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)
Association	Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Siyasat Asgarov
Captain	Aytaj Sharifova
Home stadium	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Ismet Qaibov Stadium
FIFA code	AZE
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	76 1 (26 June 2020)[1]
Highest	58 (December 2009)
Lowest	148 (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
1991	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1995		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1999		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2015	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2019		-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	To Be Determined	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship

UEFA Women's Championship

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Part of Soviet Union
1993	Did Not Participate
1995	Did Not Participate
1997	Did Not Participate
2001	Did Not Participate
2005	Did Not Participate
2009	Did Not Qualify
2013	Did Not Participate
2017	Did Not Participate
2021	To Be Determined
Total	0/10	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympic Games
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1996	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	0/7	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*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
Total	27	10	5	12	34	84

• http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/aserbaidschan-frauen-team/21/

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

• Azerbaijan national football team
• Women's football

References

1. "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
2. Qadın Futbolu Archived 5 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)

External links

• Football Federation of Azerbaijan