Azerbaijan women's national football team

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
FIFA ranking
Current	75 (16 August 2024)
Highest	58 (December 2009)
Lowest	83 (December 2021)
First international
	Romania 4–1 Azerbaijan ; (Mogoșoaia, Romania; 18 November 2006)
Biggest win
	Macedonia 0–4 Azerbaijan ; (Tbilisi, Georgia; 13 May 2009) ; Azerbaijan 4–0 United Arab Emirates ; (Baku, Azerbaijan; 20 February 2022)
Biggest defeat
	Sweden 17–0 Azerbaijan ; (Gothenburg, Sweden; 23 June 2010)

The Azerbaijan women's national football team represents Azerbaijan in international women's football. They are currently 79th 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.

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.

Team image

Nicknames

The Azerbaijan women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Odlar Yurdu (The Land of Fire)".

Home stadium

Azerbaijan plays their home matches on the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium and the Ismet Qaibov Stadium.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

Win Draw Lose Fixture

2023

22 September 2023 (2023-09-22) Nations League C	Azerbaijan	1–1	Cyprus	Baku, Azerbaijan
15:00 (17:00 AZT)	Jafarzade 46'	Report	Aristodimou 66'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 165 Referee: Elena Gobjila (Moldova)

26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) Nations League C	Montenegro	0–1	Azerbaijan	Podgorica
18:00		Report	Parlak 84'	Stadium: DG Arena, Montenegro Referee: Maral Mirzai Beni (Sweden)

27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) Nations League C	Faroe Islands	1–2	Azerbaijan	Klaksvík
15:00 (14:00 WEST)	Christiansen 83'	Report	Bakarandze 30' Mollayeva 50'	Stadium: Við Djúpumýrar Attendance: 430 Referee: Jelena Jermolajeva (Latvia)

31 October 2023 (2023-10-31) Nations League C	Azerbaijan	3–0	Montenegro	Baku, Azerbaijan
13:00 (16:00 AZT)	Mollayeva 58' Parlak 62' Ahmadova 84'	Report		Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 145 Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk (Ukraine)

1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) Nations League C	Cyprus	0–1	Azerbaijan	Limassol
18:00 (19:00 EET)		Report	Mammadova 8'	Stadium: Alphamega Stadium Attendance: 283 Referee: Caroline Lanssens (Belgium)

5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) Nations League C	Azerbaijan	1–0	Faroe Islands	Baku
16:00 (19:00 AZT)		Report		Stadium: Dalga Arena Referee: Lovisa Johansson (Sweden)

2024

5 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Hungary	1–1	Azerbaijan	Szeged
17:45	Csiszár 44'	Report	Jafarzade 74' (pen.)	Stadium: Szent Gellért Fórum Referee: Kirsty Dowle (England)

9 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying	Azerbaijan	0–4	Switzerland	Baku
14:00		Report		Stadium: Dalga Arena Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)

31 May Euro 2025 qualifying	Turkey	1–0	Azerbaijan	Erzincan
		Report		Stadium: Erzincan 13 Şubat Şehir Stadium

4 June Euro 2025 qualifying	Azerbaijan	1–0	Turkey	Baku
		Report		Stadium: Dalga Arena

12 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying

Azerbaijan

0–5

Hungary

16 July Euro 2025 qualifying	Switzerland	3–0	Azerbaijan	Lausanne
19:00		Report		Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise

Azerbaijan Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

Head-to-head record

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

Source: Worldfootball

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Position	Name	Ref.
Head coach	Siyasat Asgarov

Manager history

Manager	Azerbaijan career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost
Shamil Haydarov	2006–2017	22	7	4	11
Siyasat Asgarov	20??–present	0	0	0	0

Players

Current squad

The following players were part of the squad ahead of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying match against Hungary and Switzerland on the 12 and 16 July 2024, respectively .^[3]

Caps and goals are correct, as of 23 February 2021.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Aytaj Sharifova (captain)	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997 (age 27)	26	0	Trabzonspor
22	1GK	Nargiz Aliyeva	(2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 (age 22)	1	0	Fatih Vatan Spor
	1GK	Gunay İsmayilova	(1998-03-08) 8 March 1998 (age 26)	1	0	Amed
	1GK	Mehriban Shahmammadova

4	2DF	Nigar Mirzaliyeva	(2002-04-28) 28 April 2002 (age 22)	26	0	Zenit
12	2DF	Nargiz Hajiyeva	(1991-04-12) 12 April 1991 (age 33)	21	0	Ataşehir Belediyespor
5	2DF	Ayshan Ahmadova	(2000-05-05) 5 May 2000 (age 24)	23	2	PAOK
18	2DF	Alina Dorofeeva	(1998-08-31) 31 August 1998 (age 26)	15	1	Yenisey
23	2DF	Fidan Jafarova	(2004-10-24) 24 October 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Nuxa FC
23	2DF	Yeliz Açar	(1997-12-19) 19 December 1997 (age 26)	21	0	Fatih Vatan Spor
12	2DF	Milana Rahimova	(2004-04-29) 29 April 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Ünye Gücü
	2DF	Zhala Mahsimova	(1996-09-02) 2 September 1996 (age 28)	20	0	Amed

7	3MF	Male Mollayeva	(1998-03-19) 19 March 1998 (age 26)	18	1	8-iOEUGiM
2	3MF	Diana Mammadova	(1998-03-05) 5 March 1998 (age 26)	19	1	Yenisey
17	3MF	Vusala Hajiyeva	(1999-10-03) 3 October 1999 (age 25)	21	0	Amed
15	2DF	Kamilla Mammadova	(1996-08-31) 31 August 1996 (age 28)	11	0	Asya Spor Kulübü
8	3MF	Firangiz Teymurova	(1999-08-14) 14 August 1999 (age 25)	5	0	8-iOEUGiM
20	3MF	Peritan Bozdağ	(1999-06-15) 15 June 1999 (age 25)	17	2	Fatih Vatan Spor
6	3MF	Esra Manya	(1999-04-11) 11 April 1999 (age 25)	5		Beşiktaş
9	3MF	Coşqunə Əliyeva	(2002-03-22) 22 March 2002 (age 22)	13	0	Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor
16	3MF	Nazlıcan Parlak	(1993-05-27) 27 May 1993 (age 31)	20	1	Galatasaray
11	3MF	Vüsalə Seyfəddinova	(2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 (age 24)	25	2	Fomget Gençlik ve Spor

9	4FW	Sevinj Jafarzade	(1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 (age 30)	16	2	Krasnodar
10	4FW	Kristina Bakarandze	(1998-05-19) 19 May 1998 (age 26)	25	3	Galatasaray

Recent call ups

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Göknur Güleryüz	(2003-02-04) 4 February 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Fenerbahçe	v. Montenegro,26 September 2023


MF	Sona Rahimova	(2001-07-14) 14 July 2001 (age 23)	7	0	Amed	v. Faroe Islands,5 December 2023
MF	Aysun Aliyeva (captain)	(1997-07-19) 19 July 1997 (age 27)	8	1	Çaykur Rizespor	v. Turkey,4 june 2024

Records

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 21 August 2021.

Most capped players

#	Player	Year(s)	Caps

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Year(s)	Goals	Caps

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	Q	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
FIFA Women's World Cup record									Qualification record
1991	Part of Soviet Union								qual.	Part of Soviet Union
1995	Did not enter								qual.	Did not enter
1999									qual.
2003									qual.
2007									qual.
2011	Did not qualify								qual.	8	1	1	6	2	60	−58
2015	Did not enter								qual.	Did not enter
2019	Did not enter								qual.	Did not enter
2023	Did not qualify								qual.	8	2	1	5	5	16	−11
2027	To be determined								qual.	To be determined
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	16	3	2	11	7	76	−69

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1996	Did not enter
2000
2004
2008
2012	Did not qualify
2016	Did not enter
2020	Did not enter
2024	Unable to qualify
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship

Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	Q	GP	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
UEFA Women's Championship record									Qualifying record
1984 to 1991	Part of Soviet Union								–	Part of Soviet Union
1993	Did not enter								qual.	Did not enter
1995									qual.
1997									qual.
2001									qual.
2005									qual.
2009	Did not qualify								qual.	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5
2013	Did not enter								qual.	Did not enter
2017	Did not enter								qual.	Did not enter
2022	Did not qualify								qual.	8	1	0	7	2	35	−33
2025	To be determined								qual.	To be determined
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	11	2	0	9	6	44	−38

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Nations League

UEFA Women's Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2023–24	C	3	1st	4	3	0	1	6	1		37th
2025–26	B	To be determined
Total										18th

References

^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.
^ Qadın Futbolu Archived 5 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)
^ Qadınlardan ibarət Azərbaycan A Milli komandasının Avropa çempionatının seçmə mərhələsində Macarıstan və İsveçrə yığmalarına qarşı keçirəcəyi oyunların təqvimi və oyunçuların heyəti.

External links

Football Federation of Azerbaijan

[FIFA_Women's_World_Rankings-1] "The FIFA/Coca-Cola Women's World Ranking". FIFA. 16 August 2024. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

[2] Qadın Futbolu Archived 5 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Azerbaijani)

[3] Qadınlardan ibarət Azərbaycan A Milli komandasının Avropa çempionatının seçmə mərhələsində Macarıstan və İsveçrə yığmalarına qarşı keçirəcəyi oyunların təqvimi və oyunçuların heyəti.

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History

2000s

2010s

Team image

Nicknames

Home stadium

Results and fixtures

2023

2024

Head-to-head record

Coaching staff

Current coaching staff

Manager history

Players

Current squad

Recent call ups

Records

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

Competitive record

FIFA Women's World Cup

Olympic Games

UEFA Women's Championship

UEFA Women's Nations League

See also

References

External links