Azerbaijan national futsal team

Azerbaijan

Nickname(s)	Milli (The National Team)
Association	AFFA
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vitaliy Borisov
Captain	Emin Kurdov
Most caps	Rizvan Farzaliyev (42)
Top scorer	Vitaliy Borisov (23)
FIFA code	AZE
FIFA ranking	51 4 (29 August 2025) [1]
Home colours Away colours
First international
Poland 4–6 Azerbaijan (Goirle, Netherlands; 23 October 1995)
Biggest win
Kazakhstan 2–14 Azerbaijan (Tbilisi, Georgia; 28 July 2002)
Biggest defeat
Uzbekistan 13–2 Azerbaijan (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; 6 November 2025)
FIFA World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2016 )
Best result	Quarterfinals (2016)
European Championship
Appearances	6 (First in 2010 )
Best result	4th place (2010)

The Azerbaijan national futsal team is the national futsal team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. It represents Azerbaijan in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships. They are ranked 13th in the world, the highest-ranking team from Caucasus in the World Rankings. ^[2] They are also ranked 7th in Europe on 10 August 2021.

Azerbaijan had never qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup until 2016, but they have participated in the last five editions of the European Championship.

History

Recently

Azerbaijan's first appearance at the big level came during the 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship. They were unbeaten in qualifying and finished second to Portugal in their group, and only then after conceding a late equalizer against the 2007 semi-finalists. ^[3] Alesio has put together a potent blend of naturalized 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 finishing in fourth place, Azerbaijan's finals run was the best showing by a debutant since the inaugural UEFA Futsal Championship tournament. ^[6] Azerbaijan's Biro Jade won the Golden Boot award as joint top scorer with five goals. ^{[7] [8]}

Tournament records

FIFA Futsal World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup record											Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Outcome	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1989	Part of   Soviet Union										Part of   Soviet Union
1992	Not a FIFA member										Part of   CIS
1996	Did not qualify										1996 UEFA Futsal Championship qualifying served as qualifiers
2000											Group D 3rd place	4	1	1	2	19	22
2004											Group 7 Runners-up	2	0	1	1	5	10
2008											Group 6 Runners-up	3	2	0	1	15	6
2012											Play-offs	5	2	1	2	16	11
2016	Quarterfinals	6th	5	2	1	2	25	18	Squad		Play-offs	5	3	2	0	28	13
2021	Did not qualify										Group C 3rd place	6	4	1	1	15	11
2024											Group A 4th place	10	4	0	6	29	31
Total	Quarterfinals	1/10	5	2	1	2	25	18	—		7/8	40	17	6	17	139	129

UEFA European Futsal Championship

UEFA Futsal Euro record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad		Outcome	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1996	Did not qualify									Group A 6th place	5	1	0	4	12	25
1999										Group B Runners-up	2	0	2	0	4	4
2001										Group C 3rd place	3	1	1	1	12	8
2003										Group E 3rd place	3	1	0	2	5	9
2005										Group E 3rd place	3	1	0	2	8	10
2007										Group D Runners-up	3	1	2	0	17	12
2010	4th Place	5	2	2	1	18	13	Squad		Group 6 Runners-up	3	2	1	0	12	7
2012	Group stage	2	0	0	2	9	13	Squad		Group 1 Runners-up	3	2	0	1	13	13
2014	Group stage	2	1	0	1	7	13	Squad		Group 2 Winners	3	3	0	0	11	3
2016	Quarterfinals	3	1	0	2	8	14	Squad		Play-offs	5	3	1	1	20	8
2018	Quarterfinals	3	1	0	2	6	12	Squad		Group 2 Winners	3	3	0	0	16	5
2022	Group stage	3	1	1	1	8	7	Squad		Group 3 Winners	6	5	1	0	22	6
2026	Did not qualify									Group 5 Fourth place	6	0	2	4	13	25
Total	6/13	18	6	3	9	56	72	—		13/13	48	23	10	15	165	135

Islamic Solidarity Games

Islamic Solidarity Games record
Year	Round	Rank	M	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
2025	6th	6th	3	1	0	2	7	22	-15
Total	-	1/1	3	1	0	2	7	22	-15

Minor tournament

this table consist of only senior A team Results (not include Youth and club match results)

Four/Three Nations Cup
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
2002 Tbilisi Cup	Third place	2	1	0	1	15	7	+8	3
2007 Izmir Cup	Champions	3	3	0	0	19	7	+12	9
2008 Baku Cup	Champions	2	2	0	0	7	4	+3	6
2009-1 Baku Cup	Champions	2	2	0	0	10	4	+6	6
2009-2 Baku Cup	Champions	2	2	0	0	11	3	+8	6
2011 Baku Cup	Champions	3	3	0	0	15	4	+11	9
2012 Baku Cup	Runners-up	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
2013 Baku Cup	Champions	3	3	0	0	14	3	+11	9
2014 Tashkent Cup	Runners-up	3	2	0	1	9	8	+1	6
2015 Cupa FMF Cup	Runners-up	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
Total	10/10	24	19	2	3	108	48	+60	58

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All time general statistics record/Overview of results

• As a 15 Nov 2016

Tournament	Pld	W	D	L	GS	GA	Dif	Pts
FIFA World Cup Record	5	2	1	2	25	18	+7	7
FIFA World Cup Qualification Record	24	9	4	11	92	91	+1	31
European Championship Record	12	4	2	6	42	53	-11	14
European Championship Qualification Record	28	14	7	7	103	73	+40	49
Minor Tournament Record	24	19	2	3	108	48	+60	59
Friendly Match Record	36	17	8	11	105	90	+15	59
Total	129	65	24	40	475	373	+102	219

• Source:https://web.archive.org/web/20161116194204/http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/index.asp

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification matches against Kazakhstan on 6 and 11 October 2023. ^{[9] [10]}
Head coach: Vitaliy Borisov

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Emin Kurdov (captain)	(1984-07-10) 10 July 1984 (age 41)			Araz Naxçivan
12	1 GK	Rovshan Huseynli	(1991-04-03) 3 April 1991 (age 34)			MFC Atyrau
6	2 DF	Eduardo Borges	(1986-10-14) 14 October 1986 (age 39)			Anderlecht
7	2 DF	Hadi Ahmadi	(1994-02-26) 26 February 1994 (age 31)			MFC Aktobe
13	2 DF	Gallo	(1987-12-04) 4 December 1987 (age 37)			Manzanares FS
14	2 DF	Amadeu	(1990-03-06) 6 March 1990 (age 35)			Araz Naxçivan
17	2 DF	Amir Shojaei	(1988-04-01) 1 April 1988 (age 37)			Neftçi İK
20	2 DF	Biel	(1990-04-26) 26 April 1990 (age 35)			Doukas
4	4 FW	Murad Guluzadeh	(1996-06-14) 14 June 1996 (age 29)			Baku Fire
5	4 FW	Maneca	(1997-05-09) 9 May 1997 (age 28)			Futsal Nyíregyháza
8	4 FW	Novruz Kazikhanov	(2002-12-26) 26 December 2002 (age 22)			Araz Naxçivan
9	4 FW	Rafael Vilela	(1993-03-12) 12 March 1993 (age 32)			Anderlecht
10	4 FW	Felipinho	(1993-10-26) 26 October 1993 (age 32)			Araz Naxçivan
11	4 FW	Khatai Baghirov	(1987-08-15) 15 August 1987 (age 38)			Araz Naxçivan
16	4 FW	Khazar Agalizadeh	(2003-12-31) 31 December 2003 (age 21)			Araz Naxçivan

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Javad Mammadov	(2001-10-12) 12 October 2001 (age 24)			Baku Fire	v.   Poland, 7 March 2023
DF	Oktay Rustamli	(1994-04-06) 6 April 1994 (age 31)			Baku Fire	v.   Netherlands, 20 September 2023
FW	Isa Atayev	(1989-08-07) 7 August 1989 (age 36)			Araz Naxçivan	v.   Romania, 15 September 2023
FW	Thiago Bolinha	(1987-02-19) 19 February 1987 (age 38)			Unattached	v.   Poland, 7 March 2023
FW	Fineo de Araujo	(1987-04-10) 10 April 1987 (age 38)			Unattached	v.   Poland, 7 March 2023
FW	Ramiz Chovdarov	(1990-07-28) 28 July 1990 (age 35)			Fortuna Düsseldorf	v.   Poland, 7 March 2023
FW	Farid Alakbarov	(1986-06-01) 1 June 1986 (age 39)			Baku Fire	v.   Poland, 7 October 2022
FW	Fábio Poletto	(1989-02-13) 13 February 1989 (age 36)			Active Network	v.   Poland, 7 October 2022 PRE
COV Player withdrew from the squad due to contracting COVID-19. INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury. PRE Preliminary squad. RET Retired from international futsal.

Results and Fixtures

2025

Libya   v   Azerbaijan

4 November 2025 (2025-11-04)	Libya	4–5	Azerbaijan	Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee Complex Green Hall 1, Riyadh
16:00	Abdulhalim Al-Serksia 2', 27' Mohamed Ghaeb 11' Ahmed Al-Yumni 39'	Report	Fərid Abbasov 1', 21', 33' Mirzə Əmirov 36', 36'

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Uzbekistan   v   Azerbaijan

6 November 2025 (2025-11-06)	Uzbekistan	13–2	Azerbaijan	Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee Complex Green Hall 1, Riyadh
16:00	Ilkhomjon Khamroev 3', 28' Muzaffar Akhadjonov 10', 23', 35' Muhammadali Khusanboev 15', 18', 40' Akbar Usmonov 25', 32' Abror Akhmetzyanov 27' Khayrullo Solikhov 30' Eldor Nigmatov 33'	Report	Emil Həsənzadə 11' Fərid Abbasov 26'

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Saudi Arabia   v   Azerbaijan

8 November 2025 (2025-11-08)	Saudi Arabia	5–0	Azerbaijan	Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee Complex Green Hall 1, Riyadh
19:00	Abdullah Al-Maghrabi 6' Eihab Mohamed 9' Abdullah Al-Aqeeli 10' Fahad Al-Johani 13' Fahad Rudayni 40'	Report

Managers

• Elman Alakbarov (2008–2009)
• Alesio (2009-2014)
• Tino Perez (2014-2016)
• Miltinho (2016-2017)
• Biro Jade (2017-2018)
• Alesio (2018-2023)
• Vitaliy Borisov (2023-present)

See also

• Araz Naxçivan
• Azerbaijan national football team
• Baku United

References

1. "The FIFA Futsal Men's World Ranking". FIFA. 29 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
2. Главный тренер футзальной сборной посвятил победу азербайджанскому народу (in Russian). 1news.az. Archived from the original on 25 January 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
3. Azerbaijan’s futsal team to debut in European championship Archived January 24, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
4. Futsal EURO preview: Group A Archived January 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
5. Czechs fear transformed Azeris Archived January 22, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
6. Czech Republic turn tables for third place Archived February 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
7. Spain claim third straight futsal title
8. Quartet share adidas Golden Boot
9. "Millinin Qazaxıstanla oyunlar üçün heyəti" (in Azerbaijani). AZ Futzal. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
10. "Azerbaijan Squad". UEFA . Retrieved 7 October 2023.

• Minor tournament Source:
• https://web.archive.org/web/20161117212236/http://www.futsalplanet.com/news/news-01.asp?id=720
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100118022640/http://futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=7807
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100118020423/http://futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=8305
• https://web.archive.org/web/20090206223856/http://futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=10230
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100106044728/http://www.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=12027
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• https://web.archive.org/web/20161108195643/http://www.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=18825
• https://web.archive.org/web/20161117211959/http://www.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=18981

External links

• Official website