Araz Naxçivan
Araz Naxçıvan is a futsal club based in Nakhchivan City, Azerbaijan.[1] The club is very dominant in Azeri futsal, as they won ten consecutive Premier League titles from 2004 to 2014.[2]
Full name | Araz Minifutbol Klubu | ||
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Nickname(s) | - | ||
Founded | 2004 | ||
Ground | Palace of Hand Games, Baku, Azerbaijan | ||
Capacity | 5,000 | ||
Chairman | |||
Manager | |||
League | Premier League | ||
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Araz is one of the strongest teams in Europe, having reached UEFA Futsal Cup semi finals two times.
History
Araz Naxçivan founded in 2004 to replace a defunct football club in Azerbaijan Premier League and have dominated futsal in Azerbaijan ever since.[3]
The team made their UEFA Futsal Cup debut in 2005, picking up four points from three first qualifying round games but the following season they reached the Elite round.[3]
Araz reached semi-finals in the UEFA Futsal Cup in 2010 but lost out to Interviú FS.[4][5] However, clinched third place after winning in penalties against Luparense.[6][7] The club's players and coach Alesio, constituted the major part of the Azerbaijan squad that made their UEFA European Futsal Championship debut in 2010, reaching the semi-finals in Hungary.[3]
In 2014, the club repeated their success by gaining third place in UEFA Futsal Cup.[8]
Honours
National
Source:[9]
- 14 Premier League : 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- 14 Futsal Cup : 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
International
- UEFA Futsal Cup:
- 3rd place (2): 2010, 2014
Current squad
Updated 23 April 2010. Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Notable players
Andrey Tveryankin Serjão Rizvan Farzaliyev Thiago Paz Serjão Vitaliy Borisov Biro Jade Marko Perić Adriano Foglia Kristjan Čujec Matej Klár
UEFA Club Competitions record
UEFA Futsal Cup
Season | Competition | Round | Country | Opponent | Result | Venue |
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2005/06 | UEFA Futsal Cup | First Round | Morlanwelz | 4–4 | Mostar | |
Karaka Mostar | 2–4 | Mostar | ||||
De Hommel | 3–0 | Mostar | ||||
2006/07 | UEFA Futsal Cup | Main Round | MNK Split | 5–3 | Split | |
Athina | 5–1 | Split | ||||
Skövde | 10–4 | Split | ||||
Elite Round | Clearex Chorzów | 3–3 | Chorzów | |||
Action 21 | 4–6 | Chorzów | ||||
Marbo | 1–3 | Chorzów | ||||
2007/08 | UEFA Futsal Cup | Main Round | Luparense | 0–3 | Baku | |
Camelot Chisinau | 4–1 | Baku | ||||
Slov-Matic | 3–4 | Baku | ||||
2008/09 | UEFA Futsal Cup | Main Round | Skövde | 11–2 | Baku | |
Nadin Sofia | 6–1 | Baku | ||||
Slov-Matic | 4–2 | Baku | ||||
Elite Round | Nacional Zagreb | 4–3 | Zagreb | |||
Dinamo Moskva | 2–4 | Zagreb | ||||
Odorheiu Secuiesc | 6–4 | Zagreb | ||||
2009/10 | UEFA Futsal Cup | Main Round | Omonia | 4–1 | Pula | |
Kolubara | 4–0 | Pula | ||||
Potpićan | 4–4 | Pula | ||||
Elite Round | Nikars | 7–1 | Baku | |||
Athina | 7–0 | Baku | ||||
Kairat | 4–3 | Baku | ||||
Final Four | Inter Movistar | 2–5 | Lisbon | |||
Luparense | 2–2 | Lisbon | ||||
2010/11 | UEFA Futsal Cup | Main Round | Sporting Fingal | 7–4 | Târgu Mureş | |
Nikars | 7–2 | Târgu Mureş | ||||
City'US | 3–1 | Târgu Mureş | ||||
Elite Round | Ararat | 2–1 | Yekaterinburg | |||
Montesilvano | 2–2 | Yekaterinburg | ||||
Viz-Sinara | 2–3 | Yekaterinburg | ||||
2011/12 | UEFA Futsal Cup | Elite Round | Eindhoven | 5–3 | Barcelona | |
EP Chrudim | 3–4 | Barcelona | ||||
Barcelona | 2–2 | Barcelona | ||||
2012/13 | UEFA Futsal Cup | Main Round | EID Futsal | 0–5 | Győr | |
Club Futsal Eindhoven | 4–3 | Győr | ||||
Győri ETO Futsal Club | 5–5 | Győr | ||||
Elite Round | FC Litija | 3–5 | Laško | |||
FC Barcelona Futsal | 1–7 | Laško | ||||
MNK Split | 5–1 | Laško | ||||
2013/14 | UEFA Futsal Cup | Main Round | Athina '90 | 5–1 | Târgu Mureș | |
Châtelineau Futsal | 3–1 | Târgu Mureș | ||||
City'US Târgu Mureş | 3–3 | Târgu Mureș | ||||
Elite Round | CF Eindhoven | 6–3 | Almada | |||
Győri ETO FC | 5–0 | Almada | ||||
Sporting Clube | 6–3 | Almada | ||||
Final Four | FC Barcelona | 4–4 | Baku | |||
Kairat Almaty | 6–4 | Baku | ||||
2014/15 | UEFA Futsal Cup | Elite Round | Slov-Matic Bratislava | 3–4 | Pardubice | |
MFK Dina Moskva | 4–5 | Pardubice | ||||
FK EP Chrudim | 0–6 | Pardubice | ||||
2016/17 | UEFA Futsal Cup | Main Round | FC Feniks | 1–0 | Skopje | |
Železarec Skopje | 15–4 | Skopje | ||||
Tbilisi State University | 7–1 | Skopje | ||||
Elite Round | Ugra Yugorsk | 3–5 | Zagreb | |||
Hamburg Panthers | 1–7 | Zagreb | ||||
Nacional Zagreb | 5–1 | Zagreb | ||||
2017/18 | UEFA Futsal Cup | Main Round | Autobergamo Deva | 3–6 | Deva | |
Luxol St Andrews | 6–4 | Deva | ||||
Mostar SG Staklorad | 5–2 | Deva | ||||
2018/19 | UEFA Futsal Cup | Main Round | MIMEL Lučenec | – | ||
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References
- Укрепленный "Араз" (in Russian)
- Araz aim to outdo Kairat in Baku
- "UEFA Futsal Cup Finals:Araz Naxçivan". UEFA. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- "Interviú break Araz resistance". UEFA. 23 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- "El Benfica doblega a la Luparense y accede a 'su' final" (in Spanish). Diario Marca. 23 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 April 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
- Araz clinch third place on penalties
- UEFA Futsal Cup: Araz bate Luparense nos penalties e conquista terceiro lugar Archived 27 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
- Hart, Patrick. "Araz fightback floors Kairat and secures bronze". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- "Azerbaijan". Futsal Planet. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2009.