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

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

Faroe Islands  v  Azerbaijan

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

Azerbaijan  v  Austria

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

Azerbaijan  v  Germany

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

Austria  v  Azerbaijan

9 October 2015 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)

Azerbaijan  v  Finland

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

Germany  v  Azerbaijan

13 November 2015 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)

Azerbaijan  v  Russia

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

2016

Ukraine  v  Azerbaijan

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

Azerbaijan  v  Saudi Arabia

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

Azerbaijan  v  Albania

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

Azerbaijan  v  Bahrain

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

Russia  v  Azerbaijan

24 March 2016 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)

Slovenia  v  Azerbaijan

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)

Slovenia  v  Azerbaijan

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)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Azerbaijan

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

Azerbaijan  v  Faroe Islands

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

Finland  v  Azerbaijan

7 October 2016 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	GK	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	12 June 1994	11	0	Qarabağ
22	GK	Tarlan Ahmadli	21 November 1994	2	0	Sumgayit
	GK	Rashad Azizli	1 January 1994	0	0	AZAL
2	DF	Rahil Mammadov	24 November 1995	7	1	Neftchi Baku
4	DF	Sertan Tashkin	8 October 1997	1	0	Inter Baku
5	DF	Sadig Guliyev	9 March 1995	5	0	Gabala
13	DF	Tural Humbatov	24 January 1994	1	0	AZAL
16	DF	Yusif Nabiyev	3 September 1997	1	0	Sumgayit
17	DF	Abbas Huseynov	13 June 1995	5	0	Inter Baku
20	DF	Azer Salahli (C)	11 April 1994	13	1	Sumgayit
	DF	Gvanzav Magomedov	3 June 1994	0	0	AZAL
	DF	Bahlul Mustafazade	27 February 1997	0	0	Gabala
6	MF	Vugar Mustafayev	5 August 1994	8	0	Zira
7	MF	Ilter Tashkin	5 July 1994	16	0	Denizlispor
15	MF	Kamal Mirzayev	5 December 1996	1	0	AZAL
19	MF	Orkhan Aliyev	21 December 1995	5	0	Kapaz
21	MF	Budag Nasirov	15 July 1996	2	0	Sporting CP
23	MF	Fahmin Muradbayli	16 March 1996	6	0	Neftchi Baku
8	FW	Ehtiram Shahverdiyev	1 October 1996	1	0	Gabala
9	FW	Elnur Jafarov	28 March 1997	5	0	Dugopolje
11	FW	Mahir Madatov	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	11 September 1995	7	0	Zira	v.  Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
DF	Magsad Isayev	7 June 1994	8	1	Neftchi Baku	v.  Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
DF	Dmytro Nagiev	27 November 1995	2	0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	v.  Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
DF	Jamil Hajiyev	24 August 1994	3	0	Zira	v.  Russia, November 17, 2015
DF	Azad Karimov	31 October 1994	4	0	Kapaz	v.  Germany, November 13, 2015 ^INJ
DF	Elvin Badalov	14 June 1995	2	0	Neftchi Baku	v.  Finland, October 13, 2015
MF	Elvin Jamalov	4 February 1995	7	0	Gabala	v.  Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
MF	Namig Alasgarov	3 February 1995	2	0	Qarabağ	v.  Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
MF	Fuad Bayramov	30 November 1994	2	0	Inter Baku	v.  Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
MF	Khayal Najafov	19 December 1997	0	0	Sumgayit	v.  Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
MF	Elshan Abdullayev	5 February 1994	12	1	Neftchi Baku	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 3, 2016
MF	Kamran Abdullazade	20 March 1995	0	0	Sumgayit	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 3, 2016
MF	Orkhan Gurbanli	12 July 1995	0	0	Neftchi Baku	v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, June 3, 2016
MF	Bilal Sezer	25 January 1994	1	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach II	v.  Russia, November 17, 2015
MF	Nijat Mukhtarov	1 June 1995	1	0	Sumgayit	v.  Russia, November 17, 2015
MF	Tellur Mutallimov	8 April 1995	1	0	Gabala	v.  Russia, November 17, 2015
FW	Ruslan Nasirli	12 January 1995	0	0	AZAL	v.  Faroe Islands, September 6, 2016
FW	Kerem Behnke	1 May 1994	6	2	Neustrelitz	v.  Russia, November 17, 2015

See also

• Azerbaijan national football team
• Azerbaijan national under-20 football team
• Azerbaijan national under-19 football team
• Azerbaijan national under-18 football team
• Azerbaijan national under-17 football team

References