# Shamkir FC

Shamkir Football Club (Azerbaijani: Şəmkir Futbol Klubu), is an Azerbaijani football club based in Şəmkir, that currently plays in the Azerbaijan First Division. The club is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Azerbaijan's football history with two Azerbaijan Premier League titles.

## History

The club was established in 1954, even though it never participated at any Soviet football league. It was re-established in 1993. Shamkir's most successful years were at the start of the 2000s, after Shahbaz Suleymanov's takeover, club with Agaselim Mirjavadov consecutively won three Azerbaijan Premier League titles and reached the final of Azerbaijan Cup three times. The club also became the first Azerbaijani team to pass qualifying stage of Champions League. In 2005, the club was briefly defunct due to sponsorship reasons but re-established once again on 19 August 2009 after finding sponsors.

## Stadium

Shamkir Olympic Sport Complex Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Shamkir, Azerbaijan. It is used as a home ground of Shamkir FC since 2010.

## Honours
### National

* Azerbaijan Premier League
    Winners (2): 1999–00, 2000–01
* Azerbaijan First Division
    Winners (1): 1994–95

## League and domestic cup history

| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Domestic Cup |
| 1993–94 | 2nd | 8 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 42 | 19 | 24 | Preliminary Round |
| 1994–95 | 2nd | 1 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 38 | 11 | 48 | 1/16 Finals |
| 1995–96 | 1st | 10 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 39 | 13 | Quarter-Finals |
| 1996–97 | 1st | 12 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 30 | 106 | 26 | 1/8 Finals |
| 1997–98 | 1st | 3 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 44 | 10 | 54 | Quarter-Finals |
| 1998–99 | 1st | 2 | 36 | 21 | 3 | 12 | 52 | 34 | 66 | Runners-Up |
| 1999-00 | 1st | 1 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 11 | 55 | 1/8 Finals |
| 2000–01 | 1st | 1 | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 60 | 14 | 51 | 1/8 Finals |
| 2001–02 | 1st | 1 | 32 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 80 | 20 | 76 | Runners-Up |
| 2003–04 | 1st | 2 | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 67 | 11 | 64 | Runners-Up |
| 2004–05 | 1st | 13 | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 34 | 48 | 32 | 1/8 Finals |
| 2010–11 | 2nd | 9 | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 15 | 36 | 22 | Preliminary Round |
| 2011–12 | 2nd | 8 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 33 | did not enter |
| 2012–13 | 2nd | 13 | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 56 | 15 | did not enter |
| 2013–14 | 2nd | 11 | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 28 | 42 | 31 | did not enter |
| 2014–15 | 2nd | 11 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 46 | 32 | did not enter |
| 2015–16 | 2nd | 5 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 24 | 38 | Second round |
| 2016–17 | 2nd | 6 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 41 | 20 | 48 | First round |
| 2017–18 | RL | | | | | | | | | did not enter |

## UEFA club competition results

* Q = Qualifying
| Season | Competition | Round | Club | Home | Away | Aggregate |
| 1999/00 | UEFA Cup | Q | Kryvbas Kryviy Rih | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–5 |
| 2000/01 | UEFA Champions League | Q1 | Skonto Riga | 4–1 | 1–2 | 5–3 |
| | | Q2 | SK Slavia Prague | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–5 |
| 2001/02 | UEFA Champions League | Q1 | Barry Town | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 |
| 2004/05 | UEFA Cup | Q1 | FC Tbilisi | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–5 |

## Managers
### Managers in modern history

* Afgan Talybov (1997–1998)
* Agaselim Mirjavadov (1998–2001)
* Gahraman Aliyev (2001–2005)
* Faig Jabbarov (2009–2011)
* Anar Kalantarov (2011–2013)
* Ruslan Abbasov (2013–2015)
* Kamran Alibabayev (2015–2016)
* Gahraman Aliyev (2016–2017)
* Badri Kvaratskhelia (2017)