FC Inter Baku

infobox Football club
clubname = Inter Baku Football CLub
current = Inter Baku


fullname = Inter Baku Football CLub
nickname = "Bankers"
founded = 14 March 1997
ground = Shafa Stadium
capacity = 15,055
chairman = flagicon|Bulgaria Georgi Nikolov
manager = flagicon|Ukraine Valentin Khodukin
captain = flagicon|Azerbaijan Emin Imamaliev
league = Azerbaijan Premier League
season = 2007-08
position = Premier League, 1st

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Inter Baku Football Club is a Azerbaijan football club from Baku. Founded in 1997 according to some Azerbaijan sources, the club plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League and currently is the one of richest clubs in the country, thanks to the sponsorship of Azerbaijan National Bank.FC Inter Baku won Azerbaijan League in 2007/2008 season for the first time.cite web
last =
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title = İnter Bakı snatch maiden Azeri title
publisher = uefa.com
date = 2008-05-28
url = http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/kind=2/newsid=702598.html
accessdate = 2008-06-20 ] cite web
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title = «İnter» is a winner of Premier League
publisher = Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan Official Website
date = 2008-05-29
url = http://www.affa.az/index.php?r=1&id=1975&lang=en
accessdate = 2008-06-20 ]

History

“Inter Baku” Football club has been functioning since 1997, but initially it had a different name. That year, Khazar University – the first private university in Azerbaijan - established a football club with the same name and joined the amateur league. The Khazar University club played as an amateur team the next season as well (1998/99). In 1999/2000, Khazar University began to play in the Azerbaijan Premier League and debuted in 11th place.cite web
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title = Arts, Sports & Events
publisher = Official Khazar University website
date = 2006
url = http://www.khazar.org/general/artsport.shtml
accessdate = 2008-06-23 ] In subsequent years, Inter finished in 7th place (2000/01 season) and 3rd place (2003/2004 season). In 2002/03, the championship of the country was not held.

In 2003/04 season the team performed well and ended the season in fourth place. This result earned the club the right to play in the UEFA Intertoto Cup for the first time. 3:0 in the first leg on a forfeit and 2:1 in the second leg.cite web
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title = UEFA Intertoto Cup History Season 2004 First Round
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url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/intertotocup/history/season=2004/round=1956/index.html
accessdate = 2008-06-20 ] In the second round of the tournament, Khazar University played Tampere United of Finland. The club lost the first game 0:3, but won the return leg held in Baku, 1:0. Khazar University lost the tie on aggregate and was out of its first Intertoto cup.cite web
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title = UEFA Intertoto Cup History Season 2004 Second Round
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url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/intertotocup/history/season=2004/round=1957/index.html
accessdate = 2008-06-20 ]

In summer of 2004, all rights of the Khazar University club were transferred to newly created Inter Baku Professional Football Club, and the team participated in the 13th championship of the Azerbaijani Premier League under the name of Inter Baku. Later in 2004, certain structural changes were made in the club's management, and Inter Baku was renamed the Inter Professional Club, finishing the 2004-2005 season in seventh place. Inter's progression up the standings continued in the 14th iteration of the Azeri Premier League when Inter finished in fourth place. The club repeated its performance with fourth again in 2006-07 before winning the league championship in 2007-08. Following its victory in the domestic league, Inter qualified for its first-ever appearance in the UEFA Champions League in 2008 and advanced to the Second Qualifying Round by defeating FK Rabotnički of the Republic of Macedonia on away goals.cite web
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title = Ventspils and Sheriff arrest losses
publisher = uefa.com
date = 2008-07-22
url = http://www.uefa.com/competitions/ucl/news/kind=1/newsid=733767.html
accessdate = 2008-07-25 ]

Honours

Azerbaijan League
* Champions - 2007-2008

League and domestic cup history

Current squad

"As of September, 2008."

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Transfers in 2008/2009

Transfers out 2008/2009

Selected former players

* Tomas Ražanauskas
* Valdas Trakys
* Tony Alegbe
* Lucky Idahor
* Sergey Chernyak
* Oleg Ostapenko

Managers

*flagicon|Azerbaijan Ismail Aliev (1997-99)
*flagicon|Azerbaijan Samir Alekperov (1999-00)
*flagicon|Azerbaijan Boyukaga Agaev (2001-2004)
*flagicon|Ukraine Anatoly Konjkov (2004-06)
*flagicon|Ukraine Oleg Smolyaninov (2006)
*flagicon|Ukraine Valentin Khodukin (2006 - present)

References

External links

* [http://www.inter.az/index.php?lang=en Official Inter Baku website]
* [http://www.affa.az/index.php?r=65&lang=az Inter Baku at AFFA.AZ]
* [http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=74072/domestic.html Inter Baku at UEFA.COM]
* [http://www.eufo.de/football/aze/intebaki.htm Inter Baku at EUFO.DE]
* [http://www.weltfussball.de/teams/inter-baku/ Inter Baku at Weltfussball.de]
* [http://www.playerhistory.com/Default.aspx?page=club_details&clubID=12790 Inter Baku at Playerhistory.com]
* [http://www.transfermarkt.de/de/verein/8956/interbaku/uebersicht/startseite.html Inter Baku at Transfermarkt.de]
* [http://www.national-football-teams.com/v2/club.php?id=3148 Inter Baku at National Football Teams.com]