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Azerbaijan
Nickname(s) Milli (The National Team)
Association AFFA
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Brazil Alesio
Captain Rizvan Farzaliyev
Most caps Rizvan Farzaliyev (42)
Top scorer Vitaliy Borisov (23)
FIFA code AZE
FIFA ranking 14
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
Appearances 1 (First in 2016)
Best result Quarterfinals (2016)
European Championship
Appearances 6 (First in 2010)
Best result 4th 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 13th in the world, the highest-ranking team from Caucasus in the World Rankings. They are also ranked 7th in Europe on 10 August 2021.

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. 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. Despite finishing in fourth place, Azerbaijan's finals run was the best showing by a debutant since the inaugural UEFA Futsal Championship tournament. Azerbaijan's Biro Jade won the Golden Boot award as joint top scorer with five goals.

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
Netherlands 1989 Part of  USSR - - - - - - -
Hong Kong 1992 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -
Spain 1996 Did Not Qualify Group A 6th place 5 1 0 4 12 25
Guatemala 2000 Group D 3rd place 4 1 1 2 19 22
Chinese Taipei 2004 Group 7 runner up 2 0 1 1 5 10
Brazil 2008 Group 6 runner up 3 2 0 1 15 6
Thailand 2012 Play-offs 5 2 1 2 16 11
Colombia 2016 Quarterfinals 5 2 1 2 25 18 Play-offs 5 3 2 0 28 13
Lithuania 2021 Did Not Qualify Group C 3rd place 6 4 1 1 15 11
Total 1/9 5 2 1 2 25 18 7/9 30 13 6 11 110 98

UEFA European Futsal Championship

UEFA Futsal Euro record Qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
Spain 1996 Did Not Qualify Group A 6th place 5 1 0 4 12 25
Spain 1999 Group B runner up 2 0 2 0 4 4
Russia 2001 Group C 3rd place 3 1 1 1 12 8
Italy 2003 Group E 3rd place 3 1 0 2 5 9
Czech Republic 2005 Group E 3rd place 3 1 0 2 8 10
Portugal 2007 Group D runner up 3 1 2 0 17 12
Hungary 2010 4th Place 5 2 2 1 18 13 Group 6 runner up 3 2 1 0 12 7
Croatia 2012 Group stage 2 0 0 2 9 13 Group 1 runner up 3 2 0 1 13 13
Belgium 2014 Group stage 2 1 0 1 7 13 Group 2 winners 3 3 0 0 11 3
Serbia 2016 Quarterfinals 3 1 0 2 8 14 Play-offs 5 3 1 1 20 8
Slovenia 2018 Quarterfinals 3 1 0 2 6 12 Group 2 winners 3 3 0 0 16 5
Netherlands 2022 Group stage 3 1 1 1 8 7 Group 3 winners 6 5 1 0 22 6
Total 6/12 18 6 3 9 56 72 12/12 42 23 8 11 152 110

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
  • Source:

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
  • Source:https://web.archive.org/web/20161116194204/http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/index.asp

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification matches against Poland and Greece on 7 and 11 October 2022, respectively.
Head coach: Brazil Alesio

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Emin Kurdov (captain) (1984-07-10) 10 July 1984 (age 39) Azerbaijan Neftçi IK
12 1GK Rovshan Huseynli (1991-04-03) 3 April 1991 (age 32) Kazakhstan Atyrau
19 1GK Javad Mammadov (2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 (age 21) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan

7 2DF Hadi Ahmadi (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 29) Kazakhstan Baiterek
13 2DF Gallo (1987-12-04) 4 December 1987 (age 35) Indonesia Bintang Timur Surabaya
14 2DF Amadeu (1990-03-06) 6 March 1990 (age 33) Brazil Marreco Futsal
20 2DF Amir Shojaei (1988-04-01) 1 April 1988 (age 35) Kazakhstan Baiterek

2 4FW Khazar Agalizadeh (2003-12-31) 31 December 2003 (age 19) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan
3 4FW Thiago Bolinha (1987-02-19) 19 February 1987 (age 36) France Sporting Paris
4 4FW Farid Alakbarov (1986-06-01) 1 June 1986 (age 37) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan
5 4FW Fineo de Araujo (1987-04-10) 10 April 1987 (age 36) France Sporting Paris
6 4FW Oktay Rustamli (1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 29) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan
8 4FW Isa Atayev (1989-08-07) 7 August 1989 (age 34) Belgium Futsal Besiktas Gent
9 4FW Rafael Vilela (1993-03-12) 12 March 1993 (age 30) Kazakhstan Kairat
10 4FW Khatai Baghirov (1987-08-15) 15 August 1987 (age 36) Belgium Futsal Besiktas Gent
17 4FW Felipinho (1993-10-26) 26 October 1993 (age 29) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.


Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up

DF Eduardo BorgesINJ (1986-10-14) 14 October 1986 (age 36) Belgium Anderlecht v.  Kazakhstan, 19 September 2022
DF Vassoura (1985-04-26) 26 April 1985 (age 38) Unattached UEFA Futsal Euro 2022
DF Rizvan FarzaliyevRET (1979-09-01) 1 September 1979 (age 44) Azerbaijan Alyans Qrup UEFA Futsal Euro 2022

FW Fábio Poletto (1989-02-13) 13 February 1989 (age 34) Italy Active Network v.  Poland, 7 October 2022 PRE
FW Johnatan Baton (1987-12-17) 17 December 1987 (age 35) Kazakhstan Caspiy v.  Kazakhstan, 20 September 2022
FW Ramiz Chovdarov (1990-07-28) 28 July 1990 (age 33) Azerbaijan Araz Naxçivan v.  Kazakhstan, 20 September 2022
FW Nurlan Mehdizadeh (2001-11-30) 30 November 2001 (age 21) Azerbaijan Neftçi IK v.  Kazakhstan, 20 September 2022
FW Maneca INJ (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 26) Brazil Guarani Futsal UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 PRE

COV Player withdrew from the squad due to contracting COVID-19.
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Retired from international futsal.

Results and Fixtures

2016










Managers

  • Azerbaijan Elman Alakbarov (2008–2009)
  • Brazil Alesio (2009-2014)
  • Spain Tino Perez (2014-2016)
  • Brazil Miltinho (2016-2017)
  • BrazilAzerbaijan Biro Jade (2017-2018)
  • Brazil Alesio (2018-present)

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