Azerbaijan women's national football team
Introduction The '''Azerbaijan women's national football team''' represents Azerbaijan in international women's football. They are currently 79th 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.
History ===2000s===In 2005, the AFFA had planned to send a team to the Women's World Cup qualifying, finally, the team withdrew before it started the qualifying tournament. On 18 November 2006 Azerbaijan played its first game against Romania in the city of Mogosoaia for the 2009 Euro qualifiers with a team led by Shamil Haydarov and captained by Kifayat Osmanova, losing 4–1 with its first goal scored by Svetlana Milyukhina, they played two matches later, in which they won against Estonia and lost against Bulgaria, they ended up eliminated from the tournament with 3 points. In 2009, Azerbaijan participated for the first time in a World Cup qualifying in Group 8, with Belgium, Czech Republic, Sweden and Wales, where it played three games, one won, one drawn and one lost before the end of the year.===2010s===In 2010, Azerbaijan played five games for the qualifiers, losing them all and being eliminated from the competition with 4 points, a game won, one drawn lost six games, scoring two goals and conceding sixteen. After that campaign, the team did not play to date back and has not scheduled any competition or friendly match. The team not even entered the 2015 World Cup Qualifiers.
Team image ===Nicknames===The Azerbaijan women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "'''' (The Land of Fire)".===Home stadium===Azerbaijan plays their home matches on the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium and the Ismet Qaibov Stadium.
Results and fixtures The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled. ;Legend===2023===* Azerbaijan Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com
Head-to-head record The following table shows Azerbaijan's all-time international record, correct as of 1 June 2018.Against Played Won Drawn LostTotal27105123484Source:  Worldfootball
Coaching staff ===Current coaching staff=== Position Name Ref. Head coach Siyasat Asgarov ===Manager history=== Manager Azerbaijan career Played Won Drawn Lost Shamil Haydarov 2006–2017 22 7 4 11Siyasat Asgarov 20? ?–present 0 0 0 0
Players ===Current squad===*The following players were named for the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League matches against Cyprus and  Faroe Islands  on 1 and 5 December 2023. ''Caps and goals are correct, as of 23 February 2021. ''===Recent call ups===The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.
Records ''*Active players in '''bold''', statistics correct as of 21 August 2021. ''===Most capped players===#PlayerYear(s)Caps===Top goalscorers===#PlayerYear(s)GoalsCaps
Competitive record ===FIFA Women's World Cup===FIFA Women's World Cup recordQualification recordYear Result GP W D* L GF GA GDQ GP W D* L GF GA GD 1991''Part of Soviet Union''qual. ''Part of Soviet Union'' 1995''Did not enter''qual. ''Did not enter'' 1999qual. 2003qual. 2007qual. 2011''Did not qualify''qual.8116260−58 2015''Did not enter''qual. ''Did not enter'' 2019qual. 2023''Did not qualify''qual.8215516−112027''To be determined''qual. ''To be determined''-163211776−69:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. ''===Olympic Games===Summer Olympics recordYear Result GP W D* L GF GA GD  1996 ''Did not enter''  2000  2004  2008  2012''Did not qualify''  2016''Did not enter''  2020  2024''Unable to qualify'':''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks. ''===UEFA Women's Championship===UEFA Women's Championship recordQualifying recordYear Result GP W D* L GF GA GDQ GP W D* L GF GA GD1984 to  1991''Part of Soviet Union'' – ''Part of Soviet Union'' 1993''Did not enter''qual. ''Did not enter'' 1995qual. 1997qual. 2001qual. 2005qual. 2009''Did not qualify''qual.310249−5 2013''Did not enter''qual. ''Did not enter'' 2017qual. 2022''Did not qualify''qual.8107235−33 2025''To be determined''qual. ''To be determined''-11209644−38:''*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.''
See also *Azerbaijan women's national football team**Azerbaijan women's national football team results**List of Azerbaijan women's international footballers*Azerbaijan women's national under-20 football team*Azerbaijan women's national under-17 football team
References
External links * Football Federation of Azerbaijan