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Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan

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Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
UEFA
Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan logo.svg
Founded1992
FIFA affiliation1994
UEFA affiliation1994
PresidentRovnag Abdullayev
Websitewww.affa.az

The Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA; Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Futbol Federasiyaları Assosiasiyası, AFFA) is the governing body of football in Azerbaijan. Formed in 1992, it is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the amateur and professional game in its territory.

AFFA sanctions all competitive football matches within its remit at national level, and indirectly at local level through the AFFA Amateur League. It runs numerous competitions, the most famous of which is the Azerbaijan Cup. It is also responsible for appointing the management of the men's, women's and youth national football teams and leagues.

AFFA is a member of both UEFA and FIFA.

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Azerbaijani language

Azerbaijani language

Azerbaijani or Azeri, also referred to as Azeri Turkic or Azeri Turkish, is a Turkic language from the Oghuz sub-branch spoken primarily by the Azerbaijani people, who live mainly in the Republic of Azerbaijan where the North Azerbaijani variety is spoken, and in the Azerbaijan region of Iran, where the South Azerbaijani variety is spoken. Although there is a very high degree of mutual intelligibility between both forms of Azerbaijani, there are significant differences in phonology, lexicon, morphology, syntax, and sources of loanwords.

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city.

AFFA Amateur League

AFFA Amateur League

The AFFA Amateur League is run by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA).

Azerbaijan Cup

Azerbaijan Cup

The Azerbaijan Cup is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when Azerbaijan was a republic of the Soviet Union and it was not disputed by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid.

Azerbaijan national football team

Azerbaijan national football team

The Azerbaijan national football team is the national football team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. It represents Azerbaijan in international football competitions. The majority of Azerbaijan's home matches are held at the national stadium, Baku Olympic Stadium, with friendly matches sometimes hosted at club stadiums.

Azerbaijan women's national football team

Azerbaijan women's national football team

The Azerbaijan women's national football team represents Azerbaijan in international women's football. They are currently 67th in the FIFA Women's World Rankings. Azerbaijan has never qualified for any international tournament. The majority of Azerbaijan's home matches are held at the national stadium, Tofiq Bahramov Stadium.

Azerbaijan national under-17 football team

Azerbaijan national under-17 football team

The Azerbaijan national under-17 football team represents Azerbaijan in association football at the under-17 youth level, and is controlled by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan.

UEFA

UEFA

Union of European Football Associations is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Kazakhstan, as well as some Asian countries such as Israel, Cyprus and Armenia. UEFA consists of 55 national association members. Because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions.

FIFA

FIFA

The Fédération internationale de football association is the international governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal. It was founded in 1904 to oversee international competition among the national associations of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, its membership now comprises 211 national associations. These national associations must each also be members of one of the six regional confederations into which the world is divided: CAF (Africa), AFC, UEFA (Europe), CONCACAF, OFC (Oceania) and CONMEBOL.

History

The AFFA was formed on 26 March 1992, after Azerbaijan gained its independence from the USSR.[1] On 23 February 2009, the AFFA, along with UEFA vice president Şenes Erzik, unveiled the Azerbaijan Football Academy.[2][3]

In 2010, the association adopted a new logo.[4] In 2012, the federation held an election with Rovnag Abdullayev being the only candidate, the assembly was marred with controversies.[5]

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Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), was a transcontinental country spanning most of northern Eurasia that existed from 30 December 1922 to 26 December 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad, Kiev, Minsk, Tashkent, Alma-Ata, and Novosibirsk. It was the largest country in the world, covering over 22,402,200 square kilometres (8,649,500 sq mi) and spanning eleven time zones.

UEFA

UEFA

Union of European Football Associations is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs football, futsal and beach football in Europe and the transcontinental countries of Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Kazakhstan, as well as some Asian countries such as Israel, Cyprus and Armenia. UEFA consists of 55 national association members. Because of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIFA and UEFA suspended all Russian national teams and clubs from any FIFA and UEFA competitions.

Şenes Erzik

Şenes Erzik

Şenes Erzik is a retired football administrator. During his career he served as first vice-president of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). He was also a member of the FIFA Council.

Azerbaijan Football Academy

Azerbaijan Football Academy

Azerbaijan Football Academy is the youth academy of Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. It provides a stepping stone for youngsters to progress to the highest levels of football at Azerbaijan. The academy was officially opened on 23 February 2009 by UEFA vice president Şenes Erzik. The Academy is also visited by former Spain's captain Fernando Hierro.

Rovnag Abdullayev

Rovnag Abdullayev

Rovnag Ibrahim oghlu Abdullayev is the CEO of the SOCAR oil company and has been president of the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan since 2008. He is a member of National Assembly of Azerbaijan.

Relationship with FIFA

The country's football association received a major blow in April 2002, when UEFA imposed a two-year ban in response to a long-standing conflict between the AFFA and majority of the Azerbaijan Premier League clubs.[6] The domestic championship was abandoned as a result of the conflict and the top clubs prevented their players from playing for the national team, with tax officials also probing allegations of fraud at the Azerbaijan federation.[7]

Principals

Office-holders
Office Name Tenure
President Fuad Musayev[8] 1992–2003
Ramiz Mirzayev[9] 2003–2007
Elshad Nasirov[10] 2007–2008
Rovnag Abdullayev[11] 2008–present
Vice-president Fatulla Huseynov[12] 1992–2001
Elshad Nasirov[10] 2001–2007
Rauf Aliyev[13] 2007–2008
Elshad Nasirov[14] 2008–present
General Secretary Tofiq Bahramov[15] 1992–1993
Chingiz Ismayilov[9] 1993–2007
Elkhan Mammadov[16] 2007–present

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Rovnag Abdullayev

Rovnag Abdullayev

Rovnag Ibrahim oghlu Abdullayev is the CEO of the SOCAR oil company and has been president of the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan since 2008. He is a member of National Assembly of Azerbaijan.

Fatulla Huseynov

Fatulla Huseynov

Fatulla Ali oghlu Huseynov was the colonel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan from shortly after Azerbaijan's independence in the early 1990s and one of the influential public figures in Azerbaijan until his death.

Tofiq Bahramov

Tofiq Bahramov

Tofiq Bahramov was a Soviet footballer and football referee from Azerbaijan.

Competitions

See also: Azerbaijani football league system

It organizes the following competitions:

Men's football
Women's football

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Azerbaijani football league system

Azerbaijani football league system

The Azerbaijani football league system is a series of generally unconnected leagues for Azerbaijani football clubs. The Azerbaijani system is more complicated than many other national league systems, consisting of two completely separate systems of leagues and clubs, senior football and junior football. The two systems have nothing to do with the ages of the players involved.

Azerbaijan Premier League

Azerbaijan Premier League

The Azerbaijan Premier League is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is contested by 10 clubs. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 36 matches each. The Premier League champion secures the right to play in UEFA Champions League first qualifying round. The runner up and the 3rd place winner secure right to play in UEFA Europa Conference League starting in second qualifying round.

Azerbaijan First Division

Azerbaijan First Division

The Azerbaijan First Division is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football. The division is run by AFFA. No teams are promoted to Premier Division.

Azerbaijan Cup

Azerbaijan Cup

The Azerbaijan Cup is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when Azerbaijan was a republic of the Soviet Union and it was not disputed by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid.

Azerbaijan Supercup

Azerbaijan Supercup

The Azerbaijan Supercup was a football competition, held at the beginning of each domestic season and disputed between the winners of the Azerbaijan Premier League and the winners of the Azerbaijan Cup. It was held in 1993–1995 period as "Sahar" Supercup. From 1996 the competition became inactive. The competition was reestablished in 2013, although it is not held since.

Azerbaijan Futsal Premier League

Azerbaijan Futsal Premier League

Azerbaijan Futsal Premier League is the premier futsal league in Azerbaijan. It was founded in 1994. Organized by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan and is played under UEFA rules, currently consists of 8 teams.

AFFA Amateur League

AFFA Amateur League

The AFFA Amateur League is run by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA).

National teams

The AFFA also organises national football teams representing Azerbaijan at all age levels:

National team Manager Captain
Men's
Senior Italy Gianni De Biasi Maksim Medvedev
Under-23 vacant Ruslan Abışov
Under-21 Serbia Milan Obradović Hajiagha Hajili
Under-20
Under-19 Azerbaijan Samir Aliyev Turan Valizade
Under-18 Azerbaijan Zaur Hashimov Karim Diniyev
Under-17 Azerbaijan Vugar Mammad Jalal Huseynov
Under-16 Azerbaijan Tabriz Hasanov unknown
Under-15 Azerbaijan Aslan Kerimov
Futsal Brazil Miltinho Rizvan Farzaliyev
Beach soccer Azerbaijan Zeynal Zeynalov Elhad Guliyev
Women's
Senior Azerbaijan Siyasat Asgarov Aytaj Sharifova
Under-17 unknown

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Azerbaijan national football team

Azerbaijan national football team

The Azerbaijan national football team is the national football team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. It represents Azerbaijan in international football competitions. The majority of Azerbaijan's home matches are held at the national stadium, Baku Olympic Stadium, with friendly matches sometimes hosted at club stadiums.

Italy

Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. Located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, it consists of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and surrounded by several islands; its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of 301,230 km2 (116,310 sq mi), with a population of about 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome.

Gianni De Biasi

Gianni De Biasi

Giovanni "Gianni" De Biasi is an Italian football coach and former player. He holds dual Italian and Albanian citizenship. De Biasi was the first coach of the Albania national team to lead the team to qualify for a major tournament, namely UEFA Euro 2016.

Maksim Medvedev

Maksim Medvedev

Maksim Borisoviç Medvedev is an Azerbaijani professional footballer who plays as a right-back for and captains both Azerbaijan Premier League club Qarabağ and the Azerbaijan national team.

Azerbaijan national under-23 football team

Azerbaijan national under-23 football team

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.

Azerbaijan national under-21 football team

Azerbaijan national under-21 football team

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

Milan Obradović

Milan Obradović

Milan Obradović is a Serbian football manager and former professional player who played as a defender.

Azerbaijan national under-20 football team

Azerbaijan national under-20 football team

The Azerbaijan national under-20 football team are a feeder team for the main Azerbaijan national football team. It was founded in 2015. The team is controlled by the AFFA.

Azerbaijan national under-19 football team

Azerbaijan national under-19 football team

The Azerbaijan national under-19 football team is the national football team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city.

Azerbaijan national under-18 football team

Azerbaijan national under-18 football team

The Azerbaijan national under-18 football team are a feeder team for the main Azerbaijan national football team. The team is controlled by the AFFA.

Azerbaijan national under-17 football team

Azerbaijan national under-17 football team

The Azerbaijan national under-17 football team represents Azerbaijan in association football at the under-17 youth level, and is controlled by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan.

Sponsorship

Companies that AFFA currently has sponsorship deals with include:

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Topaz (bookmaker)

Topaz (bookmaker)

Topaz is a bookmaker in Azerbaijan, a commercial trademark of Caspiantech, was launched in 2011 as a single legal sports-betting game operator in Azerbaijan.

Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola

Coca-Cola, or Coke, is a carbonated soft drink manufactured by the Coca-Cola Company. In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries worldwide, with consumers drinking more than 1.8 billion company beverage servings each day. Coca-Cola ranked No. 87 in the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. Based on Interbrand's "best global brand" study of 2020, Coca-Cola was the world's sixth most valuable brand.

Clean & Clear

Clean & Clear

Clean & Clear is an American brand of dermatology products owned by Johnson & Johnson.

Source: "Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, April 29th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Football_Federations_of_Azerbaijan.

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Azerbaijan national football team

Neftçi PFK

FC Baku

Gabala FK

Shamakhi FK

Turan Tovuz

Azerbaijan Premier League

Araz Abdullayev

Rovnag Abdullayev

Zira FK

Elkhan Mammadov (football official)

Mirhüseyn Seyidov

Musa Qurbanlı
See also
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