Azerbaijan national under-21 football team

Azerbaijan Under-21

Nickname(s)

Milli (The National Team)

Association

Association of Football
Federations of Azerbaijan

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Yashar Vahabzade

Captain

Azer Salahli

Most caps

Tarlan Guliyev (18)

Top scorer

Samir Aliyev (4)

FIFA code

AZE

First colours

Second colours

Biggest win

Azerbaijan 3–0 Israel

(Baku, Azerbaijan; 3 September 2014)

The Azerbaijan national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of the Azerbaijan and is controlled by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan.

UEFA U-21 record

1978 - 1991: part of USSR
1992 - 1994: did not participate
1996: 6th of 6 in qualification group.
1998: 6th of 6 in qualification group.
2000: 5th of 5 in qualification group.
2002: 5th of 6 in qualification group.
2004: 5th of 5 in qualification group.
2006: 6th of 6 in qualification group.
2007: Lost in preliminary round.
2009: 6th of 6 in qualification group.
2011: 5th of 5 in qualification group.
2013: 4th of 5 in qualification group.
2015: 4th of 5 in qualification group.
2017: 4th of 6 in qualification group.

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Group 7

Main article: 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	10	10	0	0	35	8	+27	30	Final tournament	—	4–2	4–0	3–1	4–3	4–1
2	Austria	10	7	1	2	22	12	+10	22	Play-offs	1–4	—	2–0	7–0	4–3	1–0
3	Finland	10	4	2	4	13	10	+3	14		0–1	0–1	—	0–0	2–0	3–0
4	Azerbaijan	10	2	3	5	8	19	−11	9		0–3	0–2	0–1	—	3–0	1–1
5	Russia	10	2	3	5	15	19	−4	9		0–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	—	2–0
6	Faroe Islands	10	0	1	9	3	28	−25	1		0–6	0–1	1–6	0–1	0–3	—

Source: UEFA

Schedule and results

2015

17 June 2015 (2015-06-17) 2017 UEFA Q	Faroe Islands	0–1	Azerbaijan	Svangaskarð, Toftir
18:00		Report	Salahli 81'	Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

4 September 2015 (2015-09-04) 2017 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	0–2	Austria	Dalga Arena, Baku
16:00		Report	Gregoritsch 14', 45' (pen.)	Attendance: 150 Referee: Denis Scherbakov (Belarus)

8 September 2015 (2015-09-08) 2017 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	0–3	Germany	Dalga Arena, Baku
16:00		Report	Selke 33', 90+3' Kimmich 88' (pen.)	Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium)

9 October 2015 (2015-10-09) 2017 UEFA Q	Austria	7–0	Azerbaijan	NV Arena, Sankt Pölten
17:30	Grillitsch 45+1' Gregoritsch 49' (pen.), 74', 88' Friesenbichler 60' Schöpf 75' Wydra 90+5' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Gunnar Jarl Jónsson (Iceland)

13 October 2015 (2015-10-13) 2017 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	0–1	Finland	Dalga Arena, Baku
16:00		Report	Lassas 80'	Referee: Milan Ilić (Serbia)

13 November 2015 (2015-11-13) 2017 UEFA Q	Germany	3–1	Azerbaijan	Continental Arena, Regensburg
18:00	Werner 37', 63' Arnold 43'	Report	Isayev 30'	Attendance: 8,922 Referee: Tsvetan Krastev (Bulgaria)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17) 2017 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	3–0	Russia	Bayil Stadium, Baku
14:00	Behnke 11', 39' Abdullayev 69' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Eitan Shmuelevitz (Israel)

2016

22 January 2016 Antalya Cup	Ukraine	1–2	Azerbaijan	Antalya
19:00	Chumak 49'	Report	Alasgarov 58' (pen.), 85'

24 January 2016 Antalya Cup	Azerbaijan	3–0	Saudi Arabia	Antalya
17:00	Alasgarov 8' (pen.), 77' Jafarov 18' (pen.)	Report

26 January 2016 Antalya Cup	Azerbaijan	4–0	Albania	Antalya
13:00	Mustafayev 63' Salahli 74' Mirzayev 80' Abdullazade 90'	Report

28 January 2016 Antalya Cup	Azerbaijan	4–0	Bahrain	Antalya
13:00	Tashkin 5' Jafarov 24' Nasirli 79' Huseynov 83'	Report

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24) 2017 UEFA Q	Russia	2–2	Azerbaijan	Olimp-2, Rostov-on-Don
17:30	Zuyev 51' Barinov 56'	Report	Madatov 46' Mammadov 59'	Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

28 May 2016 Friendly	Slovenia	4–1	Azerbaijan	Nova Gorica
16:00	Ožbolt 26' (pen.), 54' Štulac 46' Kostanjšek 77'	Report	Jafarov 53'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Referee: Dragoslav Peric (Slovenia)

31 May 2016 Friendly	Slovenia	1–2	Azerbaijan	Ajdovščina
16:00	Štulac 23'	Report	Madatov 10' Abdullayev 45'	Stadium: Ajdovščina Stadium Referee: Rade Obrenovic (Slovenia)

3 June 2016 Friendly	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–0	Azerbaijan	Krško, Slovenia
				Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium

6 September 2016 (2016-09-06) 2017 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	1–1	Faroe Islands	Dalga Arena, Baku
16:00	Madatov 88'	Report	Jónsson 40'	Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

7 October 2016 (2016-10-07) 2017 UEFA Q	Finland	0–0	Azerbaijan	Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki
17:30		Report		Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard-Andersen (Denmark)

Current Squad

The following players called up for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Finland on 7 October 2016.
Caps and goals as October 7, 2016 after the game against Finland.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	(1994-06-12) 12 June 1994	11	0	Qarabağ
22	1GK	Tarlan Ahmadli	(1994-11-21) 21 November 1994	2	0	Sumgayit
	1GK	Rashad Azizli	(1994-01-01) 1 January 1994	0	0	AZAL

2	2DF	Rahil Mammadov	(1995-11-24) 24 November 1995	7	1	Neftchi Baku
4	2DF	Sertan Tashkin	(1997-10-08) 8 October 1997	1	0	Inter Baku
5	2DF	Sadig Guliyev	(1995-03-09) 9 March 1995	5	0	Gabala
13	2DF	Tural Humbatov	(1994-01-24) 24 January 1994	1	0	AZAL
16	2DF	Yusif Nabiyev	(1997-09-03) 3 September 1997	1	0	Sumgayit
17	2DF	Abbas Huseynov	(1995-06-13) 13 June 1995	5	0	Inter Baku
20	2DF	Azer Salahli (C)	(1994-04-11) 11 April 1994	13	1	Sumgayit
	2DF	Gvanzav Magomedov	(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994	0	0	AZAL
	2DF	Bahlul Mustafazade	(1997-02-27) 27 February 1997	0	0	Gabala

6	3MF	Vugar Mustafayev	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994	8	0	Zira
7	3MF	Ilter Tashkin	(1994-07-05) 5 July 1994	16	0	Denizlispor
15	3MF	Kamal Mirzayev	(1996-12-05) 5 December 1996	1	0	AZAL
19	3MF	Orkhan Aliyev	(1995-12-21) 21 December 1995	5	0	Kapaz
21	3MF	Budag Nasirov	(1996-07-15) 15 July 1996	2	0	Sporting CP
23	3MF	Fahmin Muradbayli	(1996-03-16) 16 March 1996	6	0	Neftchi Baku

8	4FW	Ehtiram Shahverdiyev	(1996-10-01) 1 October 1996	1	0	Gabala
9	4FW	Elnur Jafarov	(1997-03-28) 28 March 1997	5	0	Dugopolje
11	4FW	Mahir Madatov	(1997-07-01) 1 July 1997	3	2	Qarabağ

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called for the squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
DF	Adil Naghiyev	(1995-09-11) 11 September 1995	7	0	Zira	v. Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
DF	Magsad Isayev	(1994-06-07) 7 June 1994	8	1	Neftchi Baku	v. Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
DF	Dmytro Nagiev	(1995-11-27) 27 November 1995	2	0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	v. Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
DF	Jamil Hajiyev	(1994-08-24) 24 August 1994	3	0	Zira	v. Russia, November 17, 2015
DF	Azad Karimov	(1994-10-31) 31 October 1994	4	0	Kapaz	v. Germany, November 13, 2015 ^INJ
DF	Elvin Badalov	(1995-06-14) 14 June 1995	2	0	Neftchi Baku	v. Finland, October 13, 2015

MF	Elvin Jamalov	(1995-02-04) 4 February 1995	7	0	Gabala	v. Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
MF	Namig Alasgarov	(1995-02-03) 3 February 1995	2	0	Qarabağ	v. Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
MF	Fuad Bayramov	(1994-11-30) 30 November 1994	2	0	Inter Baku	v. Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
MF	Khayal Najafov	(1997-12-19) 19 December 1997	0	0	Sumgayit	v. Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
MF	Elshan Abdullayev	(1994-02-05) 5 February 1994	12	1	Neftchi Baku	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 3, 2016
MF	Kamran Abdullazade	(1995-03-20) 20 March 1995	0	0	Sumgayit	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 3, 2016
MF	Orkhan Gurbanli	(1995-07-12) 12 July 1995	0	0	Neftchi Baku	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 3, 2016
MF	Bilal Sezer	(1994-01-25) 25 January 1994	1	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach II	v. Russia, November 17, 2015
MF	Nijat Mukhtarov	(1995-06-01) 1 June 1995	1	0	Sumgayit	v. Russia, November 17, 2015
MF	Tellur Mutallimov	(1995-04-08) 8 April 1995	1	0	Gabala	v. Russia, November 17, 2015

FW	Ruslan Nasirli	(1995-01-12) 12 January 1995	0	0	AZAL	v. Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
FW	Kerem Behnke	(1994-05-01) 1 May 1994	6	2	Neustrelitz	v. Russia, November 17, 2015

References

Football in Azerbaijan

League competitions	Premier League First Division Azerbaijani football league system Women's League (defunct) AFFA Amateur League

Cup competitions	Azerbaijan Cup Azerbaijan Supercup

Anual tournaments	Azerbaijan Winter Cup (2016)

National teams	Men (Results) Women U-17 Futsal U-21 U-19 U-17 Beach

Lists and categories	Clubs Venues Foreign Premier League Players

Awards	Footballer of the Year

Others	Professional Football League of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Football Academy

Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan

National under-21 football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany USSR Yugoslavia

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