Qarabağ Futbol Klubu, commonly known as Qarabağ (pronounced ) is an Azerbaijani football club playing in the Azerbaijan Premier League. The club originates from Agdam, ruined and abandoned since 1993 due to the Nagorno-Karabakh war, and is now based in Baku, the capital.
Formed in 1951, Qarabağ were founding members of the Azerbaijan Premier League in 1992. One season later, they won their first league championship, becoming the first non-Baku-based club to win the Premier League title. Qarabağ is one of the two teams in Azerbaijan, along with Neftçi PFK which has participated in all Premier League championships so far.
Qarabağ plays its matches at the Azersun Arena and Tofiq Bahramov Stadium in Baku, which also serves as the venue for Azerbaijan national team matches.
In 2014, the club won the Premier League, their first league title in 21 years. Qarabağ have won the Premier League six times and Azerbaijan Cup six times. Qarabağ became the second Azerbaijani team to advance to the group stage of a European competition, making its first of three consecutive seasons in the UEFA Europa League group stages in 2014–15. Qarabağ is the first Azerbaijani team to advance to the group stage of the higher UEFA Champions League, competing in the 2017–18 season.
Team Members
Andrade
Andrade
Axundzadə
27
Bayramov
10
Benzia
44
Cəfərquliyev
Diakhaby
Diakhaby
Gugeshashvili
Gugeshashvili
Gugeshashvili
Hüseynov
Hüseynov
Hüseynov
İbrahimli
Janković
Júnior
Keyta
Keyta
Lunev
Lunev
40
Lunev
Malinowski
Medvedev
Medvedev
Medvedev
13
Mustafazadə
Mustafazadə
Məhəmmədəliyev
Məhəmmədəliyev
4
Məmmədov
Məmmədov
Oliveira
Oliveira
Ozobić
Qarayev
Qarayev
Qarayev
Quliyev
Quliyev
Ramazanov
Ramazanov
Renteria
Renteria
Renteria
Romão
Romão
6
Romão
77
Sheydaev
Silva
Silva
Vešović
Vešović
Xhixha
Xhixha
Zoubir
Zoubir
Zoubir
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Stadium or Home
The Azersun Arena (Azerbaijani: Azərsun Arena) is a football stadium in Yeni Suraxanı, Baku, Azerbaijan, opened in June 2015. The main tenant of the stadium is Qarabağ, who moved from their current home at the Tofig Bahramov Stadium when it was completed.