Azerbaijan women's national football team

The Azerbaijan women's national football team represents Azerbaijan in international women's football. They are currently 79th in the FIFA Women's World Rankings. Azerbaijan has never qualified for any international tournament.[2] The majority of Azerbaijan's home matches are held at the national stadium, Tofiq Bahramov Stadium.

Azerbaijan
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Odlar Yurdu
(The Land of Fire)
AssociationAssociation of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachSiyasat Asgarov
CaptainAytaj Sharifova
Home stadiumTofik Bakhramov Stadium
Ismet Qaibov Stadium
FIFA codeAZE
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current 78 Increase 1 (25 August 2023)[1]
Highest58 (December 2009)
Lowest83 (December 2021)
First international
 Romania 4–1 Azerbaijan 
(Mogoșoaia, Romania; 18 November 2006)
Biggest win
 Macedonia 0–4 Azerbaijan 
(Tbilisi, Georgia; 13 May 2009)
 Azerbaijan 4–0 United Arab Emirates 
(Baku, Azerbaijan; 20 February 2022)
Biggest defeat
 Sweden 17–0 Azerbaijan 
(Gothenburg, Sweden; 23 June 2010)

History

2000s

In 2005, the AFFA had planned to send a team to the Women's World Cup qualifying, finally, the team withdrew before it started the qualifying tournament. On 18 November 2006 Azerbaijan played its first game against Romania in the city of Mogosoaia for the 2009 Euro qualifiers with a team led by Shamil Haydarov and captained by Kifayat Osmanova, losing 4–1 with its first goal scored by Svetlana Milyukhina, they played two matches later, in which they won against Estonia and lost against Bulgaria, they ended up eliminated from the tournament with 3 points. In 2009, Azerbaijan participated for the first time in a World Cup qualifying in Group 8, with Belgium, Czech Republic, Sweden and Wales, where it played three games, one won, one drawn and one lost before the end of the year.

2010s

In 2010, Azerbaijan played five games for the qualifiers, losing them all and being eliminated from the competition with 4 points, a game won, one drawn lost six games, scoring two goals and conceding sixteen. After that campaign, the team did not play to date back and has not scheduled any competition or friendly match. The team not even entered the 2015 World Cup Qualifiers.

Team image

Nicknames

The Azerbaijan women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Odlar Yurdu (The Land of Fire)".

Home stadium

Azerbaijan plays their home matches on the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium and the Ismet Qaibov Stadium.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2022

10 November International friendly Azerbaijan  0–0  Croatia Baku
Report Stadium: Dalga Arena
Referee: Fəridə Lütfəliyeva (Azerbaijan)

2023

8 April Friendly Turkey  1–0  Azerbaijan
11 April Friendly Turkey  0–0  Azerbaijan
14 July Friendly Latvia  1–1  Azerbaijan Riga, Latvia
18:00 UTC+2 Stadium: Jānis Skredelis' stadium
17 July Friendly Latvia  1–1  Azerbaijan Riga, Latvia
18:00 UTC+2 Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks
22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) Nations League C Azerbaijan  1–1  Cyprus , Baku
15:00 (17:00 AZT) Jafarzade 46' Report Aristodimou 66' Stadium: Dalga Arena
Attendance: 165
Referee: Elena Gobjila (Moldova)
26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) Nations League C Montenegro  0-1  Azerbaijan , Podgorica
18:00 Report
Stadium: DG Arena
Referee: Maral Mirzai Beni (Sweden)

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Azerbaijan's all-time international record, correct as of 1 June 2018.

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA
Total27105123484

Source: Worldfootball

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position Name Ref.
Head coach Siyasat Asgarov

Manager history

Manager Azerbaijan career Played Won Drawn Lost
Azerbaijan Shamil Haydarov 2006–2017 22 7 4 11
Siyasat Asgarov 20??–present 0 0 0 0

Players

Current squad

Caps and goals are correct, as of 23 February 2021.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Aytaj Sharifova (captain) (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 26 0 Turkey Trabzonspor
22 1GK Nargiz Aliyeva (2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 1 0 Turkey Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor
12 1GK Göknur Güleryüz (2003-02-04) 4 February 2003 1 0 Turkey Fenerbahçe

4 2DF Nigar Mirzaliyeva (2002-04-28) 28 April 2002 26 0 Russia Zenit
15 2DF Kamilla Mammadova (1996-08-31) 31 August 1996 11 0 Turkey Asya Spor Kulübü
12 2DF Nargiz Hajiyeva (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 21 0 Turkey Ataşehir Belediyespor
5 2DF Ayshan Ahmadova (2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 23 2 Greece PAOK
17 2DF Vusala Hajiyeva (1999-10-03) 3 October 1999 21 0 Turkey Amed
23 2DF Yeliz Açar (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 21 0 Turkey Fatih Vatan Spor
12 2DF Zhala Mahsimova (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 20 0 Turkey Amed
12 2DF Milana Rahimova (2004-04-29) 29 April 2004 0 0 Azerbaijan 8-iOEUGiM
18 2DF Alina Dorofeeva (1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 15 1 Russia Yenisey

7 3MF Male Mollayeva (1998-03-19) 19 March 1998 18 1 Azerbaijan 8-iOEUGiM
2 3MF Diana Mammadova (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 19 1 Russia Yenisey
19 3MF Sona Rahimova (2001-07-14) 14 July 2001 7 0 Turkey Amed
11 3MF Vusala Seyfatdinova (2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 25 2 Turkey Fomget Gençlik ve Spor
8 3MF Firangiz Teymurova (1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 5 0 Azerbaijan 8-iOEUGiM
20 3MF Peritan Bozdağ (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 17 2 Turkey Fatih Vatan Spor
16 3MF Nazlıcan Parlak (1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 20 1 Turkey Galatasaray
21 3MF Aysun Aliyeva (captain) (1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 8 1 Turkey Çaykur Rizespor

9 4FW Sevinj Jafarzade (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 16 2 Russia Krasnodar
9 4FW Joshguna Aliyeva (2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 13 0 Turkey Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor
10 4FW Kristina Bakarandze (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 25 3 Turkey Galatasaray

Recent call ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up



Records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 21 August 2021.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record Qualification record
YearResultGPWD*LGFGAGD QGPWD*LGFGAGD
China 1991Part of Soviet Union qual.Part of Soviet Union
Sweden 1995Did not enter qual.Did not enter
United States 1999 qual.
United States 2003 qual.
China 2007 qual.
Germany 2011Did not qualify qual.8116260−58
Canada 2015Did not enter qual.Did not enter
France 2019 qual.
AustraliaNew Zealand 2023Did not qualify qual.8215516−11
2027To be determined qual.To be determined
Total-------- -163211776−69
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
YearResultGPWD*LGFGAGD
United States 1996Did not enter
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008
United Kingdom 2012Did not qualify
Brazil 2016Did not enter
Japan 2020
Total--------
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record Qualifying record
YearResultGPWD*LGFGAGD QGPWD*LGFGAGD
1984 to Denmark 1991Part of Soviet Union Part of Soviet Union
Italy 1993Did not enter qual.Did not enter
Germany 1995 qual.
Norway Sweden 1997 qual.
Germany 2001 qual.
England 2005 qual.
Finland 2009Did not qualify qual.310249−5
Sweden 2013Did not enter qual.Did not enter
Netherlands 2017 qual.
England 2022Did not qualify qual.8107235−33
Switzerland 2025To be determined qual.To be determined
Total-------- -11209644−38
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

References

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