Azerbaijan national futsal team
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| Association | AFFA | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Tino Perez | ||
| Captain | Vitaliy Borisov | ||
| FIFA code | AZE | ||
| FIFA ranking | 13 [1] | ||
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| First international | |||
 Poland 4–6  Azerbaijan (Netherlands; 23 October 1995) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Kazakhstan 2–14 Azerbaijan (Tbilisi, Georgia; 28 July 2002) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Czech Republic 10–2 Azerbaijan (Enschede, Netherlands; 27 October 1995) | |||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 3 (First in 2010) | ||
| Best result | 4th (2010) | ||
The Azerbaijan national futsal team is the national futsal team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. It represents Azerbaijan in international futsal competitions and ranked 10 in the world, the highest-ranking team from Caucasus in the World Rankings.[2]
Azerbaijan never qualified for World Cups but participated in last three edition of European Championship.
History
Recently
Azerbaijan's first appearance at big level came during UEFA European Futsal Championship 2010. They were unbeaten in qualifying and finished second to Portugal in their group, and only then after conceding a late equaliser against the 2007 semi-finalists.[3] Alesio has put together a potent blend of naturalised South Americans and local talent like Vitaliy Borisov and the Brazilian coach and much of the Azerbaijan squad are involved with champion club Araz Naxçivan, who in November won through to this spring's four-team UEFA Futsal Cup finals.[4][5] Despite fourth place, Azerbaijan's finals run was the best showing by debutants since the inaugural UEFA European Futsal Championship 1996 tournament.[6] Azerbaijan's Biro Jade won Golden Boot award as join top scorer with five goals.[7][8]
Tournament records
FIFA World Cup
| FIFA World Cup Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
| Spain 1996 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Guatemala 2000 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| TPE 2004 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Brazil 2008 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Thailand 2012 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 0/7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
UEFA European Futsal Championship
| UEFA European Futsal Championship Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GS | GA | |
| Spain 1996 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Spain 1999 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Russia 2001 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Italy 2003 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Czech Republic 2005 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Portugal 2007 | Did not qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Hungary 2010 | 4th place | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 13 | |
| Croatia 2012 | 1st round | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 13 | |
| Belgium 2014 | 1st round | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 13 | |
| Total | 3/9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 39 | |
Current squad
Squad chosen for the UEFA Futsal Euro 2014.[9]
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Results and Fixtures
2014
| Euro 2014 31 January 2014 | Slovenia  |
6 – 7 | Azerbaijan |
Lotto Arena, Antwerp | ||
| 20:45 | Vrhovec  1', 20', 29'Čujec 17'Kroflič 26'Fetič 37' |
Report | Amadeu 1' Rafael 24', 39'Borisov 29'Augusto 31'Felipe 36'Edu 40' |
Referee: Eduardo Fernandes Coelho (Portugal) | ||
| Euro 2014 2 February 2014 | Azerbaijan |
0 – 7 |  Italy |
Lotto Arena, Antwerp | ||
| 18:30 | Report | Romano 2' Fortino 4'Honorio 16'Vampeta 25'Gabriel Lima 27'Mammarella 32'Miarelli 40' |
Referee: Marc Birkett (England) | |||
Managers
- Elman Alakbarov (2008–2009)
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Alesio (2009-2014) -
Tino Perez (2014-present)
See also
References
- ↑ Futsal World Ranking
- ↑ Главный тренер футзальной сборной посвятил победу азербайджанскому народу (in Russian). 1news.az. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
- ↑ Azerbaijan’s futsal team to debut in European championship
- ↑ Futsal EURO preview: Group A
- ↑ Czechs fear transformed Azeris
- ↑ Czech Republic turn tables for third place
- ↑ Spain claim third straight futsal title
- ↑ Quartet share adidas Golden Boot
- ↑ "TEAM COMPOSITION – Azerbaijan". UEFA.com. Retrieved 31 January 2014.
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