Azerbaijan Cup

Azerbaijan Cup

Founded	1992
Region	Azerbaijan
Number of teams	19
Qualifier for	UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Gabala (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Neftchi Baku (7 titles)
Television broadcasters	CBC Sport
2018–19 Azerbaijan Cup

The Azerbaijan Cup is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when Azerbaijan was a republic of the Soviet Union and it was not disputed by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid.

Compared to cups in many other countries, Azerbaijan attracts considerably less public interest and even the cup final is rarely sold out. Consequently, the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan has experimented with the format in order to raise the profile of the cup.

Format

The clubs from Azerbaijan First Division (2nd tier) play in the First Round. The winners of that round advance to the Second Round, where the clubs from Azerbaijan Premier League (1st tier) join. For the quarterfinals and the semifinals, the round-robin system is used. For the finals, the format is restored to head-to-head.

Participants

All clubs from the Azerbaijan Premier League and First Division.

Soviet time Cup winners

• 1936: Stroitel Yuga Baku
• 1937: Temp Baku
• 1938: Temp Baku
• 1939: Lokomotiv Baku
• 1940: Dinamo Baku
• 1941–46: Not Played
• 1947: Pischevik Baku
• 1948: Pischevik Baku
• 1949: KKF Baku
• 1950: Trudovye Rezervy Baku
• 1951: Zavod im. S.M.Budennogo Baku
• 1952: Zavod im. S.M.Budennogo Baku
• 1953: Dinamo Baku
• 1954: BODO Baku
• 1955: Zavod im. S.M.Budennogo Baku
• 1956: NPU Ordgonikidzeneft Baku
• 1957: Mekhsul Tovuz
• 1958: SK BO PVO Baku

• 1959: Neftyannik Cuba
• 1960: ATZ Sumgait
• 1961: NPU Ordgonikidzeneft Baku
• 1962: MOIK Baku
• 1963: MOIK Baku
• 1964: Vostok Baku
• 1965: Vostok Baku
• 1966: Vostok Baku
• 1967: Apsheron Baku
• 1968: Politechnik Mingechaur
• 1969: MOIK Baku
• 1970: MOIK Baku
• 1971: Suruhanez Salyany
• 1972: Izolit Mingechaur
• 1973: MOIK Baku
• 1974: MOIK Baku
• 1975: Suruhanez Baku
• 1976: MOIK Baku

• 1977: Suruhanez Baku
• 1978: MOIK Baku
• 1979: Suruhanez Baku
• 1980: Energetik Ali-Bayramly
• 1981: Gandglik Baku
• 1982: Gandglik Baku
• 1983: FK Vilash Masalli
• 1984: Konditer Gandja
• 1985: Konditer Gandja
• 1986: İnşaatçı Sabirabad
• 1987: Khazar Lankaran
• 1988: Araz Baku
• 1989: Gandglik Baku
• 1990: Qarabağ
• 1991: İnşaatçı Baku

Finals

Year	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1992	29 August 1992 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 4,000	İnşaatçı Baku Seyran Guseinov 27' Ilkham Aliev 101'	2 – 1 (aet)	FK Kur Mekhman Bakhshiev 83'
1993	28 May 1993 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 10,500	Qarabağ Mushfig Guseinov 97'	1 – 0 (aet)	İnşaatçı Sabirabad
1993–94	28 May 1994 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 3,500	Kapaz Djeikhun Tanriverdiev 31' Fazil Parvarov 62'	2 – 0	Khazar Lankaran
1994–95	28 May 1995 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 15,000	Neftchi Baku Yunis Huseynov 78'	1 – 0	FK Kur
1995–96	15 May 1996 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 18,500	Neftchi Baku Yunis Huseynov 11' Vidadi Rzayev 78' Yunis Huseynov 81'	3 – 0	Qarabağ
1996–97	28 May 1997 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 6,000	Kapaz Khalig Mardanov 44'	1 – 0	Khazri Buzovna
1997–98	28 May 1998 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 5,500	Kapaz Badri Kvaratskhelia 21' Vasif Valiev 52'	2 – 0	Qarabağ
1998–99	28 May 1999 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 11,000	Neftchi Baku	0 – 0 (5 – 4 pen.)	Shamkir
1999–00	28 May 2000 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 6,000	Kapaz Ramiz Mammadov 53' Rovshan Akhmedov 69'	2 – 1	Qarabağ Bahram Shahguliev 90'
2000–01	25 May 2001 Sumqayit – Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 1500	Shafa Ramiz Mammadov 8' Emin Imamaliev 85'	2 – 1	Neftchi Baku Samir Aliyev 23'
2001–02*	28 May 2002 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 19,000	Neftchi Baku	3 – 0 Forfeit Shamkir walked off in 84'	Shamkir
2002–03	Due to conflict between almost all clubs and the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, no Cup Competition was held.
2003–04	9 May 2004 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 18,000	Neftchi Baku Samir Abbasov 104'	1 – 0 (aet)	Shamkir
2004–05	28 May 2005 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 10,000	FK Baku Leandro Gomes 5' Andrezinho 114'	2 – 1 (aet)	Inter Baku Uladzimir Makowski 52'
2005–06	3 June 2006 Baku – Shafa Attendance: 4,000	Qarabağ Vasif Hakverdiev 45' Samir Musayev 87'	2 – 1	Karvan Roman Akhalkatsi 1'
2006–07	28 May 2007 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 15,500	Khazar Lankaran Rashad Karimov 90'	1 – 0	MKT-Araz
2007–08	25 May 2008 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 20,000	Khazar Lankaran Juninho 115' Juninho 118'	2 – 0 (aet)	Inter Baku
2008–09	23 May 2009 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 5,500	Qarabağ Vagif Javadov 57'	1 – 0	Inter Baku
2009–10	22 May 2010 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 26,000	FK Baku Veaceslav Sofroni 93' Aleksandar Solic 103'	2 – 1 (aet)	Khazar Lankaran Elvin Beqiri 120'
2010–11	24 May 2011 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 10,000	Khazar Lankaran Winston Parks 91'	1 – 1 (4 – 2 pen.)	Inter Baku Ģirts Karlsons 100'
2011–12	17 May 2012 Baku – Dalga Arena Attendance: 4,300	FC Baku Koke 8' Juninho 27'	2 – 0	Neftchi Baku
2012–13	28 May 2013 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 29,500	Neftchi Baku	0 – 0 (5 – 3 pen.)	Khazar Lankaran
2013–14	22 May 2014 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 20,000	Neftchi Baku Samir Masimov 52'	1 – 1 (3 – 2 pen.)	Gabala Marat Izmailov 71'
2014–15	3 June 2015 Gabala – Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 4,500	Qarabağ Reynaldo 5' Reynaldo 39' Muarem Muarem 85'	3 – 1	Neftchi Baku Ernest Webnje Nfor 77'
2015–16	25 May 2016 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 25,500	Qarabağ	1 – 0 (aet)	Neftchi Baku
2016–17	5 May 2017 Nakhchivan – Nakhchivan City Stadium Attendance: 12,800	Qarabağ Mahir Madatov 52' Urfan Abbasov 68' (o.g.)	2 – 0	Gabala
2017–18	28 May 2018 Gabala City Stadium – Qabala Attendance: 4,500	Keşla Pardis Fardjad-Azad 71'	1 – 0	Gabala
2018–19	19 May 2019 Nakhchivan City Stadium – Nakhchivan Attendance: 10,000	Gabala Steeven Joseph-Monrose 3'	1 – 0	Sumgayit

Note

• The Azerbaijan Cup held in 2001–02 was suspended due to the clashes between clubs and AFFA. The clubs themselves then made an alternative cup. The ultimate winner of the cup was Neftchi. However, the result of an alternative tournament that season is not officially recognized.

Performance

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runner-up	Winning Years
Neftchi Baku	7	4	1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2001-02, 2003–04, 2012–13, 2013–14
Qarabağ	6	3	1993, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Kapaz	4	–	1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–2000
Khazar Lankaran	3	3	2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11
FC Baku	3	–	2004–05, 2009–10, 2011–12
Keşla	1	4	2017–18
İnşaatçı Baku	1	–	1992
Shafa	1	–	2000–01
Gabala	1	3	2018–19
Shamkir	–	3	–
FK Kur	–	2	–
İnşaatçı Sabirabad	–	1	–
Khazri Buzovna	–	1	–
Karvan	–	1	–
MKT-Araz	–	1	–
Sumgayit	–	1	–

Notes:
Clubs in italic are defunct.
Keşla record includes four runners-up appearances as FC Inter Baku.

External links

• List of Azerbaijan Cup winners (RSSF)