Araz Naxçıvan is a

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club based in Nakhchivan City, Azerbaijan. The club is very dominant in Azeri futsal, as they won ten consecutive

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titles from 2004 to 2014. Araz is one of the strongest teams in Europe, having reached UEFA Futsal Cup semi finals two times.

History

Araz Naxçivan founded in 2004 to replace a defunct

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club in

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and have dominated futsal in Azerbaijan ever since. The team made their UEFA Futsal Cup debut in

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

, picking up four points from three first qualifying round games but the following season they reached the Elite round. Araz reached semi-finals in the UEFA Futsal Cup in

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but lost out to Interviú FS. However, clinched third place after winning in penalties against Luparense. The club's players and coach Alesio, constituted the major part of the

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squad that made their UEFA European Futsal Championship debut in 2010, reaching the semi-finals in

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. In 2014, the club repeated their success by gaining third place in UEFA Futsal Cup. In September 2024, the club's contract with head coach Vitaliy Borisov was mutually terminated, and the role of interim head coach was temporarily assigned to Serbian specialist Predrag Rayić.

Honours

National

Source: *17

: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 *14 Futsal Cup : 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019

International

* UEFA Futsal Cup: **3rd place (2): 2010, 2014

Current squad

Notable players

* Andrey Tveryankin * Serjão * Rizvan Farzaliyev * Thiago Paz * Vitaliy Borisov * Biro Jade * Marko Perić * Adriano Foglia * Kristjan Čujec * Matej Klár

UEFA Club Competitions record

Appearances: 16

Summary

References

External links

Club's Profile at the uefa.com
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