Turan Tovuz () is an

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club based in Tovuz. The club won the Azerbaijan championship once, in 1994–1995. The club's home stadium is

Tovuz City Stadium Saher Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used for multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usu ...

History

Founded by Vidadi Ahmedov on 23 February 1992, the club was the first Azerbaijani professional football club under the name of Turan Tovuz. However, since 1997, club found themselves slipping further and further down the table, which was influenced by financial difficulties. In 2011–12 season, ended with Turan in 11th position in Azerbaijan Premier League, the club's lowest ever league finish. In

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

season, Turan for the first time in their history relegated to the

Azerbaijan First Division The Azerbaijan First League () is the second highest professional division in Azerbaijani professional football. The league is run by AFFA. The winner promotes to Premier Division. History Due to the dissolution of the Soviet Union, all Azerbai ...

, after twenty years in the top flight.musavat.com:“TURAN”ı DA İTİRİRİK...
/ref> In 2013, club's owners decided to change the club's name to ''Turan-T''. The club restored their name a few months later. On March 29, 2025, in the 28th round of the 2024–25 season of the Premier League, Turan Tovuz played their 100th anniversary match, which ended with a 1-4 victory for Qarabağ.

Domestic history

European history

''As of December 2008.''

Stadium

Turan's home ground is

, which has a capacity of 6,800.

Youth academy

Over the years, Turan has been a

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for the Azerbaijani national team, providing talented players like

Elvin Mammadov Elvin Mammadov (; born on 18 July 1988) is an Azerbaijani association football coach and former player who played in the attacking midfielder position. He is currently the head coach at Sabail FK. Career On 24 May 2014, Mammadov signed a one-y ...

, Nadir Nabiyev,

Javid Huseynov Javid Huseynov (; born 9 March 1988) is an Azerbaijani football manager and former player. Career Huseynov was born in Jabrayil, Soviet Union. During the summer of 2012, Huseynov moved to TFF First League side Adana Demirspor, signing a two-y ...

and

Budag Nasirov Budag Nasirov (); born 15 July 1996) is an Azerbaijani football midfielder. Career Club On 25 July 2016, Nasirov signed a contract with Sporting CP, which can be extended to a five-year term. Nasirov made his LigaPro debut for Sporting B on 2 ...

Honours

Azerbaijan Premier League The Azerbaijan Premier League (), also known as Misli Premyer Liqası for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Azerbaijan and the highest level of the Azerbaijani football league system. It is contested by twelve ...

**Winners (1): 1993–94 *

**Winners (1): 2016–17

Squad

''For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2024.''

Coaching staff

Managers

''As of 30 June 2024. * Zahid Huseynov (1992) * Ruslan Abdullayev (1992–93) *

Kazbek Tuaev Kazbek Alievich Tuaev (Kazbek Alirza oglu Tuayev, , ; born 13 November 1940 in Alyat, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR) is an Azerbaijani footballer and manager. Career Tuaev played for Neftchi Baku as a forward from 1961 to 1972 and managed the side i ...

(1993–95) * Khanoghlan Abbasov (1995–00) * Boyukagha Aghayev (2000–01) * Nizami Sadigov (2001–02) *

Naci Şensoy Naci Şensoy ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Nađi Šensoj, Нађи Шенсој; born 20 February 1958) is a Kosovo, Kosovar-Turkey, Turkish association football, football manager and former player. Playing career Born to Turkish people, Tur ...

(2002–03) * Nizami Sadigov (2003–04) *

(2004–05) * Sakit Aliyev (2005–07) * Salahattin Darvand (2007–08) * Etimad Gurbanov (2008–09) * Nizami Sadigov (2009–10) * Sakit Aliyev (2010) *

Revaz Dzodzuashvili Revaz Mikheilis dze Dzodzuashvili ( ka, რევაზ მიხეილის ძე ძოძუაშვილი; born 15 April 1945) is a Georgian football manager and a former player. He earned 49 caps for the USSR national football team ...

(2010) *

(2010–11) * Asgar Abdullayev (July 2011 – 12 Oct) * Afghan Talibov (2012–13) * Nadir Nabiyev (2013–2014) *

Badri Kvaratskhelia Badri Kvaratskhelia ( ka, ბადრი კვარაცხელია, tr; born 15 February 1965) is a Georgian professional football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the father of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, a curr ...

(2014) * Nizami Sadigov (2015–2016) * Asgar Abdullayev (2016–2018) * Eltay Aslanov (2018–2019) * Ilham Yadullayev (2019–2021) * Afghan Talibov (2021–2022) *

Aykhan Abbasov Aykhan Farzukh oglu Abbasov (; born 25 August 1981) is an Azerbaijani professional football manager and former player. He is the head coach of Shamakhi FK and Azerbaijan national under-21 football team. Career On 27 December 2016, Abbasov was ap ...

(2022–2024 June) *

Kurban Berdyev Kurban Bekiyevich Berdyev (, ; born 25 August 1952) is a Turkmens, Turkmen-Russian Association football, football Manager (association football), manager, and a former Soviet footballer who is in charge of the Azerbaijani club Turan Tovuz. In 20 ...

(2024 June–)

References

External links

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at EUFO.de
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at Football-Lineups.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Turan Tovuz PFK Football clubs in Azerbaijan Association football clubs established in 1992 1992 establishments in Azerbaijan