Azerbaijan Cup

The Azerbaijan Cup is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when Azerbaijan was a republic of the Soviet Union and it was not disputed by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid.

Azerbaijan Cup

Founded	1992
Region	Azerbaijan
Number of teams	19
Qualifier for	UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Gabala (1st title)
Most successful club(s)	Neftchi Baku (7 titles)
Television broadcasters	CBC Sport
2020–21 Azerbaijan Cup

Compared to cups in many other countries, Azerbaijan attracts considerably less public interest and even the cup final is rarely sold out. Consequently, the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan has experimented with the format in order to raise the profile of the cup.

Format

The clubs from Azerbaijan First Division (2nd tier) play in the First Round. The winners of that round advance to the Second Round, where the clubs from Azerbaijan Premier League (1st tier) join. For the quarterfinals and the semifinals, the round-robin system is used. For the finals, the format is restored to head-to-head.

Participants

All clubs from the Azerbaijan Premier League and First Division.

Soviet time Cup winners

1936: Stroitel Yuga Baku 1937: Temp Baku 1938: Temp Baku 1939: Lokomotiv Baku 1940: Dinamo Baku 1941–46: Not Played 1947: Pischevik Baku 1948: Pischevik Baku 1949: KKF Baku 1950: Trudovye Rezervy Baku 1951: Zavod im. S.M.Budennogo Baku 1952: Zavod im. S.M.Budennogo Baku 1953: Dinamo Baku 1954: BODO Baku 1955: Zavod im. S.M.Budennogo Baku 1956: NPU Ordgonikidzeneft Baku 1957: Mekhsul Tovuz 1958: SK BO PVO Baku

1959: Neftyannik Cuba 1960: ATZ Sumgait 1961: NPU Ordgonikidzeneft Baku 1962: MOIK Baku 1963: MOIK Baku 1964: Vostok Baku 1965: Vostok Baku 1966: Vostok Baku 1967: Apsheron Baku 1968: Politechnik Mingechaur 1969: MOIK Baku 1970: MOIK Baku 1971: Suruhanez Salyany 1972: Izolit Mingechaur 1973: MOIK Baku 1974: MOIK Baku 1975: Suruhanez Baku 1976: MOIK Baku

1977: Suruhanez Baku 1978: MOIK Baku 1979: Suruhanez Baku 1980: Energetik Ali-Bayramly 1981: Gandglik Baku 1982: Gandglik Baku 1983: FK Vilash Masalli 1984: Konditer Gandja 1985: Konditer Gandja 1986: İnşaatçı Sabirabad 1987: Khazar Lankaran 1988: Araz Baku 1989: Gandglik Baku 1990: Qarabağ 1991: İnşaatçı Baku

Finals

Year	Venue	Winner	Score	Runner-up
1992	29 August 1992 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 4,000	İnşaatçı Baku Seyran Guseinov  27' Ilkham Aliev  101'	2 – 1 (aet)	FK Kur Mekhman Bakhshiev  83'
1993	28 May 1993 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 10,500	Qarabağ Mushfig Guseinov  97'	1 – 0 (aet)	İnşaatçı Sabirabad
1993–94	28 May 1994 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 3,500	Kapaz Djeikhun Tanriverdiev  31' Fazil Parvarov  62'	2 – 0	Khazar Lankaran
1994–95	28 May 1995 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 15,000	Neftchi Baku Yunis Huseynov  78'	1 – 0	FK Kur
1995–96	15 May 1996 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 18,500	Neftchi Baku Yunis Huseynov  11' Vidadi Rzayev  78' Yunis Huseynov  81'	3 – 0	Qarabağ
1996–97	28 May 1997 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 6,000	Kapaz Khalig Mardanov  44'	1 – 0	Khazri Buzovna
1997–98	28 May 1998 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 5,500	Kapaz Badri Kvaratskhelia  21' Vasif Valiev  52'	2 – 0	Qarabağ
1998–99	28 May 1999 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 11,000	Neftchi Baku	0 – 0 (5 – 4 pen.)	Shamkir
1999–00	28 May 2000 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 6,000	Kapaz Ramiz Mammadov  53' Rovshan Akhmedov  69'	2 – 1	Qarabağ Bahram Shahguliev  90'
2000–01	25 May 2001 Sumqayit – Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 1500	Shafa Ramiz Mammadov  8' Emin Imamaliev  85'	2 – 1	Neftchi Baku Samir Aliyev  23'
2001–02*	28 May 2002 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 19,000	Neftchi Baku	3 – 0 Forfeit Shamkir walked off in 84'	Shamkir
2002–03	Due to conflict between almost all clubs and the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, no Cup Competition was held.[1]
2003–04	9 May 2004 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 18,000	Neftchi Baku Samir Abbasov  104'	1 – 0 (aet)	Shamkir
2004–05	28 May 2005 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 10,000	FK Baku Leandro Gomes  5' Andrezinho  114'	2 – 1 (aet)	Inter Baku Uladzimir Makowski  52'
2005–06	3 June 2006 Baku – Shafa Attendance: 4,000	Qarabağ Vasif Hakverdiev  45' Samir Musayev  87'	2 – 1	Karvan Roman Akhalkatsi  1'
2006–07	28 May 2007 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 15,500	Khazar Lankaran Rashad Karimov  90'	1 – 0	MKT-Araz
2007–08	25 May 2008 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 20,000	Khazar Lankaran Juninho  115' Juninho  118'	2 – 0 (aet)	Inter Baku
2008–09	23 May 2009 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 5,500	Qarabağ Vagif Javadov  57'	1 – 0	Inter Baku
2009–10	22 May 2010 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 26,000	FK Baku Veaceslav Sofroni  93' Aleksandar Solic  103'	2 – 1 (aet)	Khazar Lankaran Elvin Beqiri  120'
2010–11	24 May 2011 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 10,000	Khazar Lankaran Winston Parks  91'	1 – 1 (4 – 2 pen.)	Inter Baku Ģirts Karlsons  100'
2011–12	17 May 2012 Baku – Dalga Arena Attendance: 4,300	FC Baku Koke  8' Juninho  27'	2 – 0	Neftchi Baku
2012–13	28 May 2013 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 29,500	Neftchi Baku	0 – 0 (5 – 3 pen.)	Khazar Lankaran
2013–14	22 May 2014 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 20,000	Neftchi Baku Samir Masimov  52'	1 – 1 (3 – 2 pen.)	Gabala Marat Izmailov  71'
2014–15	3 June 2015 Gabala – Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 4,500	Qarabağ Reynaldo  5' Reynaldo  39' Muarem Muarem  85'	3 – 1	Neftchi Baku Ernest Webnje Nfor  77'
2015–16	25 May 2016 Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 25,500	Qarabağ	1 – 0 (aet)	Neftchi Baku
2016–17	5 May 2017 Nakhchivan – Nakhchivan City Stadium Attendance: 12,800	Qarabağ Mahir Madatov  52' Urfan Abbasov  68' (o.g.)	2 – 0	Gabala
2017–18	28 May 2018 Gabala City Stadium – Qabala Attendance: 4,500	Keşla Pardis Fardjad-Azad  71'	1 – 0	Gabala
2018–19	19 May 2019 Nakhchivan City Stadium – Nakhchivan Attendance: 10,000	Gabala Steeven Joseph-Monrose  3'	1 – 0	Sumgayit
2019–20	Cup Competition was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Note

• The Azerbaijan Cup held in 2001–02 was suspended due to the clashes between clubs and AFFA. The clubs themselves then made an alternative cup. The ultimate winner of the cup was Neftchi. However, the result of an alternative tournament that season is not officially recognized.

Performance

Performance by club

Club	Winners	Runner-up	Winning Years
Neftchi Baku	7	4	1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2001-02, 2003–04, 2012–13, 2013–14
Qarabağ	6	3	1993, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Kapaz	4	–	1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–2000
Khazar Lankaran	3	3	2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11
FC Baku	3	–	2004–05, 2009–10, 2011–12
Keşla	1	4	2017–18
İnşaatçı Baku	1	–	1992
Shafa	1	–	2000–01
Gabala	1	3	2018–19
Shamkir	–	3	–
FK Kur	–	2	–
İnşaatçı Sabirabad	–	1	–
Khazri Buzovna	–	1	–
Karvan	–	1	–
MKT-Araz	–	1	–
Sumgayit	–	1	–

Notes:
Clubs in italic are defunct.
Keşla record includes four runners-up appearances as FC Inter Baku.

References

1. Azerbaijan 2002/03 Archived March 3, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• List of Azerbaijan Cup winners (RSSF)