MOIK Baku is an

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club, based in

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. MOIK was originally built around the same concept of military sports club as

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History

The club was established under name OIK ( az, Ordu İdman Klubu; en, Sports Club of Army) in 1961 as sport society of

Azerbaijani Armed Forces The Azerbaijani Armed Forces ( az, Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri) were re-established according to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Armed Forces from 9 October 1991. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) had originally formed ...

and was funded by

USSR Ministry of Defense The Ministry of Defense (Minoboron; russian: Министерство обороны СССР) was a government ministry in the Soviet Union. The first Minister of Defense was Nikolai Bulganin, starting 1953. The Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star) was the ...

until 1990 and Azerbaijan Ministry of Defense since 1993. It has never participated at any Soviet football league, just one time has entered

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and has been eliminated in preliminary round, but 4 times has won Azerbaijan USSR League and 8 times Azerbaijan USSR Cup. MOIK began to participate at

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in 1993, making its

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 ...

debut in 1995. The club has won

two times. Its best indicator at

is the 7th place (2001). To the beginning of 2003–04 season the club changed its name into MOIK ( az, Mərkəzi Ordu İdman Klubu; en, Central Sports Club of Army).

Achievements

* Azerbaijan USSR League Champions: 4 1962, 1968, 1970, 1979 * Azerbaijan USSR Cup Winner: 8 1962, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978 *

Winner: : Winners (2): 2000–01, 2018–19 : ''Runners-up (3):'' 1994–95, 2007–08, 2009–10

League and domestic cup history

Current squad

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External links

MOIK Baku at PFL.AZ
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