Qarabağ FK in European football

Qarabağ FK has participated in 14 editions of the club competitions governed by UEFA, the chief authority for football across Europe. These include 4 seasons in the Champions League, 9 seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, two seasons in the Cup Winners' Cup and one season in the Intertoto Cup.[1] Qarabağ has played three times in the Europa League after qualifying via the Champions League. Counting all of the 86 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 32 wins, 22 draws and 32 defeats.

Qarabağ playing against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge during the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League.

The club plays its home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, an all-seater stadium in Baku. Since the last rebuilding in 2012, it can host 31,200 spectators.[2] The record attendance for Qarabağ in a European match occurred 30 July 2014, in a 2014–15 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round match attended by 32,000 fans against Red Bull Salzburg which ended with a 2–1 win for the Qarabağ.[3] Qarabağ biggest wins is 5–0 against Samtredia in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualification, while the biggest defeats is 0–6 against Copenhagen in the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and Montpellier in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup.[1] With 67 caps, Rashad Sadygov and Maksim Medvedev has appeared in the most UEFA matches for Qarabağ,[1] while Reynaldo has scored the most goals with 11.[1] Qarabağ has played Metalurg Skopje, Twente and Copenhagen four times, more than any other team.

In 2017, after beating Copenhagen 2–2 (on away goals) in the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League, Qarabağ became the first Azerbaijani club to reach the group stage.[4] 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.[5]

The 2021–22 season saw Qarabağ progress from the group stage of a European competition for the first time, finishing second place in their UEFA Europa Conference League group after six matches.

Key

Matches

The following is a complete list of matches played by Qarabağ in UEFA tournaments. It includes the season, tournament, the stage, the opponent club and the scores in home and away, with Qarabağ's score noted first. It is up to date as of 5 October 2023.

List of Qarabağ FK matches in European football
Season Tournament Stage Opponent Home Away Aggregate Ref.
1996–97 Cup Winners' Cup QR Finland MyPa 0–1 1–1 1–2 (a.e.t.) [6]
1997–98 UEFA Cup Q1 Czech Republic Jablonec 97 0–3 0–5 0–8 [7]
1998–99 Cup Winners' Cup QR Denmark Copenhagen 0–4 0–6 0–10 [8]
1999 Intertoto Cup R1 Israel Maccabi Haifa 0–1 2–1 2–2 (a) [9]
R2 France Montpellier 0–3 0–6 0–9
2004-05 UEFA Cup Q1 Slovakia Dukla 0–1 0–3 0–4 [10]
2006–07 UEFA Cup Q2 Moldova Zimbru Chișinău 1–2 1–1 2–3 (a.e.t.) [11]
2009–10 Europa League Q2 Norway Rosenborg 1–0 0–0 1–0 [12]
Q3 Finland Honka 2–1 1–0 3–1
PO Netherlands Twente 0–0 1–3 1–3
2010–11 Europa League Q1 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje 4–1 1–1 5–2 [13]
Q2 Northern Ireland Portadown 1–1 2–1 3–2
Q3 Poland Wisła Kraków 3–2 1–0 4–2
PO Germany Borussia Dortmund 0–1 0–4 0–5
2011–12 Europa League Q1 Lithuania Banga Gargždai 3–0 4–0 7–0 [14]
Q2 Faroe Islands EB/Streymur 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
Q3 Belgium Club Brugge 1–0 1–4 2–4
2013–14 Europa League Q1 North Macedonia Metalurg Skopje 1–0 1–0 2–0 [15]
Q2 Poland Piast Gliwice 2–1 2–2 4–3 (a.e.t.)
Q3 Sweden Gefle IF 1–0 2–0 3–0
PO Germany Eintracht Frankfurt 0–2 1–2 1–4
2014–15 Champions League Q2 Malta Valletta 4–0 1–0 5–0 [16][17]
Q3 Austria Salzburg 2–1 0–2 2–3
Europa League PO Netherlands Twente 0–0 1–1 1–1 (a)
Group France Saint-Étienne 0–0 1–1 3rd place
Italy Internazionale 0–0 0–2
Ukraine Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–2 1–0
2015–16 Champions League Q2 Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja 0–0 1–0 1–0 [18][19]
Q3 Scotland Celtic 0–0 0–1 0–1
Europa League PO Switzerland Young Boys 3–0 1–0 4–0
Group Belgium Anderlecht 1–0 1–2 4th place
France Monaco 1–1 0–1
England Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 1–3
2016–17 Champions League Q2 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 2–0 1–1 3–1 [20][21]
Q3 Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 1–1 0–0 1–1 (a)
Europa League PO Sweden Göteborg 3–0 0–1 3–1
Group Italy Fiorentina 1–2 1–5 3rd place
Greece PAOK 2–0 1–0
Czech Republic Slovan Liberec 2–2 0–3
2017–18 Champions League Q2 Georgia (country) Samtredia 5–0 1–0 6–0 [22]
Q3 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 0–0 2–1 2–1
PO Denmark Copenhagen 1–0 1–2 2–2 (a)
Group Italy Roma 1–2 0–1 4th place
Spain Atlético Madrid 0–0 1–1
England Chelsea 0–4 0–6
2018–19 Champions League Q1 Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 0−0 1–0 1–0
Q2 Albania Kukësi 3–0 0−0 3–0
Q3 Belarus BATE Borisov 0–1 1−1 1–2
Europa League PO Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 3–0 0–1 3–1
Group England Arsenal 0–3 0–1 4th place
Portugal Sporting CP 1–6 0–2
Ukraine Vorskla Poltava 0–1 1–0
2019–20 Champions League Q1 Albania Partizani 2–0 0−0 2–0
Q2 Republic of Ireland Dundalk 3–0 1−1 4–1
Q3 Cyprus APOEL 0–2 2–1 2–3
Europa League PO Northern Ireland Linfield 2–1 2–3 4–4 (a)
Group Spain Sevilla 0–3 0–2 3rd place
Cyprus APOEL 2−2 1–2
Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 1−1 4–1
2020–21 Champions League Q1 North Macedonia Sileks 4–0 — —
Q2 Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 2–1 — —
Q3 Norway Molde 0–0 (5–6 p) — —
Europa League PO Poland Legia Warsaw — 3–0 —
Group Spain Villarreal 1–3 0–3 4th place
Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv 1–1 0–1
Turkey Sivasspor 2–3 0–2
2021–22 Europa Conference League Q2 Israel Ashdod 0–0 1–0 1–0
Q3 Cyprus AEL Limassol 1–0 1–1 2–1
PO Scotland Aberdeen 1–0 3–1 4–1
Group Switzerland Basel 0–0 0–3 2nd place
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 Q1 Poland Lech Poznań 5-1 0-1 5–2
Q2 Switzerland Zürich 3–2 2–2 5–4
Q3 Hungary Ferencváros 1–1 3–1 4–2
PO Czech Republic Viktoria Plzeň 0–0 1–2 1–2
Europa League Group Germany SC Freiburg 1–1 1–2 3rd place
France Nantes 3–0 1–2
Greece Olympiacos 0–0 3–0
Europa Conference League KPO Belgium K.A.A. Gent 1–0 0–1 1–1 (p)
2023–24 Champions League Q1 Gibraltar Lincoln Red Imps 4-0 2-1 6–1
Q2 Poland Raków Częstochowa 1–1 2–3 3–4
Europa League Q3 Finland HJK 2–1 2–1 4–1
PO Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 1-1 2-0 3-1
Group Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Sweden BK Häcken 1-0
Norway Molde FK 1-0


By competition
Qarabağ playing against Red Bull Salzburg at Red Bull Arena during the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League

The following is a list of the all-time statistics from Qarabağ's games in the four UEFA tournaments it has participated in, as well as the overall total. The list contains the tournament, the number of games played (Pld), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L). The number of goals for (GF), goals against (GA), goal difference (GD) and the percentage of matches won (Win%). The statistics include qualification matches and is up to date as of the 2021–22 season.[23] The statistics also include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.

As of match played 05.10.2023
Tournament P W D L GF GA GD Win%
UEFA Champions League 51 21 18 12 66 44 +22 041.18
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 93 34 21 38 103 119 −16 036.56
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 168 64 44 60 192 204 −12 038.10

By opponent club nationality
Accurate as of 05.10.2023
Country Club Pld W D L GF GA GD
Albania Albania Kukësi 211030+3
Partizani 211020+2
Subtotal 422050+5
Austria Austria Red Bull Salzburg 210123–1
Subtotal 210123–1
Belarus Belarus BATE Borisov 201112–1
Subtotal 201112–1
Belgium Belgium Anderlecht 2101220
Club Brugge 210124–2
Gent 2101110
Subtotal 630357–2
Cyprus Cyprus AEL Limassol 211021+1
APOEL 411257–2
Omonia 211063+3
Subtotal 83321311+2
Czech Republic Czech Republic Jablonec 200208–8
Slovan Liberec 201125–3
Viktoria Plzeň 403123-1
Subtotal 8044116–12
Denmark Denmark Copenhagen 4103212–10
Subtotal 4103212–10
England England Chelsea 2002010–10
Tottenham Hotspur 200214–3
Arsenal 200204–4
Subtotal 6006118–17
Faroe Islands Faroe Islands EB/Streymur 2020110
Subtotal 2020110
Finland Finland Honka 220031+2
MYPA 201112–1
HJK Helsinki 220042+2
Subtotal 641186+2
France France Marseille 200216–5
Monaco 201112–1
Montpellier 200209–9
Saint-Étienne 2020110
Nantes 210142+2
Subtotal 10136720–13
Germany Germany Borussia Dortmund 200205–5
Eintracht Frankfurt 200214–3
Freiburg 201123-1
Subtotal 6015312–9
Gibraltar

Gibraltar

 Lincoln Red Imps 220061+5
Georgia (country) Georgia Samtredia 220060+6
Subtotal 220060+6

Greece Greece

 PAOK 220030+3
Olympiacos 211030+3
Subtotal 431060+6
Hungary Hungary Ferencváros 211042+2
Subtotal 211042+2
Republic of Ireland Ireland Dundalk 211041+3
Subtotal 211041+3
Israel Israel Ashdod 211010+1
Maccabi Haifa 2101220
Maccabi Tel Aviv 201112–1
Subtotal 6222440
Italy Italy Fiorentina 200227–5
Inter Milan 201102–2
Roma 200213–2
Subtotal 6015312–9
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan Kairat 220042+2
Subtotal 220042+2
Lithuania Lithuania Banga Gargždai 220070+7
Subtotal 220070+7
Luxembourg Luxembourg F91 Dudelange 422083+5
Subtotal 422083+5
Malta Malta Valletta 220050+5
Subtotal 220050+5
Moldova Moldova Sheriff Tiraspol 531173+4
Zimbru Chișinău 201123–1
Subtotal 732296+3
Montenegro Montenegro Rudar Pljevlja 211010+1
Subtotal 211010+1
Netherlands Netherlands Twente 403124–2
Subtotal 403124–2
Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Portadown 211032+1
Linfield 2101440
Subtotal 421176+1
Norway Norway Molde 211010+1
Rosenborg 211010+1
Subtotal 422020+2
Poland Poland Legia Warsaw 110030+3
Piast Gliwice 211043+1
Lech Poznań 210152+3
Wisła Kraków 2200422+
Raków Częstochowa 201134–1
Subtotal 95221911+8
Portugal Portugal Sporting CP 200218–7
Subtotal 200218–7
North Macedonia Republic of Macedonia Metalurg Skopje 431072+5
Sileks 110040+4
Subtotal 5410112+9
Scotland Scotland Aberdeen 220041+3
Celtic 201101–1
Subtotal 421142+2
Slovakia Slovakia Dukla 200204–4
Subtotal 200204–4
Slovenia Slovenia Olimpija Ljubljana 422041+3
Subtotal 422041+3
Spain Spain Atlético Madrid 2020110
Sevilla 200205–5
Villarreal 200216–5
Subtotal 6024212–10
Sweden Sweden Gefle 220030+3
Göteborg 210131+2
Häcken 110010+1
Subtotal 540171+6
Switzerland Switzerland Basel 201103–3
Young Boys 220040+4
Zürich 211054+1
Subtotal 632197+2
Turkey Turkey Sivasspor 200225−3
Subtotal 200225−3
Ukraine Ukraine Dnipro 2101220
Vorskla Poltava 2101110
Subtotal 4202330
Total 168644460192204–12

By club

The following list details Qarabağ FK's all-time record against clubs they have met three or more times in European competition. The club and its country are given, as well as the number of games played (Pld), won by Qarabağ (W), drawn (D) and lost by Qarabağ (L), goals for Qarabağ (GF), goals against Qarabağ (GA) and Qarabağ 's goal difference (GD). Statistics are correct as of the 2016–17 season and include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time. Accurate as of 05.10.2023.

Country Club Pld W D L GF GA GD Ref.
Moldova MLD Sheriff Tiraspol 5 3 1 1 7 3 +4
Cyprus CYP APOEL 4 1 1 2 5 7 -2
Luxembourg LUX F91 Dudelange 4 2 2 0 8 3 +5
Denmark DNK Copenhagen 4 1 0 3 2 12 –10
North Macedonia MKK Metalurg Skopje 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5 [24][25][26][27]
Netherlands NED Twente 4 0 3 1 2 4 –2 [28][29][30][31]
Slovenia SLO Olimpija Ljubljana 4 2 2 0 4 1 +3

Top scorers in Eurocups

Accurate as of 05.10.2023.

CountryNameGoals
France FRA Abdullah Zubir11
Brazil BRA Reynaldo das Silva11
Brazil BRA Kadi Borges 9
Brazil BRA Richard Almeida8
Spain ESP Dani Quintana8
Spain ESP Marcos Miguel7
Croatia CRO Phillip Ozobic7
Azerbaijan AZE Afran İsmayılov7
Ghana Ghana Kvabena Ovusu6
Spain ESP Jaime Romero6
Haiti Haiti Donald Guerruer6
Albania ALB Redon Xhixha5
Senegal SEN Ibrahima Wadji 5
South Africa South Africa Dino Ndlovu 5
Azerbaijan AZE Vüqar Nadirov 5
Azerbaijan AZE Rashad Sadıqov 5
Azerbaijan AZE Mahir Emreli 5
Cape Verde CPV Leandro Andrade 4
North Macedonia MKD Muarem Muarem 4
Netherlands NED George Leroy 4

Club Ranking

UEFA coefficient
Further information: UEFA coefficient

Correct as of 05.10.2016.[32] The table shows the position of Qarabağ FK (highlighted), based on their UEFA coefficient club ranking, and four clubs, which are closest to Qarabağ FK's position (the two clubs with the higher coefficient and the two with the lower coefficient).

Mvmt. Club 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 Coeff.
59 Romania CFR Cluj 10.000 4.000 3.000 8.000 1.500 26.500
60 Turkey Fenerbahçe - - 5.000 17.000 4.000 26.000
61 Azerbaijan Qarabağ FK 4.000 3.000 9.000 6.000 4.000 26.000
62 Greece PAOK Thessaloniki 2.500 5.000 13.000 1.500 4.000 26.000
63 Denmark Midtjylland 2,000 6,000 7,000 8,000 2,500 25.500

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