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FC Inter Baku (Azerbaijani: İnter Peşəkar İdman Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku, that currently plays in Azerbaijan Premier League. The club is part of the Professional Sport Club Inter Baku that have other sport sections in fighting and wrestling. They football club plays at the Zabrat Stadium and won the champions title in 2007/2008 season for the first time.[1][2]
[edit] History
“Inter Baku” Football club has been functioning since 1997, but initially it had a different name. That year, Khazar University – the first private university in Azerbaijan - established a football club with the same name and joined the amateur league. The Khazar University club played as an amateur team the next season as well (1998/99). In 1999/2000, Khazar University began to play in the Azerbaijan Premier League and debuted in 11th place with its best performance in 2003/2004 in 4th place.[3] In subsequent years, Inter finished in 7th place (2000/01 season) and 3rd place (2003/2004 season). In 2002/03, the championship of the country was not held.
In 2003/04 season the team performed well and ended the season in fourth place. This result earned the club the right to play in the UEFA Intertoto Cup for the first time.
FC Inter Baku playing in November 2007 at an older field behind Shafa Stadium.
In the first round of the 2004 Intertoto Cup, Khazar University defeated SC Bregenz of Austria 3:0 in the first leg on a forfeit and 2:1 in the second leg.[4] In the second round of the tournament, Khazar University played Tampere United of Finland. The club lost the first game 0:3, but won the return leg held in Baku, 1:0. Khazar University lost the tie on aggregate and was out of its first Intertoto cup.[5]
In summer of 2004, all rights of the Khazar University club were transferred to newly created Inter Baku Professional Football Club, and the team participated in the 13th championship of the Azerbaijani Premier League under the name of Inter Baku. Later in 2004, certain structural changes were made in the club's management, and Inter Baku was renamed the Inter Professional Club, finishing the 2004-2005 season in seventh place. Inter's progression up the standings continued in the 14th iteration of the Azeri Premier League when Inter finished in fourth place.
The club repeated its performance with fourth again in 2006-07 before winning the league championship in 2007-08. Following its victory in the domestic league, Inter qualified for its first-ever appearance in the UEFA Champions League in 2008 and advanced to the Second Qualifying Round by defeating FK Rabotnički of the Republic of Macedonia on away goals.[6]
[edit] Honours
Azerbaijan League
[edit] League and domestic cup history
| Season |
Div. |
Pos. |
Pl. |
W |
D |
L |
GS |
GA |
P |
Domestic Cup |
Notes |
| 1999-00 |
1st |
11 |
22 |
5 |
3 |
14 |
19 |
41 |
18 |
1/8 finals |
|
| 2000-01 |
1st |
7 |
20 |
9 |
2 |
9 |
26 |
38 |
29 |
1/8 finals |
|
| 2003-04 |
1st |
4 |
26 |
15 |
6 |
5 |
43 |
16 |
51 |
1/8 finals |
|
| 2004-05 |
1st |
7 |
34 |
19 |
9 |
6 |
44 |
24 |
66 |
Runner-up |
|
| 2005-06 |
1st |
4 |
26 |
14 |
8 |
4 |
35 |
14 |
50 |
Quarter-finals |
|
| 2006-07 |
1st |
4 |
24 |
13 |
6 |
5 |
36 |
12 |
45 |
Semi-Finals |
|
| 2007-08 |
1st |
1 |
26 |
18 |
4 |
4 |
55 |
18 |
58 |
Runner-Up |
|
| 2008-09 |
1st |
2 |
26 |
18 |
7 |
1 |
54 |
16 |
61 |
Runner-Up |
|
[edit] UEFA club competition results
As of 3 July, 2009.
[edit] Current squad
As of 13 August, 2009.
[edit] Notable players
[edit] Satellite clubs
The following clubs are affiliated with Inter Baku:
[edit] Club officials
[edit] Board of directors
- President: Nikolov Georgi
- Vice-President: Ehtiram Gasimov
[edit] Coaching staff
- Manager: Kakhaber Tskhadadze
- Assistant Manager: Elxan Abdullayev
- Coach: Andrey Kolesnikov
- Coach: Andrey Kuptsov
- Coach: Viktor Khodukin
- Coach: Jamaleddin Aliyev
[edit] Medical staff
- Club Doctor: Dr. Sahhat Rustamzade
- Club Doctor: Vyacheslav Khomenko
- First Team Physiotherapist: Aziz Salmanov
- Assistant First Team Physiotherapist: Elshan Aliyev
[edit] Managers
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Oleg Smolyaninov (2006)
