Azerbaijan women's national football team

The Azerbaijan women's national football team represents Azerbaijan in international women's football. They are currently 67th 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

Nickname(s)	Odlar Yurdu (The Land of Fire)
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
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	72 4 (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest	58 (December 2009)
Lowest	148 (September 2015)
First international
Romania 4–1 Azerbaijan  (Mogoșoaia, Romania; 18 November 2006)
Biggest win
Macedonia 0–4 Azerbaijan  (Tbilisi, Georgia; 13 May 2009)
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.

Home stadium

The Azerbaijan women's national football team plays their home matches on the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium and the Ismet Qaibov Stadium.

Achievements

Women's World Cup record

FIFA Women's World Cup Finals
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	To Be Determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games record

Summer Olympic Games
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1996	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship record

UEFA Women's Championship

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Part of Soviet Union
1993	Did Not Participate
1995	Did Not Participate
1997	Did Not Participate
2001	Did Not Participate
2005	Did Not Participate
2009	Did Not Qualify
2013	Did Not Participate
2017	Did Not Participate
2021	To Be Determined
Total	0/10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Siyasat Asgarov

Players

Caps and goals are correct, as of 23 October 2020.

Current squad

The following players were called up to the match against Poland on 23 October 2020.

Caps and goals accurate up to and including date month year.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Aytaj Sharifova (C)	8 January 1997	4	0	Hakkarigücü Spor
12	GK	Elvira Askarzade	16 January 2001	0	0	8 - İOEUGiM
22	GK	Nargiz Aliyeva	22 March 2002	0	0	Marxal
3	DF	Zhala Mahsimova	2 September 1996	4	0	Zenit
4	DF	Nigar Mirzaliyeva	28 April 2002	3	0	Marxal
5	DF	Ayshan Ahmadova	5 May 2000	1	0	Okzhetpes
11	DF	Neslihan Bozkaya	23 June 2002	1	0	Kemer FK
13	DF	Nargiz Hajiyeva	12 April 1991	4	0	Fatih Vatan Spor
18	DF	Alina Dorofeeva	31 August 1998	4	1	Yenisey
23	DF	Yeliz Açar	19 December 1997	4	0	Fatih Vatan Spor
7	MF	Vusala Hajiyeva	3 October 1999	3	0	Izhevsk
14	MF	Joshguna Aliyeva	22 March 2002	1	0	Marxal
15	MF	Kamilla Mammadova	31 August 1996	1	0	Ugur
17	MF	Vusala Seyfatdinova	11 March 2000	3	0	Ryazan
20	MF	Roza Guliyeva	28 March 1998	1	0	Okzhetpes
21	MF	Aysun Aliyeva	19 July 1997	4	0	Fatih Vatan Spor
6	FW	Rovshana Sardarli	22 June 2000	0	0	Okzhetpes
8	FW	Sona Rahimova	14 July 2001	1	0	8 - İOEUGiM
10	FW	Kristina Bakarandze	19 May 1998	4	0	Hakkarigücü Spor
19	FW	Nisrine Maria Zerioul	5 March 2003	0	0	Bochum

Recent call ups

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

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Salome Gasviani	30 January 2000	0	0	Guria Lanchkhuti	v.  Poland, 11 March 2020
MF	Nazlıcan Parlak	27 May 1993	4	0	Piroș Security	v.  Poland, 11 March 2020
MF	Aytaj Nematova	1 April 2001	0	0	8 - İOEUGiM	v.  Poland, 11 March 2020
MF	Firangiz Teymurova	14 August 1999	0	0	Ugur	v.  Poland, 11 March 2020
FW	Mislina Gözükara	20 December 1997	1	0	ALG Spor	v.  Poland, 11 March 2020

Individual records

• *Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 2020.

Most capped players # Player Year(s) Caps

Top goalscorers # Player Year(s) Goals Caps

Managers

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

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.

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixtures

2020

11 March Euro 2021 qualifying	Azerbaijan	0–5	Poland	Baku, Azerbaijan
15:00 (18:00 AZT)		Report	Pajor  19', 90+1' Sikora  44', 90+3' Tarczyńska  90'	Stadium: ASK Arena Attendance: 97 Referee: Cristina Trandafir (Romania)

23 October Euro 2021 qualifying	Poland	3–0	Azerbaijan	Warsaw, Poland
17:00	Mesjasz  41' Zawistowska  47', 65'	Report		Stadium: Konwiktorska Street Municipal Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Tanja Subotič (Slovenia)

27 October Euro 2021 qualifying	Czech Republic	3–0	Azerbaijan	Chomutov, Czech Republic
17:00	Cahynová  27' Krejčiříková  52' Szewieczková  64'	Report		Stadium: Letní stadion Attendance: 0 Referee: Eszter Urbán (Hungary)

2021

18 February[3] Euro 2021 qualifying	Azerbaijan	v	Spain
		Report

23 February[3] Euro 2021 qualifying	Azerbaijan	v	Moldova
		Report

Head-to-head records against other teams

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

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
Total	27	10	5	12	34	84

• http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/aserbaidschan-frauen-team/21/

See also

• List of Azerbaijan women's international footballers
• Azerbaijan women's national football team
• Azerbaijan women's national football team results
• Azerbaijan women's national under-20 football team
• Azerbaijan women's national under-17 football team

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 18 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
2. Qadın Futbolu Archived 5 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
3. https://www.affa.az/index.php/news/two-matches-of-the-national-team-have-been-postponed/66749

External links

• Football Federation of Azerbaijan