Quzanlı () is a village and the most populous municipality in the
Aghdam District of
Azerbaijan
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. It has a population of 13,002. The municipality consists of the villages of Guzanly,
Birinji Guzanly,
Eyvazly,
Chullu, and
Imamgulubeyli.
Since 2009 Guzanly has been cited as the rather unlikely home to one of Azerbaijan's top football clubs,
FK Qarabagh. The team had been based in Baku from 1993 ever since being forced to leave
Aghdam
Aghdam () is a town and the nominal capital of the Aghdam District of Azerbaijan. Founded in the 18th century, it was granted city status in 1828 and grew considerably during the Soviet period. Aghdam lies from Stepanakert at the eastern foot ...
where they were originally based. The total depopulation and continued occupation of that city meant that Guzanly, being in the unoccupied sector of
Aghdam District, was about as near as they could get to a full "return home".
Notable natives
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Rovshan Huseynov — National Hero of Azerbaijan.
Archaeology
A settlement belonging to the
Eneolithic
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period was discovered in Guzanly.
The surface materials of the monument are divided into two groups. The first group was made of clay with a mixture of sand, with hand, rather rough. Traces of a comb-like tool were preserved on some of them, and the edges of some of them were decorated with scratches.
The second group of ceramics was made of clay with a mixture of plants and baked in red color, sometimes covered with green slip and decorated with black color. These greenish ceramics are similar to
Ubaid period
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ceramics.
The quadrangular buildings discovered during the excavation were divided into several parts by partitions. On the remains of this building, it was determined that there are remains of circular pottery spheres with a diameter of 1 m.
Some of the vessels were made on the potter's wheel.
The ceramics of Leyla-Tape (
Leyla-Tepe,
Leyla-Tepe culture
The Leyla-Tepe culture () of the South Caucasus belongs to the Chalcolithic era. It got its name from the site in the Agdam District of modern-day Azerbaijan. Its settlements were distributed on the southern slopes of Central Caucasus, from 3800 u ...
) differ completely from those of
Kultepe-1 and
Shomutape in terms of their advanced form and quality, and seem to indicate an intermediate stage between the Eneolithic culture and the
Kura–Araxes culture
The Kura–Araxes culture (also named ''Kur–Araz culture, Mtkvari–Araxes culture, Early Transcaucasian culture, Shengavitian culture'') was an archaeological culture that existed from about 4000 BC until about 2000 BC, which has traditionally ...
.
References
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Guzanli Olympic Stadium
Guzanli Olympic Complex Stadium is located in Quzanlı, Agdam Rayon, Aghdam, Azerbaijan. It is used by FK Karabakh as home stadium since May 2009 and has a capacity of 2000.
References
See also
*List of football stadiums in Azerbaijan
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Populated places in Aghdam District
Leyla-Tepe culture