Azerbaijan national beach soccer team

The Azerbaijan national beach soccer team represents Azerbaijan in international beach soccer competitions and is controlled by the AFFA, the governing body for football in Azerbaijan. The current coach of the team is Zeynal Zeynalov. Farid Novruzi is the President of BSFF.

Azerbaijan
Nickname(s)Odlar Yurdu
(The Land of Fire)
AssociationAFFA
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachZeynal Zeynalov
Most capsAmid Nazarov
Asif Zeynalov (79)
Top scorerSabir Allahguliyev (74)
Home stadiumBaku, Azerbaijan
FIFA codeAZE


First colours


Second colours


Third colours
First international
 Azerbaijan 6–4 Germany 
(Minehead, Great Britain; 17 July 2009)
Biggest win
 Azerbaijan 8–1 Furjan
(Dubai, United Arab Emirates; March 2009)
 Azerbaijan 9–2 Kazakhstan 
(Bibione, Italy; 13 July 2010)
Biggest defeat
 Poland 13–3 Azerbaijan 
(Moscow, Russia; 27 July 2019)
Euro Beach Soccer Cup
Appearances2 (first in 2008)
Best resultThird place (2008)
European Games
Appearances2 (first in 2015)
Best result8th Place
Euro Beach Soccer League
Appearances12 (first in 2009)
Best result8th Place

Tournament records edit

Beach Soccer World Championships edit

Beach Soccer World Championships
Year Round Pld W WE WP L GS GA Dif Pts
  1995 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  1996 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  1997 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  1998 Did not enter - - - - - - - -
  1999 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2000 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2001 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2002 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2003 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2004 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
Total 0/10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup
Year Round Pld W WE WP L GS GA Dif Pts
  2005 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - -
  2006 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - -
  2007 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - -
  2008 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - -
  2009 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - -
  2011 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - -
  2013 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - -
  2015 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - -
  2017 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - -
  2019 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - -
  2021 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - -
  2023 Did not qualify - - - - - - - - -
  2025 To be determined - - - - - - - - -
Total 0/13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification (UEFA) edit

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Qualification Record
Year Round Pld W WE WP L GS GA Dif Pts
  2008 Round 1 - - - - - - - - -
  2009 8th Place - - - - - - - - -
  2011 Round of 16 - - - - - - - - -
  2013 Round of 16 - - - - - - - - -
  2015 13th Place - - - - - - - - -
  2017 8th Place - - - - - - - - -
  2019 8th Place - - - - - - - - -
  2021 8th Place - - - - - - - - -
  2023 Ongoing - - - - - - - - -
Total 9/9 - - - - - - - - -

Euro Beach Soccer Cup edit

Euro Beach Soccer Cup Record
Year Round Pld W WE WP L GS GA Dif Pts
  1998 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  1999 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2001 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2002 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2003 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2004 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2005 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2006 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2007 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2008 Third Place - - - - - - - - -
  2009 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2010 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2012 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
  2014 6th Place - - - - - - - - -
  2016 Did not enter - - - - - - - - -
Total 2/15 - - - - - - - - -

Euro Beach Soccer League edit

Pro Beach Soccer Tour edit

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup edit

Beach Soccer Intercontinental Cup
Year Round Pld W WE WP L GS GA Dif Pts
  2011 Did Not Enter
  2012 Did Not Enter
  2013 Did Not Enter
  2014 Did Not Enter
  2015 Did Not Enter
  2016 Did Not Enter
Total 0/6

BSWW Mundialito edit

BSWW Mundialito Record
Year Round Pld W WE WP L GS GA Dif Pts
  1994 to 2016 Did Not Enter
Total 0/20

European Games edit

European Games Record
Year Round Pld W WE WP L GS GA Dif Pts
  2015 8th Place 5 0 0 0 5 12 22 -10 0
  2019 did not qualify
  2023 qualified
Total 2/3 5 0 0 0 5 12 22 -10 0

Current squad edit

Correct as of July 2012:

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK   AZE Emin Kurdov
2 DF   AZE Elvin Guliyev
4 DF   AZE Ramin Guliyev
7 MF   AZE Abbas Zeynalov
8 MF   AZE Nahid Mehraliyev
9 MF   AZE Abdul Aliyev
10 FW   AZE Elhad Guliyev (captain)
No. Pos. Nation Player
11 FW   AZE Orkhan Mammadov
14 DF   AZE Vitaliy Borisov
17 FW   AZE Elhagi Akhmadov
18 DF   AZE Jomard Bakhshaliyev
20 FW   AZE Asif Zeynalov
12 GK   AZE Vaqif Şirinbəyov

Coach: Bahram Hatamov

Achievements edit

Notable players edit

References edit

External links edit