Azerbaijan national under-21 football team

Azerbaijan Under-21

Nickname(s)	Milli (The National Team)
Association	Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Yashar Vahabzade
Captain	Azer Salahli
Most caps	Tarlan Guliyev (18)
Top scorer	Samir Aliyev (4)
FIFA code	AZE
First colours Second colours
Biggest win
Azerbaijan 3–0 Israel  (Baku, Azerbaijan; 3 September 2014)

The Azerbaijan national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of the Azerbaijan and is controlled by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan.

UEFA U-21 record

• 1978 - 1991: part of USSR
• 1992 - 1994: did not participate
• 1996: 6th of 6 in qualification group.
• 1998: 6th of 6 in qualification group.
• 2000: 5th of 5 in qualification group.
• 2002: 5th of 6 in qualification group.
• 2004: 5th of 5 in qualification group.
• 2006: 6th of 6 in qualification group.
• 2007: Lost in preliminary round.
• 2009: 6th of 6 in qualification group.
• 2011: 5th of 5 in qualification group.
• 2013: 4th of 5 in qualification group.
• 2015: 4th of 5 in qualification group.

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Group 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	7	7	0	0	26	4	+22	21	Final tournament		—	4–2	4–0	3–1	7 Oct	4–1
2	Austria	6	5	0	1	18	7	+11	15	Possible Play-offs		11 Oct	—	2–0	7–0	4–3	1–0
3	Finland	5	3	0	2	6	6	0	9			6 Sep	2 Sep	—	7 Oct	2–0	3–0
4	Azerbaijan (E)	8	2	1	5	7	18	−11	7			0–3	0–2	0–1	—	3–0	6 Sep
5	Russia (X)	6	1	1	4	7	13	−6	4			0–2	6 Sep	11 Oct	2–2	—	2–0
6	Faroe Islands (E)	6	0	0	6	1	17	−16	0			0–6	7 Oct	2 Jun	0–1	1 Sep	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2016. Source: UEFA
(E) Eliminated; (X) Cannot qualify directly as the top team, but may still qualify for the play-offs.

Current Squad

The following players were called up for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition game against Russia on March 24, 2016.
Caps and goals as March 24, 2016 after the game against Russia.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	12 June 1994	9	0	Qarabağ
22	GK	Tarlan Ahmadli	21 November 1994	2	0	Sumgayit
	GK	Rashad Azizli	1 January 1994	0	0	Ravan
2	DF	Rahil Mammadov	24 November 1995	5	1	Neftchi Baku
4	DF	Adil Naghiyev	11 September 1995	7	0	Zira
5	DF	Sadig Guliyev	9 March 1995	3	0	Zira
13	DF	Tural Humbatov	24 January 1994	1	0	AZAL
17	DF	Abbas Huseynov	13 June 1995	3	0	Inter Baku
20	DF	Azer Salahli (C)	11 April 1994	11	1	Qarabağ
21	DF	Dmitriy Naghiyev	27 November 1995	1	0	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
	DF	Bahlul Mustafazade	27 February 1997	0	0	Gabala
6	MF	Vugar Mustafayev	5 August 1994	6	0	Zira
7	MF	Ilter Tashkin	5 July 1994	14	0	Neustrelitz
8	MF	Elshan Abdullayev	5 February 1994	12	1	Neftchi Baku
9	MF	Budag Nasirov	15 July 1996	2	0	Kapaz
16	MF	Elvin Jamalov	4 February 1995	6	0	Gabala
18	MF	Kamal Mirzayev	5 December 1996	0	0	AZAL
	MF	Kamran Abdullazade	20 March 1995	0	0	Khazar Lankaran
10	FW	Elnur Jafarov	28 March 1997	4	0	Khazar Lankaran
11	FW	Mahir Madatov	1 July 1997	1	1	Qarabağ
14	FW	Ruslan Nasirli	12 January 1995	0	0	AZAL
	FW	Fahmin Muradbayli	16 March 1996	5	0	Neftchi Baku
	FW	Ehtiram Shahverdiyev	1 October 1996	0	0	Gabala

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called for the squad within the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Emil Balayev	17 April 1994	0	0	Eintracht Frankfurt	v.  Faroe Islands, June 17, 2015
DF	Magsad Isayev	7 June 1994	8	1	Neftchi Baku	v.  Russia, November 17, 2015
DF	Jamil Hajiyev	24 August 1994	3	0	Sumgayit	v.  Russia, November 17, 2015
DF	Azad Karimov	31 October 1994	4	0	Kapaz	v.  Germany, November 13, 2015 ^INJ
DF	Elvin Badalov	14 June 1995	2	0	Neftchi Baku	v.  Finland, October 13, 2015
DF	Ilyas Safarzade	20 January 1996	1	0	Khazar Lankaran	v.  Germany, September 8, 2015
DF	Rustam Rustamli	21 December 1995	0	0	AZAL	v.  Germany, September 8, 2015
MF	Fuad Bayramov	30 November 1994	2	0	Inter Baku	v.  Russia, November 17, 2015
MF	Bilal Sezer	25 January 1994	1	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach II	v.  Russia, November 17, 2015
MF	Nijat Mukhtarov	1 June 1995	1	0	Sumgayit	v.  Russia, November 17, 2015
MF	Tellur Mutallimov	8 April 1995	1	0	Zira	v.  Russia, November 17, 2015
MF	Orkhan Aliyev	21 December 1995	3	0	Kapaz	v.  Germany, September 8, 2015
MF	Joshgun Diniyev	13 September 1995	2	0	Qarabağ	v.  Germany, September 8, 2015
MF	Seymur Asadov	5 May 1994	0	0	AZAL	v.  Germany, September 8, 2015
MF	Elmin Ismayilov	18 August 1994	0	0	Shamkir	v.  Germany, September 8, 2015
MF	Vadim Abdullayev	17 December 1994	4	0	Gabala	v.  Faroe Islands, June 17, 2015
FW	Kerem Behnke	1 May 1994	6	2	Neustrelitz	v.  Russia, November 17, 2015
FW	Shahin Aliyev	19 March 1995	0	0	Sumgayit	v.  Faroe Islands, June 17, 2015
FW	Vadim Agarahimov	10 March 1996	0	0	Zenit Saint Petersburg	v.  Faroe Islands, June 17, 2015

See also

• Azerbaijan national football team
• Azerbaijan national under-20 football team
• Azerbaijan national under-19 football team
• Azerbaijan national under-18 football team
• Azerbaijan national under-17 football team

References