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| Full name | Zirə Futbol Klubu | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nickname | Qartallar (The Eagles) | ||
| Founded | 28 July 2014; 11 years ago (2014-07-28) | ||
| Ground | Zira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium | ||
| Capacity | 1,500 | ||
| President | Taleh Nasibov[1] | ||
| Manager | Rashad Sadygov | ||
| League | Azerbaijan Premier League | ||
| 2024–25 | Azerbaijan Premier League, 2nd of 10 | ||
| Website | fczire | ||
 Current season | |||
Zirə Futbol Klubu (pronounced[ziɾæ]) is anAzerbaijani professionalfootball club based inZirə,Baku. The club competes in theAzerbaijan Premier League.
The club was established in 2014 and immediately joined theAzerbaijan First Division.[2]
Despite finishing 2nd in its inaugural season in theAzerbaijan Premier League,[3] the club wasn't allowed to compete in theUEFA Europa League.[4]
On 27 December 2016,Adil Shukurov had his contract as manager terminated by mutual consent, withAykhan Abbasov taking over as manager until the end of the2016–17 season.[5]
Aykhan Abbasov resigned as manager on 29 August 2018,[6] withSamir Abasov being announced as his replacement the same day.[7]
On 8 October 2019, Abasov left Zira by mutual consent,[8] withZaur Hashimov being appointed as manager the following day, until the end of the season.[9]
On 17 July 2020,Rashad Sadygov was announced as Zira's new manager on a three-year contract.[10]
| Season | League | Azerbaijan Cup | Top goalscorer | Manager | Kit Manufacturer | Sponsor | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Name | League | |||||
| 2014–15 | 2nd | 5th | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 61 | 19 | 63 | Quarterfinal |  Bahram Shahguliyev | Kappa | Santral Electric | ||
| 2015–16 | 1st | 2nd | 36 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 31 | 62 | Quarterfinal |  Nelson Bonilla | 14 | Adil Shukurov | ||
| 2016–17 | 1st | 4th | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 39 | Quarterfinal |  César Meza Colli | 4 | Adil ShukurovAykhan Abbasov | Umbro | |
| 2017–18 | 1st | 4th | 28 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 36 | 30 | 44 | Quarterfinal |  Richard Gadze | 7 | Aykhan Abbasov | Joma | |
| 2018–19 | 1st | 5th | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 30 | 40 | 31 | Semifinal | Julio Rodríguez | 8 | Aykhan AbbasovSamir Abbasov | ||
| 2019–20 | 1st | 4th | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 23 | Semifinal | Julio RodríguezNijat Suleymanov | 4 | Samir AbbasovZaur Hashimov | ||
| 2020–21 | 1st | 4th | 28 | 8 | 14 | 6 | 28 | 28 | 38 | Semifinal |  Davit Volkovi | 8 | Rashad Sadygov | ||
| 2021–22 | 1st | 3rd | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 27 | 47 | Runners-up | Davit Volkovi | 11 | |||
| 2022–23 | 1st | 5th | 36 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 46 | 50 | Quarterfinal |  Hamidou Keyta | 8 | |||
| 2023–24 | 1st | 2nd | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 22 | 58 | Runners-up | Qismət Alıyev | 6 | |||
| 2024–25 | 1st | 2nd | 36 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 59 | 27 | 74 | Quarterfinal |  Salifou Soumah | 12 | |||
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Europa League | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| UEFA Europa Conference League | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 |
| Total | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 |
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017–18 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR |  Differdange 03 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| 2QR |  Astra Giurgiu | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | ||
| 2022–23 | UEFA Europa Conference League | 2QR |  Maccabi Tel Aviv | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–3 |
| 2024–25 | UEFA Europa League | 1QR |  Sheriff Tiraspol | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | 1−0 | 2–2(4–5p) |
| UEFA Conference League | 2QR |  DAC Dunajská Streda | 4–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | |
| 3QR |  Osijek | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | 1–1 | 3–3(2–1p) | ||
| POR |  Omonia | 1–0 | 0–6 | 1–6 | ||
| 2025–26 | UEFA Conference League | 2QR | Hajduk Split | 1–1 | 1-2 (a.e.t.) | 2–3 |
Zira's home ground is theZira Olympic Sport Complex Stadium, which has a capacity of 1,500.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
For recent transfers, seeTransfers summer 2025.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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| Position | Name |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Rashad Sadygov |
| Assistant coach | Eltun Yagublu Vagif Pashayev Nariman Huseynov Vugar MammadAghabala Ramazanov |
| Goalkeeping coach | Farhad Valiyev |
| Name | Years | League | Azerbaijan Cup | Continental | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davit Volkovi | 2020–2022 2024–Present | 33 (96) | 2 (13) | 4 (10) | 39 (119) |
| 2 |  Raphael Utzig | 2024–Present | 11 (46) | 3 (7) | 5 (8) | 19 (61) |
| 3 | Salifou Soumah | 2023–2025 | 17 (69) | 1 (9) | 0 (4) | 18 (82) |
| 4 | Nelson Bonilla | 2015–2016 | 14 (29) | 3 (2) | 0 (0) | 17 (31) |
| 5 | Julio Rodríguez | 2019 | 12 (23) | 3 (5) | 0 (0) | 15 (28) |
| 5 | Richard Gadze | 2017–2018 2019-2020 | 13 (46) | 0 (4) | 2 (4) | 15 (54) |
| 5 | Hamidou Keyta | 2022–2023 | 13 (46) | 2 (6) | 0 (2) | 15 (54) |
| 8 | Qismət Alıyev | 2020–Present | 12 (157) | 0 (19) | 2 (12) | 14 (188) |
| 9 | Aghabala Ramazanov | 2020–2022 | 12 (47) | 1 (4) | - (-) | 13 (51) |
| 10 | Ragim Sadykhov | 2022–2024 | 10 (70) | 2 (9) | 0 (2) | 12 (81) |
| Name | Years | League | Azerbaijan Cup | Continental | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qismət Alıyev | 2020–Present | 157 (12) | 19 (0) | 12 (2) | 188 (14) |
| 2 | Ilkin Muradov | 2015–2024 | 134 (3) | 22 (2) | 2 (0) | 158 (5) |
| 3 | Hajiagha Hajili | 2020–Present | 106 (0) | 14 (0) | 10 (0) | 130 (0) |
| 4 |  Dimitrios Chantakias | 2020–2024 | 108 (6) | 17 (1) | 2 (0) | 127 (7) |
| 5 | Tamkin Khalilzade | 2015–2018 2021–2022 | 103 (8) | 12 (0) | 4 (0) | 119 (8) |
| 5 | Davit Volkovi | 2020–2022 2024–Present | 96 (32) | 13 (2) | 10 (4) | 119 (38) |
| 7 | Adil Naghiyev | 2015 2015–2019 | 96 (6) | 7 (2) | 2 (0) | 105 (8) |
| 8 | Ruan Renato | 2023–Present | 79 (8) | 9 (1) | 10 (0) | 98 (9) |
| 9 | Rustam Akhmedzade | 2022–2025 | 80 (6) | 6 (2) | 10 (0) | 96 (8) |
| 10 | Vugar Mustafayev | 2016–2019 | 79 (1) | 9 (0) | 3 (0) | 91 (1) |
| Name | Nat. | From | To | P | W | D | L | GS | GA | %W | Honours | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahram Shahguliyev | Azerbaijan | 28 July 2014 | July 2015 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 61 | 20 | 061.29 | ||
| Adil Shukurov | Azerbaijan | July 2015 | 27 December 2016[5] | 56 | 24 | 14 | 18 | 60 | 58 | 042.86 | ||
| Aykhan Abbasov | Azerbaijan | 27 December 2016[5] | 29 August 2018[6] | 51 | 22 | 16 | 13 | 66 | 52 | 043.14 | ||
| Samir Abbasov | Azerbaijan | 29 August 2018[7] | 8 October 2019[8] | 37 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 41 | 50 | 032.43 | ||
| Zaur Hashimov | Azerbaijan | 9 October 2019[9] | 30 June 2020 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 28 | 037.50 | ||
| Rashad Sadygov | Azerbaijan | 17 July 2020[10] | 212 | 96 | 61 | 55 | 268 | 201 | 045.28 |
P – Total of played matchesW – Won matchesD – Drawn matchesL – Lost matchesGS – Goal scoredGA – Goals against
%W – Percentage of matches won
Nationality is indicated by the correspondingFIFA country code(s).
