Baku United FC

Baku United
Full name Baku United FC
Founded 2008
Ground London, England
Manager Chema Jiménez
League FA Futsal League

Baku United FC is a futsal club based in London, England (United Kingdom). In 2014, the club became first English side to reach UEFA Futsal Cup.

History

Baku United futsal club was founded in 2008 by the Odlar Yurdu Organisation.[1] Back at that time the Odlar Yurdu Organisation formed a number of amateur futsal teams made up of students studying in London. In addition to holding amateur tournaments among themselves, those teams occasionally were united in a single body and played against other clubs. Later on this historical tradition has given rise to the name Baku United.[1]

Starting from the early years of its establishment the team participated in several tournaments organized in the UK. The first tournament that Baku United took part was "Heydar Aliyev" Cup futsal tournament organized by the Odlar Yurdu Diaspora Organisation. The mentioned tournament was organized exceptionally in the UK in 2008-2010.[1][2] Following its success, the Czech Republic was added in 2011, Romania and Austria were included in 2012 into the list of countries where the tournament was organized. 2013 was a year of great accomplishment with the tournament organized in 8 countries with participation of 88 teams. In 2009, Baku United became the champion of "Heydar Aliyev" Cup futsal tournament.[1]

Another competition that Baku United took part was annual Lobanovski tournament held in the UK. Despite still being newborn, the club triumphed in 2009 and won the stated cup.[1]

Following the high accomplishments as an amateur team, the new priority for the club has become to transform and develop itself into a professional team. As a result, the club started to co-operate with Spartans Futsal Club. In 2012, two teams were merged under the name of Baku United.[1]

In 2012-2013, the club joined the England’s National Futsal League as a professional team. Just in one year the newly formed professional club managed to win the championship in England’s Super League in 2013 and gained a right to represent England in UEFA Futsal Cup next year.[3] It become the first English club to play in the main round of UEFA Futsal Cup


.[4]

UEFA Futsal Cup

2013-14

Preliminary round

Source: [5]

Season Competition Round Country Opponent Result Venue
2013/14 UEFA Futsal Cup Preliminary Round Poland Wisła 7:0 Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Bochnia
Preliminary Round Montenegro Bijelo Polje 5:0[q 1] Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Bochnia
Preliminary Round Albania ALI DEMI 4:1 Hala Widowiskowo-Sportowa, Bochnia
Not
  1. ↑ Match forfeited. Preliminary round. Group B.
Group B
Clubs P W D L F A +/- Pts
1 England Baku United FC 3 3 0 0 16 1 15 9
2 Poland Wisła Kraków 3 2 0 1 10 7 3 6
3 Albania KS Ali Demi 3 1 0 2 6 9 -3 3
4 Montenegro KF Jedinstvo Bijelo Polje 3 0 0 3 0 15 -15 0
Legend
P: Played W: Won D: Drawn L: Lost F: For A: Against +/-: Goal difference
Main round

Source: [6]

Season Competition Round Country Opponent Result Venue
2013/14 UEFA Futsal Cup Main round Czech Republic FK EP Chrudim 3:3 Tassos Papadopoulos, Nicosia
Main round Cyprus Omonia 1:0 Tassos Papadopoulos, Nicosia
Main round Slovenia FC Litija 2:3 Tassos Papadopoulos, Nicosia
Group 4
Clubs P W D L F A +/- Pts
1 Czech Republic FK EP Chrudim 3 2 1 0 13 7 6 7
2 Slovenia FC Litija 3 2 0 1 13 8 5 6
3 England Baku United FC 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4
4 Cyprus AC Omonia Nicosia 3 0 0 3 1 12 -11 0
Legend
P: Played W: Won D: Drawn L: Lost F: For A: Against +/-: Goal difference

Honours

Domestic

League

Tournament

Team

"Baku United" is a multinational team with players from various nationalities – Azerbaijani, British, Brasilian, Spanish, Portuguese, Polish, etc.

Current squad

As of 8 November 2013 Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
12 Spain GK Marcos Uara García
15 Spain GK Antonio Fernández Gómez
1 England James Joseph Dalton
18 Spain DF Carlos Muñoz Delgado
4 England DF Doug Reed
14 Spain DF Jonathan Cámara Revuelta
17 Serbia FW Marko Pršić
6 France FW Kevin Ramírez Valadez
No. Position Player
11 Brazil FW Marcelo Dos Reis Soares
3 England DF Agon Rexha
8 Spain FW Quique Salgado Fraile
13 Portugal FW Arnaldo Augusto Rodrigues Pereira
10 Spain FW Raul Solano Gutierrez
7 Brazil FW Paulo Roberto
9 Spain FW Jesus Hurtado Cáceres
Coach
 Spain Chema Jiménez

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Baku United's History". www.bakutd.co.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Burkett, Seth. "The richest team in England you’ve never heard of". backpagefootball.com. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Brilliant Baku United retain Futsal League crown". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  4. ↑ Saffer, Paul. "Reed backs Baku United to move forward". www.uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
  5. ↑ uefa.com
  6. ↑ uefa.com

External links

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