Azerbaijan national football team
national association football team representing Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan national football team is the national football team of Azerbaijan.
| Nickname(s) | Milli (The National Team) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Association | AFFA | |||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
| Captain | Maksim Medvedev | |||
| Most caps | Rashad Sadygov (111) | |||
| Top scorer | Gurban Gurbanov (14) | |||
| Home stadium | Baku Olympic Stadium | |||
| FIFA code | AZE | |||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||
| Current | 121  2 (22 December 2022)[1] | |||
| Highest | 73 (July 2014) | |||
| Lowest | 170 (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 | ||||
| Appearances | 2 (first in 2018) | |||
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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- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ↑ "Pride in defeat on debut day". UEFA.com. 2004-02-02. Retrieved 2009-02-23. [dead link]
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
