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Azerbaijan
Nickname(s)Milli (The National Team)
AssociationAFFA
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachBrazil Miltinho
CaptainRizvan Farzaliyev
Most capsRizvan Farzaliyev (42)
Top scorerVitaliy Borisov (23)
FIFA codeAZE
FIFA ranking14 [1]
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Poland Poland 4–6 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
(Goirle, Netherlands; 23 October 1995)
Biggest win
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 2–14 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
(Tbilisi, Georgia; 28 July 2002)
Biggest defeat
Czech Republic Czech Republic 10–2 Azerbaijan Azerbaijan
(Enschede, Netherlands; 27 October 1995)
World Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2016)
Best resultQuarterfinals, 2016
European Championship
Appearances5 (First in 2010)
Best result4th place, (2010)

The Azerbaijan national futsal team is the national futsal team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. It represents Azerbaijan in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships. They are ranked 14th in the world, the highest-ranking team from Caucasus in the World Rankings.[2]

Azerbaijan had never qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup until 2016, but they have participated in the last five editions of the European Championship.

History

Recently

Azerbaijan's first appearance at the big level came during the 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship. They were unbeaten in qualifying and finished second to Portugal in their group, and only then after conceding a late equalizer against the 2007 semi-finalists.[3] Alesio has put together a potent blend of naturalized South Americans and local talent like Vitaliy Borisov and the Brazilian coach and much of the Azerbaijan squad are involved with champion club Araz Naxçivan, who in November won through to this spring's four-team UEFA Futsal Cup finals.[4][5] Despite finishing in fourth place, Azerbaijan's finals run was the best showing by a debutant since the inaugural UEFA Futsal Championship tournament.[6] Azerbaijan's Biro Jade won the Golden Boot award as joint top scorer with five goals.[7][8]

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA World Cup Record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Netherlands 1989 Did not enter - - - - - -
Hong Kong 1992 Did not enter - - - - - -
Spain 1996 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Guatemala 2000 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Chinese Taipei 2004 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Brazil 2008 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Thailand 2012 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Colombia 2016 Quarterfinals 5 2 1 2 25 18
Lithuania 2020 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Total 1/9 5 2 1 2 25 18

FIFA Futsal World Cup Qualification

FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
1989 to 1992 Did not enter - - - - - -
Spain 1996 Did not qualify 5 1 0 4 12 25
Guatemala 2000 Did not qualify 4 1 1 2 19 22
Chinese Taipei 2004 Did not qualify 2 0 1 1 5 10
Brazil 2008 Did not qualify 3 2 0 1 15 6
Thailand 2012 Did not qualify 5 2 1 2 18 10
Colombia 2016 Quarterfinals 5 3 2 0 23 18
Total 6/8 24 9 4 11 92 91

UEFA European Futsal Championship

UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Spain 1996 Did not enter - - - - - -
Spain 1999 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Russia 2001 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Italy 2003 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Czech Republic 2005 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Portugal 2007 Did not qualify - - - - - -
Hungary 2010 4th place 5 2 2 1 18 13
Croatia 2012 10th place 2 0 0 2 9 13
Belgium 2014 9th place 2 1 0 1 7 13
Serbia 2016 8th place 3 1 0 2 8 14
Slovenia 2018 Quarter-finals - - - - - -
Netherlands 2022 To be determined
Total 5/12 12 4 2 6 42 53

UEFA European Futsal Championship Qualification

UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Spain 1996 Did not enter - - - - - -
Spain 1999 Did not qualify 2 0 2 0 4 4
Russia 2001 Did not qualify 3 1 1 1 12 8
Italy 2003 Did not qualify 3 1 0 2 5 8
Czech Republic 2005 Did not qualify 3 1 0 2 8 10
Portugal 2007 Did not qualify 3 1 2 0 17 12
Hungary 2010 qualified 3 2 1 0 12 7
Croatia 2012 qualified 3 2 0 1 13 13
Belgium 2014 qualified 3 3 0 0 11 3
Serbia 2016 qualified 5 3 1 1 20 8
Slovenia 2018 qualified 3 3 0 0 16 5
Total 10/11 31 17 7 7 119 78

Minor tournament

this table consist of only senior A team Results (not include Youth and club match results)

Four/Three Nations Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA Dif Pts
Georgia (country) 2002 Tbilisi Cup Third place 2 1 0 1 15 7 +8 3
Turkey 2007 Izmir Cup Champions 3 3 0 0 19 7 +12 9
Azerbaijan 2008 Baku Cup Champions 2 2 0 0 7 4 +3 6
Azerbaijan 2009-1 Baku Cup Champions 2 2 0 0 10 4 +6 6
Azerbaijan 2009-2 Baku Cup Champions 2 2 0 0 11 3 +8 6
Azerbaijan 2011 Baku Cup Champions 3 3 0 0 15 4 +11 9
Azerbaijan 2012 Baku Cup Runners-up 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
Azerbaijan 2013 Baku Cup Champions 3 3 0 0 14 3 +11 9
Uzbekistan 2014 Tashkent Cup Runners-up 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 6
Moldova 2015 Cupa FMF Cup Runners-up 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Total 10/10 24 19 2 3 108 48 +60 58

All time general statistics record/Overview of results

  • As a 15 Nov 2016
Tournament Pld W D L GS GA Dif Pts
FIFA World Cup Record 5 2 1 2 25 18 +7 7
FIFA World Cup Qualification Record 24 9 4 11 92 91 +1 31
European Championship Record 12 4 2 6 42 53 -11 14
European Championship Qualification Record 28 14 7 7 103 73 +40 49
Minor Tournament Record 24 19 2 3 108 48 +60 59
Friendly Match Record 36 17 8 11 105 90 +15 59
Total 129 65 24 40 475 373 +102 219

Current squad

Squad chosen for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Emin Kurdov (1984-07-10)10 July 1984 (aged 32) Azerbaijan EKOL Baku
2 1GK Elnur Zamanov (1981-05-17)17 May 1981 (aged 35) Azerbaijan Neftchi Baku
3 4FW Thiago Bolinha (1987-02-19)19 February 1987 (aged 29) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan
4 4FW Isa Atayev (1989-08-07)7 August 1989 (aged 27) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan
5 4FW Fineo (1987-04-10)10 April 1987 (aged 29) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan
6 4FW Eduardo (1986-10-14)14 October 1986 (aged 29) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan
7 4FW Ramiz Chovdarov (1990-07-28)28 July 1990 (aged 26) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan
8 2DF Rizvan Farzaliyev (1979-09-01)1 September 1979 (aged 37) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan
9 4FW Fábio Poletto (1989-02-13)13 February 1989 (aged 27) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan
10 2DF Vassoura (1985-04-26)26 April 1985 (aged 31) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan
11 2DF Khatai Baghirov (1987-08-15)15 August 1987 (aged 29) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan
12 1GK Rovshan Huseynli (1991-04-03)3 April 1991 (aged 25) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan
13 2DF Gallo (1987-12-04)4 December 1987 (aged 28) Spain Levante UD
14 4FW Vitaliy Borisov (1982-07-05)5 July 1982 (aged 34) Serbia Ekonomac

Results and Fixtures

2016

3 February 2016 (2016-02-03) Euro 2016 Italy  3–0  Azerbaijan Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
21:00 Merlim 20', 21'
Giasson 29'
Report Attendance: 7,021
Referee: Marc Birkett (ENG)

5 February 2016 (2016-02-05) Euro 2016 Azerbaijan  6–5  Czech Republic Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
21:00 Farzaliyev 6'
Borisov 7'
De Araujo 12'
Eduardo 20'
Augusto 27'
Rafael 40'
Report Záruba 10'
Holý 12'
Rešetár 16'
Novotný 24'
Kovács 31'
Attendance: 1,754
Referee: Admir Zahovič (SVN)

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) Euro 2016 Russia  6–2  Azerbaijan Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
18:30 Abramov 7', 26'
Romulo 15'
Eder Lima 25', 39', 40'
Report Augusto 8', 29' Attendance: 5,975
Referee: Pascal Lemal (BEL)

22 March 2016 (2016-03-22) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup play-off Netherlands  1–5  Azerbaijan Topsportcentrum, Almere
20:00 El Ghannouti 10' Report Amadeu 5', 29'
Fineo 13'
Augusto 28'
Vitaliy Borisov 31'
Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Cédric Pelissier (France)

12 April 2016 (2016-04-12) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup play-off Azerbaijan  4–4  Netherlands Baku Sports Hall, Baku
18:00 Farzaliyev 12'
Amadeu 15'
Eduardo 20'
Rafael 26'
Report Ceyar 14'
Velseboer 16'
Mossaoui 26'
Attaibi 28'
Referee: Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria), Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)

12 September 2016 (2016-09-12) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Morocco  0–5  Azerbaijan Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00 Report Vassoura 15', 18', 33'
Gallo 29'
Thiago Bolinha 31'
Attendance: 1,016
Referee: José Francisco Katemo Katchingavisa (Angola)

15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Azerbaijan  2–4  Spain Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00 Vassoura 3'
Thiago Bolinha 40'
Report Vassoura 5' (o.g.), 14' (o.g.)
Fernandão 27'
Miguelín 36'
Attendance: 1,221
Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy)

18 September 2016 (2016-09-18) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Azerbaijan  3–3  Iran Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00 Thiago Bolinha 2'
Gallo 22', 32'
Report Esmaeilpour 1'
Tavakoli 21'
Tayyebi 36'
Attendance: 1,108
Referee: Cesar Malaga (Peru)

22 September 2016 (2016-09-22) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Thailand  8–13 (a.e.t.)  Azerbaijan Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
17:30 Suphawut 9', 13'
Kritsada 18', 19', 26'
Jirawat 22'
Jetsada 37', 45' (pen.)
Report Vassoura 4', 44'
Fineo 6', 13', 44', 48', 49'
Borisov 14'
Thiago Bolinha 28', 29', 41'
Poletto 31'
Huseynli 49'
Attendance: 838
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez (Spain)

25 September 2016 (2016-09-25) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Azerbaijan  2–3  Portugal Coliseo El Pueblo, Cali
18:00 Thiago Bolinha 13'
Eduardo 35'
Report Djô 8'
João Matos 18'
Ricardinho 28'
Attendance: 2,974
Referee: Sergio Cabrera (Cuba)

Managers

  • Azerbaijan Elman Alakbarov (2008–2009)
  • Brazil Alesio (2009-2014)
  • Spain Tino Perez (2014-2016)
  • Brazil Miltinho (2016-present)

See also

References

  1. ^ Futsal World Ranking
  2. ^ Главный тренер футзальной сборной посвятил победу азербайджанскому народу (in Russian). 1news.az. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
  3. ^ Azerbaijan’s futsal team to debut in European championship Archived January 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Futsal EURO preview: Group A Archived January 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ Czechs fear transformed Azeris Archived January 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Czech Republic turn tables for third place Archived February 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ Spain claim third straight futsal title
  8. ^ Quartet share adidas Golden Boot