Azerbaijan Under-23

Nickname(s)	Milli (The National Team)
Association	AFFA
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Samir Aliyev
Captain	Ruslan Abışov
Home stadium	Tofiq Bahramov Stadium
FIFA code	AZE
First colours Second colours

The Azerbaijan national under-23 football team represents Azerbaijan in international football competitions and is controlled by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except during the Olympic Games where the use of three overage players is allowed.

Honours

• Islamic Solidarity Games

Gold Medalists (1): 2017

Bronze Medalists (1): 2021

Players

Current squad

The following 23 players were called up for the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games in Azerbaijan.^[1] Ruslan Abışov, Rashad Sadiqov and Aghabala Ramazanov were the three over-aged players selected to play in the games.

Caps and goals as of May 21, 2017 after the match against Oman.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Shahrudin Mahammadaliyev	(1994-06-22) 22 June 1994 (age 29)	5	0	Qarabağ
12	1GK	Tarlan Ahmadli	(1994-11-21) 21 November 1994 (age 29)	0	0	Turan Tovuz
22	1GK	Emil Balayev	(1994-04-17) 17 April 1994 (age 29)	0	0	Sabail
2	2DF	Rahil Mammadov	(1995-11-24) 24 November 1995 (age 28)	2	0	Qarabağ
3	2DF	Azad Karimov	(1994-10-31) 31 October 1994 (age 29)	0	0	Kapaz
4	2DF	Adil Naghiyev	(1995-09-11) 11 September 1995 (age 28)	3	0	Sumgayit
5	2DF	Sadig Guliyev	(1995-03-09) 9 March 1995 (age 29)	5	0	Zira
14	2DF	Yusif Nabiyev	(1997-09-03) 3 September 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Kapaz
15	2DF	Ruslan Abışov	(1987-10-10) 10 October 1987 (age 36)	5	1	Zira
18	2DF	Tellur Mutallimov	(1995-04-08) 8 April 1995 (age 28)	3	0	Zira
19	2DF	Magsad Isayev	(1994-06-07) 7 June 1994 (age 29)	5	1	Sabah
20	2DF	Azer Salahli	(1994-04-11) 11 April 1994 (age 29)	5	0	Neftchi
6	3MF	Rashad Sadiqov*	(1983-10-08) 8 October 1983 (age 40)	5	0	Neftchi Baku
7	3MF	Joshgun Diniyev	(1995-09-13) 13 September 1995 (age 28)	5	0	Sabah
8	3MF	Elshan Abdullayev	(1994-02-05) 5 February 1994 (age 30)	5	1	Sabah
10	3MF	Orkhan Aliyev	(1995-12-21) 21 December 1995 (age 28)	3	0	Sabail
13	3MF	Elnur Jafarov	(1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 26)	0	0	Keşla
16	3MF	Elvin Jamalov	(1995-02-04) 4 February 1995 (age 29)	4	0	Zira
21	3MF	Vugar Mustafayev	(1994-08-05) 5 August 1994 (age 29)	4	0	Sumgayit
23	3MF	Fahmin Muradbayli	(1996-03-16) 16 March 1996 (age 27)	0	0	Unattached
9	4FW	Aghabala Ramazanov	(1993-01-20) 20 January 1993 (age 31)	5	1	Sabail
11	4FW	Mahir Emreli	(1997-07-01) 1 July 1997 (age 26)	5	2	Dinamo Zagreb
17	4FW	Mirabdulla Abbasov	(1995-04-27) 27 April 1995 (age 28)	1	0	Neftchi Baku