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Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan

Governing body of football in Azerbaijan

Summary

Governing body of football in Azerbaijan

||Headquarters=Khatai, Baku|Vice-President=3 officials The Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan (AFFA; ) is the governing body of football in Azerbaijan. Formed in 1992, it is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the amateur and professional game in its territory. AFFA is a member of both UEFA and FIFA.

AFFA sanctions all competitive football matches within its remit at national level, and indirectly at local level through the AFFA Amateur League. It runs numerous competitions, the most famous of which is the Azerbaijan Cup. It is also responsible for appointing the management of the men's, women's and youth national football teams and leagues.

History

The AFFA was formed on 26 March 1992, after Azerbaijan gained independence from the USSR. On 23 February 2009, the AFFA, along with UEFA vice president Şenes Erzik, unveiled the Azerbaijan Football Academy at Nobel Avenue, Baku.

In 2010, the association adopted a new logo. In 2012, the federation held an election with Rovnag Abdullayev being the only candidate. He was elected to serve a second term as head of the AFFA.

Members

  • President: Rovshan Najaf
  • Regional Football Federation: Balakishi Gasimov (AFFA Vice-President), Elshad Nasirov (AFFA Vice-President), Sarkhan Hajiyev (AFFA Executive Vice-President)
  • Professional Football League: Farid Mansurov, Gurban Gurbanov, Khayal Javarov, Magsud Adigozalov, Samad Gurbanov
  • Sectional Football Federation: Leyla Khalilova Rzazada, Ulvi Mansurov
  • Public Football Union: Konul Mehtiyeva: (AFFA Vice-President), Zaur Akhundov

Relationship with FIFA

The country's football association received a major blow in April 2002, when UEFA imposed a two-year ban in response to a long-standing conflict between the AFFA and majority of the Azerbaijan Premier League clubs. The domestic championship was abandoned as a result of the conflict and the top clubs prevented their players from playing for the national team, with tax officials also probing allegations of fraud at the Azerbaijan federation.

Principals

OfficeNameTenure
PresidentFuad Musayev1992–2003
title=Chingiz Ismayilov: "Fuad Asadov offered me deputy post"url=http://www.today.az/news/society/35166.htmlwebsite=www.today.azaccess-date=15 November 2014}}2003–2007
title=Elşad Nəsirov: "Mən "Neftçi"nin sahibi yox, AFFA-nın vitse-prezidentiyəm" - See more aturl=http://rekord.az/news/p:16974website=rekord.azaccess-date=15 November 2014language=azarchive-date=10 November 2014archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141110081430/http://rekord.az/news/p:16974url-status=dead}}2007–2008
Rovnag Abdullayev2008–2024
Rovshan Najaf2024–present

Competitions

It organizes the following competitions: ;Men's football

  • Azerbaijan Premier League (or Topaz Premyer Liqası); First league
  • Azerbaijan First Division (or Birinci Divizion); Second league
  • Azerbaijan Cup
  • Azerbaijan Supercup
  • Azerbaijan Futsal Premier League
  • AFFA Amateur League

;Women's football

  • Azerbaijan Women's Football League

National teams

The AFFA also organises national football teams representing Azerbaijan at all age levels:

National teamManagerCaptainMen'sWomen's
SeniorPOR Fernando SantosMaksim Medvedev
Under-23vacantRuslan Abışov
Under-21SRB Milan ObradovićHajiagha Hajili
Under-20
Under-19AZE Samir AliyevTuran Valizade
Under-18AZE Zaur HashimovKarim Diniyev
Under-17AZE Vugar MammadJalal Huseynov
Under-16AZE Tabriz Hasanovunknown
Under-15AZE Aslan Kerimov
FutsalBRA MiltinhoRizvan Farzaliyev
Beach soccerAZE Zeynal ZeynalovElhad Guliyev
SeniorAZE Siyasat AsgarovAytaj Sharifova
Under-17unknown

Sponsorship

Companies that AFFA currently has sponsorship deals with include:

  • Topaz - Official sponsor
  • Bakcell - Official sponsor
  • Atena - Official sponsor
  • Unicef - Official sponsor
  • Coca-Cola - Official sponsor
  • AccessBank Azerbaijan - Official sponsor
  • Clear - Official sponsor

References

References

  1. "Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan".
  2. "AFFA-nın 20 İLLİK FƏALİYYƏTİNƏ "2" VERİLDİ".
  3. [http://www.affa.az/index.php?id=1155&lang=en&r=115 Opening of Football Academy]
  4. [https://en.trend.az/azerbaijan/society/1378914.html Opening ceremony of Azerbaijan Football Academy to take place early 2009]
  5. link
  6. "Rovnag Abdullayev re-elected AFFA president".
  7. "İbrahimoviç Qurbanova çatdı". futbolplusqol.com.
  8. Walker, Paul. (August 2021). "Relief for Wales as Uefa lifts ban on Azerbaijan". [[The Independent]].
  9. "Fuad Musayev: "AFFA-nın hədiyyəsindən imtina etdim"".
  10. "Chingiz Ismayilov: "Fuad Asadov offered me deputy post"".
  11. "Elşad Nəsirov: "Mən "Neftçi"nin sahibi yox, AFFA-nın vitse-prezidentiyəm" - See more at".
  12. "Wealth Generator".
  13. "Rovshan Najaf has been elected as the president of AFFA".
  14. "Azerbaijani Premier League has a new sponsor".
  15. "Bakcell becomes sponsor of Azerbaijani national football team".
  16. "AFFA ilə "Atena" şirkəti arasında sponsorluq müqaviləsi imzalanıb".
  17. "Youth Development". [[Unicef]].
  18. "AFFA, Coca-Cola sign sponsor deal".
  19. "AFFA".
  20. ""Clear" rəsmən millimizin sponsoru oldu".
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