Zira FK

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.

Zira

Full name	Zirə Futbol Klubu
Nickname(s)	Qartallar (The Eagles)
Founded	28 July 2014; 11 years ago (2014-07-28)
Ground	Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium
Capacity	1,500
President	Taleh Nasibov[1]
Manager	Rashad Sadygov
League	Azerbaijan Premier League
2024–25	Azerbaijan Premier League, 2nd of 10
Website	fczire.az
Home colours Away colours
Current season

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 Abasov being announced as his replacement the same day.^[7]

On 8 October 2019, Abasov left Zira by mutual consent,^[8] with Zaur Hashimov being appointed as manager the following day, until the end of the season.^[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
	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P		Name	League
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
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
2024–25	1st	2nd	36	23	5	8	59	27	74	Quarterfinal	Salifou Soumah	12

European history

Main article: Zira FK in European football

As of match played 23 July 2025

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Europa League	6	3	1	2	7	6
UEFA Europa Conference League	10	3	4	3	12	16
Total	16	6	5	5	19	22

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Differdange 03	2–0	2–1	4–1
		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
2025–26	UEFA Conference League	2QR	Hajduk Split	1–1	1-2 (a.e.t.)	2–3

Notes

• 1QR: First qualifying round
• 2QR: Second qualifying round
• 3QR: Third qualifying round
• POR: Play-off round

Stadium

Main article: Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium

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

Players

For a list of all former and current Zira FK players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Zira FK players.

Current squad

As of 15 July 2025 ^[11]

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 4 DF  BRA Ruan Renato 5 DF  RWA Ange Mutsinzi 6 MF  UKR Eldar Kuliyev 7 MF  AZE Rovlan Muradov 8 MF  AZE Ismayil Ibrahimli 9 FW  GEO Davit Volkovi 10 MF  GEO Giorgi Papunashvili 11 MF  BRA Martins Júnior 12 MF  LUX Vincent Thill 13 GK  AZE Aydın Bayramov 14 DF  AZE Elchin Alijanov 16 DF  AZE Fuad Bayramov 17 MF  FRA Iron Gomis

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  NIG Issa Djibrilla 21 MF  AZE Hajiagha Hajili 23 FW  BRA Raphael Utzig 26 DF  CIV Stephane Acka 29 MF  AZE Ceyhun Nuriyev 30 MF  MOZ Guima 32 MF  AZE Qismət Alıyev (captain) 41 GK  AZE Anar Nazirov 77 FW  BLR Yegor Bogomolsky 87 MF  TOG Abdoul Aziz Batibie 93 MF  FRA Brahim Konaté 97 GK  POR Tiago Silva — MF  AZE Namiq Ələsgərov — FW  GER Leroy-Jacques Mickels

For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2025.

Coaching staff

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

Club records

Top goalscorers

As of match played 31 July 2025

	Name	Years	League	Azerbaijan Cup	Continental	Total
1	Davit Volkovi	2020–2022 2024–Present	31 (90)	2 (13)	4 (10)	37 (113)
2	Raphael Utzig	2024–Present	11 (46)	3 (7)	5 (8)	19 (61)
3	Salifou Soumah	2023–2025	17 (69)	1 (9)	0 (4)	18 (82)
4	Nelson Bonilla	2015–2016	14 (29)	3 (2)	0 (0)	17 (31)
5	Julio Rodríguez	2019	12 (23)	3 (5)	0 (0)	15 (28)
5	Richard Gadze	2017–2018 2019-2020	13 (46)	0 (4)	2 (4)	15 (54)
5	Hamidou Keyta	2022–2023	13 (46)	2 (6)	0 (2)	15 (54)
8	Aghabala Ramazanov	2020–2022	12 (47)	1 (4)	- (-)	13 (51)
9	Qismət Alıyev	2020–Present	11 (145)	0 (19)	2 (12)	13 (176)
10	Ragim Sadykhov	2022–2024	10 (70)	2 (9)	0 (2)	12 (81)

Most appearances

As of match played 31 July 2025

	Name	Years	League	Azerbaijan Cup	Continental	Total
1	Qismət Alıyev	2020–Present	145 (11)	19 (0)	12 (2)	176 (13)
2	Ilkin Muradov	2015–2024	134 (3)	22 (2)	2 (0)	158 (5)
3	Dimitrios Chantakias	2020–2024	108 (6)	17 (1)	2 (0)	127 (7)
4	Hajiagha Hajili	2020–Present	102 (0)	14 (0)	9 (0)	125 (0)
5	Tamkin Khalilzade	2015–2018 2021–2022	103 (8)	12 (0)	4 (0)	119 (8)
6	Davit Volkovi	2020–2022 2024–Present	90 (30)	13 (2)	10 (4)	113 (36)
7	Adil Naghiyev	2015 2015–2019	96 (6)	7 (2)	2 (0)	105 (8)
8	Rustam Akhmedzade	2022–2025	80 (6)	6 (2)	10 (0)	96 (8)
9	Vugar Mustafayev	2016–2019	79 (1)	9 (0)	3 (0)	91 (1)
10	Victor Igbekoyi	2015–2018	81 (5)	5 (0)	3 (0)	89 (5)

Managerial statistics

As of match played 31 July 2025

Name	Nat.	From	To	P	W	D	L	GS	GA	%W	Honours	Notes
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]		198	90	55	53	247	186	045.45

• 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).