Araz Naxçıvan is a
futsal Futsal is a football-based game played on a hardcourt, hard court smaller than a football pitch, and mainly indoors. It has similarities to five-a-side football and Indoor soccer, indoor football.
Futsal is played between two teams of five players ...
club based in
Nakhchivan City
Nakhchivan ( az, Naxçıvan ; arm, Նախիջևան, Nakhijevan) is the capital of the eponymous Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, located west of Baku. The municipality of Nakhchivan consists of the city of Nakhchivan, the settleme ...
, Azerbaijan. The club is very dominant in Azeri futsal, as they won ten consecutive
Premier League
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titles from 2004 to 2014.
Araz is one of the strongest teams in Europe, having reached
UEFA Futsal Cup
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semi finals two times.
History
Araz Naxçivan founded in 2004 to replace a defunct
football
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club in
Azerbaijan Premier League
The Azerbaijan Premier League ( az, Azərbaycan Premyer Liqası) is a professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Azerbaijan football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. It is conteste ...
and have dominated futsal in Azerbaijan ever since.
The team made their UEFA Futsal Cup debut in
2005
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, picking up four points from three first qualifying round games but the following season they reached the Elite round.
Araz reached semi-finals in the
UEFA Futsal Cup
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in
2010
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but lost out to
Interviú FS
Inter Fútbol Sala, known as Inter Movistar Fútbol Sala for sponsorship reasons, is a professional futsal club based in Torrejón de Ardoz, Community of Madrid, Madrid. The club was founded in 1977 and its pavilion is the Pabellón Jorge Garbajo ...
. However, clinched third place after winning in penalties against
Luparense. The club's players and coach
Alesio, constituted the major part of the
Azerbaijan
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squad that made their
UEFA European Futsal Championship debut in 2010, reaching the semi-finals in
Hungary
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.
In 2014, the club repeated their success by gaining third place in
UEFA Futsal Cup
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.
Honours
National
Source:
*15
Premier League
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: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
*14
Futsal Cup : 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
International
*
UEFA Futsal Cup
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:
**3rd place (2): 2010, 2014
Current squad
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Notable players
* Andrey Tveryankin
*
Serjão
*
Rizvan Farzaliyev
*
Thiago Paz
*
Vitaliy Borisov
*
Biro Jade
Nilson Machado dos Santos (born 24 January 1973), commonly known as Biro Jade, was a Brazil born, Azerbaijani futsal player who plays for Araz Naxçivan
Araz Naxçıvan is a futsal club based in Nakhchivan City, Azerbaijan. The club is very ...
* Marko Perić
* Adriano Foglia
* Kristjan Čujec
* Matej Klár
UEFA Club Competitions record
Appearances: 16
Summary
References
External links
Club's Profile at the uefa.com
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Futsal clubs in Azerbaijan
Futsal clubs established in 2004
2004 establishments in Azerbaijan