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FC Baku 
Full name Football Club Baku Nickname(s) Zolaqlılar (Stripes) Founded 1997 Ground Tofig Bakhramov Stadium,
Baku, Azerbaijan
(Capacity: 29,858)President 
Hafiz MammadovManager 
Aleksandrs StarkovsLeague Azerbaijan Premier League 2010–11 6th Website Club home page 
Home coloursAway coloursThird coloursFootball Club Baku (Azerbaijani: Bakı Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club in Baku, Azerbaijan. The club sponsored by the Baghlan Group Company and ZQAN Holding.[1]
FC Baku plays in the Azerbaijan Premier League and have won two Azerbaijan Premier League championships and two Azerbaijan Cups.
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History
FC Baku was founded in 1997 under the name of Dinamo, as an unification between FC Polis Akademiyasi and Qartal-95, both clubs from Baku.[2] In 2004, club renamed to the FC Baku, after changes by the new chairman.
In 2008, the club celebrated their second title with Gjoko Hadžievski. Under his charge, FC Baku became the first Azerbaijani team to qualify to the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League. The team passed FK Ekranas in the second qualifying round after 2–2 in Lithuania and 4–2 win in Tofik Bakhramov Stadium in the second leg.[3]
In 2010, the club handed two-match suspension by UEFA for fielding Joël Epalle, who was ineligible player at the time despite winning both legs against FK Budućnost Podgorica.[4][5]
A long period of decline followed the success of the 2008 to the end of the decade. Despite the appointment of famous names such as Bülent Korkmaz, Winfried Schäfer and Aleksandrs Starkovs, the club did not achieve any success and squandered large sums of money on unsuccessful signings.
Colours and logo
FK Baku's Logo
FC Baku's traditional kit is a white and blue shirt, white shorts with grey socks. Their away kit is all blue. FC Baku's kits are manufactured by Macron and sponsored by Baghlan Group Company, a limited liability company which started with the transportation of oil and dry cargoes, later have integrated all fields of specialization into one company, known as Baghlan Group FZCO since the beginning of 2002, with headquarters in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
FC Baku's current logo is a popular Maiden Tower in Baku. The Maiden Tower, is a tower in Old City Baku, originally on the shore of the Caspian Sea. It was constructed in the 12th century, or possibly earlier – its architectural style and construction sequence is obscure, and estimates for its age go back to an unlikely 2,500 years. It was built by the 12th century architect Masud ibn Davud. Due to land reclamation in the early 20th century the tower is now separated from the Caspian by a busy main road and public gardens. The Tower is a noted landmark and one of Azerbaijan's most distinctive emblems. The logo of FC Baku perfectly describes that the team is from the capital of Azerbaijan.
Stadium
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium was built in 1952. It is named after famous football referee, Tofik Bakhramov. Stadium built by German PoWs and constructed in the shape of C to honour Stalin, however it was renamed back to Tofik Bakhramov in 1993 after his death. FC Baku's home stadium is normally the Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, which has a capacity of 30,000 fans. The Tofik Bakhramov Stadium stadium is also used for the Azerbaijan national football team and Neftchi Baku. In 2008 the president of FC Baku Hafiz Mammadov, decided to build up a new stadium which will have a capacity of 10,000 fans. The new stadium expected to be finish 2010, but construction was holded.
League and domestic cup history
Season Div. Pos. Pl. W D L GS GA P Domestic Cup 1997-98 1st 2 26 16 6 4 48 20 54 1998-99 1st 3 26 16 4 6 46 20 52 1999-00 1st 6 22 9 4 9 21 17 31 Quarter-Finals 2000–01 1st 6 20 9 2 9 30 29 29 Semi-Finals 2003–04 1st 5 26 12 5 9 45 32 41 1/8 Finals 2004–05 1st 5 34 21 10 3 60 14 73 Winners 2005–06 1st 1 26 18 4 4 42 12 58 Quarter-Finals 2006–07 1st 3 24 14 6 4 25 10 48 Quarter-Finals 2007–08 1st 8 26 8 11 7 35 26 35 Quarter-Finals 2008–09 1st 1 26 20 2 4 54 13 62 Semi-Finals 2009–10 1st 2 42 17 14 11 41 32 65 Winners 2010–11 1st 6 32 10 10 12 33 32 40 Semi-Finals Achievements
- Azerbaijan League Champions: 2
- Azerbaijan Cup Winner: 2
2004/05, 2009/10
European record
As of July 21, 2009.
Competition Matches W D L GF GA UEFA Champions League 6 2 2 2 7 8 UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League 7 2 0 4 7 19 Total 15 4 4 7 17 29 Season Competition Round Club Home Away 1998/99 UEFA Cup 1Q 
FC Argeş Piteşti 0–2 1–5 2005/06 UEFA Cup 1Q 
MŠK Žilina 1–0 1–3 2006/07 Champions League 1Q 
Sioni Bolnisi 1–0 0–2 2007 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1Q 
Dacia Chisinau 1–1 1–1 (p 1-3) 2009–10 Champions League 2QR 
FK Ekranas 4–2 2–2 3QR 
Levski Sofia 0–0 0–2 2009–10 UEFA Europa League 4QR 
FC Basel 1–3 1–5 2010–11 UEFA Europa League 2QR 
FK Budućnost 0-3 2-1 Current squad
- As of 3 September 2011
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
No. Position Player 1 
GK Marko Šarlija 3 DF Deniss Ivanovs 4 MF Vadim Borets 5 
DF Stevan Bates 6 
MF Ibrahim Kargbo 7 MF Deividas Česnauskis 8 
MF Juninho 10 FW Jabá 11 MF Elvin Mammadov 14 DF Elvin Aliyev 15 MF Jamshid Maharramov (captain) 16 GK Aqil Mammadov 17 DF Emin Jafarguliyev No. Position Player 19 FW Nurlan Novruzov 20 MF Fábio 21 DF Novruz Mammadov 22 MF Nijat Abdullayev 23 
GK Khalidou Sissokho 25 DF Shahriyar Aliyev 29 DF Aziz Guliyev 30 FW Māris Verpakovskis 36 
FW Winston Parks 32 DF Alexei Savinov 77 MF Aleksandar Šolić 99 MF Rahman Hajiyev Notable former players
- Argentina
- Azerbaijan
- Elvin Əliyev
- Emin Imamaliev
- Rail Melikov
- Anatoli Ponomarev
- Ceyhun Sultanov
- Bakhtiyar Soltanov
- André Luiz Ladaga
- Leandro Gomes
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Saşa Yunisoğlu
- Croatia
- Ernad Skulić
- Brazil
- France
- Georgia
- Latvia
- Macedonia
Notable managers
For more details on this topic, see List of FC Baku managers.The following managers have all won at least one trophy when in charge of FC Baku:
Name Period Trophies Asgar Abdullayev2004–06 Azerbaijan Cup Boyukagha Hajiyev2006–07 Azerbaijan Premier League 
Gjoko Hadžievski2007–09 Azerbaijan Premier League 
Cüneyt Biçer2010 Azerbaijan Cup References
- ^ İkiqat Azərbaycan çempionu FK Bakı (Azerbaijani)
- ^ Tarix (Azerbaijani)
- ^ Bakı blitz downs Ekranas
- ^ "Two clubs handed 3-0 Europa League defeats by UEFA". Times of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/top-stories/Two-clubs-handed-3-0-Europa-League-defeats-by-UEFA/articleshow/6203286.cms. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ "UEFA gives technical defeat to Baku FC". Trend News Agency. http://en.trend.az/news/sports/1724825.html. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
External links
- Official website
- FK Baku at AFFA.AZ
- FK Baku at UEFA.COM
- FK Baku at EUFO.DE
- FK Baku at Weltfussball.de
- FK Baku at Playerhistory.com
- FK Baku at Transfermarkt.de
- FK Baku at National Football Teams.com
- FK Baku at Football-Lineups.com
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- Association football clubs established in 1997
- Sport in Baku
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