Araz Naxçıvan is a

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club based in

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, Azerbaijan. The club is very dominant in Azeri futsal, as they won ten consecutive

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titles from 2004 to 2014. Araz is one of the strongest teams in Europe, having reached

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semi finals two times.

History

Araz Naxçivan founded in 2004 to replace a defunct football club in

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and have dominated futsal in Azerbaijan ever since. The team made their UEFA Futsal Cup debut in

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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

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but lost out to Interviú FS. However, clinched third place after winning in penalties against Luparense. The club's players and coach

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, constituted the major part of the

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squad that made their

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debut in 2010, reaching the semi-finals in

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. In 2014, the club repeated their success by gaining third place in

Honours

National

Source: *15

: 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

: **3rd place (2): 2010, 2014

Current squad

Notable players

* Andrey Tveryankin * Serjão *

Rizvan Farzaliyev Rizvan Farzaliyev (born 1 September 1979), is an Azerbaijani 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 socce ...

* Thiago Paz *

Vitaliy Borisov Vitaliy Borisov (born 5 July 1982) is an Azerbaijani futsal player who plays for KMF Ekonomac and the Azerbaijan national futsal team The Azerbaijan national futsal team is the national futsal team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by the Associat ...

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 as a field player. He won Golden Boot award as join top scorer with five goals in UEFA Europe ...

* 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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