Tofiq Ismayilov Stadium, also referred as Surakhani Stadium, is a multi-use
stadium
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in
Suraxanı area of
Baku
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,
Azerbaijan
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. It is currently used mostly for
football
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matches and was the former home stadium of
Qarabağ FK
Qarabağ Futbol Klubu () is an Azerbaijani professional football club that competes in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the top flight of Azerbaijani football. The club originates from Aghdam in the Karabakh ( Azerbaijani: ''Qarabağ'') region, ...
.
Currently, it is the home stadium for the
Azerbaijan First Division
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History
Due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, all Azerbai ...
club Neftchi ISM. The stadium holds 15,000 people.
References
Football venues in Baku
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