Qarabağ Futbol Klubu (pronounced [ɡɑˈrɑbɑɣ]) 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 region, but has not played in its hometown since 1993 due to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The club now plays in Baku, the capital city of Azerbaijan, at the Azersun Arena and Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, which also serves as the venue for Azerbaijan national team matches.
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| Full name | Qarabağ Futbol Klubu | |||
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| Nicknames | Atlılar (The Horsemen) Göy-ağlar (Blue and Whites) | |||
| Founded | 1951 (as Məhsul) 1987 (as Qarabağ) | |||
| Ground | Azersun Arena | |||
| Capacity | 5,800 | |||
| Owner | Azersun Holding | |||
| President | Tahir Gözel | |||
| Manager | Gurban Gurbanov | |||
| League | Azerbaijan Premier League | |||
| 2024–25 | Azerbaijan Premier League, 1st of 10 (champions) | |||
| Website | www | |||
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Formed in 1987, Qarabağ were founding members of the Azerbaijan Premier League in 1992. One season later, they won their first league championship, becoming the first non-Baku-based club to win the Premier League title. Qarabağ is one of the two teams in Azerbaijan, along with Neftçi PFK which has participated in all Premier League championships so far.
In 2014, the club won the Premier League, their first league title in 21 years. Qarabağ have won the Premier League twelve times and Azerbaijan Cup eight times. Qarabağ became the second Azerbaijani team after Neftçi PFK to advance to the group stage of a European competition, making its in the UEFA Europa League group stage in 2014–15 season. Qarabağ is the first Azerbaijani team to advance to the group stage of the higher UEFA Champions League, competing in the 2017–18 season. The club has played more UEFA matches than any other Azerbaijani team.
History
Soviet era (1951–1991)
The club was founded in 1951 as Məhsul after the Aghdam city stadium was built; there then began a serious effort towards the creation of a professional football team. Consequently, Qarabağ FK, playing under the name of Məhsul, took part in the 1966 Azerbaijani SSR championship. That year, the club reached fourth place in the local championship.
Qarabağ participated in the local championship for four consecutive years during which second place was their best result (achieved in 1969). After 1969, however, owing to carelessness and a lack of financial support, the team withdrew from the championships for almost ten years. In 1977, the team was reborn under name Şəfəq. In 1982 Şəfəq was the only representative of Aghdam in football. Between 1982 and 1987, the squad used the name "Kooperator". In 1988, Qarabağ won the champions title in the Azerbaijan SSR local championship under its current name. In addition to championship medals, the club won the right to play in the Soviet Second League.
Effects of war and financial struggles (1991–2008)
On 23 July 1993, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the city of Agdam was seized by Armenian armed forces, and the team was forced to move from Imarat Stadium to Baku, while the former head coach and player of the team, Allahverdi Baghirov, died in the war. Despite all these difficulties, in 1993, Qarabağ won the Top League as well as the Azerbaijan Cup. Financial problems plagued the club during the period from 1998 to 2001, and the club went through hard times although it became the first Azerbaijani team to win away from home in a European competition by defeating the Israeli side Maccabi Haifa in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup thanks to a double strike from club legendMushfig Huseynov. Qarabağ has also represented Azerbaijan in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Cup many times.
These problems were alleviated in 2001, when one of the largest holding companies of Azerbaijan, Azersun Holding, starting sponsoring the team. The squad used the name of Qarabag-Azersun for two seasons, but then returned its original name in 2004.
Gurban Gurbanov era (2008–present)
In 2008, former Azerbaijani football star Gurban Gurbanov was appointed as head coach after the unexpected departure of Rasim Kara to Khazar Lankaran one week before the start of the 2008–09 season. Led by Gurbanov, Qarabağ have ignored a common strategy in Azerbaijani football: eschewing foreign signings in favour of nurturing local talent. Gurbanov brought with him a tiki-taka style of play, characterised by short passes, long periods of build-up and players interchanging positions.
Under Gurbanov, Qarabağ has become one of the most successful Azerbaijani football clubs in Europe (with three consecutive wins) and one which reached the UEFA Europa League play-off-round by beating Rosenborg in the UEFA Europa League, and also eliminated Honka of Finland. The achievements in European competitions have made Gurbanov among the most successful Azerbaijani managers ever.
In 2010, the club set an Azerbaijani record for the most significant win in a European competition by beating Metalurg Skopje 4–1 in Baku and eliminating Wisła Kraków to reach the play-offs for the second year in succession. In 2011, the club duplicated the same record by beating Banga Gargždai 4–0 in Gargždai. The 2011–12 season ended in disappointing style for Qarabağ, however, as they finished in fourth place, leaving the club without European competition. In 2013, Qarabağ reached Europa League play-off-round for third time in their history.
In May 2014, Qarabağ earned its second league title after 21 years. A month later, by beating Red Bull Salzburg, the club became first Azerbaijani side to win in the third round of UEFA Champions League. In August 2014, the club reached Europa League play-off round for the fourth time in last five seasons. In 2014, Qarabağ qualified for the 2014–15 Europa League group stage, becoming the second Azerbaijani team to advance to this stage in a European competition. On 23 October 2014, after defeating Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1–0, the team became the first Azerbaijani club to win a Europa League group stage match.
In 2017, after victory over the Sheriff Tiraspol, Qarabağ qualified for the UEFA Champions League play-off rounds for the first time. In the first leg they recorded a 1–0 victory over Danish side F.C. Copenhagen in Baku. Despite losing 2–1 in the second leg, Qarabağ won on away goals and became the first Azerbaijani team to reach the group stages of the UEFA Champions League. They were drawn in Group C alongside Chelsea, Atlético Madrid and Roma, where they managed to obtain two points in six games after two draws and four losses.
In July and August 2021, Qarabağ secured their first participation in the group stage of UEFA Europa Conference League. Qarabağ knocked-out Ashdod (0–0 and 1–0),AEL Limassol (1–1 and 1–0) and Aberdeen (1–0 and 3–1) in the qualifiers. On 27 August, Qarabağ was drawn on Group H of the 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League alongside Basel, Kairat and Omonia. They eventually placed 2nd in the group, making it to the Knockout Play-off Round.
In the 2023–24 season Qarabağ made it to the Europa League group stage where they finished 2nd behind Bayer Leverkusen. Qarabağ were subsequently drawn against Braga in the knockout round play-off. The first leg ended as a 4–2 victory for Qarabağ. The second leg would finish 2–0 to Braga after normal time, but ultimately ended 3–2 to the Portuguese side after extra time, which meant Qarabağ won 6–5 on aggregate, and thus became the first ever team from Azerbaijan to reach the round of 16 in any UEFA club competition. The round of 16 draw pitted them against Bayer Leverkusen, whom they had already played earlier in the group stages. The club tied with Bayer Leverkusen 2–2 in the first leg at home but were knocked out in the second leg following two stoppage times goals from Patrik Schick, ending the game 3–2.
In the 2024–25 season, on April 27, 2025, Qarabağ secured the championship with four rounds remaining by drawing 1–1 against Sabah in the 32nd round of the Premier League, thus becoming Premier League champions for the 12th time in their history and for the 4th consecutive time. The club qualified for the UEFA Champions League again after beating Hungarian champions Ferencvárosi TC 5–4 on aggregate. The first match of the club back at the Champions League was a comeback 2–3 victory against Benfica. Following this victory, president Ilham Aliyev congratulated the club for its victory. On October 1, Qarabağ Agdam claimed their second win in the UEFA Champions League group stage with a 2-0 victory over Copenhagen at the Tofig Bahramov Republican Stadium in Baku. Qarabağ became the first Azerbaijani side to record back-to-back Champions League wins as they beat Copenhagen.
On 28 January 2026, Qarabağ lost away to Liverpool in the eighth and final round of the league phase of the UEFA Champions League. Nevertheless, with 10 points collected in the league phase and finishing 22nd in the tournament standings, Qarabağ made history as the first Azerbaijani club to advance to the Champions League knockout phase.
Stadium
The club have previously used Guzanli Olympic Stadium, which is situated in Quzanlı, the most populous municipality in the Agdam Rayon of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. The Imarat Stadium which was club's original home stadium was destroyed as a result of artillery attacks from Armenian military forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
In 2012, the construction of a new football stadium Azersun Arena was announced, which was opened in June 2015. Azersun Arena is a multi-use football stadium in Surakhani settlement of Baku, Azerbaijan. It is currently used as the club's Azerbaijan Premier League home stadium and holds 5,800 people.
The Baku Olympic Stadium and Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium is used for UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League games, where the record attendance for Qarabağ occurred on 27 September 2017, in a UEFA Champions League group stage match attended by 67,200 fans against Roma.
On 21 December 2023, Qarabağ played the 2023–24 Azerbaijan Cup match against MOIK Baku at Khankendi Stadium, Khankendi, making it the first match played in Karabakh Economic Region after the end of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Supporters
Although a large part of Qarabağ's support is drawn from the local Aghdam population, they remain immensely well supported in the rest of Azerbaijan. This is mainly due to their being the only team to represent the war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh region in the league. The club draws support from the half a million Azerbaijani internally displaced people. In recent years, thanks to achievements on the pitch, the club has been involved in special youth projects enforcing stability and development in the IDP settlements near the border of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The club has a few supporting groups such as Imarat, Qarabağ Ordusu, Boys Qarabağ, and Ladies of Qarabağ. These groups often receive free tickets to Qarabağ's games, which helps Karabakh to have more support from fans.
Crest and colours
The crest on the club emblem is the symbol of the Karabakh. It is produced by English designers and based on the Karabakh horse. The horse stems from the club's nickname "The Horsemen"; although it was included on club programmes and scarves earlier, the crest was not displayed on the shirt until 2004. After Gurban Gurbanov's appointment, Qarabağ's attractive style of play led fans to call the team "Qafqazın Barselonası" ("Barcelona of The Caucasus"), which plays upon Barcelona's success in Europe. The club is sometimes called "Qaçqın Klub" ("The Refugee Club") after its conservative position on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and refugee problem in Azerbaijan.
Shirt sponsors and kit manufacturers
Qarabağ's traditional kit alludes to the club's location in Nagorno-Karabakh with the black and white representing light and darkness respectively. The club's kits are manufactured by Adidas and sponsored by Azersun, a Baku-based food producing company.
| Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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| 2003–2004 | Fila | FINAL |
| 2004–2007 | Adidas | Azersun |
| 2007–2008 | Puma | |
| 2008–2010 | Adidas | |
| 2010–2011 | Azərbaycan Sənaye Bankı | |
| 2011–2012 | Kappa | Azersun |
| 2012–2022 | Adidas | |
| 2022–2023 | İl`Azero | |
| 2023– | Adidas |
Recent seasons
The season-by-season performance of the club over the last ten years:
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | Diff | P | Cup | Europe | Top Scorer (League goals) | Head coach | |
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| 2015–16 | Premier League | 1 | 36 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 66 | 21 | +45 | 84 | W | CL / EL | III R / GS |  Dani Quintana (15) |  Gurban Gurbanov |
| 2016–17 | 1 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 14 | +32 | 62 | W | CL / EL | III R / GS |  Dino Ndlovu (10) | ||
| 2017–18 | 1 | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 37 | 13 | +24 | 65 | QF | CL | GS | Mahir Emreli (8) | ||
| 2018–19 | 1 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 62 | 19 | +43 | 63 | SF | CL / EL | III R / GS | Mahir Emreli (16) | ||
| 2019–20 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 34 | 7 | +27 | 45 | SF | CL / EL | III R / GS | Mahir Emreli (7) | ||
| 2020–21 | 2 | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 64 | 18 | +46 | 57 | SF | CL / EL | III R / GS | Mahir Emreli (18) | ||
| 2021–22 | 1 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 72 | 13 | +59 | 69 | W | ECL | KO |  Kady Borges (12) | ||
| 2022–23 | 1 | 36 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 91 | 25 | +66 | 90 | QF | CL / EL / ECL | PO / GS / KO | Ramil Sheydayev (22) | ||
| 2023–24 | 1 | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 97 | 37 | +60 | 83 | W | CL / EL | II R / 1/8 | Juninho (20) | ||
| 2024–25 | 1 | 36 | 28 | 5 | 3 | 86 | 19 | +67 | 89 | RU | CL / EL | PO / LP |  Leandro Andrade (15) | ||
European record
The club have participated in 18 editions of the club competitions governed by UEFA, the chief authority for football across Europe. These include 7 seasons in the Champions League, 13 seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, two seasons in the Cup Winners' Cup and one seasons in the UEFA Europa Conference League and Intertoto Cup. Qarabağ has played six times in the Europa League after qualifying via the Champions League. Counting all of the 134 games the side have played in UEFA competitions since their first entry into the Cup Winners' Cup in the 1996–97 season, the team's record stands at 48 wins, 35 draws and 51 defeats.
- As of match played 24 February 2026
| Tournament | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win% |
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| UEFA Champions League | 73 | 32 | 19 | 22 | 113 | 89 | +24 | 43.84 |
| UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League | 109 | 37 | 23 | 49 | 124 | 158 | −34 | 33.94 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | +2 | 50.00 |
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 0.00 |
| UEFA Intertoto Cup | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 25.00 |
| Total | 206 | 78 | 47 | 81 | 259 | 287 | −28 | 37.86 |
Matches
| Games of Qarabağ in UEFA competitions | ||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate | ||||||||||
| 1996–97 | Cup Winners' Cup | QR |  MyPa | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | ||||||||||
| 1997–98 | UEFA Cup | 1Q |  Jablonec 97 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 0–8 | ||||||||||
| 1998–99 | Cup Winners' Cup | QR |  Copenhagen | 0–4 | 0–6 | 0–10 | ||||||||||
| 1999 | Intertoto Cup | 1R |  Maccabi Haifa | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 (a) | ||||||||||
| 2R |  Montpellier | 0–3 | 0–6 | 0–9 | ||||||||||||
| 2004–05 | UEFA Cup | 1Q |  Dukla | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–4 | ||||||||||
| 2006–07 | UEFA Cup | 1Q |  Zimbru Chișinău | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | ||||||||||
| 2009–10 | Europa League | 2Q |  Rosenborg | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 3Q | Honka | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||||||||||||
| Play-off |  Twente | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | ||||||||||||
| 2010–11 | Europa League | 1Q |  Metalurg Skopje | 4–1 | 1–1 | 5–2 | ||||||||||
| 2Q |  Portadown | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | ||||||||||||
| 3Q |  Wisła Kraków | 3–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | ||||||||||||
| Play-off |  Borussia Dortmund | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–5 | ||||||||||||
| 2011–12 | Europa League | 1Q |  Banga Gargždai | 3–0 | 4–0 | 7–0 | ||||||||||
| 2Q |  EB/Streymur | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 (a) | ||||||||||||
| 3Q |  Club Brugge | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–4 | ||||||||||||
| 2013–14 | Europa League | 1Q | Metalurg Skopje | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2Q | Piast Gliwice | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | ||||||||||||
| 3Q |  Gefle IF | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||||||||||||
| Play-off | Eintracht Frankfurt | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–4 | ||||||||||||
| 2014–15 | Champions League | 2Q |  Valletta | 4–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||||||||||
| 3Q |  Red Bull Salzburg | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | ||||||||||||
| Europa League | Play-off | Twente | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 (a) | |||||||||||
| Group F | Saint-Étienne | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3rd | ||||||||||||
 Internazionale | 0–0 | 0–2 | ||||||||||||||
 Dnipro | 1–2 | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–16 | Champions League | 2Q |  Rudar Pljevlja | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 3Q |  Celtic | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||
| Europa League | Play-off |  Young Boys | 3–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |||||||||||
| Group J | Anderlecht | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4th | ||||||||||||
| Monaco | 1–1 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||
 Tottenham Hotspur | 0–1 | 1–3 | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–17 | Champions League | 2Q |  Dudelange | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | ||||||||||
| 3Q | Viktoria Plzeň | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 (a) | ||||||||||||
| Europa League | Play-off | IFK Göteborg | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |||||||||||
| Group J | Fiorentina | 1–2 | 1–5 | 3rd | ||||||||||||
 PAOK | 2–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Slovan Liberec | 2–2 | 0–3 | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–18 | Champions League | 2Q |  Samtredia | 5–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | ||||||||||
| 3Q | Sheriff Tiraspol | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||
| Play-off | Copenhagen | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 (a) | ||||||||||||
| Group C | Roma | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4th | ||||||||||||
| Atlético Madrid | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Chelsea | 0–4 | 0–6 | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–19 | Champions League | 1Q |  Olimpija Ljubljana | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 2Q |  Kukësi | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | ||||||||||||
| 3Q |  BATE Borisov | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | ||||||||||||
| Europa League | Play-off | Sheriff Tiraspol | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | |||||||||||
| Group E |  Sporting Lisbon | 1–6 | 0–2 | 4th | ||||||||||||
| Arsenal | 0–3 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Vorskla Poltava | 0–1 | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–20 | Champions League | 1Q | Partizani | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | ||||||||||
| 2Q |  Dundalk | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | ||||||||||||
| 3Q |  APOEL | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | ||||||||||||
| Europa League | PO | Linfield | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–4 (a) | |||||||||||
| Group A | Sevilla | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3rd | ||||||||||||
| APOEL | 2–2 | 1–2 | ||||||||||||||
| F91 Dudelange | 1–1 | 4–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–21 | Champions League | 1Q | Sileks | 4–0 | N/a | 4–0 | ||||||||||
| 2Q | Sheriff Tiraspol | 2–1 | N/a | 2–1 | ||||||||||||
| 3Q | Molde | 0–0 | N/a | 0–0 (5–6 p) | ||||||||||||
| Europa League | PO | Legia Warsaw | N/a | 3–0 | 3–0 | |||||||||||
| Group I | Villarreal | 1–3 | 0–3 (awd.) | 4th | ||||||||||||
| Maccabi Tel Aviv | 1–1 | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||
 Sivasspor | 2–3 | 0–2 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–22 | Europa Conference League | 2Q | Ashdod | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 3Q | AEL Limassol | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||
| PO | Aberdeen | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | ||||||||||||
| Group H | Basel | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2nd | ||||||||||||
 Kairat | 2–1 | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Omonia | 2–2 | 4–1 | ||||||||||||||
| KPO | Marseille | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–6 | ||||||||||||
| 2022–23 | Champions League | 1Q | Lech Poznań | 5–1 | 0–1 | 5–2 | ||||||||||
| 2Q | Zürich | 3–2 | 2–2 | 5–4 (a.e.t.) | ||||||||||||
| 3Q |  Ferencváros | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | ||||||||||||
| PO | Viktoria Plzeň | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | ||||||||||||
| Europa League | Group G | Olympiacos | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3rd | |||||||||||
| SC Freiburg | 1–1 | 1–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Nantes | 3–0 | 1–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Europa Conference League | KPO | Gent | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 (3–5 p) | |||||||||||
| 2023–24 | Champions League | 1Q |  Lincoln Red Imps | 4–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | ||||||||||
| 2Q | Raków Częstochowa | 1–1 | 2–3 | 3–4 | ||||||||||||
| Europa League | 3Q | HJK | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | |||||||||||
| PO | Olimpija Ljubljana | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | ||||||||||||
| Group H | Bayer Leverkusen | 0–1 | 1–5 | 2nd | ||||||||||||
| Molde | 1–0 | 2–2 | ||||||||||||||
| BK Häcken | 2–1 | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||
| KPO | Braga | 2–3 | 4–2 | 6–5 (a.e.t.) | ||||||||||||
| RO16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 2–2 | 2–3 | 4–5 | ||||||||||||
| 2024–25 | Champions League | 2Q | Lincoln Red Imps | 5−0 | 2−0 | 7−0 | ||||||||||
| 3Q |  Ludogorets Razgrad | 1–2 | 7−2 | 8−4 (a.e.t.) | ||||||||||||
| PO |  Dinamo Zagreb | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–5 | ||||||||||||
| Europa League | LP | Ajax | 0–3 | N/a | 36th | |||||||||||
| Tottenham Hotspur | N/a | 0–3 | ||||||||||||||
| Lyon | 1–4 | N/a | ||||||||||||||
| Olympiacos | N/a | 0–3 | ||||||||||||||
| Malmö FF | 1–2 | N/a | ||||||||||||||
| Bodø/Glimt | N/a | 2–1 | ||||||||||||||
 FCSB | 2–3 | N/a | ||||||||||||||
| IF Elfsborg | N/a | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–26 | Champions League | 2Q | Shelbourne | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4−0 | ||||||||||
| 3Q | Shkëndija | 5–1 | 1–0 | 6−1 | ||||||||||||
| PO | Ferencváros | 2–3 | 3–1 | 5–4 | ||||||||||||
| LP | Benfica | N/a | 3–2 | 22nd | ||||||||||||
| Copenhagen | 2–0 | N/a | ||||||||||||||
| Athletic Bilbao | N/a | 1–3 | ||||||||||||||
| Chelsea | 2–2 | N/a | ||||||||||||||
| Napoli | N/a | 0–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ajax | 2–4 | N/a | ||||||||||||||
| Eintracht Frankfurt | 3–2 | N/a | ||||||||||||||
| Liverpool | N/a | 0–6 | ||||||||||||||
| KPO | Newcastle United | 1–6 | 2–3 | 3–9 | ||||||||||||
UEFA club rankings
- As of 25 January 2025
| Rank | Team | Coefficient |
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| 56 |  FK Crvena zvezda | 43.000 |
| 57 | Qarabağ | 42.000 |
| 58 | Celtic F.C. | 41.000 |
Players
The squad list includes only the principal nationality of each player; several non-European players on the squad have dual citizenship with an EU country.
Current squad
- As of 13 March 2026
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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For recent transfers, see Transfers summer 2025.
Out on loan
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Reserve team
- As of 12 September 2025.
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Club officials
Technical staff
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Honours
Qarabağ has won twelve Azerbaijan Premier League titles, eight Azerbaijan Cup titles and one Azerbaijan Supercup trophy. The club is the first non-Baku based club to have won the Azerbaijan Premier League title. Qarabağ is one of the two teams in Azerbaijan, along with Neftçi PFK which has participated in all Azerbaijan Premier League championships so far.
Azerbaijan
- Azerbaijan League
- Winners (12): 1993, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
- Runners-up (4): 1993–94, 1996–97, 2012–13, 2020–21
- Azerbaijan Cup
- Winners (8): 1993, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2023–24
- Runners-up (4): 1995–96, 1997–98, 1999–2000, 2024–25
- Azerbaijan Supercup
- Winners (1): 1994
USSR
- Azerbaijan SSR League
- Winners (2): 1988, 1990
- Runners-up (1): 1969
- Azerbaijan SSR Cup
- Winners (1): 1990
Individual records
Lists of the players with the most caps and top goalscorers for the club (players in bold signifies current Qarabağ player).
Top goalscorers
- As of matches played by 26.04. 2026
| Rank | Player | Years | League | Cup | Continental | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mushfig Huseynov | 1989–1999 2003–2004 2005–2007 | 109 (244) | ? (?) | 2 (12) | 111 (256) |
| 2 | Abdellah Zoubir | 2018–present | 54 (213) | 6 (31) | 17 (114) | 77 (358) |
| 3 | Mahir Emreli | 2015–2021 | 59 (126) | 7 (21) | 5 (49) | 71 (216) |
| 4 | Richard Almeida | 2012–2018 2018–2019 2021–2025 | 51 (256) | 5 (31) | 8 (91) | 64 (378) |
| 5 | Reynaldo | 2012–2017 2019 | 44 (92) | 7 (9) | 11 (35) | 62 (139) |
| 6 | Leandro Andrade | 2021–present | 44 (133) | 2 (20) | 13 (56) | 59 (209) |
| 7 | Musa Gurbanli | 2019–2021 2021–2023 2024–present | 44 (96) | 4 (15) | 1 (24) | 49 (135) |
| 8 | Samir Musayev | 2002–2006 | 44 (85) | ? (?) | 2 (4) | 46 (89) |
| 9 | Yashar Huseynov | 1989–2002 | 44 (226) | ? (?) | 0 (6) | 44 (232) |
| 10 | Dani Quintana | 2015–2020 | 33 (98) | 3 (12) | 8 (44) | 44 (154) |
Most appearances
- As of As of matches played by 26.04.2026
| Rank | Player | Years | League | Cup | Continental | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maksim Medvedev | 2006–2024 | 376 (12) | 50 (2) | 126 (3) | 552 (17) |
| 2 | Qara Qarayev | 2008–2023 | 308 (5) | 41 (0) | 120 (0) | 469 (5) |
| 3 | Badavi Guseynov | 2013–present | 263 (6) | 36 (0) | 97 (0) | 396 (6) |
| 4 | Richard Almeida | 2012–2018 2018–2019 2021–2025 | 256 (51) | 31 (5) | 91 (8) | 378 (64) |
| 5 | Abdellah Zoubir | 2018–present | 213 (54) | 31 (6) | 114 (17) | 358 (77) |
| 6 | Mushfig Huseynov | 1989–1999 2003–2004 2005–2007 | 320 (120) | ? (?) | 12 (2) | 332 (127) |
| 7 | Yashar Huseynov | 1989–2002 | 325 (44) | ? (?) | 6 (0) | 331 (44) |
| 8 | Ansi Agolli | 2010–2019 | 224 (3) | 24 (0) | 69 (1) | 317 (4) |
| 9 | Sattar Aliyev | 1989 1990–2004 | 306 (17) | ? (?) | 8 (?) | 314 (17) |
| 10 | Aslan Kerimov | 1993–1997 2003–2011 | 268 (12) | ? (?) | 20 (0) | 288 (12) |
Notable managers
Information correct as of matches played by 28 October 2022. Only competitive matches are counted.
| Name | Nat. | From | To | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | %W | Honours | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elbrus Abbasov |  Soviet Union | 1988, 1990 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Azerbaijan SSR League (2) Azerbaijan SSR Cup | ||
| Aghasalim Mirjavadov | Azerbaijan | 1993 | 1994 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Azerbaijan Premier League Azerbaijan Cup Azerbaijan Supercup | |
| Boyukagha Aghayev | Azerbaijan | 2006 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Azerbaijan Cup | ||
| Gurban Gurbanov | Azerbaijan | 2008 | Present | 406 | 226 | 106 | 74 | 588 | 301 | 55.67 | Azerbaijan Premier League (11) Azerbaijan Cup (6) | |
Notes: P – Total of played matches W – Won matches D – Drawn matches L – Lost matches GS – Goal scored GA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won
Nationality is indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code(s).
Transfers
The top transfer was agreed in January 2025 when 28 years old Brazilian forward Juninho moved to Flamengo for a fee €5.00 million.
Record transfers
| Rank | Player | To | Fee | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Juninho | Flamengo | €5.00 million | 2025 |
| 2. | Kady Borges |  Krasnodar | €2.00 million | 2023 |
| 3. |  Ibrahima Wadji | Saint-Étienne | €1.00 million | 2022 |
| 4. | Shakhruddin Magomedaliyev | Adana Demirspor | €0.90 million | 2023 |
| 5. | Dino Ndlovu |  Zhejiang Professional | €0.65 million | 2018 |
In popular culture
Qarabağ is featured on the football simulation game Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 and 2016 and were later featured on FC 26
Ban for hate speech
In October 2020, amid the Nagorno-Karabakh war, the Armenian Football Federation called for sanctions against Qarabağ after the club's PR and media manager Nurlan Ibrahimov posted a hate message on a social media network calling to "kill all the Armenians, old and young, without distinction". UEFA announced a temporary suspension of the club's official from any football-related activity for "racist and other discriminatory conduct” targeting Armenians. Qarabag issued a statement saying Ibrahimov had been traumatised by watching the news of the Ganja and Barda missile attacks, while also urging its employees to "refrain from such sharing in this sensitive period, adhere to the principles of humanism and fully comply with the laws of our state". Ibrahimov was punished in an administrative manner for the calls he made expressing cruelty against another nation and inciting national, racial or religious hatred while behaving emotionally on social network. On November 26, UEFA officially banned the Qarabağ official for life and fined the club €100,000. Shortly after the UEFA sanction, Ibrahimov was declared wanted in Armenia.