Nickname(s) | Odlar Yurdu (The Land of Fire) | |||
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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 | |||
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FIFA ranking | ||||
Current | 79 ![]() | |||
Highest | 58 (December 2009) | |||
Lowest | 148 (September 2015) | |||
First international | ||||
![]() ![]() (Mogoșoaia, Romania; 18 November 2006) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
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Biggest defeat | ||||
![]() ![]() (Gothenburg, Sweden; 23 June 2010) |
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.
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.
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.
The Azerbaijan women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Odlar Yurdu (The Land of Fire)".
Azerbaijan plays their home matches on the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium and the Ismet Qaibov Stadium.
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 Fixture
25 November World Cup 2023 qualifying | Azerbaijan ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() | Baku |
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Stadium: Dalga Arena Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania) |
30 November World Cup 2023 qualifying | Azerbaijan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Baku |
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Report | Stadium: Dalga Arena Referee: Emanuela Rusta (Albania) |
20 February International friendly | Azerbaijan ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Baku |
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Stadium: Dalga Arena |
23 February International friendly | Azerbaijan ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Baku |
Stadium: Dalga Arena |
7 April World Cup 2023 qualifying | Bosnia and Herzegovina ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Sarajevo |
15:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Stadion Grbavica Referee: Kirsty Dowle (England) |
12 April World Cup 2023 qualifying | Denmark ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Viborg |
18:00 |
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Report | Stadium: Viborg Stadium Referee: Silvia Domingos (Portugal) |
25 June International friendly | Turkey ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() | Riva |
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Stadium: TFF Riva Facility |
28 June 2022 Friendly | Turkey ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() | Riva |
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Stadium: TFF Riva Facility |
2 September World Cup 2023 qualifying | Malta ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Centenary Stadium |
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Stadium: Ta' Qali Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (Italy) |
6 September World Cup 2023 qualifying | Azerbaijan ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | |
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10 November International friendly | Azerbaijan ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Baku |
Report | Stadium: Dalga Arena Referee: Fəridə Lütfəliyeva (Azerbaijan) |
13 November International friendly | Azerbaijan ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Baku |
Stadium: Dalga Arena |
The following table shows Azerbaijan's all-time international record, correct as of 1 June 2018.
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA |
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Total | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 84 |
Source: Worldfootball
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Position | Name | Ref. |
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Head coach | Siyasat Asgarov | |
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Manager | Azerbaijan career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost |
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2006–2017 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
Siyasat Asgarov | 20??–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The following players were called up for a home match against Malta on 26 October 2021.[3]
Caps and goals are correct, as of 23 February 2021.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | 1GK | Aytaj Sharifova (captain) | (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 25) | 8 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | 1GK | Gunay İsmayilova | (1998-03-08) 8 March 1998 (age 24) | 1 | 0 | Unattached |
22 | 1GK | Nargiz Aliyeva | (2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | 2DF | Diana Mammadova | (1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 24) | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | 2DF | Zhala Mahsimova | (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 26) | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | 2DF | Nigar Mirzaliyeva | (2002-04-28) 28 April 2002 (age 20) | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | 2DF | Ayshan Ahmadova | (2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | 2DF | Male Mollayeva | (1998-03-19) 19 March 1998 (age 24) | Unattached | ||
15 | 2DF | Kamilla Mammadova | (1996-08-31) 31 August 1996 (age 26) | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
17 | 2DF | Vusala Hajiyeva | (1999-10-03) 3 October 1999 (age 23) | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | 2DF | Alina Dorofeeva | (1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 (age 24) | 8 | 1 | ![]() |
23 | 2DF | Yeliz Açar | (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 24) | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | 3MF | Bilge Su Koyun | (1999-07-03) 3 July 1999 (age 23) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
8 | 3MF | Firangiz Teymurova | (1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 (age 23) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
11 | 3MF | Vusala Seyfatdinova | (2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 (age 22) | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
14 | 3MF | Joshguna Aliyeva | (2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
16 | 3MF | Nazlıcan Parlak | (1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 (age 29) | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
19 | 3MF | Sona Rahimova | (2001-07-14) 14 July 2001 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
20 | 3MF | Peritan Bozdağ | (1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 23) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
21 | 3MF | Aysun Aliyeva (captain) | (1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 (age 25) | 8 | 1 | ![]() |
9 | 4FW | Mislina Gözükara | (1997-12-20) 20 December 1997 (age 24) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
10 | 4FW | Kristina Bakarandze | (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 24) | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 21 August 2021.
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Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 60 | −58 |
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