Azerbaijan national football team

national association football team representing Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan national football team is the national football team of Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan
Nickname(s)Milli (The National Team)
AssociationAFFA
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
CaptainMaksim Medvedev
Most capsRashad Sadygov (111)
Top scorerGurban Gurbanov (14)
Home stadiumBaku Olympic Stadium
FIFA codeAZE
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current 121 Increase 2 (22 December 2022)[1]
Highest73 (July 2014)
Lowest170 (June 1994)
First international
 Georgia 6–3 Azerbaijan 
(Gurjaani, Georgia; 17 September 1992)[2]
Biggest win
 Azerbaijan 4–0 Liechtenstein 
(Baku, Azerbaijan; 5 June 1999)
 Azerbaijan 5–1 San Marino 
(Baku, Azerbaijan; 4 September 2017)
Biggest defeat
 France 10–0 Azerbaijan 
(Auxerre, France; 6 September 1995)
UEFA Nations League
Appearances2 (first in 2018)
Azerbaijan (2010-10-08)

Most appearances change

Pos Player Apps Goals Career
1 Aslan Kerimov 75 0 1994-2007
2 Tarlan Akhmedov 73 0 1994-2005
3 Makhmud Gurbanov 66 1 1994-present
4 Gurban Gurbanov 65 12 1992-2005
4 Emin Agaev 65 1 1994-2005
6 Emin Guliyev 48 3 2000-present
7 Kamal Guliyev 46 0 2000-2005
8 Vyacheslav Lichkin 45 4 1995-2001
9 Emin Imamaliev 44 1 2000-2007
10 Arif Asadov 43 0 1994-2002

Top scorers change

Pos Player Goals Apps Career
1 Gurban Gurbanov 12 65 1992-2005
2 Zaur Tagizade 6 40 1997-present
3 Vidadi Rzayev 5 35 1992-2001
3 Farrukh Ismailov 5 32 1998-2006
3 Nazim Suleymanov 4 24 1992-1998
3 Branimir Subašić 5 14 2007-present
7 Vyacheslav Lichkin 4 45 2007-present
7 Samir Aliyev 4 33 1997-2007

References change

  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. "Pride in defeat on debut day". UEFA.com. 2004-02-02. Retrieved 2009-02-23. [dead link]
  3. Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.