Qarabağ FK in European football

Qarabağ FK has participated in 14 editions of the club competitions governed by UEFA, the chief authority for football across Europe. These include 4 seasons in the Champions League, 9 seasons in the UEFA Cup and Europa League, two seasons in the Cup Winners' Cup and one season in the Intertoto Cup.^[1] Qarabağ has played three times in the Europa League after qualifying via the Champions League. Counting all of the 86 games the side have played in UEFA competitions since their first entry into the Cup Winners' Cup in the 1996–97 season, the team's record stands at 32 wins, 22 draws and 32 defeats.

Qarabağ playing against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge during the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League.

The club plays its home matches at Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium, an all-seater stadium in Baku. Since the last rebuilding in 2012, it can host 31,200 spectators.^[2] The record attendance for Qarabağ in a European match occurred 30 July 2014, in a 2014–15 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round match attended by 32,000 fans against Red Bull Salzburg which ended with a 2–1 win for the Qarabağ.^[3] Qarabağ biggest wins is 5–0 against Samtredia in the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League qualification, while the biggest defeats is 0–6 against Copenhagen in the 1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup and Montpellier in the 1999 UEFA Intertoto Cup.^[1] With 67 caps, Rashad Sadygov and Maksim Medvedev has appeared in the most UEFA matches for Qarabağ,^[1] while Reynaldo has scored the most goals with 11.^[1] Qarabağ has played Metalurg Skopje, Twente and Copenhagen four times, more than any other team.

In 2017, after beating Copenhagen 2–2 (on away goals) in the play-off round of the UEFA Champions League, Qarabağ became the first Azerbaijani club to reach the group stage.^[4] They were drawn in Group C alongside Chelsea, Atlético Madrid and Roma, where they managed to obtain two points in six games after two draws and four losses.^[5]

The 2021–22 season saw Qarabağ progress from the group stage of a European competition for the first time, finishing second place in their UEFA Europa Conference League group after six matches.

Key

S = Seasons Pld = Matches played W = Matches won D = Matches drawn L = Matches lost GF = Goals for GA = Goals against a.e.t. = Match determined after extra time p = Match determined by penalty shoot-out a = Match determined by away goals rule QF = Quarter-finals KO = Knockout round

Group = Group stage Group 2 = Second group stage PO = Play-off round R3 = Round 3 R2 = Round 2 R1 = Round 1 Q3 = Third qualification round Q2 = Second qualification round Q1 = First qualification round QR = Qualification round

Matches

The following is a complete list of matches played by Qarabağ in UEFA tournaments. It includes the season, tournament, the stage, the opponent club and the scores in home and away, with Qarabağ's score noted first. It is up to date as of 14 December 2023.

List of Qarabağ FK matches in European football

Season	Tournament	Stage	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate	Ref.
1996–97	Cup Winners' Cup	QR	MyPa	0–1	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)	^[6]
1997–98	UEFA Cup	Q1	Jablonec 97	0–3	0–5	0–8	^[7]
1998–99	Cup Winners' Cup	QR	Copenhagen	0–4	0–6	0–10	^[8]
1999	Intertoto Cup	R1	Maccabi Haifa	0–1	2–1	2–2 (a)	^[9]
		R2	Montpellier	0–3	0–6	0–9
2004-05	UEFA Cup	Q1	Dukla	0–1	0–3	0–4	^[10]
2006–07	UEFA Cup	Q2	Zimbru Chișinău	1–2	1–1	2–3 (a.e.t.)	^[11]
2009–10	Europa League	Q2	Rosenborg	1–0	0–0	1–0	^[12]
		Q3	Honka	2–1	1–0	3–1
		PO	Twente	0–0	1–3	1–3
2010–11	Europa League	Q1	Metalurg Skopje	4–1	1–1	5–2	^[13]
		Q2	Portadown	1–1	2–1	3–2
		Q3	Wisła Kraków	3–2	1–0	4–2
		PO	Borussia Dortmund	0–1	0–4	0–5
2011–12	Europa League	Q1	Banga Gargždai	3–0	4–0	7–0	^[14]
		Q2	EB/Streymur	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		Q3	Club Brugge	1–0	1–4	2–4
2013–14	Europa League	Q1	Metalurg Skopje	1–0	1–0	2–0	^[15]
		Q2	Piast Gliwice	2–1	2–2	4–3 (a.e.t.)
		Q3	Gefle IF	1–0	2–0	3–0
		PO	Eintracht Frankfurt	0–2	1–2	1–4
2014–15	Champions League	Q2	Valletta	4–0	1–0	5–0	^[16]^[17]
		Q3	Salzburg	2–1	0–2	2–3
	Europa League	PO	Twente	0–0	1–1	1–1 (a)
		Group	Saint-Étienne	0–0	1–1	3rd place
			Internazionale	0–0	0–2
			Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–2	1–0
2015–16	Champions League	Q2	Rudar Pljevlja	0–0	1–0	1–0	^[18]^[19]
		Q3	Celtic	0–0	0–1	0–1
	Europa League	PO	Young Boys	3–0	1–0	4–0
		Group	Anderlecht	1–0	1–2	4th place
			Monaco	1–1	0–1
			Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	1–3
2016–17	Champions League	Q2	F91 Dudelange	2–0	1–1	3–1	^[20]^[21]
		Q3	Viktoria Plzeň	1–1	0–0	1–1 (a)
	Europa League	PO	Göteborg	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Group	Fiorentina	1–2	1–5	3rd place
			PAOK	2–0	1–0
			Slovan Liberec	2–2	0–3
2017–18	Champions League	Q2	Samtredia	5–0	1–0	6–0	^[22]
		Q3	Sheriff Tiraspol	0–0	2–1	2–1
		PO	Copenhagen	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		Group	Roma	1–2	0–1	4th place
			Atlético Madrid	0–0	1–1
			Chelsea	0–4	0–6
2018–19	Champions League	Q1	Olimpija Ljubljana	0−0	1–0	1–0
		Q2	Kukësi	3–0	0−0	3–0
		Q3	BATE Borisov	0–1	1−1	1–2
	Europa League	PO	Sheriff Tiraspol	3–0	0–1	3–1
		Group	Arsenal	0–3	0–1	4th place
			Sporting CP	1–6	0–2
			Vorskla Poltava	0–1	1–0
2019–20	Champions League	Q1	Partizani	2–0	0−0	2–0
		Q2	Dundalk	3–0	1−1	4–1
		Q3	APOEL	0–2	2–1	2–3
	Europa League	PO	Linfield	2–1	2–3	4–4 (a)
		Group	Sevilla	0–3	0–2	3rd place
			APOEL	2−2	1–2
			F91 Dudelange	1−1	4–1
2020–21	Champions League	Q1	Sileks	4–0	—	—
		Q2	Sheriff Tiraspol	2–1	—	—
		Q3	Molde	0–0 (5–6 p)	—	—
	Europa League	PO	Legia Warsaw	—	3–0	—
		Group	Villarreal	1–3	0–3	4th place
			Maccabi Tel Aviv	1–1	0–1
			Sivasspor	2–3	0–2
2021–22	Europa Conference League	Q2	Ashdod	0–0	1–0	1–0
		Q3	AEL Limassol	1–0	1–1	2–1
		PO	Aberdeen	1–0	3–1	4–1
		Group	Basel	0–0	0–3	2nd place
			Kairat	2–1	2–1
			Omonia	2–2	4–1
		KPO	Marseille	0–3	1–3	1–6
2022–23	Champions League	Q1	Lech Poznań	5–1	0–1	5–2
		Q2	Zürich	3–2	2–2	5–4
		Q3	Ferencváros	1–1	3–1	4–2
		PO	Viktoria Plzeň	0–0	1–2	1–2
	Europa League	Group	SC Freiburg	1–1	1–2	3rd place
			Nantes	3–0	1–2
			Olympiacos	0–0	3–0
	Europa Conference League	KPO	Gent	1–0	0–1	1–1 (p)
2023–24	Champions League	Q1	Lincoln Red Imps	4–0	2–1	6–1
		Q2	Raków Częstochowa	1–1	2–3	3–4
	Europa League	Q3	HJK	2–1	2–1	4–1
		PO	Olimpija Ljubljana	1–1	2–0	3–1
		Group	Bayer Leverkusen	0–1	1–5	2nd
			BK Häcken	2-1	1–0
			Molde	1–0	2–2

By competition

 

Qarabağ playing against Red Bull Salzburg at Red Bull Arena during the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League

The following is a list of the all-time statistics from Qarabağ's games in the four UEFA tournaments it has participated in, as well as the overall total. The list contains the tournament, the number of matches played (Pld), won (W), drawn (D) and lost (L). The number of goals for (GF), goals against (GA), goal difference (GD) and the percentage of matches won (Win%). The statistics include qualification matches and is up to date as of the 2023–24 season.^[23] The statistics also include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.

As of match played 14 December 2023

Tournament	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League	51	21	18	12	66	44	+22	041.18
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	97	35	22	40	108	128	−20	036.08
UEFA Europa Conference League	16	8	4	4	19	17	+2	050.00
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	4	0	1	3	1	12	−11	000.00
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	1	0	3	2	11	−9	025.00
Total	172	65	45	62	197	213	−16	037.79

By opponent club nationality

Accurate as of 14 December 2023

Country	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Albania	Kukësi	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3
	Partizani	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2
Subtotal		4	2	2	0	5	0	+5
Austria	Red Bull Salzburg	2	1	0	1	2	3	–1
Subtotal		2	1	0	1	2	3	–1
Belarus	BATE Borisov	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
Subtotal		2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
Belgium	Anderlecht	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Club Brugge	2	1	0	1	2	4	–2
	Gent	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Subtotal		6	3	0	3	5	7	–2
Cyprus	AEL Limassol	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1
	APOEL	4	1	1	2	5	7	–2
	Omonia	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3
Subtotal		8	3	3	2	13	11	+2
Czech Republic	Jablonec	2	0	0	2	0	8	–8
	Slovan Liberec	2	0	1	1	2	5	–3
	Viktoria Plzeň	4	0	3	1	2	3	–1
Subtotal		8	0	4	4	1	16	–12
Denmark	Copenhagen	4	1	0	3	2	12	–10
Subtotal		4	1	0	3	2	12	–10
England	Chelsea	2	0	0	2	0	10	–10
	Tottenham Hotspur	2	0	0	2	1	4	–3
	Arsenal	2	0	0	2	0	4	–4
Subtotal		6	0	0	6	1	18	–17
Faroe Islands	EB/Streymur	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Subtotal		2	0	2	0	1	1	0
Finland	Honka	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
	MYPA	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
	HJK	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Subtotal		6	4	1	1	8	6	+2
France	Marseille	2	0	0	2	1	6	–5
	Monaco	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
	Montpellier	2	0	0	2	0	9	–9
	Saint-Étienne	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
	Nantes	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2
Subtotal		10	1	3	6	7	20	–13
Germany	Bayer Leverkusen	2	0	0	2	1	6	–5
	Borussia Dortmund	2	0	0	2	0	5	–5
	Eintracht Frankfurt	2	0	0	2	1	4	–3
	SC Freiburg	2	0	1	1	2	3	–1
Subtotal		8	0	1	7	4	18	–14
Gibraltar	Lincoln Red Imps	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5
Georgia	Samtredia	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	6	0	+6
Greece	PAOK	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
	Olympiacos	2	1	1	0	3	0	+3
Subtotal		4	3	1	0	6	0	+6
Hungary	Ferencváros	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	4	2	+2
Ireland	Dundalk	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	4	1	+3
Israel	Ashdod	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
	Maccabi Haifa	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Maccabi Tel Aviv	2	0	1	1	1	2	–1
Subtotal		6	2	2	2	4	4	0
Italy	Fiorentina	2	0	0	2	2	7	–5
	Inter Milan	2	0	1	1	0	2	–2
	Roma	2	0	0	2	1	3	–2
Subtotal		6	0	1	5	3	12	–9
Kazakhstan	Kairat	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Lithuania	Banga Gargždai	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	7	0	+7
Luxembourg	F91 Dudelange	4	2	2	0	8	3	+5
Subtotal		4	2	2	0	8	3	+5
Malta	Valletta	2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Subtotal		2	2	0	0	5	0	+5
Moldova	Sheriff Tiraspol	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4
	Zimbru Chișinău	2	0	1	1	2	3	–1
Subtotal		7	3	2	2	9	6	+3
Montenegro	Rudar Pljevlja	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Subtotal		2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Netherlands	Twente	4	0	3	1	2	4	–2
Subtotal		4	0	3	1	2	4	–2
Northern Ireland	Portadown	2	1	1	0	3	2	+1
	Linfield	2	1	0	1	4	4	0
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	7	6	+1
Norway	Molde	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
	Rosenborg	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1
Subtotal		5	2	3	0	4	2	+2
Poland	Lech Poznań	2	1	0	1	5	2	+3
	Legia Warsaw	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3
	Piast Gliwice	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1
	Raków Częstochowa	2	0	1	1	3	4	–1
	Wisła Kraków	2	2	0	0	4	2	+2
Subtotal		9	5	2	2	19	11	+8
Portugal	Sporting CP	2	0	0	2	1	8	–7
Subtotal		2	0	0	2	1	8	–7
Republic of Macedonia	Metalurg Skopje	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5
	Sileks	1	1	0	0	4	0	+4
Subtotal		5	4	1	0	11	2	+9
Scotland	Aberdeen	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3
	Celtic	2	0	1	1	0	1	–1
Subtotal		4	2	1	1	4	2	+2
Slovakia	Dukla	2	0	0	2	0	4	–4
Subtotal		2	0	0	2	0	4	–4
Slovenia	Olimpija Ljubljana	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3
Subtotal		4	2	2	0	4	1	+3
Spain	Atlético Madrid	2	0	2	0	1	1	0
	Sevilla	2	0	0	2	0	5	–5
	Villarreal	2	0	0	2	1	6	–5
Subtotal		6	0	2	4	2	12	–10
Sweden	Gefle IF	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3
	IFK Göteborg	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2
	BK Häcken	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2
Subtotal		6	5	0	1	9	2	+7
Switzerland	Basel	2	0	1	1	0	3	–3
	Young Boys	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4
	Zürich	2	1	1	0	5	4	+1
Subtotal		6	3	2	1	9	7	+2
Turkey	Sivasspor	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3
Subtotal		2	0	0	2	2	5	−3
Ukraine	Dnipro	2	1	0	1	2	2	0
	Vorskla Poltava	2	1	0	1	1	1	0
Subtotal		4	2	0	2	3	3	0
Total		172	65	45	62	197	213	–16

By club

The following list details Qarabağ FK's all-time record against clubs they have met three or more times in European competition. The club and its country are given, as well as the number of games played (Pld), won by Qarabağ (W), drawn (D) and lost by Qarabağ (L), goals for Qarabağ (GF), goals against Qarabağ (GA) and Qarabağ 's goal difference (GD). Statistics are correct as of the 2023–24 season and include goals scored during extra time where applicable; in these games, the result given is the result at the end of extra time.

Accurate as of 14 December 2023.

Country	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Ref.
Moldova	Sheriff Tiraspol	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4
Cyprus	APOEL	4	1	1	2	5	7	-2
Luxembourg	F91 Dudelange	4	2	2	0	8	3	+5
Denmark	Copenhagen	4	1	0	3	2	12	–10
North Macedonia	Metalurg Skopje	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]
Netherlands	Twente	4	0	3	1	2	4	–2	^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]
Slovenia	Olimpija Ljubljana	4	2	2	0	4	1	+3
Norway	Molde	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1

Top scorers in European competition

Accurate as of 30 November 2023.

Nat.	Player	Goals
	Abdullah Zubir	11
	Reynaldo das Silva	11
	Kadi Borges	9
	Richard Almeida	8
	Dani Quintana	8
	Marcos Miguel	7
	Phillip Ozobic	7
	Afran İsmayılov	7
	Kvabena Ovusu	6
	Jaime Romero	6
	Donald Guerruer	6
	Redon Xhixha	5
	Ibrahima Wadji	5
	Dino Ndlovu	5
	Vüqar Nadirov	5
	Rashad Sadıqov	5
	Mahir Emreli	5
	Leandro Andrade	5
	Toral Bayramov	4
	Muarem Muarem	4
	George Leroy	4

Club ranking

UEFA coefficient

Further information: UEFA coefficient

Correct as of 5 October 2016.^[32] The table shows the position of Qarabağ (highlighted), based on their UEFA coefficient club ranking, and the four clubs which are closest to Qarabağ's position (the two clubs with the higher coefficient and the two with the lower coefficient).

Rank	Club	2019–20	2020–21	2021–22	2022–23	2023–24	Coeff.
59	CFR Cluj	10.000	4.000	3.000	8.000	1.500	26.500
60	Fenerbahçe	–	–	5.000	17.000	4.000	26.000
61	Qarabağ	4.000	3.000	9.000	6.000	4.000	26.000
62	PAOK	2.500	5.000	13.000	1.500	4.000	26.000
63	Midtjylland	2.000	6.000	7.000	8.000	2.500	25.500

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