Azerbaijan women's national football team

Azerbaijan

Nickname(s)	Odlar Yurdu (The Land of Fire)
Association	Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Siyasat Asgarov
Captain	Aytaj Sharifova
Home stadium	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium Ismet Qaibov Stadium
FIFA code	AZE
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	74 (11 December 2025)[1]
Highest	58 (December 2009)
Lowest	83 (December 2021)
First international
Romania 4–1 Azerbaijan  (Mogoșoaia, Romania; 18 November 2006)
Biggest win
Macedonia 0–4 Azerbaijan  (Tbilisi, Georgia; 13 May 2009)  Azerbaijan 4–0 Bahrain  (13 March 2015)  Azerbaijan 4–0 United Arab Emirates  (Baku, Azerbaijan; 20 February 2022)
Biggest defeat
Sweden 17–0 Azerbaijan  (Gothenburg, Sweden; 23 June 2010)

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.^[2] The majority of Azerbaijan's home matches are held at the national stadium, Tofiq Bahramov Stadium.

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.

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.

The Azerbaijan women's national football team has been known or nicknamed as the "Odlar Yurdu (The Land of Fire)".

Azerbaijan plays their home matches on the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium and the Ismet Qaibov Stadium.

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

Legend

  Win   Draw   Lose   Fixture

Russia  v  Azerbaijan

28 November Friendly	Russia	1–0	Azerbaijan	Sochi, Russia
17:00 UTC+3	Fedorova 6'  37' Petukhova  45'	Report		Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Referee: Nodira Mirzoeva (Tajikistan)

Russia  v  Azerbaijan

2 December Friendly	Russia	1–0	Azerbaijan	Sochi, Russia
17:00 UTC+3	Svistunova 29' Morozova  90'	Report	Bakarandze  80' Seyfatdinova  87'	Stadium: Fisht Olympic Stadium Referee: Nodira Mirzoeva (Tajikistan)

Azerbaijan  v  Montenegro

21 February 2025–26 Nations League	Azerbaijan	0–0	Montenegro	Baku, Azerbaijan
12:00		Report		Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 40 Referee: Tatyana Sorokopudova (Kazakhstan)

Lithuania  v  Azerbaijan

4 April 2025–26 Nations League	Lithuania	0–2	Azerbaijan	Vilnius, Lithuania
17:30 (18:30 EEST)		Report	Manya 20' Mirzaliyeva 55'	Stadium: LFF Stadium Attendance: 447 Referee: Marina Zechner (Austria)

Montenegro  v  Azerbaijan

8 April 2025–26 Nations League	Montenegro	1–1	Azerbaijan	Nikšić, Montenegro
18:00	Đoković 90+2' (pen.)	Report	Mollayeva 54'	Stadium: Gradski Stadion Attendance: 1,000 Referee: Marta San Juan (Andorra)

Azerbaijan  v  Lithuania

30 May 2025–26 Nations League	Azerbaijan	0–5	Lithuania	Baku, Azerbaijan
16:00		Report	Jonušaitė 3', 30' Grikšaitė 10' Lazdauskaitė 42' Romanovskaja 48'	Stadium: Bayil Arena Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Sapir Gaya Berman (Israel)

Belarus  v  Azerbaijan

28 June Friendly	Belarus	3–0	Azerbaijan	Zhodzina, Belarus
18:00 UTC+3				Stadium: Torpedo Stadium (Zhodino)

Belarus  v  Azerbaijan

1 July Friendly	Belarus	2–0	Azerbaijan	Minsk, Belarus
16:00 UTC+3	Alina Linnik 49' Anastasiya Shlapakova 67'	Match report		Stadium: Traktar Stadium

Kazakhstan  v  Azerbaijan

24 October Friendly	Kazakhstan	1–2	Azerbaijan	Shymkent, Kazakhstan
18:00	?? ??'		Manya 30' Jafarzade 82'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium

Kazakhstan  v  Azerbaijan

27 October Friendly	Kazakhstan	0–1	Azerbaijan	Shymkent, Kazakhstan
14:00			Mirzaliyeva 82'	Stadium: Kazhymukan Munaitpasov Stadium

Malaysia  v  Azerbaijan

29 November Bangladesh Tri-Nations Cup	Malaysia	0–2	Azerbaijan	Dhaka, Bangladesh
18:00 UTC+6		Report	Bozdağ 3' Mirzaliyeva 23'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Anjana Rai (Nepal)

Bangladesh  v  Azerbaijan

2 December Bangladesh Tri-Nations Cup	Bangladesh	1–2	Azerbaijan	Dhaka, Bangladesh
18:00 UTC+6	Manda 33'	Report	Jafarzade 19' Manya 83'	Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Om Choki (Bhutan)

Azerbaijan  v  North Macedonia

3 March 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification	Azerbaijan	v	North Macedonia	Azerbaijan
		Report

Hungary  v  Azerbaijan

7 March 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification	Hungary	v	Azerbaijan	Hungary
		Report

Andorra  v  Azerbaijan

14 April 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification	Andorra	v	Azerbaijan	Andorra
		Report

Azerbaijan  v  Andorra

18 April 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification	Azerbaijan	v	Andorra	Azerbaijan
		Report

Azerbaijan  v  Hungary

5 June 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification	Azerbaijan	v	Hungary	Azerbaijan
		Report

North Macedonia  v  Azerbaijan

9 June 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification	North Macedonia	v	Azerbaijan	North Macedonia
		Report

• Azerbaijan Results and Fixtures – Soccerway.com

The following table shows Azerbaijan's all-time international record, correct as of 1 June 2018.

Source: Worldfootball

Manager	Azerbaijan career	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost
Shamil Haydarov	2006–2017	22	7	4	11
Siyasat Asgarov	20??–present	0	0	0	0

The following players were named for the 2025 Bangladesh Tri-Nations Cup against Bangladesh and Malaysia in November 2025.

Caps and goals are correct as of 27 October 2025 after the second match against Kazakhstan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Aytaj Safiyova	(1997-01-08) 8 January 1997	28	0	Trabzonspor
12	1GK	Gunay Ismayilova	(1998-03-08) 8 March 1998	2	0	Amed
22	1GK	Mehriban Shahmammadova
2	2DF	Alina Nehmedova		1	0
3	2DF	Jala Mahsimova	(1996-09-02) 2 September 1996	21	0	Amed
4	2DF	Nigar Mirzaliyeva	(2002-04-28) 28 April 2002	29	3	Zenit
5	2DF	Aysen Ahmadova	(2000-05-05) 5 May 2000	25	2	PAOK
13	2DF	Nargiz Hajiyeva		0	0
15	2DF	Kamilla Mammadova	(1996-08-31) 31 August 1996	13	0	Asya Spor Kulübü
16	2DF	Aysun Muradova		0	0
18	2DF	Aydan Hasanova	(2006-01-26) 26 January 2006	0	0	Neftçi PFK
21	2DF	Fidan Jafarova	(2004-10-24) 24 October 2004	2	0	Nuxa FC
23	2DF	Yeliz Açar	(1997-12-19) 19 December 1997	22	0	Fatih Vatan Spor
6	3MF	Esra Manya	(1999-04-11) 11 April 1999	7	0	Beşiktaş
7	3MF	Mana Mollayeva	(1998-03-19) 19 March 1998	20	1
8	3MF	Firangiz Teymurova	(1999-08-14) 14 August 1999	7	0
11	3MF	Vusala Seyfeddinova	(2000-03-11) 11 March 2000	27	2	Fomget Gençlik ve Spor
14	3MF	Joshguna Aliyeva	(2002-03-22) 22 March 2002	15	0	Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor
17	3MF	Vusala Hajiyeva	(1999-10-03) 3 October 1999	22	0	Amed
20	3MF	Peritan Bozdağ	(1999-06-15) 15 June 1999	20	3	Fatih Vatan Spor
9	4FW	Sevinj Jafarzade (captain)	(1994-06-01) 1 June 1994	18	2	Krasnodar
10	4FW	Kristina Bakarandze	(1998-05-19) 19 May 1998	27	3	Galatasaray
19	4FW	Roya Aliyeva	(2006-07-23) 23 July 2006	0	0	Neftçi PFK

The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Nargiz Aliyeva	(2002-03-22) 22 March 2002	3	0	Fatih Vatan Spor	v.  Kazakhstan, 27 October 2025
GK	Firuzə Bayramova	{{{age}}}	-	-	{{{club}}}	v.  Montenegro, 21 February 2025
DF	Alina Dorofeeva	(1998-08-31) 31 August 1998	17	1	Yenisey	v.  Kazakhstan, 27 October 2025
DF	Milana Rahimova	(2004-04-29) 29 April 2004	1	0	Ünye Gücü	v.  Belarus, 1 July 2025
MF	Aysen Salamzada		1	0		v.  Kazakhstan, 27 October 2025
MF	Aysen Aliyeva	(1997-07-19) 19 July 1997	9	1	Çaykur Rizespor	v.  Kazakhstan, 27 October 2025
MF	Fatimeyi-Zəhra Hüseynli	{{{age}}}	-	-	{{{club}}}	v.  Lithuania, 30 May 2025
MF	Sevinc Fəttazada	{{{age}}}	-	-	{{{club}}}	v.  Lithuania, 30 May 2025
MF	Nazlıcan Parlak	(1993-05-27) 27 May 1993	20	1	Galatasaray	v.  Montenegro, 8 April 2025
MF	Sona Rahimova	(2001-07-14) 14 July 2001	7	0	Amed	v.  Montenegro, 8 April 2025
MF	Diana Mammadova	(1998-03-05) 5 March 1998	20	1	Yenisey	v.  Belarus, 1 July 2025
MF	Joshguna Aliyeva	(2002-03-22) 22 March 2002	14	0	Kdz. Ereğli Belediye Spor	v.  Belarus, 1 July 2025

*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 21 August 2021.

FIFA Women's World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		Q	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD
1991	Part of Soviet Union									qual.	Part of Soviet Union
1995	Did not enter									qual.	Did not enter
1999										qual.
2003										qual.
2007										qual.
2011	Did not qualify									qual.	8	1	1	6	2	60	−58
2015	Did not enter									qual.	Did not enter
2019										qual.
2023	Did not qualify									qual.	8	2	1	5	5	16	−11
2027	To be determined									qual.	To be determined
2031	To be determined									qual.	To be determined
2035	To be determined									qual.	To be determined
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	16	3	2	11	7	76	−69

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

Summer Olympics record
Year	Result	Pld	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
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Championship record										Qualifying record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD		Q	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	P/R	Rnk
1984 to 1991	Part of Soviet Union									Part of Soviet Union
1993	Did not enter									qual.	Did not enter
1995										qual.
1997										qual.
2001										qual.
2005										qual.
2009	Did not qualify									qual.	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	–
2013	Did not enter									qual.	Did not enter
2017										qual.
2022	Did not qualify									qual.	8	1	0	7	2	35	−33	–
2025										qual.	8	1	1	6	3	22	–19	[a]	29th
2029	To be determined									To be determined
Total	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		Total	19	3	0	15	9	66	−57	29th

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA Women's Nations League record
Year	League	Group	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	Rnk
2023–24	C	3	1st	6	5	1	0	9	2		37th
2025	C	4	To be determined
Total				6	5	1	0	9	2	37th

	Promoted at end of season
	No movement at end of season
	Relegated at end of season
*	Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs

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