Karvan FK () was an

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club based in Yevlakh, that set to participated in the

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History

Football in Yevlakh

The first football club established in Yevlakh, one of the biggest cities in

, was FC Avtomobilchi, in 1990. The team participated in the

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and the

twice. FC Avtomobilchi relegated after the 1993–94 season, and dissolved. The second football team in Yevlakh was founded 10 years later, in 2004.

Golden years

Karvan were immediately admitted to the 2004–05 Azerbaijan Top League. The club got off to a good start, finishing third in the 2004–05 season and second in the 2005–06 season. In addition, they reached the national cup final in 2005–06, but lost to FK Karabakh, 2–1. Karvan played in the

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2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

. In the 2006–07 season the club participated in the

and reached the second qualifying round.

Financial difficulties and relegation

Karvan stopped at the most unexpected moment. As management reduced funding, the best players left the team immediately after coach Yunis Hüseynov's resignation. In the 2007–08 season Karvan finished 11th, and club executives were forced to ask Huseynov to return. But no miracle happened, and in the 2009–10 season the team relegated to the

. In 2012, the club's owners announced that the club would be dissolved and they would not be participating in the

. On 21 August 2013, it was announced the club would be reformed and it would participate in First Division. Even though, on 18 August 2014, the club again dissolved due to financial problems.

Stadium

Karvan's home ground is Yevlakh Stadium, which has a capacity of 5,000.

League and domestic cup history

European cup history

''As of December, 2008.''

Managers

* Yunis Huseynov (2004–2005) * Fuat Yaman (2005) * Yunis Huseynov (2005–2007) * Tabriz Hasanov (2007–2008) * Yunis Huseynov (2008–2010) * Vidadi Rzayev (2010–2011) * Zakir Mahmudov (2011–2012) * Kanan Karimov (2013–2014)

References

External links

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FK Karvan
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