Azerbaijan women's national football team

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.

Azerbaijan
Nickname(s)Odlar Yurdu
(The Land of Fire)
AssociationAssociation of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachSiyasat Asgarov
CaptainAytaj Sharifova
Home stadiumTofik Bakhramov Stadium
Ismet Qaibov Stadium
FIFA codeAZE
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 76 1 (27 March 2020)[1]
Highest58 (December 2009)
Lowest148 (September 2015)
First international
 Romania 4–1 Azerbaijan 
(Mogoșoaia, Romania; 18 November 2006)
Biggest win
 Macedonia 0–4 Azerbaijan 
(Tbilisi, Georgia; 13 May 2009)
Biggest defeat
 Sweden 17–0 Azerbaijan 
(Gothenburg, Sweden; 23 June 2010)

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.

Competitive record

World Cup
World Cup Finals
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
1991Did Not Enter-------
1995-------
1999-------
2003-------
2007-------
2011Did Not Qualify-------
2015Did Not Enter-------
2019-------
Total0/8-------
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship
UEFA Women's Championship
YearResultGPWD*LGFGAGD
1991Part of Soviet Union
1993Did Not Participate
1995Did Not Participate
1997Did Not Participate
2001Did Not Participate
2005Did Not Participate
2009Did Not Qualify
2013Did Not Participate
2017Did Not Participate
2021To Be Determined
Total0/10-------
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
Year Result GP W D* L GF GA GD
1996Did Not Enter-------
2000Did Not Qualify-------
2004Did Not Qualify-------
2008Did Not Qualify-------
2012Did Not Qualify-------
2016Did Not Qualify-------
2021Did Not Qualify-------
Total0/7-------
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

All Time Records
  • Azerbaijan women's national football team results

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

Against Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA
Total27105123484

Players

Caps and goals may be incorrect.

Current squad

The following players were called up to the match against Poland on 11 March 2020.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Aytaj Sharifova (C) (1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 4 0 Hakkarigücü Spor
12 1GK Elvira Askarzade (2001-01-16) 16 January 2001 0 0 8 - İOEUGiM
22 1GK Nargiz Aliyeva (2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 0 0 Unknown
2 2DF Neslihan Bozkaya (2002-06-23) 23 June 2002 1 0 Kuzbass Kemerovo
3 2DF Zhala Mahsimova (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 4 0 Zenit
5 2DF Ayshan Ahmadova (2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 1 0 Okzhetpes
13 2DF Nargiz Hajiyeva (1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 4 0 Ryazan
15 2DF Kamilla Mammadova (1996-08-31) 31 August 1996 0 0 Ugur
16 2DF Salome Gasviani (2000-01-30) 30 January 2000 0 0 Guria Lanchkhuti
18 2DF Alina Dorofeeva (1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 4 1 Yenisey
23 2DF Yeliz Açar (1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 4 0 Fatih Vatan Spor
4 3MF Nigar Mirzaliyeva (2002-04-28) 28 April 2002 3 0 Balxurma
7 3MF Joshguna Aliyeva (2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 1 0 Balxurma
8 3MF Firangiz Teymurova (1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 0 0 Ugur
10 3MF Kristina Bakarandze (1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 4 0 Hakkarigücü Spor
11 3MF Aytaj Nematova (2001-04-01) 1 April 2001 0 0 8 - İOEUGiM
14 3MF Nazlican Parlak (1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 4 0 Piroș Security
20 3MF Roza Guliyeva (1998-03-28) 28 March 1998 1 0 Tbilisi Nike
21 3MF Aysun Aliyeva (1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 4 0 Fatih Vatan Spor
6 4FW Rovshana Sardarli (2000-06-22) 22 June 2000 0 0 Tbilisi Nike
17 4FW Mislina Gözükara (1997-12-20) 20 December 1997 1 0 ALG Spor

Recent call ups
Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Diana Mammadova (1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 3 0 Yenisey v.  Moldova, 10 November 2019
DF Male Mollayeva (1998-03-19) 19 March 1998 3 0 Ryazan v.  Moldova, 10 November 2019
MF Sevinj Jafarzade (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 5 0 Yenisey v.  Moldova, 10 November 2019
MF Vusala Hajiyeva (1999-10-03) 3 October 1999 3 0 v.  Moldova, 10 November 2019
MF Vusala Seyfatdinova (2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 3 0 Ryazan v.  Moldova, 10 November 2019

Managers
Manager Azerbaijan career Played Won Drawn Lost
Shamil Haydarov 2006–2017 22 7 4 11

See also

References
  1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. Qadın Futbolu Archived 5 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
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