FK Xəzər Lənkəran

FK Xəzər Lənkəran
Basic data
Surname	Xəzər Lənkəran Futbol Klubu
Seat	Lənkəran
founding	1975
Colours	green white
Website	lankaranfc.com
First soccer team
Head coach	Oğuz Çetin
Venue	Lənkəran City Stadium
Places	15,000
league	Birinci Divizionu
2015/16	10th place ( Premyer Liqası )
home Away

The FK Xəzər Lənkəran (also FK Xäzär Länkärän, internationally also FK Khazar Lenkoran ) is an Azerbaijani football club from Lənkəran . The club plays in Azerbaijan's second division, the Birinci Divizionu, and was the country's champion in 2007. The club colors are green and white.

history

The association was founded in 1975. The club achieved the greatest success in 2007, when the Azerbaijani double (champions and cup winners) could be celebrated. In the 2007 cup final, the team was able to prevail against MKT Araz İmişli 1-0 and was the same year with two points ahead of Neftçi Baku PFK champions of Premyer Liqası . Internationally, the club played several times in qualifying for the Champions League and the UEFA Cup . Due to various sponsors (mainly oil companies ) the club is considered a croissant in Azerbaijani football.

Stadion

The home of the club is the Lənkəran city stadium with a capacity of 15,000 seats.

successes

• Azerbaijani champion (1): 2007
• Azerbaijani Cup Winner (3): 2007, 2008, 2011
• Azerbaijani Supercup Winner (2): 2007, 2013
• CIS Cup winner (1): 2008

European Cup balance sheet

season	competition	round	opponent	total	To	Back
2005/06	Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	FC Nistru Otaci	2: 5	1: 3 (A)	1: 2 (H)
2007/08	UEFA Champions League	1st qualifying round	Dinamo Zagreb	0: 3	1: 1 (H)	1: 3 a.d. (A)
2008/09	Uefa cup	1st qualifying round	Lech poses	2: 5	0: 1 (H)	1: 4 (A)
2010/11	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	FC Olimpia Bălți	(a)1: 1 ( a )	0: 0 (A)	1: 1 (H)
2011/12	UEFA Europa League	2nd qualifying round	Maccabi Tel Aviv	1: 3	1: 3 (A)	0: 0 (H)
2012/13	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	JK Nõmme Kalju	4: 2	2: 2 (H)	2: 0 (A)
		2nd qualifying round	Lech poses	1: 3	1: 1 (H)	0: 1 (A)
2013/14	UEFA Europa League	1st qualifying round	Sliema Wanderers	2: 1	1: 1 (A)	1: 0 (H)
		2nd qualifying round	Maccabi Haifa	00:10	0: 2 (A)	0: 8 (H)

Legend: (H) - home game, (A) - away game, (N) - neutral place, (a) - away goal rule , (i. E.) - on penalties , (n. V.) - after extra time

Overall record: 18 games, 2 wins, 7 draws, 9 defeats, 14:33 goals (goal difference −19)

player

• Oktay Derelioğlu (2004-2005)
• Claudiu Răducanu (2008-2009)
• Ahmet Dursun (2009-2010)

Trainer

Rasim Kara (2005-2007) Viktor Passulko (2006) Tərlan Əhmədov (2009) Mircea Rednic (2010-2011)

Carles Baqués (2012-2013) Yunis Hüseynov (2013, interim) John Toshack (2013)

Web links

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Club information - Xäzär Länkäran on kicker.de, accessed on January 1, 2015