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Azerbaijan

Nickname(s)	Odlar Yurdu (The Land of Fire)
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
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	79 2 (13 October 2022)[1]
Highest	58 (December 2009)
Lowest	148 (September 2015)
First international
Romania 4–1 Azerbaijan  (Mogoșoaia, Romania; 18 November 2006)
Biggest win
Macedonia 0–4 Azerbaijan  (Tbilisi, Georgia; 13 May 2009)  Azerbaijan 4–0 United Arab Emirates  (Baku, Azerbaijan; 20 February 2022)
Biggest defeat
Sweden 17–0 Azerbaijan  (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.

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.

Team image

Nicknames

The Azerbaijan women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Odlar Yurdu (The Land of Fire)".

Home stadium

Azerbaijan plays their home matches on the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium and the Ismet Qaibov Stadium.

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.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

2021

2022

• Azerbaijan Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Azerbaijan's all-time international record, correct as of 1 June 2018.

Against	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
Total	27	10	5	12	34	84

Source: Worldfootball

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

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Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Siyasat Asgarov

Manager history

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Manager	Azerbaijan career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost
Shamil Haydarov	2006–2017	22	7	4	11
Siyasat Asgarov	20??–present	0	0	0	0

Players

Current squad

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
1	1GK	Aytaj Sharifova (captain)	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 25)	8	0	Tomiris-Turan
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	Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor
2	2DF	Diana Mammadova	(1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 24)	4	0	Yenisey
3	2DF	Zhala Mahsimova	(1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 26)	6	0	ALG Spor
4	2DF	Nigar Mirzaliyeva	(2002-04-28) 28 April 2002 (age 20)	7	0	Rubin Kazan
5	2DF	Ayshan Ahmadova	(2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 (age 22)	4	0	Lanchkhuti
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	Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor
17	2DF	Vusala Hajiyeva	(1999-10-03) 3 October 1999 (age 23)	7	0	Fomget Gençlik ve Spor
18	2DF	Alina Dorofeeva	(1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 (age 24)	8	1	Yenisey
23	2DF	Yeliz Açar	(1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 24)	7	0	Fatih Vatan Spor
6	3MF	Bilge Su Koyun	(1999-07-03) 3 July 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Fatih Vatan Spor
8	3MF	Firangiz Teymurova	(1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Okzhetpes
11	3MF	Vusala Seyfatdinova	(2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 (age 22)	7	0	Çaykur Rizespor
14	3MF	Joshguna Aliyeva	(2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor
16	3MF	Nazlıcan Parlak	(1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 (age 29)	6	0	Fenerbahçe
19	3MF	Sona Rahimova	(2001-07-14) 14 July 2001 (age 21)	2	0	Kayseri Gençler Birliği
20	3MF	Peritan Bozdağ	(1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Fatih Vatan Spor
21	3MF	Aysun Aliyeva (captain)	(1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 (age 25)	8	1	Çaykur Rizespor
9	4FW	Mislina Gözükara	(1997-12-20) 20 December 1997 (age 24)	1	0	Çaykur Rizespor
10	4FW	Kristina Bakarandze	(1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 24)	7	0	Lanchkhuti

Recent call ups

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

Records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 21 August 2021.

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		Q	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Part of Soviet Union									qual.	Part of Soviet Union
1995	Did not enter									qual.	Did not enter
1999										qual.
2003										qual.
2007										qual.
2011	Did not qualify									qual.	8	1	1	6	2	60	−58
2015	Did not enter									qual.	Did not enter
2019										qual.
2023	To be determined									qual.	To be determined
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8	1	1	6	2	60	−58

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1996	Did not enter
2000
2004
2008
2012	Did not qualify
2016	Did not enter
2020
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Championship record										Qualifying record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		Q	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1984 to 1991	Part of Soviet Union									–	Part of Soviet Union
1993	Did not enter									qual.	Did not enter
1995										qual.
1997										qual.
2001										qual.
2005										qual.
2009	Did not qualify									qual.	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5
2013	Did not enter									qual.	Did not enter
2017										qual.
2022	Did not qualify									qual.	8	1	0	7	2	35	−33
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	11	2	0	9	6	44	−38

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

See also

• Azerbaijan women's national football team
  • Azerbaijan women's national football team results
  • List of Azerbaijan women's international footballers
• Azerbaijan women's national under-20 football team
• Azerbaijan women's national under-17 football team

References

External links

• Football Federation of Azerbaijan

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