Azerbaijan national football team - Definition and Overview

Azerbaijan

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Nickname	-
Association	Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
Coach	Carlos Alberto Torres (2004-)
Most caps	Tarlan Akhmedov (67)
Top scorer	Gurban Gurbanov (12)
Home colours 　 Away colours
First International Georgia 6 - 3 Azerbaijan (Gurjaani, Georgia; September 17, 1992)
Largest win Azerbaijan 4 - 0 Liechtenstein (Baku, Azerbaijan; June 5, 1999)
Worst defeat France 10 - 0 Azerbaijan (Auxerre, France; September 6, 1995)
World Cup
Appearances	none (First in -)
Best result	-
European Championship
Appearances	none (First in -)
Best result	-

The Azerbaijan national football team is the national team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. In February 2004, Carlos Alberto Torres, captain of the Brazil team that won the 1970 World Cup was appointed its national coach. Despite a poor start, a 0-6 defeat to Israel on 18 February, Azerbaijan won their first ever away match, 3-2 against Kazakhstan on 28 April.

World Cup record

• 1930 to 1994 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1998 to 2002 - Did not qualify

European Championship record

• 1960 to 1992 - Did not enter, was part of USSR
• 1996 to 2004 - Did not qualify

External links

• RSSSF archive of international results 1979-2004 (http://www.rsssf.com/tablesa/azer-intres.html)
• UEFA match report on the first away win (http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WorldCup/news/Kind=1/newsId=173352.html)