Shamkir FC

Shamkir Football Club (Azerbaijani: Şəmkir Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Şəmkir, that currently plays in the Azerbaijan First Division. The club is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Azerbaijan's football history with two Azerbaijan Premier League titles.

Shamkir FC

Full name	Şəmkir Futbol Klubu
Founded	1954; 71 years ago (1954)
Dissolved	2017; 8 years ago (2017)
Ground	Shamkir Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Capacity	2,000
Manager	Kamran Alibabaev
League	Azerbaijan First Division
2015–16	5th
Home colours Away colours

History

The club was established in 1954, even though it never participated in any Soviet football league. It was re-established in 1993. Shamkir's most successful years were at the start of the 2000s, after Shahbaz Suleymanov's takeover, the club with Agaselim Mirjavadov consecutively won three Azerbaijan Premier League titles and reached the final of Azerbaijan Cup three times.^[1][2] The club also became the first Azerbaijani team to pass the qualifying stage of Champions League.^[3] In 2005, the club was briefly defunct due to sponsorship reasons but re-established once again on 19 August 2009 after finding sponsors.^[4]

Stadium

Shamkir Olympic Sport Complex Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. It is used as a home ground of Shamkir FC since 2010.

Honours

National

• Azerbaijan Premier League

Winners (2): 1999–00, 2000–01

• Azerbaijan First Division

Winners (1): 1994–95

League and domestic cup history

The club squad during Azerbaijan First Division

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup
1993–94	2nd	8	18	12	0	6	42	19	24	Preliminary Round
1994–95	2nd	1	28	21	6	1	38	11	48	1/16 Finals
1995–96	1st	10	20	3	4	13	15	39	13	Quarter-Finals
1996–97	1st	12	30	8	2	20	30	106	26	1/8 Finals
1997–98	1st	3	26	15	9	2	44	10	54	Quarter-Finals
1998–99	1st	2	36	21	3	12	52	34	66	Runners-Up
1999-00	1st	1	22	17	4	1	46	11	55	1/8 Finals
2000–01	1st	1	20	16	3	1	60	14	51	1/8 Finals
2001–02[n 1]	1st	1	32	23	7	2	80	20	76	Runners-Up
2003–04	1st	2	26	20	4	2	67	11	64	Runners-Up
2004–05	1st	13	34	9	5	20	34	48	32	1/8 Finals
2010–11	2nd	9	26	5	7	14	15	36	22	Preliminary Round
2011–12	2nd	8	26	9	6	11	38	38	33	did not enter
2012–13	2nd	13	24	3	6	15	23	56	15	did not enter
2013–14	2nd	11	30	8	7	15	28	42	31	did not enter
2014–15	2nd	11	30	8	8	14	25	46	32	did not enter
2015–16	2nd	5	26	10	8	8	30	24	38	Second round
2016–17	2nd	6	26	15	3	8	41	20	48	First round
2017–18	RL									did not enter

UEFA club competition results

• Q = Qualifying

Season	Competition	Round	Country	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1999/00	UEFA Cup	Q		Kryvbas Kryviy Rih	0–2	0–3	0–5
2000/01	UEFA Champions League	Q1		Skonto Riga	4–1	1–2	5–3
		Q2		SK Slavia Prague	1–4	0–1	1–5
2001/02	UEFA Champions League	Q1		Barry Town	0–1	0–2	0–3
2004/05	UEFA Cup	Q1		FC Tbilisi	1–4	0–1	1–5

Managers

Managers in modern history

• Afgan Talybov (1997–1998)
• Agaselim Mirjavadov (1998–2001)
• Gahraman Aliyev (2001–2005)
• Faig Jabbarov (2009–2011)
• Anar Kalantarov (2011–2013)
• Ruslan Abbasov (2013–2015)
• Kamran Alibabayev (2015–2016)
• Gahraman Aliyev (2016–2017)
• Badri Kvaratskhelia (2017)

Notes

1. The AFFA and the clubs were discontinued due to the conflict between the clubs and the results were not taken into account.