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	12
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 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 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 World Cup Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Netherlands 1989	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hong Kong 1992	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain 1996	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala 2000	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chinese Taipei 2004	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil 2008	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Thailand 2012	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Colombia 2016	Quarterfinals	5	2	1	2	25	18
Lithuania 2020	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1/9	5	2	1	2	25	18

FIFA Futsal World Cup Qualification[]

FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
1989 to	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Did not qualify	5	1	0	4	12	25
	Did not qualify	4	1	1	2	19	22
Chinese Taipei 2004	Did not qualify	2	0	1	1	5	10
Brazil 2008	Did not qualify	3	2	0	1	15	6
Thailand 2012	Did not qualify	5	2	1	2	18	10
Colombia 2016	Quarterfinals	5	3	2	0	23	18
Total	6/8	24	9	4	11	92	91

UEFA European Futsal Championship[]

UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
Spain 1996	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain 1999	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Russia 2001	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Italy 2003	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Czech Republic 2005	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portugal 2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
Hungary 2010	4th place	5	2	2	1	18	13
Croatia 2012	10th place	2	0	0	2	9	13
Belgium 2014	9th place	2	1	0	1	7	13
Serbia 2016	8th place	3	1	0	2	8	14
Slovenia 2018	7th place	3	1	0	2	6	12
Netherlands 2022	To be determined
Total	5/12	15	5	2	8	48	65

UEFA European Futsal Championship Qualification[]

UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA
	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Did not qualify	2	0	2	0	4	4
	Did not qualify	3	1	1	1	12	8
	Did not qualify	3	1	0	2	5	8
	Did not qualify	3	1	0	2	8	10
	Did not qualify	3	1	2	0	17	12
Hungary 2010	qualified	3	2	1	0	12	7
Croatia 2012	qualified	3	2	0	1	13	13
Belgium 2014	qualified	3	3	0	0	11	3
Serbia 2016	qualified	5	3	1	1	20	8
Slovenia 2018	qualified	3	3	0	0	16	5
Total	10/11	31	17	7	7	119	78

Minor tournament[]

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


Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
	Third place	2	1	0	1	15	7	+8	3
	Champions	3	3	0	0	19	7	+12	9
	Champions	2	2	0	0	7	4	+3	6
	Champions	2	2	0	0	10	4	+6	6
	Champions	2	2	0	0	11	3	+8	6
	Champions	3	3	0	0	15	4	+11	9
	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
	Champions	3	3	0	0	14	3	+11	9
	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	9	8	+1	6
	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

Current squad[]

The following players were named for the fixtures against Greece on February 2nd, 2021.

Head coach: José Alesio da Silva

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK		(1984-07-10)10 July 1984 (aged 36)	Araz Naxçivan
12	1GK		(1991-04-03)3 April 1991 (aged 29)	Araz Naxçivan

2	2DF		(1994-04-06)6 April 1994 (aged 26)	Araz Naxçivan
5	2DF		(1988-04-01)1 April 1988 (aged 32)	Araz Naxçivan
6	2DF	Eduardo	(1986-10-14)14 October 1986 (aged 34)	Halle-Gooik
8	2DF	Rizvan Farzaliyev	(1979-09-01)1 September 1979 (aged 41)	Araz Naxçivan
13	2DF		(1987-12-04)4 December 1987 (aged 33)	Levante UD

3	4FW		(1987-02-19)19 February 1987 (aged 34)
7	4FW		(1990-07-28)28 July 1990 (aged 30)	Araz Naxçivan
9	4FW		(1993-12-03)3 December 1993 (aged 27)	Palma Futsal
10	4FW		(1985-04-26)26 April 1985 (aged 35)	Al Bataeh
11	4FW		(1987-08-15)15 August 1987 (aged 33)	Araz Naxçivan
14	4FW		(1994-02-26)26 February 1994 (aged 27)	Araz Naxçivan
17	4FW		(1989-08-07)7 August 1989 (aged 31)	Araz Naxçivan
20	4FW		(1986-04-11)11 April 1986 (aged 34)	Araz Naxçivan

Results and Fixtures[]

2016[]

3 February 2016 (2016-02-03) Euro 2016	Italy	3–0	Azerbaijan	showBelgrade 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	showBelgrade Arena, Belgrade
21:00	Farzaliyev 6' Borisov 7' 12' Eduardo 20' Augusto 27' Rafael 40'	Report	10' 12' Rešetár 16' Novotný 24' 31'	Attendance: 1,754 Referee: Admir Zahovič (SVN)

9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) Euro 2016	Russia	6–2	Azerbaijan	showBelgrade Arena, Belgrade
18:30	Abramov 7', 26' 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	showTopsportcentrum, Almere
20:00	10'	Report	Amadeu 5', 29' 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	showBaku Sports Hall, Baku
18:00	Farzaliyev 12' Amadeu 15' Eduardo 20' Rafael 26'	Report	14' 16' Mossaoui 26' 28'	Referee: Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria), Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)

12 September 2016 (2016-09-12) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup	Morocco	0–5	Azerbaijan	showColiseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00		Report	15', 18', 33' 29' 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	showColiseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00	3' 40'	Report	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	showColiseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00	2' 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	showColiseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
17:30	Suphawut 9', 13' Kritsada 18', 19', 26' Jirawat 22' Jetsada 37', 45' (pen.)	Report	4', 44' 6', 13', 44', 48', 49' Borisov 14' 28', 29', 41' 31' 49'	Attendance: 838 Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez (Spain)

25 September 2016 (2016-09-25) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup	Azerbaijan	2–3	Portugal	showColiseo El Pueblo, Cali
18:00	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

External links[]

Official website

[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

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