Zira FK

Zira FK
Full name	Zirə Futbol Klubu
Nickname(s)	Qartallar (The Eagles)
Founded	28 July 2014; 10 years ago
Ground	Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Capacity	1,500
President	Taleh Nasibov
Manager	Rashad Sadygov
League	Azerbaijan Premier League
2023–24	Azerbaijan Premier League, 2nd of 10
Website	http://www.fczire.az/
	Current season

Zira Football Club (Azerbaijani: Zirə Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani professional football club based in Zirə, Baku. The club competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League.

History

The club was established in 2014 and immediately joined the Azerbaijan First Division.^[2]

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

On 27 December 2016, Adil Shukurov had his contract as manager terminated by mutual consent, with Aykhan Abbasov taking over as manager until the end of the 2016–17 season.^[5]

Aykhan Abbasov resigned as manager on 29 August 2018,^[6] with Samir Abbasov being announced as his replacement the same day.^[7]

On 8 October 2019, Abbasov left Zira by mutual consent,^[8] with Zaur Hashimov being appointed as manager until the end of the season the following day.^[9]

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

Domestic history

Season	League									Azerbaijan Cup	Top goalscorer		Manager	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsor
Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Azerbaijan Cup	Name	League	Manager	Kit Manufacturer	Sponsor
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	Kappa
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

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Differdange 03	2–0	2–1	4–1
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	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 (4–5 p)
	UEFA Conference League	2QR	DAC Dunajská Streda	4–0	2–1	6–1
		3QR	Osijek	2–2 (a.e.t.)	1–1	3–3 (2–1 p)
		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

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

Players

Current squad

As of 8 January 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
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 from Qarabağ)
10	MF	GEO	Giorgi Papunashvili
11	FW	AZE	Rustam Akhmedzade (loan from Qarabağ)
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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	BRA	Martins Júnior
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
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, see Transfers summer 2024 and Transfers winter 2024–25.

Coaching staff

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

Club records

Top goalscorers

As of match played 21 December 2024

	Name	Years	League	Azerbaijan Cup	Continental	Total
1	Davit Volkovi	2020–2022 2024–Present	27 (76)	2 (11)	4 (8)	33 (95)
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	Raphael Utzig	2024–Present	6 (32)	3 (5)	5 (8)	14 (45)
7	Aghabala Ramazanov	2020–2022	12 (47)	1 (4)	- (-)	13 (51)
8	Ragim Sadykhov	2022–2024	10 (70)	2 (9)	0 (2)	12 (81)
8	Qismət Alıyev	2020–Present	10 (129)	0 (17)	2 (10)	12 (156)
10	Milan Đurić	2016–2018	8 (47)	1 (5)	0 (4)	9 (56)
10	Salifou Soumah	2023–Present	8 (51)	1 (7)	0 (4)	9 (62)

Most appearances

As of match played 21 December 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	129 (10)	17 (0)	10 (2)	156 (12)
3	Dimitrios Chantakias	2020–2024	108 (6)	17 (1)	2 (0)	127 (7)
4	Hajiagha Hajili	2020–Present	97 (0)	14 (0)	9 (0)	120 (0)
5	Tamkin Khalilzade	2015–2018 2021–2022	103 (8)	12 (0)	4 (0)	119 (8)
6	Adil Naghiyev	2015 2015–2019	96 (6)	7 (2)	2 (0)	105 (8)
7	Davit Volkovi	2020–2022 2024–Present	76 (27)	11 (2)	8 (4)	95 (33)
8	Vugar Mustafayev	2016–2019	79 (1)	9 (0)	3 (0)	91 (1)
9	Victor Igbekoyi	2015–2018	81 (5)	5 (0)	3 (0)	89 (5)
10	Anar Nazirov	2015–2019	83 (0)	1 (0)	4 (0)	88 (0)

Managerial statistics

As of match played 2 June 2024

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W
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 corresponding FIFA country code(s).

References

^ "Taleh Nəsibov "Zirə" PFK-nın prezidenti təyin edilib". www.fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
^ "Bəhram Şahquliyev indi də "Zirə"nin baş məşqçisi oldu". rekord.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
^ ""Qartallar" gümüş medalı təmin etdi". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 16 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
^ "AFFA-nın Lisenziya Komissiyasının qərarları". affa.az (in Azerbaijani). Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. 16 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Zirə də baş məşqçi dəyişikliyi". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 27 December 2016. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Ayxan Abbasov "Zirə"dən ayrıldı". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 29 August 2018. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b ""Zirə"nin yeni baş məşqçi bəlli oldu". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 29 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Görüş zamanı "Zirə"nin cari mövsümdə göstərdiyi oyun və əldə olunan nəticələr müzakirə olunub". fczire.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 8 October 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Bu gün klub rəhbərliyi ilə mütəxəssis arasında görüş keçirilib və razılıq əldə olunub". fczire.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 9 October 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b ""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 from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

External links

PFL

[1] "Taleh Nəsibov "Zirə" PFK-nın prezidenti təyin edilib". www.fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2020.

[2] "Bəhram Şahquliyev indi də "Zirə"nin baş məşqçisi oldu". rekord.az (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 27 December 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.

[3] ""Qartallar" gümüş medalı təmin etdi". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 16 May 2016. Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

[4] "AFFA-nın Lisenziya Komissiyasının qərarları". affa.az (in Azerbaijani). Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan. 16 May 2016. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 16 May 2016.

[Manager_Change-5] "Zirə də baş məşqçi dəyişikliyi". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 27 December 2016. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2017.

[Abbasov_Leaves-6] "Ayxan Abbasov "Zirə"dən ayrıldı". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 29 August 2018. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.

[Samir_Abbasov-7] ""Zirə"nin yeni baş məşqçi bəlli oldu". fczire.az (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 29 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2018.

[Samir_Abbasov2-8] "Görüş zamanı "Zirə"nin cari mövsümdə göstərdiyi oyun və əldə olunan nəticələr müzakirə olunub". fczire.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 8 October 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 October 2019.

[Zaur_Hashimov-9] "Bu gün klub rəhbərliyi ilə mütəxəssis arasında görüş keçirilib və razılıq əldə olunub". fczire.az/ (in Azerbaijani). Zira FK. 9 October 2019. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2019.

[Rashad_Sadygov-10] ""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 from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

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