Azerbaijan national futsal team

Azerbaijan
Nickname(s)	Milli (The National Team)
Association	AFFA
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Alesio
Captain	Rizvan Farzaliyev
Most caps	Rizvan Farzaliyev (42)
Top scorer	Vitaliy Borisov (23)
FIFA code	AZE
FIFA ranking	14 [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
Appearances	1 (First in 2016)
Best result	Quarterfinals (2016)
European Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 2010)
Best result	4th place (2010)

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 13th 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 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
1989	Part of Soviet Union							-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1992	Did Not Enter							-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1996	Did not qualify							Group A 6th place	5	1	0	4	12	25
2000								Group D 3rd place	4	1	1	2	19	22
2004								Group 7 runner up	2	0	1	1	5	10
2008								Group 6 runner up	3	2	0	1	15	6
2012								Play-offs	5	2	1	2	16	11
2016	Quarterfinals	5	2	1	2	25	18	Play-offs	5	3	2	0	28	13
2021	Did not qualify							Group C 3rd place	6	4	1	1	15	11
Total	1/9	5	2	1	2	25	18	7/9	30	13	6	11	110	98

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
1996	Did not qualify							Group A 6th place	5	1	0	4	12	25
1999								Group B runner up	2	0	2	0	4	4
2001								Group C 3rd place	3	1	1	1	12	8
2003								Group E 3rd place	3	1	0	2	5	9
2005								Group E 3rd place	3	1	0	2	8	10
2007								Group D runner up	3	1	2	0	17	12
2010	4th Place	5	2	2	1	18	13	Group 6 runner up	3	2	1	0	12	7
2012	Group stage	2	0	0	2	9	13	Group 1 runner up	3	2	0	1	13	13
2014	Group stage	2	1	0	1	7	13	Group 2 winners	3	3	0	0	11	3
2016	Quarterfinals	3	1	0	2	8	14	Play-offs	5	3	1	1	20	8
2018	Quarterfinals	3	1	0	2	6	12	Group 2 winners	3	3	0	0	16	5
2022	Group stage	3	1	1	1	8	7	Group 3 winners	6	5	1	0	22	6
Total	6/12	18	6	3	9	56	72	12/12	42	23	8	11	152	110

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 Cup	Third place	2	1	0	1	15	7	+8	3
2007 Izmir Cup	Champions	3	3	0	0	19	7	+12	9
2008 Baku Cup	Champions	2	2	0	0	7	4	+3	6
2009-1 Baku Cup	Champions	2	2	0	0	10	4	+6	6
2009-2 Baku Cup	Champions	2	2	0	0	11	3	+8	6
2011 Baku Cup	Champions	3	3	0	0	15	4	+11	9
2012 Baku Cup	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
2013 Baku Cup	Champions	3	3	0	0	14	3	+11	9
2014 Tashkent Cup	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	9	8	+1	6
2015 Cupa FMF Cup	Runners-up	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Total	10/10	24	19	2	3	108	48	+60	58

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	5	2	1	2	25	18	+7	7
FIFA World Cup Qualification Record	24	9	4	11	92	91	+1	31
European Championship Record	12	4	2	6	42	53	-11	14
European Championship Qualification Record	28	14	7	7	103	73	+40	49
Minor Tournament Record	24	19	2	3	108	48	+60	59
Friendly Match Record	36	17	8	11	105	90	+15	59
Total	129	65	24	40	475	373	+102	219

Source:https://web.archive.org/web/20161116194204/http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/index.asp

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification matches against Greece and Poland on 3 and 7 March 2023, respectively.[9][10]
Head coach: Alesio

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Emin Kurdov (captain)	(1984-07-10) 10 July 1984	Araz Naxçivan
12	1GK	Rovshan Huseynli	(1991-04-03) 3 April 1991	Atyrau
19	1GK	Javad Mammadov	(2001-10-12) 12 October 2001	Araz Naxçivan

4	2DF	Khazar Agalizadeh	(2003-12-31) 31 December 2003	Araz Naxçivan
6	2DF	Eduardo Borges	(1986-10-14) 14 October 1986	Anderlecht
13	2DF	Gallo	(1987-12-04) 4 December 1987	Bintang Timur Surabaya
14	2DF	Amadeu	(1990-03-06) 6 March 1990	Araz Naxçivan
16	2DF	Hadi Ahmadi	(1994-02-26) 26 February 1994	Baiterek

3	4FW	Thiago Bolinha	(1987-02-19) 19 February 1987	Sporting Paris
5	4FW	Fineo de Araujo	(1987-04-10) 10 April 1987	Sporting Paris
7	4FW	Ramiz Chovdarov	(1990-07-28) 28 July 1990	Araz Naxçivan
9	4FW	Rafael Vilela	(1993-03-12) 12 March 1993	MFK Tyumen
10	4FW	Felipinho	(1993-10-26) 26 October 1993	Araz Naxçivan
11	4FW	Khatai Baghirov	(1987-08-15) 15 August 1987	Araz Naxçivan
17	4FW	Isa Atayev	(1989-08-07) 7 August 1989	Araz Naxçivan

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.

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

DF	Amir Shojaei^INJ	(1988-04-01) 1 April 1988	Baiterek	v. Greece, 3 March 2023^PRE
DF	Oktay Rustamli	(1994-04-06) 6 April 1994	Baku Fire	v. Greece, 11 October 2022
DF	Vassoura	(1985-04-26) 26 April 1985	Unattached	UEFA Futsal Euro 2022
DF	Rizvan Farzaliyev^RET	(1979-09-01) 1 September 1979	Alyans Qrup	UEFA Futsal Euro 2022

FW	Farid Alakbarov	(1986-06-01) 1 June 1986	Araz Naxçivan	v. Poland, 7 October 2022
FW	Fábio Poletto	(1989-02-13) 13 February 1989	Active Network	v. Poland, 7 October 2022 ^PRE
FW	Johnatan Baton	(1987-12-17) 17 December 1987	Al-Arabi	v. Kazakhstan, 20 September 2022
FW	Nurlan Mehdizadeh	(2001-11-30) 30 November 2001	Neftçi IK	v. Kazakhstan, 20 September 2022
FW	Maneca ^INJ	(1997-05-09) 9 May 1997	Futsal Nyíregyháza	UEFA Futsal Euro 2022 ^PRE
^COV Player withdrew from the squad due to contracting COVID-19. ^INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad. ^RET Retired from international futsal.

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

Elman Alakbarov (2008–2009)
Alesio (2009-2014)
Tino Perez (2014-2016)
Miltinho (2016-2017)
Biro Jade (2017-2018)
Alesio (2018-present)

References

Futsal World Ranking
Главный тренер футзальной сборной посвятил победу азербайджанскому народу (in Russian). 1news.az. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
Azerbaijan’s futsal team to debut in European championship Archived January 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
Futsal EURO preview: Group A Archived January 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
Czechs fear transformed Azeris Archived January 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
Czech Republic turn tables for third place Archived February 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
Spain claim third straight futsal title
Quartet share adidas Golden Boot
"Millinin heyəti açıqlanıb" (in Azerbaijani). AZ Futzal. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
"Azerbaijan Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

External links

Official website

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[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] "Millinin heyəti açıqlanıb" (in Azerbaijani). AZ Futzal. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

[10] "Azerbaijan Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

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