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.
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Nickname(s) | Odlar Yurdu (The Land of Fire) | |||
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Association | Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan | |||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
Head coach | Siyasat Asgarov | |||
Captain | Aytaj Sharifova | |||
Home stadium | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Ismet Qaibov Stadium | |||
FIFA code | AZE | |||
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FIFA ranking | ||||
Current | 78 ![]() | |||
Highest | 58 (December 2009) | |||
Lowest | 83 (December 2021) | |||
First international | ||||
![]() ![]() (Mogoșoaia, Romania; 18 November 2006) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
![]() ![]() (Tbilisi, Georgia; 13 May 2009) ![]() ![]() (Baku, Azerbaijan; 20 February 2022) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
![]() ![]() (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.
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Win Draw Lose Fixture
2022
10 November International friendly | Azerbaijan ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Baku |
Report | Stadium: Dalga Arena Referee: Fəridə Lütfəliyeva (Azerbaijan) |
13 November International friendly | Azerbaijan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Baku |
Stadium: Dalga Arena |
2023
8 April Friendly | Turkey ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
11 April Friendly | Turkey ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
14 July Friendly | Latvia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Riga, Latvia |
18:00 UTC+2 | Stadium: Jānis Skredelis' stadium |
17 July Friendly | Latvia ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Riga, Latvia |
18:00 UTC+2 | Stadium: LNK Sporta Parks |
22 September 2023 Nations League C | Azerbaijan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | , Baku |
15:00 (17:00 AZT) | Jafarzade ![]() |
Report | Aristodimou ![]() |
Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 165 Referee: Elena Gobjila (Moldova) |
26 September 2023 Nations League C | Montenegro ![]() | 0-1 | ![]() | , Podgorica |
18:00 | Report |
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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 |
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Total | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 84 |
Source: Worldfootball
Coaching staff
Current coaching staff
Position | Name | Ref. |
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Head coach | Siyasat Asgarov | |
Manager history
Manager | Azerbaijan career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost |
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2006–2017 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
Siyasat Asgarov | 20??–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Players
Current squad
- The following players were named for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League matches against Cyprus and Montenegro on 22 and 26 September 2023.[3]
Caps and goals are correct, as of 23 February 2021.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Aytaj Sharifova (captain) | 8 January 1997 | 26 | 0 | ![]() |
22 | GK | Nargiz Aliyeva | 22 March 2002 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | GK | Göknur Güleryüz | 4 February 2003 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | DF | Nigar Mirzaliyeva | 28 April 2002 | 26 | 0 | ![]() |
15 | DF | Kamilla Mammadova | 31 August 1996 | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | DF | Nargiz Hajiyeva | 12 April 1991 | 21 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | DF | Ayshan Ahmadova | 5 May 2000 | 23 | 2 | ![]() |
17 | DF | Vusala Hajiyeva | 3 October 1999 | 21 | 0 | ![]() |
23 | DF | Yeliz Açar | 19 December 1997 | 21 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | DF | Zhala Mahsimova | 2 September 1996 | 20 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | DF | Milana Rahimova | 29 April 2004 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | DF | Alina Dorofeeva | 31 August 1998 | 15 | 1 | ![]() |
7 | MF | Male Mollayeva | 19 March 1998 | 18 | 1 | ![]() |
2 | MF | Diana Mammadova | 5 March 1998 | 19 | 1 | ![]() |
19 | MF | Sona Rahimova | 14 July 2001 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
11 | MF | Vusala Seyfatdinova | 11 March 2000 | 25 | 2 | ![]() |
8 | MF | Firangiz Teymurova | 14 August 1999 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
20 | MF | Peritan Bozdağ | 15 June 1999 | 17 | 2 | ![]() |
16 | MF | Nazlıcan Parlak | 27 May 1993 | 20 | 1 | ![]() |
21 | MF | Aysun Aliyeva (captain) | 19 July 1997 | 8 | 1 | ![]() |
9 | FW | Sevinj Jafarzade | 1 June 1994 | 16 | 2 | ![]() |
9 | FW | Joshguna Aliyeva | 22 March 2002 | 13 | 0 | ![]() |
10 | FW | Kristina Bakarandze | 19 May 1998 | 25 | 3 | ![]() |
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 |
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Records
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 21 August 2021.
Most capped players
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Top goalscorers
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Competitive record
FIFA Women's World Cup
FIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Q | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
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![]() | Did not qualify | qual. | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 60 | −58 | ||||||||
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![]() ![]() | Did not qualify | qual. | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | −11 | ||||||||
2027 | To be determined | qual. | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 76 | −69 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Olympic Games
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | ||
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Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
UEFA Women's Championship
UEFA Women's Championship record | Qualifying record | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Q | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
1984 to ![]() | Part of Soviet Union | – | Part of Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||
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![]() | Did not qualify | qual. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | ||||||||
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![]() | Did not qualify | qual. | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 35 | −33 | ||||||||
![]() | To be determined | qual. | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 44 | −38 |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
See also
- Azerbaijan women's national football team
- Azerbaijan women's national football team results
- List of Azerbaijan women's international footballers
- Azerbaijan women's national under-20 football team
- Azerbaijan women's national under-17 football team
References
- "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
- Qadın Futbolu Archived 5 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
- Millətlər Liqasi çərçivəsində sentyabrın 22-də "Dalğa Arena"da Kipr, 26-də isə səfərdə Montenegro yığması ilə qarşılaşacaq qadın futbolçulardan ibarət Azarbaycan A Milli komandasının iki oyun üçün heyəti açıqlanıb.