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Shamakhi FK (Azerbaijani: Şamaxı Futbol Klubu, pronounced [ʃɑmɑˈxɯ]) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Shamakhi, that currently competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League. The club has won the Premier League title twice.[1]

Shamakhi FK

Full name	Şamaxı Futbol Klubu
Nickname(s)	Lions
Founded	1997; 25 years ago (1997), as Khazar University
Ground	Şamaxı Şəhər Stadionu
Capacity	2,200
President	Elchin Usub
Manager	Vugar Asgarli
League	Azerbaijan Premier League
2021–22	7th of 8
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours
Current season

History

Early years (1997–2004)

The club has been functioning since 1997, initially as an amateur side that shared its name with Khazar University, the first private university in Azerbaijan, which founded the club. In 1999, Khazar University began to play in the Azerbaijan Premier League, finishing eleventh.[2] In subsequent years, Inter finished in 7th place (2000/01 season) and 3rd place (2003–04 season).

In the 2003–04 season the team finished in fourth place, thereby qualifying for the UEFA Intertoto Cup for the first time. In the first round of the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup, they defeated Bregenz of Austria 3:0 on a forfeiture in the first leg, and 2:1 in the second leg.[3] In the second round, they played Tampere United of Finland, losing the first leg 0:3; winning the return leg, played in Baku, 1:0; but going out on aggregate 1:3.[4]

The Double and Tskhadadze years (2004–2014)

In the summer of 2004, all rights of the Khazar University club were transferred to the newly created Inter Baku Professional Football Club, and the team participated in the 13th championship of the Azerbaijani Premier League under the name of Inter Baku. Later in 2004, certain structural changes were made in the club's management, and Inter Baku was renamed the Inter Professional Club, finishing the 2004–2005 season in seventh place. Inter's progression up the standings continued in the 14th iteration of the Azerbaijan Premier League when Inter finished in fourth place.

The club finished fourth again in 2006–07, and first in 2007–08. Following its championship season, Inter qualified for its first-ever appearance in the UEFA Champions League in 2008 and advanced to the second qualifying round by defeating Rabotnički of the Republic of Macedonia on away goals.[5]

2009 saw Inter Baku retain the Azerbaijan Premier League title, securing it for the second time in the club's history. The club's Champions League campaign was less successful – barely losing to Lech Poznań away on penalties.[6] In 2011, Inter Baku also managed to win the CIS Cup after defeating Shakhtyor Soligorsk in the final.[7][8]

In 2012, the club recorded an Azerbaijani record for the biggest win in a European competition by beating Narva Trans 5–0 in Estonia.[9] The club had started the 2013–14 season with a three-game losing streak, setting a record for worst start to a season in its history.[10] However, the team managed to clinch second spot in the league.[11]

Downturn and financial difficulties of Inter Baku (2015–2017)

During the 2015–16 season, Inter started experiencing financial difficulties at the same time with its main sponsor, The International Bank of Azerbaijan. In December 2015, the club's president Georgi Nikolov was replaced by Rashad Gasimov. On 31 March 2016, Inter Baku were banned from participating in the next UEFA club competition that they would qualify for in the next three seasons, covering the 2016/17, 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons.[12]

The situation continued during the 2016–17 season as Inter struggled to pay salaries to its players and make new transfers. Despite that, Inter was able to claim the bronze medals in the national championship and reach the semi-finals stage in the Cup. At the end of the season, IBA announced that it would no longer sponsor the club and this led to new changes in the administration. Zaur Akhundov, former director of the National Futzal Federation, was appointed as the head of the supervisory board and Ramish Maliyev became the new executive director of the club. Despite the rumors about the liquidation, Inter was able to find sponsorship for the 2017–18 season and play in the Europe League where it eliminated Serbian Mladost Lučani in the first qualifying round before getting eliminated by Fola Esch in the second round.

Keshla FK (2017–2022)

On 28 October 2017, Inter Baku PIK officially changed its name to Keshla FK.[13] The club also replaced its logo and jersey colors. In its first match, Keshla lost 0–2 against Kapaz. The next day, the team's manager Zaur Svanadze was replaced by Ramiz Mammadov.[14] On 25 December 2017, Keshla announced that Ramiz Mammadov had become the club's Sporting Director, with Yuriy Maksymov coming in as the club's new manager.[15] On 17 July 2018 Maksymov was sacked as manager,[16] with Mladen Milinković being appointed as the new manager on 25 July 2018.[17] On 29 October 2018 Milinković was sacked as manager,[18] with Tarlan Ahmadov being appointed as his replacement on 30 October 2018.[19] On 8 August 2020, Ahmadov left Keşla.[20]

On 16 August 2020, Keşla announced Yunis Huseynov being appointed as the new manager.[21] On 24 January 2021, Huseynov resigned as manager,[22] with Sanan Gurbanov being appointed as the clubs new manager on 25 January 2021.[23]

Shamakhi FK (2022–present)

On 6 April 2022, the Azerbaijan Premier League approved the name change of Keşla FK to Shamakhi FK.[24]

Domestic history

Season	League									Azerbaijan Cup	Top goalscorer
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
1999-00	1st	11th	22	5	3	14	19	41	18	1/8 Finals	Samir Alakbarov	7
2000–01	1st	7th	20	9	2	9	26	38	29	1/8 Finals	R. Nasibov	8
2003–04	1st	4th	26	15	6	5	43	16	51	1/8 Finals	A. Sokhadze	6
2004–05	1st	7th	34	19	9	6	44	24	66	Runner-up	Elshan Mammadov	10
2005–06	1st	4th	26	14	8	4	35	14	50	Quarter-finals	Lucky Idahor	6
2006–07	1st	4th	24	13	6	5	36	12	45	Semi-finals	Samir Aliyev	6
2007–08	1st	1st	26	18	4	4	55	18	58	Runner-up	Khagani Mammadov	19
2008–09	1st	2nd	26	18	7	1	54	16	61	Runner-up	Walter Guglielmone	17
2009–10	1st	1st	32	22	12	8	58	37	78	Semi-finals	Robertas Poškus	12
2010–11	1st	5th	32	13	10	9	29	24	49	Runner-up	Robertas Poškus	5
2011–12	1st	3rd	32	16	8	8	29	21	56	Semi-finals	Bachana Tskhadadze	7
2012–13	1st	3rd	32	16	9	7	38	22	57	Quarter-finals	Bachana Tskhadadze	8
2013–14	1st	2nd	36	20	7	9	60	37	67	Quarter-finals	Vagif Javadov	16
2014–15	1st	2nd	32	17	12	3	55	20	63	Semi-finals	Mikel Álvaro	9
2015–16	1st	4th	36	16	11	9	39	28	59	Semi-finals	Nizami Hajiyev Mirsahib Abbasov	6
2016–17	1st	3rd	28	11	10	7	39	33	43	Semi-finals	Rauf Aliyev	11
2017–18	1st	6th	28	8	7	13	29	39	31	Winner	Pardis Fardjad-Azad Adrian Scarlatache Slavik Alkhasov	4
2018–19	1st	8th	28	6	5	17	29	45	23	Quarter-finals	Amil Yunanov Jonathan Ayité	5
2019–20	1st	3rd	20	8	6	6	27	21	30	Quarter-finals	Lorenzo Frutos	6
2020–21	1st	6th	28	5	11	12	25	40	26	Winner	Azer Salahli	5
2021–22	1st	7th	28	5	7	16	25	49	22	Quarter-finals	Felipe Santos	6

European history

As of match played 29 July 2021

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League	6	1	3	2	3	5
UEFA Europa League	27	12	8	7	37	29
UEFA Europa Conference League	2	0	0	2	2	7
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	3	0	1	6	4
Total	39	16	11	12	48	45

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2004	Intertoto Cup	R1	Bregenz	2–1	3–0	5–1
		R2	Tampere United	1–0	0–3	1–3
2008–09	Champions League	1Q	Rabotnički	0–0	1–1	1–1(a)
		2Q	Partizan	1–1	0–2	1–3
2009–10	Europa League	2Q	Spartak Trnava	1–2	1–3	2–5
2010–11	Champions League	2Q	Lech Poznań	0–1	1–0	1–1 (8–9 p)
2012–13	Europa League	1Q	Narva Trans	5–0	2–0	7–0
		2Q	Asteras Tripoli	1–1	1–1	2–2 (2–4 p)
2013–14	Europa League	1Q	IFK Mariehamn	1–1	2–0	3–1
		2Q	Tromsø	1–0	0–2	1–2
2014–15	Europa League	1Q	Tiraspol	3–1	3–2	6–3
		2Q	IF Elfsborg	0–1	1–0	1–1 (3–4 p)
2015–16	Europa League	1Q	Laçi	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		2Q	FH	2–2	2–1	4–3
		3Q	Athletic Bilbao	0–0	0–2	0–2
2017–18	Europa League	1Q	Mladost Lučani	2–0	3–0	5–0
		2Q	Fola Esch	1–0	1–4	2–4
2018–19	Europa League	1Q	Balzan	2–1	1–4	3–5
2020–21	Europa League	1Q	Laçi	0–0 (4–5 p)	—	—
2021–22	Europa Conference League	2Q	Sochi	2–4	0–3	2–7

Stadium

Inter Arena

Full name	Inter Arena
Location	Baku, Azerbaijan
Owner	Keşla FK
Operator	Dynamic Resource
Capacity	8,125
Surface	Artificial
Construction
Built	2001
Tenants
Inter Baku

The club play their home matches at the Inter Arena, an all-seater football stadium situated in Baku. Since 2008, the stadium has been under development, surrounded by practice fields, administration buildings and the newly built four-star Inter Hotel.

Shirt sponsor and kit manufacturer

Years	Manufacturer	Sponsor
2004 – 2011	Adidas	International Bank of Azerbaijan
2011 – 2015	Umbro
2015 – 2017	Joma
2017 – present		Samaya LTD

Players

Azerbaijani teams are limited to nine players without Azerbaijani citizenship. The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.

Current squad

As of 5 September 2022

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  AZE Rashad Azizli 2 DF  AZE Rauf Hüseynli 4 DF  AZE Arsen Agjabayov 5 DF  AZE Rahman Dashdamirov 6 DF  AZE Javid Heydarov 7 MF  AZE Asim Alizade 8 MF  AZE Kamal Mirzayev 9 FW  AZE Amil Yunanov 10 MF  AZE Elvin Mammadov 11 FW  AZE Kamran Guliyev (on loan from Sabah) 12 GK  AZE Akpar Valiyev 13 MF  AZE Parviz Azadov 14 FW  AZE Ugur Jahangirov 16 DF  AZE Fuad Bayramov

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  AZE Elchin Rahimli 18 DF  AZE Cəlal Hüseynov (on loan from Zira) 21 MF  AZE Gurban Safarov 22 DF  AZE Elchin Mustafayev 23 MF  AZE Rovshan Shahmuradov 27 DF  AZE Ibrahim Aslanli 30 DF  AZE Mirali Ahmadov 33 DF  AZE Abdulla Rzayev (on loan from Sabah) 55 DF  AZE Adil Naghiyev (on loan from Sabail) 70 FW  AZE Bahadur Haziyev 77 MF  AZE Samir Gurbanov 83 DF  AZE Nihad Guliyev 88 MF  AZE Bahruz Teymurov 99 GK  AZE Sahib Hasanov

For recent transfers, see List of Azerbaijan football transfers summer 2022.

Club officials

Management

Position	Staff
Head of Supervisory Board	Elchin Usub
Head director	Ramish Maliyev
Director of sport	Ramiz Mammadov
Team manager	Eldaniz Yusifov
Press secretary	Sabuhi Mammadov

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Vugar Asgarli
Assistant coach	Javid Huseynov Elhad Naziri
Goalkeeping coach	Jamaladdin Aliyev
Reserve team head coach	Zaur Ismayilov

Records

Top goalscorers

As of match played 22 May 2022

	Name	Years	League	Azerbaijan Cup	Europe	Total
1	Bachana Tskhadadze	2011–2015	36 (116)	10 (20)	6 (11)	47 (147)
2	Nizami Hajiyev	2007–2008 2010–2013 2014–2017	28 (139)	4 (22)	4 (16)	36 (177)
3	Walter Guglielmone	2007–2009	28 (44)	4 (?)	1 (3)	33 (47+)
4	Khagani Mammadov	2007–2009	22 (35)	3 (?)	0 (5)	25 (40+)
5	Robertas Poškus	2009–2011	17 (49)	3 (5+)	0 (2)	20 (46+)
5	César Meza	2013–2015, 2016 2018, 2019–2021	10 (86)	8 (18)	2 (2)	20 (106)
5	Vagif Javadov	2013–2014 2018–2020	17 (52)	2 (7)	1 (5)	20 (64)
8	Rauf Aliyev	2016–2017	12 (36)	3 (5)	2 (10)	17 (51)
9	Ģirts Karlsons	2009–2015	10 (63)	5 (7+)	1 (2)	16 (72+)
10	Petar Zlatinov	2008–2013	14 (107)	0 (9+)	1 (10)	15 (126+)

Top Ten Players With Most Appearances

Player		Period	Caps	Goals
1	Volodimir Levin	2004–13	204	11
2	Asif Mammadov	2008–10; 2011–2015	118	7
3	Bachana Tskhadadze	2010–2015	117	47
4	Giorgi Lomaia	2009–2016	108	0
5	Arif Dashdemirov	2010–2015	98	5
6	Petar Zlatinov	2008–13	97	10
7	Ilia Kandelaki	2010–13	75	3
8	Elmar Bakhshiev	2004–07	74	1
9	Ģirts Karlsons	2009–12	73	36
10	Bronislav Červenka	2007–12	72	5

Notable managers

Information correct as of match played 23 February 2019. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
Ismail Aliyev	Azerbaijan	1997	1998	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Samir Alakbarov	Azerbaijan	1999	2000	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Boyukagha Aghayev	Azerbaijan	2001	2004	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		[25]
Anatoly Konjkov	Ukraine	2004	2006	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		[26]
Oleg Smolyaninov	Russia	2006	2006	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		[27]
Valentyn Khodukin	Ukraine	2006	Jun 2009	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Azerbaijan Premier League	[27]
Kakhaber Tskhadadze	Georgia	Jul 2009	Jun 2015	220	111	63	46	301	166	050.45	Azerbaijan Premier League CIS Cup	[28]
Zaur Svanadze	Georgia	Jun 2015	29 October 2017	94	37	28	29	112	109	039.36
Ramiz Mammadov	Azerbaijan	29 October 2017	25 December 2017	7	3	0	4	2	10	042.86
Yuriy Maksymov	Ukraine	25 December 2017	17 July 2018	17	8	6	3	23	15	047.06	Azerbaijan Cup
Mladen Milinković	Serbia	25 July 2018[17]	29 October 2018[18]	8	1	2	5	7	12	012.50
Tarlan Ahmadov	Azerbaijan	30 October 2018[19]	8 August 2020[20]	23	6	5	12	15	19	026.09
Yunis Huseynov	Azerbaijan	16 August 2020[21]	24 January 2021[22]	15	3	5	7	13	21	020.00
Sanan Gurbanov	Azerbaijan	24 January 2021[23]		0	0	0	0	0	0	!—

• Notes:

P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won

Nationality is indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code(s).

Honours

National

• Azerbaijan League

Winners (2): 2007–08, 2009–10

• Azerbaijan Cup

Winners (2): 2017–18, 2020–21

Regional

• CIS Cup

Winners (1): 2011

References

External links

• Official Inter Baku Website
• Inter Baku at Weltfussball.de
• Inter Baku at Soccerway.com
• http://dynamicsport.eu/

На других языках

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[de] Şamaxı FK

Der Şamaxı Peşəkar Futbol Klubu, kurz Şamaxı FK (auch Schamachi), 1997 bis 2004 Xəzər Universiteti und von 2004 bis Oktober 2017 İnter Baku, ist ein aserbaidschanischer Fußballverein aus der Hauptstadt Baku.

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- [en] Shamakhi FK

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[es] Keshla FK

El Shamakhi FK (en azerí, Şamaxı Futbol Klubu), anteriormente conocido como Inter Baku, es un club de fútbol ubicado en Bakú, la capital de Azerbaiyán. Fue fundado en 1997 y juega en la Liga Premier de Azerbaiyán, de la que ha sido campeón en dos ocasiones.[1][2]

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[ru] Шамахы (футбольный клуб)

«Шамахы» (азерб. Şamaxı) — азербайджанский футбольный клуб из города Шемахы. Выступает в Премьер-лиге. 2-кратный чемпион (2008 и 2010) и обладатель Кубка Азербайджана (2018 и 2021).

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