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List Of Football Clubs In Azerbaijan ...
This is a list of football clubs in Azerbaijan, sub-divided into leagues where known. Azerbaijan Premier League 2013-14 Azerbaijan First Division 2013-14 AFFA Amateur League *FC Absheron *FK Masallı * FK Ganclarbirliyi Sumqayit * Djidir Shusha * Spartak Baku * FC Qarabag Khankendi * Nidzhat Mashtagi * Narzan Gadabay * Femida Bilasuvar * Kainat Sumqayit *Kavkaz Belokan * Mil Beylagan * Ayulduz Baku * Bayil Rovers * Neftchi ISM * Denizchi XDND *Adliyya Baku *Spartak Guba *Bailov Rovers {{Sport in Azerbaijan Azerbaijan clubs Football clubs A football team is a group of players selected to play together in the various team sports known as football. Such teams could be selected to play in a match against an opposing team, to represent a football club, group, state or nation, an all-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AZAL PFK
Shuvalan FK ( az, Şüvəlan Futbol Klubu, ) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Şüvəlan, Baku. The club was renamed four times in its short history becoming Olimpik Baku, Olimpik-Shuvalan Baku, AZAL and Shuvalan. UEFA is still recognizing the club as Olimpik-Shuvalan at European competitions. The club is also a member of the European Club Association, an organization that replaced the previous G-14 which consists of major football clubs in Europe. History Early years (1996–2006) The club were established in 1996 as a futsal club under the name of ''AMMK''. It participated in national futsal league from the season 1996–97 until 2003–04. AMMK also represented Azerbaijan in UEFA Futsal Cup 2003/04 season. AMMK became professional football team in 2004 and joined the Azerbaijan First Division. The first Azerbaijan Premier League season was not much successful for Olimpik Baku. Croatian manager Stjepan Čordaš worked just for a couple of month and was sacked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakhchivan City Stadium
Nakhchivan City Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Nakhchivan City, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Araz PFK. The stadium holds 12,800 people. For the stadium's first game, the announced attendance was 4,000. See also * List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan * Vugar Abbasov Vugar Abbasov ( Azerbaijani: ''Vüqar Abbasov Zakir oğlu''; born 12 April 1974) is a Member of the Supreme Assembly of Nakhchivan (VI convocation), Chairman of the Football Federation of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, chairman of the mana ... References Sport in Azerbaijan Football venues in Azerbaijan Multi-purpose stadiums in Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asgar Abdullayev (footballer)
Asgar Mammad oglu Abdullayev (born 27 March 1960) is an Azerbaijani retired footballer. He is currently manager of Turan Tovuz. He played for Neftchi Baku as a defender for a long time making 319 appearances and scoring 1 goal. Abdullayev began his managerial career at Shafa Baku. He has also managed the Azerbaijan U-21 and Azerbaijani national football team, FK Baku, AZAL PFC Baku. He is a currently manager of Araz in Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is conteste .... Managerial career statistics External linksAsgar Abdullayevs interview 1960 births Azerbaijani footballers Soviet footballers Azerbaijani football managers Azerbaijan national football team managers Living people Footballers from Baku Soviet Azerbaijani people Associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Araz PFK
, az, Araz, fa, ارس, tr, Aras The Aras (also known as the Araks, Arax, Araxes, or Araz) is a river in the Caucasus. It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along the borders between Turkey and Armenia, between Turkey and the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan, between Iran and both Azerbaijan and Armenia, and, finally, through Azerbaijan where it flows into the Kura river. It drains the south side of the Lesser Caucasus Mountains while the Kura drains the north side of the Lesser Caucasus. The river's total length is and its watershed covers an area of . The Aras is one of the longest rivers in the Caucasus. Names In classical antiquity, the river was known to the Greeks as Araxes ( gr, Ἀράξης). Its modern Armenian name is ''Arax'' or ''Araks'' ( hy, Արաքս). Historically it was also known as ''Yeraskh'' ( xcl, Երասխ) and its Old Georgian name is ''Rakhsi'' (). In Azerbaijani, the river's name is ''Araz''. In Persian and Kurdish its name is (''Aras''), and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium
Kapital Bank Arena built next to Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium (the biggest stadium in Sumqayit, Azerbaijan), is a multi-use stadium, currently used mostly for football matches and is the home to Sumgayit City PFC. It has Kapital Bank in its name due to sponsorship purposes and has seating capacity Seating capacity is the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, in terms of both the physical space available, and limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that ... of 1300 spectators. References Football venues in Azerbaijan Sport in Sumgait FK Standard Sumgayit Multi-purpose stadiums in Azerbaijan {{Azerbaijan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumgayit FK
Sumgayit FK ( az, "Sumqayıt" futbol klubu, ) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Sumgayit that plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League. History The club was founded in 2010 as Sumgayit FK. In May 2011, the team secured their promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League after getting wildcard place instead of defunct Absheron. After securing promotion to the Premier League, the club based most of their squad on players from Azerbaijan's U-19 and U-17 players. In January 2012, the club announced that its old name was being restored. During 2012–13 season, Sumgayit narrowly avoided relegation to the First Division by finishing 10th in the league. In the 2017-18 season, they were the only team in the league consisting solely of Azerbaijani players. On 15 January 2019, Sumgayit announced they had signed a cooperation with Tractor Sazi. Domestic history European history ;Notes * 1QR: First qualifying round * 2QR: Second qualifying round * 3QR: Third qualifying round * PO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zaqatala City Stadium
Zaqatala "Simurq" is a multi-use stadium in Zaqatala, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and it considered as home ground of FK Simurq Zaqatala Simurq PIK ( az, Simurq Peşəkar Idman Klubu) was an Azerbaijani football club based in Zaqatala, that competed in the Azerbaijan Premier League. History Early years (2005–2009) The club was founded in 2005 and participated in the Azerbaij ..., since October 2008. The stadium was built in the area Galadyuzyu in place of old arena. The total area of 2.3 hectares. The draft was prepared by the Bulgarian "Dynamic Resource", commissioned by the company "General Constructions". The work took place from 2006 to August 2008. At its construction has been spent around US$12 million. The stadium holds 3500 spectators, one-sided platform for VIP-guests, calculated at 181. The main field, the size of which 105x68 meters of artificial surface, several small training lawns, artificial lighting, drainage and modern e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FK Simurq Zaqatala
Simurq PIK ( az, Simurq Peşəkar Idman Klubu) was an Azerbaijani football club based in Zaqatala, that competed in the Azerbaijan Premier League. History Early years (2005–2009) The club was founded in 2005 and participated in the Azerbaijan First Division. The club's first season was very successful, and in the 2006–07 season, the club was participating in the Azerbaijan Premier League.Zaqatala futbolu və “Simurq” PFK-nın tarixindən After its debuting season in the Premier League of Azerbaijan, Simurq finished 9th out of 14 clubs. The Azerbaijani magazine ''Football+'' recognized Simurq as the "Surprise of the Year" of the 2006–07 season based on polling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabala City Stadium
Gabala City Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Gabala, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Gabala FK. The stadium has an all-seated capacity of 2,000 spectators. It is planned to start the reconstruction of the stadium in 2012 and expand the capacity of the stadium up to 15,000 seats. References See also *List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan This is a list of football stadiums in Azerbaijan, ranked in descending order of capacity. See also *List of European stadiums by capacity *2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup *UEFA Euro 2020 References {{Sport in Azerbaijan * Azerbaijan ... Football venues in Azerbaijan Sports venues completed in 1985 Qabala District 1985 establishments in the Soviet Union {{Azerbaijan-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorinel Munteanu
Dorinel Ionel Munteanu (; born 25 June 1968) is a Romanian retired professional footballer and manager. A former midfielder, Munteanu is the most capped Romanian player of all time, with a total of 134 appearances and 16 goals. He played in two editions of the World Cup, those held in the United States in 1994 and France in 1998, as well as two European Championships, in 1996 and 2000. Club career Munteanu was born in Grădinari. He started his football career playing for Metalul Bocșa, a team which offered him the first chance to play in Divizia B in 1986. After a year he went to play for FCM Reșița and then in 1988 for Olt Scornicești, while 1989 found him at Inter Sibiu. Dinamo Bucharest bought him from FC Inter Sibiu in 1991 only to sell him to Cercle Brugge two years later. After two years in Belgium, he moved to Germany to play for 1. FC Köln and VfL Wolfsburg until 2003. In 2003, aged 35, he was released from his contract by VfL Wolfsburg and signed with Stea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tale Heydarov
Tale Heydarov (Azerbaijani: Tale Heydərov; born 9 February 1985) is an Azerbaijani businessman and investor in the educational sector. Early life and education Tale attended Collingham College, London, from 2001–2003, and read for a BSc International Relations and History at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from 2003–2006. He achieved a Master’s degree in International Security and Global Governance from Birkbeck, University of London, in 2008. Career Dedicated to education, Heydarov is currently Founder and Chairman of the European Azerbaijan School (EAS), a private co-educational day-school applying the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme, Cambridge International Examinations and the IB Diploma Programme. EAS is a member of the Council of International Schools network. Recently, branches have been established in London and Reading, their purpose being to provide tuition in Azerbaijani language, history, culture and music fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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