The Azerbaijan national under-21 football team is the national under-21

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team of

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

and is controlled by the AFFA.

UEFA U-21 record

* 1978 - 1991: part of the Soviet Union * 1992 - 1994: did not participate *

1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

: 6th of 6 in qualification group. *

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

: 6th of 6 in qualification group. *

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

: 5th of 5 in qualification group. *

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

: 5th of 6 in qualification group. *

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

: 5th of 5 in qualification group. *

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

: 6th of 6 in qualification group. *

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

: Lost in preliminary round. *

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

: 6th of 6 in qualification group. *

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

: 5th of 5 in qualification group. *

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

: 4th of 5 in qualification group. *

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

: 4th of 5 in qualification group. *

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

: 4th of 6 in qualification group. *

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

: 6th of 6 in qualification group. *

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

: 5th of 6 in qualification group. *

2023 Catastrophic natural disasters in 2023 included the Lists of 21st-century earthquakes, 5th-deadliest earthquake of the 21st century 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquakes, striking Turkey and Syria, leaving up to 62,000 people dead; Cyclone Freddy ...

: 5th of 6 in qualification group. *

2025 So far, the year has seen the continuation of major armed conflicts, including the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Sudanese civil war (2023–present), Sudanese civil war, and the Gaza war. Internal crises in Bangladesh post-resignation v ...

: 6th of 6 in qualification group.

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Group F

UEFA Under-21 Qualification

Schedule and results

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Players

Current squad

* The following players were called up for the friendly matches. * Match dates: 23 and 26 March 2023 * Opposition:

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* Caps and goals correct as of: 26 March 2023, after the match against

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Azerbaijan under-21 team within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Coaching staff

Manager history

* Nazim Aliyev (2006) * Shakir Garibov (2007–2008) *

Bernhard Lippert Bernhard Lippert (born March 12, 1962, in Sailauf) is a German football manager and current technical director of the Ghana Football Association. Lippert worked between 1994 and 1997 as manager of the Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfu ...

(2008–2014) * Yashar Vahabzade (2015–2017 September) * Samir Alakbarov (2017 September-2017 November) *

Rashad Sadygov Rashad Sadygov (; born 16 June 1982) is an Azerbaijani football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He currently manager of Zira. Sadigov is the most capped player in the history of Azerbaijan national team with 111 games ...

(2017 December-2018 December) * Milan Obradovic (2019 January–2022 June) * Samir Aliyev (2022 July–2025 March) * Aykhan Abbasov (2025 March–present)

References

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UEFA U-21 record

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Group F

UEFA Under-21 Qualification

Schedule and results

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Players

Current squad

Recent call-ups

Coaching staff

Manager history

See also

References