Qarabağ

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Full name	Qarabağ Futbol Klubu
Nicknames	Atlılar (The Horsemen)[1] Göy-ağlar (Blue and Whites)[2]
Founded	1951; 75 years ago (1951) (as Məhsul) 1987; 39 years ago (1987) (as Qarabağ)
Ground	Azersun Arena
Capacity	5,800
Owner	Azersun Holding
President	Tahir Gözel
Manager	Qurban Qurbanov
League	Azerbaijan Premier League
2025–26	Azerbaijan Premier League, 2nd of 12
Website	www.qarabagh.com 👁 Edit this at Wikidata
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Qarabağ Futbol Klubu (pronounced [ɡɑˈrɑbɑɣ]) is an Azerbaijani professional football club that competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top flight of Azerbaijani football. The club originates from Aghdam in the Karabakh region, but has not played in its hometown since 1993 due to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The club now plays in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan,^[3] at the Azersun Arena and Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, which also serves as the venue for Azerbaijan national team matches.

Formed in 1987, 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.

In 2014, the club won the Premier League, their first league title in 21 years.^[4] Qarabağ have won the Premier League twelve times and Azerbaijan Cup eight times.^[5] Qarabağ became the second Azerbaijani team after Neftçi PFK^[6] to advance to the group stage of a European competition, making its in the UEFA Europa League group stage in 2014–15 season. Qarabağ is the first Azerbaijani team to advance to the group stage of the higher UEFA Champions League, competing in the 2017–18 season.^[7] The club has played more UEFA matches than any other Azerbaijani team.

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The club was founded in 1951 as Məhsul after the Aghdam city stadium was built;^[8][9][10] there then began a serious effort towards the creation of a professional football team.^[11] Consequently, Qarabağ FK, playing under the name of Məhsul, took part in the 1966 Azerbaijani SSR championship.^[8] That year, the club reached fourth place in the local championship.

Qarabağ participated in the local championship for four consecutive years during which second place was their best result (achieved in 1969^[12]). After 1969, however, owing to carelessness and a lack of financial support, the team withdrew from the championships for almost ten years.^[8] In 1977, the team was reborn under name Şəfəq. In 1982 Şəfəq was the only representative of Aghdam in football. Between 1982 and 1987, the squad used the name "Kooperator". In 1988, Qarabağ won the champions title in the Azerbaijan SSR local championship under its current name.^[8] In addition to championship medals, the club won the right to play in the Soviet Second League.

On 23 July 1993, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the city of Agdam was seized by Armenian armed forces,^[13] and the team was forced to move from Imarat Stadium to Baku, while the former head coach and player of the team, Allahverdi Baghirov, died in the war.^[14][15][16] Despite all these difficulties, in 1993, Qarabağ won the Top League as well as the Azerbaijan Cup. Financial problems plagued the club during the period from 1998 to 2001, and the club went through hard times although it became the first Azerbaijani team to win away from home in a European competition by defeating the Israeli side Maccabi Haifa in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup thanks to a double strike from club legend^[17] Mushfig Huseynov.^[18] Qarabağ has also represented Azerbaijan in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup many times.

These problems were alleviated in 2001, when one of the largest holding companies of Azerbaijan, Azersun Holding, starting sponsoring the team. The squad used the name of Qarabag-Azersun for two seasons, but then returned its original name in 2004.^[19]

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In 2008, former Azerbaijani football star Gurban Gurbanov was appointed as head coach after the unexpected departure of Rasim Kara to Khazar Lankaran one week before the start of the 2008–09 season. Led by Gurbanov, Qarabağ have ignored a common strategy in Azerbaijani football: eschewing foreign signings in favour of nurturing local talent.^[3] Gurbanov brought with him a tiki-taka style of play, characterised by short passes, long periods of build-up and players interchanging positions.^[20]

Under Gurbanov, Qarabağ has become one of the most successful Azerbaijani football clubs in Europe (with three consecutive wins) and one which reached the UEFA Europa League play-off-round by beating Rosenborg in the UEFA Europa League, and also eliminated Honka of Finland.^[21][22] The achievements in European competitions have made Gurbanov among the most successful Azerbaijani managers ever.^[23]

In 2010, the club set an Azerbaijani record for the most significant win in a European competition by beating Metalurg Skopje 4–1 in Baku and eliminating Wisła Kraków to reach the play-offs for the second year in succession.^[24][25][26] In 2011, the club duplicated the same record by beating Banga Gargždai 4–0 in Gargždai.^[27] The 2011–12 season ended in disappointing style for Qarabağ, however, as they finished in fourth place, leaving the club without European competition.^[28] In 2013, Qarabağ reached Europa League play-off-round for third time in their history.^[29][30]

In May 2014, Qarabağ earned its second league title after 21 years.^[31] A month later, by beating Red Bull Salzburg, the club became first Azerbaijani side to win in the third round of UEFA Champions League.^[32][33] In August 2014, the club reached Europa League play-off round for the fourth time in last five seasons.^[34] In 2014, Qarabağ qualified for the 2014–15 Europa League group stage, becoming the second Azerbaijani team to advance to this stage in a European competition.^[35] On 23 October 2014, after defeating^[36] Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–0, the team became the first Azerbaijani club to win a Europa League group stage match.^[37][38]

In 2017, after victory over the Sheriff Tiraspol, Qarabağ qualified for the UEFA Champions League play-off rounds for the first time. In the first leg they recorded a 1–0 victory over Danish side F.C. Copenhagen in Baku.^[39] Despite losing 2–1 in the second leg, Qarabağ won on away goals and became the first Azerbaijani team to reach the group stages of the UEFA Champions League.^[40] They were drawn in Group C alongside Chelsea, Atlético Madrid and Roma, where they managed to obtain two points in six games after two draws and four losses.^[41]

In July and August 2021, Qarabağ secured their first participation in the group stage of UEFA Europa Conference League. Qarabağ knocked-out Ashdod (0–0 and 1–0),^[42] AEL Limassol (1–1 and 1–0)^[43] and Aberdeen (1–0 and 3–1)^[44] in the qualifiers. On 27 August, Qarabağ was drawn on Group H of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League alongside Basel, Kairat and Omonia.^[45] They eventually placed 2nd in the group, making it to the Knockout Play-off Round.^[46]

In the 2023–24 season Qarabağ made it to the Europa League group stage where they finished 2nd behind Bayer Leverkusen. Qarabağ were subsequently drawn against Braga in the knockout round play-off. The first leg ended as a 4–2 victory for Qarabağ. The second leg would finish 2–0 to Braga after normal time, but ultimately ended 3–2 to the Portuguese side after extra time, which meant Qarabağ won 6–5 on aggregate, and thus became the first ever team from Azerbaijan to reach the round of 16 in any UEFA club competition. The round of 16 draw pitted them against Bayer Leverkusen, whom they had already played earlier in the group stages. The club tied with Bayer Leverkusen 2–2 in the first leg at home but were knocked out in the second leg following two stoppage times goals from Patrik Schick, ending the game 3–2.^[47]

In the 2024–25 season, on April 27, 2025, Qarabağ secured the championship with four rounds remaining by drawing 1–1 against Sabah in the 32nd round of the Premier League, thus becoming Premier League champions for the 12th time in their history and for the 4th consecutive time.^[48] The club qualified for the UEFA Champions League again after beating Hungarian champions Ferencvárosi TC 5–4 on aggregate.^[49] The first match of the club back at the Champions League was a comeback 2–3 victory against Benfica. Following this victory, president Ilham Aliyev congratulated the club for its victory.^[50] On October 1, Qarabağ Agdam claimed their second win in the UEFA Champions League group stage with a 2-0 victory over Copenhagen at the Tofig Bahramov Republican Stadium in Baku.^[51] Qarabağ became the first Azerbaijani side to record back-to-back Champions League wins as they beat Copenhagen.^[52]

On 28 January 2026, Qarabağ lost away to Liverpool in the eighth and final round of the league phase of the UEFA Champions League. Nevertheless, with 10 points collected in the league phase and finishing 22nd in the tournament standings, Qarabağ made history as the first Azerbaijani club to advance to the Champions League knockout phase.^[53][54]

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The club have previously used Guzanli Olympic Stadium, which is situated in Quzanlı, the most populous municipality in the Agdam Rayon of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. The Imarat Stadium which was club's original home stadium was destroyed as a result of artillery attacks from Armenian military forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.^[55][56][57]

In 2012, the construction of a new football stadium Azersun Arena was announced, which was opened in June 2015. Azersun Arena is a multi-use football stadium in Surakhani settlement of Baku, Azerbaijan. It is currently used as the club's Azerbaijan Premier League home stadium and holds 5,800 people.^[58]

The Baku Olympic Stadium and Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium is used for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League games,^[59] where the record attendance for Qarabağ occurred on 27 September 2017, in a UEFA Champions League group stage match attended by 67,200 fans against Roma.^[60]

On 21 December 2023, Qarabağ played the 2023–24 Azerbaijan Cup match against MOIK Baku at Khankendi Stadium, Khankendi, making it the first match played in Karabakh Economic Region after the end of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.^[61]

Although a large part of Qarabağ's support is drawn from the local Aghdam population, they remain immensely well supported in the rest of Azerbaijan. This is mainly due to their being the only team to represent the war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh region in the league.^[62] The club draws support from the half a million Azerbaijani internally displaced people. In recent years, thanks to achievements on the pitch, the club has been involved in special youth projects enforcing stability and development in the IDP settlements near the border of Nagorno-Karabakh.^[63][64]

The club has a few supporting groups such as Imarat, Qarabağ Ordusu, Boys Qarabağ, and Ladies of Qarabağ.^[65][66] These groups often receive free tickets to Qarabağ's games, which helps Karabakh to have more support from fans.

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The crest on the club emblem is the symbol of the Karabakh. It is produced by English designers and based on the Karabakh horse.^[67] The horse stems from the club's nickname "The Horsemen"; although it was included on club programmes and scarves earlier, the crest was not displayed on the shirt until 2004.^[68] After Gurban Gurbanov's appointment, Qarabağ's attractive style of play led fans to call the team "Qafqazın Barselonası" ("Barcelona of The Caucasus"), which plays upon Barcelona's success in Europe.^[20][69] The club is sometimes called "Qaçqın Klub" ("The Refugee Club") after its conservative position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and refugee problem in Azerbaijan.^[20][70][71]

Qarabağ's traditional kit alludes to the club's location in Nagorno-Karabakh with the black and white representing light and darkness respectively. The club's kits are manufactured by Adidas and sponsored by Azersun, a Baku-based food producing company.

Period	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
2003–2004	Fila	FINAL
2004–2007	Adidas	Azersun
2007–2008	Puma
2008–2010	Adidas
2010–2011		Azərbaycan Sənaye Bankı
2011–2012	Kappa	Azersun
2012–2022	Adidas
2022–2023	İl`Azero
2023–	Adidas

The season-by-season performance of the club over the last ten years:

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	Diff	P	Cup	Europe		Top Scorer (League goals)	Head coach
2015–16	Premier League	1	36	26	6	4	66	21	+45	84	W	CL / EL	III R / GS	👁 Spain Dani Quintana (15)	👁 Azerbaijan Gurban Gurbanov
2016–17		1	28	19	5	4	46	14	+32	62	W	CL / EL	III R / GS	👁 South Africa Dino Ndlovu (10)
2017–18		1	28	20	5	3	37	13	+24	65	QF	CL	GS	👁 Azerbaijan Mahir Emreli (8)
2018–19		1	27	19	6	2	62	19	+43	63	SF	CL / EL	III R / GS	👁 Azerbaijan Mahir Emreli (16)
2019–20		1	20	13	6	1	34	7	+27	45	SF	CL / EL	III R / GS	👁 Azerbaijan Mahir Emreli (7)
2020–21		2	28	16	9	3	64	18	+46	57	SF	CL / EL	III R / GS	👁 Azerbaijan Mahir Emreli (18)
2021–22		1	28	21	6	1	72	13	+59	69	W	ECL	KO	👁 Brazil Kady Borges (12)
2022–23		1	36	28	6	2	91	25	+66	90	QF	CL / EL / ECL	PO / GS / KO	👁 Azerbaijan Ramil Sheydayev (22)
2023–24		1	36	26	5	5	97	37	+60	83	W	CL / EL	II R / 1/8	👁 Brazil Juninho (20)
2024–25		1	36	28	5	3	86	19	+67	89	RU	CL / EL	PO / LP	👁 Cape Verde Leandro Andrade (15)
2025–26		2	33	21	6	6	71	27	+44	69	SF	CL	1/8	👁 Cape Verde Leandro Andrade (9)

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The club have participated in 18 editions of the club competitions governed by UEFA, the chief authority for football across Europe. These include 7 seasons in the Champions League, 13 seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, two seasons in the Cup Winners' Cup and one seasons in the UEFA Europa Conference League and Intertoto Cup.^[72] Qarabağ has played six times in the Europa League after qualifying via the Champions League. Counting all of the 134 games the side have played in UEFA competitions since their first entry into the Cup Winners' Cup in the 1996–97 season, the team's record stands at 48 wins, 35 draws and 51 defeats.

As of match played 24 February 2026

Tournament	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League	73	32	19	22	113	89	+24	043.84
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	109	37	23	49	124	158	−34	033.94
UEFA Europa Conference League	16	8	4	4	19	17	+2	050.00
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	4	0	1	3	1	12	−11	000.00
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	1	0	3	2	11	−9	025.00
Total	206	78	47	81	259	287	−28	037.86

Games of Qarabağ in UEFA competitions
Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1996–97	Cup Winners' Cup	QR	👁 Finland MyPa	0–1	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)
1997–98	UEFA Cup	1Q	👁 Czech Republic Jablonec 97	0–3	0–5	0–8
1998–99	Cup Winners' Cup	QR	👁 Denmark Copenhagen	0–4	0–6	0–10
1999	Intertoto Cup	1R	👁 Israel Maccabi Haifa	0–1	2–1	2–2 (a)
		2R	👁 France Montpellier	0–3	0–6	0–9
2004–05	UEFA Cup	1Q	👁 Slovakia Dukla	0–1	0–3	0–4
2006–07	UEFA Cup	1Q	👁 Moldova Zimbru Chișinău	1–2	1–1	2–3 (a.e.t.)
2009–10	Europa League	2Q	👁 Norway Rosenborg	1–0	0–0	1–0
		3Q	👁 Finland Honka	2–1	1–0	3–1
		Play-off	👁 Netherlands Twente	0–0	1–3	1–3
2010–11	Europa League	1Q	👁 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje	4–1	1–1	5–2
		2Q	👁 Northern Ireland Portadown	1–1	2–1	3–2
		3Q	👁 Poland Wisła Kraków	3–2	1–0	4–2
		Play-off	👁 Germany Borussia Dortmund	0–1	0–4	0–5
2011–12	Europa League	1Q	👁 Lithuania Banga Gargždai	3–0	4–0	7–0
		2Q	👁 Faroe Islands EB/Streymur	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		3Q	👁 Belgium Club Brugge	1–0	1–4	2–4
2013–14	Europa League	1Q	👁 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje	1–0	1–0	2–0
		2Q	👁 Poland Piast Gliwice	2–1	2–2	4–3 (a.e.t.)
		3Q	👁 Sweden Gefle IF	1–0	2–0	3–0
		Play-off	👁 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	1–2	1–4
2014–15	Champions League	2Q	👁 Malta Valletta	4–0	1–0	5–0
		3Q	👁 Austria Red Bull Salzburg	2–1	0–2	2–3
	Europa League	Play-off	👁 Netherlands Twente	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		Group F	👁 France Saint-Étienne	0–0	1–1	3rd
			👁 Italy Internazionale	0–0	0–2
			👁 Ukraine Dnipro	1–2	1–0
2015–16	Champions League	2Q	👁 Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja	0–0	1–0	1–0
		3Q	👁 Scotland Celtic	0–0	0–1	0–1
	Europa League	Play-off	👁 Switzerland Young Boys	3–0	1–0	4–0
		Group J	👁 Belgium Anderlecht	1–0	1–2	4th
			👁 France Monaco	1–1	0–1
			👁 England Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	1–3
2016–17	Champions League	2Q	👁 Luxembourg Dudelange	2–0	1–1	3–1
		3Q	👁 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
	Europa League	Play-off	👁 Sweden IFK Göteborg	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Group J	👁 Italy Fiorentina	1–2	1–5	3rd
			👁 Greece PAOK	2–0	1–0
			👁 Czech Republic Slovan Liberec	2–2	0–3
2017–18	Champions League	2Q	👁 Georgia (country) Samtredia	5–0	1–0	6–0
		3Q	👁 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0	2–1	2–1
		Play-off	👁 Denmark Copenhagen	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		Group C	👁 Italy Roma	1–2	0–1	4th
			👁 Spain Atlético Madrid	0–0	1–1
			👁 England Chelsea	0–4	0–6
2018–19	Champions League	1Q	👁 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana	0–0	1–0	1–0
		2Q	👁 Albania Kukësi	3–0	0–0	3–0
		3Q	👁 Belarus BATE Borisov	0–1	1–1	1–2
	Europa League	Play-off	👁 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Group E	👁 Portugal Sporting Lisbon	1–6	0–2	4th
			👁 England Arsenal	0–3	0–1
			👁 Ukraine Vorskla Poltava	0–1	1–0
2019–20	Champions League	1Q	👁 Albania Partizani	2–0	0–0	2–0
		2Q	👁 Republic of Ireland Dundalk	3–0	1–1	4–1
		3Q	👁 Cyprus APOEL	0–2	2–1	2–3
	Europa League	PO	👁 Northern Ireland Linfield	2–1	2–3	4–4 (a)
		Group A	👁 Spain Sevilla	0–3	0–2	3rd
			👁 Cyprus APOEL	2–2	1–2
			👁 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange	1–1	4–1
2020–21	Champions League	1Q	👁 North Macedonia Sileks	4–0	—N/a	4–0
		2Q	👁 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	—N/a	2–1
		3Q	👁 Norway Molde	0–0	—N/a	0–0 (5–6 p)
	Europa League	PO	👁 Poland Legia Warsaw	—N/a	3–0	3–0
		Group I	👁 Spain Villarreal	1–3	0–3 (awd.)	4th
			👁 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	0–1
			👁 Turkey Sivasspor	2–3	0–2
2021–22	Europa Conference League	2Q	👁 Israel Ashdod	0–0	1–0	1–0
		3Q	👁 Cyprus AEL Limassol	1–0	1–1	2–1
		PO	👁 Scotland Aberdeen	1–0	3–1	4–1
		Group H	👁 Switzerland Basel	0–0	0–3	2nd
			👁 Kazakhstan Kairat	2–1	2–1
			👁 Cyprus Omonia	2–2	4–1
		KPO	👁 France Marseille	0–3	1–3	1–6
2022–23	Champions League	1Q	👁 Poland Lech Poznań	5–1	0–1	5–2
		2Q	👁 Switzerland Zürich	3–2	2–2	5–4 (a.e.t.)
		3Q	👁 Hungary Ferencváros	1–1	3–1	4–2
		PO	👁 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň	0–0	1–2	1–2
	Europa League	Group G	👁 Greece Olympiacos	0–0	3–0	3rd
			👁 Germany SC Freiburg	1–1	1–2
			👁 France Nantes	3–0	1–2
	Europa Conference League	KPO	👁 Belgium Gent	1–0	0–1	1–1 (3–5 p)
2023–24	Champions League	1Q	👁 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps	4–0	2–1	6–1
		2Q	👁 Poland Raków Częstochowa	1–1	2–3	3–4
	Europa League	3Q	👁 Finland HJK	2–1	2–1	4–2
		PO	👁 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1	2–0	3–1
		Group H	👁 Germany Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	1–5	2nd
			👁 Norway Molde	1–0	2–2
			👁 Sweden BK Häcken	2–1	1–0
		KPO	👁 Portugal Braga	2–3	4–2	6–5 (a.e.t.)
		RO16	👁 Germany Bayer Leverkusen	2–2	2–3	4–5
2024–25	Champions League	2Q	👁 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps	5−0	2−0	7−0
		3Q	👁 Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad	1–2	7−2	8−4 (a.e.t.)
		PO	👁 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb	0–3	0–2	0–5
	Europa League	LP	👁 Netherlands Ajax	0–3	—N/a	36th
			👁 England Tottenham Hotspur	—N/a	0–3
			👁 France Lyon	1–4	—N/a
			👁 Greece Olympiacos	—N/a	0–3
			👁 Sweden Malmö FF	1–2	—N/a
			👁 Norway Bodø/Glimt	—N/a	2–1
			👁 Romania FCSB	2–3	—N/a
			👁 Sweden IF Elfsborg	—N/a	0–1
2025–26	Champions League	2Q	👁 Republic of Ireland Shelbourne	1–0	3–0	4−0
		3Q	👁 North Macedonia Shkëndija	5–1	1–0	6−1
		PO	👁 Hungary Ferencváros	2–3	3–1	5–4
		LP	👁 Portugal Benfica	—N/a	3–2	22nd
			👁 Denmark Copenhagen	2–0	—N/a
			👁 Spain Athletic Bilbao	—N/a	1–3
			👁 England Chelsea	2–2	—N/a
			👁 Italy Napoli	—N/a	0–2
			👁 Netherlands Ajax	2–4	—N/a
			👁 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt	3–2	—N/a
			👁 England Liverpool	—N/a	0–6
		KPO	👁 England Newcastle United	1–6	2–3	3–9
2026–27	Europa League

As of 25 January 2025^[73]

Rank	Team	Coefficient
56	👁 Serbia FK Crvena zvezda	43.000
57	👁 Azerbaijan Qarabağ	42.000
58	👁 Scotland Celtic F.C.	41.000

The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.

As of 13 March 2026^[74]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK 👁 Image  AZE Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev 2 DF 👁 Image  BRA Matheus Silva 5 DF 👁 Image  MOZ Bruno Langa 7 MF 👁 Image  FRA Jaly Mouaddib 8 MF 👁 Image  MNE Marko Janković 9 MF 👁 Image  ESP Joni Montiel 10 MF 👁 Image  FRA Abdellah Zoubir (vice-captain) 11 FW 👁 Image  SWE Zakaria Sawo 13 DF 👁 Image  AZE Behlul Mustafazade 15 MF 👁 Image  CPV Leandro Andrade 17 FW 👁 Image  COL Camilo Durán 18 DF 👁 Image  BRA Dani Bolt 20 MF 👁 Image  BRA Kady Borges 21 MF 👁 Image  UKR Oleksiy Kashchuk

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW 👁 Image  AZE Musa Qurbanlı 24 DF 👁 Image  FRA Jérémie Gnali 26 DF 👁 Image  AZE Amin Rzayev 28 MF 👁 Image  POR Samuel Lobato 30 DF 👁 Image  AZE Abbas Hüseynov 32 MF 👁 Image  AZE Hikmat Jabrayilzade 35 MF 👁 Image  BRA Pedro Bicalho 44 DF 👁 Image  AZE Elvin Cafarguliyev 55 DF 👁 Image  AZE Badavi Guseynov (captain) 81 DF 👁 Image  COL Kevin Medina 89 GK 👁 Image  AZE Amin Ramazanov 97 GK 👁 Image  CRO Fabijan Buntić 99 GK 👁 Image  POL Mateusz Kochalski

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2025.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 GK 👁 Image  AZE Sadig Mammadzade (at Difai Agsu) 90 FW 👁 Image  AZE Davud Mansumov (at Shamakhi)

As of 12 September 2025.

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 12 GK 👁 Image  AZE Nijat Mammadzade 23 DF 👁 Image  AZE Tofig Bayramov 25 DF 👁 Image  AZE Javid Malikov 28 DF 👁 Image  AZE Allahverdi Rahimov 33 MF 👁 Image  AZE Ugur Safarov 39 MF 👁 Image  AZE Eltun Babazade 41 GK 👁 Image  AZE Emin Isgandarli 42 MF 👁 Image  AZE Mahmud Aghayev 43 MF 👁 Image  TUR Ahmet Levent Gülenç 45 FW 👁 Image  NGA Toheeb Abiodun 47 MF 👁 Image  AZE Mehdi Mutallimli 48 MF 👁 Image  AZE Aliakbar Rzazade

No. Pos. Nation Player 66 MF 👁 Image  AZE Haji Ibrahim 67 GK 👁 Image  AZE Teymur Hasanov 71 DF 👁 Image  AZE Masud Alishanli 73 DF 👁 Image  AZE Ashraf Alakbarli 74 DF 👁 Image  AZE Sabuhi Niftiyev 75 MF 👁 Image  AZE Emil Binyatzade 78 MF 👁 Image  AZE Ahmad Valiyev 79 FW 👁 Image  AZE Shahismayil Jafarov 80 FW 👁 Image  AZE Bahruz Gurbanli 91 MF 👁 Image  AZE Elton Mikayilov 92 FW 👁 Image  AZE Kanan Bakhishov

Qarabağ has won twelve Azerbaijan Premier League titles, eight Azerbaijan Cup titles and one Azerbaijan Supercup trophy. The club is the first non-Baku based club to have won the Azerbaijan Premier League title.^[75] Qarabağ is one of the two teams in Azerbaijan, along with Neftçi PFK which has participated in all Azerbaijan Premier League championships so far.^[75]

• Azerbaijan League^[12]
  • Winners (12): 1993, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
  • Runners-up (4): 1993–94, 1996–97, 2012–13, 2020–21, 2025-26
• Azerbaijan Cup^[76]
  • Winners (8): 1993, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2023–24
  • Runners-up (4): 1995–96, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2024–25
• Azerbaijan Supercup^[77]
  • Winners (1): 1994

• Azerbaijan SSR League^[12]
  • Winners (2): 1988, 1990
  • Runners-up (1): 1969
• Azerbaijan SSR Cup^[76]
  • Winners (1): 1990

Lists of the players with the most caps and top goalscorers for the club (players in bold signifies current Qarabağ player).^[78]

As of matches played by 22.05. 2026

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Rank	Player	Years	League	Cup	Continental	Total
1	👁 Azerbaijan Mushfig Huseynov	1989–1999 2003–2004 2005–2007	109 (244)	? (?)	2 (12)	111 (256)
2	👁 France Abdellah Zoubir	2018–present	55 (217)	6 (31)	17 (114)	78 (362)
3	👁 Azerbaijan Mahir Emreli	2015–2021	59 (126)	7 (21)	5 (49)	71 (216)
4	👁 Azerbaijan Richard Almeida	2012–2018 2018–2019 2021–2025	51 (256)	5 (31)	8 (91)	64 (378)
5	👁 Brazil Reynaldo	2012–2017 2019	44 (92)	7 (9)	11 (35)	62 (139)
6	👁 Cape Verde Leandro Andrade	2021–present	45 (137)	2 (20)	13 (56)	60 (213)
7	👁 Azerbaijan Musa Gurbanli	2019–2021 2021–2023 2024–present	44 (98)	4 (15)	1 (24)	49 (137)
8	👁 Azerbaijan Samir Musayev	2002–2006	44 (85)	? (?)	2 (4)	46 (89)
9	👁 Azerbaijan Yashar Huseynov	1989–2002	44 (226)	? (?)	0 (6)	44 (232)
10	👁 Spain Dani Quintana	2015–2020	33 (98)	3 (12)	8 (44)	44 (154)

As of As of matches played by 22.05.2026

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Rank	Player	Years	League	Cup	Continental	Total
1	👁 Azerbaijan Maksim Medvedev	2006–2024	376 (12)	50 (2)	126 (3)	552 (17)
2	👁 Azerbaijan Qara Qarayev	2008–2023	308 (5)	41 (0)	120 (0)	469 (5)
3	👁 Azerbaijan Badavi Guseynov	2013–present	267 (6)	36 (0)	97 (0)	400 (6)
4	👁 Azerbaijan Richard Almeida	2012–2018 2018–2019 2021–2025	256 (51)	31 (5)	91 (8)	378 (64)
5	👁 France Abdellah Zoubir	2018–present	217 (55)	31 (6)	114 (17)	362 (78)
6	👁 Azerbaijan Mushfig Huseynov	1989–1999 2003–2004 2005–2007	320 (120)	? (?)	12 (2)	332 (127)
7	👁 Azerbaijan Yashar Huseynov	1989–2002	325 (44)	? (?)	6 (0)	331 (44)
8	👁 Albania Ansi Agolli	2010–2019	224 (3)	24 (0)	69 (1)	317 (4)
9	👁 Azerbaijan Sattar Aliyev	1989 1990–2004	306 (17)	? (?)	8 (?)	314 (17)
10	👁 Azerbaijan Aslan Kerimov	1993–1997 2003–2011	268 (12)	? (?)	20 (0)	288 (12)

Information correct as of matches played by 28 October 2022. Only competitive matches are counted.

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
Elbrus Abbasov	👁 Image  Soviet Union	1988, 1990		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Azerbaijan SSR League (2) Azerbaijan SSR Cup	[79][80]
Aghasalim Mirjavadov	👁 Image  Azerbaijan	1993	1994	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Azerbaijan Premier League Azerbaijan Cup Azerbaijan Supercup	[81][82]
Boyukagha Aghayev	👁 Image  Azerbaijan	2006		N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Azerbaijan Cup	[83]
Gurban Gurbanov	👁 Image  Azerbaijan	2008	Present	406	226	106	74	588	301	055.67	Azerbaijan Premier League (11) Azerbaijan Cup (6)	[84]

The top transfer was agreed in January 2025 when 28 years old Brazilian forward Juninho moved to Flamengo for a fee €5.00 million.^[85]

Rank	Player	To	Fee	Year
1.	👁 Brazil Juninho	👁 Brazil Flamengo	€5.00 million	2025[86]
2.	👁 Brazil Kady Borges	👁 Russia Krasnodar	€2.00 million	2023[87]
3.	👁 Senegal Ibrahima Wadji	👁 France Saint-Étienne	€1.00 million	2022[88]
4.	👁 Azerbaijan Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev	👁 Turkey Adana Demirspor	€0.90 million	2023[89]
5.	👁 South Africa Dino Ndlovu	👁 China Zhejiang Professional	€0.65 million	2018[90]

Qarabağ is featured on the football simulation game Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 and 2016 and were later featured on FC 26^[91]

In October 2020, amid the Nagorno-Karabakh war, the Armenian Football Federation called for sanctions against Qarabağ after the club's PR and media manager Nurlan Ibrahimov posted a hate message on a social media network calling to "kill all the Armenians, old and young, without distinction".^[92] UEFA announced a temporary suspension of the club's official from any football-related activity for "racist and other discriminatory conduct” targeting Armenians.^[93] Qarabag issued a statement saying Ibrahimov had been traumatised by watching the news of the Ganja and Barda missile attacks, while also urging its employees to "refrain from such sharing in this sensitive period, adhere to the principles of humanism and fully comply with the laws of our state".^[94] Ibrahimov was punished in an administrative manner for the calls he made expressing cruelty against another nation and inciting national, racial or religious hatred while behaving emotionally on social network.^[95] On November 26, UEFA officially banned the Qarabağ official for life and fined the club €100,000.^[96] Shortly after the UEFA sanction, Ibrahimov was declared wanted in Armenia.^[97]

• Huizinga, Arthur (2012). Offside – Football in Exile. Paradox / YdocPublishing. ISBN 9789081887601.
• Giulianelli, Emanuele (2018). Qarabag: La squadra senza città alla conquista dell'Europa. Ultra sport. ISBN 978-8867767113.

• Official website (in Azerbaijani and English)
• Qarabağ FK at UEFA
• Qarabağ FK at FIFA

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