Azerbaijan Cup

The Azerbaijan Cup is a major association football competition in Azerbaijan. In its original form, it started in 1936, when the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic was a republic of the Soviet Union and it was not disputed by Azerbaijani teams in the Soviet league pyramid.

Compared to cups in many other countries, Azerbaijan attracts considerably less public interest and even the cup final tickets are rarely sold out. Consequently, the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan has experimented with the cup in order to raise public interest for the cup.

 Format 
The clubs from Azerbaijan First Division (2nd tier) play in the First Round. The winners of that round advance to the Second Round, where the clubs from the Azerbaijani Premier League (1st tier) join. For the quarterfinals and the semifinals, the round-robin system is used. For the finals, the format is restored to head-to-head.

Participants
All clubs from the Azerbaijani Premier League and the Azerbaijan First Division.

Soviet time Cup winners

 1936: Stroitel Yuga Baku
 1937: Temp Baku
 1938: Temp Baku
 1939: Lokomotiv Baku
 1940: Dinamo Baku
 1941–46: Not Played
 1947: Pischevik Baku
 1948: Pischevik Baku
 1949: KKF Baku
 1950: Trudovye Rezervy Baku
 1951: Zavod im. S.M.Budennogo Baku
 1952: Zavod im. S.M.Budennogo Baku
 1953: Dinamo Baku
 1954: BODO Baku
 1955: Zavod im. S.M.Budennogo Baku
 1956: NPU Ordgonikidzeneft Baku
 1957: Mekhsul Tovuz
 1958: SK BO PVO Baku

 1959: Neftyannik Cuba
 1960: ATZ Sumgait
 1961: NPU Ordgonikidzeneft Baku
 1962: MOIK Baku
 1963: MOIK Baku
 1964: Vostok Baku
 1965: Vostok Baku
 1966: Vostok Baku
 1967: Apsheron Baku
 1968: Politechnik Mingechaur
 1969: MOIK Baku
 1970: MOIK Baku
 1971: Suruhanez Salyany
 1972: Izolit Mingechaur
 1973: MOIK Baku
 1974: MOIK Baku
 1975: Suruhanez Baku
 1976: MOIK Baku

 1977: Suruhanez Baku
 1978: MOIK Baku
 1979: Suruhanez Baku
 1980: Energetik Ali-Bayramly
 1981: Gandglik Baku
 1982: Gandglik Baku
 1983: FK Vilash Masalli
 1984: Konditer Gandja
 1985: Konditer Gandja
 1986: İnşaatçı Sabirabad
 1987: Khazar Lankaran
 1988: Araz Baku
 1989: Gandglik Baku
 1990: Qarabağ
 1991: İnşaatçı Baku

Finals
YearVenueWinnerScoreRunner-up199229 August 1992  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 4,000İnşaatçı Baku  Seyran Guseinov Ilkham Aliev 2 – 1(aet)FK Kur Mekhman Bakhshiev 199328 May 1993  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 10,500Qarabağ  Mushfig Guseinov 1 – 0(aet)İnşaatçı Sabirabad1993–9428 May 1994  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 3,500Kapaz  Djeikhun Tanriverdiev  Fazil Parvarov 2 – 0Khazar Lankaran1994–9528 May 1995  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 15,000Neftchi Baku  Yunis Huseynov 1 – 0FK Kur1995–9615 May 1996  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 18,500Neftchi Baku  Yunis Huseynov Vidadi Rzayev Yunis Huseynov 3 – 0Qarabağ1996–9728 May 1997  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 6,000Kapaz  Khalig Mardanov 1 – 0Khazri Buzovna1997–9828 May 1998  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 5,500Kapaz  Badri Kvaratskhelia Vasif Valiev 2 – 0Qarabağ1998–9928 May 1999  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 11,000Neftchi Baku0 – 0(5 – 4 pen.)Shamkir1999–0028 May 2000  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 6,000Kapaz  Ramiz Mammadov  Rovshan Akhmedov 2 – 1Qarabağ  Bahram Shahguliev 2000–0125 May 2001  Sumqayit – Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Attendance: 1500Shafa  Ramiz Mammadov   Emin Imamaliev 2 – 1Neftchi Baku  Samir Aliyev 2001–02*28 May 2002  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 19,000Neftchi Baku 3 – 0 ForfeitShamkir walked off in 84'Shamkir 2002–03Due to conflict between almost all clubs and the Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan, no Cup Competition was held.Azerbaijan 2002/03 2003–049 May 2004  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 18,000Neftchi Baku  Samir Abbasov 1 – 0(aet)Shamkir 2004–0528 May 2005  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 10,000FK Baku  Leandro Gomes Andrezinho 2 – 1(aet)Inter Baku  Uladzimir Makowski 2005–063 June 2006  Baku – Shafa  Attendance: 4,000Qarabağ  Vasif Hakverdiev Samir Musayev 2 – 1Karvan  Roman Akhalkatsi 2006–0728 May 2007  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium  Attendance: 15,500Khazar Lankaran  Rashad Karimov 1 – 0MKT-Araz2007–0825 May 2008  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium  Attendance: 20,000Khazar Lankaran Juninho Juninho 2 – 0(aet)Inter Baku2008–0923 May 2009  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium  Attendance: 5,500Qarabağ Vagif Javadov 1 – 0Inter Baku2009–1022 May 2010  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium  Attendance: 26,000FK Baku Veaceslav Sofroni Aleksandar Solic 2 – 1(aet)Khazar Lankaran Elvin Beqiri 2010–1124 May 2011  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium  Attendance: 10,000Khazar Lankaran Winston Parks 1 – 1 (4 – 2 pen.)Inter BakuĢirts Karlsons 2011–1217 May 2012  Baku – Dalga Arena  Attendance: 4,300FC Baku Koke  Juninho 2 – 0Neftchi Baku2012–1328 May 2013  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium  Attendance: 29,500Neftchi Baku0 – 0 (5 – 3 pen.)Khazar Lankaran2013–1422 May 2014  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium  Attendance: 20,000Neftchi Baku  Samir Masimov 1 – 1 (3 – 2 pen.)Gabala  Marat Izmailov 2014–153 June 2015  Gabala – Gabala City Stadium Attendance: 4,500Qarabağ  Reynaldo   Reynaldo   Muarem Muarem 3 – 1Neftchi Baku  Ernest Webnje Nfor 2015–1625 May 2016  Baku – Tofiq Bahramov Stadium Attendance: 25,500Qarabağ 1 – 0(aet)Neftchi Baku2016–175 May 2017  Nakhchivan – Nakhchivan City Stadium Attendance: 12,800Qarabağ  Mahir Madatov   Urfan Abbasov 2 – 0Gabala2017–1828 May 2018  Gabala City Stadium – Qabala Attendance: 4,500Keşla  Pardis Fardjad-Azad 1 – 0Gabala2018–1919 May 2019  Nakhchivan City Stadium – Nakhchivan Attendance: 10,000Gabala  Steeven Joseph-Monrose 1 – 0Sumgayit

Note
 The Azerbaijan Cup held in 2001–02 was suspended due to the clashes between clubs and AFFA. The clubs themselves then made an alternative cup. The ultimate winner of the cup was Neftchi. However, the result of an alternative tournament that season is not officially recognized.

Performance
Performance by club
 Club Winners Runner-up Winning Years Neftchi Baku 7 4 1994–95, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2001-02, 2003–04, 2012–13, 2013–14 Qarabağ 6 3 1993, 2005–06, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 Kapaz 4 – 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–2000 Khazar Lankaran 3 3 2006–07, 2007–08, 2010–11 FC Baku 3 – 2004–05, 2009–10, 2011–12 Keşla 1 4 2017–18 İnşaatçı Baku 1 – 1992 Shafa 1 – 2000–01 Gabala 1 3 2018–19 Shamkir – 3 – FK Kur – 2 – İnşaatçı Sabirabad – 1 – Khazri Buzovna – 1 – Karvan – 1 – MKT-Araz – 1 – Sumgayit – 1 –

References

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Cup
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Category:1936 establishments
Category:1992 establishments in Azerbaijan