Azerbaijan women's national football team
| Nickname(s) |
Odlar Yurdu (The Land of Fire) | ||
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| Association | Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Shamil Haydarov | ||
| Captain | Irada Guliyeva | ||
| Home stadium |
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Ismet Qaibov Stsdium | ||
| FIFA code | AZE | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | NR (25 September 2015)[1] | ||
| Highest | 58 (December 2009) | ||
| Lowest | 148 (September 2015) | ||
| First international | |||
 Romania 4–1 Azerbaijan  (Mogoșoaia, Romania; November 18, 2006) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
 Macedonia 0–4 Azerbaijan (Tbilisi, Georgia; May 13, 2009) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
 Sweden 17–0 Azerbaijan (Gothenburg, Sweden; June 23, 2010) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 0 | ||
The Azerbaijan women's national football team represents Azerbaijan in international women's football. They are currently 133rd (no rank) at 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 November 18, 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.
World Cup record
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| Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
 1991 | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1995 | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
 1999 | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2003 | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2007 | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
 2011 | Did Not Qualify | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
 2015 | Did Not Enter | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Total | 0/7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
- *Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Managers
| Manager | Azerbaijan career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost |
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| Haydarov, ShamilShamil Haydarov |
2006–present | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
References
- ↑ "Azerbaijan: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
- ↑ Qadın Futbolu Archived December 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. (Azerbaijani)
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