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.

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Azerbaijan national football team.
Azerbaijan
Nickname(s)Odlar Yurdu
(The Land of Fire)
AssociationAssociation of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachSiyasat Asgarov
CaptainAytaj Sharifova
Home stadiumTofik Bakhramov Stadium
Ismet Qaibov Stadium
FIFA codeAZE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 72 4 (18 December 2020)[1]
Highest58 (December 2009)
Lowest148 (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
1991Did Not Enter-------
1995-------
1999-------
2003-------
2007-------
2011Did Not Qualify-------
2015Did Not Enter-------
2019-------
2023To Be Determined-------
Total0/9-------
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games record
Summer Olympic Games
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
1996Did Not Enter-------
2000Did Not Qualify-------
2004Did Not Qualify-------
2008Did Not Qualify-------
2012Did Not Qualify-------
2016Did Not Qualify-------
2021Did Not Qualify-------
Total0/7-------
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship record
UEFA Women's Championship
YearResultGPWD*LGFGAGD
1991Part of Soviet Union
1993Did Not Participate
1995Did Not Participate
1997Did Not Participate
2001Did Not Participate
2005Did Not Participate
2009Did Not Qualify
2013Did Not Participate
2017Did Not Participate
2021To Be Determined
Total0/10-------
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Coaching staff
PositionNameRef.
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 1GK Aytaj Sharifova (C) (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 4 0 Hakkarigücü Spor
12 1GK Elvira Askarzade (2001-01-16) 16 January 2001 0 0 8 - İOEUGiM
22 1GK Nargiz Aliyeva (2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 0 0 Marxal
3 2DF Zhala Mahsimova (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 4 0 Zenit
4 2DF Nigar Mirzaliyeva (2002-04-28) 28 April 2002 3 0 Marxal
5 2DF Ayshan Ahmadova (2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 1 0 Okzhetpes
11 2DF Neslihan Bozkaya (2002-06-23) 23 June 2002 1 0 Kemer FK
13 2DF Nargiz Hajiyeva (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 4 0 Fatih Vatan Spor
18 2DF Alina Dorofeeva (1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 4 1 Yenisey
23 2DF Yeliz Açar (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 4 0 Fatih Vatan Spor
7 3MF Vusala Hajiyeva (1999-10-03) 3 October 1999 3 0 Izhevsk
14 3MF Joshguna Aliyeva (2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 1 0 Marxal
15 3MF Kamilla Mammadova (1996-08-31) 31 August 1996 1 0 Ugur
17 3MF Vusala Seyfatdinova (2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 3 0 Ryazan
20 3MF Roza Guliyeva (1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 1 0 Okzhetpes
21 3MF Aysun Aliyeva (1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 4 0 Fatih Vatan Spor
6 4FW Rovshana Sardarli (2000-06-22) 22 June 2000 0 0 Okzhetpes
8 4FW Sona Rahimova (2001-07-14) 14 July 2001 1 0 8 - İOEUGiM
10 4FW Kristina Bakarandze (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 4 0 Hakkarigücü Spor
19 4FW Nisrine Maria Zerioul (2003-03-05) 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 (2000-01-30) 30 January 2000 0 0 Guria Lanchkhuti v.  Poland, 11 March 2020
MF Nazlıcan Parlak (1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 4 0 Piroș Security v.  Poland, 11 March 2020
MF Aytaj Nematova (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 0 0 8 - İOEUGiM v.  Poland, 11 March 2020
MF Firangiz Teymurova (1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 0 0 Ugur v.  Poland, 11 March 2020
FW Mislina Gözükara (1997-12-20) 20 December 1997 1 0 ALG Spor v.  Poland, 11 March 2020

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

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
Stadium: ASK Arena
Attendance: 97
Referee: Cristina Trandafir (Romania)
23 October Euro 2021 qualifying Poland  3–0  Azerbaijan Warsaw, Poland
17:00
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
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
Total27105123484

See also

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
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