Full name | Zirə Futbol Klubu | ||
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Nickname(s) | Qartallar (The Eagles) | ||
Founded | 28 July 2014 | ||
Ground | Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium | ||
Capacity | 1,256 | ||
President | Taleh Nasibov[1] | ||
Manager | Rashad Sadygov | ||
League | Azerbaijan Premier League | ||
2022–23 | 5th | ||
Website | Club website | ||
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Zira Football Club (Azerbaijani: Zirə Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Zirə, Baku. The club competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League.
The club was established in 2014 and immediately joined the Azerbaijan First Division.[2]
Despite finishing 2nd in its inaugural season in the Azerbaijan Premier League,[3] the club wasn't allowed to compete in the UEFA Europa League.[4]
On 27 December 2016, Adil Shukurov had his contract as manager terminated by mutual consent, with Aykhan Abbasov taking over as manager until the end of the 2016–17 season.[5]
Aykhan Abbasov resigned as manager on 29 August 2018,[6] with Samir Abbasov being announced as his replacement the same day.[7]
On 8 October 2019, Abbasov left Zira by mutual consent,[8] with Zaur Hashimov being appointed as manager until the end of the season the following day.[9]
On 17 July 2020, Rashad Sadygov was announced as Zira's new manager on a three-year contract.[10]
Season | League | Azerbaijan Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | Kit Manufacturer | Sponsor | |||||||||
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Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||||
2014–15 | 2nd | 5th | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 61 | 19 | 63 | Quarterfinal | Bahram Shahguliyev | Kappa | Santral Electric | ||
2015–16 | 1st | 2nd | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 31 | 62 | Quarterfinal | Nelson Bonilla | 14 | Adil Shukurov | ||
2016–17 | 1st | 4th | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 39 | Quarterfinal | César Meza Colli | 4 | Adil Shukurov Aykhan Abbasov |
Umbro | |
2017–18 | 1st | 4th | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 44 | Quarterfinal | Richard Gadze | 7 | Aykhan Abbasov | Joma | |
2018–19 | 1st | 5th | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 40 | 31 | Semifinal | Julio Rodríguez | 8 | Aykhan Abbasov Samir Abbasov | ||
2019–20 | 1st | 4th | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 23 | Semifinal | Julio Rodríguez Nijat Suleymanov |
4 | Samir Abbasov Zaur Hashimov | ||
2020–21 | 1st | 4th | 28 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 38 | Semifinal | Davit Volkovi | 8 | Rashad Sadygov | ||
2021–22 | 1st | 3rd | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 47 | Runners-up | Davit Volkovi | 11 | Rashad Sadygov | ||
2022–23 | 1st | 5th | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 46 | 50 | Quarterfinal | Hamidou Keyta | 8 | Rashad Sadygov |
Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
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2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR | Differdange 03 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
2QR | Astra Giurgiu | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | ||
2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2QR | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
Main article: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium |
Zira's home ground is the Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium, which has a capacity of 1,300.
For a list of all former and current Zira FK players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Zira FK players. |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2022.
Position | Name |
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Head coach | Rashad Sadygov |
Assistant coach | Eltun Yagublu Vagif Pashayev Nariman Huseynov Vugar Mammad |
Goalkeeping coach | Farhad Valiyev |
Name | Years | League | Azerbaijan Cup | Continental | Total | |
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1 | Davit Volkovi | 2020–2022 | 20 (58) | 2 (10) | - (-) | 22 (68) |
2 | Nelson Bonilla | 2015–2016 | 14 (29) | 3 (2) | 0 (0) | 17 (31) |
3 | Julio Rodríguez | 2019 | 12 (23) | 3 (5) | 0 (0) | 15 (28) |
3 | Richard Gadze | 2017–2018 2019-2020 |
13 (46) | 0 (4) | 2 (4) | 15 (54) |
3 | Hamidou Keyta | 2022–2023 | 13 (46) | 2 (6) | 0 (2) | 15 (54) |
6 | Aghabala Ramazanov | 2020–2022 | 12 (47) | 1 (4) | - (-) | 13 (51) |
7 | Milan Đurić | 2016–2018 | 8 (47) | 1 (5) | 0 (4) | 9 (56) |
8 | Vusal Isgandarli | 2015–2019 | 6 (60) | 2 (9) | 0 (0) | 8 (69) |
8 | Adil Naghiyev | 2015 2015–2019 |
6 (96) | 2 (7) | 0 (2) | 8 (105) |
8 | Tamkin Khalilzade | 2015–2018 2021–2022 |
8 (103) | 0 (12) | 0 (4) | 8 (119) |
8 | Loris Brogno | 2021–2023 | 6 (50) | 2 (6) | 0 (2) | 8 (58) |
8 | Ragim Sadykhov | 2022–Present | 7 (55) | 1 (5) | 0 (2) | 8 (62) |
8 | Qismət Alıyev | 2020–Present | 8 (103) | 0 (13) | 0 (2) | 8 (118) |
Name | Years | League | Azerbaijan Cup | Continental | Total | |
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1 | Ilkin Muradov | 2015–Present | 128 (3) | 21 (2) | 2 (0) | 151 (5) |
2 | Tamkin Khalilzade | 2015–2018 2021–2022 |
103 (8) | 12 (0) | 4 (0) | 119 (8) |
3 | Qismət Alıyev | 2020–Present | 103 (8) | 13 (0) | 2 (0) | 118 (8) |
4 | Dimitrios Chantakias | 2020–Present | 97 (6) | 14 (1) | 2 (0) | 113 (7) |
5 | Adil Naghiyev | 2015 2015–2019 |
96 (6) | 7 (2) | 2 (0) | 105 (8) |
6 | Hajiagha Hajili | 2020–Present | 79 (0) | 13 (0) | 2 (0) | 94 (0) |
7 | Vugar Mustafayev | 2016–2019 | 79 (1) | 9 (0) | 3 (0) | 91 (1) |
8 | Victor Igbekoyi | 2015–2018 | 81 (5) | 5 (0) | 3 (0) | 89 (5) |
9 | Anar Nazirov | 2015–2019 | 83 (0) | 1 (0) | 4 (0) | 88 (0) |
10 | Jovan Krneta | 2015–2018 | 76 (6) | 6 (0) | 3 (0) | 85 (6) |
Name | Nat. | From | To | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | %W | Honours | Notes |
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Bahram Shahguliyev | Azerbaijan | 28 July 2014 | July 2015 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 61 | 20 | 61.29 | ||
Adil Shukurov | Azerbaijan | July 2015 | 27 December 2016[5] | 56 | 24 | 14 | 18 | 60 | 58 | 42.86 | ||
Aykhan Abbasov | Azerbaijan | 27 December 2016[5] | 29 August 2018[6] | 51 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 66 | 52 | 43.14 | ||
Samir Abbasov | Azerbaijan | 29 August 2018[7] | 8 October 2019[8] | 37 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 50 | 32.43 | ||
Zaur Hashimov | Azerbaijan | 9 October 2019[9] | 30 June 2020 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 37.50 | ||
Rashad Sadygov | Azerbaijan | 17 July 2020[10] | 130 | 51 | 45 | 34 | 145 | 127 | 39.23 |
P – Total of played matches
W – Won matches
D – Drawn matches
L – Lost matches
GS – Goal scored
GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won
Nationality is indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code(s).