Azerbaijan Under-21

Nickname(s)	Milli (The National)
Association	Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Samir Aliyev
Captain	Hajiagha Hajili
Most caps	Tarlan Guliyev (18)
Top scorer	Mahir Emreli (5)
FIFA code	AZE
First colours Second colours
Biggest win
Azerbaijan 3–0 Israel  (Baku, Azerbaijan; 3 September 2014) Azerbaijan 3–0 Russia  (Baku, Azerbaijan; 17 November 2015)
Biggest defeat
Austria 7–0 Azerbaijan (Sankt Pölten, Austria; 9 October, 2015) Azerbaijan 0–7 Germany  (Baku, Azerbaijan; 9 November, 2017) Note: Records for competitive matches only.

The Azerbaijan national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of the Azerbaijan and is controlled by the AFFA.

UEFA U-21 record

• 1978 - 1991: part of the Soviet Union
• 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: 4th of 6 in qualification group.
• 2019: 6th of 6 in qualification group.
• 2021: 5th of 6 in qualification group.

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	10	8	0	2	26	11	+15	24	Final tournament		—	3–2	3–1	3–1	2–1	3–0
2	Croatia	10	7	1	2	25	10	+15	22	Play-offs		3–2	—	2–3	0–0	2–0	2–0
3	Finland	10	6	1	3	18	13	+5	19			0–2	0–2	—	3–1	3–0	1–0
4	Austria	10	5	1	4	22	13	+9	16			2–1	1–3	2–3	—	6–0	2–0
5	Azerbaijan	10	2	1	7	12	24	−12	7			1–2	1–5	1–1	0–3	—	3–0
6	Estonia	10	0	0	10	0	32	−32	0			0–5	0–4	0–3	0–4	0–5	—

2025 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

UEFA Under-21 Qualification

Schedule and results

2016

Ukraine  v  Azerbaijan

22 January 2016 Antalya Cup	Ukraine	1–2	Azerbaijan	Antalya
19:00	Chumak 49'	Report	Alasgarov 58' (pen.), 85'

Azerbaijan  v  Saudi Arabia

24 January 2016 Antalya Cup	Azerbaijan	3–0	Saudi Arabia	Antalya
17:00	Alasgarov 8' (pen.), 77' Jafarov 18' (pen.)	Report

Azerbaijan  v  Albania

26 January 2016 Antalya Cup	Azerbaijan	4–0	Albania	Antalya
13:00	Mustafayev 63' Salahli 74' Mirzayev 80' Abdullazade 90'	Report

Azerbaijan  v  Bahrain

28 January 2016 Antalya Cup	Azerbaijan	4–0	Bahrain	Antalya
13:00	Tashkin 5' Jafarov 24' Nasirli 79' Huseynov 83'	Report

Russia  v  Azerbaijan

24 March 2016 (2016-03-24) 2017 UEFA Q	Russia	2–2	Azerbaijan	Olimp-2, Rostov-on-Don
17:30	Zuyev 51' Barinov 56'	Report	Madatov 46' Mammadov 59'	Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)

Slovenia  v  Azerbaijan

28 May 2016 Friendly	Slovenia	4–1	Azerbaijan	Nova Gorica
16:00	Ožbolt 26' (pen.), 54' Štulac 46' Kostanjšek 77'	Report	Jafarov 53'	Stadium: Nova Gorica Sports Park Attendance: 200 Referee: Dragoslav Peric (Slovenia)

Slovenia  v  Azerbaijan

31 May 2016 Friendly	Slovenia	1–2	Azerbaijan	Ajdovščina
16:00	Štulac 23'	Report	Madatov 10' Abdullayev 45'	Stadium: Ajdovščina Stadium Attendance: 300 Referee: Rade Obrenovic (Slovenia)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Azerbaijan

3 June 2016 Friendly	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–0	Azerbaijan	Krško, Slovenia
				Stadium: Matija Gubec Stadium

Azerbaijan  v  Faroe Islands

6 September 2016 (2016-09-06) 2017 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	1–1	Faroe Islands	Dalga Arena, Baku
16:00	Madatov 88'	Report	Jónsson 40'	Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

Finland  v  Azerbaijan

7 October 2016 (2016-10-07) 2017 UEFA Q	Finland	0–0	Azerbaijan	Töölön Pallokenttä, Helsinki
17:30		Report		Referee: Peter Kjaesgaard-Andersen (Denmark)

2017

Turkey  v  Azerbaijan

28 March 2017 Friendly	Turkey	4–0	Azerbaijan	Istanbul, Turkey
	Bozok 56', 86' Kanatsızkuş 18', 83'	Report		Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Referee: Emre Malok (Turkey)

Czech Republic  v  Azerbaijan

8 June 2017 Friendly	Czech Republic	2–1	Azerbaijan	Salzburg, Austria
		Report	Madatov 20'	Attendance: 100

Israel  v  Azerbaijan

31 August 2017 (2017-08-31) 2019 UEFA Q	Israel	3–1	Azerbaijan	Acre Municipal Stadium, Acre
18:30	Barshazki 12' Peretz 38' Plakuschenko 57'	Report	Jafarov 70'	Referee: Cătălin Gaman (Romania)

Azerbaijan  v  Republic of Ireland

5 September 2017 (2017-09-05) 2019 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	1–3	Republic of Ireland	Dalga Arena, Baku
17:00	Madatov 12'	Report	Manning 9', 37' Grego-Cox 51'	Referee: Sándor Andó-Szabó (Hungary)

Germany  v  Azerbaijan

6 October 2017 (2017-10-06) 2019 UEFA Q	Germany	6–1	Azerbaijan	Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus
19:00	Ochs 8', 36' Dahoud 34' Krivotsyuk o.g' (53) Hartel 72' Teuchert 83'	Report	Safarzade 86'	Attendance: 7,345 Referee: Vilhjalmur Thorarinsson (Iceland)

Azerbaijan  v  Germany

9 November 2017 (2017-11-09) 2019 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	0–7	Germany	Dalga Arena, Baku
15:00		Report	Hartel 2', 46', 58' Amiri 14' Seydel 28' Klostermann 60' Öztunalı 84'	Attendance: 150 Referee: Daniyar Sakhi (Kazakhstan)

Azerbaijan  v  Kosovo

14 November 2017 (2017-11-14) 2019 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	0–0	Kosovo	Dalga Arena, Baku
15:00		Report		Attendance: 150 Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)

2018

Azerbaijan  v  Albania

21 January 2018 (2018-01-21) Friendly	Azerbaijan	0–1	Albania	Antalya, Turkey
19:00 AZST (UTC+4)

Azerbaijan  v  Georgia

23 January 2018 (2018-01-23) Friendly	Azerbaijan	1–1	Georgia	Antalya, Turkey
19:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Akhaladze o.g' (45)

Azerbaijan  v  Albania

26 January 2018 (2018-01-26) Friendly	Azerbaijan	1–0	Albania	Antalya, Turkey
19:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Iskandarov 52'

Kosovo  v  Azerbaijan

22 March 2018 (2018-03-22) 2019 UEFA Q	Kosovo	2–0	Azerbaijan	Adem Jashari Stadium, Mitrovica
19:00	Hasani 54' Kolgeci 61'	Report		Referee: Donald Robertson (Scotland)

Republic of Ireland  v  Azerbaijan

27 March 2018 (2018-03-27) 2019 UEFA Q	Republic of Ireland	1–0	Azerbaijan	Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
20:30	Sweeney 90+9'	Report		Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Kazakhstan  v  Azerbaijan

4 June 2018 (2018-06-04) Friendly	Kazakhstan	1–1	Azerbaijan	Astana Arena, Astana
13:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Tashkin 33'	Report	Abiken 80' (pen.)	Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

Azerbaijan  v  Hungary

8 June 2018 (2018-06-08) Friendly	Azerbaijan	3–3	Hungary	Dalga Arena, Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+4)	Shahverdiyev 49' (pen.) Dadashov 67' Krivotsyuk 71'	Report	Makrai 29' Haris 37' Tajti 52'	Referee: Ingilab Mammadov (Azerbaijan)

Azerbaijan  v  Israel

6 September 2018 (2018-09-06) 2019 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	1–1	Israel	Dalga Arena, Baku
19:00 (21:00 AZT)	Dadashov 1'	Report	Weissman 30'	Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

Azerbaijan  v  Norway

11 September 2018 (2018-09-11) 2019 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	1–3	Norway	Dalga Arena, Baku
18:00 (20:00 AZT)	Ekincier 56'	Report	Risa 48' Thorsby 50', 76'	Referee: Barbeno Luca (San Marino)

Norway  v  Azerbaijan

16 October 2018 (2018-10-16) 2019 UEFA Q	Norway	1–1	Azerbaijan	Marienlyst Stadion, Drammen
18:15	Østigård 76'	Report	Muradbayli 9' (pen.)	Referee: Volen Chinkov (Bulgaria)

Azerbaijan  v  Ukraine

15 November 2018 (2018-11-15) Friendly	Azerbaijan	0–1	Ukraine	Dalga Arena, Baku
19:00 AZST (UTC+4)		Report	Musolitin 81'	Attendance: 200 Referee: Ravan Hamzazade (Azerbaijan)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Azerbaijan

19 November 2018 (2018-11-19) Friendly	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–0	Azerbaijan	Training Centre, Zenica
	Mulahusejnović 34' Jurić 73'	Report		Attendance: 250 Referee: Dragan Petrović (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

2019

Liechtenstein  v  Azerbaijan

6 June 2019 (2019-06-06) 2021 UEFA Q	Liechtenstein	1–0	Azerbaijan	Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen
19:00	Frick 9' (pen.)	Report		Referee: Tim Marshall (Northern Ireland)

Azerbaijan  v  Slovakia

6 September 2019 (2019-09-06) 2021 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	2–1	Slovakia	Dalga Arena, Baku
20:30(AZT)	Ekincier 7', 90+3'	Report	Tupta 82'	Referee: Dejan Jakimovski (North Macedonia)

Azerbaijan  v  Georgia

10 September 2019 (2019-09-10) 2021 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	0–3	Georgia	Dalga Arena, Baku
20:30(AZT)		Report	Arveladze 45+3' Bugridze 73' Arabidze 84'

France  v  Azerbaijan

10 October 2019 (2019-10-10) 2021 UEFA Q	France	5–0	Azerbaijan	Stade de l'Épopée, Calais
21:00	Édouard 2', 36' Zagadou 40' Aouar 51' Nordin 76'	Report		Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

Azerbaijan  v   Switzerland

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15) 2021 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	0–1	Switzerland	Kapital Bank Arena, Sumgayit
18:00 (20:00 AZT)		Report	Bajrami 33'	Attendance: 1500 Referee: Novak Simovic (Serbia)

Azerbaijan  v  Liechtenstein

14 November 2019 (2019-11-14) 2021 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	1–0	Liechtenstein	Kapital Bank Arena, Sumgayit
15:00 (18:00 AZT)	Ekincier 65'	Report		Referee: Loukas Sotiriou (Cyprus)

Azerbaijan  v  Ukraine

19 November 2019 (2019-11-19) Friendly	Azerbaijan	1–1	Ukraine	Dalga Arena, Baku
15:00 (18:00 AZT)	Kökcü 48'	Report	Rusyn 65'	Referee: Orkhan Mammadov (Azerbaijan)

2020

Azerbaijan  v  France

7 September 2020 (2020-09-07) 2021 UEFA Q	Azerbaijan	1–2	France	Kapital Bank Arena, Sumgayit
(AZT)	Bayramov 90'	Report	Édouard 36' (pen.) Gouiri 83'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Halis Özkahya, (Turkey)

Slovakia  v  Azerbaijan

8 October 2020 (2020-10-08) 2021 UEFA Q	Slovakia	2–1	Azerbaijan	Štadión pod Zoborom, Nitra
16:30	Tupta 61' Mesík 90+3'	Report	Mert Çelik 66'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Kristoffer Hagenes (Norway)

Georgia  v  Azerbaijan

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) 2021 UEFA Q	Georgia	1–0	Azerbaijan	Tengiz Burjanadze Stadium, Gori
17:00 (19:00 GET)	Guliashvili 42'	Report		Attendance: 0 Referee: Dzmitry Dzmitryieu (Belarus)

Switzerland  v  Azerbaijan

12 November 2020 (2020-11-12) 2021 UEFA Q	Switzerland	2–1	Azerbaijan	Stockhorn Arena, Thun
19:00	Toma 49' Stojilković 90+1'	Report	Kökçü 22'	Attendance: 0 Referee: Kaspar Sjöberg (Sweden)

Players

Current squad

• The following players were called up for the friendly matches.^[1]
• Match dates: 23 and 26 March 2023
• Opposition:  Albania and  Slovenia
• Caps and goals correct as of: 26 March 2023, after the match against  Slovenia

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Rüstam Samiqullin	(2002-12-23) 23 December 2002 (age 21)	4	0	Sabah
12	1GK	Sahib Hasanov	(2004-10-26) 26 October 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Shamakhi
22	1GK	Rza Cafarov	(2003-07-03) 3 July 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Neftçi
2	2DF	Abdulla Rzayev	(2002-03-12) 12 March 2002 (age 21)	4	0	Kapaz
3	2DF	Şirxan Hasanzada	(2002-06-20) 20 June 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Qarabağ
13	2DF	Mirali Ahmadov	(2003-04-16) 16 April 2003 (age 20)	3	0	Sabail
14	2DF	Hüseyn Babayev	(2003-01-01) 1 January 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Neftçi
15	2DF	Süleyman Damadayev	(2003-03-01) 1 March 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Gabala
16	2DF	İbrahim Ramazanov	(2004-10-10) 10 October 2004 (age 19)	1	0	Gabala
23	2DF	Samet Karakoç	(2002-10-22) 22 October 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Ispartaspor
24	2DF	Xayyam Hüseynov	(2002-07-21) 21 July 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Turan Tovuz
4	3MF	Mahir Hasanov	(2002-01-12) 12 January 2002 (age 22)	2	0	Kapaz
5	3MF	Nazim Hasanzada	(2002-07-27) 27 July 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Daugavpils
6	3MF	Ramin Nasirli	(2002-09-24) 24 September 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Daugavpils
8	3MF	Farid Yusifli	(2002-02-20) 20 February 2002 (age 21)	3	0	Neftçi
10	3MF	Veysal Rzayev	(2002-10-24) 24 October 2002 (age 21)	5	0	Turan Tovuz
18	3MF	Nihad Faracli	(2003-03-21) 21 March 2003 (age 20)	2	0	TuS Koblenz
19	3MF	Samir Abdullayev	(2002-04-24) 24 April 2002 (age 21)	4	1	Sabail
21	3MF	Elçin Qasımov	(2002-09-04) 4 September 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Turan Tovuz
7	4FW	Camal Cafarov	(2002-02-25) 25 February 2002 (age 21)	5	1	Sabah
11	4FW	Samir Maharramli	(2002-07-17) 17 July 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Kapaz
17	4FW	Murad Valiyev	(2002-03-27) 27 March 2002 (age 21)	3	0	Levadia Tallinn
20	4FW	Emil Safarov	(2002-10-30) 30 October 2002 (age 21)	4	0	Gabala

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Azerbaijan under-21 team within the last twelve months and remain eligible for selection.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Akpar Valiyev	(2001-09-07) 7 September 2001 (age 22)	1	0	Shamakhi	v.  Norway, 14 June 2022
GK	Yusif Imanov	(2002-09-27) 27 September 2002 (age 21)	0	0	Sabah	v.  Norway, 14 June 2022
GK	Eldar Tagizade	(2003-05-30) 30 May 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Clermont Foot	v.  Norway, 14 June 2022
DF	Ismayil Zulfugarli	(2001-04-16) 16 April 2001 (age 22)	9	1	Neftçi	v.  Norway, 14 June 2022
DF	Rufat Ahmadov	(2002-09-22) 22 September 2002 (age 21)	2	0	Gabala	v.  Norway, 14 June 2022
DF	Nihad Guliyev	(2001-07-19) 19 July 2001 (age 22)	2	0	Qarabağ	v.  Norway, 14 June 2022
DF	Rahim Cafarli	(2003-10-01) 1 October 2003 (age 20)	0	0	Qarabağ	v.  Norway, 14 June 2022
MF	Sabuhi Abdullazade	(2001-12-18) 18 December 2001 (age 22)	15	0	Sumgayit	v.  Norway, 14 June 2022
MF	Adilkhan Garahmadov	(2001-06-05) 5 June 2001 (age 22)	8	0	Sabail	v.  Norway, 14 June 2022
MF	Jeyhun Nuriyev	(2001-03-30) 30 March 2001 (age 22)	2	0	Sabah	v.  Norway, 14 June 2022
FW	Musa Gurbanli	(2002-04-13) 13 April 2002 (age 21)	13	4	Qarabağ	v.  Norway, 14 June 2022
FW	Ildar Alekperov	(2001-04-27) 27 April 2001 (age 22)	6	0	Sabah	v.  Norway, 14 June 2022

Coaching staff

Position	Name
Head coach	Samir Aliyev
Assistant coach	Emin Imamaliev Araz Gulamov
Goalkeeping coach	Uzeyir Ibrahimov

Manager history

• Nazim Aliyev (2006)
• Shakir Garibov (2007–2008)
• Bernhard Lippert (2008–2014)
• Yashar Vahabzade (2015–2017 September)
• Samir Alakbarov (2017 September-2017 November)
• Rashad Sadygov (2017 December-2018 December)
• Milan Obradovic (2019 January–2022 June)
• Samir Aliyev (2022 July–present)