FK Khazar Lankaran

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FK Khazar Lankaran

Full name	Xəzər-Lənkəran Futbol Klubu
Nickname(s)	Gəmiçilər (Shipbuilders)
Founded	2004
Ground	Lankaran City Stadium, Lankaran, Azerbaijan (Capacity: 15,000)
Owner	Mubariz Mansimov
Coach	Agaselim Mirjavadov
League	Azerbaijan Premier League
2007-2008	4
Home colours Away colours

FK Khazar Lankaran (Azeri: Xəzər Lənkəran) is an Azerbaijani football club based in Lankaran, who play in the AFFA Supreme League, Azerbaijan's top division. The club is usually dubbed by the local media as "Caucasian Chelsea" due Khazar's strong financial position.^[1][2]

Contents 1 History 2 Supporters 3 Honours 4 League and domestic cup history 5 UEFA club competition record 6 Current squad 7 Notable players 8 Managers 9 References 10 External links

[edit] History

FK Khazar Lankaran have completed the double in Azerbaijan after lifting the Azerbaijani Cup for the first time with a 1-0 win against MKT Araz.

The club was founded in 2004 and has already won one championship and two cups.^[3]

[edit] Supporters

The club have one of the biggest number of supporters population alongside Neftchi Baku PFC.^[4]

[edit] Honours

Azerbaijan League

• Champions - 2006-07

Azerbaijan Cup

• Winners - 2006-07, 2007-08

CIS Cup

• Champions - 2008

[edit] League and domestic cup history

Season	Div.	Pos.	Pl.	W	D	L	GS	GA	P	Domestic Cup
2004-05	1st	2	34	24	6	4	68	15	78	Semi-finals
2005-06	1st	7	26	9	9	8	27	18	36	Semi-finals
2006-07	1st	1	24	17	5	2	50	16	56	Winners
2007-08	1st	4	26	14	10	2	44	16	52	Winners

[edit] UEFA club competition record

As of December, 2008.

Competition	Matches	Win	Draw	Lose	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League	2	-	1	1	2	4
UEFA Cup	4	-	-	4	3	10

Season	Cup's name	Round	Country	Club	Result
2005/06	UEFA Cup	1Q		FC Nistru Otaci	1-3, 1-2
2007/08	UEFA Champions League	1Q		NK Dinamo Zagreb	1-1, 1-3
2008/09	UEFA Cup	1Q		Lech Poznań	0-1, 1-4

[edit] Current squad

As of 6 July, 2009.

No. Position Player 1 GK Dmitry Kramarenko (captain) 3 DF Denis Silva 4 DF Fatih Sonkaya 5 DF Emin Quliyev 7 DF Ruslan Poladov 9 FW Ivan Cvetkov 10 MF Ceyhun Sultanov 14 MF Rahid Amirquliev 19 DF Konstadin Dzhambazov

No. Position Player 20 MF Nizami Hajiev 21 MF Radomir Todorov 23 GK Zabit Safarov 25 GK Kamran Agaev 30 MF Mario Sergio 33 MF Diego Qusmao Souza 55 MF Junior Osvaldo 72 MF Devran Ayhan DF Alim Qurbanov

[edit] Notable players

Azerbaijan Samir Aliyev Dmitriy Kramarenko Emin Quliyev Mahmud Gurbanov Khagani Mammadov Zaur Ramazanov Romania Daniel Munteanu Claudiu Răducanu Robert Ilyes

Bulgaria Radomir Todorov Kostadin Djambazov Ivan Cvetkov Turkey Oktay Derelioğlu Brazil Juninho Diego Souza

Serbia Milorad Korać Côte d'Ivoire Yacouba Bamba Lithuania Darius Zutautas Georgia Valeri Abramidze

[edit] Managers

• Nazim Suleymanov (2004)
• Rasim Kara (2004-05)
• Nazim Suleymanov (2005)
• Şenol Fidan (2005)
• Viktor Pasulko (2006)
• Agasalim Mirjavadov (2006-2008)
• Rasim Kara (2008 - 2009)
• Igor Ponomarev (2009 - )

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official website
• Official fanclub
• Khazar Lenkoran at AFFA.AZ
• Khazar Lenkoran at UEFA.COM
• Khazar Lenkoran at EUFO.DE
• Khazar Lenkoran at Weltfusball.de
• Khazar Lenkoran at Transfermarkt.de
• Khazar Lenkoran at National Football Teams.com
• Khazar Lenkoran at Football-Lineups.com

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