Azerbaijan national futsal team
Introduction The '''Azerbaijan national futsal team''' is the national futsal team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. It represents Azerbaijan in international futsal competitions such as the FIFA Futsal World Cup and the European Championships. They are ranked 13th in the world, the highest-ranking team from Caucasus in the World Rankings. They are also ranked 7th in Europe on 10 August 2021.Azerbaijan had never qualified for the FIFA Futsal World Cup until 2016, but they have participated in the last five editions of the European Championship.
History ===Recently===Azerbaijan's first appearance at the big level came during the 2010 UEFA Futsal Championship. They were unbeaten in qualifying and finished second to Portugal in their group, and only then after conceding a late equalizer against the 2007 semi-finalists. Alesio has put together a potent blend of naturalized South Americans and local talent like Vitaliy Borisov and the Brazilian coach and much of the Azerbaijan squad are involved with champion club Araz Naxçivan, who in November won through to this spring's four-team UEFA Futsal Cup finals. Despite finishing in fourth place, Azerbaijan's finals run was the best showing by a debutant since the inaugural UEFA Futsal Championship tournament. Azerbaijan's Biro Jade won the Golden Boot award as joint top scorer with five goals.
Tournament records ===FIFA Futsal World Cup===FIFA Futsal World Cup recordQualification recordYearRoundOutcome 1989 1992 1996''Did not qualify''Group A 6th place51041225 2000Group D 3rd place41121922 2004Group 7 Runners-up2011510 2008Group 6 Runners-up3201156 2012Play-offs52121611 2016Quarterfinals52122518Play-offs53202813 2021''Did not qualify''Group C 3rd place64111511 2024Group A 3rd place941434331/10521225187/93917715144131===UEFA European Futsal Championship===UEFA Futsal Euro recordQualification recordYearRoundOutcome 1996''Did not qualify''Group A 6th place51041225 1999Group B Runners-up202044 2001Group C 3rd place3111128 2003Group E 3rd place310259 2005Group E 3rd place3102810 2007Group D Runners-up31201712 20104th Place52211813Group 6 Runners-up3210127 2012Group stage2002913Group 1 Runners-up32011313 2014Group stage2101713Group 2 Winners3300113 2016Quarterfinals3102814Play-offs5311208 2018Quarterfinals3102612Group 2 Winners3300165 2022Group stage311187Group 3 Winners6510226 2026''TBD''6/1318639567212/124223811152110===Minor tournament===this table consist of only senior A team Results (not include Youth and club match results)Four/Three Nations Cup recordYearRoundPldWDLGSGADifPts 2002 Tbilisi CupThird place2101157+83 2007 Izmir Cup'''Champions'''3300197+129 2008 Baku Cup'''Champions'''220074+36 2009-1 Baku Cup'''Champions'''2200104+66 2009-2 Baku Cup'''Champions'''2200113+86 2011 Baku Cup'''Champions'''3300154+119 2012 Baku CupRunners-up31117704 2013 Baku Cup'''Champions'''3300143+119 2014 Tashkent CupRunners-up320198+16 2015 Cupa FMF CupRunners-up10101101'''Total'''10/1024192310848+6058* Source:*https://web.archive.org/web/20161117212236/http://www.futsalplanet.com/news/news-01.asp?id=720*https://web.archive.org/web/20100118022640/http://futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=7807*https://web.archive.org/web/20100118020423/http://futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=8305*https://web.archive.org/web/20090206223856/http://futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=10230*https://web.archive.org/web/20100106044728/http://www.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=12027****https://web.archive.org/web/20161108195643/http://www.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=18825*https://web.archive.org/web/20161117211959/http://www.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=18981===All time general statistics record/Overview of results===* As a 15 Nov 2016TournamentPldWDLGSGADifPtsFIFA World Cup Record52122518+77FIFA World Cup Qualification Record2494119291+131European Championship Record124264253-1114European Championship Qualification Record28147710373+4049Minor Tournament Record24192310848+6059Friendly Match Record361781110590+1559Total 129  65  24  40  475  373  +102  219* Source:https://web.archive.org/web/20161116194204/http://www.futsalplanet.com/matches/index.asp
Players ===Current squad===The following players were called up to the squad for the UEFA 2024 FIFA Futsal World Cup qualification matches against Kazakhstan on 6 and 11 October 2023.Head coach: Vitaliy Borisov===Recent call-ups===The following players have also been called up to the squad within the last 12 months.COV Player withdrew from the squad due to contracting COVID-19.INJ Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.PRE Preliminary squad.RET Retired from international futsal.
Results and Fixtures ===2016===------------------------------------
Managers *  Elman Alakbarov (2008–2009)*  Alesio (2009-2014)*  Tino Perez (2014-2016)*  Miltinho (2016-2017)*  Biro Jade (2017-2018)*  Alesio (2018-2023)*  Vitaliy Borisov (2023-''present'')
See also * Araz Naxçivan* Azerbaijan national football team* Baku United
References *Minor tournament Source:*https://web.archive.org/web/20161117212236/http://www.futsalplanet.com/news/news-01.asp?id=720*https://web.archive.org/web/20100118022640/http://futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=7807*https://web.archive.org/web/20100118020423/http://futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=8305*https://web.archive.org/web/20090206223856/http://futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=10230*https://web.archive.org/web/20100106044728/http://www.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=12027****https://web.archive.org/web/20161108195643/http://www.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=18825*https://web.archive.org/web/20161117211959/http://www.futsalplanet.com/agenda/agenda-01.asp?id=18981
External links *  Official website