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Zira FK

Zira Football Club(Azerbaijani:Zirə Futbol Klubu) is anAzerbaijaniprofessionalfootballclub based inZirə,Baku.The club competes in theAzerbaijan Premier League.

Zira FK
Full nameZirə Futbol Klubu
Nickname(s)Qartallar(The Eagles)
Founded28 July 2014;10 years ago(2014-07-28)
GroundZira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Capacity1,500
PresidentTaleh Nasibov[1]
ManagerRashad Sadygov
LeagueAzerbaijan Premier League
2023–242nd
Websitehttp:// fczire.az/
Current season

History

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The club was established in 2014 and immediately joined theAzerbaijan First Division.[2]

Despite finishing 2nd in its inaugural season in theAzerbaijan Premier League,[3]the club wasn't allowed to compete in theUEFA Europa League.[4]

On 27 December 2016,Adil Shukurovhad his contract as manager terminated by mutual consent, withAykhan Abbasovtaking over as manager until the end of the2016–17 season.[5]

Aykhan Abbasov resigned as manager on 29 August 2018,[6]withSamir Abbasovbeing announced as his replacement the same day.[7]

On 8 October 2019, Abbasov left Zira by mutual consent,[8]withZaur Hashimovbeing appointed as manager until the end of the season the following day.[9]

On 17 July 2020,Rashad Sadygovwas announced as Zira's new manager on a three-year contract.[10]

Domestic history

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Season League Azerbaijan Cup Top goalscorer Manager Kit Manufacturer Sponsor
Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Name League
2014–15 2nd 5th 30 19 6 5 61 19 63 Quarterfinal Bahram Shahguliyev Kappa Santral Electric
2015–16 1st 2nd 36 17 11 8 42 31 62 Quarterfinal Nelson Bonilla 14 Adil Shukurov
2016–17 1st 4th 28 10 9 9 29 26 39 Quarterfinal César Meza Colli 4 Adil Shukurov
Aykhan Abbasov 		Umbro
2017–18 1st 4th 28 12 8 8 36 30 44 Quarterfinal Richard Gadze 7 Aykhan Abbasov Joma
2018–19 1st 5th 28 8 7 13 30 40 31 Semifinal Julio Rodríguez 8 Aykhan Abbasov
Samir Abbasov
2019–20 1st 4th 20 6 5 9 25 37 23 Semifinal Julio Rodríguez
Nijat Suleymanov 		4 Samir Abbasov
Zaur Hashimov
2020–21 1st 4th 28 8 14 6 28 28 38 Semifinal Davit Volkovi 8 Rashad Sadygov
2021–22 1st 3rd 28 13 8 7 33 27 47 Runners-up Davit Volkovi 11
2022–23 1st 5th 36 13 11 12 45 46 50 Quarterfinal Hamidou Keyta 8
2023–24 1st 2nd 36 16 10 10 33 22 58 Runners-up Qismət Alıyev 6

European history

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Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
2017–18 UEFA Europa League 1QR Differdange 03 2–0 2–1 4–1
2QR Astra Giurgiu 0–0 1–3 1–3
2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League 2QR Maccabi Tel Aviv 0–3 0–0 0–3
2024–25 UEFA Europa League 1QR Sheriff Tiraspol 1–2 (a.e.t.) 1−0 2–2(4–5p)
UEFA Conference League 2QR DAC Dunajská Streda 4–0 2–1 6–1
3QR Osijek 2–2 (a.e.t.) 1–1 3–3(2–1p)
POR Omonia 1–0 0–6 1–6
Notes
  • 1QR:First qualifying round
  • 2QR:Second qualifying round
  • 3QR:Third qualifying round
  • POR:Play-off round

Stadium

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Main article:Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium

Zira's home ground is theZira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium,which has a capacity of 1,500.

Players

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For a list of all former and current Zira FK players with a Wikipedia article, seeCategory:Zira FK players.

Current squad

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As of 3 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules.Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
3 DF RWA Ange Mutsinzi
4 DF BRA Ruan Renato
5 DF CIV Stephane Acka
6 MF UKR Eldar Kuliyev
7 DF AZE Magsad Isayev
8 MF AZE Ismayil Ibrahimli(loan fromQarabağ)
10 MF GEO Giorgi Papunashvili
11 FW AZE Rustam Akhmedzade(loan fromQarabağ)
13 GK AZE Aydın Bayramov
14 DF AZE Elchin Alijanov
15 MF CIV Pierre Zebli
16 DF AZE Fuad Bayramov
17 MF FRA Iron Gomis
18 MF BRA Martins Júnior
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 MF GUI Salifou Soumah
21 MF AZE Hajiagha Hajili
22 MF AZE Ildar Alekperov
23 FW BRA Raphael Utzig
24 MF NGA Yusuf Lawal
27 FW BRA Filipe Pachtmann
28 MF NGA Abbas Ibrahim
29 MF AZE Ceyhun Nuriyev
32 MF AZE Qismət Alıyev(captain)
41 GK AZE Anar Nazirov
70 MF NIG Issa Djibrilla
90 FW GEO Davit Volkovi
97 GK POR Tiago Silva

For recent transfers, seeTransfers summer 2024andTransfers winter 2023–24.

Coaching staff

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Position Name
Head coach Rashad Sadygov
Assistant coach Eltun Yagublu
Vagif Pashayev
Borce Hristov
Nariman Huseynov
Vugar Mammad
Goalkeeping coach Farhad Valiyev

Club records

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Top goalscorers

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As of match played 1 September 2024
Name Years League Azerbaijan Cup Continental Total
1 Davit Volkovi 2020–2022
2024–Present		 23 (62) 2 (10) 4 (8) 29(80)
2 Nelson Bonilla 2015–2016 14 (29) 3 (2) 0 (0) 17(31)
3 Julio Rodríguez 2019 12 (23) 3 (5) 0 (0) 15(28)
3 Richard Gadze 2017–2018
2019-2020		 13 (46) 0 (4) 2 (4) 15(54)
3 Hamidou Keyta 2022–2023 13 (46) 2 (6) 0 (2) 15(54)
6 Aghabala Ramazanov 2020–2022 12 (47) 1 (4) - (-) 13(51)
7 Ragim Sadykhov 2022–2024 10 (70) 2 (9) 0 (2) 12(81)
7 Qismət Alıyev 2020–Present 10 (121) 0 (17) 2 (10) 12(148)
9 Raphael Utzig 2024–Present 3 (19) 3 (5) 5 (8) 11(32)
10 Milan Đurić 2016–2018 8 (47) 1 (5) 0 (4) 9(56)

Most appearances

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As of match played 1 September 2024
Name Years League Azerbaijan Cup Continental Total
1 Ilkin Muradov 2015–2024 134 (3) 22 (2) 2 (0) 158(5)
2 Qismət Alıyev 2020–Present 121 (10) 17 (0) 10 (2) 148(12)
3 Dimitrios Chantakias 2020–2024 108 (6) 17 (1) 2 (0) 127(7)
4 Tamkin Khalilzade 2015–2018
2021–2022		 103 (8) 12 (0) 4 (0) 119(8)
5 Hajiagha Hajili 2020–Present 90 (0) 13 (0) 9 (0) 112(0)
6 Adil Naghiyev 2015
2015–2019		 96 (6) 7 (2) 2 (0) 105(8)
7 Vugar Mustafayev 2016–2019 79 (1) 9 (0) 3 (0) 91(1)
8 Victor Igbekoyi 2015–2018 81 (5) 5 (0) 3 (0) 89(5)
9 Anar Nazirov 2015–2019 83 (0) 1 (0) 4 (0) 88(0)
10 Jovan Krneta 2015–2018 76 (6) 6 (0) 3 (0) 85(6)

Managerial statistics

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As of match played 2 June 2024
Name Nat. From To P W D L GS GA %W Honours Notes
Bahram Shahguliyev Azerbaijan 28 July 2014 July 2015 31 19 6 6 61 20 061.29
Adil Shukurov Azerbaijan July 2015 27 December 2016[5] 56 24 14 18 60 58 042.86
Aykhan Abbasov Azerbaijan 27 December 2016[5] 29 August 2018[6] 51 22 16 13 66 52 043.14
Samir Abbasov Azerbaijan 29 August 2018[7] 8 October 2019[8] 37 12 10 15 41 50 032.43
Zaur Hashimov Azerbaijan 9 October 2019[9] 30 June 2020 16 6 6 4 24 28 037.50
Rashad Sadygov Azerbaijan 17 July 2020[10] 152 64 48 40 178 142 042.11
  • 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 correspondingFIFA country code(s).

References

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  1. ^"Taleh Nəsibov" Zirə "PFK-nın prezidenti təyin edilib".fczire.az(in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 3 August 2020. Archived fromthe originalon 6 January 2022.Retrieved3 August2020.
  2. ^"Bəhram Şahquliyev indi də" Zirə "nin baş məşqçisi oldu".rekord.az(in Azerbaijani). Archived fromthe originalon 27 December 2014.Retrieved28 July2014.
  3. ^""Qartallar" gümüş medalı təmin etdi ".fczire.az(in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 16 May 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 9 June 2016.Retrieved16 May2016.
  4. ^"AFFA-nın Lisenziya Komissiyasının qərarları".affa.az(in Azerbaijani). Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. 16 May 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 22 October 2019.Retrieved16 May2016.
  5. ^abc"Zirə də baş məşqçi dəyişikliyi".fczire.az(in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 27 December 2016.Archivedfrom the original on 3 January 2017.Retrieved2 January2017.
  6. ^ab"Ayxan Abbasov" Zirə "dən ayrıldı".fczire.az(in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 29 August 2018. Archived fromthe originalon 29 August 2018.Retrieved29 August2018.
  7. ^ab""Zirə" nin yeni baş məşqçi bəlli oldu ".fczire.az(in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 29 August 2018. Archived fromthe originalon 13 June 2022.Retrieved30 August2018.
  8. ^ab"Görüş zamanı" Zirə "nin cari mövsümdə göstərdiyi oyun və əldə olunan nəticələr müzakirə olunub".fczire.az/(in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 8 October 2019. Archived fromthe originalon 8 June 2022.Retrieved8 October2019.
  9. ^ab"Bu gün klub rəhbərliyi ilə mütəxəssis arasında görüş keçirilib və razılıq əldə olunub".fczire.az/(in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 9 October 2019. Archived fromthe originalon 8 June 2022.Retrieved9 October2019.
  10. ^ab""Zirə" PFK – nın baş məşqçisinin adı məlum olub. Komandanın yeni baş məşqçisi Rəşad Sadıqov olacaq ".fczire.az/(in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 17 July 2020. Archived fromthe originalon 17 July 2020.Retrieved17 July2020.
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