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| Full name | Kapaz Professional Football Club |
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| Nickname(s) |
"Dağlılar"(The Mountainous) "Yenilməz Armada"(İnvincible Armada) "Qərblilər" (The Westerners) "Sarı-Göylər" (The yellow-blues) |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Ground | Ganja City Stadium, Ganja, Azerbaijan |
| Capacity | 27,000 |
| President | Elmir Valiyev |
| Manager | Shahin Diniyev |
| League | Azerbaijan Premier League |
| 2015–16 | 5th |
| Website | Club home page |
Kapaz PFK (Azerbaijani: Kəpəz Peşəkar Futbol Klubu), is an Azerbaijani football club based in Ganja, that currently plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
Kapaz PFC was founded in 1959 as Toxucu and played in the Soviet First League. However, team promoted to Soviet Top League in 1968 after gaining first place in Soviet First League in previous season. The club also carried Taraggi and Toxucu names during its history, however became famous in modern period as Kapaz when renamed in 1982.
In 1991, club once again renamed to Kapaz after Azerbaijan's independence from Soviet Union and won Azerbaijan Premier League titles three times. In 1997, Kapaz were known for their unbeaten run as club's final record for the 1997–1998 league campaign stood at 22 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses, out of 26 games total, an unbeaten run not matched in any single season by any team in an Azerbaijani league division.
Azerbaijan's longest league winning run belongs to Kapaz PFC.
Kapaz PFC remain the only team to win the league undefeated, and for ten months until 23 September 1998 opponents could not even take a point off them. It should be noted, though, that two of the 22 matches were technical victories awarded to Käpäz.
Kapaz, one of the most prominent football clubs in Azerbaijan, entered financial difficulties during the late 2000s. Since 2002, club found themselves slipping further and further down the table, which influenced by financial difficulties. The financial collapse of Kapaz resulted in a great deal of discussion within Azerbaijani football. Major Azerbaijani companies, reportedly "concerned at the current uncertainty about the club's future and its backers" declined to provide Kapaz with the corporate banking facilities it needed.
In 2005, club's new owners decided to rename club into Ganja despite facing criticism from club's fans. In 2007, the club was excluded due to financial struggles from Azerbaijan Premier League. However, after AFFA's and local community's help, the club participated in Azerbaijan First Division 2009-10. In 2010 they became champions of Azerbaijan First Division 2009-10 finishing the season with 47 points and promoted to Azerbaijan Premier League. In 2011, it was decided that club's name will be changed to its old name Kapaz PFC.
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