Azerbaijan national football teamAzerbaijan defeated Lithuania 1–0 in UEFA Nations League Group D2. Azerbaijan goals: Abdulakh Khaibulaev. Khaibulaev scored his first international goal. Azerbaijan moved to the top of…
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Azerbaijan entered UEFA national-team qualifying in the 1990s, following independence.
Upcoming matches
Liechtenstein — Azerbaijan—Nations League 2026/27Match report
Results
Selected confirmed matches · 27/09/2026 — 04/10/2026
Azerbaijan — Lithuania1 : 0Nations League 2026/27Match report
Azerbaijan — Liechtenstein0 : 0Nations League 2026/27Match report
Lithuania — Azerbaijan1 : 1Nations League 2026/27Match report
Players listed by UEFA for the 2026/27 Nations League
Appearances and goals refer to the Nations League 2026/27.
UEFA · competition squad · Source checked:
Goalkeepers
- Aydin Bayramov
- Emil BalayevAppearances: 3
- Ravan Mirzammadov
Defenders
- Anton KrivotsyukAppearances: 1
- Badavi HüseynovAppearances: 2
- Elvin BadalovAppearances: 2
- Jalal HüseynovAppearances: 1
- Rahil MammadovAppearances: 2
- Rahman DashdamirovAppearances: 2
- Rufat AbbasovAppearances: 3
- Tellur MutallimovAppearances: 3
Midfielders
- Abdulakh KhaibulaevAppearances: 3 · Goals: 1
- Aleksey IsaevAppearances: 3
- Anatolii Nuriiev
- Aykhan GuseynovAppearances: 1
- Edgar AdilkhanovAppearances: 1
- Emil SafarovAppearances: 2
- Emin MakhmudovAppearances: 1
- Jeyhun NuriyevAppearances: 1
- Murad Khachaiev
- Oruj MammadovAppearances: 1
- Rahim SadikhovAppearances: 1
- Rufat AbdullazadeAppearances: 2
- Toral BayramovAppearances: 3
Forwards
- Mahir EmreliAppearances: 3 · Goals: 1
- Musa GurbanliAppearances: 2
- Renat DadaşovAppearances: 2
- Vusal IsgandarliAppearances: 3
EURO 2028 qualifying
EURO 2028 qualifying opponents will be determined by the draw on 6 December 2026.
Team news
Azerbaijan and Liechtenstein drew 0–0 in UEFA Nations League Group D2. After this match, Azerbaijan had 2 points in Group D2, while Liechtenstein had 1 point.
MoreArmandas Kučys scored a penalty before Mahir Emreli equalised as Lithuania and Azerbaijan drew in Kaunas.
MoreLithuania and Azerbaijan drew 1–1 in UEFA Nations League Group D2. Lithuania goals: Armandas Kučys. Azerbaijan goals: Mahir Emreli. Kučys converted a ninth-minute penalty, but Emreli…
MorePijus Širvys is ruled out for the rest of Lithuania's international window through injury, with lineup changes confirmed ahead of Azerbaijan.
MoreMajor tournament record
- European Championship
- No finals appearance
- World Cup
- No finals appearance
Team history
Azerbaijan’s senior men’s side have not reached a EURO or World Cup final tournament, despite the country’s experience of hosting major football events.
Baku staged four EURO 2020 matches, including a quarter-final. That hosting role did not give Azerbaijan a place in the competition. Players such as Nazim Süleymanov, Gurban Gurbanov and Rashad Sadygov connect different periods of the independent national team, from its early campaigns to a more established European schedule.
Notable players
- Nazim Süleymanov
- Gurban Gurbanov
- Rashad Sadygov
Players from different eras of the national team.