Azerbaijan national futsal team
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. They are also ranked 7th in Europe on 10 August 2021.
| 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 | 21 | ||
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| First international | |||
| Poland 4–6 Azerbaijan (Goirle, Netherlands; 23 October 1995) | |||
| Biggest win | |||
| Kazakhstan 2–14 Azerbaijan (Tbilisi, Georgia; 28 July 2002) | |||
| Biggest defeat | |||
| Czech Republic 10–2 Azerbaijan (Enschede, Netherlands; 27 October 1995) | |||
| World Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2016) | ||
| Best result | Quarterfinals (2016) | ||
| European Championship | |||
| Appearances | 6 (First in 2010) | ||
| Best result | 4th place (2010) | ||
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.
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