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The Azerbaijan women's national football team represents
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of th ...
in international women's football. They are currently 67th in the
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. Azerbaijan has never qualified for any international tournament. The majority of Azerbaijan's home matches are held at the national stadium,
Tofiq Bahramov Stadium The Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium ( az, Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika Stadionu) is a multi-purpose stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It served as the home ground for the Azerbaijan national foo ...
.


History


2000s

In 2005, the AFFA had planned to send a team to the Women's World Cup qualifying, finally, the team withdrew before it started the qualifying tournament. On 18 November 2006 Azerbaijan played its first game against
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in the city of Mogosoaia for the 2009 Euro qualifiers with a team led by Shamil Haydarov and captained by
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, losing 4–1 with its first goal scored by
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, they played two matches later, in which they won against
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and lost against
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, they ended up eliminated from the tournament with 3 points. In 2009, Azerbaijan participated for the first time in a World Cup qualifying in Group 8, with
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,
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,
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and
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, where it played three games, one won, one drawn and one lost before the end of the year.


2010s

In 2010, Azerbaijan played five games for the qualifiers, losing them all and being eliminated from the competition with 4 points, a game won, one drawn lost six games, scoring two goals and conceding sixteen. After that campaign, the team did not play to date back and has not scheduled any competition or friendly match. The team not even entered the 2015 World Cup Qualifiers.


Team image


Nicknames

The Azerbaijan women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "' (The Land of Fire)".


Home stadium

Azerbaijan plays their home matches on the
Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium The Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium ( az, Tofiq Bəhramov adına Respublika Stadionu) is a multi-purpose stadium in Baku, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It served as the home ground for the Azerbaijan national foo ...
and the Ismet Qaibov Stadium.


Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ;Legend


2022


Azerbaijan Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com


Head-to-head record

The following table shows Azerbaijan's all-time international record, correct as of 1 June 2018. Source
Worldfootball


Coaching staff


Current coaching staff


Manager history


Players


Current squad

The following players were called up for a home match against
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on 26 October 2021. ''Caps and goals are correct, as of 23 February 2021.''


Recent call ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.


Records

''*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 21 August 2021.''


Most capped players


Top goalscorers


Competitive record


FIFA Women's World Cup

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''


Olympic Games

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''


UEFA Women's Championship

:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''


See also

*Azerbaijan women's national football team **Azerbaijan women's national football team results **
List of Azerbaijan women's international footballers This is a non-exhaustive list of Azerbaijan women's international footballers – association football players who have appeared at least once for the senior Azerbaijan women's national football team. Players See also * Azerbaijan women' ...
*Azerbaijan women's national under-20 football team *
Azerbaijan women's national under-17 football team Republic of Azerbaijan women's national under-17 football team represents Azerbaijan in international youth football competitions. FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup The team has qualified in 2012 as host. UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship The tea ...


References


External links


Football Federation of Azerbaijan
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