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Azerbaijan

Nickname(s)

Milli (The National Team)

Association

AFFA

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Vitaliy Borisov

Captain

Emin Kurdov

Most caps

Rizvan Farzaliyev (42)

Top scorer

Vitaliy Borisov (23)

FIFA code

AZE

FIFA ranking

Home colours

Away colours

First international

Poland 4–6 Azerbaijan

(Goirle, Netherlands; 23 October 1995)

Biggest win

Kazakhstan 2–14 Azerbaijan

(Tbilisi, Georgia; 28 July 2002)

Biggest defeat

Czech Republic 10–2 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
Tournament records
Players
- Current squad
- Recent call-ups
Results and Fixtures
- 2016
Managers
See also

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
1989	Part of Soviet Union							-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did Not Enter							-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did not qualify							Group A 6th place	5	1	0	4	12	25
2000								Group D 3rd place	4	1	1	2	19	22
2004								Group 7 Runners-up	2	0	1	1	5	10
2008								Group 6 Runners-up	3	2	0	1	15	6
2012								Play-offs	5	2	1	2	16	11
2016	Quarterfinals	5	2	1	2	25	18	Play-offs	5	3	2	0	28	13
2021	Did not qualify							Group C 3rd place	6	4	1	1	15	11
2024	Did not qualify							Group A 3rd place	9	4	1	4	34	33
Total	1/10	5	2	1	2	25	18	7/9	39	17	7	15	144	131

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
1996	Did not qualify							Group A 6th place	5	1	0	4	12	25
1999								Group B Runners-up	2	0	2	0	4	4
2001								Group C 3rd place	3	1	1	1	12	8
2003								Group E 3rd place	3	1	0	2	5	9
2005								Group E 3rd place	3	1	0	2	8	10
2007								Group D Runners-up	3	1	2	0	17	12
2010	4th Place	5	2	2	1	18	13	Group 6 Runners-up	3	2	1	0	12	7
2012	Group stage	2	0	0	2	9	13	Group 1 Runners-up	3	2	0	1	13	13
2014	Group stage	2	1	0	1	7	13	Group 2 Winners	3	3	0	0	11	3
2016	Quarterfinals	3	1	0	2	8	14	Play-offs	5	3	1	1	20	8
2018	Quarterfinals	3	1	0	2	6	12	Group 2 Winners	3	3	0	0	16	5
2022	Group stage	3	1	1	1	8	7	Group 3 Winners	6	5	1	0	22	6
2026	TBD
Total	6/13	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
2002 Tbilisi Cup	Third place	2	1	0	1	15	7	+8	3
2007 Izmir Cup	Champions	3	3	0	0	19	7	+12	9
2008 Baku Cup	Champions	2	2	0	0	7	4	+3	6
2009-1 Baku Cup	Champions	2	2	0	0	10	4	+6	6
2009-2 Baku Cup	Champions	2	2	0	0	11	3	+8	6
2011 Baku Cup	Champions	3	3	0	0	15	4	+11	9
2012 Baku Cup	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
2013 Baku Cup	Champions	3	3	0	0	14	3	+11	9
2014 Tashkent Cup	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	9	8	+1	6
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:
https://web.archive.org/web/20161117212236/http://www.futsalplanet.com/news/news-01.asp?id=720
https://web.archive.org/web/20100118022640/http://futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=7807
https://web.archive.org/web/20100118020423/http://futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=8305
https://web.archive.org/web/20090206223856/http://futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=10230
https://web.archive.org/web/20100106044728/http://www.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=12027
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https://web.archive.org/web/20161108195643/http://www.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=18825
https://web.archive.org/web/20161117211959/http://www.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=18981

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 Kazakhstan on 6 and 11 October 2023.
Head coach: Vitaliy Borisov

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Emin Kurdov (captain)	(1984-07-10) 10 July 1984 (age 39)	Araz Naxçivan
12	1GK	Rovshan Huseynli	(1991-04-03) 3 April 1991 (age 33)	MFC Atyrau

6	2DF	Eduardo Borges	(1986-10-14) 14 October 1986 (age 37)	Anderlecht
7	2DF	Hadi Ahmadi	(1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 30)	MFC Aktobe
13	2DF	Gallo	(1987-12-04) 4 December 1987 (age 36)	Manzanares FS
14	2DF	Amadeu	(1990-03-06) 6 March 1990 (age 34)	Araz Naxçivan
17	2DF	Amir Shojaei	(1988-04-01) 1 April 1988 (age 36)	Neftçi İK
20	2DF	Biel	(1990-04-26) 26 April 1990 (age 33)	Doukas

4	4FW	Murad Guluzadeh	(1996-06-14) 14 June 1996 (age 27)	Baku Fire
5	4FW	Maneca	(1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 26)	Futsal Nyíregyháza
8	4FW	Novruz Kazikhanov	(2002-12-26) 26 December 2002 (age 21)	Araz Naxçivan
9	4FW	Rafael Vilela	(1993-03-12) 12 March 1993 (age 31)	Anderlecht
10	4FW	Felipinho	(1993-10-26) 26 October 1993 (age 30)	Araz Naxçivan
11	4FW	Khatai Baghirov	(1987-08-15) 15 August 1987 (age 36)	Araz Naxçivan
16	4FW	Khazar Agalizadeh	(2003-12-31) 31 December 2003 (age 20)	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)	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Javad Mammadov	(2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 (age 22)	Baku Fire	v. Poland, 7 March 2023

DF	Oktay Rustamli	(1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 30)	Baku Fire	v. Netherlands, 20 September 2023

FW	Isa Atayev	(1989-08-07) 7 August 1989 (age 34)	Araz Naxçivan	v. Romania, 15 September 2023
FW	Thiago Bolinha	(1987-02-19) 19 February 1987 (age 37)	Unattached	v. Poland, 7 March 2023
FW	Fineo de Araujo	(1987-04-10) 10 April 1987 (age 37)	Unattached	v. Poland, 7 March 2023
FW	Ramiz Chovdarov	(1990-07-28) 28 July 1990 (age 33)	Fortuna Düsseldorf	v. Poland, 7 March 2023
FW	Farid Alakbarov	(1986-06-01) 1 June 1986 (age 37)	Baku Fire	v. Poland, 7 October 2022
FW	Fábio Poletto	(1989-02-13) 13 February 1989 (age 35)	Active Network	v. Poland, 7 October 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

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

Euro 2016 5 February 2016 (2016-02-05)	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)

Euro 2016 9 February 2016 (2016-02-09)	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)

2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup play-off 22 March 2016 (2016-03-22)	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)

2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup play-off 12 April 2016 (2016-04-12)	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)

2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup 12 September 2016 (2016-09-12)	Morocco	0–5	Azerbaijan	Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00		https://www.fifa.com/futsalworldcup/matches/round=276074/match=300357667/index.html	Vassoura 15', 18', 33' Gallo 29' Bolinha 31'	Attendance: 1,016 Referee: José Francisco Katemo Katchingavisa (Angola)

2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup 15 September 2016 (2016-09-15)	Azerbaijan	2–4	Spain	Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00	Vassoura 3' Bolinha 40'	https://www.fifa.com/futsalworldcup/matches/round=276074/match=300357666/index.html	Vassoura 5' (o.g.), 14' (o.g.) Fernandão 27' Miguelín 36'	Attendance: 1,221 Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy)

2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup 18 September 2016 (2016-09-18)	Azerbaijan	3–3	Iran	Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00	Bolinha 2' Gallo 22', 32'	https://www.fifa.com/futsalworldcup/matches/round=276074/match=300357664/index.html	Esmaeilpour 1' Tavakoli 21' Tayyebi 36'	Attendance: 1,108 Referee: Cesar Malaga (Peru)

2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup 22 September 2016 (2016-09-22)	Thailand	8–13	Azerbaijan	Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
17:30	Suphawut 9', 13' Kritsada 18', 19', 26' Jirawat 22' Jetsada 37', 45' (pen.)	https://www.fifa.com/futsalworldcup/matches/round=276096/match=300357636/index.html	Vassoura 4', 44' Fineo 6', 13', 44', 48', 49' Borisov 14' Bolinha 28', 29', 41' Poletto 31' Huseynli 49'	Attendance: 838 Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez (Spain)

2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup 25 September 2016 (2016-09-25)	Azerbaijan	2–3	Portugal	Coliseo El Pueblo, Cali
18:00	Bolinha 13' Eduardo 35'	https://www.fifa.com/futsalworldcup/matches/round=276098/match=300357673/index.html	Djô 8' João Matos 18' Ricardinho 28'	Attendance: 2,974 Referee: Sergio Cabrera (Cuba)

Managers

Elman Alakbarov (2008–2009)
Alesio (2009-2014)
Tino Perez (2014-2016)
Miltinho (2016-2017)
Biro Jade (2017-2018)
Alesio (2018-2023)
Vitaliy Borisov (2023-present)