Azerbaijan National Football Team
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| Nickname(s) | Milli (The National Team) |
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| Association | AFFA |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach | Robert Prosinečki |
| Captain | Rashad Sadygov |
| Most caps | Rashad Sadygov (105) |
| Top scorer | Gurban Gurbanov (14) |
| Home stadium | Baku Olympic Stadium |
| FIFA code | AZE |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 90  (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 73 (July 2014) |
| Lowest | 170 (June 1994) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 103 (23 January 2017) |
| Highest | 73 (14 August 2014) |
| Lowest | 151 (February 2001) |
| First international | |
 Georgia 6–3 Azerbaijan  (Gurjaani, Georgia; September 17, 1992) |
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| Biggest win | |
Azerbaijan 4–0 Liechtenstein  (Baku, Azerbaijan; 5 June 1999) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
 France 10–0 Azerbaijan (Auxerre, France; September 6, 1995) |
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The Azerbaijan national football team (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan milli futbol komandası) is the national football team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. It represents Azerbaijan in international football competitions. The majority of Azerbaijan's home matches are held at the national stadium, Baku National Stadium, with friendly matches sometimes hosted at club stadiums.
The Azerbaijan national football team has taken part in qualification for each major tournament since Euro 96, but has never qualified for the finals tournament of any World Cup or European Championships.
In the early twentieth century, football began to become popular in Azerbaijan, which was then part of the Russian Empire. In 1912, Azerbaijani football players had their first "international match" and they won in Tbilisi, Georgia against the local "Sokol" team with 4:2. During 1912–1913, matches between Azerbaijani and Georgian football teams were organized, first in Tbilisi and then in Baku. In 1914 the Football Union was founded in Azerbaijan. The Football Union undertook the organization of official city championships and other competitions.
The oldest records of football teams in Soviet Azerbaijan goes back to 1926–1927, when Trans-Caucasian Championship was organized in Tbilisi. Three South Caucasian countries participated: Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia. The Azerbaijan national football team held its first friendly matches against Georgia and Armenia in 1927 for the Trans-Caucasian Championship in Georgia. Also in 1926 footbal players from Azerbaijan played three matches with Football team from Iran in Baku. In 1929 there were played three matches between these teams in Tehran. In all matches Azerbaijan players won.
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