Shamkir Football Club (), is an Azerbaijani football club based in Şəmkir, that currently plays in the Azerbaijan First Division. The club is one of the most oldest and most successful clubs in Azerbaijan's football history with two Azerbaijan Premier League titles. History The club was established in 1954, even though it never participated at any Soviet football league. It was re-established in 1993. Shamkir's most successful years were at the start of the 2000s, after Shahbaz Suleymanov's takeover, club with Agaselim Mirjavadov consecutively won three Azerbaijan Premier League titles and reached the final of Azerbaijan Cup three times. The club also became the first Azerbaijani team to pass qualifying stage of Champions League. In 2005, the club was briefly defunct due to sponsorship reasons but re-established once again on 19 August 2009 after finding sponsors. Stadium Shamkir Olympic Sport Complex Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. It is used as a home ground of Shamkir FC since 2010. Honours National Azerbaijan Premier League Winners (2): 1999–00, 2000–01 Azerbaijan First Division Winners (1): 1994–95 League and domestic cup history UEFA club competition results Q = Qualifying Managers Managers in modern history Afgan Talibov (1997–1998) Agaselim Mirjavadov (1998–2001) Gahraman Aliyev (2001–2005) Faig Jabbarov (2009–2010) Anar Kalantarov (2010–2013) Ruslan Abbasov (2013–2015) Kamran Alibabayev (2015–present) References External links FK Shamkir at PFL.AZ Football clubs in Azerbaijan Association football clubs established in 1954 1954 establishments in Azerbaijan Defunct football clubs in Azerbaijan Association football clubs disestablished in 2017 2017 disestablishments in Azerbaijan