Azerbaijan national futsal team

Azerbaijan
Nickname(s)Milli (The National Team)
AssociationAFFA
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coach Vitaliy Borisov
CaptainEmin Kurdov
Most capsRizvan Farzaliyev (42)
Top scorerVitaliy Borisov (23)
FIFA codeAZE
FIFA ranking 47 15 (4 April 2025)[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)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2016)
Best resultQuarterfinals (2016)
European Championship
Appearances6 (First in 2010)
Best result4th place (2010)

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 13th in the world, the highest-ranking team from Caucasus in the World Rankings.[2] They are also ranked 7th in Europe on 10 August 2021.

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

FIFA Futsal World Cup record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
1989 Part of  Soviet Union Part of  Soviet Union
1992 Not a FIFA member Part of  CIS
1996 Did not qualify 1996 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying served as qualifiers
2000 Group D 3rd place 4 1 1 2 19 22
2004 Group 7 Runners-up 2 0 1 1 5 10
2008 Group 6 Runners-up 3 2 0 1 15 6
2012 Play-offs 5 2 1 2 16 11
2016 Quarterfinals 6th 5 2 1 2 25 18 Squad Play-offs 5 3 2 0 28 13
2021 Did not qualify Group C 3rd place 6 4 1 1 15 11
2024 Group A 4th place 10 4 0 6 29 31
Total Quarterfinals 1/10 5 2 1 2 25 18 — 7/8 40 17 6 17 139 129

UEFA European Futsal Championship

UEFA Futsal Euro record Qualification record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Squad Outcome Pld W D L GF GA
1996 Did not qualify Group A 6th place 5 1 0 4 12 25
1999 Group B Runners-up 2 0 2 0 4 4
2001 Group C 3rd place 3 1 1 1 12 8
2003 Group E 3rd place 3 1 0 2 5 9
2005 Group E 3rd place 3 1 0 2 8 10
2007 Group D Runners-up 3 1 2 0 17 12
2010 4th Place 5 2 2 1 18 13 Squad Group 6 Runners-up 3 2 1 0 12 7
2012 Group stage 2 0 0 2 9 13 Squad Group 1 Runners-up 3 2 0 1 13 13
2014 Group stage 2 1 0 1 7 13 Squad Group 2 Winners 3 3 0 0 11 3
2016 Quarterfinals 3 1 0 2 8 14 Squad Play-offs 5 3 1 1 20 8
2018 Quarterfinals 3 1 0 2 6 12 Squad Group 2 Winners 3 3 0 0 16 5
2022 Group stage 3 1 1 1 8 7 Squad Group 3 Winners 6 5 1 0 22 6
2026 Qualification in progress Qualification in progress
Total 6/13 18 6 3 9 56 72 — 13/13 42 23 8 11 152 110

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 Cup Third place 2 1 0 1 15 7 +8 3
2007 Izmir Cup Champions 3 3 0 0 19 7 +12 9
2008 Baku Cup Champions 2 2 0 0 7 4 +3 6
2009-1 Baku Cup Champions 2 2 0 0 10 4 +6 6
2009-2 Baku Cup Champions 2 2 0 0 11 3 +8 6
2011 Baku Cup Champions 3 3 0 0 15 4 +11 9
2012 Baku Cup Runners-up 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
2013 Baku Cup Champions 3 3 0 0 14 3 +11 9
2014 Tashkent Cup Runners-up 3 2 0 1 9 8 +1 6
2015 Cupa FMF Cup Runners-up 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
Total 10/10 24 19 2 3 108 48 +60 58

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 5 2 1 2 25 18 +7 7
FIFA World Cup Qualification Record 24 9 4 11 92 91 +1 31
European Championship Record 12 4 2 6 42 53 -11 14
European Championship Qualification Record 28 14 7 7 103 73 +40 49
Minor Tournament Record 24 19 2 3 108 48 +60 59
Friendly Match Record 36 17 8 11 105 90 +15 59
Total 129 65 24 40 475 373 +102 219

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification matches against Kazakhstan on 6 and 11 October 2023.[9][10]
Head coach: Vitaliy Borisov

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Emin Kurdov (captain) (1984-07-10) 10 July 1984 Araz Naxçivan
12 1GK Rovshan Huseynli (1991-04-03) 3 April 1991 MFC Atyrau
6 2DF Eduardo Borges (1986-10-14) 14 October 1986 Anderlecht
7 2DF Hadi Ahmadi (1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 MFC Aktobe
13 2DF Gallo (1987-12-04) 4 December 1987 Manzanares FS
14 2DF Amadeu (1990-03-06) 6 March 1990 Araz Naxçivan
17 2DF Amir Shojaei (1988-04-01) 1 April 1988 Neftçi İK
20 2DF Biel (1990-04-26) 26 April 1990 Doukas
4 4FW Murad Guluzadeh (1996-06-14) 14 June 1996 Baku Fire
5 4FW Maneca (1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 Futsal Nyíregyháza
8 4FW Novruz Kazikhanov (2002-12-26) 26 December 2002 Araz Naxçivan
9 4FW Rafael Vilela (1993-03-12) 12 March 1993 Anderlecht
10 4FW Felipinho (1993-10-26) 26 October 1993 Araz Naxçivan
11 4FW Khatai Baghirov (1987-08-15) 15 August 1987 Araz Naxçivan
16 4FW Khazar Agalizadeh (2003-12-31) 31 December 2003 Araz Naxçivan

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Javad Mammadov (2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 Baku Fire v.  Poland, 7 March 2023
DF Oktay Rustamli (1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 Baku Fire v.  Netherlands, 20 September 2023
FW Isa Atayev (1989-08-07) 7 August 1989 Araz Naxçivan v.  Romania, 15 September 2023
FW Thiago Bolinha (1987-02-19) 19 February 1987 Unattached v.  Poland, 7 March 2023
FW Fineo de Araujo (1987-04-10) 10 April 1987 Unattached v.  Poland, 7 March 2023
FW Ramiz Chovdarov (1990-07-28) 28 July 1990 Fortuna Düsseldorf v.  Poland, 7 March 2023
FW Farid Alakbarov (1986-06-01) 1 June 1986 Baku Fire v.  Poland, 7 October 2022
FW Fábio Poletto (1989-02-13) 13 February 1989 Active Network v.  Poland, 7 October 2022 PRE

COV Player withdrew from the squad due to contracting COVID-19.
INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
RET Retired from international futsal.

Results and Fixtures

2016

3 February 2016 (2016-02-03) Euro 2016 Italy  3–0   Belgrade Arena, Belgrade
21:00 Merlim 20', 21'
Giasson 29'		 Report Attendance: 7,021
Referee: Marc Birkett (ENG)
5 February 2016 (2016-02-05) Euro 2016   6–5  Czech Republic Belgrade 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 2016 Russia  6–2   Belgrade 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-off Netherlands  1–5   Topsportcentrum, 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-off   4–4  Netherlands Baku 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 Cup Morocco  0–5   Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00 Report Vassoura 15', 18', 33'
Gallo 29'
Bolinha 31'		 Attendance: 1,016
Referee: José Francisco Katemo Katchingavisa (Angola)
15 September 2016 (2016-09-15) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup   2–4  Spain Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00 Vassoura 3'
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 Cup   3–3  Iran Coliseo Iván de Beodut, Medellín
18:00 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 Cup Thailand  8–13 (a.e.t.)   Coliseo 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'
Bolinha 28', 29', 41'
Poletto 31'
Huseynli 49'		 Attendance: 838
Referee: Fernando Gutiérrez (Spain)
25 September 2016 (2016-09-25) 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup   2–3  Portugal Coliseo El Pueblo, Cali
18:00 Bolinha 13'
Eduardo 35'		 Report Djô 8'
João Matos 18'
Ricardinho 28'		 Attendance: 2,974
Referee: Sergio Cabrera (Cuba)

Managers

See also

References

  1. ^ "The FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2025. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  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
  9. ^ "Millinin Qazaxıstanla oyunlar üçün heyəti" (in Azerbaijani). AZ Futzal. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  10. ^ "Azerbaijan Squad". UEFA. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
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