Qarabağ FK in European football

Qarabağ FK has participated in 14 editions of the club competitions governed by UEFA, the chief authority for football across Europe. These include 4 seasons in the Champions League, 9 seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, two seasons in the Cup Winners' Cup and one season in the Intertoto Cup.[1] Qarabağ has played three times in the Europa League after qualifying via the Champions League. Counting all of the 86 games the side have played in UEFA competitions since their first entry into the Cup Winners' Cup in the 1996–97 season, the team's record stands at 32 wins, 22 draws and 32 defeats.

Qarabağ playing against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge during the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League.

The club plays its home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, an all-seater stadium in Baku. Since the last rebuilding in 2012, it can host 31,200 spectators.[2] The record attendance for Qarabağ in a European match occurred 30 July 2014, in a 2014–15 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round match attended by 32,000 fans against FC Red Bull Salzburg which ended with a 2–1 win for the Qarabağ.[3] Qarabağ biggest wins is 5–0 against Samtredia in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualification, while the biggest defeats is 0–6 against Copenhagen in the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and Montpellier in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup.[1] With 67 caps, Rashad Sadygov and Maksim Medvedev has appeared in the most UEFA matches for Qarabağ,[1] while Reynaldo has scored the most goals with 11.[1] Qarabağ has played Metalurg Skopje, Twente and Copenhagen four times, more than any other team.

In 2017, after beating Copenhagen 2-2 (a) in the Play-off round of the UEFA Champions League, Qarabağ became the first Azerbaijani club to reach the Group stage.[4] They were drawn in Group C alongside Chelsea, Atlético Madrid and Roma, where they managed to obtain two points in six games after two draws and four losses.[5]

Key

S = Seasons P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against aet = Match determined after extra time ag = Match determined by away goals rule QF = Quarter-finals

Group = Group stage Group 2 = Second group stage PO = Play-off round R3 = Round 3 R2 = Round 2 R1 = Round 1 Q3 = Third qualification round Q2 = Second qualification round Q1 = First qualification round QR = Qualification round

Matches

The following is a complete list of matches played by Qarabağ in UEFA tournaments. It includes the season, tournament, the stage, the opponent club and the scores in home and away, with Qarabağ's score noted first. It is up to date as of the end of 28 November 2019.

List of Qarabağ FK matches in European football

Season	Tournament	Stage	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate	Ref
1996–97	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR	MyPa	0–1	1–1	1–2 (aet)	[6]
1997–98	UEFA Cup	Q1	Jablonec 97	0–3	0–5	0–8	[7]
1998–99	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Copenhagen	0–4	0–6	0–10	[8]
1999	UEFA Intertoto Cup	R1	Maccabi Haifa	0–1	2–1	2–2 (a)	[9]
		R2	Montpellier	0–3	0–6	0–9
2004-05	UEFA Cup	Q1	Dukla	0–1	0–3	0–4	[10]
2006–07	UEFA Cup	Q2	Zimbru Chișinău	1–2	1–1	2–3 (aet)	[11]
2009–10	UEFA Europa League	Q2	Rosenborg	1–0	0–0	1–0	[12]
		Q3	Honka	2–1	1–0	3–1
		PO	Twente	0–0	1–3	1–3
2010–11	UEFA Europa League	Q1	Metalurg Skopje	4–1	1–1	5–2	[13]
		Q2	Portadown	1–1	2–1	3–2
		Q3	Wisła Kraków	3–2	1–0	4–2
		PO	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	0–4	0–5
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	Q1	Banga Gargždai	3–0	4–0	7–0	[14]
		Q2	EB/Streymur	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		Q3	Club Brugge	1–0	1–4	2–4
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	Q1	Metalurg Skopje	1–0	1–0	2–0	[15]
		Q2	Piast Gliwice	2–1	2–2	4–3 (aet)
		Q3	Gefle IF	1–0	2–0	3–0
		PO	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	1–2	1–4
2014–15	UEFA Champions League	Q2	Valletta	4–0	1–0	5–0	[16][17]
		Q3	Salzburg	2–1	0–2	2–3
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Twente	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		Group	Saint-Étienne	0–0	1–1	3rd place
			Internazionale	0–0	0–2
			Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–2	1–0
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	Q2	Rudar Pljevlja	0–0	1–0	1–0	[18][19]
		Q3	Celtic	0–0	0–1	0–1
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Young Boys	3–0	1–0	4–0
		Group	Anderlecht	1–0	1–2	4th place
			Monaco	1–1	0–1
			Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	1–3
2016–17	UEFA Champions League	Q2	F91 Dudelange	2–0	1–1	3–1	[20][21]
		Q3	Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Göteborg	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Group	Fiorentina	1–2	1–5	3rd place
			PAOK	2–0	1–0
			Slovan Liberec	2–2	0–3
2017–18	UEFA Champions League	Q2	Samtredia	5–0	1–0	6–0	[22]
		Q3	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0	2–1	2–1
		PO	Copenhagen	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		Group	Roma	1–2	0–1	4th place
			Atlético Madrid	0–0	1–1
			Chelsea	0–4	0–6
2018–19	UEFA Champions League	Q1	Olimpija Ljubljana	0−0	1–0	1–0
		Q2	Kukësi	3–0	0−0	3–0
		Q3	BATE Borisov	0–1	1−1	1–2
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Sheriff Tiraspol	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Group	Arsenal	0–3	0–1	4th place
			Sporting CP	1–6	0–2
			Vorskla Poltava	0–1	1–0
2019–20	UEFA Champions League	Q1	Partizani	2–0	0−0	2–0
		Q2	Dundalk	3–0	1−1	4–1
		Q3	APOEL	0–2	2–1	2–3
	UEFA Europa League	PO	Linfield	2–1	2–3	4–4 (a)
		Group	Sevilla	0–3	0–2	3rd place
			APOEL	2−2	1–2
			F91 Dudelange	1−1	4–1
2020–21	UEFA Champions League	Q1

Overall record

Updated as of 25 December 2019

By competition

Qarabağ playing against Red Bull Salzburg at Red Bull Arena during the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League

The following is a list of the all-time statistics from Qarabağ's games in the four UEFA tournaments it has participated in, as well as the overall total. The list contains the tournament, the number of games played (P), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L). The number of goals scored (GF), goals against (GA), goal difference (GD) and the percentage of matches won (Win%). The statistics include qualification matches and is up to date as of the 2016–17 season.[23] The statistics also include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.

Tournament	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League	36	14	13	9	37	29	+8	038.89
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	74	26	17	31	78	98	−20	035.14
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	4	0	1	3	1	12	−11	000.00
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	1	0	3	2	11	−9	025.00
Total	118	41	31	46	118	150	−32	034.75

By opponent club nationality

Accurate as of 25 December 2019

Country	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	Kukësi	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3
	Partizani	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		4	2	2	0	5	0	+5
Austria	Salzburg	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	2	3	–1
Belarus	BATE Borisov	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
Subtotal		2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
Belgium	Anderlecht	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Club Brugge	2	1	0	1	2	4	–2
Subtotal		4	2	0	2	4	6	–2
Cyprus	APOEL	4	1	1	2	5	7	–2
Subtotal		4	1	1	2	5	7	–2
Czech Republic	Jablonec	2	0	0	2	0	8	–8
	Slovan Liberec	2	0	1	1	2	5	–3
	Viktoria Plzeň	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		6	0	3	3	3	14	–11
Denmark	Copenhagen	4	1	0	3	2	12	–10
Subtotal		4	1	0	3	2	12	–10
England	Chelsea	2	0	0	2	0	10	–10
	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	0	2	1	4	–3
	Arsenal	2	0	0	2	0	4	–4
Subtotal		6	0	0	6	1	18	–17
Faroe Islands	EB/Streymur	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Finland	Honka	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
	MYPA	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	4	3	+1
France	Monaco	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
	Montpellier	2	0	0	2	0	9	–9
	Saint-Étienne	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		6	0	3	3	2	12	–10
Germany	Borussia Dortmund	2	0	0	2	0	5	–5
	Eintracht Frankfurt	2	0	0	2	1	4	–3
Subtotal		4	0	0	4	1	9	–8
Georgia	Samtredia	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Greece	PAOK	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
Ireland	Dundalk	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Israel	Maccabi Haifa	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	2	2	0
Italy	Fiorentina	2	0	0	2	2	7	–5
	Inter Milan	2	0	1	1	0	2	–2
	A.S. Roma	2	0	0	2	1	3	–2
Subtotal		6	0	1	5	3	12	–9
Lithuania	Banga Gargždai	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
Luxembourg	F91 Dudelange	4	2	2	0	8	3	+5
Subtotal		4	2	2	0	8	3	+5
Malta	Valletta	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Moldova	Sheriff Tiraspol	4	2	1	1	5	2	+3
	Zimbru Chișinău	2	0	1	1	2	3	–1
Subtotal		6	2	2	2	7	5	+2
Montenegro	Rudar Pljevlja	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Netherlands	Twente	4	0	3	1	2	4	–2
Subtotal		4	0	3	1	2	4	–2
Northern Ireland	Portadown	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
	Linfield	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	7	6	+1
Norway	Rosenborg	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Poland	Piast Gliwice	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
	Wisła Kraków	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Subtotal		4	3	1	0	8	5	+3
Portugal	Sporting	2	0	0	2	1	8	-7
Subtotal		2	0	0	2	1	8	-7
Republic of Macedonia	Metalurg Skopje	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5
Subtotal		4	3	1	0	7	2	+5
Scotland	Celtic	2	0	1	1	0	1	–1
Subtotal		2	0	1	1	0	1	–1
Slovakia	Dukla	2	0	0	2	0	4	–4
Subtotal		2	0	0	2	0	4	–4
Slovenia	Olimpija Ljubljana	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Spain	Atlético Madrid	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
	Sevilla	2	0	0	2	0	5	–5
Subtotal		4	0	2	2	1	6	–5
Sweden	Gefle	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
	Göteborg	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
Subtotal		4	3	0	1	6	1	+5
Switzerland	Young Boys	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
Ukraine	Dnipro	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Vorskla Poltava	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Subtotal		4	2	0	2	3	3	0
Total		113	40	29	44	110	142	–32

By club

The following list details Qarabağ FK's all-time record against clubs they have met three or more times in European competition. The club and its country are given, as well as the number of games played (Pld), won by Qarabağ (W), drawn (D) and lost by Qarabağ (L), goals for Qarabağ (GF), goals against Qarabağ (GA) and Qarabağ 's goal difference (GD). Statistics are correct as of the 2016–17 season and include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.

Club	Country	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Ref
Copenhagen	Denmark	4	1	0	3	2	12	–10
Metalurg Skopje	Republic of Macedonia	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	[24][25][26][27]
Twente	Netherlands	4	0	3	1	2	4	–2	[28][29][30][31]

Club Ranking

UEFA coefficient

Further information: UEFA coefficient

Correct as of 2 August 2016.[32] The table shows the position of Qarabağ FK (highlighted), based on their UEFA coefficient club ranking, and four clubs, which are closest to Qarabağ FK's position (the two clubs with the higher coefficient and the two with the lower coefficient).

2016	2015	Mvmt.	Club	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2016 Coeff.
121	107	-14	FC Zürich	1.675	2.440	6.380	2.060	0.280	12.835
122	78	-44	Standard Liège	1.300	3.280	4.920	2.980	0.300	12.780
123	134	+11	Qarabağ FK	0.600	2.000	5.725	3.875	0.425	12.625
124	125	+1	C.F. Os Belenenses	2.350	1.983	1.816	6.100	0.300	12.549
125	126	+1	Académica de Coimbra	6.350	1.983	1.816	2.100	0.300	12.549

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