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Qarabağ

Full name	Qarabağ Futbol Klubu
Nickname(s)	Atlılar (The Horsemen) Göy-ağlar (Blue and Whites)
Founded	1951; 73 years ago (1951), as Məhsul 1987; 37 years ago (1987), as Qarabağ
Ground	Azersun Arena
Ground Capacity	5,800
Owner	Azersun Holding
President	Tahir Gozal
Manager	Gurban Gurbanov
League	Azerbaijan Premier League
2023–24	Azerbaijan Premier League, 1st of 11 (champions)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Qarabağ Futbol Klubu, commonly known as Qarabağ (pronounced [ɡɑˈɾɑbɑɣ]), is an Azerbaijani professional football club that competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top flight of Azerbaijani football. The club originates from Aghdam in the occupied Karabakh (Azerbaijani: Qarabağ) region, but has not played in its hometown since 1993 due to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The club now plays in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan. Qarabağ plays its matches at the Azersun Arena and Tofiq Bahramov Stadium in Baku, which also serves as the venue for Azerbaijan national team matches.

Formed in 1987, Qarabağ were founding members of the Azerbaijan Premier League in 1992. One season later, they won their first league championship, becoming the first non-Baku-based club to win the Premier League title. Qarabağ is one of the two teams in Azerbaijan, along with Neftçi PFK which has participated in all Premier League championships so far.

In 2014, the club won the Premier League, their first league title in 21 years. Qarabağ have won the Premier League eleven times and Azerbaijan Cup seven times. Qarabağ became the second Azerbaijani team after Neftçi PFK to advance to the group stage of a European competition, making its in the UEFA Europa League group stage in 2014–15 season. Qarabağ is the first Azerbaijani team to advance to the group stage of the higher UEFA Champions League, competing in the 2017–18 season. The club has played more UEFA matches than any other Azerbaijani team.

History

Soviet era (1951–1991)

The club was founded in 1951 as Mehsul after the Aghdam city stadium was built; there then began a serious effort towards the creation of a professional football team. Consequently, Qarabağ FK, playing under the name of Mehsul, took part in the 1966 Azerbaijani SSR championship. That year, the club reached fourth place in the local championship.

Qarabağ participated in the local championship for four consecutive years during which second place was their best result (achieved in 1969). After 1969, however, owing to carelessness and a lack of financial support, the team withdrew from the championships for almost ten years. In 1977, the team was reborn under name Shafaq. In 1982 Shafaq was the only representative of Aghdam in football. Between 1982 and 1987, the squad used the name "Cooperative society". In 1988, Qarabağ won the champions title in the Azerbaijan SSR local championship under its current name. In addition to championship medals, the club won the right to play in the Soviet Second League.

Effects of war and financial struggles (1991–2008)

On 23 July 1993, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the city of Agdam was seized by Armenian armed forces, and the team was forced to move from Imarat Stadium to Baku, while the former head coach and player of the team, Allahverdi Baghirov, died in the war. Despite all these difficulties, in 1993, Qarabağ won the Top League as well as the Azerbaijan Cup. Financial problems plagued the club during the period from 1998 to 2001, and the club went through hard times although it became the first Azerbaijani team to win away from home in a European competition by defeating the Israeli side Maccabi Haifa in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup thanks to a double strike from club legend Mushfig Huseynov. Qarabağ has also represented Azerbaijan in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup many times.

These problems were alleviated in 2001, when one of the largest holding companies of Azerbaijan, Azersun Holding, starting sponsoring the team. The squad used the name of Qarabag-Azersun for two seasons, but then returned its original name in 2004.

Gurban Gurbanov era (2008–present)

Gurban Gurbanov the most successful Azerbaijani manager in European competitions.

In 2008, former Azerbaijani football star Gurban Gurbanov was appointed as head coach after the unexpected departure of Rasim Kara to Khazar Lankaran one week before the start of the 2008–09 season. Led by Gurban Gurbanov, Qarabağ have ignored a common strategy in Azerbaijani football: eschewing foreign signings in favour of nurturing local talent. Gurbanov brought with him a tiki-taka style of play, characterised by short passes, long periods of build-up and players interchanging positions.

Under Gurbanov, Qarabağ has become one of the most successful Azerbaijani football clubs in Europe (with three consecutive wins) and one which reached the UEFA Europa League play-off-round by beating Rosenborg in the UEFA Europa League, and also eliminated Honka of Finland. The achievements in European competitions marked Gurban Gurbanov as among the most successful Azerbaijani managers ever.

In 2010, the club set an Azerbaijani record for the most significant win in a European competition by beating Metalurg Skopje 4–1 in Baku and eliminating Wisła Kraków to reach the play-offs for the second year in succession. In 2011, the club duplicated the same record by beating Banga Gargždai 4–0 in Gargždai. The 2011–12 season ended in disappointing style for Qarabağ, however, as they finished in fourth place, leaving the club without European competition. In 2013, Qarabağ reached Europa League play-off-round for third time in their history.

In May 2014, Qarabağ earned its second league title after 21 years. A month later, by beating Red Bull Salzburg, the club became first Azerbaijani side to win in the third round of UEFA Champions League. In August 2014, the club reached Europa League play-off round for the fourth time in last five seasons. In 2014, Qarabağ qualified for the 2014–15 Europa League group stage, becoming the second Azerbaijani team to advance to this stage in a European competition. On 23 October 2014, after defeating Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–0, the team became the first Azerbaijani club to win a Europa League group stage match.

In 2017, after victory over the Sheriff Tiraspol, Qarabağ qualified for the UEFA Champions League play-off rounds for the first time. In the first leg they recorded a 1–0 victory over Danish side F.C. Copenhagen in Baku. Despite losing 2–1 in the second leg, Qarabağ won on away goals and became the first Azerbaijani team to reach the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. They were drawn in Group C alongside Chelsea, Atlético Madrid and Roma, where they managed to obtain two points in six games after two draws and four losses.

In July and August 2021, Qarabağ secured their first participation in the group stage of UEFA Europa Conference League. Qarabağ knocked-out Ashdod (0–0 and 1–0), AEL Limassol (1–1 and 1–0) and Aberdeen (1–0 and 3–1) in the qualifiers. On 27 August, Qarabağ was drawn on Group H of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League alongside Basel, Kairat and Omonia. They eventually placed 2nd in the group, making it to the Knockout Play-off Round.

In the 2023–24 season Qarabağ made it to the Europa League group stage where they finished 2nd behind Bayer Leverkusen. Qarabağ were subsequently drawn against Braga in the knockout round play-off. The first leg ended as a 4–2 victory for Qarabağ. The second leg would finish 2–0 to Braga after normal time, but ultimately ended 3–2 to the Portuguese side after extra time, which meant Qarabağ won 6–5 on aggregate, and thus became the first ever team from Azerbaijan to reach the round of 16 in any UEFA club competition. The round of 16 draw pitted them against Bayer Leverkusen, whom they had already played earlier in the group stages. The club tied with Bayer Leverkusen 2–2 in the first leg at home but were knocked out in the second leg following two stoppage times goals from Patrik Schick, ending the game 3–2.

Stadium

Azersun Arena.

The club have previously used Guzanli Olympic Stadium, which is situated in Quzanlı, the most populous municipality in the Agdam Rayon of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. The Imarat Stadium which was club's original home stadium was destroyed as a result of artillery attacks from Armenian military forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

In 2012, the construction of a new football stadium Azersun Arena was announced, which was opened in June 2015. Azersun Arena is a multi-use football stadium in Surakhani settlement of Baku, Azerbaijan. It is currently used as the club's Azerbaijan Premier League home stadium and holds 5,800 people.

The Baku Olympic Stadium and Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium is used for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League games, where the record attendance for Qarabağ occurred on 27 September 2017, in a UEFA Champions League group stage match attended by 67,200 fans against Roma.

On 21 December 2023, Qarabağ played the 2023–24 Azerbaijan Cup match against MOIK Baku at Khankendi Stadium, Khankendi, becoming this the first match played in Karabakh Economic Region after the end of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Supporters

Although a large part of Qarabağ's support is drawn from the local Aghdam population, they remain immensely well supported in the rest of Azerbaijan. This is mainly due to their being the only team to represent the war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh region in the league. The club is a sole remnant of the past and a living symbol of hope and pride for over half a million Azerbaijani internally displaced people. In recent years, thanks to achievements on the pitch, the club has been able to inspire and initiate special youth projects enforcing stability and development in the IDP-settlements near the border of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The club have few supporting groups such as Imarat, Qarabağ Ordusu, Boys Qarabağ, and Ladies of Qarabağ. These groups often receive free tickets to Qarabağ's games, which helps Karabakh to have more support from fans.

Crest and colours

Qarabağ's away shirt for the 2018–19 campaign.

The crest on the club emblem is the symbol of the Karabakh. It is produced by English designers and based on the Karabakh horse. The horse stems from the club's nickname "The Horsemen"; although it was included on club programmes and scarves earlier, the crest was not displayed on the shirt until 2004. After Gurban Gurbanov's appointment, Qarabağ's attractive style of play led fans to call the team "Qafqazın Barselonası" ("Barcelona of The Caucasus"), which plays upon Barcelona's success in Europe. The club is sometimes called "Qaçqın Klub" ("The Refugee Club") after its conservative position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and refugee problem in Azerbaijan.

Shirt sponsors and kit manufacturers

Qarabağ's traditional kit alludes to the club's location in Nagorno-Karabakh with the black and white representing light and darkness respectively. The club's kits are manufactured by Adidas and sponsored by Azersun, a Baku-based food producing company.

Recent seasons

The season-by-season performance of the club over the last ten years:

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	Diff	P	Cup	Europe	Top Scorer (League goals)	Head Coach
2013–14	Premier League	1	36	21	9	6	65	21	+44	72	QF	EL	PO	Reynaldo (22)	Gurban Gurbanov
2014–15		1	32	20	8	4	51	28	+23	68	W	CL / EL	III R / GS	Reynaldo, Leroy (10)
2015–16		1	36	26	6	4	66	21	+45	84	W	CL / EL	III R / GS	Dani Quintana
2016–17		1	28	19	5	4	46	14	+32	62	W	CL / EL	III R / GS	Dino Ndlovu (10)
2017–18		1	28	20	5	3	37	13	+24	65	QF	CL	GS	Mahir Emreli (8)
2018–19		1	27	19	6	2	62	19	+43	63	SF	CL / EL	III R / GS	Mahir Emreli (16)
2019–20		1	20	13	6	1	34	7	+27	45	SF	CL / EL	III R / GS	Mahir Emreli (7)
2020–21		2	28	16	9	3	64	18	+46	57	SF	CL / EL	III R / GS	Mahir Emreli (18)
2021–22		1	28	21	6	1	72	13	+59	69	W	ECL	KO	Kady Borges (12)
2022–23		1	36	28	6	2	91	25	+66	90	QF	CL / EL / ECL	PO / GS / KO	Ramil Sheydayev (22)

European record

Qarabağ playing against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge during the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League.

The club have participated in 18 editions of the club competitions governed by UEFA, the chief authority for football across Europe. These include 7 seasons in the Champions League, 13 seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, two seasons in the Cup Winners' Cup and one seasons in the UEFA Europa Conference League and Intertoto Cup. Qarabağ has played six times in the Europa League after qualifying via the Champions League. Counting all of the 134 games the side have played in UEFA competitions since their first entry into the Cup Winners' Cup in the 1996–97 season, the team's record stands at 48 wins, 35 draws and 51 defeats.

Matches

Games of Qarabağ in UEFA competitions
Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996–97	Cup Winners' Cup	QR	MyPa	0–1	1–1	1–2 (aet)
1997–98	UEFA Cup	1Q	Jablonec 97	0–3	0–5	0–8
1998–99	Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Copenhagen	0–4	0–6	0–10
1999	Intertoto Cup	1R	Maccabi Haifa	0–1	2–1	2–2 (a)
		2R	Montpellier	0–3	0–6	0–9
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1Q	Dukla	0–1	0–3	0–4
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1Q	Zimbru Chișinău	1–2	1–1	2–3 (aet)
2009–10	Europa League	2Q	Rosenborg	1–0	0–0	1–0
		3Q	Honka	2–1	1–0	3–1
		Play-off	Twente	0–0	1–3	1–3
2010–11	Europa League	1Q	Metalurg Skopje	4–1	1–1	5–2
		2Q	Portadown	1–1	2–1	3–2
		3Q	Wisła Kraków	3–2	1–0	4–2
		Play-off	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	0–4	0–5
2011–12	Europa League	1Q	Banga Gargždai	3–0	4–0	7–0
		2Q	EB/Streymur	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		3Q	Club Brugge	1–0	1–4	2–4
2013–14	Europa League	1Q	Metalurg Skopje	1–0	1–0	2–0
		2Q	Piast Gliwice	2–1	2–2	4–3 (aet)
		3Q	Gefle IF	1–0	2–0	3–0
		Play-off	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	1–2	1–4
2014–15	Champions League	2Q	Valletta	4–0	1–0	5–0
		3Q	Red Bull Salzburg	2–1	0–2	2–3
	Europa League	Play-off	Twente	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		Group F	Saint-Étienne	0–0	1–1	3rd
			Internazionale	0–0	0–2
			Dnipro	1–2	1–0
2015–16	Champions League	2Q	Rudar Pljevlja	0–0	1–0	1–0
		3Q	Celtic	0–0	0–1	0–1
	Europa League	Play-off	Young Boys	3–0	1–0	4–0
		Group J	Anderlecht	1–0	1–2	4th
			Monaco	1–1	0–1
			Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	1–3
2016–17	Champions League	2Q	Dudelange	2–0	1–1	3–1
		3Q	Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
	Europa League	Play-off	IFK Göteborg	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Group J	Fiorentina	1–2	1–5	3rd
			PAOK	2–0	1–0
			Slovan Liberec	2–2	0–3
2017–18	Champions League	2Q	Samtredia	5–0	1–0	6–0
		3Q	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0	2–1	2–1
		Play-off	Copenhagen	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		Group C	Roma	1–2	0–1	4th
			Atlético Madrid	0–0	1–1
			Chelsea	0–4	0–6
2018–19	Champions League	1Q	Olimpija Ljubljana	0–0	1–0	1–0
		2Q	Kukësi	3–0	0–0	3–0
		3Q	BATE Borisov	0–1	1–1	1–2
	Europa League	Play-off	Sheriff Tiraspol	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Group E	Sporting Lisbon	1–6	0–2	4th
			Arsenal	0–3	0–1
			Vorskla Poltava	0–1	1–0
2019–20	Champions League	1Q	Partizani	2–0	0–0	2–0
		2Q	Dundalk	3–0	1–1	4–1
		3Q	APOEL	0–2	2–1	2–3
	Europa League	PO	Linfield	2–1	2–3	4–4 (a)
		Group A	Sevilla	0–3	0–2	3rd
			APOEL	2–2	1–2
			F91 Dudelange	1–1	4–1
2020–21	Champions League	1Q	Sileks	4–0	N/A	4–0
		2Q	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	N/A	2–1
		3Q	Molde	0–0	N/A	0–0 (5–6 p)
	Europa League	PO	Legia Warsaw	N/A	3–0	3–0
		Group I	Villarreal	1–3	0–3 (awd.)	4th
			Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	0–1
			Sivasspor	2–3	0–2
2021–22	Europa Conference League	2Q	Ashdod	0–0	1–0	1–0
		3Q	AEL Limassol	1–0	1–1	2–1
		PO	Aberdeen	1–0	3–1	4–1
		Group H	Basel	0–0	0–3	2nd
			Kairat	2–1	2–1
			Omonia	2–2	4–1
		KPO	Marseille	0–3	1–3	1–6
2022–23	Champions League	1Q	Lech Poznań	5–1	0–1	5–2
		2Q	Zürich	3–2	2–2	5–4 (aet)
		3Q	Ferencváros	1–1	3–1	4–2
		PO	Viktoria Plzeň	0–0	1–2	1–2
	Europa League	Group G	Olympiacos	0–0	3–0	3rd
			SC Freiburg	1–1	1–2
			Nantes	3–0	1–2
	Europa Conference League	KPO	Gent	1–0	0–1	1–1 (3–5 p)
2023–24	Champions League	1Q	Lincoln Red Imps	4–0	2–1	6–1
		2Q	Raków Częstochowa	1–1	2–3	3–4
	Europa League	3Q	HJK	2–1	2–1	4–2
		PO	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1	2–0	3–1
		Group H	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	1–5	2nd
			Molde	1–0	2–2
			BK Häcken	2–1	1–0
		KPO	Braga	2–3	4–2	6–5 (aet)
		RO16	Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	2–3	4–5
2024–25	Champions League	1Q

UEFA club rankings

Updated 08.03.2024

Rank	Team	Coefficient
54	Young Boys	34.500
55	Fenerbahçe	34.000
56	Fiorentina	33.000
57	Qarabağ	33.000
58	Real Betis	33.000
59	Celtic	32.000
60	Galatasaray	31.500

Players

The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.

Current squad

No. Position Player 2 DF Matheus Silva 5 DF Maksim Medvedev (Captain) 6 MF Júlio Romão 7 MF Yassine Benzia 8 MF Marko Janković 10 MF Abdellah Zoubir 11 FW Adama Diakhaby 13 DF Bəhlul Mustafazadə 15 MF Leandro Andrade 17 FW Hamidou Keyta 18 FW Juninho 19 FW Redon Xhixha 20 MF Richard Almeida

No. Position Player 23 GK Luka Gugeshashvili 24 MF Aleksey Isayev 27 DF Toral Bayramov 29 DF Marko Vešović 30 DF Abbas Hüseynov 44 DF Elvin Cafarguliyev 55 DF Badavi Guseynov 66 MF Patrick Andrade 81 DF Kevin Medina 83 DF Nihad Guliyev 89 GK Amin Ramazanov 90 MF Nariman Akhundzade 99 GK Andrey Lunyov

For recent transfers, see 2023–24 Qarabağ FK season, Transfers summer 2023 and Transfers winter 2023–24.

Out on loan

No. Position Player MF Ismayil Ibrahimli (at Zira) FW Rustam Akhmedzade (at Zira)

Reserve team

Qarabağ-2 plays in the Azerbaijan First Division from 2018.

No. Position Player 32 MF Rahim Jafarli 33 MF Huseyn Aliyev 34 FW Elvin Nasibov 39 FW David Saenko 45 MF Seykhan Farajov 47 MF Musa Musazade 49 MF Ali Najafli 54 FW Musa Mammadov 56 MF Elmir Abbasov 59 DF Rauf Huseynli 62 MF Nurlan Shabanov

No. Position Player 66 MF Ruslan Bayramov 70 MF Mehdi Tahirov 71 GK Gurban Maharramov 73 DF Khayal Muradov 75 MF Ibrahim Aghayarov 79 MF Mirmovsum Janiyev 91 MF Elton Mikayilov 93 MF Ashraf Zeynalli 94 GK Ayhan Arazli 95 GK Mammad Huseynov

Club officials

Technical staff Current staff Manager: Gurban Gurbanov Coach: Elchin Rahmanov Coach: Mushfig Huseynov Coach: Zaur Tagizade Coach: Chudomir Chokarov Goalkeeping coach: Elkhan Hasanov Reserve team head coach: Javad Mirzabeyli Doctor: Sahhat Rustamzadeh Physiotherapist: Radisha Milosavljevich Physiotherapist: Murat Sahinoglu Masseur: Oktay Gursoy Masseur: Elshan Aliyev Masseur: Rahman Nabiyev Administrator: Elshan Hasanov Cameraman: Ramin Hajiyev Source: Traniers Source: Tech stuff

Club management Current staff President: Abdolbari Gozal Vice president: Tahir Gozal Member of board: Fevzihan Aras Director: Emrah Celikel General manager: Asif Askerov Coordinator of youth academy: Tajeddin Dogan Financial manager: Murat Karaman Media and public relations: Anar Hajiyev Chief accountant: Ali Akberov Administratorion: Izzet Mahmudov HR specialist: Anar Ismayilov Source: Steering Source: Management

Individual records

Lists of the players with the most caps and top goalscorers for the club (players in bold signifies current Qarabağ player).

Top goalscorers

Mahir Emreli is one of the highest goalscoring players for the club.

Rank	Player	Years	League	Cup	Continental	Total
1	Huseynov, MushfigMushfig Huseynov	1989–1999 2003–2004 2005–2007	125 125 (320)	? ? (?)	2 2 (?)	127 127 (320)
2	Emreli, MahirMahir Emreli	2015–2021	59 59 (126)	07 7 (21)	05 5 (49)	72 72 (216)
3	Reynaldo	2012–2017 2019	44 44 (92)	07 7 (9)	11 11 (35)	62 62 (139)
4	Almeida, RichardRichard Almeida	2012–2018 2018–2019 2021–present	45 45 (217)	05 5 (25)	08 8 (77)	58 58 (306)
5	Zoubir, AbdellahAbdellah Zoubir	2018–present	41 41 (148)	03 3 (18)	13 13 (81)	57 57 (247)
6	Musayev, SamirSamir Musayev	2002–2006	44 44 (85)	? ? (?)	2 2 (?)	46 46 (85)
7	Huseynov, YasharYashar Huseynov	1989–2002	44 44 (?)	? ? (?)	? ? (?)	44 44 (?)
8	Quintana, DaniDani Quintana	2015–2020	33 33 (98)	03 3 (12)	08 8 (44)	44 44 (154)
9	Ozobić, FilipFilip Ozobić	2018–2023	34 34 (95)	00 0 (8)	07 7 (47)	41 41 (150)
10	Nadirov, VüqarVüqar Nadirov	2001–2005 2009–2015 2016–2017	28 28 (211)	08 8 (19)	05 5 (36)	41 41 (266)

Most appearances

Maksim Medvedev has the most appearances for the club.

Rank	Player	Years	League	Cup	Continental	Total
1	Medvedev, MaksimMaksim Medvedev	2006–present	360 360 (12)	43 43 (2)	120 120 (3)	523 523 (17)
2	Qarayev, QaraQara Qarayev	2008–2023	308 308 (5)	41 41 (0)	120 120 (0)	469 469 (5)
3	Huseynov, YasharYashar Huseynov	1989–2002	325 325 (44)	? ? (?)	? ? (?)	325 325 (44)
4	Huseynov, MushfigMushfig Huseynov	1989–1999 2003–2004 2005–2007	320 320 (120)	? ? (?)	? ? (?)	320 320 (125)
5	Agolli, AnsiAnsi Agolli	2010–2019	224 224 (3)	24 24 (0)	69 69 (1)	317 317 (4)
6	Almeida, RichardRichard Almeida	2012–2018 2018–2019 2021–present	217 217 (45)	25 25 (5)	74 74 (8)	306 306 (58)
7	Aliyev, SattarSattar Aliyev	1989 1990–2004	306 306 (17)	? ? (?)	? ? (?)	306 306 (17)
8	Guseynov, BadaviBadavi Guseynov	2013–present	189 189 (5)	28 28 (0)	66 66 (0)	283 283 (5)
9	Kerimov, AslanAslan Kerimov	1993–1997 2003–2011	268 268 (12)	? ? (?)	? ? (0)	268 268 (12)
10	Nadirov, VüqarVüqar Nadirov	2001–2005 2009–2015 2016–2017	211 211 (28)	19 19 (8)	36 36 (5)	266 266 (5)

Notable managers

Main page: List of Qarabağ FK managers

Information correct as of match played 28 October 2022. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
Elbrus Abbasov	Soviet Union	1988, 1990		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Azerbaijan SSR League (2) Azerbaijan SSR Cup
Aghasalim Mirjavadov	Azerbaijan	1993	1994	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Azerbaijan Premier League Azerbaijan Cup Azerbaijan Supercup
Boyukagha Aghayev	Azerbaijan	2006		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Azerbaijan Cup
Gurban Gurbanov	Azerbaijan	2008	Present	&&&&&&&&&&&&0406.&&&&&0406	&&&&&&&&&&&&0226.&&&&&0226	&&&&&&&&&&&&0106.&&&&&0106	&&&&&&&&&&&&&074.&&&&&074	&&&&&&&&&&&&0588.&&&&&0588	&&&&&&&&&&&&0301.&&&&&0301	&&&&&&&&&&&&&055.67000055.67	Azerbaijan Premier League (9) Azerbaijan Cup (4)

Notes: 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).

Honours

Qarabağ has won eleven Azerbaijan Premier League titles, seven Azerbaijan Cup titles and one Azerbaijan Supercup trophy. The club is the first non-Baku based club to have won the Azerbaijan Premier League title. Qarabağ is one of the two teams in Azerbaijan, along with Neftçi PFK which has participated in all Azerbaijan Premier League championships so far.

Azerbaijan

• Azerbaijan League
  • Winners (11): 1993, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
  • Runners-up (4): 1993–94, 1996–97, 2012–13, 2020–21
• Azerbaijan Cup
  • Winners (7): 1993, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22
  • Runners-up (3): 1995–96, 1997–98, 1999–00
• Azerbaijan Supercup
  • Winners (1): 1994

USSR

• Azerbaijan SSR League
  • Winners (2): 1988, 1990
  • Runners-up (1): 1969
• Azerbaijan SSR Cup
  • Winners (1): 1990

Ban for hate speech

In October 2020, amid the Nagorno-Karabakh war, Qarabağ was called on for sanctions by Armenian Football Federation after the club's PR and media manager Nurlan Ibrahimov made a hate speech on social network calling to "kill all the Armenians, old and young, without distinction". UEFA announced about temporary banning the club's official from any football-related activity for "racist and other discriminatory conduct” targeting Armenians. Qarabag issued a statement saying Ibrahimov had "suffered psychological trauma" watching the news of Ganja and Barda missile attacks, while also urging its employees to "refrain from such sharing in this sensitive period, adhere to the principles of humanism and fully comply with the laws of our state". Ibrahimov was punished in an administrative manner for the calls he made expressing cruelty against another nation and inciting national, racial or religious hatred while behaving emotionally on social network. On November 26, UEFA officially banned the Qarabag official for life and fined the club €100,000. Shortly after the UEFA sanction, Ibrahimov was declared wanted in Armenia.

See also

In Spanish: Qarabağ Futbol Klubu para niños