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Nickname(s) | Odlar Yurdu (The Land of Fire) | |||
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Association | Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan | |||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||
Head coach | Siyasat Asgarov | |||
Captain | Aytaj Sharifova | |||
Home stadium | Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Ismet Qaibov Stadium | |||
FIFA code | AZE | |||
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FIFA ranking | ||||
Current | 75 ![]() | |||
Highest | 58 (December 2009) | |||
Lowest | 83 (December 2021) | |||
First international | ||||
![]() ![]() (Mogoșoaia, Romania; 18 November 2006) | ||||
Biggest win | ||||
![]() ![]() (Tbilisi, Georgia; 13 May 2009) ![]() ![]() (Baku, Azerbaijan; 20 February 2022) | ||||
Biggest defeat | ||||
![]() ![]() (Gothenburg, Sweden; 23 June 2010) |
The Azerbaijan women's national football team represents Azerbaijan in international women's football. They are currently 79th in 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.
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 18 November 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.
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.
The Azerbaijan women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Odlar Yurdu (The Land of Fire)".
Azerbaijan plays their home matches on the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium and the Ismet Qaibov Stadium.
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Win Draw Lose Fixture
5 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying | Hungary ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Szeged |
17:45 |
| Report | Stadium: Szent Gellért Fórum Referee: Kirsty Dowle (England) |
9 April UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying | Azerbaijan ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() | Baku |
14:00 | Report | Stadium: Dalga Arena Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania) |
31 May Euro 2025 qualifying | Turkey ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Erzincan |
Report | Stadium: Erzincan 13 Şubat Şehir Stadium |
4 June Euro 2025 qualifying | Azerbaijan ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Baku |
Report | Stadium: Dalga Arena |
12 July UEFA Euro 2025 qualifying | Azerbaijan ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() | Baku |
Attendance: Dalga Arena |
16 July Euro 2025 qualifying | Switzerland ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Lausanne |
19:00 | Report | Stadium: Stade Olympique de la Pontaise |
24 October UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs | Azerbaijan ![]() | 1–4 | ![]() | Baku |
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| Stadium: Dalga Arena |
29 October UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs | Portugal ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Vizela |
| Stadium: Estádio do Futebol Clube de Vizela |
28 November Friendly | Russia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Sochi, Russia |
17:00 UTC+3 | Report | Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Referee: Nodira Mirzoeva (Tajikistan) |
2 December Friendly | Russia ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() | Sochi, Russia |
17:00 UTC+3 |
| Report |
| Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Referee: Nodira Mirzoeva (Tajikistan) |
19 February 2025–26 Nations League | Azerbaijan ![]() | v | ![]() |
4 April 2025–26 Nations League | Lithuania ![]() | v | ![]() |
8 April 2025–26 Nations League | Montenegro ![]() | v | ![]() |
30 May 2025–26 Nations League | Azerbaijan ![]() | v | ![]() |
The following table shows Azerbaijan's all-time international record, correct as of 1 June 2018.
Against | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | GF | GA |
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Total | 27 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 84 |
Source: Worldfootball
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Position | Name | Ref. |
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Head coach | Siyasat Asgarov | |
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Manager | Azerbaijan career | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost |
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![]() | 2006–2017 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
Siyasat Asgarov | 20??–present | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Caps and goals are correct, as of 23 February 2021.
The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Göknur Güleryüz | 4 February 2003 | 1 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
MF | Sona Rahimova | 14 July 2001 | 7 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 21 August 2021.
Most capped players
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FIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | ||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Q | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
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![]() | Did not qualify | qual. | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 60 | −58 | ||||||||
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![]() ![]() | Did not qualify | qual. | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | −11 | ||||||||
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Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 76 | −69 |
Summer Olympics record | ||||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | ||
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Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
UEFA Women's Championship record | Qualifying record | ||||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Q | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | P/R | Rnk | |
1984 to ![]() | Part of Soviet Union | Part of Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
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![]() | Did not qualify | qual. | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | – | |||||||||
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![]() | Did not qualify | qual. | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 35 | −33 | – | |||||||||
![]() | qual. | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 22 | –19 | ![]() | 29th | |||||||||
2029 | To be determined | To be determined | |||||||||||||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Total | 19 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 66 | −57 | 29th |
UEFA Women's Nations League record | ||||||||||||
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Year | League | Group | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | Rnk | |
2023–24 | C | 3 | 1st | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | ![]() | 37th | |
2025 | C | 4 | To be determined | |||||||||
Total | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 37th |
![]() | Promoted at end of season |
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![]() | No movement at end of season |
![]() | Relegated at end of season |
* | Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs |
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