Zira FK

Zira
Full nameZirə Futbol Klubu
Nickname(s)Qartallar (The Eagles)
Founded28 July 2014 (2014-07-28)
GroundZira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Capacity1,300
PresidentTaleh Nasibov[1]
ManagerRashad Sadygov
LeagueAzerbaijan Premier League
2024–25Azerbaijan Premier League, 2nd of 10
Websitefczire.az

Zira Football Club (Azerbaijani: Zirə Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Zirə, Baku. The club competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League.

History

The club was established in 2014 and immediately joined the Azerbaijan First Division.[2]

Despite finishing 2nd in its inaugural season in the Azerbaijan Premier League,[3] the club wasn't allowed to compete in the UEFA Europa League.[4]

On 27 December 2016, Adil Shukurov had his contract as manager terminated by mutual consent, with Aykhan Abbasov taking over as manager until the end of the 2016–17 season.[5]

Aykhan Abbasov resigned as manager on 29 August 2018,[6] with Samir Abbasov being announced as his replacement the same day.[7]

On 8 October 2019, Abbasov left Zira by mutual consent,[8] with Zaur Hashimov being appointed as manager the following day, until the end of the season.[9]

On 17 July 2020, Rashad Sadygov was announced as Zira's new manager on a three-year contract.[10]

Domestic history

Season League Azerbaijan Cup Top goalscorer Manager Kit Manufacturer Sponsor
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2014–15 2nd 5th 30 19 6 5 61 19 63 Quarterfinal Bahram Shahguliyev Kappa Santral Electric
2015–16 1st 2nd 36 17 11 8 42 31 62 Quarterfinal Nelson Bonilla 14 Adil Shukurov
2016–17 1st 4th 28 10 9 9 29 26 39 Quarterfinal César Meza Colli 4 Adil Shukurov
Aykhan Abbasov 		Umbro
2017–18 1st 4th 28 12 8 8 36 30 44 Quarterfinal Richard Gadze 7 Aykhan Abbasov Joma
2018–19 1st 5th 28 8 7 13 30 40 31 Semifinal Julio Rodríguez 8 Aykhan Abbasov
Samir Abbasov
2019–20 1st 4th 20 6 5 9 25 37 23 Semifinal Julio Rodríguez
Nijat Suleymanov 		4 Samir Abbasov
Zaur Hashimov
2020–21 1st 4th 28 8 14 6 28 28 38 Semifinal Davit Volkovi 8 Rashad Sadygov
2021–22 1st 3rd 28 13 8 7 33 27 47 Runners-up Davit Volkovi 11
2022–23 1st 5th 36 13 11 12 45 46 50 Quarterfinal Hamidou Keyta 8
2023–24 1st 2nd 36 16 10 10 33 22 58 Runners-up Qismət Alıyev 6
2024–25 1st 2nd 36 23 5 8 59 27 74 Quarterfinal Salifou Soumah 12

European history

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1QR Differdange 03 2–0 2–1 4–1
2QR Astra Giurgiu 0–0 1–3 1–3
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3 0–0 0–3
2024–25 UEFA Europa League 1QR Sheriff Tiraspol 1–2 (a.e.t.) 1−0 2–2 (4–5 p)
UEFA Conference League 2QR DAC Dunajská Streda 4–0 2–1 6–1
3QR Osijek 2–2 (a.e.t.) 1–1 3–3 (2–1 p)
POR Omonia 1–0 0–6 1–6
2025–26 UEFA Conference League 2QR Hajduk Split
Notes
  • 1QR: First qualifying round
  • 2QR: Second qualifying round
  • 3QR: Third qualifying round
  • POR: Play-off round

Stadium

Main article: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium

Zira's home ground is the Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium, which has a capacity of 1,500.

Players

Current squad

As of 1 July 2025 [11]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF  RWA Ange Mutsinzi
4 DF  BRA Ruan Renato
5 DF  CIV Stephane Acka
6 MF  UKR Eldar Kuliyev
7 MF  AZE Rovlan Muradov
8 MF  AZE Ismayil Ibrahimli
10 MF  GEO Giorgi Papunashvili
13 GK  AZE Aydın Bayramov
14 DF  AZE Elchin Alijanov
16 DF  AZE Fuad Bayramov
17 MF  FRA Iron Gomis
18 MF  BRA Martins Júnior
19 MF  GUI Salifou Soumah
20 MF  NIG Issa Djibrilla
No. Pos. Nation Player
21 MF  AZE Hajiagha Hajili
23 FW  BRA Raphael Utzig
24 MF  NGA Yusuf Lawal
29 MF  AZE Ceyhun Nuriyev
30 MF  MOZ Guima
32 MF  AZE Qismət Alıyev (captain)
41 GK  AZE Anar Nazirov
87 MF  TOG Abdoul Aziz Batibie
90 FW  GEO Davit Volkovi
93 MF  FRA Brahim Konaté
97 GK  POR Tiago Silva
— MF  LUX Vincent Thill
— FW  BLR Yegor Bogomolsky

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2025.

Coaching staff

Position Name
Head coach Rashad Sadygov
Assistant coach Eltun Yagublu
Vagif Pashayev
Nariman Huseynov
Vugar Mammad
Goalkeeping coach Farhad Valiyev

Club records

Top goalscorers

As of match played 25 May 2025
Name Years League Azerbaijan Cup Continental Total
1 Davit Volkovi 2020–2022
2024–Present		 31 (90) 2 (13) 4 (8) 37 (111)
2 Raphael Utzig 2024–Present 11 (46) 3 (7) 5 (8) 19 (61)
3 Salifou Soumah 2023–Present 17 (69) 1 (9) 0 (4) 18 (82)
4 Nelson Bonilla 2015–2016 14 (29) 3 (2) 0 (0) 17 (31)
5 Julio Rodríguez 2019 12 (23) 3 (5) 0 (0) 15 (28)
5 Richard Gadze 2017–2018
2019-2020		 13 (46) 0 (4) 2 (4) 15 (54)
5 Hamidou Keyta 2022–2023 13 (46) 2 (6) 0 (2) 15 (54)
8 Aghabala Ramazanov 2020–2022 12 (47) 1 (4) - (-) 13 (51)
9 Qismət Alıyev 2020–Present 11 (145) 0 (19) 2 (10) 13 (174)
10 Ragim Sadykhov 2022–2024 10 (70) 2 (9) 0 (2) 12 (81)

Most appearances

As of match played 25 May 2025
Name Years League Azerbaijan Cup Continental Total
1 Qismət Alıyev 2020–Present 145 (11) 19 (0) 10 (2) 174 (13)
2 Ilkin Muradov 2015–2024 134 (3) 22 (2) 2 (0) 158 (5)
3 Dimitrios Chantakias 2020–2024 108 (6) 17 (1) 2 (0) 127 (7)
4 Hajiagha Hajili 2020–Present 102 (0) 14 (0) 9 (0) 125 (0)
5 Tamkin Khalilzade 2015–2018
2021–2022		 103 (8) 12 (0) 4 (0) 119 (8)
6 Davit Volkovi 2020–2022
2024–Present		 90 (30) 13 (2) 8 (4) 111 (36)
7 Adil Naghiyev 2015
2015–2019		 96 (6) 7 (2) 2 (0) 105 (8)
8 Rustam Akhmedzade 2022–Present 80 (6) 6 (2) 10 (0) 96 (8)
9 Vugar Mustafayev 2016–2019 79 (1) 9 (0) 3 (0) 91 (1)
10 Victor Igbekoyi 2015–2018 81 (5) 5 (0) 3 (0) 89 (5)

Managerial statistics

As of match played 25 May 2025
Name Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W Honours Notes
Bahram Shahguliyev  Azerbaijan 28 July 2014 July 2015 31 19 6 6 61 20 061.29
Adil Shukurov  Azerbaijan July 2015 27 December 2016[5] 56 24 14 18 60 58 042.86
Aykhan Abbasov  Azerbaijan 27 December 2016[5] 29 August 2018[6] 51 22 16 13 66 52 043.14
Samir Abbasov  Azerbaijan 29 August 2018[7] 8 October 2019[8] 37 12 10 15 41 50 032.43
Zaur Hashimov  Azerbaijan 9 October 2019[9] 30 June 2020 16 6 6 4 24 28 037.50
Rashad Sadygov  Azerbaijan 17 July 2020[10] 196 90 54 52 245 183 045.92
  • 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).

References

  1. ^ "Taleh Nəsibov "Zirə" PFK-nın prezidenti təyin edilib". www.fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Bəhram Şahquliyev indi də "Zirə"nin baş məşqçisi oldu". rekord.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  3. ^ ""Qartallar" gümüş medalı təmin etdi". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 16 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  4. ^ "AFFA-nın Lisenziya Komissiyasının qərarları". affa.az (in Azerbaijani). Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. 16 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  5. ^ a b c "Zirə də baş məşqçi dəyişikliyi". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 27 December 2016. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
  6. ^ a b "Ayxan Abbasov "Zirə"dən ayrıldı". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 29 August 2018. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  7. ^ a b ""Zirə"nin yeni baş məşqçi bəlli oldu". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 29 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Görüş zamanı "Zirə"nin cari mövsümdə göstərdiyi oyun və əldə olunan nəticələr müzakirə olunub". fczire.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 8 October 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  9. ^ a b "Bu gün klub rəhbərliyi ilə mütəxəssis arasında görüş keçirilib və razılıq əldə olunub". fczire.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 9 October 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  10. ^ a b ""Zirə" PFK – nın baş məşqçisinin adı məlum olub. Komandanın yeni baş məşqçisi Rəşad Sadıqov olacaq". fczire.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 17 July 2020. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Zira FK – Squad 2025/2026". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
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