Azerbaijan national futsal team

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 14th in the world, the highest-ranking team from Caucasus in the World Rankings.[2]

Azerbaijan
Nickname(s)Milli (The National Team)
AssociationAFFA
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coach Miltinho
CaptainRizvan Farzaliyev
Most capsRizvan Farzaliyev (42)
Top scorerVitaliy Borisov (23)
FIFA codeAZE
FIFA ranking14 [1]
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
Appearances1 (First in 2016)
Best resultQuarterfinals, 2016
European Championship
Appearances5 (First in 2010)
Best result4th place, (2010)

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
See also: FIFA Futsal World Cup
FIFA World Cup Record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Netherlands 1989Did not enter------
Hong Kong 1992Did not enter------
Spain 1996Did not qualify------
Guatemala 2000Did not qualify------
Chinese Taipei 2004Did not qualify------
Brazil 2008Did not qualify------
Thailand 2012Did not qualify------
Colombia 2016Quarterfinals52122518
Lithuania 2020Did not qualify------
Total1/952122518

FIFA Futsal World Cup Qualification
See also: FIFA Futsal World Cup
FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
1989 to 1992Did not enter------
Spain 1996Did not qualify51041225
Guatemala 2000Did not qualify41121922
Chinese Taipei 2004Did not qualify2011510
Brazil 2008Did not qualify3201156
Thailand 2012Did not qualify52121810
Colombia 2016Quarterfinals53202318
Total6/82494119291

UEFA European Futsal Championship
See also: UEFA Futsal Championship
UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Spain 1996Did not enter------
Spain 1999Did not qualify------
Russia 2001Did not qualify------
Italy 2003Did not qualify------
Czech Republic 2005Did not qualify------
Portugal 2007Did not qualify------
Hungary 20104th place52211813
Croatia 201210th place2002913
Belgium 20149th place2101713
Serbia 20168th place3102814
Slovenia 2018Quarter-finals------
Netherlands 2022To be determined
Total5/12124264253

UEFA European Futsal Championship Qualification
See also: UEFA Futsal Championship
UEFA European Futsal Championship Record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA
Spain 1996Did not enter------
Spain 1999Did not qualify202044
Russia 2001Did not qualify3111128
Italy 2003Did not qualify310258
Czech Republic 2005Did not qualify3102810
Portugal 2007Did not qualify31201712
Hungary 2010qualified3210127
Croatia 2012qualified32011313
Belgium 2014qualified3300113
Serbia 2016qualified5311208
Slovenia 2018qualified3300165
Total10/1131177711978

Minor tournament

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

Four/Three Nations Cup record
Year Round Pld W D L GS GA Dif Pts
2002 Tbilisi CupThird place2101157+83
2007 Izmir CupChampions3300197+129
2008 Baku CupChampions220074+36
2009-1 Baku CupChampions2200104+66
2009-2 Baku CupChampions2200113+86
2011 Baku CupChampions3300154+119
2012 Baku CupRunners-up31117704
2013 Baku CupChampions3300143+119
2014 Tashkent CupRunners-up320198+16
2015 Cupa FMF CupRunners-up10101101
Total10/1024192310848+6058

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 52122518+77
FIFA World Cup Qualification Record 2494119291+131
European Championship Record 124264253-1114
European Championship Qualification Record 28147710373+4049
Minor Tournament Record 24192310848+6059
Friendly Match Record 361781110590+1559
Total 129652440475373+102219

Current squad

Squad chosen for the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Emin Kurdov (1984-07-10)10 July 1984 (aged 32) EKOL Baku
2 1GK Elnur Zamanov (1981-05-17)17 May 1981 (aged 35) Neftchi Baku
3 4FW Thiago Bolinha (1987-02-19)19 February 1987 (aged 29) Araz Naxçivan
4 4FW Isa Atayev (1989-08-07)7 August 1989 (aged 27) Araz Naxçivan
5 4FW Fineo (1987-04-10)10 April 1987 (aged 29) Araz Naxçivan
6 4FW Eduardo (1986-10-14)14 October 1986 (aged 29) Araz Naxçivan
7 4FW Ramiz Chovdarov (1990-07-28)28 July 1990 (aged 26) Araz Naxçivan
8 2DF Rizvan Farzaliyev (1979-09-01)1 September 1979 (aged 37) Araz Naxçivan
9 4FW Fábio Poletto (1989-02-13)13 February 1989 (aged 27) Araz Naxçivan
10 2DF Vassoura (1985-04-26)26 April 1985 (aged 31) Araz Naxçivan
11 2DF Khatai Baghirov (1987-08-15)15 August 1987 (aged 29) Araz Naxçivan
12 1GK Rovshan Huseynli (1991-04-03)3 April 1991 (aged 25) Araz Naxçivan
13 2DF Gallo (1987-12-04)4 December 1987 (aged 28) Levante UD
14 4FW Vitaliy Borisov (1982-07-05)5 July 1982 (aged 34) Ekonomac

Results and Fixtures

2016
3 February 2016 (2016-02-03) Euro 2016Italy 3–0 AzerbaijanBelgrade Arena, Belgrade
21:00 Merlim  20', 21'
Giasson  29'		 Report Attendance: 7,021
Referee: Marc Birkett (ENG)
5 February 2016 (2016-02-05) Euro 2016Azerbaijan 6–5 Czech RepublicBelgrade Arena, Belgrade
21:00 Farzaliyev  6'
Borisov  7'
De Araujo  12'
Eduardo  20'
Augusto  27'
Rafael  40'		 Report Záruba  10'
Holý  12'
Rešetár  16'
Novotný  24'
Kovács  31'		 Attendance: 1,754
Referee: Admir Zahovič (SVN)
9 February 2016 (2016-02-09) Euro 2016Russia 6–2 AzerbaijanBelgrade Arena, Belgrade
18:30 Abramov  7', 26'
Romulo  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-offNetherlands 1–5 AzerbaijanTopsportcentrum, Almere
20:00 El Ghannouti  10' Report Amadeu  5', 29'
Fineo  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-offAzerbaijan 4–4 NetherlandsBaku Sports Hall, Baku
18:00 Farzaliyev  12'
Amadeu  15'
Eduardo  20'
Rafael  26'		 Report Ceyar  14'
Velseboer  16'
Mossaoui  26'
Attaibi  28'		 Referee: Gerald Bauernfeind (Austria), Oleg Ivanov (Ukraine)
12 September 2016 (2016-09-12) 2016 FIFA Futsal World CupMorocco 0–5 AzerbaijanColiseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00 Report Vassoura  15', 18', 33'
Gallo  29'
Thiago Bolinha  31'		 Attendance: 1,016
Referee: José Francisco Katemo Katchingavisa (Angola)
15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) 2016 FIFA Futsal World CupAzerbaijan 2–4 SpainColiseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00 Vassoura  3'
Thiago Bolinha  40'		 Report Vassoura  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 CupAzerbaijan 3–3 IranColiseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00 Thiago Bolinha  2'
Gallo  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 CupThailand 8–13 (a.e.t.) AzerbaijanColiseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
17:30 Suphawut  9', 13'
Kritsada  18', 19', 26'
Jirawat  22'
Jetsada  37', 45' (pen.)		 Report Vassoura  4', 44'
Fineo  6', 13', 44', 48', 49'
Borisov  14'
Thiago Bolinha  28', 29', 41'
Poletto  31'
Huseynli  49'		 Attendance: 838
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez (Spain)
25 September 2016 (2016-09-25) 2016 FIFA Futsal World CupAzerbaijan 2–3 PortugalColiseo El Pueblo, Cali
18:00 Thiago Bolinha  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-present)

See also

References
  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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