# Ravan Baku FK

Ravan Baku FK (Azerbaijani: Rəvan Futbol Klubu) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Baku that plays in the Azerbaijan First Division.

## History

The club was founded in 2009. In May 2011, the team secured their promotion to Azerbaijan Premier League after clinching second place in Azerbaijan First Division.
In the club's debut 2011–12 season, Ravan ended in 8th position in the Azerbaijan Premier League, the club's highest ever league finish. The following season, the club repeated its record by finishing 8th once again. In 2013, Ravan's ownership faced heavy criticism from local media, football experts and fans, for hiring and firing managers quite so often. Ravan were officially relegated on 17 May 2014 after suffering a 3–2 defeat at home to Baku.

### Domestic history

    As of 20 May 2016
| Season | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | League | Azerbaijan Cup | Top goalscorer | Top goalscorer |
| Season | Div. | Pos. | Pl. | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | Azerbaijan Cup | Name | League |
| 2009–10 | 2nd | 6 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 28 | 37 | Preliminary Round | | |
| 2010–11 | 2nd | 2 | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 54 | 14 | 60 | First round | Asim İbrahimov | |
| 2011–12 | 1st | 8 | 31 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 39 | 39 | 41 | First round | Miloš Zečević Nemanja Vidaković Tagim Novruzov | 5 |
| 2012–13 | 1st | 8 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 46 | 53 | 40 | 1/4 Finals | Juan Manuel Varea | 14 |
| 2013–14 | 1st | 10 | 36 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 22 | 66 | 22 | Semi-finals | Miloš Adamović | 5 |
| 2014–15 | 2nd | 3 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 70 | 22 | 67 | Second round | | |
| 2015–16 | 1st | 9 | 36 | 5 | 9 | 22 | 27 | 63 | 18 | Quarter-final | Ramazan Abbasov | 5 |
| 2016–17 | 2nd | 13 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 24 | 70 | 10 | 1/8 finals | Mehemmed Aliyev | 4 |

## Stadium

Bayil Stadium is a typical football stadium in Bayil district of Baku, Azerbaijan. The stadium was one of the venues during 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup.

## Players

Azerbaijani teams are limited to nine players without Azerbaijani citizenship. 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 7 August 2016
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | AZE | Farid Aghayev |
| 2 | GK | AZE | Tural Abbaszade |
| 3 | GK | IRN | Omid Masumi |
| 4 | DF | AZE | Afsar Mammadov |
| 5 | DF | AZE | Ulvi Kalashov |
| 6 | DF | AZE | Suleyman Mustafazade |
| 7 | DF | AZE | Farid Guliyev |
| 8 | DF | AZE | Rashad Soltanov |
| 9 | DF | AZE | Imran Tahmirazli |
| 10 | DF | AZE | Akbar Ahmadov |
| 11 | DF | AZE | Elvin Aliyev |
| 12 | DF | AZE | Eltun Khudadatov |
| 13 | MF | AZE | Elnur Abdulov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | AZE | Jamshid Maharramov |
| 15 | MF | AZE | Aslan Huseynov |
| 16 | MF | AZE | Samir Abdulov |
| 17 | MF | AZE | Elmir Namazov |
| 18 | MF | AZE | Mirgasim Cabbarli |
| 19 | MF | AZE | Aziz Huseynov |
| 20 | MF | AZE | Mirkamil Hashimli |
| 21 | MF | AZE | Zeynalabdin Huseynov |
| 22 | MF | IRN | Saed Fakharishalde |
| 23 | MF | IRN | Changiz Shahriari |
| 24 | FW | AZE | Ceyhun Abdullayev |
| 25 | FW | IRN | Javid Taleb |
| 26 | FW | UKR | Yasyn Khamid |

## Managers

    As of Match played 24 October 2014
| Name | Managerial Tenure | P | W | D | L | Win % |
| Asim İbrahimov | ? 2010 – 2011 | ? | ? | ? | ? | 0 |
| Bahman Hasanov | ? 2011 – Sep 2011 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Vladislav Kadyrov | Sep 2011 – Feb 2012 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 38.46 |
| Bahman Hasanov | Feb 2012 – Jun 2012 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 35.71 |
| Cevat Güler | Jul 2012 – Aug 2012 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Bahman Hasanov (Caretaker) | Aug 2012 – Sep 2012 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 50 |
| Kemal Alispahić | Sept 2012 – Dec 2012 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 38.46 |
| Ramil Aliyev | Dec 2012 – Aug 2013 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 50 |
| Vladislav Kadyrov | Aug 2013 – Oct 2013 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14.29 |
| Shahin Diniyev | Oct 2013 – Jan 2014 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9.09 |
| Güvenç Kurtar | Jan 2014 – May 2014 | 22 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 13.64 |
| Ramil Aliyev | Jun 2014 – Jul 2015 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 67.74 |
| Emin Quliyev | Jul 2015 – 17 Oct 2015 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Bahman Hasanov | 17 Oct 2015 – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |