Azerbaijan national futsal team

The Azerbaijan national futsal team is the national futsal team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. It represents Azerbaijan in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships. They are ranked 12th in the world, the highest-ranking team from Caucasus in the World Rankings.[2]They are also ranked 7th in Europe on 10 August 2021.

Azerbaijan
Nickname(s)Milli (The National Team)
AssociationAFFA
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coach Alesio
CaptainRizvan Farzaliyev
Most capsRizvan Farzaliyev (42)
Top scorerVitaliy Borisov (23)
FIFA codeAZE
FIFA ranking12 [1]
Home colours
Away colours
First international
Poland 4–6 Azerbaijan
(Goirle, Netherlands; 23 October 1995)
Biggest win
Kazakhstan 2–14 Azerbaijan
(Tbilisi, Georgia; 28 July 2002)
Biggest defeat
Czech Republic 10–2 Azerbaijan
(Enschede, Netherlands; 27 October 1995)
World Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2016)
Best resultQuarterfinals (2016)
European Championship
Appearances6 (First in 2010)
Best result4th place (2010)

Azerbaijan had never qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup until 2016, but they have participated in the last five editions of the European Championship.

History

Recently

Azerbaijan's first appearance at the big level came during the 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship. They were unbeaten in qualifying and finished second to Portugal in their group, and only then after conceding a late equalizer against the 2007 semi-finalists.[3] Alesio has put together a potent blend of naturalized South Americans and local talent like Vitaliy Borisov and the Brazilian coach and much of the Azerbaijan squad are involved with champion club Araz Naxçivan, who in November won through to this spring's four-team UEFA Futsal Cup finals.[4][5] Despite finishing in fourth place, Azerbaijan's finals run was the best showing by a debutant since the inaugural UEFA Futsal Championship tournament.[6] Azerbaijan's Biro Jade won the Golden Boot award as joint top scorer with five goals.[7][8]

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup
FIFA Futsal World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
1989Did Not Enter-------
1992-------
1996Did Not QualifyGroup A 6th place51041225
2000Group D 3rd place41121922
2004Group 7 runner up2011510
2008Group 6 runner up3201156
2012Play-offs52121611
2016Quarterfinals52122518Play-offs53202813
2021Did Not QualifyGroup C 3rd place64111511
Total1/9521225187/9301361111098

UEFA European Futsal Championship
UEFA Futsal Euro record Qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
1996Did Not QualifyGroup A 6th place51041225
1999Group B runner up202044
2001Group C 3rd place3111128
2003Group E 3rd place310259
2005Group E 3rd place3102810
2007Group D runner up31201712
20104th Place52211813Group 6 runner up3210127
2012Group stage2002913Group 1 runner up32011313
2014Group stage2101713Group 2 winners3300113
2016Quarterfinals3102814Play-offs5311208
2018Quarterfinals3102612Group 2 winners3300165
2022QualifiedGroup 3 winners6510226
Total6/1215528486511/124223811152110

Minor tournament

this table consist of only senior A team Results (not include Youth and club match results)

Four/Three Nations Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA Dif Pts
2002 Tbilisi CupThird place2101157+83
2007 Izmir CupChampions3300197+129
2008 Baku CupChampions220074+36
2009-1 Baku CupChampions2200104+66
2009-2 Baku CupChampions2200113+86
2011 Baku CupChampions3300154+119
2012 Baku CupRunners-up31117704
2013 Baku CupChampions3300143+119
2014 Tashkent CupRunners-up320198+16
2015 Cupa FMF CupRunners-up10101101
Total10/1024192310848+6058

All time general statistics record/Overview of results
  • As a 15 Nov 2016
Tournament Pld W D L GS GA Dif Pts
FIFA World Cup Record 52122518+77
FIFA World Cup Qualification Record 2494119291+131
European Championship Record 124264253-1114
European Championship Qualification Record 28147710373+4049
Minor Tournament Record 24192310848+6059
Friendly Match Record 361781110590+1559
Total 129652440475373+102219

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 qualifying. All players played at least one of the six matches against Slovakia, Moldova and Greece.[9]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Emin Kurdov (1984-07-10)10 July 1984 (aged 36) Araz Naxçivan
12 1GK Rovshan Huseynli (1991-04-02)2 April 1991 (aged 30) Araz Naxçivan
19 1GK Javad Mammadov Araz Naxçivan
2 2DF Oktay Rustamli (1994-04-06)6 April 1994 (aged 27) CS Dinamo Plus
5 2DF Amir Shojaei (1988-04-01)1 April 1988 (aged 33) Araz Naxçivan
6 2DF Eduardo (1986-10-14)14 October 1986 (aged 34) Halle-Gooik
8 2DF Rizvan Farzaliyev (captain) (1979-09-01)1 September 1979 (aged 41) Araz Naxçivan
13 2DF Gallo (1987-12-04)4 December 1987 (aged 33) Levante UD
14 2DF Hadi Ahmadi (1994-04-26)26 April 1994 (aged 26) Araz Naxçivan
3 4FW Thiago Bolinha (1987-02-19)19 February 1987 (aged 34) ACCS
7 4FW Ramiz Chovdarov (1990-07-28)28 July 1990 (aged 30) Araz Naxçivan
9 4FW Rafael Vilela (1993-12-03)3 December 1993 (aged 27) Palma Futsal
10 4FW Vassoura (1985-04-26)26 April 1985 (aged 35) Unattached
11 4FW Khatai Baghirov (1987-08-15)15 August 1987 (aged 33) Araz Naxçivan
16 4FW Fineo de Araujo (1987-04-10)10 April 1987 (aged 34) Sporting Paris
17 4FW Isa Atayev (1989-08-07)7 August 1989 (aged 31) Araz Naxçivan
20 4FW Tofig Mikayilov (1986-11-04)4 November 1986 (aged 34) Araz Naxçivan

Results and Fixtures

2016
3 February 2016 (2016-02-03) Euro 2016 Italy  3–0  Azerbaijan Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
21:00 Merlim  20', 21'
Giasson  29'		 Report Attendance: 7,021
Referee: Marc Birkett (ENG)
5 February 2016 (2016-02-05) Euro 2016 Azerbaijan  6–5  Czech Republic Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
21:00 Farzaliyev  6'
Borisov  7'
De Araujo  12'
Eduardo  20'
Augusto  27'
Rafael  40'		 Report Záruba  10'
Holý  12'
Rešetár  16'
Novotný  24'
Kovács  31'		 Attendance: 1,754
Referee: Admir Zahovič (SVN)
9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) Euro 2016 Russia  6–2  Azerbaijan Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
18:30 Abramov  7', 26'
Romulo  15'
Eder Lima  25', 39', 40'		 Report Augusto  8', 29' Attendance: 5,975
Referee: Pascal Lemal (BEL)
22 March 2016 (2016-03-22) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup play-off Netherlands  1–5  Azerbaijan Topsportcentrum, Almere
20:00 El Ghannouti  10' Report Amadeu  5', 29'
Fineo  13'
Augusto  28'
Vitaliy Borisov  31'		 Referee: Ondřej Černý (Czech Republic), Cédric Pelissier (France)
12 April 2016 (2016-04-12) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup play-off Azerbaijan  4–4  Netherlands Baku Sports Hall, Baku
18:00 Farzaliyev  12'
Amadeu  15'
Eduardo  20'
Rafael  26'		 Report Ceyar  14'
Velseboer  16'
Mossaoui  26'
Attaibi  28'		 Referee: Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria), Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)
12 September 2016 (2016-09-12) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Morocco  0–5  Azerbaijan Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00 Report Vassoura  15', 18', 33'
Gallo  29'
Bolinha  31'		 Attendance: 1,016
Referee: José Francisco Katemo Katchingavisa (Angola)
15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Azerbaijan  2–4  Spain Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00 Vassoura  3'
Bolinha  40'		 Report Vassoura  5' (o.g.), 14' (o.g.)
Fernandão  27'
Miguelín  36'		 Attendance: 1,221
Referee: Alessandro Malfer (Italy)
18 September 2016 (2016-09-18) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Azerbaijan  3–3  Iran Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00 Bolinha  2'
Gallo  22', 32'		 Report Esmaeilpour  1'
Tavakoli  21'
Tayyebi  36'		 Attendance: 1,108
Referee: Cesar Malaga (Peru)
22 September 2016 (2016-09-22) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Thailand  8–13 (a.e.t.)  Azerbaijan Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
17:30 Suphawut  9', 13'
Kritsada  18', 19', 26'
Jirawat  22'
Jetsada  37', 45' (pen.)		 Report Vassoura  4', 44'
Fineo  6', 13', 44', 48', 49'
Borisov  14'
Bolinha  28', 29', 41'
Poletto  31'
Huseynli  49'		 Attendance: 838
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez (Spain)
25 September 2016 (2016-09-25) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup Azerbaijan  2–3  Portugal Coliseo El Pueblo, Cali
18:00 Bolinha  13'
Eduardo  35'		 Report Djô  8'
João Matos  18'
Ricardinho  28'		 Attendance: 2,974
Referee: Sergio Cabrera (Cuba)

Managers

See also

References
  1. Futsal World Ranking
  2. Главный тренер футзальной сборной посвятил победу азербайджанскому народу (in Russian). 1news.az. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
  3. Azerbaijan’s futsal team to debut in European championship Archived January 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  4. Futsal EURO preview: Group A Archived January 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  5. Czechs fear transformed Azeris Archived January 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Czech Republic turn tables for third place Archived February 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  7. Spain claim third straight futsal title
  8. Quartet share adidas Golden Boot
  9. "Azerbaijan Squad". www.uefa.com. UEFA. 29 January 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
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