12 Oct '12 — 10 Sep '13 7 Sep '12 11 Oct '13
Northern Ireland  14 Nov '12 26 Mar '13 11 Sep '12 — 6 Sep '13 22 Mar '13
Portugal  11 Sep '12 11 Oct '13 15 Oct '13 16 Oct '12 — 7 Jun '13
Russia  16 Oct '12 10 Sep '13 6 Sep '13 7 Sep '12 12 Oct '12 —


[edit] Current squad

Players called up for the friendly matches against Singapore, India, Palestine on 24, 27 and 29 February 2011, to be held in Dubai, UAE.

Caps and goals as of 11 November 2011 (after the game with Albania).

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
GK Kamran Ağayev February 9, 1986 (1986-02-09) (age 26) 29 0 Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran
GK Andrey Popoviç March 4, 1992 (1992-03-04) (age 19) 1 0 Azerbaijan Sumgayit
GK Anar Nazirov November 4, 1991 (1991-11-04) (age 20) 0 0 Azerbaijan Turan Tovuz
DF Rashad Sadygov (Captain) June 16, 1982 (1982-06-16) (age 29) 79 4 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
DF Rail Melikov December 18, 1985 (1985-12-18) (age 26) 39 0 Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku
DF Elnur Allahverdiyev November 2, 1983 (1983-11-02) (age 28) 22 0 Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran
DF Ruslan Abishov October 10, 1987 (1987-10-10) (age 24) 21 2 Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku
DF Volodimir Levin January 23, 1984 (1984-01-23) (age 28) 16 0 Azerbaijan Inter Baku
DF Agil Nabiyev June 16, 1982 (1982-06-16) (age 29) 7 0 Azerbaijan AZAL
MF Ufuk Budak May 26, 1990 (1990-05-26) (age 21) 5 0 Germany SC Freiburg II
DF Haji Ahmadov November 23, 1993 (1993-11-23) (age 18) 0 0 Azerbaijan Sumgayit
DF Arif Dashdemirov February 10, 1987 (1987-02-10) (age 25) 0 0 Azerbaijan Inter Baku
DF Badavi Guseynov July 11, 1991 (1991-07-11) (age 20) 0 0 Azerbaijan Sumgayit
MF Mahir Şükürov December 12, 1982 (1982-12-12) (age 29) 54 1 Azerbaijan Gabala
MF Aleksandr Çertoganov February 8, 1980 (1980-02-08) (age 32) 42 0 Azerbaijan Gabala
MF Rahid Amirguliyev September 1, 1989 (1989-09-01) (age 22) 18 0 Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran
MF Rashad Sadigov October 8, 1983 (1983-10-08) (age 28) 12 0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
MF Afran Ismayilov October 8, 1988 (1988-10-08) (age 23) 8 1 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
MF Nizami Hajiyev February 18, 1988 (1988-02-18) (age 24) 1 0 Azerbaijan Inter Baku
MF Murad Aghayev July 18, 1988 (1988-07-18) (age 23) 0 0 Russia UGIM-80
FW Vüqar Nadirov June 15, 1987 (1987-06-15) (age 24) 39 3 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
FW Branimir Subašić April 7, 1982 (1982-04-07) (age 29) 30 6 Azerbaijan Khazar Lankaran
FW Rauf Aliyev February 12, 1989 (1989-02-12) (age 23) 17 3 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
FW Vugar Askerov June 26, 1986 (1986-06-26) (age 25) 0 0 Latvia Liepājas Metalurgs
FW Cihan Özkara July 14, 1991 (1991-07-14) (age 20) 0 0 Turkey Sivasspor
FW Rizvan Umarov May 4, 1993 (1993-05-04) (age 18) 0 0 Spain Castellón

[edit] Recent call-ups

The following players aren't in the current squad, but were called up in the last 12 months:

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club
GK Farhad Veliyev November 1, 1980 (1980-11-01) (age 31) 30 0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
GK Salahat Ağayev November 4, 1991 (1991-11-04) (age 20) 1 0 Azerbaijan Inter Baku
GK Aqil Mammadov May 1, 1989 (1989-05-01) (age 22) 0 0 Azerbaijan Baku
DF Saşa Yunisoğlu December 18, 1985 (1985-12-18) (age 26) 27 0 Azerbaijan Gabala
DF Vurğun Hüseynov April 25, 1988 (1988-04-25) (age 23) 12 0 Azerbaijan Gabala
DF Maksim Medvedev October 3, 1989 (1989-10-03) (age 22) 11 0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
DF Nodar Mammadov June 3, 1988 (1988-06-03) (age 23) 4 0 Azerbaijan Gabala
DF Ruslan Amirjanov February 1, 1985 (1985-02-01) (age 27) 3 0 Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku
MF Elvin Mammadov July 18, 1988 (1988-07-18) (age 23) 27 7 Azerbaijan Baku
MF Arif İsayev July 28, 1985 (1985-07-28) (age 26) 4 0 Azerbaijan Gabala
MF Araz Abdullayev March 19, 1992 (1992-03-19) (age 19) 3 0 Greece Panionios
MF Amit Guluzade November 20, 1992 (1992-11-20) (age 19) 3 0 Turkey Kayseri Erciyesspor
MF Javid Imamverdiyev August 1, 1990 (1990-08-01) (age 21) 0 0 Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku
MF Namiq Yusifov August 14, 1986 (1986-08-14) (age 25) 0 0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
FW Vagif Javadov May 25, 1989 (1989-05-25) (age 22) 40 7 Azerbaijan Qarabağ
FW Elshan Mammadov May 4, 1980 (1980-05-04) (age 31) 6 0 Azerbaijan AZAL
FW Murad Hüseynov January 25, 1989 (1989-01-25) (age 23) 5 1 Azerbaijan Gabala
FW Farid Guliev January 6, 1986 (1986-01-06) (age 26) 5 1 Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku
FW Bakhtiyar Soltanov June 21, 1989 (1989-06-21) (age 22) 0 0 Azerbaijan Qarabağ

[edit] Fixtures and results

Main article: Azerbaijan national football team results

[edit] Recent results

Date Tournament Location Home Team Score Away Team Azerbaijan Scorers
August 15, 2012
Friendly
 Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Bahrain Bahrain
June 5, 2012
Friendly
 Belarus Minsk Belarus Belarus Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
May 30, 2012
Friendly
 Germany Frankfurt Andorra Andorra Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
February 29, 2012
Friendly
 United Arab Emirates Dubai Palestinian territories Palestine Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
February 27, 2012
Friendly
 United Arab Emirates Dubai India India Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
February 24, 2012
Friendly
 United Arab Emirates Dubai Singapore Singapore
2:2
 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Rauf Aliyev Goal 15'
Mahir Şükürov Goal 61'
November 11, 2011
Friendly
 Albania Tirana Albania Albania
0:1
 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Rauf Aliyev Goal 22'
October 11, 2011
Euro 2012 Qualification
 Turkey Istanbul Turkey Turkey
1:0
 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
October 7, 2011
Euro 2012 Qualification
 Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
1:4
 Austria Austria
Vüqar Nadirov Goal 74'
September 6, 2011
Euro 2012 Qualification
 Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
3:2
 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
Rauf Aliyev Goal 53'
Mahir Şükürov Goal 62' (pen)
Vagif Javadov Goal 68'
September 2, 2011
Euro 2012 Qualification
 Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
1:1
 Belgium Belgium
Rauf Aliyev Goal 86'
August 10, 2011
Friendly
 Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
0:1
 Republic of Macedonia Macedonia
June 7, 2011
Euro 2012 Qualification
 Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
1:3
 Germany Germany
Murad Hüseynov Goal 89'
June 3, 2011
Euro 2012 Qualification
 Kazakhstan Astana Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
2:1
 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Vügar Nadirov Goal 63'
March 29, 2011
Euro 2012 Qualification
 Belgium Brussels Belgium Belgium
4:1
 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Ruslan Abushev Goal 16'
February 9, 2011
Friendly
 United Arab Emirates Dubai Hungary Hungary
2:0
 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
November 17, 2010
Friendly
 Montenegro Podgorica Montenegro Montenegro
2:0
 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
October 12, 2010
Euro 2012 Qualification
 Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
1:0
 Turkey Turkey
Rashad Sadygov Goal 38'
October 8, 2010
Euro 2012 Qualification
 Austria Vienna Austria Austria
3:0
 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
September 7, 2010
Euro 2012 Qualification
 Germany Cologne Germany Germany
6:1
 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
Vagif Javadov Goal 57'

[edit] Head coaches

Manager Azerbaijan career Played Won Drawn Lost Win % Note
Azerbaijan Mammadov, AlakbarAlakbar Mammadov 1992–1993 4 3 0 1 75.00 First international game; First victory in friendly game
Azerbaijan Tuayev, KazbekKazbek Tuayev 1993–1994 2 0 0 2 0.00
Azerbaijan Mirjavadov, AgaselimAgaselim Mirjavadov 1994–1995 8 0 0 8 0.00 Biggest defeat
Azerbaijan Tuayev, KazbekKazbek Tuayev 1995–1997 9 2 3 4 22.22 First official game point; First official victory
Azerbaijan Sadygov, VagifVagif Sadygov 1997–1998 20 6 3 11 30.00
Azerbaijan Alaskarov, AhmadAhmad Alaskarov 1999–2000 13 1 6 6 13.00 Biggest win
Azerbaijan Ponomaryov, IgorIgor Ponomaryov 2000–2001 15 2 3 10 13.33
Azerbaijan Sadygov, VagifVagif Sadygov 2002 8 0 2 6 0.00
Azerbaijan Abdullayev, AsgarAsgar Abdullayev 2003–2004 5 1 1 3 20.00 First official away game point
Brazil Torres, Carlos AlbertoCarlos Alberto Torres 2004–2005 18 2 6 10 11.11 First foreign head coach
Azerbaijan Sadygov, VagifVagif Sadygov 2005 5 0 1 4 0.00
Azerbaijan Diniyev, ShahinShahin Diniyev 2005–2007 20 4 7 9 20 Biggest home defeat
Republic of Macedonia Hadžievski, GjokoGjoko Hadžievski 2007–2008 3 0 1 2 0.00
Germany Vogts, BertiBerti Vogts 2008–present 42 9 10 23 21.42 First head coach working at least three consecutively qualifying rounds; Most points gained in qualification cycle

Last updated November 30, 2011

[edit] Player statistics

Lists of the players with the most caps and top goalscorers for Azerbaijan, as of October 11, 2011 (players in bold are still available for selection):

Gurban Gurbanov is Azerbaijan's all-time leading goalscorer in international matches.
Top Ten Highest Goalscorers
Player Period Caps Goals
1 Gurban Gurbanov 1992–2005 66 14
2 Elvin Mammadov 2008-present 27 7
3 Vagif Javadov 2006–present 40 7
4 Branimir Subašić 2007–present 30 6
5 Zaur Tagizade 1997–2008 39 6
6 Nazim Suleymanov 1992–1998 24 5
7 Vidadi Rzayev 1992–2001 35 5
8 Fábio Luís Ramim 2008–present 16 4
9 Farrukh Ismayilov 1998–2007 31 4
10 Rashad Sadygov 2001–present 79 4
Aslan Kerimov is one of Azerbaijan's most capped players.
Top Ten Players With Most Appearances
Player Period Caps Goals
1 Rashad Sadygov 2001–present 79 4
2 Aslan Kerimov 1994–2008 74 0
3 Tarlan Ahmadov 1992–2005 71 0
4 Mahmud Gurbanov 1994–2008 69 1
5 Gurban Gurbanov 1992–2005 66 14
6 Emin Agayev 1992–2005 64 1
7 Mahir Shukurov 2004-present 54 1
8 Emin Guliyev 2000-2008 48 3
9 Vyacheslav Lichkin 1995–2001 45 4
10 Samir Abbasov 2004-present 44 0

Last updated: 6 September 2010
Source: national-football-teams

[edit] Team statistics

Opponent Games Wins Draws Losses Goals For Goals Against Goal Differential
 Albania 5 1 1 3 3 5 −2
 Andorra 3 1 2 0 2 1 +1
 Austria 4 0 1 3 1 9 −8
 Bahrain 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
 Belarus 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1
 Belgium 3 0 1 3 2 9 −7
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
 Bulgaria 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Czech Republic 1 1 0 0 2 0 +2
 England 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3
 Estonia 7 1 4 2 4 6 −2
 Faroe Islands 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
 Finland 8 1 0 7 5 15 −10
 France 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12
 Georgia 4 1 2 1 2 2 0
 Germany 4 0 0 4 2 15 −13
 Honduras 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
 Hungary 5 0 0 5 1 15 −14
 Iceland 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
 Iran 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2
 Iraq 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
 Israel 3 0 0 3 0 10 −10
 Italy 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6
 Jordan 2 1 1 0 3 1 +2
 Kazakhstan 7 2 3 2 9 9 0
 Kuwait 2 0 2 0 2 2 0
 Kyrgyzstan 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1
 Latvia 3 0 3 0 2 2 0
 Liechtenstein 4 2 1 1 7 2 +5
 Lithuania 2 1 0 1 2 2 0
 Luxembourg 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1
 Macedonia 5 0 1 4 3 10 −7
 Malta 3 0 0 3 0 9 −9
 Moldova 8 1 4 3 4 7 −3
 Montenegro 1 0 0 1 0 2 −2
 Northern Ireland 2 0 1 1 0 2 −2
 Norway 2 0 0 2 0 6 −6
 Oman 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3
 Poland 6 0 1 7 1 20 −19
 Portugal 4 0 1 3 1 13 −12
 Romania 4 0 0 4 1 12 −11
 Russia 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2
 Saudi Arabia 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1
 Serbia 4 1 1 2 5 10 −5
 Slovakia 6 1 0 5 4 12 −8
 Spain 1 0 0 1 0 6 −6
 Sweden 2 0 0 2 0 4 −4
 Switzerland 2 1 0 1 1 5 −4
 Tajikistan 1 1 0 0 3 2 +1
 Trinidad and Tobago 2 0 0 2 0 3 −3
 Turkey 9 1 2 6 3 11 −8
 Turkmenistan 1 1 0 0 3 0 +3
 Ukraine 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
 United Arab Emirates 1 0 1 0 3 3 0
 Uzbekistan 8 4 2 2 11 10 +1
 Wales 6 0 1 5 1 11 −10

Last updated: 11 November 2011
Source: national-football-teams

[edit] Notable matches

Date Tournament Place Match Score
3 June 1994 Friendly Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan – Turkey  0 – 0
15 November 1995 UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Trabzon, Turkey Azerbaijan Azerbaijan – Poland  0 – 0
31 August 1996 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan – Switzerland  1 – 0
4 September 1999 UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan – Portugal  1 – 1
6 June 2001 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan – Slovakia  2 – 0
12 February 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Podgorica, Serbia and Montenegro  Serbia and Montenegro – Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 2 – 2
11 June 2003 UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan – Serbia and Montenegro  2 – 1
17 November 2004 Friendly Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan – Bulgaria  0 – 0
7 September 2005 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan – Austria  0 – 0
28 February 2006 Friendly Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan – Ukraine  0 – 0
12 April 2006 Friendly Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan – Turkey  1 – 1
28 March 2007 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan – Finland  1 – 0
14 October 2009 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan – Russia  1 – 1
18 November 2009 Friendly Al Ain, UAE  Czech Republic – Azerbaijan Azerbaijan 0 – 2
12 October 2010 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan – Turkey  1 – 0
2 September 2011 UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Baku, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Azerbaijan – Belgium  1 – 1


[edit] References

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  15. ^ Матч Азербайджан-Финляндия пройдет в Лянкяране (Russian)
  16. ^ Milli komandamız yenidən Lənkəran stadionunda (Azerbaijani)
  17. ^ Stadium for 64,000 seats to be built in Baku
  18. ^ Будет объявлен тендер на строительство нового стадиона в Баку (Russian)

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