Karvan FK ( az, Karvan İdman Klubu) was an

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 t ...

i football club based in

Yevlakh Yevlakh ( az, Yevlax, ) is a city in Azerbaijan, 265 km west of capital Baku. It is surrounded by, but administratively separate from, the Yevlakh District. Etymology The settlement is mentioned by the 13th century Armenian historian St ...

, that participated in the Azerbaijan First Division. It was the first Azerbaijan club to pass the first qualification stage in the

UEFA Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, clay ...

History

Football in Yevlakh

The first football club established in

, one of the biggest cities in

, was FC Avtomobilchi, in 1990. The team participated in the

Soviet Second League The Soviet Second League (russian: Чемпионат СССР по футболу (вторая лига), Soviet football championship (Second League)) was the third highest division of Soviet football, below the Soviet First League The So ...

and the Azerbaijan Premier League twice. FC Avtomobilchi relegated after the 1993–94 season, and dissolved. The second football team in

was founded 10 years later, in 2004.

Golden years

Karvan immediately admitted to the

2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League The 2004-05 Azerbaijan Top League was the thirteenth season of the Top League since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 7 August 2004 and finished on 24 May 2005. Neftchi Baku were the defending champions, having won the previous seas ...

. The club got off to a good start, finishing third in the 2004–05 season and second in the 2005–06 season. In addition, they reached the national cup final in 2005–06, but lost to FK Karabakh, 2–1. Karvan played in the

Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from ( football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foo ...

in 2005. In the 2006–07 season the club participated in the

and passed to the second qualifying round.

Financial difficulties and relegation

Karvan stopped at the most unexpected moment. As management reduced funding, the best players left the team immediately after coach

Yunis Hüseynov Yunis Huseynov ( az, Yunis Hüseynov, born 1 February 1965) is an Azerbaijani football manager and former footballer. He currently manages Keşla FK. Huseynov made 33 appearances for the Azerbaijan national football team, scoring four goals. Ca ...

's resignation. In the 2007–08 season Karvan finished 11th, and club executives were forced to ask Huseynov to return. But no miracle happened, and in the 2009–10 season the team relegated to the Azerbaijan First Division. In 2012, the club's owners announced that the club would be dissolved and they would not be participating in the Azerbaijan First Division. On 21 August 2013, it was announced the club would be reformed and it would participate in First Division. Even though, on 18 August 2014, the club again dissolved due to financial problems.

Stadium

Karvan's home ground is

Yevlakh Stadium Yevlakh City Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Yevlakh, Azerbaijan. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of FK Karvan. The stadium holds 5,000 people. See also *List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan ...

, which has a capacity of 5,000.

League and domestic cup history

European cup history

''As of December, 2008.''

Managers

* Yunis Huseynov (2004–2005) *

Fuat Yaman Fuat Yaman (born 5 December 1958) is a Turkish football coach and former player who last managed Bandırmaspor. Career Yaman is a product of the Beşiktaş J.K. youth system having played 4 years with the club. He became professional at Beşi ...

(2005) * Yunis Huseynov (2005–2007) * Tabriz Hasanov (2007–2008) * Yunis Huseynov (2008–2010) * Vidadi Rzayev (2010–2011) * Zakir Mahmudov (2011–2012) * Kanan Karimov (2013–2014)

References

External links

Official website

FK Karvan at PFL.AZ
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